The terrain on the hill is quite high, and in the middle of summer, the night is as cool as water.

The nine-colored acquaintance brought a shoulder for the master, and the leather sheath of the Tang knife could be inserted in the back again. The cloth strip wrapped the handle of the knife, as if carrying a broken umbrella on his back, not showing the mountains and not showing water.

Carrying the unconscious Xiaomu, the white horse and the black sweaty horse walked side by side. Qin Beiyang and Ah You each led their horses on foot, in order to save Xiaomu's injured leg. Nine colors walked behind the two of them, not wanting to disturb the good interest of this pair of men and women walking at night, they were really good beasts who were well-versed in human feelings.

Although it was midnight, Qin Beiyang's eyes were very clear, whether it was the silhouette of Zhongnan Mountain in the distance, or the tomb on the Bailu Plain. And the exchange of owls in the night, the mating of hares in burrows in the ground, and even the blowing of a leaf by the wind, are all clear in the ears.

Could it be that under the golden well of the underground palace, the pentagram is sealed? That electric current, which runs through every meridian and every acupuncture point and capillary hole of the whole body, improves the five senses, not only sight and hearing, but also smell, taste, and touch.

It's like a wolf's ears, an eagle's eyes, a dog's nose, a lizard's tongue, a frog's skin.

Qin Beiyang also had some kind of mysterious premonition - Ah You was about to take him to another world.

According to the foreigners, it is the sixth sense.

At dawn, after passing through the fields in the southern suburbs of Xi'an, I came to another loess plateau - Shaoling Plain.

"Brother, there is a Du Gong Ancestral Hall here."

Exploring the antique all the way, Qin Beiyang Le Ma said: "Du Fu's ancestral hall? Therefore, people call Du Shaoling? ”

Ah You pointed to the two earthen bags on the mountain behind the Du Gong Ancestral Hall: "That is the ancient tomb of the Tang Dynasty, one is the tomb of Yuan Tiangang, and the other is the tomb of Li Chunfeng." ”

"The tomb of Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng?" Qin Beiyang dismounted and checked, "No wonder, under the Rubik's Cube tomb of the little prince of the Tang Dynasty, there is also the seal left by Li Chunfeng." ”

Ah You walked to Yuan Tiangang's grave and saw a stone tablet on the ground, with three words written on it: "Yin and Yang Tomb".

Another dilapidated ancient tomb, covered with dense robbery holes, is the tomb of Li Chunfeng.

"Legend has it that Li Chunfeng once predicted that his tomb would be stolen, and Yuan Tiangang's tomb would be preserved for 10,000 years."

Under the Shaoling Plain, next to the majestic and verdant northern foot of the Qinling Mountains to the west. Although there was still a tomb robber on his shoulder, Ah You's interest became more and more high, singing and drinking during the day, returning to his hometown with his youth, taking off his veil, and singing ancient children's songs and folk songs.

In one of them, Ah You actually sang in the soft language of Wu Nong in Jiangnan, and Qin Beiyang got goosebumps when he heard it-

The pea flowers bloomed red, and the Heavenly Dynasty brother disappeared without a trace. I keep it at dusk until the sun, and I keep it until the middle of the wax moon in the third spring. I saw the geese flying south, but I didn't see my brother coming home!

The pea flowers bloomed red, and the Heavenly Dynasty brother disappeared without a trace. I made new clothes for him to wear, and I built a new house for him to use. I saw the geese flying south, but I didn't see my brother coming home!

The pea flowers bloomed red, and the Heavenly Dynasty brother disappeared without a trace. The mother cried so much that her hair turned white, and her sister cried so much that her eyes were red. I saw the geese flying south, but I didn't see my brother coming home!

The pea flowers bloom and the stamens are red, and the peas are good for pods. The peas are planted in the following year, and the flowers bloom even redder. The four words of Brother Tianchao will always be remembered in people's hearts!

On the path at the foot of the Qinling Mountains, Ah You is babbling and singing, like a little daughter-in-law waiting for her husband's soul to return on the Wangfu Cliff......

"What are you singing?" Qin Beiyang grabbed her reins, "Shaoxing play?" ”

"A folk song from the countryside of Suzhou, which was circulated after the defeat of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, is still remembered by the local people."

"Hairy thief?"

After all, Qin Beiyang was the son of a royal craftsman in the Qing Dynasty, which is a saying handed down by his father and the people of Xishan Banner.

"Hugh is talking nonsense!"

Ah You glared angrily, and ruthlessly drew a horsewhip, Qin Beiyang had an extra blood mark on his shoulder, and it hurt hotly.

This girl can't be provoked!

There was no words all the way, the black horse and the white horse, passing through Huxian County, Zhouzhi County, Mei County, and arriving at Luoxing Township in Qishan County, I could see the stars falling in the autumn breeze again.

Qin Beiyang dismounted and bowed to Wuzhangyuan Zhuge Temple three times, and was just about to start again, but Ah You shook his head and said, "I'm waiting for someone." ”

"Who?"

"Don't be impatient!"

Ah You looked down at the tomb beast in the town, and at the same time warned Qin Beiyang and Jiuse.

Sure enough, after waiting in place for a long time, I saw a man and a horse coming from the direction of the Wei River.

A sturdy red horse with a large wooden box on its saddle. The man holding the reins, wearing a brown leather cowboy hat, a plaid shirt, and two suspenders tied to a pair of jeans, looked black from a distance, revealing only two rows of snow-white teeth.

The other party came to Ah You, and took off his hat quite topper, which was actually a black face. The small thick pigtails on his head are quite the style of black jazz musicians in the Shanghai Public Concession. Compared with the Chinese, although his skin is dark, his appearance is very handsome, the bridge of his nose is high, his eyes are bright, his facial features are three-dimensional, and he may also be a little mixed-blood. As for the age, I really can't tell the difference, maybe thirty years old, maybe forty years old.

The man wiped the sweat from his forehead, said a string of standard American English, and said hello in half-baked Chinese: "Hey! It's as hot as New Orleans! I'm not late, am I? ”

The other party wanted to hug Ah You in the way of an American, but she dodged it lightly, clasped her fists with both hands and said, "Hello, Michael!" ”

"Oh, this is ...... Qin? ”

"I'm Qin Beiyang."

"My name is Michael, people call me 'Angel', it's nice to meet you."

Michael, a black man whose English is mixed with Chinese, said the same thing to Jiuse, expressing his friendliness to the "big dog".

Qin Beiyang simply replied in Japanese English: "It's a pleasure to meet you, Angel Michael." ”

The Archangel "Michael" in Christianity is called Michael in English, and this nickname is not an exaggeration.

Ah Yu asked coldly: "Michael, you still have a chance to regret it." ”

“Never regret。”

Michael said, "I don't regret it."

"Thank you, I'll wait for the four of us." Ah You hugged his fists to Qin Beiyang and Michael respectively, "Three lives are lucky!" ”

"Angel Michael" noticed the fourth person, Xiaomu, who was tied to a white horse on a stretcher, still unconscious.

"He is our friend and the most important gift of this trip up the mountain." Ah Yu actually smiled mischievously, "Michael, are your gifts ready?" ”

"Of course."

Michael patted the big wooden box on the red horse.

Ah Yu turned the horse's head and turned south into a winding valley.

"Sister, where are you going?"

It's quiet. The mountain is rugged, looking back into the distance, eight hundred miles of Qinchuan, vividly in the eye, there are five zhang plains on the left, and there is a line of Weishui in front. Farther northeast, the Qianling Tomb of Wu Zetian can be vaguely distinguished, and the towering mountain mausoleum behind a pair of nipple peaks. After a few turns in the valley, the Guanzhong Plain was gone. The eyes are full of verdant mountains and forests, the cold is pressing, and in June, it is also like late autumn.

Qin Beiyang galloped to Ah You's side and asked in a low voice, "This Michael?" Who exactly is it? ”

"Assassin."

"You're his master too?"

"No, he is a member of the League of Assassins, the number one assassin in the United States, and his status in the assassin world is higher than mine."

"Why did he come to you?"

Ah You glanced back at the African-American in jeans and smiled: "In Paris, I saved Michael's life." At that time, he was wounded in the assassination of the leader of the Ku Klux Klan on the banks of the Seine and was unable to attend the League of Assassins meeting in the Catacombs of Paris. Brother, if Michael is not absent, Assasin's golden dagger will not fall into your hands! ”

"Are you—you want us to help you assassinate someone?"

Suddenly, Ayulema stopped and pointed to the middle of the Qinling Mountains due south, a peak covered with snow all year round.

"Brother, you ask me where I'm going, and that's the answer."

"Taibai Mountain?"

"Well, the main peak of the Qinling Mountains, the place of heaven!"

Looking at the sparkling snow on the top of the mountain under the sunset, it is the "Taibai Snow June Day" of the "Eight Views of Guanzhong".