Summer Night ran towards the hole like a moth to a fire, forgetting that her eyes had been in the darkness for too long. She burst into the sunlight, screamed, covered her eyes, and rolled into the grass with her feet empty.

She felt her eyes stinging so badly that tears flowed uncontrollably, and she lay on the grass, with her back to the sun, and did not dare to open her eyes for a while. However, she felt that her chest was panicked, as if she was holding down something, and she didn't dare to act rashly.

Slowly, she was able to open her eyes, and only then did she take out the thing that had been on her chest, and it was an egg about the size of an ostrich egg, except that the color of its shell was sky blue, with some star-like white spots on it.

Seeing this egg, a lot of liquid immediately surged up in Xia Ye's mouth, and she was tired of eating the fish in the water for so many days in order to fill her stomach. There was such a big egg in front of her, but it was enough for her and the silver-faced man to have a full meal.

When she was thinking about it on a summer night, she suddenly felt that the egg in her palm seemed to move, and she thought it was an illusion and wanted to ignore it. But the egg, in order to get her attention, quickly moved a few more times, and the movement was so amplitude that it almost rolled off her palm. Summer Night hurriedly held it tightly with both hands, thinking: Could it be that there is a life inside?

Thinking about it this way, the summer night suddenly had a strange feeling, excitement and anticipation.

She carefully held the miraculous egg in both hands, and did not dare to put it on the ground, like holding a fragile porcelain. She felt the more and more powerful rhythms coming from the eggshell. Suddenly, after a soft crisp sound, a long crack appeared in the originally intact eggshell.

The summer night was so excited that my heart was almost in my throat: Oh my God! There's really life in it. At this time, she had long forgotten to take it to satisfy her stomach, but put on the mood of an old mother, waiting for the child that was about to be born.

"What are you doing there on a summer night? Let's go and find the exit from this valley. The silver-masked man walked towards her from the opposite side.

"Shhhhh

Finally, a bird's beak pecked through the broken eggshell, and Summer Night looked intently at a small beak, pecked out a hole in the eggshell, and then, out of the hole, a small round head emerged.

"Hey, what kind of bird is this?" The silver-faced man was already standing behind Summer Night at some point.

Summer Night shook his head, and the two of them were a little stunned for a while, looking at the bird in a daze. Summer Night was attracted by its cuteness, and the silver-faced man was thinking that if such a bird was roasted, there would not be much meat.

At this time, the bird had completely broken out of its shell, it was chubby, and the gray fluff on its body was still a little wet and sticky together, and it looked like it had just fallen into the water, and it looked a little embarrassed. Its eyes are a little dark red when you look closely, and the rest is nothing special.

The two of them were looking at each other when a voice suddenly came out: "Okay, it turned out that you two thieves stole my eggs!" Put my little hill down. “

When Summer Night and the silver-faced man heard someone's voice, they immediately turned their heads and saw a raunchy young man standing not far from them. He was wearing a slightly ill-fitting padded jacket, his face was dirty, but his eyes were as bright as melting ice water from a snowy mountain. He also held a long leather whip, which was clenched tightly in his hand at this time.

"This egg was laid by the bird you raised?" Summer Night asked.

The young man seemed to snort for a moment, but immediately said in a loud voice: "I was the only one living in this valley, and everything here is naturally under my control. I picked up this bird's egg, and it has been incubating in my close-fitting jacket for more than half a month, but I found it missing this morning, and I couldn't find it everywhere. It turned out that it was out of the shell, and in that case, you should return it to me. The young man's tone was a little naïve, revealing that it was taken for granted.

Xia Ye felt that he was so right, so he didn't want to return it to him so happily, so he said, "What you said is not right, and your name is not engraved on the egg." What you say is yours is yours. I said that in whomever he is in his hands. ”

The young man was said by his few words, and his face suddenly turned red, and he wanted to have a seizure. Her eyes involuntarily glanced at the silver-faced man standing beside her, as if she had some scruples about him.

"How can you give it back to me?" The boy's voice became a little aggrieved, and his hand began to twist the whip repeatedly.

Summer Night only took a good look around for the first time at this time, and found himself in a huge valley, a river nearly three meters wide, flowing out of the cave opening, running into the distance, like a silver line, dividing the entire valley in two. At the other end of the valley, a herd of horses gathered by the river was frolicking.

The chubby little bird in the palm of his hand seemed to have regarded Xia Ye as his mother, and chirped at her vigorously.

Summer Night asked, "Tell me where this is?" ”

The young man's eyes only stared nervously at the chick in Xia Ye's hand, and he said without thinking: "This is a valley in the Snow Cloud Mountain of Qi Kingdom. Out of the valley, walked east for three days and three nights, and arrived at Pingyang, the capital of Qi State. ”

"Take us out of the valley, and the bird will be returned to you." The silver-faced man was in a hurry to talk to the boy about the conditions at this time.

"Hmph." The boy seemed dissatisfied, but finally said, "Follow me!" With that, he walked straight ahead.

The silver-faced man hurriedly dragged Xia Ye to follow closely, and Xia Ye saw that the valley was surrounded by mountains on all sides, and the trees were as green as a wall, and indeed if no one led the way, it would be impossible to find the exit, at least it would take some time.

They gradually walked to the side of the group of horses, and the summer night could not help but look at them a few more times, these horses, all of them were fat and strong, and their demeanor was very handsome, and it seemed that this was indeed a good place to raise horses.

"You sell this horse?" The silver-faced man asked suddenly.

The young man immediately shook his head and said, "This horse is not for sale." ”

Xia Ye immediately understood what the silver-faced man meant, because even if he could get out of the valley, it would take three days to reach Pingyang on his legs, and if he could have a mount, it would be the best.

So she also helped the silver-faced man and begged the young man: "Little brother, you are a good man to the end, just sell us a horse, we won't ask for you in vain, you look at the golden hairpin on my head, it is worth a lot of money." If it's not enough, how about we pay you back twice as much in the future? ”

The young man was still embarrassed and waved his hand again and again: "This horse is not mine, if it is my own, it doesn't matter if I give it to you." This is what the master ordered me to raise, and if there is one less horse, it will be difficult for me to explain it to his old man. ”

"Who would raise horses in such a secret valley?" The silver-faced man couldn't help but mutter.

"I don't know who wants to raise the horses, anyway, the master told me to raise these horses to be strong, I have been raising horses here for three years, this valley is very good, spring and summer water and grass are fertile, not to mention, autumn and winter, the snow outside the mountain, there is still enough forage here, therefore, the horses are very energetic. I was an orphan since I was a child, I lived by picking up some leftovers from others, and others always bullied me, three years ago, it was the master who took me in, gave me a full meal, and then he took me to this valley to raise horses for him, and he told me that I must do it well. "The young man is a simple person, although he has suffered from the cold eyes of the world, he still can't learn to deceive people, and he told others what he asked and didn't ask him.

Xia Ye couldn't help but feel good about him, and because he was also an orphan, it was inevitable that he would not have some sympathy in his heart. She didn't want to force him anymore, she felt that it was only a three-day journey, and she had come through the underground river so hard, and she was still afraid of this bright road.

So, she not only put the bird in the boy's hand, but also plucked the golden hairpin from her head, handed it to the boy and said, "Little brother, I won't tell you, my sister is also an orphan......

As he said this, the silver-faced man turned his face abruptly towards her, a hint of surprise flashing across his eyes.

Xia Ye ignored him and continued: "The rarest thing about being a man is to know Entubao, my sister will not force you to be a ruthless and unrighteous person, this golden hairpin is not used to buy horses, it is my sister who thanks you and leads us to the exit of the valley." “

When he said this, Xia Ye was sincere and sincere, but the young man was stunned, his eyes suddenly turned red, and he immediately turned around, ran to the side of the horses, picked out one of them, and rushed to Xia Ye's side. Some stammered and said to Xia Ye: "This sister, I, Xue Qianshan, have been looked down upon since I was a child. Aside from the master, you were the first to treat me as a human being. Even if I give you this horse, brother, you can ride it! “

"Little brother, doesn't this make it difficult for you?" Summer Night said that she wanted to refuse.

Unexpectedly, this young man named Xue Qianshan launched a bull temper at this time, and said to Xia Ye with a frown: "If you can afford me, when I am a brother, you can take it." ”

At this point, it was difficult for Xia Ye to shirk it anymore, not to mention that the silver-faced man was also secretly giving her a look. So she thanked Xue Qianshan very gratefully, and turned over on the horse with the silver-faced man.

"Farewell." She arched her hand to Xue Qianshan and said, "My name is Summer Night." ”

Xue Qianshan nodded solemnly.

Unexpectedly, at this time, the little mountain in Xue Qianshan's hand, seeing that Xia Ye was leaving, was so anxious that he chirped and screamed, it fluttered its two fleshy wings, struggling to pounce on Xia Ye.

Xia Ye looked at Xiao Shan'er very reluctantly, sighed lightly and said, "Although I like you very much, but you still stay here and live faster, and you will have to suffer with me." ”

"Sister Xia, don't worry, I will take good care of this little mountain." Xue Qianshan regarded Xia Ye as a confidant at this time, and naturally regarded this bird as hers in her heart, and she was just taking care of her.

It was already early, and the silver-faced man was afraid that it would go on like this endlessly, so he patted the horse's ass and said, "Farewell." He turned his horse's head and ran in the direction of the exit of the valley.

When the horse was about to run to the exit, Summer Night turned his head and saw Xue Qianshan in the distance, waving his arms at her.

Summer Night thought that in such a place, it was possible to meet such a person who values love and righteousness, and my heart warmed.

They ran all the way out of the valley and then along the trail in the mountains, all the way east. Within half a day, they were at the foot of the mountain. It was just getting dark, and there were a few scattered farmhouses, which were lit with dim lights.

"Why don't you take a break here?" She was a little tired from the rain, and she whispered to the silver-faced man.

The silver-faced man hesitated for a moment and said, "It's better to travel more, this kind of wilderness people are always uneasy." Maybe it's more crowded ahead, so let's run for a while. ”

So they continued on their way.

Unexpectedly, on the road in the later section, there was no one else. It was getting dark, and they needed to find a place to stay.

Then they saw a col by the side of the road, so they turned their horses down, and saw a cave not far away that was lit with fire.

The two looked at each other and smiled, thinking that it was better than sleeping outside.

They drove slowly to the cave where the horses had approached, and found that there were quite a few people standing outside the cave, the first of them were men dressed in fine clothes, and behind them were some men dressed as generals.

Something seemed to be burning in the cave, and a faint unsettling cry came from inside. This made the people outside very excited, and they stamped their feet, laughed loudly, and screamed, not noticing their approach on a summer night.

And at this time, Xia Ye saw one of the young men in gorgeous clothes, her heart shook suddenly, and she couldn't help blurting out a sentence: "Feng Yu, is it you?" ”