Da Yu country, Changde seven years.

Northwest Frontier, Aoki Castle.

As night fell, the old man was holding the newborn baby boy and Shen Xingliu in his arms, and he was speeding away from this place on a horse.

Even though the city behind him was on fire, he never looked back.

He now has only one thought in his heart, that is, no matter what, he must let the Shen family's incense continue.

In the middle of the night, he jumped off the horse, and a bullet hit the horse's buttocks, and the horse was frightened and ran fast.

The old man landed steadily in the grass by the roadside, turned around and bowed deeply in the direction of the city, and then disappeared into the forest.

After running for about two hours, he stopped, and his strength was exhausted.

The old man smiled self-deprecatingly and said, "It seems that it is not okay to disobey the old man, so what's the harm if you want to run under the general for another two hours." ”

At this time, he only felt unbearable hunger in his belly, and by the faint moonlight, he saw a faint smoke rising in front of him, and the old man walked in that direction with a happy face.

......

It is a small mountain village with only thirteen families in the village, and thatched houses are scattered in the valley.

It's the middle of the night, and it's about to dawn.

The old man knocked on a house with a lamp, and it was two old men who opened the door.

"Brother, I am a refugee, can I give some food if I am hungry in my stomach." The old man's lips were white, as if he was about to faint in the next moment.

Seeing this, Gu Lao grabbed the old man's elbow, led him into the house, and said, "Come in, it's just to help each other." ”

He instructed the Zhang family to prepare food on the side, and the two sat straight in the hall, and the former handed over a bowl of water.

The old man took the water and drank it all in one gulp, choked and coughed a few times, and said: "A certain family surnamed Shen, who came from the north, and all the family was killed by the rebels, leaving only the old man and the little grandson in his arms. ”

Gu Lao sighed for a while when he heard this, and said, "It's really hard for you." ”

After a while, Zhang came over and handed him a bowl of porridge, which he swallowed.

Shen Lao looked at this family, there were still a few books on the shelf on the side, it should be a scholarly family.

Although it was a little simpler, it was able to barely make ends meet, and he turned his head to look at the second elder who was teasing the little young master, and made up his mind.

"The two of you are very kind today, and Shen can't thank you." Shen Lao, who had never frowned in the face of the enemy's charge, actually knelt down to the second elder.

Boss Gu hurriedly stepped forward in surprise, helped Elder Shen to sit at the table, and said, "Why is this so." ”

Shen Lao then looked embarrassed and said, "There is still a reluctant request, I don't know what the two of you think?" ”

"The little grandson has a hard life, and he has no father and mother when he is born, I am a rough old man, I want you to raise the little grandson, I don't know?" When Shen Lao said this, he couldn't help but pause, took out ten taels of silver from his arms, and said, "I am willing to give ten taels of silver." ”

The second old man had no queen under his knees, and he thought that he could end his life.

Gu Lao took Shen Lao's hand and said earnestly: "We are willing to adopt, this is a mountain village, it is useless to ask for silver taels." ”

Shen Lao put away the silver two in embarrassment, and said, "Okay, from now on, the child will be taken care of by the second elder, and I still have some things to deal with." ”

"I don't know when you'll come back, I think you're also a capable person, so it's better for me to teach my little grandson together in the future." Gu Lao saw it from Shen Lao's words and deeds.

Shen Lao didn't expect the second elder to be so kind, and he couldn't help but have tears in his eyes, and said: "I will come back in more than ten days, build a grass house nearby, and we will teach him together in the future, and before his mother died, he was named Xingliu." ”

Zhang smiled at the little Xingliu in his arms and said, "From now on, you have a name, called Shen Xingliu." ”

Shen Lao secretly wiped the corners of his eyes, got up to say goodbye to the second elder, and sent Shen Lao away after the second elder returned to the house.

......

Sixteen years later, Shen Xingliu was well taken care of by the three old men.

On the top of an unknown hill, in front of a grass hut.

"This set of wind volcano forest knife method is the Shen family's introductory knife method, how can you make it look like embroidery." Shen Lao was lying in the rocking chair, his face was already black and swarthy, and he was full of dead air.

In fact, this set of sword techniques Shen Xingliu has already used very well, but Shen Lao is still very dissatisfied, because he feels that it is not as powerful as his father's use.

Shen Lao forcibly got up, beckoned Shen Xingliu to come over, took his little hand, and said, "Child, I'm afraid grandpa won't be able to." ”

Shen Xingliu's eyes were full of crystal tears, he reached out to touch the old man's face full of vicissitudes, and cried: "No, grandpa, you will be fine, you heard the cuckoo calling." ”

When Shen Lao heard Xiao Xingliu's words, he smiled slightly, and said, "Child, you have to remember the essence of this set of knife techniques, which is as fast as the wind, as slow as a forest, as aggressive as fire, and as immobile as a mountain. You are weak now, but your body is not strong enough, and I believe that in two years, you will be able to catch up with your father's demeanor. ”

"Father? Grandpa, you say father, who is my father? When Shen Xingliu heard this unfamiliar title, he had already asked tens of thousands of times in his heart.

"You can't go there until you've mastered this technique." Shen Lao now has more air out and less air intake, and he is faintly authentic.

Shen Xingliu knew that the old man would not be able to survive today, and big teardrops rained down.

"Children don't cry, everyone will die, I can raise you to grow up, I want it to be enough," the old man's rough hand wiped away Shen Xingliu's tears, and muttered in Shen Xingliu's ear: "Go to Yudu, go to Yudu." ”

There has never been a day since he was a child, Shen Xingliu would cry so sadly.

Shen Lao had gone, and with the help of Gu Lao and Zhang, Shen Xingliu buried Shen Lao under the pine tree in the courtyard of the grass house.

Spring goes to autumn, and two years have passed in a hurry.

In the past two years, Shen Xingliu has lived in the grass house on the top of the mountain, and his knife skills have been made superb and the water cannot be splashed.

It's just that they will go down the mountain every time they have a meal, and sometimes the Zhang family will send the food to the mountain, and every time it happens, there will always be Shen Xingliu's complaints.

"Grandma Zhang, how many times have I told you, you are old and your physical strength is not enough, you don't need to go up the mountain every time," Shen Xingliu helped Zhang to sit down on the stone bench in the courtyard, kneaded her shoulders for her, and said, "Moreover, every time I go up and down the mountain, I can also exercise my muscles and bones." ”

As he spoke, he rolled up his sleeves and let Zhang see the muscles he had trained.

At this time, Zhang looked at his little grandson with a smile, but remembered that the latter was about to travel far away, and immediately said: "I heard that your grandson, you are going to travel far away to Yudu?" ”

Shen Xingliu paused, the color on his face gradually converged, half-squatted beside Zhang, and said coquettishly: "Who said that I won't go, I will always be by your side Grandma Zhang." ”

Zhang stretched out his hand and stroked Xiao Xingliu's hair, and before he knew it, his grandson was so tall, and he was no longer the stinky boy who walked around his knees.

"No, you're going." Zhang's Road.

Shen Xingliu raised his head, looked at Zhang in disbelief, and said, "Grandma." What did you just say? ”

"A manly man, born in heaven and earth, how can he not know who he is? I have discussed it with your Grandpa Gu, and I am waiting for you to come back here. Zhang's word-by-word teachings.

Shen Xingliu understood this time and said happily: "Grandma, you are so good." With that, he kissed Zhang on the forehead.

Zhang was caught off guard and tapped his finger at Xiao Xingliu's forehead, who scratched the back of his head in embarrassment and smiled stupidly.

"Your grandfather Gu and I also came from Yudu a few years ago, and there is a letter here, if you go to Yudu, it is good to have someone to help." As he spoke, he took out the letter from his bosom.

The envelope is lined with two small letters in different handwriting, written by the two elders together.

After putting the letter away, Zhang hurried down the mountain before dark.

After eating, Shen Xingliu practiced the knife technique for the last time.

I saw him standing with his knife in his hand, muttering to himself, and his breathing gradually deepened, as unshakable as a mountain.

With his eyes open, he slashed out a full moon, and under the overflow of knife energy, the momentum is the same as the fire, but there are also fast and slow, in conjunction with the pace of this body as light as a swallow, a set of wind volcano forest knife techniques make the furnace perfect.

In the last stroke, the ground "whirred", cutting out a thin line-like foot-long gap.

"I did it, I did it!" The last word, Shen Xingliu roared out.

Shen Xingliu put the knife in his hand into the sheath, knelt down in front of Shen Lao's tomb, and said, "Grandpa, have you seen it, I have already learned the knife technique you taught." Grandson, I'm about to say goodbye to you. ”

After speaking, he knocked down three times, turned around and went back to the grass house to do everything. After putting away the dishes and chopsticks, he took his knife and strode down the mountain.

......

Walking about halfway up the mountain, I only felt that something was wrong, most of the cooking smoke in the past was white, but today it is mixed with a lot of black smoke, and it is getting thicker and thicker.

Shen Xingliu secretly said that it was not good, put down the dishes and chopsticks in his hand, jumped forward, and there were three zhang away in one step, so terrifying explosive.

When I got closer, I saw a fire all over the sky, and there was a faint smell of burning and blood.

"Grandpa Gu, Grandma Zhang." Shen Xingliu shouted, not slow but fast, and ran towards a certain high ground in the valley.

It was his home, and the second elder was a courtyard with a single family, and he did not live with the other twelve families.

At this moment, Zhang was being held by a thief with a knife to his neck and pressed his face against the courtyard door.

"The thief suffers death."

Shen Xingliu's eyes widened angrily, and his hand flew out immediately, nailing the thief firmly to the courtyard gate.

In the courtyard, there was also a big man who was stepping on Gu Lao's back and forcing Gu Lao to hand over his belongings.

The big man carried a big knife on his shoulder, held a few old books in one hand, and scolded: "I said that you are an old man who is quite tough, and you can still save you by reading these broken books all day long?" ”

The big man threw the book on the back of Gu Lao's head, picked up the butcher knife on his shoulder, and said, "I want to see if your head is hard or my knife is hard." ”

"Bang!" With a bang, the courtyard gate shattered.

Shen Xingliu finally arrived and punched Dahan in the face, and Dahan swayed around and felt that there was a cow dancing on his skull.

Shen Xingliu took the opportunity to snatch the big man's knife, and when he heard a "snort", the big knife had already stabbed into the latter's chest.

The big man didn't see until he died, who killed him.

"Grandpa, grandpa." Shen Xingliu hurriedly squatted down, picked up Gu Lao, and called anxiously, "Wake up." ”

Gu Lao seemed to hear Xiao Xingliu's voice, turned around, and said weakly with a grin at the corner of his mouth: "Xing, Xingliu, you are back, it's good to come back." ”

Then he passed out again.

Zhang came back to his senses, stumbled into the courtyard, took over Shen Xingliu and hugged Gu Lao, and said, "Hurry up and see if the villagers are still alive, I will take care of them here." ”

Shen Xingliu nodded heavily, walked outside the courtyard, and when he left, he saw the thief nailed to the courtyard door, and he still breathed a sigh of relief.

Blood came out of the thief's mouth and said, "Boy, my Northern Rou Army will not let you go." ”

Pulling out the knife on the door, Shen Xingliu said: "That's right, I won't let go of the Northern Rou Army!" ”

With a knife, the thief is angry.

Shen Xingliu rushed down to the high ground and saw that several houses had been burned to wooden frames, and there was no possibility of saving them.

"Ah Niu, Ah Niu." Shen Xingliu came to a house with a slightly smaller fire and called Ah Niu's name.

Because he saw that Ah Niu's parents died tragically in the hospital, but there was no trace of his only son.

"Brother Xingliu, Brother Xingliu, I'm here." In a dead closet tied with strips of cloth, there was the cry of a cow.

Shen Xingliu saw that Ah Niu was indeed there, and with a knife cut the strip of cloth, an eight or nine-year-old boy appeared in front of him, his dirty little face covered with snot and tears.

Stretched out his arm to carry Ah Niu out of the closet, and went out of the house, and as soon as he went out, the beams of the house collapsed.

Shen Xingliu put down Ah Niu and said, "Ah Niu, now is not the time to be sad, we have to search and rescue the villagers quickly." Can you do it? ”

Ah Niu rubbed his eyes, shook off his snot with his little hands, and said with a crying voice: "Yes, I can." ”

"Okay, you go to Da Zhuang's house, his house hasn't been burned down yet." Shen Xingliu commanded, and then went to another house.

Ah Niu knew that the current situation was not optimistic, so he took one last look at his parents who died tragically, and took a step towards Da Zhuang's house. Ah Niu's mother's unclosed eyes reflected Ah Niu's figure.

Shen Xingliu came to Xiaotu's house, and the roof had been burned.

Little Rabbit's father was cut open by a knife and died on the stone mill, holding a firewood knife in his hand, a man who didn't even dare to look at killing chickens, and the firewood knife was full of blood.

Shen Xingliu saw that the bleeding was the enemy's, and when he entered the big open door, he saw the little rabbit lying on the bed in disheveled clothes, with a blood line on her neck.

All the inside and outside of the house were searched, and there was no shadow of the rabbit.

In a hurry, I heard a few muffled sounds coming from the firewood room on the side.

Shen Xingliu saw a water tank pressed by a large stone and a pot lid, which was shaking.

"Little rabbit, don't move yet, Brother Xingliu will let you out." Shen Xingliu saw that the water tank was about to fall, and he was worried that the water tank would rupture and hurt the little rabbit.

The people in the water tank, when they heard Shen Xingliu's voice, immediately stopped shaking the cylinder.

Shen Xingliu moved away from the big stone that was being pressed, and a small person turned the lid of the pot open. A five-year-old girl jumped out of the water tank, hugging Shen Xingliu's neck and crying.

"Brother Xingliu, my father and mother are gone. Woo-ah-ah!! ”

Shen Xingliu silently hugged the rabbit, covered his eyes and walked out of the firewood room.

When we came to the path, the fire in the village was completely uncontrollable, and it was spreading to the high ground, and there were no living people?

Some of them closed their eyes sadly, and the bits and pieces of the past came to their hearts.

......

"Brother Shen! Brother Shen! ”

Shen Xingliu, who heard Da Zhuang's shout, opened his eyes suddenly, and saw two little boys running towards him, the slightly older one was ten years old.

The little chubby Da Zhuang stepped forward and gasped: "Brother Shen, I saw in the cellar that Ah Wei and his mother were kidnapped by thieves. ”

"What, where did they go?" Shen Xingliu heard that there were still living people, so he hurriedly asked.

"North, north!" Da Zhuang Road.

Shen Xingliu quickly put the little rabbit on the ground and said to the three children: "You go to my house quickly, if the fire hits, let Grandma Zhang take you to take refuge, and there is still some food in the grass house on the top of the mountain." ”

After this incident, the three children had a different temperament and rushed to the high ground.

Shen Xingliu watched the fire gradually spread, and used his strength to fly and slash down the house closest to the high ground.

The children were stunned when they saw this scene, but they kept under their feet and ran up to the high ground with a puff of smoke.

Looking at the children's distant backs, Shen Xingliu disappeared in the next moment, and from the scattered items at the entrance of the village, he picked up a bamboo basket on his back, he wanted this group of thieves to pay for their blood debts!