Once, I asked Master.

"Master, why did you adopt me in the first place?"

Master glanced at me and said with a smile, "Because you are born out of phase, different from ordinary people. ”

I suddenly said happily: "What kind of difference, is it the appearance of great wealth and wealth, and power over the world?" ”

Master looked at me with an expectant look on his face, and said with a light smile: "You have a special face, you are the appearance of Kemu and Kefu, and you are a disaster star that is rare to see in a hundred years. ”

I was struck all of a sudden, and said in frustration: "Master, how can you say this, isn't it that I didn't invite you to eat braised chicken feet last time, and you are going to retaliate against me like this?" What do you say, my mother committed suicide, how can you blame me, if you want to blame my father, the big villain! ”

Speaking of my father, who had lost his conscience, I gritted my teeth again.

Master's eyebrows furrowed, and he said, "What nonsense are you talking about, how can you be a teacher who slanders you as a person who is a mother and sister of Kefu for just a few chicken feet?" Being a teacher will directly condemn you! ”

"According to the experience of hexagram for many years, you are indeed a disaster star, and anyone who is related to you will either die or be injured. In order to stop harming others, the teacher had to sacrifice himself and reluctantly take you in. "Master's face was awe-inspiring.

I looked up at Master, aggrieved and angry, and said unconvinced: "Master, you are deceiving. You say that I am a mother, forget it, and what do you say about my sister Kefu, I don't have a sister. Also, when did I say that I wanted to marry, and if I didn't marry, I wouldn't have a husband, so how could I get a husband? How could I be that kind of person? ”

Master stroked his beard and smiled, "You are indeed not the kind of person who is a husband, you are the kind of person who will kill three husbands. ”

"Three husbands?" I almost fainted, and the more Master said it, the more outrageous it became.

Master continued to joke: "To be your husband, you must have the spirit of sacrifice as a teacher, and you must also have the determination to die. They're either killed by you, killed by you, or killed because of you. If you don't want to live in the future, marrying you is the best way. ”

I gritted my teeth angrily and emphasized, "Master, an apprentice will never marry in this life!" ”

The master laughed for a long time, as if I was joking, I was so angry that I turned my head and left, and the master suddenly said faintly behind me: "Qingqiang, I can't help you in this matter." It's fate, and there are always some fates that you can't resist. ”

Master's words are meaningful, as if they came from a dream.

"Master!"

I woke up from my dream, and then I realized that I was not with Master, but sleeping next to a hard rock in the mountains.

There was a boardwalk not far away, and I stood up and was determined to walk over it.

There is a plank road between the two cliffs in the lonely mountain, I walked on the plank road, looked around, sighed quietly, after more than two months of trekking through mountains and rivers, finally arrived at Cuihua Mountain, and was one step closer to my goal. It is still more than ten miles away from Chang'an City, and it will take a day or two to get there.

Looking at the blue sky, I was very confused, can I find Master in Chang'an City, will Master be in Chang'an, is he safe?

In the past, when he lived in Dongli Mountain, the master talked about Chang'an the most, and if he had escaped safely, then he would most likely come to Chang'an City. No matter what, even if I have one in ten thousand hopes, I will go to Chang'an City to have a look.

After resting for a while, I straightened out my robe that had been cut messily by the blades of grass, touched the knife in my arms for self-defense, felt a little calm, crossed the plank road, and walked down the mountain path.

As I walked, I suddenly heard the sound of clanging, sometimes far and sometimes near. I couldn't help but be curious, and walked over to the voice, but there was a sword and sword shadow everywhere I looked, and my heart was shocked.

On a secluded mountain road, a group of masked men are working together to besiege a middle-aged man, and a few sparse attendants are rushing to the death. The masked man in the lead, looking at his figure, was vigorous and upright, like a sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy, with a fierce momentum, falling his sword and stabbing straight into the heart of the middle-aged man.

Seeing that the middle-aged man was fluttering in a purple shirt, wearing a scarlet robe, and in a yellow silk, his face was frosty, but he was also calm, and immediately turned over quickly, dodged the sword, and landed on his toes.

Looking at the corpses on the ground, mixed with arrows and boulders, I hurriedly hid in the grass on the side, meditating in my heart: don't worry about idle things, leave when you have the opportunity, and avoid the disaster of blood and light. They are fighting fiercely, and if they accidentally see me, the city gate will catch fire, and the innocent me will be harmed, so I should quietly retreat and leave.

The masked boy killed the middle-aged man with all his might, crossing his swords, and the middle-aged man was quite struggling. The young man's sword body spun and stabbed into his chest again, and the sword was as fast as the wind. The middle-aged man turned around to avoid it, turned around, turned the defense into an attack, and stabbed the young man obliquely in the right rib with his long sword. The momentum of the thunderstorm came quickly, and the boy didn't have time to attack, so he immediately avoided it sideways.

Under the bright sunlight, the figures of two swords, one purple and one black, overlapped and whirled, and the sword struck endlessly. The young man's long sword is like a rainbow, and the shot is sharp and fast, and the cold wind cuts the face, which has a hidden tendency to destroy the withering and decaying. The middle-aged man is calm and sophisticated, full of might, the sword is like a dragon, sprinkling a piece of silver, and the two are inseparable.

In a fierce battle, the middle-aged man's long sword swirled, barbing the young man's throat from the bottom up. The young man leaned back, and the blade of the sword turned into a horizontal cut, approaching the middle-aged man's side. The middle-aged man hurriedly retreated, still inevitably injured by the sword, his purple shirt was torn, and his arm was cut through a long hole, faintly seeing blood.

Seeing that the attendants around him were eliminated, the group of masked people would soon become entangled. The middle-aged man didn't want to fight with the boy, so he turned around and ran away, eager to escape.

I was quietly retreating, but there was a rustle in the grass. I subconsciously looked over, and a colorful snake was crawling towards my feet with a red letter, and I was suddenly terrified, and the three souls and seven spirits were scared away.

"Ahh I screamed and ran away from the grass.

Before my heart could settle down, I saw a dense group of masked people rushing up behind me, looking at me with vicious eyes, obviously with bad intentions. My heart jumped, I witnessed this assassination, they couldn't be trying to kill someone, right?

I looked at them with trepidation, "Don't look at me, I'm just passing by." ”

"It doesn't matter who you are, brothers, kill him and avoid future trouble!"

As soon as the words fell, Sen Han's long sword swooped down on me. Anyway, I would do a little punch and kick work, and one side dodged, reached out and grabbed the wrist of the masked man who wanted to kill me, kicked him into the masked crowd with all my might, and then turned around and ran.

When he fled, he grabbed a handful of sand on the road for the masked man to chase and kill. When I saw a reddish-brown horse on the side of the road, I immediately stepped on the saddle and jumped onto the horse. Before I could sit down, another person pounced on me, and I was so shocked that I wanted to push someone off the horse, but I heard a low and cold voice ringing behind my ears, "If you don't want to die, don't move!" ”

When I turned my head, it was the middle-aged man who was being chased and killed. In an instant, the masked boy struck again with his sword, and I didn't think much about it, and a puff of dust was scattered into his eyes. The middle-aged man took advantage of this gap and slapped his long sword on the horse, and the horse neighed and galloped in the dust.

Who knows, after not running a few steps, the young man behind him flicked his fingers, and a silver and white iron ball flew straight over. The horses were frightened and threw us off the horses.

I got up and patted the dust on my robe, remembered the plank road I had walked on before, and had an idea in my heart, and said to the middle-aged man: "Uncle, you come with me, I have a way to deal with them." ”

The old man followed me to the plank road on the mountain in disbelief, and when I came to the end, I took out the knife in my arms and cut the rope on the plank road, which was not completely cut, but cut shaky.

The dense masked people chased after them and stepped on the plank road one after another. When I ran to the middle of the plank road, the rope that had been almost cut off finally couldn't bear the weight, and it broke off and collapsed, and all the people on the plank road fell down the abyss at the bottom of the mountain.

Finally safe, I breathed a sigh of relief and sat limply on the ground.

"Thank you, little brother." The old man thanked me.

I hurriedly waved my hand to clarify, "I'm not a little brother. ”

The old man stared at me suspiciously, carefully looked at my eyebrows, and suddenly was startled, "Are you ...... Girl's house? ”

"Exactly." I smiled and explained to him, "Because I have lived in the mountains with my master since I was a child, and I have been isolated from the outside world for a long time, and I don't know the dress of the women outside. My clothes are all made in Master's style, and if you just look at what I'm wearing, you'll think I'm a man. ”

"I see." The old man smiled thoughtfully.

Seeing that no one came to hunt us down again, I was relieved to talk boldly with this old man.

From the old man's words, I learned that the reason why he came to Cuihua Mountain was because his beloved third son had an accident. The third son, a close attendant named Yuan Xi, was the masked man's internal response, and he pretended that the third son accidentally fell off the cliff while hunting in Cuihua Mountain, and he didn't know whether he was alive or dead, so he tricked the old man into coming to save people. As soon as he arrived, he was ambushed, and a large number of stones fell from the mountain, killing the horses and his attendants, and he did not stop the arrows, intending to kill him.

"Uncle is an official?" I asked.

The old man wondered, "How did the little girl know?" ”

"Since ancient times, money and power are prone to disaster, and the old man is either a businessman or an official. It is impossible for a merchant to have so many attendants, so the old man is an official, or a very big official. ”

The old man looked at me appreciatively, "The little girl is very courageous and knowledgeable, it seems that your master has taught you very well!" ”

Speaking of Master, I couldn't help frowning, "Not really." Master always travels for half a month or half a year, and doesn't care about me at all. ”

The old man was curious: "Who is the little girl's master, and where do you live?" ”

I didn't answer his words, but just kept talking to myself, "This time, it was because Master had been out for too long that I was not at ease, so I decided to come out to find him." ”

"Since he is out on a wandering, how can you find him, little girl?"

I sighed and said, "Every time Master comes back from a trip, the one he talks about the most is Chang'an." I guess he may have gone to Chang'an, and I'm going to Chang'an to find him. I just don't know, can I find him? ”

The old man smiled: "Don't worry, little girl, the widow also lives in Chang'an, and I know a lot of people in Chang'an, so I may be able to help you find the master." ”

I was surprised and delighted, and raised my eyebrows and said, "Really, then please ask the old man." Immediately, I remembered something and asked, "Widow?" That's an honorific title that only a member of the royal family can have! Chang'an is the capital of the Zhou State, could it be that you are the royal family of the Zhou State? ”

The old man smiled and clarified his identity, "You guessed right, the widow's surname is Yuwen, his single name is a protective character, and he is the cousin of the king of the Zhou Kingdom today, the big mound of the Great Zhou Kingdom." ”

Exegesis:

(1) From Li Bai in the Tang Dynasty "From the North Gate of Thistle" "The military power is overwhelming, and the murderous spirit is overwhelming." ”