After a few days of blooming, the peach blossoms fell into a red formation, and soon, a pink carpet was laid on the ground. The trees had become sparse, and the craggy branches trembled in the wind, and the branches still bloomed with scattered flowers, dancing tremblingly, gracefully and timidly, as if they were afraid of falling.

Last night, a strong wind blew in the second half of the night, and in the early morning, Yeluting got up very early, and after a simple wash, he went up the mountain to see what those peach blossoms had been tortured into. When I got out of the temple gate, I saw someone walking up the hill in the morning mist. Judging from the back and clothing, this person seems to be virtuous. What was she doing on the mountain so early?

It was still early, the sky was not yet clear, and the lines of Xianshi's back were very rough. She staggered along, and as she went up the hill, she leaned forward very hard. Turning the back wall of the temple, one of Xianshi's hands kept wiping his face. When she entered the peach blossom forest, she leaned on the tree and sobbed, and after a while, she hugged the trunk tightly and cried loudly. The peach tree was not yet thick, and it trembled and shook vigorously in Xianshi's arms, and the flowers on the branches fell one after another, falling on Xianshi's head, and looked at it suddenly, as if his hair had been grayed overnight.

Yelutin looked at Xianshi from afar, and a sour taste welled up in his heart, blocking his chest. "The same is the end of the world", Xian Shi left his hometown to come here, and he also has to leave the land he is familiar with, travel to another country, this life and this life, and never return to the place where he was born and grew up. She looked up and around, and the eastern sky was already showing rays of morning light, and the fields, mountains, rivers, and domes were beginning to clear. And all of this, she is so familiar, she is her partner day and night, lovers who love each other, and now she has to say goodbye, and she will never see each other again. At this time, she felt that she was so inseparable, as if she was about to split her heart in half, and she couldn't help but die.

Jerodin couldn't hold back any longer, and began to cry bitterly.

Xian Shi turned around sharply and saw that not far away, Yeluting was clutching a peach tree branch, and was crying and trembling. Hurriedly ran over, pulled up Yelutin, and asked in surprise, "Princess, what's wrong with you?" Why did you come to the mountains alone? ”

Yelutin grabbed Xianshi's hand and was speechless for a long time.

Xian Shi put his arm around her and said, "Princess, are you reluctant to go?" ”

Yeluting still didn't speak, and with a pair of hands, he grabbed Xian Shi tighter. Xian Shi wiped away his tears and comforted Yelutin vigorously, so that he could finally persuade him. Yeluting in turn asked Xianshi why he ran to the mountain early in the morning to cry?

Xian Shi said: "I went up the mountain to see the flowers, where did I cry? ”

Yelutin said, "I've been standing here for half an hour, and you still say you're not crying?" If I hadn't seen you cry, how could I have cried? ”

Hyunshi's eyes moistened again.

Yelutin said: "Are you reluctant to leave here? ”

Xianshi shook his head, his expression pained.

Yelutin said, "Is that reluctant? ”

Hyun-shi lowered his head, tears streaming down his face.

Jerodine said, "Who is he?" Do you still have relatives in Khitan? ”

Xian Shi shook his head, grabbed Yeluting's hand, and said, "The slave and maid have no relatives anymore, and I am the only one close to him in the whole world, princess, please save the slave and maid." He knelt down to Yerodin.

Yelutin wanted to pull Xian Shi up, but Xian Shi refused to get up, she cried: "Princess, please save the slave and the maid, the slave and the maid cannot leave him." ”

"Who is he?" Yelutin said.

"He's—" The virtuous excused himself.

Jerodin said, "If you don't say who he is, how can I save you?" ”

Xian Shi said slowly, "He's a colt. ”

Yeluting said: "Xiao Hengde, is it really Xiao Hengde? ”

Xian Shi said: "The slave's relatives are gone, and the concubine is the only person the slave and the maid are reluctant to. ”

Jerodine exclaimed, "He is a concubine, how can you be with him?" ”

Xian Shi said: "The slave and maid don't expect to stay with him for a long time, the slave and maid just want to see him from time to time, it's okay, no, they just can't see him, they can hear people talk about him, and they can know if he's doing well." ”

Jerodine said, "Who the hell is he?" You're so desperate for him. ”

Xian Shi said: "He is the life-saving benefactor of the slave and the maid, and the life of the slave and the maid is saved by him desperately from Daizhou." ”

Yeluting asked, "Xiao Hengde saved your life?" ”

Xian Shi nodded and said, "Yes, he rescued the slave from the barracks alone. ”

Yelutin looked at Xian Shi Ding and asked, "He rescued you from the barracks alone?" Still in Daizhou? ”

Xianshi said: "Yes, princess, the slave was rescued in Daizhou. ”

Jerodin said, "How is that possible? How can it be? How is it possible for a person, in Daizhou, to be in the barracks! ”

Xian Shi said: "What the slave said is true. ”

Jerodin said, "Then tell me how he rescued you?" As far as I know, the city of Daizhou is strong and well defended, and it is the most difficult place in Shanxi to attack, and our army has not attacked it several times. Ordinary people can't even enter the city, how did the colt rescue you? ”

Xian Shi said: "The princess is right, Daizhou is indeed a city that is difficult for even birds to enter and exit. However, there is an old saying that does not say: There is nothing difficult in the world, only those who are afraid of it. The horse bought off one of the procurers in the army, and the procurator inquired about a waterway from a city repairer, and he sneaked into the city through the waterway, and the waterway went straight to the outside of the barracks. The procurement is at the mouth of the waterway. On that day, the slave and maid were tortured to death by a herd of beasts and thrown into a dilapidated house to die. It was about the second half of the night when the chain on the broken door rang. The slave was so scared that she just wanted to die early, but she didn't have any strength on her body. At this time, a man squatted down in front of me, grabbed the slave's hand, and said, 'Sister Gao, is that you?' 'It's Brother Hengde. The slave and maid were speechless, only felt that everything in front of them was spinning, and then nothing was gone, and there was a black hole in front of them, and then, the slave and maid were picked up and walked for a while, and were put down and carried on their backs. By this time, the slave had woken up, and it was very dark, but she could still make out of the barracks. A bluestone slab was lifted from the corner of the wall, revealing a black hole. Brother Hengde leaned down with the slave and maid on his back, and the stench made people want to vomit. Brother Hengde asked the slave to hold him tightly, and he groped and walked through the mud for almost an hour. Brother Hengde said happily: "Sister Gao, we are coming out soon. The slave looked ahead, and sure enough, a ray of light came in front of her, reflecting the blue light on the ground in the distance. The slave thought she was dreaming, but she saw that the light was getting more and more obvious, and when she heard the sound of running water outside the cave, she felt that I was saved by Brother Hengde. The slave couldn't believe it, so she asked, 'Brother Hengde, is that you?' Did you save me? Brother Hengde twisted my leg and asked, 'Has anyone screwed you?' The slave and maid only felt a moment of darkness and knew nothing. ”

Yeluting said: "The colt is really enough to fight for you, and you just left Daizhou like this?" ”

Xian Shi said: "Not yet, when crossing the Yanmen Pass, Brother Hengde almost lost his life. ”

Yelutin said, "You were stopped by the Song army? ”

Xian Shi shook his head and said, "No, we walked into a wolf's den. ”

Jerodine said, "What went into the wolf's den? ”

Xian Shi said: "In order to avoid the Song army, we can only take the remote path. Brother Hengde said that he knew the road, and he had run many times in Shanxi, but that day, he was still lost. We walked into a large forest, and as we walked, there was no road, and there were thorns, and there were tall pine trees everywhere, and the forest was gloomy, and the dead branches and leaves were piled up, as if no one had ever come. Brother Hengde pushed aside the thorns to find the way, but he searched and searched, but returned to the original place. ”

Jerodin said, "Then you must have encountered a ghost hitting the wall." ”

Xianshi said: "Brother Hengde said the same thing. But he was still clever after all, and he actually looked at the bark of those pine trees and found the way out. However, just as we were about to get out of the woods, we encountered a pack of wolves, more than a dozen, all of them staring at the blue eyes, sticking out their red tongues, and showing their white fangs. The slave and maid were so frightened that their legs and feet were weak, and the horse was so frightened that she screamed and puffed out of her nose. Brother Hengde picked up an arm-thick branch from the ground, quickly glanced around, pointed to a cliff not far away, and said, "Let the horse go, let's slowly retreat there." I let go of the horse's reins, and Hengdege whipped the horse, and the horse rushed out, and several wolves howled and chased after him like arrows. As soon as I retreated to the bottom of the cliff, I saw a wolf tiptoeing behind Brother Hengde, his front feet slammed into the ground, arching his back body, I opened my mouth to shout, but I couldn't shout, my tongue was like a knot. I saw that the wolf jumped on the ground and pounced on Brother Hengde. Brother Hengde suddenly leaned forward, the wolf just jumped over Brother Hengde's head, Brother Hengde grabbed the wolf's front leg with his left hand, and the wolf fell to the ground. The slave didn't know when, Brother Hengde threw away the branch in his hand and pulled out the waist knife, and the slave didn't see when he stabbed the waist knife into the wolf's throat. I saw that as soon as they turned around, the corpse of the wolf that had just landed was thrown several feet away by Brother Hengde, and landed right in front of the wolves who were about to surround them, and the wolves were frightened to retreat again and again, showing a frightened look, looking at us from a distance. I didn't have time to say a word to Brother Hengde, so Brother Hengde said: 'Quick, pick up some firewood, the more the better.' Originally, I was already scared and weak, but at this moment, a force came out of nowhere, and I quickly walked out. Fortunately, there are a lot of dead trees and broken branches in this forest, and you don't have to go far, just next to the cliff, and you can quickly pick up a lot of them. While we were collecting firewood, the wolves kept looking at us and didn't dare to take a step forward. ”

Jerodine said, "I know, you want to make a fire and scare away the wolves, don't you?" ”

"Yes," he said. ”

Yerodin asked, "Did you scare away?" ”

Xian Shi shook his head and said, "Gone, back again." ”

Jerodin said, "This is the cunning of the wolves, they pretend to go away, they lead you away from the cliff, and then they attack you." ”

Xian Shi said: "That's right, when the slave saw that the wolf was gone, she wanted to go out, but was pulled by Brother Hengde. The slave asked why? Brother Hengde pointed to the depths of the woods and said, 'They are not gone, they are there.' But I didn't see a wolf. ”

Jerodine said, "You can't see them, but they're staring at you." ”

Xian Shi said: "Brother Hengde also said the same, sure enough, it didn't take long for the wolves to surround again, but they just watched from a distance and didn't dare to come." ”

Jerodin said, "They are with you in strength, until your fire is finished, until you are weary and asleep." ”

"Exactly, I don't know how long it was, the wolves were always going around there, sometimes, sitting and napping, and from time to time they let out a scream. Brother Hengde had been guarding under the cliff, he looked tired, his face was pale, and the fire reflected on his face without a hint of ruddyness. I was worried that he was sick and asked him where he was not feeling well? He only said that he wanted to squint for a moment, so that I must keep an eye on the wolves, and he pointed to a tree and said that they must not be allowed to cross that tree, and that if they did, the slave and maid should wake him up immediately. When he had said these words, he tilted his head and fell asleep. In the past few days, Brother Hengde has lost a lot of weight, his cheekbones are raised high, and his cheeks are deeply sunken. Only then did the slave see a large stain of blood on his back, which had just coagulated, and the fire shone like a purple eggplant. ”

Jerodine said, "It must have been scratched by the wolf that pounced on him." ”

Xian Shi nodded and said, "Yes, Brother Hengde said that when the wolf was grabbed by his front legs, its hind legs kicked him. The beast was so vicious that he left a mark when he died. ”

Jerodin said: "Yes, this is the nature of the wolf, as long as it does not die, it will attack at the first opportunity, just as it is said: even if it dies, it will pull a cushion." ”

Xianshi said, "Princess, why are you so familiar with wolves? ”

"There are a lot of wolves on the grassland, you can't be unfamiliar with them, you have to fight with them, and if you don't know them, they will eat them," Yelutin said. What I'm worried about now is that your firewood is not enough to burn, and if there is no fire at night, it will be dangerous. ”

Xian Shi said: "Yes, at the beginning, Brother Hengde said that with this fire, these beasts would not dare to come, and sure enough, those wolves were only hiding far away, so I kept throwing firewood into the fire, and the fire burned vigorously, so that those wolves went as far away as possible." In the second half of the night, the firewood was almost burned out, and the fire was about to be extinguished, but the spirit of the wolf came up, walking back and forth, raising its head and howling, very mad. The eyes are vicious and vicious, like the yin wind in the depths of the woods. Slowly, they came up, step by step. The first wolf, tall and as strong as a calf, cries the loudest. Every time it barked, other wolves responded. I pushed Brother Hengde, and Brother Hengde asked, 'Are they coming up?' I let out an 'um' and then saw the wolf walk past the guard tree, and cried out, 'It's coming.' Brother Hengde stood up suddenly, raised his sword, and roared angrily, which frightened the wolf, and immediately fell back. I really admired Brother Hengde's five-body throw, and said happily: 'Brother Hengde, you are amazing, you roared, and scared the wolf away. Brother Hengde said: "Sister Gao, it's all my fault for leading you to this ghost place, they won't leave, and they will come back in a while." However, don't be afraid, Sister Gao, as long as I kill that wolf, the other wolves will scare away. Sure enough, the wolf came up again, watched us from afar, and approached step by step. ”

Jerodin said, "Now you are in danger." ”

"No, the wolf sat under a big tree opposite, closed his eyes and took a nap, but the other wolves were gone, as if they had cast a stealth spell. I whispered to Brother Hengde that it was almost dawn and the wolves were gone. Brother Hengde said: No, they are using tricks to lure us into the bait. I didn't believe it, but Brother Hengde looked at it carefully, and suddenly, his expression became nervous, and he shouted: "It's not good, they climbed up the cliff." When I looked back, I saw four or five wolves hovering on the top of the cliff. The top of the cliff was more than three feet high from the ground, and none of the wolves dared to jump off the edge of the cliff. I laughed and said, 'What can they do if they go up?' It's strange if you don't break your bones when you jump. Suddenly, the wolf howled and barked at us, revealing its cold fangs, which frightened me into leaning on Brother Hengde, who hugged me and told me not to be afraid. Looking back at the cliff, he hurriedly pushed me away, raised his knife and roared angrily. I only heard that a few stones fell from the cliff, and I turned my head suddenly, only to see a few wolves on the cliff actually like a soft ladder down, they were holding a tail one by one, and fell down, and the bottom one of the wolves was only more than a foot from the ground, and was roared by Brother Hengde, and several wolves fell down. Before they could land, Brother Hengde stepped forward and stabbed down the two largest wolves in a blink of an eye, but the other two suddenly straightened up and pounced, one pounced on Brother Hengde's chest, and the other bit Brother Hengde's calf, Brother Hengde was thrown to the ground, and the wolf that pounced on his chest also fell, pressing on his body, biting one of Brother Hengde's arms in his mouth, shaking his head a few times, but he didn't move. And the wolf that bit Brother Hengde's calf also let go, and turned to look at me with stunned eyes. At this time, I didn't know where I was or where my soul was, but I couldn't help but run towards Brother Hengde. Brother Hengde violently pushed away the wolf that was pressing on him, and the wolf rolled away more than a foot away, lying on the ground, blood gushing from his chest. The wolf, who was staring straight at me, was taken aback and jumped a few steps away. I saw Brother Hengde stand up suddenly, pick up a piece of burning firewood and throw it behind me, I looked back, and saw that the wolf had rushed over, less than two or three steps away from me, so frightened that I almost fell, and hurriedly clinged to the cliff and hid behind Brother Hengde. Two wolves approached one on the left and one on the right, grinning and howling in a low voice. Brother Hengde held the saber, suddenly, rushed to the fire, plunged a knife into the fire, slammed it, and the unfinished firewood was picked up, and suddenly, the fire was rekindled, and the sparks splashed everywhere, with a beeping sound, sprinkled on the head wolf. The first wolf was taken aback, ducked back, and ran away with a howl, and the other wolf ran away with it. Brother Hengde stood for a long time, and suddenly, he fell to the ground, as if he had lost his muscles and bones, and he was so weak that he couldn't even pick up a straw. ”

Jerodine said, "It's dangerous! If the wolf persists, you will be food for their mouths. ”

Xian Shi said: "The slave's life was saved by Brother Hengde, and the slave didn't want to leave him. ”

Yeluting sighed: "What a lover, in fact, you are a very good person, I like you, I hope you will follow me to Western Xia, but you are reluctant to give up your Brother Hengde, and I can't be strong, so you can stay with your Brother Hengde." ”

Xian Shi was very happy, and worried: "I'm afraid the Queen Mother won't agree." ”

Jerodin said, "It doesn't matter, I'll just say I don't like you." From tomorrow onwards, you will do something wrong, I will pretend to be angry, and then, I will say that I don't want you anymore, and let the Queen Mother send another good one. It's just that you have to be scolded and wronged. ”

Xian Shi knelt down for Yelu Ting and said, "Thank you for the great kindness of the princess, Xian Shi can't repay his death." ”

Yerodin said, "You and I are miserable people. ”