"Quick, see what disease he has, and treat him quickly." Zhao Xiu tugged at the sleeve of the old man's coat until he was in front of the beggar.

The old man's surname was Sun, and he followed Zhao Xiu all the way south, and the bumps along the way made Dr. Sun exhausted, his face showed exhaustion, his upper eyelids went straight down his eyelids, and he squinted as if he was about to fall asleep.

Doctor Sun rolled his eyes, took the beggar's hand, put his finger on his pulse, looked at the beggar all over, and then stopped looking at him, but patted the ashes on his body with his dry hands.

"What disease did he have? Is there a big deal? Zhao Xiu asked anxiously.

"Back to the young master, it's nothing, I think I should be hungry after not eating for a few days. Is the old man right? Doctor Sun raised his chin and asked Meng Xin.

The beggar nodded, and he breathed a sigh of relief, and there was a trace of blood on his pale face.

"Am I not infected with the plague?" Meng Xin was still a little worried.

After listening to what the beggar said, Doctor Sun paused with his hands, and suddenly said loudly: "Hmph, I said that you are hungry, you are hungry, where is the plague?" If you don't believe the old man, get out of here! "Doctor Sun is a little short, but his temper is really good. After saying that, he turned around and left.

made the beggar Meng Xin stare at the place with a dull expression.

The young man in brocade had long been accustomed to it, looking at Doctor Sun's rickety body, he not only shook his head and smiled awkwardly: "Listen, you won't die, you ...... Come with me. ”

The beggar lowered his head, "Where are you going?" Can I really go with you? ”

The young man in brocade nodded and said: "Of course you can, you have no parents, no home, I am in the same situation as you, I have no home, but I want to build a home by myself, a home of my own." You can be my brother, and in the future we will eat together and sleep together. ”

The beggar smiled happily, he would not die, and he had a brother.

The boy also smiled happily, "What's your name?" How old is it? ”

Before the beggar met, the child, who was four or five years younger, smiled at himself, and couldn't help but laugh too. For the first time, he felt warmth.

"My name is Meng Xin, I'm sixteen years old, what about you?"

The young man smiled and said, "I am twelve years old, my name is Zhao Xiu, and I am going south to Liaozhou in the south." You can go with me, but this journey south is quite dangerous, and it is very easy to lose your life. You still think about it and then make a decision. ”

The beggar Meng Xin also smiled and said: "I'm not afraid of death, I've died too many times, I have kung fu and resist beating, and I can protect you in case of danger." ”

The young Zhao Xiu smiled after hearing this, "Well, I will also protect you." Hahaha. ”

Lian Squall, who was on the side, frowned tightly and asked, "Young Master, are you going to take him to Liaozhou?" ...... along the way"

"I understand, but can he live if he stays here? Just like me, can I live honestly curled up in Shangjing? If you don't fight, everyone will die. Life and death are fateful, and success or failure is in the sky. No more talking. Zhao Xiu took Meng Xin's hand and walked to the car.

Lian Squall shook his head lightly and said nothing.

He silently swung his horse around the carriage and looked around warily. Dozens of people around the carriage were riding on horses to protect Zhao Xiu, obviously they all obeyed Zhao Xiu, they surrounded Zhao Xiu in a circle, turned their backs to him and paid close attention to the movements around him, and Doctor Sun, who was resting behind the carriage, also got on his horse and sat back in the saddle.

Zhao Xiu walked to the front of the carriage, but the twelve-year-old was too small, so he had to put his hands on the edge of the carriage and climb up with his upper body.

Zhao Xiu's upper body was already lying on the car, but his lower body couldn't get up no matter how he kicked his legs. None of the people in the accompanying horse team dared to step forward to help, it was just an order from Zhao Xiu.

Meng Xin hurriedly stepped forward and hugged Zhao Xiu with the little strength he had left. These two teenagers, who were arranged by fate, were staggered together in this way.

Zhao Xiu climbed into the car, but laughed. "You've touched the tickle of my armpits, hahahahaha."

Zhao Xiu said and stretched out his hand to the beggar Meng Xin, the beggar understood this young man for the first time, and Meng Xin saw sincerity and kindness in him.

Meng Xin stretched out his hand and held it in Zhao Xiu's hand, and Zhao Xiu jumped into the car as soon as he pulled Meng Xin. The two of them stood in the car and laughed loudly, and the laughter was full of sadness and soared into the sky. In the laughter of freedom, they become friends who talk about everything, and in the laughter of sadness, they become brothers who can be entrusted for life. In the midst of desolate laughter, no one could have predicted that they would become killing machines that would cling to each other for a lifetime.

Meng Xin's laughter stopped abruptly, his whole body went limp, and he passed out in the car. He was so tired and hungry.

Two days later.

In the barren mountains and mountains, trees cover the hills, making the mountains bright green. In the middle of the mountains, a desolate official road ushered in a horse team.

There are about 30 people in this horse team and more than 20 horses. Some horses carry two people, while others carry one person on a horse. Almost all of the more than 30 people in the horse team were injured.

The only carriage in the team had arrows stuck in it before it could be pulled, and if you looked closely, you could see that the carriage was covered with dense arrow holes, and the wooden carriage looked like a wounded hedgehog, dragged slowly forward by the two horses in front of it.

At this time, it was a summer when there was no rain for many days, and everywhere the horse team passed was dusty, and the whole team was particularly abrupt in this deserted and dense forest.

The leader of the guard, Lian Biao, took the lead and rode in front of the horse team. There were dozens of wounds on his body, large and small, blood stained red gauze, one hand carrying the reins, and the other hand slightly covering the wounds. He tied the iconic broadsword with gauze behind his back. From a distance, he seemed to be a little taller.

The wheels clattered on the stones on the dirt road, causing the carriage to keep swaying from side to side, and Zhao Xiu in the car turned pale, leaning back on the carriage to endure the bumps of the road. Opposite Zhao Xiu sat Meng Xin, who was also tormented.

Meng Xin's left arm was wounded by an arrow, and the wound was at the joint of his shoulder, and the pain made Meng Xin break out in a cold sweat, but he didn't say a word. His lips were thirsty and bleeding all the time, and the taste of blood flowing into his mouth made Meng Xin feel that he could still hold on, and he felt that he still had blood to flow.

Doctor Sun sat in front of the car, dispensing medicine, and the accompanying guards were reduced from more than 100 to more than 30, but the medicine he wanted to dispense for injuries was not reduced, and the medicine box he brought with him along the way could no longer support them to continue walking.

Doctor Sun put the medicine in his hand on the beggar Meng Xin, and Meng Xin's face gradually became a little bloody.

"How many days do we have to go?" Meng Xin asked weakly.

"This should have reached the border between Yizhou and Liaozhou, not far from home." Zhao Xiu half-leaned on the carriage.

"You saved my life, and I will protect you to the end. But I wonder at whose hands I died? Why are those people desperate to kill you? Meng Xin straightened up and asked.

"You won't die, neither will I, and even if I have only one breath left, I can make those who want my life pay. As for who they are, I said that you don't know, they are not assigned by one person, at least not one person who wants my life. It's a pity," Zhao Xiu said and laughed, grinning and clenching his teeth, more like crying.

"Pity? What a pity? Meng Xin was intrigued.

"It's a pity that they are not united enough, sooner or later I will fight back and break them one by one, then it will not only be them who will die, but their families, those who help them, ha, hahaha." Zhao Xiu sneered.

"Brother, I guessed correctly, they will definitely be crazier in this last part of the road, this way you and I experience life and death together, it's enough, I don't want you to go down, if you can trust me, I will put you off the car later, and when I return to Nanning alive, I will definitely send someone to pick you up." Zhao Xiu's serious expression made Meng Xin deeply feel the affection between them.

Meng Xin shook his head slowly: "I have no relatives, I was born with a hunter, went up the mountain to dig wild vegetables, hunted in the jungle, and later met a big living creature in the mountain, a black and white tiger." He died, and I jumped off a cliff for my life. ”

"I was born to stand on a cliff." Meng Xin was already a little choked.

"I'm not afraid, I'm not afraid of death, I'm afraid to see the people I care about jump before me. Do you understand? Meng Xin had tears in the corners of his eyes.

Zhao Xiu pursed his lips and nodded: "If you insist on staying, then we might as well become brothers while we are still alive." ”

"I don't want to be born on the same day, the same month, the same year, but I want ......"

"But I want to die on the same day, the same month, the same year." The two said in unison.

The horses galloped along the dirt road, and after a while, a towering canyon appeared, with huge rocks on both sides of the canyon leading to the unclimbable ladder, but the path left in the middle seemed to only accommodate three horses at a time. The valley is bottomless and oppressive.

Lian Squao rode his horse slowly to the carriage and asked Zhao Xiu in the carriage: "Young master, the front is the last canyon in Liaozhou." ”