In the last years of the Liao Kingdom, due to the many troubles of the Jurchen people in the north, the Liao Dynasty often forcibly recruited Han people from the sixteen states of Yanyun to join the army, resulting in monstrous resentment among the people of Yanyun.

Many people resisted, but it was difficult to gather in the scattered sand, and it was difficult for the mantis arm to stop the car, and the rebellion was basically quickly extinguished, or it slowly disappeared by itself.

After a long time, the people wondered if they could sneak across the border, return to the Song Dynasty, and return to the Han family.

Nine times out of ten, such smuggling will end in failure. However, instead of being captured and sent to the extremely cold land in the north to be cannon fodder, it is better to fight for nine deaths, and maybe you can get a glimmer of life.

With this mentality, the people often secretly crossed the border at night.

However, out of the Liao realm, the Song realm is not so easy to enter. In order to prevent spies from getting in, the Song Dynasty had many inspections. If it is really a good citizen, it is naturally welcome.

North of Yanmen Mountain, the night was dark and the wind was high, which was really a good time for smuggling. Over Yanmen Mountain, after the Yanmen Pass, it is the embrace of the Great Song Dynasty.

Nine villagers, including two children, secretly escaped from their villages that night, and did not dare to light the lamps, and quietly climbed to the northern foot of Yanmen Mountain by the faint moonlight in the sky.

Gradually, the two children fell behind the group. The children are older and one younger, and the older one is the older sister, who looks like she is nine or ten years old; The younger brother is only four years old, and he can't walk after walking for a while. The elder sister had to carry her younger brother on her back, but when she was tired and put it down, she pulled her younger brother and reluctantly followed the back of the team.

An uncle in front of him asked the others to walk slowly, rested by himself, waited for the two children to approach, and complained: "Cailian, tell you not to come with your brother, but don't listen!" It's good, I can't walk on my own, and it's still dragging us down! ”

This little girl named Cailian is Li Cailian.

She slowly put her younger brother off her back and said to the uncle, "Uncle Li, you go ahead and don't worry about us." I'll follow your footsteps! ”

"Where are the footprints of those who are blind in the black light? You are left behind, what if the tiger comes? Although Uncle Li complained, he cared more about these two little guys.

Li Cailian touched her brother's tired little face and said, "It's okay, I know, as long as I go south, I will definitely be able to go to the Great Song Dynasty!" ”

Uncle Li shook his head, bent down and hugged his younger brother in his hand, and said, "If it weren't for the fact that your father and mother were not there, I wouldn't want to care about you." ”

Li Cailian's father was arrested, and his mother wanted to stop him, but he was stabbed to death by a Liao soldier at that time. The family is left with the sister and brother who depend on each other, relying on the help of well-wishers in the village, and barely survive in this troubled world.

"Thank you, Uncle Li!" Li Cailian smiled and wiped the beads of sweat on her face with her dirty hands, "Did anyone really succeed in reaching the Song Dynasty?" ”

Uncle Li hugged his younger brother and continued to climb the mountain, saying, "I don't know if it's real or not, but after tonight, we'll know!" ”

With Uncle Li's help, the speed increased a lot, and gradually shortened the distance with the six people in front, and you could see their crowded black shadows.

The younger brother had fallen asleep on Uncle Li's shoulder, and Li Cailian was a little apologetic.

Uncle Li said generously: "It's all from the villagers, and Cailian will marry a good family in the future, don't forget to honor your Uncle Li!" ”

Li Cailian smiled sweetly and said, "Okay! I invite you to eat big fat meat every day! ”

At this time, it happened that a patrol team of the Liao Army was patrolling the mountain, turned a corner, and happened to meet the people on the opposite side!

"What people!" The Liao soldiers raised their torches and alertly flashed their spears and forced them at the people opposite.

Worst! The mountain road was rugged, and after turning a corner, I found the Liao soldiers holding torches! When the six ordinary people saw that it was Liao soldiers, they were immediately frightened and shouted, "Liao soldiers!" Run! Then they scattered.

There were many Liao soldiers, and they had spears and torches, and they immediately chased after the fleeing people.

The leader of the Liao soldiers shouted from behind: "These are the displaced people who want to flee to the Great Song Dynasty, don't worry about killing!" ”

Uncle Li took Li Cailian behind, and when he saw this situation, he quickly lowered his body and hid behind the big tree.

Uncle Li hugged his younger brother tightly in his arms and signaled Li Cailian not to make a sound.

Li Cailian covered her mouth, so frightened that she didn't dare to come out.

The younger brother fell asleep at this time, and it is estimated that he was eating big meat in his dream, otherwise he would not have sucked his thumb.

Li Cailian heard a few "poofs", and the villagers' shouts of "ah" immediately stopped abruptly, presumably killed by the Liao soldiers. She trembled with fright, and cowered under the tree, unable to move her legs.

Two Liao soldiers passed by the big tree, and Uncle Li peeked at it, not daring to move at all, only two hands trembled unconsciously.

As long as the Liao soldiers go away, it's fine.

"Whoa!"

The younger brother suddenly sucked his finger hard, and the sound he made suddenly exploded in the silent night sky.

"Someone!" The Liao soldiers shouted and rushed towards this side.

Uncle Li knew that he was exposed, so he stuffed his younger brother to Li Cailian, and shouted "Run!" Then he ran to the side.

He was exposed first, just to attract Liao soldiers.

Li Cailian had tears in her eyes, and in a panic, she suddenly didn't know where the strength came from, hugged her younger brother, and ran in another direction desperately.

Fortunately, the two Liao soldiers went to chase Uncle Li, and they didn't notice that there were Li Cailian's sisters and brothers hidden behind the tree. Li Cailian is small in size, and her voice is soft when she runs.

Li Cailian turned around and saw that the Liao soldiers were not chasing, so she was happy and ran away.

How did she know that the night was too dark, she ran excitedly, and when she was not careful, her feet were empty, so she fell down with her brother in her arms......

On the morning of the second day, the king of the southern kingdom of Liao led his troops to patrol the mountain and found Li Cailian and his younger brother under the mountainside.

Li Cailian hugged her younger brother and tried her best to protect him, but her head hit the stone and there was a lot of blood.

The soldier reported to King Nan: "King, two dolls have been found. A little boy was fine, and the older little girl had a head wound and was bleeding a lot. ”

King Nan glanced at his horse, remembering that his princess was suffering from having no heirs, so he said, "Take the little boy away!" Girl, I guess I can't live, leave her alone! ”

"Yes!" The soldier picked up his younger brother, who was still asleep, and followed King Nanda back to the camp.

After another hour, a young Taoist priest with nothing happened to pass by, saw Li Cailian lying in a pool of blood, went up and tried her snort, and took a breath.

The Taoist priest couldn't bear it, so he stopped the bleeding on Li Cailian's head, and went south with Li Cailian on his back.

This Taoist priest is the young Qing Xuanzi, his master had an understanding before his death, and let Qing Xuanzi go south alone, sneak back to his homeland, and look for opportunities. 127

Taoist priests naturally have their own way.

Qing Xuanzi didn't take much effort, he crossed the mountains and crossed the Song-Liao border and returned to the territory of the Great Song Dynasty.

Along the way, Qing Xuanzi recuperated for Li Cailian many times, and finally healed her external injuries.

It's just that Li Cailian lost her younger brother, and her heart was like ashes, and she blamed the Taoist priest for not saving her brother.

Qing Xuanzi was so good at talking that Li Cailian believed that he didn't see his brother at all.

Li Cailian was heartbroken and cried: "Was my brother taken away by a tiger?" ”

"You have a lot of meat, why didn't the tiger take you away?" Qing Xuanzi comforted in disguise.

“…… Tigers like to eat tender! ”

"You're not old either! My brother might have been rescued! ”

"Then why don't you save me?"

"Look you're going to die."

"Woo woo woo ......" Li Cailian cried even more.

Qing Xuanzi said, "Okay! If you cry again, I will send you back to Liao and let the soldiers capture you! ”

Li Cailian was frightened, and finally stopped crying, only to sobbed for a long time.

"My brother must be alive, and I can find it slowly in the future!"

"Really?" Li Cailian suddenly thought of something, and took out a finger-thick puppet from under her neck, "My brother also has a puppet on him, I can find him with this!" ”

"What's that?"

Li Cailian quickly took the puppet into her arms and said, "I won't tell you!" ”

Qing Xuanzi had no destination, just followed the master's guidance, stopped and stopped, and waited for the opportunity.

In this way, the famous mountains and rivers have gone a lot, but the opportunity has not been met.

In a flash, five years have passed.

Xiangzhou boundary, at the foot of Helan Mountain.

"Big brother, where is this opportunity? I've gone from a girl to a girl! Li Cailian complained as she walked.

Qing Xuanzi said: "How do I know! Perhaps, when you become a young woman, you will still be looking for it! ”

"You're a monk, you're not serious!"

"Spruce up the boring road! You're not without gains, are you? Otherwise, you won't learn a good kung fu, especially which predecessor passed on the light skills of women and not men, I envy them! ”

"You become a woman, I can pass it on to you!"

"Forget it, I'll keep it useful!"

"What do you keep? Tell me, what are you hiding from me? ”

Qing Xuanzi hurriedly walked away and said, "Slip of the tongue!" I'm talking about my strong force, so I don't need to learn your light skills to escape! ”

"You dare to say that my light skills are used to escape for my life! Watch and hit! ”

The two chased and fought, and the journey became more brisk.

It was getting late, there was no shop in front of the village, crows were calling in the sky, and the last afterglow of the sun was hidden.

"Big brother, you won't be sleeping out again tonight, will you? This forest is deep and dark, I'm afraid! Li Cailian looked around and said.

Qing Xuanzi said: "Aren't you good at light work? Why don't you run faster and see if there is anything in front of you that can be sharpened? ”

As he was talking, he suddenly heard someone crying in front of him.

Li Cailian was so frightened that she quickly stopped, listened carefully, and whispered, "There can't really be a ghost, right?" Came out so early! ”

"What are you afraid of! I'm a Taoist priest, and I specialize in dealing with it! Qing Xuanzi listened for a while, raised his feet and walked forward, "Is it a god or a ghost, pull it out and slip away!" ”

Li Cailian was helpless, so she had to hide behind Qing Xuanzi and follow.

Sitting in front and weeping was a twenty-five or sixteen-year-old scholar, who was thin and had no baggage.

Qing Xuanzi walked over and said, "It's useless to be a scholar, a dignified man, what are you crying for?" ”

The scholar heard Qing Xuanzi say that he was useless, glanced at Qing Xuanzi, and then cried for himself, and did not talk to him.

Li Cailian plucked up her courage and went up to ask: "This little brother, in this barren mountains and mountains, you are crying, have you met a ghost, or are you ...... You're a ghost! ”

"What the hell! I'm human! Seeing that it was a little girl, the scholar asked himself, but he didn't answer, "I finally raised money from the village and prepared to participate in this year's township examination." Unexpectedly, when I arrived here, I was robbed and entangled by a group of thieves on the mountain! Woowoo woo ......"

This scholar is young, he has already passed the college examination and won the name of Xiucai. This time I went to the township to take the test, if I can raise another Xie Yuan in high school, it must be a matter of honoring the ancestors.

It's a pity that the times are not good, and I was robbed here, which is really ill-fated.

Qing Xuanzi also felt sorry for the scholar, and said: "Since you are no longer entangled and starving, you may be able to go to the Lufu to take the exam." ”

"You, a Taoist priest, if you can lend me some silver taels, why do you still make me starving?" Xiucai said.

Qing Xuanzi was about to say why you are so ambitious, Li Cailian preemptively said: "Whoever robs your entanglement, we will help you snatch it back!" ”

"It's great if you can get it back!"