Chapter 29: Escape into the Cave

The two of them soon climbed to the top of the hillside, and by this time the setting sun had already set on the top of the mountain, and the thatched hut was surrounded by pines and cypresses, and there was a clearing in front of the door, and a wooden frame was erected, on which climbed with green vines and yellow flowers, and swayed in the evening breeze. There are more than a dozen gourds hanging under the eaves, and a few mountain sparrows use it as a nest and fly left and right.

There is no one in front of the door, the empty courtyard is lonely, and the flowers are blooming and falling. The big yellow dog ran into the house.

Looking at the house, there was a middle-aged man who was clear, meditating cross-legged, closing his eyes and not asking or hearing, looking at the appearance of dust, it was estimated that he was a hidden monk in the Qinling Mountains. There is a painting on the wall with a painting of pine cranes.

Yang Shuqian stepped forward and knocked on the door twice. The meditating middle-aged man opened his eyes.

Yang Shucheng inquired, saying that it was a person who was traveling, and it was late and he came here to disturb.

The middle-aged man raised his eyes and looked, too lazy to take care of it, and suddenly saw that Fang Xiaoli also came to the door, blooming like a white mountain flower in the sunset and evening light, jade with xia, pretty and colorful, hurriedly stood up, and said:

"Come in, please."

The two entered the house, the house was cleaned up neatly, Yang Shucheng made an introduction, saying that his surname was Yang, his name was Shucheng, and he was followed by his sister, named Xiaoli. The middle-aged man was also bold, introducing himself as a town, named Baixiang, and had been practicing in this mountain for five years.

Zhen Baixiang said: "This is already a deep mountain, the cliff is desperate, no one has come here for several years, you come here, it is also fate." I think I'm hungry, you rest, I'll make dinner. ”

Yang Shucheng and the two sat in the house, and Zhen Baixiang walked into another room to make dinner.

Soon the meal was ready, and it was brought to the slate table, which was nothing more than mountain dishes, mushrooms, fungus, and wild herbs. Zhen Baixiang said: "The mountains are simple, there is no wine, I have been cultivating for many years, I don't eat meat, I don't prepare meat, the two of them will eat some vegetarian dishes." ”

The two of them were also hungry, so they were no longer polite and began to eat. Although it is a vegetarian dish, it also has a taste.

Zhen Baixiang asked, "What are you doing here in this poor ravine?" ”

Yang Shucheng didn't dare to tell the truth, saying that he was looking for King Li Chuang, but he just said that he had an elder brother who joined the army with the army, and with the official army entering the mountains to exterminate the thieves, he took his sister and wanted to go to the army and win a reputation.

Zhen Baixiang said: "There have been no outsiders here for a long time, and my family has been cultivating here, and I haven't gone down the mountain for five years, and I don't know if there are officials and soldiers walking by." To the east, however, there is a village, about thirty miles away, and there are more than a hundred families, where you can go and inquire about the news. ”

After eating, Zhen Baixiang cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks, came into the house to renew the tea, and the three of them drank it.

Zhen Baixiang just looked at Fang Xiaoli with her eyes, only to see her snowy skin, red lips and white teeth, eyebrows and eyes, just staring. That Fang Xiaoli was stared at by him, a little shy, her face flushed, and she became more and more delicate.

At this time, it was already dark, and a basin of pine resin oil lamps was burning on the table, and the light reflected Fang Xiaoli extremely beautifully, which made people's hearts flutter even more.

When the town of Baixiang saw this, he was short of breath, and he suddenly stood up, ran outside the house, and hurried back and forth in the courtyard.

Yang Shucheng looked at him, walking like the wind, with words in his mouth, I don't know why his temperament has changed so much?

After walking back and forth for twenty or thirty years, Zhen Baixiang finally stopped and shouted, "That's it, that's it." ”

Walking into the house, he took out a long sword hanging from next to the pine crane painting, and shouted at Yang Shucheng: "Evil obstacle ......", and stabbed with the sword.

Yang Shucheng said "oops", one turned upside down, dodged the sword, and Ji'er jumped out of the door.

Zhen Baixiang chased out of the house, still unrelenting, and stabbed Yang Shucheng with his sword, threatening to stab him in a few bloody holes.

Yang Shucheng saw that he was hospitable and gentle before, but now he suddenly changed his temperament and killed him.

That town Baixiang is nearly forty years old, leaving his family and business to come here to cultivate in the deep mountains and mountains, originally calm as water, he didn't want to see Fang Xiaoli as beautiful as a fairy tonight, he moved his mind, he was trying his best to suppress himself, and he couldn't give up the results of the past five years of cultivation. The mind has been fighting for a long time, and the river that wants to be close to Nianping but is like a desperate embankment is surging endlessly, and it can't be controlled.

He made up his mind to take Fang Xiaoli for himself, and when he saw Yang Shucheng with her, he wanted to kill him, trying to occupy Fang Xiaoli.

In order to get a beautiful woman, Zhen Baixiang was ruthless, a sword was as tight as a sword, and after a few moves, Yang Shucheng was already in danger. Fang Xiaoli in the room saw that she had already drawn her sword and came out to help in the battle, and the two of them fought against Baixiang.

Where would Baixiang fight against Fang Xiaoli, just avoiding her and stabbing at Yang Shucheng wholeheartedly. Yang Shucheng saw that he was like a mad cow, with a pair of bull's eyes red in blood, just killing him fiercely, he was already cowardly, and he was hit by a sword in the blink of an eye, but fortunately he didn't stab the vital part.

Yang Shucheng saw that he was defeated, he had long lost his fighting spirit, he turned around and fled, the town of Baixiang was about to kill him, and he was already in trouble, and then he chased after him, and Fang Xiaoli followed.

The three of them did not move forward or backward, but ran westward. After running for a while, I saw that the mountain road was coming south, and it was about to run into the south mountain. Yang Shucheng didn't care much, so he fled south.

The mountains on both sides are towering, the cliffs are erect, the vines are cloudy, there is only this one mountain road, Yang Shucheng has to bury his head in the south, and it is good to be far away from the town of Baixiang.

The three of them ran like shadows. Ran to an open place, that town Baixiang is a cultivator, light skills are also good, and he has been walking on the mountain road for many years, and he is as light as a swallow, and soon caught up with Yang Shucheng, and stabbed with a sword.

Yang Shucheng also ran panting like a cow, so he had to turn around and face it, and the two of them were killed together. That Fang Xiaoli then came, co-authored Yang Shucheng, and fought against Baixiang.

The two of them fought in a double battle. A sword from the town of Baixiang stabbed Yang Shucheng in the chest again, and the injury of this sword was not shallow, and the chest was already bubbling with blood.

Yang Shucheng knew that he was invincible, and it was not a way to fight again, so he shouted: "Senior town, why don't you let us go?" ”

That town Baixiang just didn't answer, but he just wanted to hurry up Yang Shucheng, the desire in his heart was like a fire, and it was about to erupt, and his few years of cultivation could be controlled?

Yang Shucheng knew that if he continued to fight, there was only one way to die, so he didn't feel discouraged, and when he saw Fang Xiaoli stabbing with a sword, when the town Baixiang flashed sideways, he glanced around, the moonlight was bright, and he only saw that there was a cave on the west mountain wall, and the stream slowly flowed out of the black hole with a cold light.

Yang Shucheng didn't think much about it, turned around and ran towards the cave. That Fang Xiaoli had sharp eyes, and when she saw Yang Shucheng running forward, she followed and ran forward with Yang Shucheng. Of course, the town of Baixiang will not let go, and then chase after it.

Yang Shucheng and the two quickly ran to the cave, no matter whether they were good or bad, they drilled over.

The town of Baixiang also burrowed into the hole. Yang Shucheng and the two of them hurriedly ran in, ran dozens of steps, the hole was already pitch black, they couldn't see the road, and when they touched their feet, both of them fell to the ground, only to feel that Fang Xiaoli's aroma only rushed to the end of their noses.

Yang Shucheng didn't care about these fragrances, and hurriedly pulled Fang Xiaoli to get up, the town of Baixiang had already chased after him, and the two of them hurriedly raised their swords to greet each other.

This time the situation has changed, the town Baixiang stood on the side of the hole, the moonlight shone on his figure, and Yang Shucheng and the two stood in the depths of the cave, but there was no figure, the two sides killed together, one could see, the other could not see clearly, only a few moves, and the town Baixiang fell into two swords.

Zhen Baixiang was angry and was about to rush inside, but Yang Shucheng and the two also knew what they meant, so they just ran inside. turned around with a sword, and stabbed Zhen Baixiang again, Zhen Baixiang rushed to kill, but he couldn't rush to the innermost, but there were a few more sword wounds on his body.

Zhen Baixiang couldn't, so he had to give up, walked out of the cave, sat at the entrance of the cave and meditated, and the two were trapped in the cave, waiting for dawn to go into the cave to clean them up.

Yang Shucheng and the two were trapped in the cave, and saw Zhen Baixiang sitting at the entrance of the cave, waiting for work, he couldn't beat him, and he couldn't, so he could only lean against the mountain wall and look at the entrance of the cave vigilantly.

I don't know how deep this cave is, the stalactites inside are upside down, like a peak like a forest, like a tiger like a lion, a thousand strange things, a small stream gurgling out of the cave.

The two of them leaned against the mountain wall, and before the two of them finished fighting, Fang Xiaoli's wheezing and resting sound seemed to sound in her ears, and the fragrance on her body lingered in her nose. Yang Shucheng's heart was agitated, and he felt that he was similar to Zhen Baixiang outside the cave, and he couldn't hold it anymore, so he reached out and hugged Fang Xiaoli's thin waist, like hugging a ball of nephrite, and he didn't want to let go, but he didn't dare to make any moves.

That Fang Xiaoli's face was red and hot, but in this dark hole, fortunately, no one could see it. Seeing Yang Shucheng hugging him, he leaned on his side, even if it was thousands of years, he was willing. Just like the two stone pillars in this cave, side by side, after the vicissitudes of the sea, the earth is barren, but also side by side, never separated.

The two of them were also worried that Zhen Baixiang would enter the cave and disturb the quiet here, but fortunately, Zhen Baixiang waited outside the cave with peace of mind and did not enter the cave.

The two sides were deadlocked, for more than half an hour, Yang Shucheng wanted to go out and talk to Zhen Baixiang, but he thought that he was not the same as himself, they were all guilty of emotional disorders, and he wanted to comfort him with a few words, but it was difficult to be effective. Only stay in the cave and wait for a miracle to happen.

But in the Qinling Mountains, the mountains are deep and dense, and there are few people, where will there be miracles? All I heard was the howl of a wild wolf outside the cave, mixed with the night cry of an owl, and beyond that there was silence.

The two of them could not go out, so they could only sit on the stones, hold the food in one place, and sleep in turn.

It was difficult to bear in the cave, but time passed after all, and soon the day was about to dawn, and I saw the town of Baixiang walking in with torches made of pine branches. The two of them were shocked, grabbed the sword in their hands, and ran towards the cave.

There are thousands of years in the cave, where does anyone walk in? There were craggy boulders everywhere, Yang Shucheng was afraid that Fang Xiaoli would bump into it, so he walked in front of him, explored the way with his hands and feet, and hurriedly drilled into the hole.

There were many forks in it, Yang Shucheng just followed the sound of the water and walked forward, and at the end, the cave became narrower and narrower, and the two had to move forward with difficulty. The town's hundred incense burned torches, and followed it like a bone appendage.

Yang Shucheng and the two walked to the end, like a tour of the underworld, and suddenly felt that this mountain road was coming up, and the two of them didn't care about this, they just walked forward, just wanted to get rid of Zhen Baixiang as soon as possible.

The road inside was vertical and horizontal, it was pitch black everywhere, and they couldn't see their five fingers, and as they walked, they didn't see the light of the torches behind them, and the two didn't dare to be careless, but just walked forward.

After walking for about half an hour, I saw a faint light shining through overhead.

It turned out that we had reached the entrance of the cave.

Here, the rain falls, the cave walls are smooth, and the two men support each other to climb up. After climbing a few times, they all slipped down, and it was a waste of half a day's effort.

Fang Xiaoli said: "Brother Yang, you climb up first, and then pick me up." ”

Yang Shucheng didn't want to be separated from her for a moment, but he didn't climb up, it was just a waste of time, what if Zhen Baixiang chased after him? I had to say yes.

This time, Yang Shucheng held his breath, used his hands and feet together, like a gecko swimming on the wall, and finally crawled out of the hole.

Standing at the entrance of the cave, it is already halfway up the mountain, and the entrance of the cave is full of trees. Yang Shucheng didn't dare to delay, cut a hundred-year-old vine with his sword, walked to the entrance of the cave, and hung down.

Fang Xiaoli grabbed the long vine and climbed up. The two of them stood outside the cave, and the sun in the east shone brightly, shining on the mountain peaks, and they were very glad to have gotten rid of the entanglement of the town of Baixiang.

Looking at the clothes of the two of them again, they were already covered in mud, and couldn't help laughing, Fang Xiaoli said: "Let's go, go down the mountain, I'll wash the clothes." ”

The two of them held hands and walked down the mountain. There is a stream at the bottom of the mountain, Yang Shucheng took off his clothes outside and handed it over to Fang Xiaoli to wash in the stream.

The sun was already overhead, and the two caught a few fish in the stream and grilled them over a fire to eat. After eating the fish, for fear that the town would smell the fragrance and come, he quickly got up and left.

Worried that Zhen Baixiang would chase after him, he had to continue to walk west. When you have gone far, you will go southeast and cross the Qinling Mountains.

The two walked side by side for more than ten miles, and it was estimated that Zhen Baixiang would not chase after them, so the two of them put their hearts at ease, held hands, and walked slowly.

Suddenly, I heard a loud shout from behind, and I turned my head sharply to look, but I don't know when, the town of Baixiang has caught up.