On the official road from Luoshui to the Central Plains, hundreds of people helped the old and the young, pushed carts and drove horses, and migrated from the direction of Luoshui to the peaceful place of the Central Plains. Behind the people, Luoshui City looked at each other from afar, looking at the city from a distance, the smoke rose into the air, the dark clouds shrouded, and it seemed that there was a golden snake dancing and crackling. Luoshui City was exhausted by the war and was already in ruins.

There is a chariot and horse resting in a forest next to the official road, the number of people is about hundreds, it is the refugees who fled from Luoshui City gathered here, lit several bonfires, and sat here to rest for the night.

As soon as the curtain of a carriage was lifted, a beautiful woman of about twenty years old emerged from the carriage, neatly dressed, but holding a piece of gauze stained with blood in her hand. A young man sitting next to the campfire turned around and asked, "Is that man better?" The woman frowned and said, "I'm still unconscious, and I don't know who made a feud with him and injured him like this, most likely he can't be saved." ”

The young man said: "In the troubled times, even if there is no deep hatred, it will be innocent and incur the disaster of killing, who can stay out of the matter, we are just doing our best." Sister Yan, you're tired of the day, go to bed early. The woman came and sat down beside the young man, rested her head on his shoulder, and said with a sweet face, "With you by my side, I will not feel tired." The young man put his arm around the woman, and the two snuggled together.

This couple, the man is called Fang Bao'er, and the woman is called Zhong Yan, both of whom are natives of Luoshui City, and they have just been newly married, but they encountered the looting of the rebels, and saw that the city was destroyed, so they had to flee with the people of the same city. On the way to escape, there are hungry people everywhere, there are countless people crying for their fathers and mothers, and there are even robbers who do evil to pick on the common people, so the fugitives consciously gather together, and let the young and strong people take on the responsibility of guarding and protecting, in case the mountain bandits and road tyrants come to loot. The husband and wife are kind-hearted and have helped many people along the way, and now in their car is a man who is seriously injured and unconscious, but still holding a long sword and refusing to let go. When the husband and wife met him, this person was lying in the mountain stream and did not know whether he was alive or dead, and there was a layer of frost on his body, Zhong Yan, who came to fetch water, looked at his nose under curiosity and found that he was still alive, so he called his husband and rescued this person to the carriage.

The night was dark, and when everyone was intoxicated with sleep, they suddenly heard several screams in the distance, and the sound was terrible, which suddenly woke up the people in their sleep. The young man stood up and said in a frightened voice, "It was sent by someone who was out on the night watch." The other fleeing people gathered around the campfire stood up, and the sword-wielding man held his sword in his hand and stared at the darkness. Not long after the screams passed, the surrounding figures shook, and countless black-clothed people came out of the darkness and surrounded the hundreds of people.

At the forefront of the black-clothed people, there was a big man in black sitting on the back of a green ox, this person's face was like black iron, with a gold ring in his ears, a broadsword on his back, a small black flag in one hand, and a big copper tripod in the other, coming slowly. This person swept the surrounded people with cold eyes, raised the small flag in his hand and waved it in the wind, hula, the small flag grew when he saw the wind, and in the blink of an eye it grew to a foot high, the flag fluttered, and a big "soul" word could be seen on the flag, white characters on a black background, very dazzling. Then he raised his hand again, and the big copper tripod smashed in front of everyone's eyes with a "bang" of the wind, and the mouth of the tripod was facing the sky, and the dust was flying.

The black-faced man said coldly: "Kill!" In an instant, countless black-clothed people flashed their swords and slaughtered these fleeing people. The people who were surrounded were all flat-headed people, and suddenly the sound of wailing and screaming shook the sky, and countless people fell in pools of blood.

The big man on the back of the green ox flicked his hand, the black flag flew out, just inserted in the copper tripod, and then pulled out the broadsword behind him, the tip of the sword pointed at the copper tripod, and the mouth groaned, and the copper tripod flashed a ray of red light in the groan, and then slowly disappeared, and then a yin wind came out of the mouth of the tripod, rotating around the copper tripod. The big flag in the dingzhong hunted, the red light flashed on the black flag, and a wisp of green smoke came out of the few corpses closest to the copper ding, which was swirled and sucked into the ding.

As the red light of the banner flashed, the corpses of more killed people emitted green smoke and were sucked into the copper tripod, and a light red ball above the mouth of the tripod slowly formed.

The young couple stood by their carriage, already stunned. The woman was quite a bit of a posture, and a man in black rushed to the front, put down the knife that had been raised, laughed lewdly, and reached out to pull the woman's clothes, but was punched in the face by the young man next to him. The punch was quite heavy, and the man in black groaned, threw a knife and fell to the ground. The young man picked up the knife and waved it, and immediately cut off the head. When the woman saw such a bloody scene, she screamed in surprise, hiding her face and not daring to look more.

Several black-clothed men who were killing people saw their companions being killed, and they were immediately furious, and several people flew up, swords and swords were thrown together, although the young man had some skill, how could he be the opponent of these people, and after a few moves, he was knocked down by someone and kicked to the ground. When he saw that he was about to become a ghost under the knife, the black-clothed man who was killing with a knife suddenly shook his body, rolled his eyes, and the blood on the top of his head sprayed out, like a light rain, and then fell down, but pressed the young man under him.

There were terrible howls, but this time it was from the man in black, and in an instant, several people fell to the ground.

The half-closed eyes of the big man on the green bull opened and shouted, "Who dares to stop my Divine Sect from acting? With a flash of silver, the broadsword was in his hand.

In mid-air, a woman in a red palace costume fell from the sky, and the sword light fell, and there must be a black-clothed man screaming blood below.

The black-clothed man was furious, shouted, sacrificed the sword in his hand, and a bright silver light rushed to the sky. A clashing of blades rang out in the air, the silver light dissipated, and the broadsword flipped back. As soon as the woman in red fell to the ground, the black-clothed people around her eyes showed fierce lights, and each hugged her with a sword. Suddenly, the sword light flickered, and the red shadow swirled, although these men in black were fierce and vicious, they couldn't hurt them in the slightest, but they were shuttled through the crowd by the woman in red, and knocked down many people.

The black-clothed man's face changed slightly, and when he saw that the person who came had such a swordsmanship, he was secretly shocked, and seeing that everyone couldn't take this woman, he secretly reversed the hilt of the sword, the tip of the sword was pointing downward, the silver light flashed, and the broadsword sank into the ground. At the same time as the silver sword disappeared, on the ground where the woman and the black-clothed men were fighting, countless bright holes suddenly cracked, and dozens of silver lights burst out, enveloping all these people in the sword rain. Those black-clothed people were killed by the sword rain in an instant, only the woman in red was in the moment when the sword light reached her body, the sword light in her hand was bright, and then the figure flashed, and it was already one with the sword light.

"Man and sword are one!" The big man in black said in surprise.

The sword light dissipated, and the slender figure of the woman in red was revealed in the blood mist, her eyes flashed, and she glanced at the big man in black.

The cold eyes made the big man in black feel cold behind him. Not far in front of him, the flag tripod is still towering, countless souls have been collected in the tripod, the yin wind swirls around the tripod A bright red bead slowly rises in the tripod, only the size of an egg, rotating at a height of half a foot at the mouth of the tripod. The black-clothed man suddenly urged the green ox under the seat, ran to the mouth, and reached out to get the red bead.

The woman in red said coldly, "You don't have this chance." The sword in his hand turned into a huge sword light, and it slashed down at the head of the black-clothed man. The big man flashed to the side, left the back of the ox, and the sword light split the green ox in half. The big man took the opportunity to raise his hand and make a move, and the red bead in the ding swished and was swallowed into his hand. The big man's face flashed with joy, and then his feet kicked the copper tripod in front of him, and his body was like an arrow from the string flying backwards, and the big copper tripod was whistling with the force of his kick and flew away against the woman in red.

This was the best way for the big man to think of to get out, but unfortunately he still underestimated his opponent. He only heard the sound of a dragon's groan, and a huge red dragon head transformed by sword light was opening its huge mouth, engulfing the copper tripod, and pounced down without hesitation. "The Divine Dragon Proud Sword Technique--Ah! By the time the man in black understood and exclaimed, he had been devoured by the dragon's head.

The moon was bright and the wind was light, and the sound of fighting finally passed, leaving only corpses everywhere.

The woman in red came to the side of a broken corpse, looked coldly at the red bead that the man in black was holding on to when he was dying, and said lightly: "It's another blood spirit bead." The sword light flashed, and the bead on the ground that was condensed by the spirit banner suddenly burst open, and there were countless figures faintly in the rolling clouds, and the sorrow and sorrow dissipated into the ground with the yin wind.

The black-clothed man who had fallen beside a carriage moved, and a man got up on the blood-stained ground. The woman in red didn't look back, her wrist flicked, and a sword light flew away. "Don't!" A woman's exclamation sounded, only to hear a poof, and she had been stabbed by the sword light.

"Sister Yan! Sister Yan! ......" Immediately, a man's cry of grief was heard.

The woman in red finally moved, turned her head to look, and saw a young man covered in blood holding a woman, crying out in grief. But it turned out that the woman was in front of the man at a critical moment.

"Kill the wrong ......," the woman in red said in amazement, and then moved lightly and slowly came to the two of them, but the young man looked at the woman in red in front of him sadly and angrily, without saying a word.

"Let me take a look."

Instead, the young man tightened his arms and hugged them even tighter.

"If you don't want her dead, you'd better do what I say." The woman in red frowned and said lightly.

The young man finally let go of his wife, but held one of her hands tightly. The woman in red took out a porcelain bottle from her bosom, poured out a green pill, fragrant, put it into the woman's mouth, and stretched out the index to stop the bleeding from the wound. After a while, the woman's eyelashes moved slightly, and when she opened her eyes, she saw that the man next to her was safe and sound, and she was overjoyed and said, "Brother Fang......"

The man cried with joy: "Sister Yan, you are so stupid, why don't you take care of yourself first." ”

The woman smiled sadly and said, "If you have something, the concubine body will not be able to live alone, rather than this, it is better to die together." After this life and death, the two hugged each other and never separated.

A hint of envy flashed in the indifferent eyes of the woman in red, remembering that her encounter was nothing short of different from this couple, and she looked at the woman called Zhong Yan blankly, as if she was stupid.

Zhong Yan saw that the woman in red was just looking at herself, her face was slightly red, and she turned around and said, "Thank you sister for saving your life." ”

The woman in red said lightly: "You are willing to not even want your life for a man, if he betrays you in the future, won't you regret it a lot." ”

Although Zhong Yan felt that this woman was speaking strangely, she still replied respectfully: "No, Brother Fang will not live up to me, even if it is really as my sister said, I will live happily by myself." ”

The woman in red sneered: "How can you be happy when you are abandoned by others?" I hate duplicitous people the most, if you don't mean it, be careful of my ruthlessness under the sword. ”

Zhong Yan was taken aback and said, "Sister, you think, if he really doesn't want me and doesn't want to see me, it's useless for me to go and find it, even if I am reluctant to be together, I won't be happy, it's better to be separated." Besides, people don't take me to heart anymore, if they still don't frown, won't they be asking for trouble. The only thing that can make me unhappy is the person I care about, and if I don't care about others anymore, who can hurt me. ”

These words were originally commonplace, but when they fell on the ears of the woman in red, they woke her up like a dream, and muttered silently: "Don't worry about others anymore, who can hurt me...... I don't understand such a simple truth, and if I have no thoughts, I will not be harmed......"

The woman in red stood alone beside the official road to say goodbye to the two, and when she parted, she also gave Zhong Yan two small porcelain vases, telling her that if she had any bruises in the future, she could use this medicine to heal. Zhong Yan was overjoyed, and was about to kneel and kowtow to this life-saving benefactor, but she pulled her up and said: "Since you are commensurate with sisters, why bother to make this great gift, I am really happy to be able to hand over such a good sister before the fate of the world." If it weren't for the two of you, I would have understood that love in the world is out of nature, and I can't force a word of fate, and I am almost trapped by infatuation. Now that I have seen through the world, I just want to seek the truth with all my heart. My master is right, the suffering of the world, the fate of life and death is just a life experience, and we must not be exhausted to the end and indulge in it, it will only cause others to harm ourselves. I'm going back to the mountains to concentrate on cultivating, and I have nothing to give, so I'll give this hairpin to my sister. After speaking, he took out a hairpin from his arms, the hairpin was crystal green with a pearl embedded in the top, and the brilliance was very rare.

Zhong Yan saw that this hairpin was precious, and the woman didn't wear it herself, and she still treasured it in her arms, how could she accept it, so she hurriedly refused: "Such a valuable thing, my little sister doesn't dare to accept it, and I ask my sister to take it back." ”

The woman in red smiled bitterly and said, "The things of the world are only hindered, and it is not appropriate to keep them." This hairpin is also a gift from the deceased, but now what is the use of leaving this thing, the little sister does not have to be suspicious. The reply was handed over again, and the girl couldn't put it off again and again, so she could only accept it.

"I don't know my little sister's surname?"

"The little woman's surname is Zhong, and her single name is a face"

"Thank you sister for telling me, if there is still fate, I may be able to see you again in this life." After the woman in red said this, she drifted away.

Perhaps being born into the world is actually the same as a painful choice, and the person who was born said that entering the world is painful, and the seven emotions and six desires torment one's heart, and only the one who is born is the only way to get rid of all kinds of distracting thoughts and get rid of oneself in the sea of suffering. However, if a person who is born loses the love of men and women, and cannot enjoy all the emotions of the world, is it also a kind of sadness in the eyes of those who have entered the world?

Zhong Yan looked at the figure in the distance and shouted, "What do you call my sister?" ”

The woman in red said in a distant voice: "The common surname has been forgotten, and in the future, it will only be in the name of Wunian." The sound of these words echoed in the sky for a long time.

When the first rays of morning light rose from the sky, the people who survived the catastrophe finally marched on the road.

The pearl emitted a layer of misty white light on the surface under the morning light, and Zhong Yan, who was sitting in the carriage, raised his hand and looked at the jasper hairpin in his hand in a daze, "This hairpin is so beautiful!" Fang Bao'er on the side exclaimed.

Zhong Yan turned his head to look at Fang Bao'er, his eyes were bright, and he smiled, "I have a more beautiful little guy that I haven't shown you." ”

"Where? Show me. ”

"He's still in my belly."

"Huh? You ......," said a cheerful voice.