Hou Yi said goodbye to Chang'e and happily returned home. His parents asked him why he was so happy, and he told his parents about his encounter with Chang'e. When the parents heard it, they were also very happy, so they hurried to discuss Houyi's marriage.

However, Hou Yi's parents had not yet prepared for his marriage, and only a few days later, ten suns appeared in the sky. The strong sunlight scorched the earth, the roasted dealers had no grains, the roasted stones were about to melt, the sea boiled like boiling water, and everything on the ground smoked.

Hou Yi originally thought of going to the mountains to hunt more prey and come back to exchange for some food. But as soon as he had taken a few steps, he was overwhelmed by the scorching sun, and the sweat was pouring down his body like rain.

Hou Yi finally came to the mountain, but saw that those fierce beasts couldn't stand the heat, and they also took the opportunity to come out to harm people. Hou Yi didn't take a few steps before he found a tiger eating a goat there, and Hou Yi was about to shoot it, but the tiger hid in a cave and couldn't come out.

Hou Yi didn't dare to enter the hole, and he couldn't shoot the prey, so he had to walk back stupidly. He thought, Chang'e is the flower of the emperor's daughter, and I, a small shooter, have four walls, what do I want to use to feed other girls? Besides, do you have your own parents who also need to be raised? I'm so useless, or I won't marry.

Just when Hou Yi was retreating in his heart, he encountered a man on horseback passing by. The two looked at each other, but Hou Yi saw that the horse and the man were like washed water, sweating profusely. And the horse was so hot that it looked like it was about to fall, and the man on the horse was wilting and godless.

Hou Yi hurriedly stopped and said, "This old man, on this hot day, you are not staying at home, how can you come out to suffer this crime?" ”

The man replied, "Oh! I can see people, and this time there is salvation. Little brother, my horse is dying of thirst, can you give me some water to drink? ”

Hou Yi took out the gourd filled with water from behind him and said, "Brother, I am not willing to drink it, there is still half a gourd of water left, you can save the emergency first." ”

The man took the water and did not thank him, but craned his neck and drank it. When he had finished drinking, he took a gourd scoop from his horse, poured water into it, and began to drink from the horse.

It was only then that the horseman breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Little brother, thank you, it's not that I am willing to come out, who wants to come out and suffer in this hot weather?" Because I am an errand officer, I have come out this time to give out decrees to various places. This time, the emperor issued a decree, which said: Ten days are empty, poison the people, and save the people, everyone is responsible. If anyone can shoot the sun, the emperor will give him his precious daughter. ”

Hou Yi got the news and said secretly in his heart: Isn't Emperor Yu's daughter Miss Chang'e? I'm worried that I won't be able to marry her. Actually, Miss Chang'e also told me, she said that her father wanted to recruit relatives for her. Could it be that whoever shoots the sun this time will be able to marry her? I can't afford to miss my chance, and I'm going to have to give it a try.

Hou Yi thought about it, and said confidently: "Bad officer, can you tell me how to go to the imperial capital?" ”

The messenger said, "From here, you can go west." ”

After the errand left, Hou Yi muttered in his heart again, thinking: Shooting the sun is a big deal, can I shoot down the sun with my own bamboo arrows and this big bow? I'm afraid it's not that easy, right?

Hou Yi returned home with a sad face, and his father asked him what was on his mind. He said: "Father, today I met Emperor Yu's errand officer, he said that Emperor Yu wants to marry his daughter to someone who can shoot the sun, if I can't shoot the sun, I will definitely not be able to marry Chang'e, what can I do?" ”

Hou Yi's father said: "Son, I heard that there is an old immortal living on Beidou Mountain, it is said that this old immortal is very remarkable, maybe he has a way to deal with the sun in the sky." I think you might as well go there and look for it and see if he can help you. ”

After his father said that, his mother prepared plenty of dry food and water for Hou Yi, and told him that it was best to stay at night and sleep during the day to avoid sunburn. Hou Yi nodded in response, and set off with a bow and arrow on his back.

Because Hou Yi was afraid that he would miss the time, he traveled day and night, and finally arrived there in a hurry. Hou Yi soon found the old fairy in Beidou Mountain, he explained his intention to the old fairy, and was willing to ask the old fairy to help him.

The old fairy smiled and said, "Hou Yi, I also know something about your situation, but do you know who I am?" ”

Hou Yi shook his head and said: "Hou Yi is a Lufu, I only know that you are a very amazing old immortal, and I don't know about the rest." ”

The old fairy smiled again: "Let me tell you, I am a real person in Taiyi." I am on the order of Emperor Fuxi, to give you a few of his treasures, do you know who Emperor Fuxi is? ”

Hou Yi shook his head again, and he said a little unhappily: "Old immortal, please don't waste time here." Now the ten days are combined, and everywhere the weather is dry and dry, and the people are not able to make a living, and the sun will roast the earth. Now I just have one thought, I want to shoot the damn sun down quickly. ”

The old immortal ignored this, and he smiled again: "Young man, in fact, I want to tell you that you also have some relationship with Emperor Fuxi, and the emperor knows that you will encounter some trouble, so he asked me to wait for you here." Now, I will hand over the red divine bow and ten white divine arrows of Emperor Fuxi to you. Because, in this world, you are the only one who can shoot down the sun in the sky. ”

As soon as Hou Yi saw the divine bow and arrow handed over by the old immortal, his face immediately bloomed with joy. Hou Yi picked up the divine bow, and the divine bow also weighed 10,000 catties. He picked up another magic arrow, and the magic arrow was also a hundred catties heavy, and he thanked the old fairy and turned around to leave.

The old fairy stretched out his hand to block in front of him and said, "Hou Yi, I haven't finished talking yet." Your task now is to hurry to the land of Japan on the coast of the East China Sea. Because there was a Sun Island in the country of Xi on that day, and there was a Tiantai Mountain on the Sun Island, and only that Tiantai Mountain was the closest to these ten suns. Therefore, you can only shoot the sun down if you stand on the rooftop mountain. Hou Yi, your task this time is very arduous, you have to remember that the life and death of all the people in the world are now pressed on you, you must not let everyone down. ”

Hou Yi remembered the words of the old immortal, he took the bow and arrow, thanked Taiyi Zhenren again, and hurried to Sun Island.

Along the way, Hou Yi saw that the scorching sun had sunburned all the crops in the field, and all the crops were ablaze with smoke. The trees were also sunburned and lost their leaves, and some were bent over by the sun. The hillside was bare, and not even a single grass had grown. There was not a drop of water in the lake, and the bottom of the lake was full of cracked mud.

Hou Yi walked further on, and more and more people died on the side of the road along the way, most of them died of hunger or thirst. Hou Yi couldn't bear to see these tragic scenes, so he could only speed up his pace in great strides.

Hou Yi climbed over several mountains, crossed several sections of river beaches, and finally came to Sun Island after several days and nights of running. In fact, Sun Island is a peninsula connected to the mainland, and there is a mountain on the island, which is Tiantai Mountain.

When he arrived on Sun Island, Hou Yi was already sweating, he was panting heavily, and he had no strength in his body. He looked around, under the exposure of the sun, there was no grass on the mountain and under the mountain, the wind blew the dead leaves and smoke everywhere, the small river under the mountain dried up to the bottom, and the fish and shrimp in the river were rancid and smelly, and were dried into dried fish.

Hou Yi rested for a while, and he finally climbed to the top of Tiantai Mountain, but he found an old woman with gray hair lying on the mountain. Hou Yi hurriedly walked a few steps to the old woman's side.

I saw that the old woman's lips were chapped, the corners of her mouth were dripping with red blood, and her eyes were narrowed into a thin line blankly, and it seemed that she was about to die. Hou Yi carefully supported her, took out the water he had brought with him, and fed her to drink.

After the old woman drank the water, she suddenly opened her eyes slowly, and her face was a little flushed. When Hou Yi saw that the old woman had spirits, he was very happy and thought to himself, this time the old man was saved.

But as soon as Hou Yi turned around, he turned around and saw that the old woman had changed. She was suddenly dozens of years younger, and suddenly she became a young woman with a dashing demeanor.

Hou Yi was wondering, could this woman be a fairy? While he was hesitating, he saw the woman suddenly stand up on her own. Then, she grabbed Hou Yi's hand at once, and she seemed very affectionate to him.

Hou Yi was not only a little frightened but also a little shy when he saw the woman like this, so he hurriedly withdrew and took a few steps back. The woman was still smiling forward, so frightened that Hou Yi wanted to dodge again.

The woman took Hou Yi's hand again and said, "Child, don't be afraid, I am no one else, I am your mother in your previous life, and you were originally my dragon." Now, you may not know me, but I am the Queen Mother of Heaven and your Queen Mother. Child, as a mother, I really want to see you! I've been waiting for you here for a long time, and I'm finally seeing you today. ”

When Hou Yi heard this, he couldn't believe himself, so he asked: "You said, you are the Queen Mother of Heaven, I am your son, why am I the son of Orion now?" ”

The Queen Mother said, "Child, you insisted on asking you to come to the world at that time, and you came down to earth to shoot the sun. Now, let's not talk about this, I'm here to send you the elixir of life in case you need it. ”

As she spoke, the Queen Mother took out a packet of medicine from her body. Then he said, "Child, take this medicine well, and I'll tell you about the effect of the medicine------。 When you encounter a critical situation, or when you can use it, you can take it. Child, you have to take care, you can't stay here longer as a mother, we'll have a date later! ”

Before Hou Yi could figure out what was going on, the Queen Mother had already explained everything. Hou Yi hurriedly kowtowed to the mother, and she turned into the breeze and flew away, and Hou Yi watched the queen mother go away with some nostalgia.

As soon as the Queen Mother left, Hou Yi suddenly felt very thirsty, so she drank the water in the gourd. He rested for a moment before pulling the bow with all his might.

Hou Yi pulled out the divine bow and put on the divine arrow, he grinned with all his strength, aimed at a sun and shot over. But somehow, the magic arrow didn't listen to the call, and it flew out weakly and fell down not far away.

Hou Yi thought, how could this be? There should be no problem with Emperor Fuxi's magic arrow, what went wrong? Hou Yi thought about it, and he suddenly realized. Oh! The queen mother's elixir should be a key, didn't the mother say that as long as you use a little bit of power, you can greatly increase your power?

So, Hou Yi opened the medicine bag and swallowed it. Suddenly, he felt all the muscles and bones in his body rattle, and suddenly his strength was infinite. Hou Yi was suddenly in high spirits, and he quickly pulled out his posture and stretched his bow again.

This time the arrow was indeed peculiar, and I saw that the red arrow came out of the bow with a "whoosh", and it roared straight towards the sun. And the arrow was impartial and shot right into the center of the sun, and one of the suns fell down with a golden light.

Hou Yi saw that the first sun was down, and he was overjoyed. Then he drew his bow and arrows again. Two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, Hou Yi shot down the other eight suns in one breath.

When the arrows ran out, Hou Yi looked up at the only sun left in the sky, and he finally breathed a long sigh of relief. At this time, Hou Yi felt that the sky was somewhat darker, not as dazzling as before, not as hot as before, the air around him was also cooler, and he felt much more comfortable.

Hou Yi jumped up laughing with satisfaction, and he said, "Haha! I did it! I did it! Thank you Queen Mother, thank you Fuxi the Great, I finally succeeded! ”

Then, Hou Yi said loudly to the only remaining sun in the sky: "The sun in the sky, you listen well, I left you in the sky so that you can rise and fall on time from now on, shine on our earth well, and benefit the people well, do you hear?" Do you hear me------"