Yelu Dashi and Xiao Weili did not ride horses, and walked out of Huaiyuan Gate in the crowd of passers, and even the pet dog of the gatekeeper did not look at them more.

"Da Shi Linya, abandon the horse, I'm afraid we won't be able to get to Beijing in a month."

Dashi smiled at Xiao Weili and said, "Are you so anxious to die?"

"Of course not, it's not like I wanted to see my hard-working girl earlier!" Xiao Lili said, and the circles under his eyes seemed to be rosy again.

Dashi patted him on the shoulder and said: "The horse walks the official road, all the way is eye-catching, it is difficult to ensure that it will not be discovered by Li Hong's ears and eyes, for safety, avoid the official road, and cross the mountains and rivers is the best policy." Don't look at the bumpy road, but it saves a lot of feet than walking on the official road, you can rest assured, our feet will never be much slower than the four hooves! ”

"We don't know each other well, do you know the way?"

"Just come with me!" Dashi seemed to be very confident, and walked in front of Xiao Lira.

After getting off the official road, following the path over a forest, a large river appeared in front of the two.

Dashi said to Huli: "This river is called Dongliang River, and it was called Yanshui in ancient times. In the past, Qin was tyrannical, and Dan, the prince of Yan, sent Shangqing Jing Ke to assassinate the king of Qin. The king of Qin hated Xue and forced Yan Guo to hand over the prince Dan, otherwise he would have to attack with heavy troops. King Qin was happy and cowardly, so he sent troops to arrest Prince Dan here, and when he was desperate, Prince Dan threw himself into Yanshui, and since then, another strong man has not returned. ”

"Isn't it ridiculous that I am also an assassin, Jing Ke has left a name in history, but I want to leave a stench for 10,000 years?" Xiao Lili sighed and continued: "Although it is the dry season now, this river is still a hundred zhang wide, turbulent and rushing, and boats cannot cross, how should you and I move forward?" ”

"It's not a river crossing!" Dashi said with a smile: "The water system of Tokyo to Shangjing is luxuriant, along the Dongliang River and up to a hundred miles, it is muddy water, and then two hundred miles is the Liao River, and two hundred miles can see the Liuhe River, and two hundred miles along the Liuhe River is the Shangjing Road Head and Xiajunzhou." In this way, it will take less than half a month to arrive at Linhuang. ”

A few two hundred miles made Xiao Lili listen to the chaos: "Lin Ya, you don't have to say it, I'll go with you!" ”

The two of them walked on the river beach full of gravel on both sides of the Dongliang River, the clouds under their feet, the wind under their feet, when they were hungry, they ate some millet cakes and dried meat, and when they were thirsty, they drank some Dongliang River water, so it was a little comfortable to hurry.

Relying on the foundation of martial arts, the two never stopped all the way, and at sunset, they had traveled a hundred miles. On the river beach, there are several fish households cooking smoke, and Dashi and Xiao Lili want to spend the night here.

The fisherman is a Bohai person, knowing the year of the destiny of heaven, although it is enthusiastic, but the home is decaying, only some half-cooked dried fish are cooked in the stove, and the grains are nothing.

On the wooden table, the fisherman sighed and said: "The locust infestation in Nanjing, the price of rice has skyrocketed, and the surrounding people are as embarrassed as me. However, in comparison, it is much better than those homeless, at least barely satisfied. ”

Xiao Weili was surprised: "Is there really a homeless person who has traveled thousands of miles to Tokyo to avoid trouble?" Why didn't we see anyone along the way? ”

The fisherman said: "The locust plague, drought, and rat infestation have lasted for more than half a year, according to the displaced people who came here, Shangjing Linhuang has already been full of victims, although the imperial court has opened a relief, but a few thousand stone corn is tantamount to a drop in the bucket for hundreds of thousands of victims." The bark of the grass roots within a hundred miles of the capital has been eaten, and some people who can still walk are unwilling to sit still, so they go to Tokyo Road to avoid trouble. It's just that in recent days, I haven't seen any displaced people passing by, for some reason. ”

By the time dinner was over, it was already waning, and the fishermen were reluctant to light the lamp and boil the oil, so they went to bed early. Dashi had no choice but to squeeze on a straw mat with Xiao Weili, listening to the thunderous snoring on the side, tossing and turning, and couldn't sleep for a long time.

"Now that the people of Sanjing are not living, the imperial court may have no plans to go east, so for the sake of today's plan, I have to return to Linhuang as soon as possible and discuss with Xiao Xiang how to deal with it...... And the people of the capital, what is their situation? Ta doesn't smoke, what is she doing? ”

Thinking like this, Dashi gradually fell asleep.

"Ahh Who did this?! ”

Da Shi and Xiao Lili were awakened by the sudden shouts of the fisherman, and got up and walked out of the hut, which was already like the morning sun, and the old fisherman was sitting on the crimson beach, his face like an iron plate, and his body like mud.

"Old man, what's going on?"

The old man said indignantly: "When I got up in the morning, I wanted to cook some fish soup to satisfy my hunger, but who would have thought that the dozen catties of dried fish I made under the roof would disappear, presumably those homeless people stole it at night, and I had helped them in vain." No, I'll go to the county government to report to the officials and put these ungrateful people in prison. ”

The fisherman's report to the official will inevitably implicate the two people who stayed overnight, so Dashi and Xiao Lili hurriedly stopped the old man and offered him dried meat and silver money, so as to stabilize it first.

"Brother, come and see here!" Xiao Lira seemed to have noticed something, and shouted for the big stone behind the house.

"What is this?" Looking at the broken yellow silk in the palm of his hand, Dashi was puzzled and asked.

Xiao Lira said: "This thing is not owned by ordinary people, there is a trace of cinnabar on it, according to my monk, this should be a peach charm." ”

The so-called peach charm is a sacrificial article that is used to drive away ghosts and pray for blessings by painting cinnabar talismans on yellow paper or yellow silk.

Dashi frowned and said, "Could it be that the Zaisheng Sect has discovered your whereabouts?" ”

Xiao Weili shook his head: "As far as I know, the Zaisheng Sect originated from Buddhism, and it was based on Gu Shentian Ji as its ancestor, so it is called Zaisheng." And this peach talisman is the thing used by the Daomen. In the past, when the Buddha was worshiped in Tianlong Temple, there was a Taoist who sent a heavenly master to congratulate, and the gift of things had Taoist talismans, so it was known. ”

Dashi said: "The Zhengyi Fu Sect is far away in the Song Court Dragon and Tiger Mountain, why does it appear here?" ”

He explained: "There are many side systems of the Daomen, although there are differences, but they come from the same stream, such as Maoshan, Lingbao, Jingling, Qingwei and other leaves under the Zhengyi sect. It is said that the ancestor Shu of the Qing Wei faction likes to travel, and has also visited Daliao to preach, and his ambition to benefit others has won the hearts of the people. If the Daomen saw the Great Liao natural disaster and wanted to take the opportunity to preach and save people, it would not be surprising that this peach talisman was left here. ”

Dashi said with a smile: "If the people of the Daomen do such a reluctant thing, why talk about suffering for themselves and benefiting others?"

After pacifying the fisherman, the two continued along the river, and after a short walk, the flat beach of the Dongliang River came to an end, replaced by dense shrubs on the banks of the Muddy River.

Xiao Lira complained while opening the way with a dagger: "Big Stone Linya, this shrub is so tall, how can you find a way forward? As far as I can see, you and I should go the official way! ”

Dashi said disdainfully: "How can you stop moving forward when you march for thousands of miles, open roads in the mountains, and build bridges when you encounter water?" It's just some grass and trees, you can come with me. ”

But as the two of them walked farther and farther, the grass and trees around them became more and more luxuriant, so that at noon there was no light shining on the ground.

"Be careful!"

Dashi suddenly exclaimed, and saw a black shadow suddenly leap out of the bushes, grazing Xiao Lili's bare scalp and flying over, and then disappeared into the grass and trees.

"What is this?"

Xiao Lira and Dashi took out daggers at the same time and looked around, but they couldn't find anything abnormal, only a fishy smell echoing in the dense forest.

"It's there!"

Xiao Lili saw a trace of faint green flashing in the weeds, and immediately pounced with a knife, frightened by this, the black shadow could no longer care about the hidden form, jumped up, and stood in front of the two of them.

Dashi saw this thing clearly, the black fur around his body was like brocade, his four legs were strong and powerful, his eyes flashed with a dark green phantom, and the only upper canine tooth in his mouth flashed with cold light in front of the two of them.

It was a wolf, a wolf that might have killed his father or saved himself, but the wolf was covered in blood and scars, and it was far less powerful than it was in the cedar forest.

"It's you again!" Oishi was full of resentment, but he was suppressed by the life-saving grace in the cedar forest.

The black wolf's nose twitched, as if it smelled something, and it raised its head for a wolf howl, and its voice was desolate and pathetic, echoing through the dense forest.

"Follow it!" Seeing the black wolf turn away, Da Shi and Xiao Lili stepped out and ran in pursuit, until they stopped at the edge of a cliff.

The black wolf hesitated at the top of the cliff for a moment, then slowly walked to the side, lowered his head to remove the weeds, revealing an unconscious Taoist in the middle.

This old Taoist beard is all white, pine-shaped crane bones, a wide gossip robe, meaning to contain the world, cut off the mortal dust, at first glance is a monk with some virtue, the most special place, is that he still holds half a yellow silk talisman in his hand.

"This ...... This wolf wants to eat people! Xiao Weili was shocked, the dagger in his hand couldn't help but hold tighter, and he was about to rush forward to save people, but was stopped by Dashi's scream.

"Don't act rashly! There is an ambush! ”

Listening to Dashi's words, Xiao Lira hurriedly looked around, only to see faintly mottled shadows flickering among the shrubs and weeds, and after a while, these shadows appeared in their true bodies, which were actually ten fat and strong gray wolves.

"What a terrible beast, I didn't stop if I hurt this master, and tricked me into entering this Jedi with Dashi, and today I fought with you!" Xiao Weili roared and rushed straight towards the black wolf.

Seeing this, the gray wolves jumped out one after another, attacking Xiao Lira's back.

The black wolf lowered its head, the mane on its neck stood up, and I saw it leap forward, flash and rush into the gray wolf pack with a roar.

This thing fought alone ten times the enemy without falling into the wind, the gray wolves sometimes wailed, sometimes rolled, and even more were hit by the black wolf under the cliff, just a bag of cigarettes, half of the gray wolves have died on the spot.

But the black wolf was no better, its body had dozens of more scars than before, and its pure black fur had been dyed crimson, and it seemed that it was unable to even stand.

The gray-headed wolf howled and led the remaining four wolves to charge again.

At this time, I saw that Yelu Dashi suddenly dodged, and the horizontal dagger suddenly appeared in the center of the two-colored wolf, blocking the gray wolves at the same time, he looked back and said to the black wolf: "You stand down, I will send this group of beasts on the road!" ”