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The earth sucks the last vestiges of brightness on the horizon, as if to subvert the painful memory engraved in the heart, and then usher in a warm morning light, the soft mist like a light veil floats above the stamens and pours nectar, like a baby awakened from swaddling clothes longing for milky juice, quietly waiting for the lazy squeamishness of hunger but not breastfeeding, the budding shoots break through the hard and iron earth, they look forward with great enthusiasm to the rays of light that shoot into the cracks between the green leaves, but the dark night crushes the little green dream on the edge of black and white。

The lonely arrow was now shuttling through the dense forest, the wet ground like the belly of a drunken monk of the flowers, I don't know if it was full of night liquor or the camouflage of kindness, and the tender treetops dotted the branches with a few green leaves, and then painted with the light and shadow of the day, creating a color that was more seductive than green. Dugu Arrow rode on the back of a bumpy horse, his shoulders stroked the hanging branches again and again, gradually, his shoulders were dyed with a layer of dark green, then his spine was dyed with a layer of dark green, and finally even his eyes were dyed with a layer of light green, the clattering horse's hooves stepped on the soil and splashed gray-brown mud pills, mud pills dreamed of various postures to the sky, and then swung into the scars of Dugu Arrow, and the heavy dew fell in every touch of green of the leaf petals, as if nostalgic for the sky full of stars at night, and like a round of red sun held up by the earth。

Dugu Arrow broke through the emerald green barrier, and went all the way to the depths of the forest, the darkest place he could hear his heartbeat, the leaves fell from the branches, like a nameless life came to an end, leaving no regrets when he was born, waiting for the beginning of the next reincarnation after death. At this time, the white horse seemed to notice some bad omen, stopped the sound of hooves, and Dugu Arrow was also summoned back from the emerald green dream, and he quietly observed the movements around him. Suddenly, he heard the screams of a woman not far away, and he immediately hurried and galloped in that direction.

At this time, in front of his eyes fell petals of peach blossoms, the more he walked forward, the stronger the power of this peach blossom, suddenly, his eyes have been reflected in a large piece of pink pink color, and then he felt that his heart is a place open to the world of peach blossoms, gradually, he saw two vague figures floating from afar, and swinging past him, as their shadows crossed the tide of love to the holy land of light, he sank into Cui Hu and Jiang Niang's "peach blossom edge".

According to legend, during the Tang Dynasty, Taoxi Fort was surrounded by peach orchards, and the scenery was very beautiful. There was a young man named Cui Hu, who was outstanding in literature and talent, and came to Tang Chang'an City to take the exam, and his name fell to Sun Shan. Due to the long distance at home, he looked for a place near the capital, ready to take the test again in the coming year, during the Qingming Dynasty, he was alone, enjoyed the spring and walked to Taoxi Fort, saw a village, several thatched houses, peach and plum luxuriant, couldn't help but excuse the name of thirst for drink, and came forward to knock on the firewood. After a long time, I saw a young woman open the door to answer, turned around and entered the house, holding a bowl of water in both hands and handed it over, he saw that she was beautiful, and the peach and plum flowers in the courtyard complemented each other, and he was fascinated for a while, until he drank the water, the woman had turned back to the house, he reluctantly exited the courtyard door, and the woman watched him leave with affection through the crack in the door. In the past year, he has lived in Chang'an to study hard and prepare for the exam.

It was another Qingming Festival, and he was thinking about the woman in Taoxi Fort, so he searched for it again. I saw that the peach blossoms in the courtyard were still there, but there was a copper lock hanging on the door, looking for beauty was missing, very sad, and then waved a pen to inscribe a poem on the door, signed his name, and turned away sullenly. In the blink of an eye, a few days later, he came here again unconsciously, only to see the door of the wood open, and bursts of crying came from the courtyard, and hurriedly asked an old man, when he learned that the woman had died because of him, he was shocked and at a loss. It turned out that the woman holding the water was the daughter of the old man, Jiang Niang, who lost her mother since she was a child, and wanted to marry a scholar, after last year's Qingming Festival, she suddenly fell ill, and returned from the grave a few days ago, and found that the poem was inscribed on the door, and she couldn't afford to be sick, and she was confused and called the name of "Cui Hu", Cui Hu heard the words, and went straight to the woman's bed, shouting again and again. Gradually, the woman opened her eyes, came back from the dead, tears flowed both, and the old man immediately married the woman to Cui Hu, and the lover eventually became a family.

The earth admires the blue of the sky, and wants to get a little light blue afterglow from the sky, but the light blue of the sky is so scarce that it can give the earth nothing but a mysterious fantasy.

When Dugu Arrow arrived at the woman's side, he found that two lewd scoundrels were preparing to bully the woman, he tightened the horse rope in his hand, and shouted at them: "You shameless fellows, let go of this poor woman quickly, or you won't want to get out of here alive." ”

I saw a scoundrel sneer, he waved his big knife and said: "We are willing to play with this woman, what does it have to do with you, you are really a nosy guy." ”

"You two brutes, bullying a weak woman, what kind of heroes are you. Dugu Jian saw their arrogance and scolded.

"How dare you humiliate us like this, I have to kill you today!" said the other scoundrel, with a sharp sword in his hand, viciously.

"You two are originally brutes, with no humanity at all, just a shameless tool of flesh and skin. Dugu pointed an arrow at them and jumped off his horse.

The two scoundrels let go of the woman and rushed in the direction of Dugu Arrow, the broadsword and sword in their hands stained with unknown blood. Dugu Arrow waved his bare hands to meet it, he felt that there was no need to shoot arrows with a bow to deal with these two scoundrels, at this time, the green brewed by the forest had already solidified in the rolling dust, and the thick soil flew into a red glow in the sky, dyeing the originally quiet Xia Dan color into a dull lead gray, and the earth fell into a dark black haze with depression, like a lifeless leaf buried in the bitter sea of death.

At this time, the scoundrel with the big knife in his hand roared and slashed at the big knife, Dugu Arrow flashed to the sides, grabbed his hand holding the knife with his hand, gently pulled it to the side, and kicked him on the thigh with his foot, only to see him retreat crookedly. Another scoundrel attacked from behind Dugu Arrow, he clenched the sword and stabbed it, Dugu Arrow heard the sound of the sword behind him, his eyes flashed with a hint of silver light, he quickly turned around, and saw that the sword was only a few millimeters away from his body, he grabbed the scoundrel's wrist and kicked him in the elbow a few times with his foot, only to hear him let out a series of screams.

The scoundrel with the big knife in his hand took the opportunity to rush up again, Dugu Arrow let go of the other scoundrel, dodging the big knife picked up by the scoundrel, this scoundrel slashed desperately in the air, and there was an intermittent gasp sound from his mouth and nose, Dugu Arrow grabbed the corner of his clothes with his hand, and kicked him in the abdomen with his foot, he staggered backwards, and then lay on the ground with a plop.

Another scoundrel saw that his brother was seriously injured, he raised his sword and slashed over, Dugu Arrow raised the sand and dust with his foot, the scoundrel's eyes were dim, his sword did not hurt Dugu Arrow at all, but the scoundrel was still looking for him, he slipped behind the scoundrel, raised his foot and kicked him in the back, the scoundrel was defenseless, and fell to the ground. The other scoundrel, who was armed with a broadsword, stood up by this time, and he picked up the scoundrel who was lying on the ground and fled to the deepest part of the forest.

A blood-red flame began to float on the ground, and the transparent sky shimmered like a crystal with a ghostly glow. Dugu Jian looked at the poor woman cowering in the grass, and said to her, "Girl, why are you wandering alone in this forest, and what about your relatives?" The woman held her knees with her hands, her body trembled slightly, it seemed that she had not recovered from the nightmare just now, and her heart was hurt.

"Girl, do you know that this place is very dangerous, even if there are no wicked people, there may be wolves, insects, tigers and leopards, how can you deal with a weak woman?"

The woman turned her head slowly, her eyes filled with sorrow, and she sobbed, "I didn't come out alone, I got lost while chasing a flower butterfly." ”

"So you have relatives, so where are they now?" Dugu Arrow walked over and squatted beside her.

"I don't know, I'm the princess of the country of flowers, today I followed my father to hunt in this forest, we were a large group of people, but suddenly a beautiful flower butterfly fascinated my soul, I slipped off my father's horse, and chased after the dancing flower butterfly. I thought I could easily catch it, but it flew farther and farther away, towards the end of the forest. ”

The woman wiped the tears that flowed with her hands and continued: "I am not willing to admit defeat like this, looking at the flower butterfly that opens the dark green and ushers in the transparent blood red, as if it is destined to be mine alone. I kept approaching the deepest part of the forest, but I didn't know that I was so far away from my father's men, and the flower butterfly flew farther and farther away like an illusory ghost, and finally disappeared from my eyes. When the forest fell down to me like a black barrier, I realized that I had moved away from my father's men, and I cried out in fright, but I could not hear any response, and I knew that I could not get out of the forest. ”

"How did you meet those two scoundrels, and how would they know you were here?" Dugu Jian patted her shoulder with his hand and asked patiently.

"I thought that my cry would be heard by my father, and that he would definitely send some men to save me, but I didn't expect to attract two scoundrels, who were going to bully me as soon as they came, but fortunately you arrived in time, otherwise I would not know how to meet people in the future. After the woman finished speaking, she suddenly threw herself into Dugu Jian's arms, letting tears flow down her cheeks.

Dugu Jian stroked her hair and comforted her: "Girl, don't be afraid, now that I protect you, you will be safe." When the woman stopped crying, Dugu Jian continued, "Girl, your father should be not far ahead, let's go find him quickly!"

The woman nodded silently, Dugu Arrow stood up, pulled up the woman sitting on the ground, Dugu Arrow helped her onto the horse, and led the white horse to the other end of the forest.