Outside a cave, a faint fire had been lit, and the king of Yama had erected branches on both sides of the fire, and then plucked the pheasant he had just caught, disemboweled, strung it with branches, and set it on the branches to burn. Accustomed to the days of floating rivers and lakes, the black man always did not forget to bring a bag of salt and a bag of wine, he turned the roast chicken, sprinkled salt on it, and sipped two sips of wine from time to time, so happy.

It didn't take long for the chicken skin to gradually crunchy, the chicken became more and more golden, and the devil's black face showed a hint of pleasure, he picked up the wine bag and took a sip of wine in his mouth, and sprayed the burnt chicken on the ground with a bang, and the small fire was blazing, dancing in the quiet night, and the smell of wine and chicken was overflowing in an instant, and it reached Han Ye's nose in the cave. The little boy swallowed his saliva, his stomach growled, but his hands and feet were sore, and he could only suffer in pain under the stimulation of the scent.

The Adversary took off the skewer of chicken, put it to his nose and sniffed it, his black face stretched, and he was about to bite down when he suddenly remembered something, so he got up and went into the cave. By the light of the moon, King Yama saw a small figure trembling slightly in the corner, he couldn't help but smile, explained Han Ye's acupoints, and scolded with a stiff face: "What are you crying about!" Pampered imps! ”

Han Ye rubbed his sore hands and feet, got up from the ground, and didn't say a word, but his eyes never took off the roast chicken for a moment. Seeing the child's appearance, the king of Yama was stunned, and then happily gave the roast chicken to Han Ye and said, "Take it!" ”

The little boy was already hungry and crazy, and when he saw that the king of Hades was willing to give him the roast chicken, why didn't he pounce on it and gobble it up? The roast chicken was really crispy and delicious, and there was a mellow smell of wine on it, which made Han Ye get carried away from eating, and the King of Yama saw Han Ye's unscrupulous eating appearance, folded his hands on his chest and turned to look out of the cave, and said: "Little ghost, don't think that I want to help you, it's just that you're going to starve to death, and I have no object to retaliate against, understand?" ”

The imp ate was so happy that he didn't seem to listen to the adversary's words at all.

......A dull moan sounded, and the king of Hades looked back at Han Ye again, but saw that the child was holding the half-eaten roast chicken in one hand, and choking his throat with the other, his face was blue and his expression was painful, and he was choking on food.

The King of Yama was happy, a smile flashed at the corner of his mouth, he took the wine bag from his waist, opened the lid, handed it to Han Ye, who was half choked, and smiled contemptuously: "Little ghost, there is water." ”

Han Ye thought it was really water, so without saying a word, he snatched the wine bag, poured the wine straight into his mouth, and finally swallowed the chicken nuggets, and after a while, he felt that his throat and eyes seemed to be on fire, and a spicy wine rushed straight to his head, choking him so much that he squirted out a mouthful of wine, touched his chest, and coughed nonstop.

"Hahaha!" When the demon saw Han Ye's embarrassed and cute appearance, he couldn't help laughing.

The little boy had not been drinking since he was born, and when he suddenly drank this half of the wine, his face and neck quickly turned very red, and his face was full of tears and snot, and he hurriedly scolded: "You, you scoundrel! Gave me something to drink! ”

In fact, what the devil gave him was nothing more than a burning knife (1), which was known as "the first liquor in Liaodong", and the first taster felt that his throat was cut by a burning knife, hence the name "burning knife". The devil is an old drunkard, and he usually drinks it as a small wine when he burns a knife, who knows that Han Ye is so strong that he can't stand half a mouthful. Of course, the adversary wouldn't tell Han Ye this, and he smiled, "What other good things can I give you to drink?" Poison, of course! Hahaha! ”

"You!" Han Ye was angry and anxious, his flushed face was full of resentment and despair, but after thinking about it carefully, he raised his eyebrows slightly and said, "You said it was poison, but you also drank it!" ”

The adversary said unhurriedly: "I have a way to detoxify, of course it's okay to drink it, otherwise how can you be fooled by me, a little idiot?" ”

Listening to the devil's words, Han Ye couldn't raise a glimmer of hope anymore, he pointed at the demon with his right hand angrily, gritted his teeth and said, "You, you are so hateful!" First separated me from my family, and now poisoned me! I! I won't let you go even if I'm a ghost! ”

The demon turned his gaze to the side and pretended to be fearless: "Hmph, I am known as the king of Hades, and I am the king of Hades and the ancestor of ghosts, even if you become a ghost, what can you do to me?" ”

Han Yezhen had no way to deal with this demon, thinking that he would never be able to go back to see the person he wanted to see, he felt a sour feeling in his heart, his lower lip pursed his upper lip, and he cried. Seeing this, the devil felt both amused and pity, so he reached out to grab the roast chicken, and pretended to be angry and said, "You don't eat chicken anymore?" Bring it to me and eat it! ”

"I won't give it to you!" When the little boy heard this, he quickly dodged the devil's hand, took the roast chicken into his arms, turned his back to the devil and gnawed on the chicken vigorously, while crying with hatred: "I will choke to death and not give you this villain to eat!" ”

The King of Yama laughed again, but looking at the weak back, the former murderer suddenly felt a lot, and he said in his heart: "How is this down-and-out appearance different from when I was young?" Alas~! ”

The moon rises outside the cave, and when it reaches the top, it is midnight.

King Yama drank some strong wine and fell asleep leaning against the moss on the cave wall, while Han Ye tossed and turned, too, how could the little boy accept so many things that happened in one day?

Han Ye stared at the woods under the mountain outside the cave, although there was a bright moonlight, there were still many dim corners, like the claws of the devil waiting for the opportunity to harm people in the shadows. Although Han Ye was a little cowardly, no amount of fear could cover the desire to go home, he got up, cautiously glanced at the demon who was sleeping soundly, and mustered up the courage to tiptoe outside the cave.

Just after taking a few steps, I suddenly heard a cold voice behind me ask, "Where are you going?" The little boy turned his head and saw that he was staring coldly at his life-seeking Hades, and his heart chuckled, so he had to say with a sad face: "I, I want to pee." ”

The demon glanced the little boy up and down, then looked away from the cold gaze, and said indifferently, "Go ahead." As soon as the little boy heard that he had been granted amnesty, he ran straight out of the cave, and then heard the devil behind him casually add: "I forgot to tell you that only I can solve your poison, don't run far, then the poison will be rotten and no one will save you." ”

The more Han Ye listened, the slower his steps became, until his whole body was like an electric shock, and finally he stopped moving, he thought, "That's right! He gave me poison, will I survive if I'm far away from him? Thinking of this, Han Ye's face was like ashes, and he walked back with his head drooping.

King Reaper glanced at Han Ye, who was dejected, and snorted coldly, "Don't want to pee? Then have a good rest, and you have to hurry tomorrow morning. ”

How could Han Ye still be in the mood to return to the devil? He just lay quietly on the cold ground, thinking of his relatives and friends who had left him, thinking of the inhuman life in the future, and cried in a low voice, tears welled up, but in the end he still couldn't resist the drowsiness and fell asleep slowly......

"Get up!" With a shout, Han Ye suddenly felt that his buttocks hurt, as if he had been kicked by someone, he touched his buttocks, sat up and rubbed his eyes, and looked up to see the black-faced demon standing in front of him, the demon put his hands around his chest, and said, "Little ghost, do you think this is your home?" Hurry up, you're on your way! ”

As soon as Han Ye saw the black face with a scar on the devil, he was very unhappy, and he just wanted to go against him, so he simply sat down like that and didn't get up, crossed his arms, and turned his head to the side and ignored it.

The demon glanced at Han Ye, turned around and walked out of the cave, and smiled contemptuously: "Heh! Still playing the young master's temper? Then you stay slowly, I'm leaving, if you want to die of poison, go to the real Hades to ask for an antidote! Ha ha! ”

Han Ye panicked at this time, stood up in annoyance and fear, and chased the king of Hades out of the cave.

The demon didn't walk too fast, but Xiao Han followed closely with a quick pace, and he was already out of breath when he followed the two miles. The demon looked back at Han Ye behind him, with a trace of disdain on his face, and while looking at the continuous green mountains and green forests in front of him, he sneered: "Little ghost, seeing that you are acting like a little king, I'd better go slower, alas." ”

The little boy still had dignity after all, he clenched his fists and said angrily: "No! I'm not going to lose to you badass! With that, the little boy frowned, gritted his teeth, and ran towards the devil.

Unexpectedly, the adversary was a little arrogant in his bones, first stunned, and then laughed loudly: "Hahaha! Very good! Then follow me! The demon quickened his pace as he spoke, although he only used two body methods, but it was comparable to the running speed of ordinary adults, even if Han Ye used his strength to eat, he was thrown off several times, if it wasn't for the demon deliberately slowing down and waiting for him, it is estimated that he would have been lost long ago.

After a while, Han Ye's face was already pale and his body was shaking, and it was estimated that he would not be able to support it. The demon looked back at the child, smiled faintly, pretended to be very tired and sat down on the rock next to him, waved his hand to Han Ye and said, "Huh, huh, you are amazing, I'm tired, let's rest first." ”

As if he had defeated a powerful enemy, Han Ye was panting heavily, but with the joy of victory on his face, he finally stopped, but there was a roar in his ears, and he almost fell to the ground.

Seeing that Han Ye was about to fall, the King of Yama moved, but immediately sat back and said coldly, "What are you trying to do?" Act recklessly. ”

Han Ye couldn't answer him, just gasped for air, and his face was full of pride. The King of Yama laughed instead of being angry, and said to Han Ye: "Listen to the little ghost, if you want to go home, you can, but from now on, you must follow me obediently, and when I am happy, I will naturally remove the poison from your body and send you home." ”

Han Ye couldn't help but be stunned, and actually nodded, although he hated this demon in his heart, but now there was no other way than to listen to the devil's words.

After resting for a while, seeing that the little boy's complexion had recovered, the king of Yama stood up, patted the ashes on his body, threw down the sentence "Let's go", and then carried the Yicheng body method towards the distance. The little boy hurried to follow, but this time he didn't feel so struggling.

In the summer mountain forest, verdant and verdant, the birds dance and sing happily in the treetops, know that in the forest like thunder, the morning light through the lush branches and leaves, like spots on the mountain, suddenly a gust of mountain wind blows through the green forest, directly leads to the rustling of the leaves, and the light spots on the ground are flashing more than once. On the hills and forest paths, the swarthy man led a naïve child to hurry happily, and the black man drank from time to time and shook his head a little wantonly, while the child stared intently at the man, and followed closely without slackness.

Before you know it, the sun is getting hot, and the devil and the child can feel the scorching heat of the sun, so they try to go to the shaded place. As I walked, I heard a rough and high-pitched male voice not far in front of me: "I opened this mountain, I planted this tree, if you want to live from here, stay and buy road money!" ”

Han Ye hadn't seen much of the world, and when he heard this voice, he subconsciously approached the King of Desperation, but the King of Hades was three points surprised and seven points funny, and said in his heart: "Today's bandits are so ignorant of what to do, and they don't look at people when they rob, what a bunch of fools!" ”

The thieves didn't know what they had provoked, there were only two fat sheep in their eyes, and they all came out of the woods, and the king of Hades looked at the number of people, there were two in front, one on the left and one on the left, and one in the back, a total of five people, these people were all wearing rag shirts, holding rusty guns and old knives, and it seemed that they were still a group of poor bandits.

Among the two people in front of him, a thief with rat eyes and a sharp mouth and oily face pointed his finger at the king of Hades, and said to the thief next to him: "Boss, boss, he, some of them, some of them are wearing the clothes of the disciples of the Ming Sword Hall and the cousin...... Ah clothes, the little ones recognize, no, no, it's not easy to mess with! ”

"Ahh The unkempt bandit leader with a stubble on his face spat on the ground and said disdainfully: "What is the Ming Sword Hall and the Bird Sword Hall?" Lao Tzu is a lot of people, he made the adults here, and then sold the children, God doesn't know it, what can he do with Lao Tzu? ”

The stammering bandit stared at the Yama King for a while with his eyes that were almost slit, smirked, and gave a thumbs up to the bandit leader, "Hey, hey! The boss fruit, the fruit, is really high! ”

The bandit leader was praised, his face lit up, he cleared his throat in a pretentious manner, shook his head at the devil and smiled: "This black-faced brother, I know you to take out all the valuable things, I will consider leaving you a whole corpse." ”

King Yama looked coldly at this group of stupid thieves playing treasure, and when he saw the bandit leader talking to him, he finally stopped being silent, raised his head and laughed wildly: "Interesting, interesting!" Hahaha! ”

When the bandit leader saw the devil laughing, he was stunned and asked, "What are you laughing at?" ”

The stammering thief also chimed in: "Yes, yes! What do you laugh at, laugh at, laugh at? ”

The adversary glanced at the bandit leader with disdain, and said with a smile: "You still come out to be a bandit like this?" It's almost the same as being a beggar. ”

The bandit leader was surprised and asked, "Eh! How do you know we used to be beggars? ”

The stammering thief tugged at the corner of his head and whispered, "Boss, boss, no, no, no, he's scolding, scolding you!" ”

"Hey! You black charcoal head dare to scold me! The bandit leader turned into a frightened and angry, rolled up the broken sleeve to his elbow, spit another mouthful of phlegm on the ground, pointed at the devil, and said to his opponent: "Little ones, chop him into meat sauce for Lao Tzu!" ”

After speaking, the thieves triumphantly surrounded the king of Hades, thinking that the black man was the fish and meat that was slaughtered on the board, who knew that he had provoked a killing star. Seeing that everyone was coming, the King of Yama snorted coldly, protected Han Ye with his left hand, and turned out with his right hand, hitting the most arrogant thief on his right like a gale. The bandit didn't have time to react at all, spit out a mouthful of blood and flew out, hit a big tree surrounded by two people, fell down, and then the big tree squeaked and fell down, and it was smashing on the bandit, and the bandit couldn't even snort, and he died when he landed!

The devil's expression was still cold and indifferent, but the bandits were shocked, they screamed in fear like ghosts, threw away the broken weapons in their hands, and fled for their lives. However, the demon slapped a person, the killing intent suddenly rose, and he didn't want to let anyone go, he jumped up, the white light flashed, the Longquan sword in his hand was already out of the sheath, and the person also turned into a shadow and flew out. How can the thieves be as fast as this murderer? As long as the black shadow passes by a certain bandit, the sword light flashes, and the blood splashes everywhere, and the head is in a different place! The King of Hades, if it really lives up to its name!

The Adversary cleanly dealt with the stuttering bandit and the other two men, then flew up to the bandit leader, kicked him to the ground and rolled him twice on the ground, rushed up to him and stomped on his belly, and stabbed him in the chest with his right sword. The demon was about to make a move, when he suddenly heard a shout from behind him: "Don't kill again!" The demon looked back, and Han Ye, who was a few feet away from him, spoke, and the boy seemed to be afraid of this bloody scene, standing there with his legs shaking, and his white little face was full of horror.

"Why didn't they kill me if they provoked me first?" The demon glanced at Han Ye coldly, then turned his head, the sword wanted to stab the bandit leader, but the bandit leader quickly shrank up, his face like dead ashes.

"They're just poor bandits, do you have to kill them to be happy!" Han Ye closed his eyes tightly and scolded tremblingly: "You villain, kill and kill, there will be no good results in the end!" ”

"Nothing good will come of it...... ...... you can't die well? The devil read these words carefully, and suddenly remembered a person: it was a purple-robed woman with a palace thrush, water jade eyes, beautiful red lips, and a pink face like frost, she looked about thirty, and the top of her head was tied into a bun with a purple jade hairpin, and her long black hair was only half coiled in, and the rest was draped over her shoulders like a waterfall. In my impression, the woman was holding a purple sheath sword in her hand, her palace eyebrows were raised angrily, her eyes were round, and she said: "Zhang Kuo, senior brother taught you the Shushan mental method, did he let you kill innocents indiscriminately?" I shouldn't have left you in the world, but my brother didn't allow it, and before he died, he asked me to tell you that those who are selfish will not die well...... You are his only apprentice, I won't kill you, I just hope that for the sake of your senior brother, don't do any more harm to the world, so that you can do it yourself. ”

……

The demon thought about the past, he was extremely regretful and sad, the hand holding the sword trembled slightly, and finally drooped down, his dark face was full of sorrow and apology, he closed his eyes, and he only silently recited in his heart: "Master, Master...... It's not that I don't want to turn back, but I'm just a person in the rivers and lakes, and if I make a wrong step, there will never be room for turnback, I have done a lot of evil, and I have long since died, but what can I be compared to those who drive me but hate me? I'm just a pawn in their intrigues......"

Exegesis:

(1) "Burning knives" - mainly popular in the ancient eastern Liaoning region (today's eastern Liaoning, southeast Jilin), its history can be traced back to the Sushen era at the earliest...... Today's famous Liaodong Yakuza Liquor began with the brewing technique of the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, and it is said that the Yakuza Liquor maintains the essence of the ancient prudent brewing technique, known as the king of spirits, and is the most famous liquor in Northeast China.