This month coincides with the rare snow-free weather in Yongzhou in a year, but the rain does not stop, it seems to be crying about how difficult the people's livelihood is, the people are poor, the pouring rain is endless, the thatch on the roof is also falling endlessly, this crumbling thatched house, seeing that it is about to collapse completely, the oil lamp in the house is flashing with a pitiful faint light, crumbling to extinguish, and the walls, tables and chairs are soaked in the smell of mold.

There is a large yellowed bowl on the dilapidated table, the edge of the bowl is broken, and there is a large bowl of porridge, which is said to be porridge, but the thin light can be seen, take a spoon and scoop it, and see only the soup in the rice grains, and it is a bowl of steaming pot water.

Huang Xuan drank the porridge in one go, but the clear soup was too watery to bear the hunger, he stretched out his fingers and scraped the edge of the bowl, but the remaining soup was only enough to wet and dry his lips, and he couldn't fill his hungry stomach at all.

Half a month ago, he came here through thick and thin, and stayed in the home of an old couple. During the day, he walked around the village covered in rain and muddy legs, and at night, he ate two and a half bowls of thin porridge and chatted with grass to survive. Today, the three of them finally ate the last grain of rice, and even the shop at the entrance of the village was closed, even if there was money, they could not buy half a grain of rice.

On the moldy adobe wall, there is a detailed map of Yongzhou, a mountain, a river, a village and a village are clearly marked, Yongzhou is located in the north of Yunchu country, is a state city built in the world of ice and snow glaze, and it is also the most remote and barren state in Kyushu, it is an extremely cold place since ancient times, the northernmost is a boundless sea of ice, there are endless snow-capped mountains in the state, and the snow-capped mountains are scattered like star-like villages, here there is an extremely cold winter for half a year in a year, the snow particles fall rapidly and violently, and the deepest snow can almost bury the house。

It is extremely inconvenient to travel within the state city, so there is only a rugged and winding official road that is so slippery that it is frozen all year round and can be accessed. Such a mountain is far away, and the long winter is covered with heavy snow, which is a natural barrier, and is most suitable for occupying the mountain as the king, so Yongzhou has been rich in bandits since ancient times.

Decades ago, after the current Chu Emperor ascended the throne, he allocated a lot of silver, and sent a large number of officers and soldiers, Enwei and Shi half to exterminate and half to recruit An, after three years, this completely eliminated the bandits in Yongzhou, and returned a snow-white world here.

Yongzhou, which has been calm for decades, has been surrounded by celestial phenomena, and over the years, snow disasters have been linked to wind disasters, and the disaster is that you sing and I appear, and the disaster relief materials sent by the imperial court have been stripped layer by layer, and few victims have seen its appearance. In the line of life and death, in order to survive, some people returned to their old business again, pulled up people and horses to camp in the snowy mountains, became bandits, and specially robbed the disaster relief money issued by the imperial court, and some people left their hometowns in groups, begging openly and secretly robbed, and became rogues.

Huang Xuanning lifted the pen, drew a red circle on a high mountain, there is called Qingyan Mountain, it is the largest snow-capped mountain in Yongzhou, the geographical location is excellent, it is the only official road in Yongzhou that must pass through, there is a bandit named Qingyan Village on the mountain all the year round, the village is built according to the mountain, the bandits rely on the mountain to eat the mountain, the life is free, and does not disturb the villagers of Yuankou Village under the mountain, and even when the year is bad, it will go down the mountain to relieve one or two.

Since the years of famine, the days of Qingyan Village are also difficult, at first it was just a leisurely absence, and then gradually the livelihood was difficult, in order to survive, it didn't matter whether it was ill-gotten gains, as long as it was wealth, it would never let go, because the roadblock robbery that did not ask the origin of the robbery, and finally robbed the head of the person who could not be provoked. The Yongzhou government sent heavy troops to encircle and suppress it several times, and the bandits were beaten alive on the mountain and did not dare to come down.

The arrogance of Qingyan Village is gone, and he does not dare to act recklessly, and he has become a day by day waiting for death. The situation of the village is not very good now, but the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and can barely maintain, and a few months ago the cottage was on the verge of dispersal, but there is a mysterious person who went up the mountain to surrender, as soon as he entered the cottage, he repeatedly made great contributions, redeemed the decline of Qingyan Village, and sat on the second position of the cottage.

Huang Xuan's eyes lit up for a moment, and he finally learned that the person was from Yongzhou Mansion, who was dismissed from prison and escaped from prison after something bad, and he was afraid that there were too many secrets on his body, so many that countless people wanted him to shut up forever, otherwise how could a good official be forced to end up in the grass. It seems that the matter of Yongzhou will eventually fall on this person, Huang Xuan made up his mind and decided to break into Qingyan Mountain, where Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, will meet the mysterious second master for a while.

Qingyan Mountain is not a single peak, but a continuous group of mountains, the foot of the mountain is green like the sea for three months a year, and the top of the mountain is the vast snow white for many years, the main peak towers into the clouds, and the ethereal clouds cover the top of the mountain.

The mountains are undulating and steep, with cliffs like slashes and axes on one side and sheep's intestines hanging in the clouds on the other. Go up to the mountainside, after bypassing the water stream of thin ice all year round, this only way up the mountain will also come to an abrupt end, the rest of the road, is a hanging ladder hanging on the cliff wall, only the hands and feet are used to climb up, but also always be careful of the deep cliff behind you, if one is not careful to fall, it will be a lifetime of troubles.

Fortunately, Huang Xuan turned over the yellow calendar, and the day he chose to go up the mountain was an auspicious day for the zodiac, no rainy weather, only some cold wind measurements, although the sheep intestine trail was muddy but not difficult, he cut down the thick branches as a cane, and staggered forward step by step.

Just around the water stream on the mountainside, there is no way out, Huang Xuan looked up at the rope ladder hanging high in the distance, and gave birth to a trace of looking at the rope sighing, he rubbed his hands for a long time, before he moved forward, just walked a few steps, but was blocked by several huge decaying trees that fell to the ground, he had to hold a wooden staff to remove the dead branches and leaves, hands and feet with difficulty to climb over the trees, just straightened up, but a flower in front of him, a tight, spinning leisurely floating into the air.

Huang Xuanju has seen a lot of excerpts, and he has always known the tricks of taking people in the village, but he didn't panic, he only took a closer look up and down, and sure enough, he had been hung on a tree by a huge net.

He lowered his head slightly, only to see three sturdy men coming out of the depths of the dense forest, all dressed in tattered clothes from a distance, looking fierce and vicious, but after standing still under the tree, Huang Xuan couldn't help laughing, the honor of these three people is really indescribable.

One of them had thick eyebrows and big eyes, but unfortunately his head was triangular and his chin was as sharp as an awl, and when he lowered his head, he was worried that it would pierce his chest.

Another tall and thin man like a bamboo pole, with thin arms and legs, and a face as round as a silver plate on his thin neck, but such a blessed round face was embedded with thin eyebrows and fine eyes.

The big man led by Zhou Zheng is the most numerous, but his face is full of beard and hair connected together, covering Zhou Zheng's eyebrows and eyes, like a monkey.

Huang Xuan wandered leisurely in the net, the net hung extremely high, and his laughter naturally spread far away, hovering in the empty mountains for a long time, and it did not disperse for a long time.

Xu was laughed at countless times, and the three of them were not shocked or angry, but smacked him with a beard: "Stinky boy, don't look at the strange looks of the grandfathers, grandpa has great skills." ”

Holding the net rope tightly with both hands, Huang Xuan poked his head out of the crook of his arm, and said with a smile through the fine hollow: "Yes, yes, I heard that everyone in Qingyan Village is a hero, and I came to ask to see him." ”

"See. He smiled and said, "Look at your thin appearance, you are hungry and crazy at the bottom of the mountain, and you want to come to the mountain to eat." He took a sip of Huang Xuan: "Look at your weak appearance, it's a waste of food when you come, you, where did you come from?" ”

Huang Xuanxiao smiled: "As far as I know, the second master of Guizhai can't withstand the cold wind, and he doesn't sit steadily." ”

The pointed chin also smacked him: "Bah, although our second boss is bald, the bald head is smarter than our head full of hair, you can compare with him." ”

"Sure enough, Guizhai, Guizhai are really strange people. Huang Xuan laughed leisurely on the net: "Guizhai has now turned three meals a day into one meal a day, I'm afraid it's not going to be a good time." ”

The thin and tall man was taken aback, looked at his cheeks and said, "Big brother, he can really pinch and calculate, how do you know that our brothers only have one meal a day." ”

pointed his chin and said: "Third child, you have become thin as a bamboo pole, and fools can see that our brothers can't eat enough." ”

"The mandible of a good man is going to be thin, and it can be seen from below. Huang Xuan's smile became more and more subtle, revealing an unfathomable look: "Although it is weak and can't help the wind, there is a way to make Guizhai big fish and meat from now on, and you will have no worries about food and clothing." ”

When he looked up to the sky, he laughed: "I'm not afraid of flashing my tongue when I say this big thing." He put the long knife in front of him and looked at Huang Xuan: "Grandpa, I want to see what you can do to make us have a full meal." ”

Huang Xuan took out something from his sleeve and threw it on the ground, with a solemn and serious look between his eyebrows and eyes, without a trace of smile: "This is a letter of nomination, please take it to the big boss to see." ”

The three people under the tree were illiterate, and they passed the things on the ground and handed them over, but they didn't see anything famous, and they were afraid that they would be underestimated because of their illiterateness. ”

"I don't dare to do it, I bother the heroes to deliver the news for the next generation, and I guarantee that the heroes will have wine and meat in the future. Huang Xuan thought to himself, this ice and snow, if you don't give them some benefits, I'm afraid that I won't run for myself, he reached out and took out an oilcloth bag from his arms, here is the two catties of braised beef and steamed buns he bought before entering Yongzhou, before the old couple fled the famine, he gave them a catty to carry, and the rest of the catty was kept for his life when he was in danger, and now he can only vote for this group of hungry ghosts.

He threw the oilcloth bag to the ground and swallowed deeply: "Don't dare to bother to run for a long time, this is for all heroes, please smile." ”

"Big brother, it's braised beef and steamed buns. The pointed chin touched the greasy hands, sniffed under the tip of the nose, and swallowed saliva: "Big brother, let's divide it, if this rare thing is brought to the mountain, how can we still have our brother's share." ”

The three of them sat under the tree and shared the food, because they had been hungry for a long time, and they choked on the big gulp, but seeing that the beef was gradually decreasing, and only a few pieces of meat were left, they began to pity again, but unfortunately they ate too quickly, and did not taste the taste carefully.

The mountain was already a little colder than the mountain, and today's wind was strong, and the bursts of wind swept through the bushes, blowing Huang Xuan around, the cold wind was cold to the bones, he shivered fiercely, and then sneezed a few times in a row.

Huang Xuan knew that Yongzhou was bitterly cold, and when he came, he had cotton clothes, cotton pants, cotton boots, sheepskin hats, thick and dense capes made out of the wind, and all the warm items were prepared, and he wrapped himself tightly.

But in the cold wind, Huang Xuan still seemed to be stripped naked and hung in the treetops, the cold wind was like a thin blade, a knife pierced through his clothes, and ripped his flesh and skin, his face was so cold that his face was pale and his lips were bruised, he couldn't help biting his lower lip, biting out the blood marks and still didn't know it, he could only use shivering to resist the biting cold, silently calculating in his heart, with the foot power of his beard, he went up the mountain from here to hand over something and asked the reason for the reason and then went down the mountain, how many hours would he have to delay, and whether he could survive the cold of these hours, his hands and feet were numb and frozen, and he was frozen hard, but he felt that his body was hot, and he couldn't feel cold, and finally shrank in the net and didn't move。