Lingzhou, on the official road, a young man in green clothes rode a white horse and galloped past, all the way to the south.

The boy's name is Xu Ziling, and he grew up in a small village in Zhending Province, but he is not a local, but he was adopted by a villager named Xu Mo.

According to Xu Mo, Xu Ziling was picked up when chopping firewood in the mountains, it was raining at the time, Xu Mo, who was in a hurry home, slipped and fell, and accidentally found Xu Ziling in the grass, no swaddling, naked baby appeared in the deep mountains It looked very weird, the rain soaked him, and he didn't see him crying.

Although it was weird, the kind-hearted Xu Mo still carried him home. Xu Mo was alone and had no wife, so he adopted him as his adopted son and asked Xiucai in the village to name him. Since then, Xu Ziling has lived in the village for nine years, until he was nine years old.

That day was an indelible pain in his heart. The Liao people suddenly appeared and ransacked his village, and only he and Li Mingxia, a girl who grew up together, survived in the haystack.

By the time they came out of the haystacks, the village was in ruins, all the houses had been burned, the bodies were burned beyond recognition, and the stumps and arms were all scattered all over the ground. They cried and cried out, trying to find out if there were any surviving villagers.

At this moment, the Liao people suddenly turned back to the village, and were ordered to check whether there were any fish that had slipped through the net, and vaguely heard the voices of boys and girls, and followed the sounds. At this time, the boy also heard the sound of horses' hooves, and he hurriedly pushed the girl to run away without looking back, and then ran to the other side with a roar.

When the Liao people saw the boy, they were fooled for a while, put down the crossbow arrows in their hands, and did not shoot him at the first time, but just followed the boy on horseback. The boy had no time for anything else, so he ran as hard as he could, and the cavalry soldier was not in a hurry, and chased after the boy slowly while riding a horse.

In this way, the boy ran for nearly half an hour, fell to the ground with exhaustion, fainted, and at this time the Liao soldiers were also impatient, and took out crossbow arrows to shoot the boy, but at this time, an arrow whistled, and the Liao people were alert and quickly turned their heads to look in that direction, and then they fell to the ground with wide eyes, but saw that the arrow was in the center of the eyebrows. Not far away, an old man gathered his bow and walked up to the boy and picked him up.

After that, the old man left the boy with a miserable background by his side and adopted him as a disciple, and the girl's whereabouts have not been known since. In this way, Xu Ziling lived with his master for several years, and it was not until a few months ago that his martial arts were recognized by his master and he was "free".

In the evening, after a hurry, Xu Ziling felt a little tired, and there was a saying in the market that "people who are unfortunate can't walk at night", so he found a nearby inn to prepare some meals and rest for the night.

I saw that the plaque of the inn was written with three big characters of "Fulaiju". After leading the horses to the stable in the right courtyard of the inn, Xu Ziling pushed the door and entered the inn, and found that there were still many people who had settled here, and the first floor was almost full, and it was very lively.

The shopkeeper saw a young man come forward, and his round face seemed to be full of smiles: "This son, is he still staying in a hotel?" I don't think it's getting early, so I might as well rest in the shop. Xu Ziling nodded, took out a silver ingot and put it on the table, and said, "I will stay here with you today, and the good wine will be free, just bring the good food." The shopkeeper replied, took the silver taels and told the back kitchen.

Xu Ziling found the only empty table left nearby and sat down, waiting for the meal. But I could hear a diner at the next table talking loudly: "Do you know that Song Gongming of Yuncheng County?"

A person next to him replied: "But that person is called Brother Song Jiang and Song Gongming of Shandong Hubaoyi?" The previous person responded: "It's this person, but I heard that a few days ago, this Song Gongming angrily killed the mother-in-law who stole men at home, and now he has been assassinated and sent to Jiangzhou."

The man next to him slapped the table: "This woman is so hateful, causing my brother Gongming to suffer, if it wasn't for the blade, it would have been a thousand knives to relieve the hatred."

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Listening to the name Song Jiang, Xu Ziling had some inexplicable feelings, as if he had seen this name somewhere. At this time, the innkeeper also came up with the food, and after putting down the meal, he saw that Xu Ziling, who was dressed as Brother Gongzi, was alone, so he was ready to say a few polite words to him, and asked, "Where does Gongzi want to go, do you need a little guidance?" Not to mention anything else, this Lingzhou Jeju is ten miles and eight towns, and the small ones are very familiar. ”

Xu Ziling was about to ask the shopkeeper for directions when he left tomorrow, but he didn't expect the shopkeeper to be so enthusiastic, so he replied with a smile: "Then do you know the fastest way to Jiangning Mansion?"

Xiao Er was stunned for a moment, thought for a moment, and quickly replied: "If Gongzi wants to go to Jiangning quickly, he can go south to Jeju from here, pass Yuncheng and Rencheng, go to Nanyang Lake and take the waterway to Weishan Lake, go to the boundary of Xuzhou, and then go two or three hundred miles to the south, and you can reach Jiangning."

Xu Ziling nodded and remembered Xiao Er's words, took out a piece of broken silver from his pocket and threw it to the shopkeeper, who immediately smiled, flattered a few words, and then took the silver to take care of other guests.

At this time, a soft voice sounded: "This little boy, there are no vacant seats around, can I share a table with you?"

Xu Ziling was stunned for a moment, turned his head to look, and saw a woman in green looking at him with clear water-like eyes, the woman's posture was slender and graceful, but her face was covered with light veil, which made people unable to see her face, but looking at her slim demeanor, her appearance must be good.

Xu Ziling looked at the woman in front of him slightly, and said casually, "Sister, please." The woman's pink lips under the light gauze curled slightly, and she gently sat on the empty seat on Xu Ziling's left, and at the same time put the small purple bag that was originally hanging from her waist on the bench in the spare place, and the bag swelled all around, as if it contained a box inside.

Seeing Xu Ziling turn her head and start eating, the woman also called Xiao Er and ordered some food. I saw the woman's sleeves put on the table, and two spiders the size of a baby's fist, one blue and one purple, crawled out of it.

Xu Ziling, who was immersed in eating, squinted at the two spiders, his white face twitched violently, and then stopped his chopsticks and stared at the two spiders with bright and abnormal colors.

The woman has long been accustomed to such eyes, her clear eyes glanced at Xu Ziling, and said softly: "Childe don't be afraid, Qing'er and Zi'er are pets that I have raised since childhood, and they are extremely docile by nature and will not take the initiative to hurt others."

Xu Ziling was not timid, but watching the spider's slender eight spider legs walking back and forth on the table as if playing, it was inevitable that a cold air surged into his heart. Hearing the woman's explanation, Xu Ziling, who was still a teenager before the crown, couldn't help but scratch his head and said, "It's not that my brother is timid, it's just that my sister's pet is really a little infiltrating."

The woman chuckled lightly and said: "This is the consistent custom and rule of our clan, both men and women, since childhood, they will go to the ancestral hall to sacrifice the twin rites, and then the parents will select some living creatures for their children to choose, and after the selection, the living creatures will be inseparable from the master until one of them dies."

At this time, the shopkeeper brought the food ordered by the woman, and suddenly saw the two living creatures on the table, startled, and shouted, "Miao Jiang colorful poisonous spider?" Hearing Xiao Er's exclamation, the people around looked here, pointing at the spider and talking about it, and the atmosphere suddenly became even more noisy.

The spider of the colorful witch Gu in Miaojiang, the people in the rivers and lakes all heard of the color change. The spider is unique to the family of Miao Jiang Gongsun and the Five Immortals Sect, and has a spiritual toxin (or neurotoxin) that overpowers the witch Gu world, although this poison is not fatal or painless, but it can affect people's way of thinking, triggering the original sin in the depths of the heart, until the poison is resolved.

The so-called seven colors, namely red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple, correspond to the seven original sins of arrogance, jealousy, anger, laziness, greed, gluttony, and lust. Because of its treacherous toxicity, most people avoid it, but they don't quite understand what its poison is.

In the face of noise and pointing, the woman had long been accustomed to it, nodded slightly, and said to the shopkeeper: "I never thought that you were a shopkeeper with extraordinary knowledge." Then he glanced at Xu Ziling lightly.

Xu Ziling didn't know much about Miao Jiang, scratched his head when he heard the words, looked at the woman and said, "I heard from the master that the Miao Jiang Five Immortal Sect is good at witchcraft, but my sister is a member of the Five Immortal Sect?"

The woman shook her head and said, "Although my clan has a close relationship with the Five Immortal Sect, they are not of the same sect and sect, and their styles are not the same."

Xu Ziling was just about to answer, when a man with a black face and a long beard walked next to him, followed by seven or eight people dressed in black robes and dressed as warriors.

I saw the black-faced man staring at the graceful woman in front of him, but he didn't carefully observe the spider on the table, and said with a laugh: "Ha, the girl's insect repellent and Gu control technique is so good, my Zeng family is employing people, and I have the courage to invite the girl to be my Zeng family's worship!"