In the next few days, Ye Qi took Wang Yi to rush continuously, they never took the official road, they have been climbing over the mountains and mountains, although there is snow in the mountains in winter, fortunately, the two of them are very familiar with the mountains, climbing and crossing the stream is also very easy, the food they bring is sufficient, and they walk quickly. After entering the mountain, Ye Qi did not rush at night, but climbed the mountain during the day and built a bonfire to rest at night.

It was getting dark, and the two were walking through a dense forest, when Ye Qi in front suddenly stopped and signaled Wang Yi behind him not to make a sound. She took out a slingshot and held it in her hand, raised her feet and walked quietly to the side, Wang Yi hid next to a tree, and seemed to feel a trace of danger. Ye Qi walked to a position of more than ten meters in front of a bush and stood still, his body slightly sideways, his left hand in front and his right hand behind, waiting quietly. Wang Yi stared at the bushes with wide eyes, and he didn't dare to breathe, but he couldn't see anything. Suddenly there was a roar, and a money leopard jumped out, it just jumped up in the air, Ye Qi's hand was raised, and the money leopard seemed to hit a wall head-on, and one fell to the ground upside down, fluttering a few times and not moving. Wang Yi exclaimed in surprise at this time, and hurriedly rushed forward to stop in front of Ye Qi.

Ye Qi smiled: "It's dead." ”

Wang Yi didn't dare to be careless, so he found a stick and stabbed the leopard a few times, and the leopard took a few breaths and stopped moving. Wang Yi took a closer look and saw that the leopard's forehead had a hole the size of a cup, and blood flowed all over the ground. Wang Yi looked back at Ye Qi and asked, "What did you use to fight?" ”

Ye Qi handed him the slingshot in his hand, Wang Yi took it and looked at it, it was a wooden one, the handle seemed to be wrapped in cowhide, and it was very easy to hold it in his hand, the bow frame was inlaid with copper skin, and there was a hole at the upper end of the copper skin, and the bow rope was pierced out of the hole. He pulled the bow rope, not moving at all, and no matter how hard he tried, he still did not move, and he used all his strength to feed, and the bow rope stretched slightly by less than an inch. Wang Yi looked at Ye Qi in surprise and asked, "Can you pull away?" ”

Ye Qi said a little reservedly: "I told you that I have kung fu." ”

Wang Yi fiddled with the bow rope and asked, "What is this made of?" ”

Ye Qidao: "Rhino tendons, don't look so small, you have to have three stone forces to barely pull it apart." ”

Wang Yi stuck out his tongue and said, "Show me the marble." ”

Ye Qi took off a leather bag from his waist and handed it to him, Wang Yi opened it and saw that the leather bag was divided into two sides, full of iron marbles, one side of the marble was only the size of a soybean, and the other side was the size of a dragon's eye. He took out a large marble and asked, "You hit this with this?" Ye Qi nodded and said, "Just use a small one to beat someone." ”

Wang Yi looked at the cup-sized hole on the head of the money leopard and praised: "Even the tiger can't withstand your bullet." ”

Ye Qi took back the slingshot and leather bag, and said with a slight meaning: "This bow is called Shenyi, and it is famous in the rivers and lakes." She pulled out a short sword from her waist, stepped forward and easily cut off the two hind legs of the leopard, and said, "Let's roast the leopard meat and eat it at night." ”

Wang Yi said: "You cut off the shackles and it's this sword, right?" ”

Ye Qi waved the short sword lightly, there was not a drop of blood on it, and she said, "This rainbow shadow's reputation is no worse than that of Shen Yi. ”

Wang Yi said: "Then wouldn't your fame be greater." ”

Ye Qi sneered and said: "I don't want to be famous, it's this bow and sword, although it is famous, there are few people I know, your luck is good, you can only see it today." ”

Wang Yi said flatteringly: "My real good luck is to know you." ”

Ye Qi glanced at him: "Flim tongue." But there was a smile in his eyes.

That night, the two roasted leopard meat, although pepper and salt were added, they still couldn't stop the fishy smell, Wang Yi didn't want to eat it, Ye Qi persuaded: "The cold in the mountains is heavy, and eating it can block the cold." After Wang Yi finished eating, he felt much better at night.

After walking north for 7-8 days, the two finally walked to a relatively flat mountain road on this day, Ye Qidao: "It's almost there, and you will be there after walking more than ten miles." "After climbing the mountain for many days, I felt relaxed when I walked on the flat road, but the sky was not beautiful, and it snowed heavily, and after a while my eyes became white. The mountain road turned into the mountain again, the snow in the mountain and the heavy snow, walking and walking, you can't distinguish the road from the road ditch on the side, the snow in front of you is all flat and spread, Wang Yi has never seen such a big snow, can't help but stop and ask: "The road is not recognized, how to walk?" ”

Ye Qi looked left and right, went to the woods not far away, cut a long wooden stick, and after walking back, he used the wooden stick to explore the road in the snow in front of him. Wang Yi hurriedly rushed forward, took the wooden stick and said, "I'll go in front, you follow me." ”

The snow on the road was knee-high, and a stream appeared on the right side of the road ahead, and a thin layer of ice had formed on the stream, and the stream was still flowing under the ice. There were large areas of shrubs and weeds beside the stream, and the snow on them was as flat as the road. Wang Yi was not paying attention, stepped on the air and fell, and rolled down the slope in the snow towards the stream. Ye Qi waved his hand, a soft rope flew out and entangled Wang Yi, and pulled back, Wang Yi flew back in the air, and when he was dizzy, Ye Qi had already helped him stand with both hands.

Ye Qi hurriedly checked whether Wang Yi was injured, and Wang Yi moved his whole body and said, "It's okay, it's okay." Seeing Ye Qi wrapping the soft rope back around his waist, he asked curiously, "What is this made of?" As he spoke, he wanted to reach out and touch it, but Ye Qi opened his hand with a "snap" and said, "The thousand-year-old vine on the mountain plus the bison skin." ”

Wang Yi said a little sneeringly: "I'm sorry Miss Ye, I didn't mean to, don't be angry." ”

Ye Qi glared at him, couldn't help but laugh again, and poked his finger Wang Yi's forehead: "You, you, it's really--" and then helped him pat the snow on his body.

Seeing that Ye Qi was not angry, Wang Yi became happy again, and hurriedly picked up the wooden stick to explore the way in front.

Walking to the side of a bridge in front, Ye Qi said: "I want to cross the bridge and go over there." ”

Wang Yi saw that this bridge was on the stream, two stone slab bridges erected with tree trunks, the width of the stone slabs was just as wide as the width of a person's footboard, and there was a gap between the two stone slabs with a ruler length, and at this time there was a thick layer of ice on the stone slabs, and below was a stream with thin ice. Wang Yi tried to step on it, but he felt that he couldn't slip, so he hurriedly retracted his feet and said in a panic: "It's over, it's over, how can this go." ”

Ye Qidao: "There is only this bridge, cross the bridge and go over there, and it will be there soon." ”

Wang Yi was so anxious that he stomped his feet there, and Ye Qi squinted his good-looking Danfeng eyes and looked at him, but he didn't say anything. Wang Yi hesitated for a long time and said, "Yes, Miss Ye will give me your soft rope." ”

Ye Qi asked, "What do you want this for?" ”

Wang Yi said: "I'll go over first, and then you tie the soft rope to your body, I'll lead you over there, and you come over slowly." ”

Ye Qi asked, "How can you get by?" ”

Wang Yi said proudly: "Mountain people have their own clever plans. ”

Ye Qi untied the soft rope and handed it to him, Wang Yi wrapped the soft rope around his body, took out two pieces of clothing from the package, wrapped his hands respectively, supported the stone slabs on both sides with both hands, and then knelt down, pressed his knees against the stone slabs, and slowly climbed up the stone bridge. Seeing him like this, Ye Qi smiled and bent down behind him.

Wang Yi trembled and climbed across the stone bridge, stood up, untied the soft rope and threw it over: "Miss Ye, you tie it up and walk over slowly, don't be afraid, I'll lead you." ”

Ye Qi's tears on this side were all laughing, and he didn't take the soft rope thrown over, he raised his feet and went up to the stone bridge lightly, and crossed the bridge in three steps and two steps, Wang Yi was stunned here.

Ye Qi took the soft rope, and when he saw Wang Yi stammering, he couldn't help clapping his hands and laughing, Wang Yi touched his head and smirked with him. Looking at Ye Qiruhua's smile, he suddenly felt that his entire chest was warm and happy, and it was worth doing anything for this smiling face.

After crossing the bridge, the road narrows again and the ascent begins to rise, at which point it begins to get dark.

I saw a torch on the hillside in the distance, and when I got closer, the man with the torch came up and asked in a loud voice from a distance, "Seventh girl?" ”

Ye Qi replied, "It's me." ”

The man said happily, "I guess it's almost there." Xiaohong had long forced me to come out to pick me up, I said that it was not dark, and the seventh girl did not know the way, so she scolded me for being lazy, and said that if I didn't come out, she wouldn't let me eat. ”

Ye Qidao: "You're just lazy, turn around and let Xiaohong punish you." ”

The man turned around and begged while leading the way: "Good seventh girl, don't tell Xiaohong, she really won't let me eat." ”

Ye Qi said: "If you don't eat a meal, you can starve to death." ”

The man said, "I can't sleep when I'm hungry, and if I can't sleep, how can I have the energy to work tomorrow." ”

Ye Qi asked, "It's all ready inside?" ”

The man said, "I've been ready for a long time, and I'm looking forward to your arrival." ”

As he spoke, the man walked around under a boulder, and there were trees in front of him, and there was no way to see it, and the man walked through the forest left and right, and after a while, he led the two out of the forest. I saw a boulder in front of me, there was an inconspicuous small cave at the bottom left of the boulder, and I reached the bottom after a few steps into the cave, and there was no way out. Wang Yi was puzzled, but saw that the man found an iron ring behind a stone on the ground, pulled it three times, and after a while, the stone wall on the left side of the cave slowly opened, and it turned out to be a door. The three of them walked through the stone door, which slowly closed behind them.

Walking into the stone gate, the eyes suddenly opened up, there is a large gentle valley, not far away a bamboo courtyard wall, inside are several rows of houses covered with thick snow, lanterns are hung under the eaves in front of the house, and the lights in the house are brilliant. The gate of the courtyard was wide open, and several people with lanterns were greeting them in front of the gate. Wang Yi saw his mother at a glance, screamed and ran over, and when he arrived, he knelt in the snow and wept silently. Aunt Wang also knelt down, hugged Wang Yi, and shouted again and again with tears streaming down her face: "Hard-working son." ”

It took a while for the mother and son to calm down, and Aunt Wang pulled Wang Yi up, took his hand and pointed at Ye Qidao: "Son, this is your cousin." ”

Before Wang Yi could react, Ye Qi had already squatted down with a smile and shouted, "Cousin." ”

Wang Yi hurriedly bowed and returned the salute and shouted, "Hello Seventh Sister." Then he looked back at Aunt Wang inquiringly.

Aunt Wang said: "First house, first house, let's talk about it in detail." Then he introduced a few people around, the person who led them in was called Xiaoxi, a young girl who followed Aunt Wang was Xiaohong, and an older person was Uncle Fu.

Everyone entered the courtyard gate together, the courtyard was divided into three, they went directly to the second into the house, a round table was placed in the center of the living room, after Aunt Wang took Wang Yi and Ye Qi to sit down, Xiaohong and Uncle Fu served steaming wine and food, Aunt Wang hurriedly greeted the two and said: "Eat quickly, you must be frozen and hungry," Wang Yi and Ye Qi have not eaten hot meals for many days, and walked into the warm room from the ice and snow, facing the fragrant food, their appetite was opened, and they didn't care about anything else, they all ate it.

Aunt Wang personally poured wine for the two and said: "This is sweet rice wine, drink it to warm up, not intoxicating." ”

Wang Yi picked up the cup to salute Aunt Wang and asked, "Mother, what is going on?" ”

Aunt Wang looked at Ye Qi, Ye Qi's head seemed to shake unconsciously, and Aunt Wang replied to Wang Yi: "Your mother's real maiden name is Ye, that is, the merchant in Shu County-Qing family." ”

Wang Yi was even more surprised: "Why is it the Qing family again, isn't it surnamed Ye?" ”

Ye Qi then explained the reason: the head of the Qing family, a big merchant in Shu County, is a legendary figure, and her maiden name is the word "Qing", and the world calls "Qing Mother-in-law" or "Widow Qing". Her husband's surname is Ye, and he was killed by the enemy family at a young age in order to seize the Ye family's property and business. Fortunately, the widow Qing supported the Ye family, not only avenged her husband, kept the business and industry, but also made the business one of the three major merchants in the world, and won the title of the Dasui court, and her eldest son was named an earl. She has controlled the entire family and business for 40 years, and after a long time, the world knows a "widow Qing", and gradually forgot her husband's surname Ye, but called it "Southwest Qing Family". Ye Qi's father is the youngest son of Granny Qing, Ye Qi is her granddaughter, Wang Yi's mother is the only daughter of Granny Qing, and Wang Yi is her only grandson.

After Ye Qi finished speaking, Wang Yi asked Aunt Wang: "Mother, why didn't you tell me this?" ”

Aunt Wang said with tears in her eyes: "Your grandmother has been the most painful since she was a child, and she wanted me to take over the family business, but I didn't listen to your grandmother when I was young, married your father, and left the family. ”

Ye Qidao: "Since I heard that your family was in trouble, grandma sent people around to inquire about your news, but she didn't hear at all, they all said that your family was gone, and grandma was seriously ill." Not long ago, we got the news that we knew that you were in Xiangfan, and my grandmother immediately asked us to come to Xiangfan to pick you up, but I didn't expect you to encounter the Wudou Mijiao again, and you were arrested by the imperial court, so we had to rob people halfway. ”

Wang Yi asked, "So where are we now?" ”

Ye Qidao: "This is Zhongnan Mountain, our place is called Luchuan, and here is a manor built by our Qing family, which is very secret." After all, the people who robbed from the patrol inspection department must hide their traces and conceal the news, so we will live here for a while first, and then return to Shu County after the situation is stable. ”

Wang Yi asked tentatively: "Mother, what kind of person is my father, you only said that he was a scholar before, why didn't your grandmother let you marry him?" ”

Aunt Wang said vaguely: "Your father is an ordinary scholar, when you were two years old, our family encountered a Tatar invasion, and your father was killed. As for your grandmother, I said that she wanted me to take over the Qing family in her place, so she didn't agree with me marrying your father. ”

Wang Yi said: "Marrying my father can also take over the Qing family?" ”

Aunt Wang said: "If we marry your father, we can't stay in the Qing family." ”

Wang Yi asked, "Why?" ”

Aunt Wang diverted the topic and said, "By the way, Yi'er, you have been locked up for so long, you haven't suffered hardship, have you been beaten?" ”

Wang Yi said: "No, it may be because Brother Mao and I are both famous, and Brother Mao's brother-in-law is the official of Xiangyang Mansion, so we didn't suffer." ”

Aunt Wang chanted the Buddha and said: "Amitabha, you don't know how worried I am when the people of the Qing family find me and tell you that I have been arrested by the government." ”

Wang Yi looked at Ye Qi and said, "Seventh sister, you saved me, I haven't thanked you yet, I salute you for this glass of wine, thank you." ”

Ye Qidao: "Cousin, we are all our own family, it's too foreign to say thank you." ”

Wang Yi asked, "Seventh sister, you knew our relationship the first time we met, right?" ”

Ye Qi nodded and said, "Hmm." ”

Wang Yi said: "It's strange that when I saw you, I felt like I had seen you before." Then why didn't you recognize me then? ”

Ye Qi pursed his lips and smiled: "I haven't seen my aunt at that time, how dare I recognize you as a great talent." ”

Wang Yi smiled: "It's me, a poor boy, I never dreamed that there would be a fairy-like sister like you." ”。

Xiao Hong, who was standing behind Ye Qi, said with a smile: "Our ancestors have said since childhood that only the seventh girl is the most like her aunt. ”

Aunt Wang looked at Ye Qi with a smile, suddenly choked up, and was busy covering up the vegetables for Wang Yi and Ye Qi. Ye Qi lowered his head and only cared about eating vegetables, Wang Yi seemed to see tears flashing in Ye Qi's eyes.