Just when the palace was in turmoil, far away in a small market in Shunzhou, Su Ang was still dressed as before, and he walked quietly in the market, as if the noise on both sides had never entered his ears.

This place is both familiar and unfamiliar to him, ten years have passed in a hurry, and the children of the year have now grown into adults, but there are many things here that make him sad and sad.

Su Angjin's shop specializes in sacrificial objects, and there are two young men in the shop, and the owner of the shop is an old man of about 50 years old.

The guy saw that a guest came to the door, and hurriedly came over to greet him: "Guest officer, what do you need?" ”

Su Ang was stunned, in fact, he didn't know what to ask for, he came to his hometown this time to pay tribute to his parents, thinking of the past, his heart was like a knife, did he hate the government? hate, but helpless, the impulse of the year has long been slowly polished and disappeared.

The man saw that the guest didn't speak, and looked towards the owner's house, at a loss, and he didn't leave, nor did he stay.

"Bring me something for the mourners."

The guy got the amnesty and hurriedly agreed: "Okay, you wait! ”

After a while, the guy came out with a small package: "The things you want are good, a total of three dollars." ”

Su Ang took out three copper plates from his arms and handed them over, and the man quickly took the money and delivered the package to Su Ang.

Su Ang went out, he had been to this market three times, the first time was when his father took him to sell some animal skins for grain and cloth, the second time he came by himself, and the last time when the teacher took him away. This market is much more lively than before, there were basically not many people here in the past, these years probably because the government changed the law so that people slowly have surplus food and spare money, plus it is about to enter the winter, many people come out to buy winter goods, so there are many more people here.

This bazaar is close to the northern frontier of Zhao and close to the Yunluo people, there are many Yunluo merchants selling horses in the bazaar, most of these Yunluo merchants are tall and burly, and their bodies are covered with randomly sewn animal skins, unlike the Zhao people, although most of them can't afford to wear silk and satin, they will also wear linen robes, or they are also carefully sewn animal skin robes.

In late autumn, the sky is already snowing lightly. Su Ang tightened the linen robe on his body, went to the horse market, and bought a horse from the Yun Roman dealer for ten taels of silver, and the one he had ridden had already been sold when he first entered Shunzhou because he couldn't adapt to the cold.

Suang left the bazaar and entered the famous Riding Ridge on the northern frontier. The reason why Qiling is famous is because it is basically a forbidden place for everyone, Qiling spans the north of Shunzhou, is about a thousand miles long, the trees are luxuriant, the light in the forest is extremely dark, it has been covered by ice and snow for many years, but there are many fierce beasts living in it, even experienced hunters dare not stay in it for a long time. In addition, when entering the riding ridge, it is impossible to identify the direction, and it is easy to get lost, and sometimes I have been walking in place for a month or two.

In this way, the riding ridge has become a natural barrier in Shunzhou of Zhao State, and the Yunluo people did not dare to enter the cavalry ridge, so they had to attack Zhao State from Mobei City.

Let's say that Su Ang was born in Qiling since he was a child, and his parents are old hunters, and no one knows where they are from, and I'm afraid no one even knows about their existence.

One winter day when Su Ang was seven years old, a loud roar suddenly came from outside the cabin where they lived, Su Ang's parents were shocked when they heard it, according to the experience of hunting all year round, this is a fierce tiger, this is the time when these beasts come out to feed, but their wooden house is remote, and this kind of thing has not happened for many years.

Father Su glanced at Mother Su, and then at Su Ang, who was sleeping peacefully on the bed, pursed his lips, and did not speak, the two were surprisingly quiet.

Suddenly, the two of them seemed to have a heart and got up together, Su's father pulled Su Mu and pointed at Su Ang, Su Mu shook her head, turned around and woke Su Ang, and said calmly: "Child, no matter what sound you hear, don't come out, remember!" ”

The two of them went out, and a beast roar was heard outside. Su Ang was so frightened that he curled up in the corner of the house, not knowing what to do.

I don't know how long it took, the sound outside disappeared, Su Ang opened the door tremblingly, only to see that the blood outside the house had melted a large area of ice and snow, and there was a big tiger with more than a foot of hanging eyes lying in the distance.

Su Ang turned around a few times before he found his mother through an ice cave, only to see that his mother was almost soaked in blood. Suang burst into tears, ran to his mother, and pulled her out.

Su Mu slowly opened her eyes, raised her hand and touched Su Ang's face, and smiled: "Ang'er, in the future...... Remember what your parents taught you and live well...... Go down, Daddy...... I can't accompany you anymore. Go out and go outside the riding ridge...... It's not yours here...... Bring that tiger skin. With that, his eyes closed slightly.

"Mother!" Su Ang burst into tears, "Wake up, mother! ”

Su Ang remembered this, and couldn't help but burst into tears again, his parents' graves had been completely covered by snow, and only two small bags could be seen.

Su Ang wiped a handful of tears, knelt on the snow, took out the things he had bought from the package, placed the offerings, and kowtowed, but he did not get up for a long time.

"Dad, mother, I'm back, please forgive the child for being unfilial, ten years have passed, I came back to see you, the child must live up to your entrustment! It's just that I left this time, I'm afraid that I won't be able to come to see you for a long time, and I hope my father and mother will forgive me. ”

It took Suang a great deal to pull the snow off the grave and pull some dirt from the side to cover it. In fact, Su Ang's body has never been found, and this is a clothed mound. Su Ang guessed that his father was only afraid of being eaten by a tiger.

Su Ang patted the snow off his legs, glanced back at the grave, and turned towards the wooden house where they had been staying.

Suddenly, Su Ang stopped and drew his sword.

There was smoke coming out of the hut. Su Ang followed the teacher up the mountain to learn art and heard the teacher say that the people who live in the riding ridge are either extremely vicious people or go into exile after eating lawsuits, anyway, they must be wanted by the government, riding the mountain has been their living area since ancient times, and those people in the government dare not enter the riding ridge to arrest people, and this place has become a place outside the law. The people who came to this hut were none other than these people.

Suang slowly came to the outside of the wooden house, which seemed to be no different from ten years ago, with a pile of freshly chopped firewood piled in front of the door, and a small fenced garden next to it, which seemed to be a vegetable garden. Su Ang really couldn't understand that there were still people growing vegetables here, and it was freezing here, but he was afraid that the vegetable seedlings would freeze to death before they could grow.

The wooden door opened, and out came a young man dressed in white, dressed as a scholar, this person was extremely handsome, and the first impression was that he was elegant, he was about seven feet tall, and his face was white.

The young man was also stunned when he saw Su Ang.

"Who are you and why are you here?" Su Ang was the first to speak.

The young man was a little stunned, and then he gave up his hand and said, "I came here five years ago, and I saw a wooden house here, so I stayed here for the time being. Could it be that this is where Your Excellency lives? ”

The young man looked at Su Ang carefully, a little suspicious in his heart, thinking in his heart, this young man was probably only twenty years old, and he had never been here in the past five years, but judging by the tone of his voice, he should be the master here.

Seeing that the young man looked powerless, Su Ang put the sword back into its sheath and asked again, "Who are you?" ”

The young man smiled and said, "In Xiaqiu, Dongzhou people. But I came here unintentionally, and I hope that I don't want to be surprised. ”

"I see, my name is Su Ang, this is where I used to live, I went to learn art with my teacher ten years ago, and I came back today to worship my parents."

Su Ang looked at this young man named Qiu Xiao, and was a little puzzled in his heart, this person didn't look like he would be wanted by the government at all, didn't he get lost?

Suddenly, a scolding voice came: "Well, that person is going to bully my brother, look at the gun!" ”

As soon as the words fell, the sound of breaking wind came in an instant, only to see a thin wooden stick flying over quickly, Su Ang hurriedly turned his head, and the wood flew past his ear.

"Stop!" Qiu Xiao hurriedly drank it.

Su Ang fixed his eyes and saw that a stout man with a tiger's back and a bear's waist stepped over a few steps from ten zhang away, carrying the corpse of a wolf in his hand. Su Ang was secretly surprised, this person not only had amazing arm strength, but also had such good foot skills.

The stout man blocked Qiu Xiao behind him and stared at Su Ang fiercely. I saw this man with a square Chinese face, a beard, and a pair of big eyes like copper bells, about nine feet high. Dressed in animal skins, the man looked more and more burly and fierce.

Qiu Xiao hurriedly walked out and said, "Don't blame your feet, this is my younger brother Lu Ming." Then he said to the stout man, "I have taught you not to be so reckless, but you have not listened, but fortunately he is very skillful, otherwise I am afraid that you will hurt your life again, and our sins will be even greater." ”

Lu Ming scooped the back of his head and said, "Brother, I thought that person was bullying you." ”

"He is the master of this place, and he has come today to worship his father and mother. It's still our fault, you took up other people's places, but you almost hurt people without asking," Qiu Xiao said to Su Ang with an apologetic face: "I hope it's not strange, my younger brother is reckless, and I hope you will bear more." ”

"It doesn't matter." Su Ang actually had some curiosity about this stout man in his heart.

Su Ang and the two walked into the wooden house, everything here changed greatly, and there was a long table inside, and a few bamboo slips were placed on the table. Su Ang took a general look, and it turned out to be some books on astrology written by someone unknown a long time ago.

Several people were seated as guests of honor. "I look at this brother, he has amazing skills, why is he here, why don't he go to join the army to serve the court?" Su Ang looked at Lu Ming and asked.

Qiu Xiao looked at Lu Ming, who was smiling, sighed, and said, "I hurt him......"

"How can my brother talk nonsense, if it weren't for you and me, I would have starved to death, I was willing to do this, how could it hurt me, I would be angry if you said this again!" Lu Ming turned his head away.

Qiu Xiao laughed: "Okay, don't say it, don't say it." ”

Qiu Xiao stood up, as if recalling something.