Chapter 8: Love and Hatred (1)
After leaving Tibet, the team entered the Yunnan Province of Dayuan, which has many ethnic groups, and because of Joseph's generosity and the hospitality of the local people, the team was treated with guests everywhere they went, so they laughed and laughed along the way.
When walking to a place called 'Da Dandang', everyone is attracted by the beautiful natural scenery and forget to return, the white clouds are like a ball of pure silk hanging in the blue sky, the green grass is accompanied by boundless beautiful flowers, the strange snow-capped mountains are reflected in the calm lake water, the soft sunlight is sprinkled on the body, and the warm wind is reluctant to lift people's clothes.
Amir then announced that he would camp here tonight so that his people could enjoy the idyllic time.
Dao Yan and Paya lay head to head to head on the grass by the lake, Dao Yan had already told all the stories of the Mo sisters to Paya, so Paya told Dao Yan a story of the Moon God Clan tonight.
Legend has it that there is a spirit beast called 'Bai Zhen' in ancient Shu, which has existed for millions of years, but it is unexpectedly that the 'Bai Zhen' in later generations was slaughtered by its natural enemy, the 'Golden Leopard', and there are only a few left' Bai Zhen has been forced into a desperate situation, about to face the danger of extinction, the goddess of the moon god clan happened to pass by, seeing this scene and came forward to rescue, but was injured by the leopards, dying when the three sisters of the goddess heard the sound of the voice, grief and indignation so that they sacrificed themselves to the moon god to pray to punish the murderer, so the moon god turned the three women into a stone mountain and all the 'money leopards' who attacked the goddess pressed under this mountain, and was saved by the goddess at that time. One of the leaders of the 'Bai Zhen' originally planned to send the goddess back to the Moon Divine Clan, but the goddess was too seriously injured, and the 'Bai Zhen' leader had to take her to a beautiful lake, and made a blood pact with the goddess before her death, and guarded the goddess for all generations, and now they are going to join the current 'Bai Zhen' leader.
After listening to Paya's story, Dao Yan remembered that 'Taiji' was not a member of the 'Bai Zhen' clan, and after a long time of separation, he didn't know if it was still waiting for him to return on Phoenix Mountain, and he couldn't help but feel sour when he recalled the past.
On the second day, the team came to the bank of the Jinsha River, where the water is turbulent, and after walking along the river for a while, they found a chain suspension bridge, and just as everyone was about to cross the bridge, they saw a young man dressed in Han clothes covered in blood stumbling out of the woods on the opposite bank, and several men and some Miao people in the same clothes as him were chasing him. When they were about to catch the wounded man, the two groups suddenly fought, and the wounded man took the opportunity to escape, so the two groups stopped fighting and continued to pursue.
"So many people bully one person, should we go and help him?" Singh asked angrily, pressing his hand on the 'talon'.
"We still have important things to do, so let's not make a fuss." Joseph suggested.
Amir and Kautilia were silent, and the group continued to cross the river.
In order to ensure the safety of the team, Singh first led a team of guards to cross the river, and Dao Yan and others followed behind them. As soon as the team crossed the river, the wounded man was surrounded by two groups of people not far from Daoyan.
"You, why do you have to break us up and let me save her, it's almost too late, and then I'll dispose of it with you, I beg you." The wounded man pleaded sadly, and struggled to run forward again, when a Miao man stabbed him in the leg from behind, and the wounded man immediately fell to the ground, but ignored the bloody wound, but crawled forward with trembling hands, shouting in a hoarse voice as he crawled: "Yixin, wait for me, I'm coming, you must wait for me, Yixin." ”。 A man dressed in a Chinese costume walked up to him, raising his sword as if to stab him in the arm, but he ignored it and continued to crawl forward.
The figure flashed, and then there was a scream, and the man in Han costume fainted to the ground after spitting blood in his mouth, and then a burst of arrows neatly nailed to the ground half a foot in front of the two groups. Seeing that the caravan guards were drawing their bows against them, the two groups stopped moving. Dao Yan helped the injured man up, and saw that he was almost unconscious, and his mouth was still reading: "Yixin, wait for me, you must wait for me, Yixin." ”
In the evening, the wounded man finally woke up, but immediately struggled to stand up, Singh hurriedly asked him to lie down, but he grabbed his arm and asked, "Where is this?" How long have I passed out? ”
"We are at the foot of Jade Dragon Mountain, and it has been two hours since you fainted." Singh replied with some pain.
"I'm sorry." The wounded man hurriedly let go of his hand.
"I have to go, thank you." The injured man said in a panic, and as soon as he stood up, he immediately fell to the ground.
"Young man, you have a serious injury in your leg, and you can't ride even if you are given a fast horse, so it's better to stay in bed." Cortilia walked over as he spoke, and Doyan and Paya followed him.
"No, Yixin is waiting for me, my life is at stake, I must go up the mountain immediately, it's too late to be late." The wounded man said anxiously,
"If that person named Yixin knows that you came to her, will the problem be solved? If so, give me a token, and I'll go for you. Dao Yan said.
The wounded man hesitated slightly, then quickly untied a piece of white jade from his neck, carefully handed it to Dao Yan, and immediately drew a map of the mountain road.
"Brother, please be sure to rush to the spruce flat before the full moon rises to the top of the mountain, find a girl named Zhuge Yixin, and tell him that Sima Xuanhuang will never break his word." Sima Xuan Zodiac.
Dao Yan put away the token, flew on his horse and galloped towards the mountain road, and Singh also rode his horse to follow, shouting at Paya: "I'll help you take care of your brother-in-law." After saying that, he slipped away and followed.
Just after two detours, a dense forest appeared in front of me. Thinking of the people who were chasing Sima Xuanhuang during the day, Dao Yan carefully observed the movements in the woods on both sides, although his mount was better than Singh, but his riding skills were not as good as Singh, and Singh seemed to be planning to clear the way ahead for him so he was gradually overtaking him. Suddenly, Dao Yan saw the figures in the dense forest on the left and right flashing, and hurriedly lowered his head and shouted: "There is an ambush." Singh was dexterous like an ape, and when he passed under the horse's belly and crossed the horse's back again, he saw two corpses fall from behind the trees.
"Brother-in-law has good eyesight." Singh shouted in admiration.
"You're good at archery, too." Dao Yan also praised.
"Right side, jump." Dao Yan saw someone pulling a rope in the woods on the right.
Singh didn't look back, he shot an arrow with his backhand, and another person slowly fell.
The two cooperated tacitly, and finally rushed to the vicinity of Spruce Ping before the full moon reached the top of the mountain. The two of them then turned over and dismounted, and quietly walked towards Spruce Flat.