High on the Qionglai Mountain, three fast horses galloped along the rugged and winding mountain road. The two riders behind are a pair of middle-aged men and women, with pleasant faces and very amiable, but each carrying a sword at his waist. In front of him was a heroic young man, richly dressed and magnificent, and the cloth bag behind him revealed a gem-encrusted hilt, which shone in the sunlight.

He came from Fengzhou, on the western border of the Great Song Dynasty, and a discerning person knew at a glance that it must be related to the Yang family in the Snow Mountain. Further west of Fengzhou is Tufan, which has already returned to Mongolia, so the existence of the Snow Mountain faction actually has the significance of the western border of the Great Song Dynasty.

Galloping to a fork in the road, the young man took the reins of his horse, waited for the two horsemen to catch up, hugged his fists on the horse, and raised his voice: "Uncle Yang, Uncle Jiang, don't pass by, the future is precious." ”

The middle-aged men and women, Yang Yaoming and Jiang Xia, who were both gold and silver swords, also hugged their fists, which was regarded as a farewell. But Yang Yaoming didn't forget to advise: "Menglong, don't go too quickly alone." As fast as you are, it's easy to lose contact with the people behind you. Be careful along the way. According to common sense, he should be called "Liu Zhangtang", but Liu Menglong has been close to their Yang family since he went up to the snow mountain, so he is not so particular.

After Yang Yaoming finished speaking, he and Jiang Xia rode eastward, they had to go to Xiaoyao Valley first, participate in the preparation of the rookie top 100 competition, and before going to Xiaoyao Valley, there was one more important thing. The boy continued to the south, and there was no doubt that this young man was Liu Menglong, a master of the newly successful Snow Mountain faction.

was assassinated that night, and a white-clothed and white-armored killer was blocked indoors by him, thinking that he could find out. Who knew that he took out the sword and pointed out the acupuncture points of that person, but he felt that the person seemed to have no meridians on his body, and he became smaller in the blink of an eye. If you look closely, it's a small paper figure. Thinking about the man in black riding a tall horse in front of him, he can enter and exit through the window, and he must be a paper man and a paper horse.

Yang Hanfeng and the couple of gold and silver swords heard that there was movement on Liu Menglong's side, and were about to cover up outside the window, but Liu Menglong took the paper figure to the lobby.

Although it didn't cause substantial harm, it was too weird. The Yang family of Snow Mountain suspects that it is related to the wizards in Chenzhou, and they will take the initiative to take action today. The couple secretly went to Chenzhou by the gold and silver swords to find out about the activities of the witch cult. Liu Menglong led a group of people to find Peach Blossom Valley and inquire about Mu Lan's whereabouts. Liu Menglong went first, and Yang Ruyan and Lan Bing took the Golden Sword Hall and the Golden Sword Hall masters as the followers.

After breaking up with the gold and silver swords, Liu Menglong turned his head to look at the road, but he didn't see Yang Ruyan's shadow, so he continued to fight the horse and move forward.

Galloping all the way, seeing that the sun has set, looking at the mountains and mountains in the distance, the people and horses are in the hinterland of the mountains, so they have to find people in the mountains to spend the night.

In the depths of the white clouds, the smoke wafted from the cooking. Liu Menglong was already sleepy and tired, so he looked for the cooking smoke, turned the mountain mouth, and came to a village surrounded by green trees.

The village is small, with six or seven families in total, and the green-tiled houses are arranged in an orderly manner from west to east. There is a stream of green water in front of the door, a few mountain dolls are playing in the water by the stream, and the geese and chickens are singing in the twilight, which is not elegant.

Seeing that outsiders were coming, the children who were playing in the water all gathered around and asked questions. I heard that it was a nightstay, and the dolls naturally couldn't be the masters, so some of them quickly reported to the adults.

This is a lonely village in the deep mountains of Qionglai, because there are more than a dozen thousand-year-old ginkgo trees at the entrance of the village, the mountain people call it Ginkgo Village. Usually, very few people enter the village, and the relatives of ordinary people, men, women and children all know each other in the village. Liu Menglong, a stranger with a knife, naturally caused a great shock, and it didn't take long for almost everyone in the village to surround him.

Looking at Liu Menglong's dress, no one was willing to take him in for the night. Liu Menglong knew that the main reason was that he couldn't explain what he was doing here, and what was the knife on his back for?

On the other side of the stream, a middle-aged woman, carrying a basket on her back and leading a cow, walked over from the wooden boardwalk.

It's also strange to say that Liu Menglong had never been to this mountain village before, but he felt that the woman was a little familiar, as if she had seen it somewhere. And Liu Menglong was almost certain that he had indeed seen such a face somewhere.

The woman was absolutely beautiful, so beautiful that it was out of harmony with this mountain village. When she approached, the crowd naturally parted and made way for her, and the mountain people seemed to be in awe of her. She glanced at Liu Menglong and asked why, a trace of hesitation flashed on her face, but she quickly regained her trust in Liu Menglong, and said to everyone: "Come to my house, you see that you are still a half-old child, and you will not be a bad person." It's getting dark, and we can't drive a child out into the mountains to feed the wolves, can we?"

When the woman spoke, no one objected. It turned out that there was an unwritten rule in this village, and the villagers did not agree, and no family could leave strangers overnight. And this woman has no objections from others, which shows that this woman has a relatively high reputation.

Liu Menglong followed the woman into the first house in Xishou. This woman's husband was the leader of the mountain village, and he relied on him for all things. And the villagers all know that he has a very smart daughter-in-law, and most of the ideas he takes come from the wisdom of his daughter-in-law. Because of this, when the woman opened her mouth to take Liu Menglong in, no one objected—because the woman had not yet come up with a bad idea against the mountain village.

From the outside, this family is the richest family in the village, the house is tall and spacious with green bricks to the top, which is in stark contrast to the wooden houses of other families. There is a wall at the door, and there is a patio behind the wall, and the living room is over the patio. Other families in the village do not have enough food and clothing, and most of them are supported by her family, and her family has much more land than other families, and the villagers are willing to help with farming when they are too busy. What surprised Liu Menglong the most was that this family actually had a study, and a teenager as old as him was sitting in the room reading.

The woman's husband was called Tang Aihu, and her son was called Tang Li. According to Tang Aihu, there are also 13 miles of land from here to Qingfengkou, another nearest village, and it is impossible for women, children, and children to go to Victoria City, only men and men release the river water in early autumn every year, and exchange the wood and local products from the mountains for some daily necessities.

"It's really three thousand miles away from the red dust. Liu Menglong couldn't help but praise.

When the evening cooking was ripe, Tang Aihu set up two large square tables, which made Liu Menglong puzzled. Ai Hu and the woman laughed and said nothing, and only put all the cups and bowls on the table.

It was just laid out when there was a noise outside the door. Waiting for the voice to turn to the wall, Liu Menglong took a look: My good man, the whole village is here, carrying a pot and a scoop in his hand, cooked chickens, ducks and geese, hares and pheasants, and fresh fish newly caught from the stream in front of the village, which is really colorful.

Due to Liu Menglong's arrival, a sumptuous dinner party was set up in the mountain village. Just because the mountain village is remote and there are few visitors, it has long become a habit for a family to entertain the whole village.

In his lifetime, Liu Menglong had only been entertained once by the Snow Mountain Flying Leopard when he first arrived at the Golden Sword Hall, and today was the second time he was entertained. And this time it was more impressive to him than the last time. He thought in his heart: In the future, he will retire to the rivers and lakes and live in Liujia Village, so he will move here to live.

The wine is a village mash brewed by people in the mountains, but it is also mellow and delicious. During the meal, the villagers talked about Tang Aihu and his daughter-in-law, and they all admired him. Gossiping, Liu Menglong also understood a rough idea.

It turned out that this woman was the wife of an official eunuch, and her husband was originally a Beijing official, who was framed by someone and lived in Jianzhou, but unfortunately died in the eunuch. Her mother's family and her husband's family were originally in the south of the Yangtze River, and her husband's family was a well-dressed family, and there were many people; her mother's family had two siblings, one married in Cangzhou on Hebei Province, and the other married in Yiling on Shannan Road. I had to take my young son and the housekeeper and help my husband return the coffin. When crossing this Qionglai Mountain, a beautiful young woman with strong martial arts first snatched her young son. Later, he encountered a strong man again, and the servants fled. When the gang of thieves saw her beautiful face, they robbed her and took her money to the cottage.

Tang Aihu happened to pass by the group of thieves on the way back to the village that day, and when he saw this scene, he was filled with righteous indignation. But he saw that there were many thieves, and although he had a few martial arts, he was finally invincible with his fists, so he was cautious and pretended to walk over as if nothing had happened. When he came to the leader of the thieves, he suddenly raised his left hand and locked his throat, and pointed an arrow at his temple with his right hand, and ordered the thieves to leave their horses and purses and leave as quickly as possible. The thief had no choice but to ask his men to disperse according to his words. When the thieves were far away, Ai Hu designated the thief with an arrow, and ordered him to walk fifty paces away, and then quickly jumped on horseback and took the woman away. The thieves had only one horse, which was the mount of the thief leader, so they could only watch as they got their hands and money were gone.

This woman can't go up to the world or the ground, and the people in the mountains have never been far away, and no one can find her relatives in Shannan and Hebei. The enthusiastic villagers helped her find her husband's coffin, and there was no other help.

The husband's coffin could not be returned to his hometown, and the young son was nowhere to be found, so the woman had to have a broken heart to find a way to live, hoping that she would find her son in the future, so that her husband's coffin could return to her hometown. With the help of kind-hearted villagers, she remarried her life-saving benefactor. When she gave birth to her second son, Tang Li, her heart settled down, doing rough work like a mountain man, and teaching her son to read and write when she had time, hoping that her son would be admitted to fame and seek a half-official position, so that she could help her bury her late husband's bones in her hometown in the future. It's been 17 years since I was trapped in this lonely village. The books belonged to her late husband, who had been separated when she was caught in the thief, but thanks to the kind neighbors who helped her find them, she studied hard, hoping to have the opportunity to get ahead in the future.

After the villagers had eaten and drunk, the villagers dispersed, and the woman packed up and sat down opposite Liu Menglong.

"My surname is Sima, my maiden name was Mingxia, no one has called me by my name for many years, and people here call me Sister-in-law Tang. ”

Liu Menglong hurriedly got up and saluted: "Thanks to the master's retention, otherwise Xiaosheng would have to sleep in the wilderness tonight." ”

Sima Mingxia was not polite to Liu Menglong, and continued her words: "My mother's family has a sister named Sima Xiangyun, who is married in Cangzhou, Hebei Province, and a younger sister named Sima Mingyu, who is married in Xiazhou, Shannan Road. The villagers have just introduced these situations to you, but they have not explained the details. Childe already knows where I came from, and I don't talk nonsense. Looking at your appearance, you must be a person in the martial arts. The direction in which the son came is very famous, and it must be related to the Yang family in the Snow Mountain. ”

As soon as these words came out, Liu Menglong couldn't help but be shocked, thinking that this woman is not so simple. Sure enough, her following words surprised Liu Menglong even more:

"I don't know if Gongzi is a friend or an enemy of the Yang family in the Snow Mountain, although Gongzi is a young and heroic man, he is in trouble right now. If you are willing to help me do something great, I will remove the disaster star for you. ”

Liu Menglong looked at the village woman in astonishment, but still said resolutely: "No matter what my troubles are, but please ask the master to command, if there is a sending, I will definitely serve my life." ”

Sima Mingxia continued unhurriedly: "I am a woman, living on the border, and my mother's husband's family is not next to each other, so I have to ask my son to help me find out and transmit the news." ”

informed the names and addresses of her husband's family and her mother's relatives in detail, and half of her seventeen years of thoughts were put down, and then she talked about Liu Menglong:

"Gongzi Yintang is dark, and the main disaster star is riddled with stars, so the lowly body is unwilling to let you go alone today, and intends to eliminate disasters for you. ”

Liu Menglong said without thinking: "Isn't there someone who is fake paper and paper horses to harm me?"

This sentence is equivalent to telling Sima Mingxia what happened to him, and Sima Mingxia was not surprised, as if she knew it for a long time, and said: "It's not a paper man and a paper horse, it's a master of the rivers and lakes." ”

Liu Menglong laughed: "As long as it's a human, I'm not afraid." "The so-called art masters are bold, Liu Menglong came out of the Yang family's secret room, and he feels that his merits are incomparable, so who cares about the masters of the rivers and lakes?

And he said, "It is a man, and it is not a man." ”

This statement was weird, Liu Menglong couldn't help but open his eyes, and said proudly: "With the treasure knife in his hand, it doesn't matter what he is, if he dares to hurt me, he will be killed by someone and punished by a ghost." ”

Sima Mingxia was shocked, shook his hand and said: "According to the little woman's reasoning, he is neither a human nor a ghost, but the son must not hurt him." ”