Chapter 4 Yaoguang Snow
The day is late, Xu Ruyu sneaked back to the city, saw that the city gate was closed as before, the displaced people crowded on both sides of the road outside the city, Fenshui, Jinshui both sides are also full of simple residence places built by the wanderers with logs and grass, and a section of Jinshui near the city became turbid because of many people and things.
It is said that it is the New Year's Pass, but the displaced people have not passed the New Year's Pass.
The tent is messy and filthy, and there are many people looking for a gap between the tents, spreading some hay, and three or five people huddle together to keep out the cold. The snow was flying, there was no shelter above the head, the snow accumulated on the body, and the weak body temperature turned into water and seeped into the grass and ground under the body, and the only warmth gradually disappeared.
Some desperate and numb people lay in the snow, their breath was weak, and they only hung there with their lives, like candles in the wind, crumbling to extinguish.
The young child could not bear the hunger and cold, and the howling and crying faintly pierced the heart through the roar of the north wind. Empty eyes without a trace of life, looking directly at themselves, and seem to be looking at an inexplicable empty place, what are they looking at? Xu Ruyu asked himself as he walked, and he couldn't hide the question in his heart: In the spring and summer, Xinzhou and Xiangzhou were the most severely affected, the Fenshui was almost cut off, and ten households ran nine times, why are there so many displaced people outside the Northern Tang City now?
Suddenly, an irrepressible sadness and anger filled his chest.
For thousands of years, people have come out together, how many people have seen the sorrow of the people in their eyes?
"The people are the water, and the world is in charge."
The people are as weak as water, setting off monstrous or rippling waves to change the political affairs of the world.
However, the self-proclaimed heroes of the world regard politics as a trick of power, and they either regard the people as mustard, or they all use this blank and voluntarless torrent to achieve their own ends. Xu Ruyu looked at the bubbling water in the ice crevice, and remembered his father's words: The government of the world should be dominated by the people. Xu Ruyu sighed faintly, and secretly wondered: When will this turbulent and terrifying torrent be able to rush and wash away the filth of the world according to its own will?
Xu Ruyu went down along the Fenshui, and as soon as he arrived at the uninhabited wilderness, he ran on the cloud walking technique.
In the world of reckless ice carving and jade, a faint green shadow is like a rainbow trail across the thousands of mountains in Xiangzhou.
The depression was relieved a little, Xu Ruyu slowed down, looked for a spring, and sat on the mountain rock by the spring.
In the midst of the ice and snow, the spring water rises with a dense atmosphere, and there is no snow near the mountain spring.
Xu Ruyu took off his shoes and socks and poked his feet into the water.
There was a singing voice, Xu Ruyu listened to it, but it was: "The water of the waves is clear, you can wet me, and the water of the waves is turbid, you can wet my feet." ”
Xu Ruyu does not doubt anything else, he is only a hermit in the mountains, but his heart is moved by the song: in the year of peace, he will vibrate and seek strength for the country; In troubled times, it is better to be content and happy in this vicissitudes of the waves, and avoid the world.
If you didn't leave the Youli Flower Boat back then, you could still be satisfied in the water of the waves every day. Xu Ruyu pouted and smiled again: Foreign invasion, the world is scattered, and all the people are in trouble, but there is no such hidden and pleasant feeling.
For a while, he was worried about the displaced people outside the Northern Tang Dynasty, and thought: Xun Da drove the displaced people out of the city, fearing the displaced people to disturb the city, and fearing the meticulous work among the displaced people. In exchange for me to master the affairs of the Northern Tang Dynasty, I can build a dock fort at the surrounding dangerous passes, which can not only house the displaced people, but also strengthen the peripheral defense of the Northern Tang Dynasty.
If the displaced people are allowed to lie in hunger and cold, there will be many deaths and injuries, and it will be even more harmful to the Northern Tang Dynasty.
The brave and martial vagrants form a village as bandits, stand in the dangerous peaks and mountains that are extremely difficult to conquer, threaten the Guanqu artery of the Northern Tang Dynasty, there are several rivers passing through a huge mouth between the mountain in front of the temple and the west mountain in the west of the city, there is one of the important passages in and out of the Fenshui River Valley, there is a cottage in the dangerous place in front of the temple, which directly threatens the safety of the entrance and exit of the entrance. This village is high and looks at the North Tang City, although the scale is small, but there are only 1,000 people. There were heavy troops stationed in the Northern Tang Dynasty, although they were not afraid. However, the transfer of troops in the Northern Tang City could not but take into account the threat here.
For such a large number of displaced people outside the Northern Tang Dynasty, as well as a large number of bandit villages that appeared in the surrounding mountains for a while, Xu Ruyu also knew that some of them were indulgent. Secretly: If you delay a little longer, the people will be angry at that time, and there will be no need to stir up a civil unrest without the need to stir up a detailed campaign among the displaced people. With so many displaced people gathered here, is it really to delay the tens of thousands of elite soldiers of the Xun family stationed in the Northern Tang City?
But I don't know who persuaded Xun Da to resettle the helpless homeless.
And there was singing.
"The floating bottle is empty and hung on the wall, if it is happy, the white hair has no plan to escape, the yellow flowers are half opened, the wine is ashamed of the guests, and the wind is the crown. Relying on the companionship of Tao Weng, the poor live comfortably, undress for village wine, and the wine is thin. Don't be empty when you get to the festival, the cup is OK and the ...... is forced"
The singing voice was clearly from the same person, but in a word, the man seemed to be more than ten feet away.
When the wind blew up and the singing ended, the man stopped on the other side of the mountain spring.
Xu Ruyu raised his eyes and glanced at it.
Draped white hair, light green silk shirt. A pair of pupils are as bright and clear as a child, and they can't see their scheming, just like this green mountain spring, hoping to only see the foreign objects he wants to reflect.
The subtlety of the Dan breath is that the five senses are sensitive, the five senses are to, and the knowledge is self-evident. Seeing with the eyes and knowing is the true sight. Open your ears to know for true hearing.
Just as Xu Ruyu used the Heart Sutra to cover himself in the eyes of others, this person used the true vision technique of the same origin as the thaumaturgical mystical pupil that bound the dust.
Xu Ruyu knew that even the mysteries couldn't see through his depth, he was a peerless master of the same level as his godfather Chen Ang.
Xu Ruyu lowered his head and stopped his gaze on the slowly flowing spring water.
The man laughed, sat down at the water's edge, and did Xu Ruyu's example, took off his shoes, took off his snow-white socks, and poked his feet into the water. Dazu is as crystal as jade, and when it is immersed in water, it is suddenly dyed with a layer of blue halo.
"I rushed over when I heard the news, but I could only talk to you when I rushed over, and I was satisfied." The tone was faint, but there were many turns, but when he heard his meaning, he rushed over to leave Xu Ruyu, and when he saw Xu Ruyu, he found that he couldn't compete; Talking to each other is his long-standing wish.
"Oh." Xu Ruyu raised his head casually and said, "I'm afraid that you don't bother to join hands with others to keep me." ”
"How much is a false name worth?"
"Yaoguang Palace's character is not his own character, Mr. Li can not only see through the false name, but also outside the world, how can he help foreign races invade my Central Plains?"
The person who came was Li Sixun, the lord of the Yaoguang Palace, even if Qi Yishan revealed the news, it would take some time for Li Sixun to think that it was him, unless he had another source?
Xu Ruyu calmed down the mood that set off a slight turmoil, and he took advantage of the East China Sea to meet Chu Shize in Bayang, and traveled all the way north, without a chance to find out his whereabouts. After meeting Xiao Yuan, Qi Yishan and others in Mayi City, even if Qi Yishan was suspicious, before confirmation, Li Sixun really had no reason to go out in person?
Li Sixun was unmoved by Xu Ruyu's words, and said lightly: "Hulan is a foreign race in your eyes, but it is not the case in my eyes. ”
Xu Ruyu was shocked, and opened his eyes to see the traces of the Hulan people on Li Sixun's face.
Li Sixun shook his head and said: "I am not from Hulan, nor from Hanting, my home country has been annihilated in dust for six hundred years. General Qingfeng is knowledgeable, and he should know the three ancient kingdoms of Lin Hu, Lou Fu, and Dai. My ancestors were annoying floors. ”
It's been too long, and these three ancient kingdoms are now just the names of Xinzhouyi.
Xu Ruyu's heart was moved, and he said: "Does the Han family think that they are descendants of the country? ”
"I can't hide everything from your eyes, but General Qingfeng has seen through everything?"
"The passage between Guliang Mountain and Taihang Mountain on the east side of the Northern Tang Dynasty will be crossed by a large army." Xu Ruyu stared at Li Sixun's face, and his calmness as calm as water finally made this sentence a little stirred.
Xu Ruyu was not happy because of the confirmation of doubts, but his heart became heavier and heavier. Through Yanmen Pass, Hulan does not turn east to invade Youji through Juyong Pass, but continues to the south through the large passage between Guliang Mountain and Taihang Mountain on the east side of the Northern Tang Dynasty.
Great detour.
Taking advantage of the rapid penetration of the Hulan Iron Cavalry, he crossed the obstacle of the famous city of the Northern Tang Dynasty, detoured to the hinterland of the Central Plains, and implemented strategic goals.
Where is the detour going?
Li Sixun paused for a moment, and said with a smile: "General Qingfeng has seen the subtleties, and can see the route of the Hulan army from the nearly 100,000 displaced people stranded outside the Northern Tang City, which is really unknown to ordinary people. ”
"Even so, in the face of such a layout, I am still powerless? You have Xun Zhuwu to restore the country in Qinzhou, but how did the Han family restore the country in the Hulan army? Maybe Hulan detoured to the hinterland of the Central Plains, and had no time to stay in Xinzhou and Xiangzhou, and in the agreement between you and others, I was afraid that Xinzhou and Xiangzhou would be assigned to his Han family. ”
"As expected, Xinzhou will be the land of the country."
Xu Ruyu sighed: "If Xinzhou is the land of the country, then the Hulan iron cavalry passes through Xinzhou and Xiangzhou, and will not leave troops in its place, and its army is bound to quickly enter the southern part of Youji from the hole at the western foot of Taihang Mountain, and the Cai family is weakly defended there, so that it can not only temporarily gain a foothold, but also lead the elite soldiers of the Cai family out of Fanyang, at this time the other army of Hulan will come out of Yancheng, cross Yuguan, attack Fanyang, and the two phases will be flanked, and the Cai family is in danger. ”
Li Sixun sighed: "Even if you don't hit it, it's not far away." You can infer from my words that you are really talented. In the meantime, even if I don't say the details, you will guess, so I may as well explain them to you one by one today......"
Xu Ruyu couldn't help leaning forward when he heard this.
“…… The Hulan army detoured to the south of Youji, and you should think that the Yijia of Qingzhou and the Xun family of Fenjun would intervene in it, so that Hulan would have nothing to gain. The initial thrust of the Great Roundabout Strategy was to seize several cities on the north bank of the river to establish a defense against the Yijia in Qingzhou, and then return to the north to capture the cities in Youji one by one. Instigated civil unrest between Youji and Fenjun to contain the Xun family's elite soldiers in Jining, and the Han family raised troops in Xinzhou to contain the Xun family's heavy troops in the Northern Tang Dynasty. General Qingfeng knows when Hulan will launch ......"
Xu Ru was about to open his mouth to ask him, but he saw a drop of stream water suddenly jump out of the water, flick a high foot, and fall to the surface of the water, slightly stunned, and instantly felt a fierce murderous aura directly invade his back.
Shocked, Dan Xi was on his own, his back muscles and muscles twisted slightly, but at the same time, he saw a dark purple dazzle burst out in Li Sixun's eyes, and a giant palm opened the dazzling light and hit Xu Ru's foolish life.
Xu Ru didn't have time to raise his hand, letting his life pass the vital point, and a puddle of blood stirred up in his shoulder. Dan Li was torn like thunder, and it was divided into dozens of veins from his shoulders that penetrated into hundreds of bones.
Xu Ruyu and Li Sixun are both outsiders, but the meridians are strong and tenacious and rare in the world, Li Sixun concentrates the Dan Li in that palm in one place, and may not be able to break Xu Ruyu's meridians and attack the Dan Li directly into his heart.
The heart does not hurt and does not cause life. However, dozens of powerful Dan forces rampage through the veins of the hundred bones, Xu Ruyu was paralyzed half-through, but he couldn't dodge the killing moves behind him, and the fierce murderous aura behind his body turned into a cold iron arrow and drilled into his body.
Xu Ruyu knew that Li Sixun had revealed a big roundabout battle strategy for himself, but he attracted his attention and gave people who were behind him a chance to get close.
The iron-edged arrow drilled in from under the right rib, allowing Xu Ruyu to get out of the way and pierce into the heart. Xu Ruyu shouted that it was not good, the cultivation of the person behind him was slightly weak, and it should not be underestimated, and the Dan power on the iron-edged arrow was released two inches below his heart, and even Fu Zhuchen had no time to protect his heart.
Li Sixun saw Xu Ru's abruptly closed eyes, puzzled, but his hand did not stop. Between the lightning and flint, Xu Ruyu's body strangely leaned down with Li Sixun's palm, but the key points on his chest were exposed.
Li Sixun's palm was imprinted on Xu Ruyu's chest, urging him to breathe, and suddenly felt a huge force gushing out, but he saw that the iron arrow pierced through his body, and the arrow had pierced his wrist vein.
Li Sixun was shocked, and condensed the Dan breath on the wrist vein to block the iron edge arrow, but he couldn't feel the Dan force on the arrow edge, and suddenly saw that Xu Ruyu's face was narrow, and he knew that he was deceived, so he couldn't turn his breath, and held the iron edge arrow with his backhand, and went down to everything, blocking the iron edge arrow in Xu Ruyu's body. However, in an instant, Xu Ruyu was able to recover, and pressed his palm to the space under Li Sixun's ribs, but the halo that bloomed from the palm edge at that moment was like a full moon, and the light was clear.
Li Sixun had no time to think about it, only when he struck the last blow, he wanted to scatter his merits and die with himself. The left hand is supported by the seal, like the beak of a crane, and the five fingers of the right hand are opened, facing Xu Ruyu's giant palm.
Xu Ruyu didn't make a move, the palm pressed on the rock, and his body surged upward, like an arrow from the string shot in mid-air, and suddenly turned eastward.
"Bang", two long arrows fell in the air.
Li Sixun didn't expect him to have this trick, he froze slightly, and then chased after him. Finally, it was too late, and I swept up a mountain, only to see an icefall hanging down, drooping a deep pool, and a glacier extending out of the mountain. There is no figure of Xu Ruyu.
The archery man had already arrived in front of him, but it was the brown-clothed man at the head of the city, the brown-clothed man had a withered face, and asked indifferently: "Sect Chief, do you want to chase it?" ”
Li Sixun pointed to the deep pool under the mountain, but did not answer, and turned to look at the sparse forest in the west.
Wu Mengli walked out of the dense forest with Changge and Mengtu holding a halberd in both hands, and looked at the deep pool under the mountain, but he couldn't feel Xu Ruyu's existence.
Li Sixun said: "Xu Ruyu is the enemy of you and me, why did you help him? ”
Meng Tu said: "The Central Plains is big, there are not many heroes, Xu Ruyu and my son-in-law intersect, how can he die at the hands of you and others?" He turned to Wu Mengli and said, "I didn't expect you to help him, I was wrong about you before." ”
Wu Mengli smiled bitterly: "Where can I help him?" The Stopping Water Heart Sutra cultivates the true consciousness of the five senses, if it weren't for my Dan breath transmission power, popping out a drop of stream water in front of Xu Ruyu to go to his mind for a moment, he would have been able to perceive the killing machine of the two of them a moment earlier. ”
Hearing his words, Mengtu's face was like a slap, and he immediately turned red, opened his eyes and looked at Wu Mengli, he was speechless in a daze, sighed, turned around and walked down the mountain.
Wu Mengli glanced at Mengtu's back, and secretly hated in his heart: if he could hold the other side, it would be difficult for Xu Ruyu, who was seriously injured, to escape life. said: "Xu Ruyu is an outsider, and he is practicing the water stopping heart sutra of my Wu clan, even if he is seriously injured, he can hide and disappear." Although Mr. Li's cultivation is higher than him, it is difficult to find him alone, so he might as well transfer some people from the Northern Tang Dynasty. "That being said, when Li Sixun and Xu Ruyu were in action, Wu Mengli could see it clearly from a distance, and thought: If you weren't afraid that Xu Ruyu would explode and hurt yourself, how could you protect yourself with that palm, so that Xu Ruyu could get a chance to escape in an instant?
Li Sixun secretly thought: Under such circumstances, Xu Ruyu has not been able to stay, and he has not been confident to be stronger than him. glanced at the man in brown, sighed, and thought: If it weren't for himself, Wu Mengli would be able to compete for merit if he hadn't supported him and replaced Wu Mengli with a sneak attack in the back. said: "Xu Ruyu's heart is damaged, as long as he is forced to heal without time." ”
Wu Mengli said: "Although Xu Ruyu has learned to twist the pill breath, the wound in his heart is not so easy to treat, as long as he is looking for him before he recovers, he is not afraid that he will be able to escape the heavens again." Jiang Ning has a lot of eyeliner for the potential Northern Tang Dynasty, and he will reveal the news to them, and mess up their position. ”
After Wu Meng left, Li Sixun said to the man in brown: "The news of Xu Ruyu's injury, I believe many people are willing to hear it, I will search down the glacier, you go to find Qiyi Mountain, Kou Zichan, and you can't be sloppy." ”
Xu Ruyu recognized the man in brown as the person who was hiding behind Jun Xiao, but now this person was respectful to Li Sixun, and after listening to Li Sixun, he gave a salute and left.
Li Sixun looked at the deep pool under the mountain, and then looked at the icefall hanging on the stone cliff, and thought: Xu Ruyu crossed the mountain, slid into the pool along the icefall, and dived into the glacier from the pool, and escaped into the distance.
Li Sixun was afraid that Xu Ruyu would be in the deep pool, so he walked down the mountain and found that the water in the pool was blue and blue, and under his torch-like pupils, the deep pool immediately became transparent and crystalline, and the aquatic plants in the pool were delicate, and Xu Ruyu could not be seen. Xu Ruyu would not force Dan Xi to flee for a long time at this time, in that case, the damaged heart would never have a chance to heal.
However, Xu Ruyu was seriously injured, but the martial arts were not damaged at all, and the mountain and water were integrated, no matter how wonderful Li Sixun's Xuangong was, he could not detect Xu Ruyu's hiding place. Li Sixun had to carefully search every corner, but the speed was much slower. The water flowing under the glacier is extremely slow, and Li Sixun is not afraid of how far Xu Ruyu can abscond through the river, and he dispelled the idea of calling back the brown-clothed man and dispatching people from the Northern Tang City.
If Xun Da is alarmed, I am afraid that the Xun family will send troops to defend Xu Ruyu, at least the Xun family does not want Xu Ruyu to have an accident in his jurisdiction......
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