Manzhen, a small border town in the west, lies lazily under a blue sky in the slanting sun. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info That's right, everything is lazy, lazy people, lazy houses, lazy broken clay pots at the door.

"Who the hell said that there will be seven-colored rainbows after the wind and rain, and wet mud and sand in the land after the wind and rain! Lao Tzu walked for a whole day and a night, fell hundreds of heels, and came out of a dying yellow dog! A gruff voice came from an inn, with a scented wine.

At the door of the inn was a young man leaning on his face covered with dust, and he smiled when he heard the sound inside, and the mud and sand on his face fell down one after another because of the smile on the coarse cloth coat that had dried up.

The young man's name is Baililiang, he escaped from a southern mountain village, from south to north, from east to west, walking and stopping for six years, and by chance, came to this western town.

Baili Liang looked at the vast blue sky above his head, thinking back to what he looked like six years ago.

Six years ago, when he was 12 years old, his father had a serious illness and had no money for treatment, so he died in the west. Baili Liang has the mother of the first beauty in Baili Village, and as soon as his father died, the men in the village started his mother's idea, especially the village chief. Not long after, the village chief's wife accidentally drowned, and soon after the village chief married Baili Liang's mother, and his mother took Bai Li Liang and his sister Bai Li Xi to marry the village chief's house. After three months, rumors began to appear in the village, and the death of Baili Liang's father and the death of the village chief's wife made people talk about it. Until one day, Baili Xi ran to Bai Liliang covered in blood and told him the real cause of his father's death. It turned out that Bai Lixi overheard the conversation between the village chief and his mother, and learned that his father was deliberately killed by his mother, because his father had an affair with the village chief's wife, and his mother was not angry, and later the village chief's wife committed suicide by throwing herself into the lake, and the village chief married his mother in order to take revenge on his wife, and his mother in order to retaliate against his dead father. Bai Li Liang asked Bai Li Xi what was the blood on her body, and Bai Li Xi said that she had killed her mother and the village chief, and she had avenged her father.

At that time, Bai Lixi was ten years old. Baili Liang sighed, packed up some softness, and was about to escape with Bai Lixi, but was discovered by Bai Likui, the son of the village chief, Bai Li Kui chased after him for three days and three nights, Bai Li Xi said to Bai Li Liang that she would not run away, she avenged her father above board, Bai Li Kui avenged his father is also above board, Bai Lixi decided to duel with Bai Li Kui.

The three of them had a peaceful meal, slept a full night, and the next day arrived at a single-plank bridge. Bai Li Liang stood at the head of the bridge and watched the ten-year-old Bai Lixi and the sixteen-year-old Bai Likui each holding a firewood knife and walking towards the middle of the bridge. The single-plank bridge hangs high between two mountains, and below it is a rushing river, and if one accidentally falls down, it will be life-threatening. At the beginning, Baili Liang wanted to duel on behalf of his sister, Bai Lixi laughed at him that he usually didn't even dare to walk on the single-plank bridge, and dared to go up to duel, so Baili Liang had to give up.

It was a windless day, the mountains were surprisingly quiet, even the rushing river under the bridge was quiet, and the sun shone carefully on the bridge, as if it was afraid that the sun would be fierce and would put additional pressure on the bridge.

Bai Lixi and Bai Likui walked to the middle of the bridge one after another and stopped, each holding a firewood knife to confront each other. Although Bai Likui is sixteen years old, he is only half a head taller than Bai Lixi, and although Bai Lixi is only ten years old, he is burly and strong, and his body size far exceeds the standard of ordinary girls. Bai Li Liang looked at Bai Li Xi from a distance, and Bai Li Xi turned his face sideways and smiled brightly at him. Baili Liang always felt that Bai Lixi should not be a girl, but at that moment he found that Bai Lixi was a girl when she laughed, and only girls could smile like a sunflower! When Bai Lixi turned his face sideways, Bai Likui's fierce firewood knife slashed towards Bailixi, Bailixi didn't dodge, let the firewood knife cut deep into the flesh on his shoulder, the knife cut extremely deep, condensed Bailikui's full of resentment, because the cut was too deep, it was difficult to pull it back, Bailixi's shoulder blades seemed to have teeth, and he bit the firewood knife that was cut into the bone tightly. Bai Lixi didn't seem to know the pain, still smiling brightly, the smile in the golden sunlight more and more like a sunflower flower plate, she slowly put down the firewood knife, and suddenly went up and hugged Bai Likui with both arms, on the side of the body, two people fell from the bridge into the rushing river under the bridge, a river that was originally quiet, suddenly jubilant, the bright red water waves rolled the two people and rushed down, Bai Liliang didn't have time to scream, the figures of the two people completely disappeared from view.

Baili Liang finally screamed, and when he finished screaming, the mountain was quiet again, the river under the bridge turned from red to white, and the sun was still cautious, as if the fierce duel just now was just an illusion of Baili Liang, only the firewood knife thrown down by Baili Xi on the bridge flashed as if it was as simple as before.

Baili Liang's throat was dry, his hands and feet were cold, and he had a thought that made him extremely frightened, he was going to pick up the firewood knife, he felt that the handle of the firewood knife still had the residual warmth of his sister's palm. But as Bai Lixi said, he was afraid of the single-plank bridge, and he would rather cross the river and detour than take the shortcut of the single-plank bridge when he went out of the mountain, even at this time he was still afraid, but the idea of getting the firewood knife was so strong, he was fiercely fighting against himself. In the end, Baili Liang gritted his teeth and stepped on the single-plank bridge step by step, the single-plank bridge was not particularly narrow, and there were two iron cables on the side as handrails, but Baili Liang's heart was cold every time he took a step, and he was a little relieved until he walked to the firewood knife. Finally picked up the firewood knife, Baili Liang casually glanced down, and immediately cried, he was standing at such a high place! The fear was overwhelming, like ten thousand firewood knives falling down on him at the same time, and Baili Liang collapsed on the bridge.

The sunlight began to become blazing, and the reflection on the blade of the firewood knife pierced Baili Liang's nerves, although he was cold, he knew that he had to leave the bridge, the sooner the better! Baili Liang's teeth bit into his lips, as if he also heard the sound of the skin and flesh on his lips cracking, bright red blood droplets dripped on the handle of the firewood knife in his hand, Baili Liang didn't feel the pain at all, and the pain disappeared with fear, Baili Liang no longer looked at the river under the bridge, stood up with one hand holding the iron cable, looked up at the sky full of golden light, and walked down the single-plank bridge smoothly step by step.

When he arrived at the bridge, Baili Liang did not look back, and strode down the mountain, after going down the mountain, he found a place with good feng shui, buried the firewood knife, and used it as the tomb of his sister Baili Xi.

From then on, Bai Lixi began his long wandering, he wandered from one place to another, worked as a thief, worked as a beggar, and once slipped into the underworld to be a little brother, but because of the mission of killing, he was timid and secretly ran out of the gang. Later, he really couldn't fill his stomach, he moved the idea of becoming a monk, and he really became a monk for a few months, but the host of the temple finally threw away the broken temple and went to another place to place a list because the incense was too light. Every day he has only one simple thought, and that is to fill his stomach and get a good night's sleep. But this simple idea is very luxurious for him, the court is corrupt, the drought has been for many years, it is not easy for ordinary people to have enough to eat, not to mention that he is a penniless wanderer, as for a good night's sleep, it depends on the face of God, the weather is hot and easy to pass, as soon as the weather is cold, he has no way, if it is windy and rainy, it is more like purgatory on earth. But even with such a hard life, he still survived six years, and his height was as tall as usual, and now he is a man, but he is hungry all the year round, and his body is too thin.

Not long ago, he heard that a place called Manzhen was recruiting people to mine, and he followed him, with both food and silver, and he really couldn't think of a reason why he couldn't come. The person who was talking in the inn was looking for work with Baili Liang, his name was Huo Guang, Huo Guang met Baili Liang when he was walking on the road, and the two of them walked one day after the other, Huo Guang saw that they were going to the same place, took the initiative to talk, got acquainted, and saw that Baili Liang's clothes were thin, so he took out his own change of clothes from the package and put them on for Bai Li Liang, Bai Li Liang was not polite, and immediately put them on, and his whole body was warm. The barbarian town is very remote, there is a large section of mud and sand road in the middle, there is no end to the boundless, it just happens to be a rainy day, they have nowhere to hide, they rush in the rain, the rain stops, continue to walk, the road surface also becomes muddy because of the rain, but they have no choice, stop and can only wait for death, the desolate grass around is not born, even if there is a fire fold on the body, it is impossible to make a fire to keep warm, keep walking at least there is heat on the body, it will not be cold.

As Huo Guang said, they had to walk for a day and a night before they saw a corner of the town from a distance.

Tired when he arrived in Manzhen, he heard that there were still three days to start work, so Huo Guang had to rest in the inn temporarily. Huo Guang had a little silver on his body, and he ordered wine and food to eat in the restaurant, and Baili Liang was embarrassed to eat, so he said that it was cold inside, and ran outside to bask in the sun.

The sun here is warm, the sky is blue, and the sun and the sky are very close to the ground, unlike the sun and sky in the mountains, which are high and far away.

The sky in the mountains, the sun in the mountains, the single-plank bridge in the mountains, the sister in the rivers in the mountains, the original clear memory suddenly became strange and distant in this town full of yellow sand, Baili Liang laughed, although he didn't know why he was laughing, but it seemed that there should be a little expression on his face, which meant that he was still a living thing.

Yes, he is a living creature, and a living creature should have the life of a living creature. Baili Liang jumped up from the ground, and saw that there was a dirt slope not far in front of him, he rushed all the way away, and rushed to the top of the slope in one breath.

At the top of the slope was a hard clod of earth, which seemed to have been petrified over time, hard and strong. Baili Liang stood on the dirt slope, opened his arms, looked up at the sky, and remained motionless.

After a long time, the wind suddenly started, and the wind was very strong, with a rattling sound and a chill to the bone.

"Refreshing, this wind is so refreshing!" Baili Liang burst out laughing.