Near the kiss of the owl in the main hall of the Xida Temple, Su Sanniang gently rubbed her almost numb shoulders, her eyes still staring at the perimeter of the polo field like an eagle falcon.

"I didn't expect this group of little ladies and little Langjun to play polo so hard!" Thirteen Niang sighed secretly in her heart: "The little lady I like is very clever. I guessed that her identity was not ordinary that day, but I didn't expect it to be the daughter of the deputy capital protector of Beiting. With such a status, I guess you may not choose to learn swords with me, right? ”

Suddenly, she had some gains and losses. On the same day in the Yuanxi fire, when I first saw Ashina Wenxia who had a flame in her heart, Thirteen Niang's heart moved, just like seeing herself when she was a teenager.

At that time, she was still called Su Yan, and she was still living in an ordinary village in Hanoi County, and she was just an ignorant crazy girl.

Unlike the vast northwest, Hanoi County, which is bordered by Taihang in the north and the river in the south, is located in the Central Plains and is under the jurisdiction of Huaizhou Prefecture of Dugi Province.

Although Hanoi County is small, it was once the land of the Jin royal family's Sima family. Today, the walled palaces and pavilions of the past have been covered by endless wheat fields. It is only when the wind blows the wheat waves, revealing some broken earth rams and stone statues, that some thick history is faintly revealed.

But Su Yan didn't feel this way when she was a child. Born into an ordinary peasant family, she spent her days in rags and grizzle, and seemed as plain as the other children on the farm.

If it weren't for the fact that when he was nine years old, Master happened to rush from the Eastern Capital to Taiyuan and pass through Hanoi County. Su Yan's whole life will probably be spent in that quiet and peaceful village, and at the age of fifteen or sixteen, she will marry a nearby farmer.

But there are always surprises as fate would have them. To this day, Su Yan still doesn't know where her actions that day came from.

At the age of eight or nine, the children of the farm are not yet civilized, and they are just playing wildly in the fields.

On that day, it was August 13, and I and a group of friends were climbing on a dense jujube tree on the side of the road to pick red jujubes to eat.

There was a greedy little fat man who desperately climbed up, trying to pick a big red date at the highest point of the branch, but the branch shook, the fat man's body shook, and he was about to fall from this tall jujube tree.

The big jujube tree is more than a zhang high, and if the little fat man falls down, he will have to shed his skin if he doesn't die!

At that time, I didn't know what was going on, it was almost instinctive, and it seemed to be driven by magic, Su Yan hooked her legs and bent over, stretched out her arm and grabbed the little fat man.

Unexpectedly, the fat man was too heavy, and he had just eaten a stomach of jujubes. Su Yan grabbed the corner of one of his clothes, not only did he not have the strength to pull him up, but he was also implicated by the little fat man and crumbled on the jujube tree.

The rest of the friends were stunned and didn't know what to do at all!

At this critical moment, a carriage rushed on the road. Suddenly, a rope flew out of the car and wrapped tightly around the branches of the date tree.

Then there was a wind-like figure, climbing up, lightly taking the little fat man out of Su Yan's hand, going down the rope, and putting the little fat man on the ground in a blink of an eye.

Without the involvement of the little fat man, Su Yan immediately felt much easier. Her heart suddenly moved, and she followed the example of that figure, grabbing the rope and descending from the jujube tree.

After falling to the ground, Su Yan found that her little hands were hot, and only then did she see clearly that the figure was a woman with a light posture.

The woman smiled and looked at Su Yan, who was rubbing her little hands, walked up to her, and spread her hands.

Only then did Su Yan understand why the woman's hands didn't hurt, because she was wearing a pair of very delicately woven gloves.

Su Yan couldn't help but want to touch the gloves, but the woman not only did not object, but took off the gloves and gave them to Su Yan.

The woman looked at Su Yan, who kept groping for gloves, and smiled lightly: "I see that although you are young, you are dexterous and agile, and it is even more rare that you have a benevolent heart, why don't you worship me as a teacher!" ”

"What are you capable of? Why should I worship you as a teacher? Su Yan was still stupid, tilting her head and asking.

The woman smacked slightly, drew her long sword from her waist, grabbed the rope, and leaped into the air, flying like a bird and dancing like a flower.

In an instant, the dates fell like rain, and a few of them even hit the head of the little fat man who was still in a daze.

By the time the woman settled down to collect the sword, all the red dates on the jujube tree had fallen to the ground, and none of them were scratched by the sword.

Su Yan opened her mouth wide in shock, as if she had seen a legendary immortal. The friends were also stunned, so that no one thought to pick up the red jujube on the ground.

"On November 15, the day of the full moon, I will wait for you under this big jujube tree. If you want to worship me as a teacher, come to me with these gloves. ”

For the next three months, Su Yan waited under the jujube tree almost every day. Breaking her fingers, she finally waited until November 15, when it was about to get dark, Su Yan heard the sound of the carriage galloping and the careless footsteps of the martial arts fairy.

Taking the goddess home, Su Yan was very excited. But she didn't really understand what it meant to be apprenticed.

That night, the goddess and her parents talked for a long time, but Su Yan couldn't help but fall asleep. When it was dawn, I found that my father and mother had packed a small package for me, and were waiting for the woman to take her away with a smile.

At this time, Su Yan realized that she was probably going to leave home for a long time and leave this small village that she had never left since she was a child.

When she arrived in Chang'an, she learned that she was "famous", and the master who danced with the sword on the jujube tree turned out to be the famous "first female swordsman of Kaiyuan" - Aunt Gongsun!

In this way, Su Yan became the thirteenth disciple of Gongsun Auntie and the closed disciple of the master.

Soon after, there was a rumor in the Chang'an court and ranger circles about a woman named "Su Thirteen Niang", who was the true biography of Gongsun Auntie and was better than the blue.

In addition to being chivalrous and righteous in Chang'an, Su Sanniang also traveled around from time to time, and lived a simple and happy life.

It's been more than 10 years. The master, who was like a frightening master back then, now has a little gray hair, and the corners of his eyes and eyebrows are covered with fine lines.

Thinking of Master, Thirteen Niang is a little warm and a little sad. On the fifteenth day of the winter moon last year, Master's entrustment is still vivid.

"Do you remember the day you worshipped me as a teacher?" Aunt Gongsun has a long time of thought, and seems to be reminiscing about the past.

Seeing that the master was immersed in memories, Su Sanniang sighed that the master was indeed old, and he began to become nagging and reminiscing about the past.

"Master's great kindness, disciple is unforgettable! The first time I met Master, I remember it vividly! ”

"Then do you know why so-and-so took you as an apprentice?" Aunt Gongsun was a little solemn.

Su Sanniang was stunned for a moment, and then replied: "Didn't the master say that I was dexterous and agile and benevolent, so he accepted me as an apprentice?" ”

Aunt Gongsun's familiar smile appeared on her face: "Dexterity, agility, and benevolence are naturally right." But more importantly, you have an unyielding flame burning in your eyes and the ambition to change the world in your breast! ”

"Unyielding flames?" Su Sanniang was a little confused.

"Although we travel between the court and the market, the root of it is nothing more than the word ranger. What is a ranger, Taishi Gong once said, those who violate the ban with martial arts! Why do we have to use force to break the ban, because there are too many injustices in this world, and we need to change them by our own strength. Therefore, when I choose disciples, the first thing is to have an unyielding and unwilling spirit in my heart, and then to be dexterous and benevolent. The posture is the foundation, and only with the cornerstone can you hold the sword; Benevolence is the foundation, with a benevolent heart, only then will they be chivalrous and righteous, so as not to kill innocents indiscriminately and bully the weak; The indomitable spirit is a god, if there is no unwilling spirit and the heart to save the world, there is no skill, but after all, it is impossible to exert the power of the sword technique. ”

"Master, the disciple has been taught!" Su Sanniang pondered Master's words thoughtfully.

"Actually, I didn't call you here just to catch up. It's a bit of a trivial matter that needs you to take care of it. ”

"Disciple obeys Master's instructions."

"Speaking of which, this has something to do with you. That year, the reason why I passed through Hanoi County and was able to accept you as an apprentice was that I was entrusted to go to Wenxi County, Hedong Province to chase down a group of bandits who killed people and oversold goods and committed crimes. After the gang was annihilated, I discovered that they were a group of killers who were hired by Hedong Wenxitang to take care of the dirty work and fight the competitors. Later, I rushed to Wenxi Hall and prepared to kill the mastermind behind the scenes. After careful investigation, I learned that Wenxitang was the property of the Pei family in Hedong. The Pei family in Hedong is huge, and it is inconvenient for me to make too many moves, so I only threw all the heads of those bandits into Wenxi Hall, which can be regarded as a small warning to them. ”

"The Pei family in Hedong is indeed a behemoth." After Su Sanniang has traveled for many years, she has seen a wide range of things, and she is no longer the country girl she used to be.

"Yes! Although the teacher has a relationship with the powerful of the family with this little bit of swordsmanship, he is also slightly famous in the palace. But with our strength, it is really difficult to openly confront such a wealthy and powerful person. The prosecutor's tone was gloomy, full of regrets.

"The more frustrated you are, the more courageous and indomitable! Not today, he will have a chance tomorrow! As long as you don't give up, there will be a day when justice will be served! Su Sanniang said generously.

Aunt Gongsun's eyes lit up, and she said with satisfaction: "This is the ambition that my disciple should have!" ”

"What the master wants to explain, isn't it also related to this Wenxi Hall?"

"Exactly. Although I couldn't bring down Wenxitang that day, I have been keeping an eye on its tracks since then. Later, I learned that the person in charge of recruiting bandits was called Pei Zhong and was a slave of the Pei family. Many of the Pei family's evil things were arranged by him. ”

"Then does Master want me to go to Hedong to kill this fang?"

"It's not Hedong, it's Tingzhou in the west."

"Tingzhou?"

"There is a lady in the Pei family, who is the main room of Wang Zhengjian, the envoy of the Beiting Festival. Pei Zhong, as the dowry slave of the Pei family's wife, went to the Wang family together. Wen Xitang also followed in the footsteps of the Pei family lady and expanded all the way to Tingzhou. ”

"Beiting Festival makes ......" Su Sanniang was stunned.

"Silly girl, the teacher won't let you sneak into the Beiting Festival to assassinate the mansion." Looking at Su Sanniang's stunned expression, Aunt Gongsun smiled: "Then Wang Zheng sees that the official reputation is good, and we don't have to offend him." In fact, it was Wang Yuanbao of Ruyiju who entrusted me to go to Hedong to kill the bandits. His Ruyiju is currently going west to Tingzhou, and it is estimated that Wen Xitang will not give up and will inevitably make some moves. You go over there to help Ruyi live in the town, and if you have the opportunity, you can also settle the old grudge between the teacher and Pei Zhong. ”

"Wang Yuanbao of Ruyiju?" Su Sanniang didn't know that the master actually had such a deep relationship with the richest man in Chang'an.

Aunt Gongsun saw her disciple's doubts and explained: "When I was in trouble for my teacher, I received help from him. The grace of dripping water should be reciprocated by the spring, Tingzhou is far away, for the old teacher, and I don't want to leave Chang'an for thousands of miles, so you can take this trip for the master! ”

In this way, Su Sanniang received Wang Yuanbao's token and handwritten letter from her master, followed Ruyiju's caravan and went to Tingzhou.

On the westward journey, Ruyiju's caravan once encountered a group of Qarluq horse bandits near Dunhuang.

Su Sanniang easily killed a number of horse bandits and captured the leader of the horse bandits alive.

The leader was so frightened that he cried bitterly, begging Su Sanniang to spare his life, saying that he had no eyes and no beads, and he would never dare to offend Ruyiju again.

The leader of the horse bandits also revealed that a few days ago, a caravan from Ruyiju passed through Dunhuang, and he himself had been tricked to intercept it, and as a result, more than half of the brothers were killed. Now that the remaining half has been shut down, he will never do anything wrong in the future.

But after interrogation, Su Sanniang knew that this Qarluq horse bandit was full of evil, so she did not hesitate to kill the leader and hand over the rest of the bandits to the government.

This matter was not worth mentioning, but a few old guys in the caravan were a little puzzled, they had never heard of other Ruyiju caravans heading west a few days ago. But Su Sanniang didn't know or care about Ruyiju's business route and caravan arrangement, so she didn't take the doubts of the caravan guys to heart.