Meet Orion

Li Yihan jumped into the turbulent river with a log and rushed downstream. As the torches went away, and the pursuers drifted away, he crawled ashore with difficulty, and by this time it was already dawn, and he was soaked, cold, and hungry.

In front of him was a wide meadow. Green waves undulate with the terrain. There was a white tent not far away, which was particularly eye-catching against the blue sky and white clouds, and he walked to the tent without thinking, wanting to ask for something to eat.

When he pushed the door open, a woman of about twenty-five or sixteen years of age, her eyes widened in astonishment, and she looked the unfamiliar guest up and down.

The woman wore a hat on her head, and the silver ornaments on the hat were beautifully carved, and she had big black eyes.

The limbs are slender and the nose is straight and straight. She couldn't help but ask:

"Where are you from?" Li Yihan talked about the fact that he was chased and jumped into the water. The woman hurriedly made a fire, and took out the roast mutton, and began to talk with him while eating.

It turned out that the woman's husband was a nearby hunter who usually went into the woods to hunt for a living, while she herded some sheep in the meadow to make ends meet.

This area is a frontier land, lacking many harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes from the government, but it is also a place infested by bandits, so danger is everywhere.

While chatting, a middle-aged man came in, with a square face and a wide mouth, a dignified appearance, and a strong body. With a fawn on his shoulder, he walked in excitedly.

The woman hurriedly got up, helped the man put the hunting bow and arrows and swords and spears in the corner, and enthusiastically introduced them to her husband.

Li Yihan also stood up and thanked Orion. The man grinned, revealing a mouthful of white, neat teeth.

The woman warmed a pot of wine, and everyone chatted while drinking. Suddenly, the sound of a horse team galloping outside, from far and near, accompanied by a noisy shouting and scolding.

Orion hurriedly said:

"Oh no, the horse bandits are coming!" As he spoke, he picked up his tools and walked out of the tent. Li Yihan followed.

At this time, the leader of the horse bandits, with a gray beard on his face, stood tall on his horse, pointed to the two and said:

"This woodland and grassland belong to my Ma Ming Mountain, you must move away immediately, otherwise, your life will be lost!" Orion wanted to argue, but the leader of the bandits whipped down and threw it on Orion's back.

Seeing this, Li Yihan rushed forward with a leap, stretched out his arm violently, grabbed the horsewhip, and yelled hard:

"You come down for me!" The bandit leader fell from his horse and fell to the ground. Li Yihan put a knife on his neck and said to the other bandits:

"Get out of here, or cut off his head." The bandit leader begged for mercy and ordered his brothers to disperse.

After this turmoil, Orion said to Li Yihan:

"The little brother is a righteous and zealous man, and he wants to be a brother." The two of them had a good drink.