Feng Miaoqing saw Xiao Yunfan walking out of the valley, and said coldly with a cold face: "Can Lu Daxia hide them?" Xiao Yunfan nodded, and then said slowly: "Lu knows that you hate them, but even if you execute them all, I am afraid that the second master of the Feng family will not be able to survive." Feng Miaoqing lowered her head, tears sliding down her cheeks.

After a while, she walked up to Xiao Yunfan and said slowly: "Lu Daxia and the little woman have the grace to save their lives, please accept my worship." As she spoke, she knelt down on her knees and wanted to bow down. Xiao Yunfan hurriedly helped her up and said solemnly: "This can't be helped." Then he sighed and continued: "Now that the Feng family has suffered this catastrophe, I'm afraid the girl in Sichuan won't be able to go back." What's next for the unknown girl?"

Feng Miaoqing had tears in her eyes, lowered her head and was silent for a moment and said, "I...... I don't know ......" Xiao Yunfan stretched out his hand and handed her a handkerchief, and said softly: "If the girl believes in it, she can make a plan for the girl." Feng Miaoqing raised her head, stared at him with a pair of wonderful eyes, and sobbed: "Lu ...... Mr. Lu, let's talk about it. ”

Xiao Yunfan said: "The Feng family's anti-book matter is now an iron case in the imperial court. It may not be easy to overturn the case. If the girl believes in it, she can escort the girl to an old man, I wonder if the girl thinks it is appropriate?" Feng Miaoqing said: "And it is up to Mr. to decide." Before I go, I would like to pay homage to a friend, and I hope that he will answer. ”

Xiao Yunfan asked, "Dare to ask where the girl's friend is gone?" Feng Miaoqing bit her lip and said faintly: "He...... His name is Xiao Yunfan, and he is buried in Huashan. Hearing this, Xiao Yunfan's chest tightened, and he was moved in his heart: "It's rare that she remembers me." Feng Miaoqing looked strange at him and said in surprise: "Sir, what's wrong with you?

Xiao Yunfan said astringently: "No, no, this Xiao Daxia is also very admired below, but it's a pity that I have always been close to him." Since the girl is going, I will accompany her next. The two got into the carriage.

Xiao Yunfan shouted: "Drive!", raised the whip and slapped it on the horse's buttocks, the healthy horse was in pain, spread its hooves, and ran into the distance.

Along the way, the two of them didn't say much. When the moon rose at dawn, the carriage stopped on the bank of a river. Xiao Yunfan walked to the carriage window and said, "Miss Feng, it's been a bumpy ride, I don't know if you're feeling better now?"

Feng Miaoqing lifted the curtain and said, "Mr. Lu, I'm much better." Where is this?" Xiao Yunfan said: "According to the map, we have arrived in the territory of Jue County. Feng Miaoqing followed and jumped out of the carriage. Xiao Yunfan untied the horse's reins, stroked the horse's mane with one hand, and whispered a few words to the horse, and the horse took a step to forage for food with his companions. Feng Miaoqing said curiously: "What did you tell them?"

Xiao Yunfan said with a smile: "I said that we don't bring much rations, let their brothers go to eat by themselves." Feng Miaoqing opened her eyes wide and asked, "Do you know horse language?" Xiao Yunfan shook his head and said: "I naturally don't understand horse language, but horses are spiritual animals, and most of them still understand what people say." ”

In the dark blue sky, the stars shimmered with a faint light, like countless pairs of bright eyes, overlooking the earth. Around a bonfire, two people sat on the ground. Feng Miaoqing stretched out her hand to stroke her temples, raised her head, looked at the starry sky, and suddenly said: "When I was a child, my grandfather told me that when people die, they will become stars in the sky. His old man is no longer here, but I don't know which one of the stars in the sky is him?"

Xiao Yunfan said: "Naturally, he is the brightest Wenqu star." Feng Miaoqing heard him praise his grandfather, and her heart was both happy and sad, she turned her face suddenly, looked at Xiao Yunfan in a daze and said, "Mr. Lu, can I call you Brother Lu?" Xiao Yunfan smiled: "The girl can call me anything, but don't call me Mr. Lu, Lu Daxia." It's awkward. He scratched his head.

Feng Miaoqing smiled slightly: "That's good, Brother Lu." I don't call you Lu Daxia, Mr. Lu. Don't call me a girl, a girl, a girl, a girl, a girl, and a girl, if I call you big brother, you can call me a sister, okay?" Xiao Yunfan said: "Okay." ”

The moonlight was scattered in the river like broken silver. Suddenly, on the opposite cliff, there was a rumbling drum sound, and then a huge "僰" character appeared on the mountainside, surrounded by flames, with a length and width of ten zhang, under the night, it looked quite spectacular.

Seeing this situation, Xiao Yunfan couldn't help but wonder: "Sister Qing, look!" Feng Miaoqing said: "It looks like a word." Xiao Yunfan asked: "You said that the words of this thorny person are Nianbo." What do you mean?"

Feng Miaoqing grabbed a small pebble casually, threw it into the river, and said: "This word, "Upper Thorn and Lower People", means a person who is in the middle of thorns. 僰 refers to the people of the Yu ethnic group. Both men and women of the Yu nationality can sing and dance, and have lived in the mountains of western Sichuan for generations.

According to legend, their ancestors were the descendants of Emperor Yan, that is, the descendants of the Shennong clan. Sixteen years ago, the imperial court sent troops to attack the homes of the servants, and they were celebrating at that time, and men, women, and children gathered together. But he didn't want disaster to fall from the sky, and the Ming soldiers broke through the city and slaughtered it all......"

Although Feng Miaoqing said a few words, Xiao Yunfan's heart was shocked, and he said: "Isn't this kind of behavior of the imperial court no different from a robber?" Feng Miaoqing said: "Under the whole world, it is not the king's land." On the shore of the land, it is not the king's minister. Zhao Kuangyin, Taizu of the Song Dynasty, once said, how can others sleep peacefully on the side of the couch? The emperors of ancient times all had the ambition of dominating the four seas, and the emperors of today are no exception.

Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, I have recruited the servants and implemented the practice of 'changing the land and returning to the stream'. The hateful corrupt officials and cool officials filled their pockets one by one and expropriated their servants violently, which provoked the popular uprising. During the Longqing period, the imperial court sent troops to quell the chaos, and at that time the servants were brave and good at fighting, and the imperial court failed to conquer several times.

It was not until Zhang Juzheng, the chief of this dynasty, took power that he united with the local gentry and wealthy families and sent the general Liu Xiancai to eliminate the Yu people in one fell swoop. If you want to talk about robbers, it's not bad. Those who steal the hook will be punished, and those who steal the country will be punished. ”

Xiao Yunfan listened to it and sighed: "What a 'thief of the hook, the prince of the thief of the country." To put it simply, it's just for the sake of fame and fortune, and to act like a beast. His eyes looked at the huge servant character again and muttered: "This servant character appears here, does it mean that not all the servants of the year were killed, and there are still bones and blood alive in the world." Feng Miaoqing approvingly: "Brother Lu's speculation is very likely. ”

Xiao Yunfan was originally interested in this word, and if it had been placed in the past, his people would have already flown to the other side of the river. Now that he thinks of Feng Miaoqing, he has no choice but to give up on his thoughts. Feng Miaoqing Bingxue was smart, and when he saw that Xiao Yunfan wanted to speak and stopped, his mind had already guessed seven or eight points.

At the moment, Yingying smiled and said: "Brother Lu, my little sister is very interested in this word, I wonder if you would like to accompany me to find out?" Xiao Yunfan said without thinking about it: "That's good." Let's take a look. ”

So the two walked slowly along a stone bridge not far away to the other side. The clearing on the shore was full of boulders, and the sound of drums came from the depths of the stone forest.

The two of them got closer and closer to the sound of the drum. Suddenly, Feng Miaoqing tugged at Xiao Yunfan's sleeve and pointed to the torch in his hand.

Xiao Yunfan came to his senses and threw the torch in his hand on the ground. Then she took her hand and continued to move forward, Feng Miaoqing couldn't help but burn her cheeks, and wanted to withdraw her hand, but Xiao Yunfan's hand grasped the ground tightly, without the slightest intention of letting go. Feng Miaoqing had no choice but to lower her head, bite her lip, and follow him.

In the darkness, one of her hearts was like a deer crashing, and the roots of her ears were also burning. Xiao Yunfan naturally wouldn't see it, but her palms were cold and slippery, but he could feel it. I thought to myself: her hands are so cold. Thinking of this, I couldn't help but feel a little sorry in my heart.

The two of them hid behind a rock, holding their breath and looking ahead. I saw a blazing bonfire burning in the center of an empty stone lawn, just north is a high platform, in a stone wall cave behind the high platform, four statues of exquisite carving, hideous face beast head human colossus stand proudly, five zhang high. There are eight flagpoles on the ground on the east and west sides, and eight copper drums are set up on each side. Twelve braziers made of iron frames.

To the deafening sound of drums, five strong, strangely masked men, armed with torches, dance barefoot around the perimeter of the campfire. On a high platform not far away, a man dressed in a shaman's robe, with pheasant feathers on his head and a thick powder on his face, also danced to the beat of the drum.

In his withered palm, he grasped a bull bone basket full of bells, and when the drum sounded, he tapped the hammer and read the sacrifice aloud. Suddenly, he jumped to his feet, raised a sheep's bone staff beside him, and pointed in the direction of the campfire, a puff of blue smoke rose up, and the dancing flames on the wood suddenly soared several feet high, swaying from side to side, like an elf.

At this time, dozens of men and women gathered around the outer circle, led by a hunchbacked old man, fell to their knees with brushes and folded their hands, and prayed to the bright bonfire. As the flames continued to change, the man on the high platform spun around, his sleeve robe hunting. Suddenly, he stuck his staff on the stage, his head kept shaking, his body shaking, and he said something in his mouth.

Suddenly, a cloud of white mist rose from under his feet. His people sat cross-legged in the air, and when everyone present saw this scene, their hearts were terrified, and they all knew that he was possessed by a god, and one by one they prostrated on the ground and worshipped.

The old priest said to the people in the air, "I am the god of fire, Zhurong, what do you ask for?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the hunchbacked old man stood up. Waving his hand to the clansmen behind him, the servants dressed in gorgeous costumes put the three animals, melons and fruits, wine, delicacies, silk and other things prepared in advance in a red lacquered wooden plate, held high above their heads, and respectfully placed them under the high platform.

Just after the various gifts were offered, a man with a gold ring in his right ear and a broad forehead strutted behind the hunchbacked old man. Xiao Yunfan saw that this man was so familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere, and suddenly remembered what he had seen in the Wuhou Temple that day. His heart moved, and he whispered, "It turned out to be him, Sanda." ”

Feng Miaoqing said: "Brother Lu, do you know this person?" Xiao Yunfan nodded and said: "I thought he was a Miao person, but now I know that he is a servant." Feng Miaoqing's gaze fell on the old priest again, and when she saw him floating in the air, she was extremely surprised in her heart, so she asked, "Big brother, how did you say that the old priest sat in the air?" Xiao Yunfan shook his head and said, "I can't see the clue for a while. ”

After a while, eight young men walked towards Sanda with four cages covered with black cloth on their shoulders. Nasanda ripped off the cloth covering the cage and grinned, Xiao Yunfan saw it clearly, the cage was full of children, curled up one by one, crying.

Sanda said to the hunchbacked old man in the native language, "Patriarch, this is the sacrifice we have prepared for the gods this year. The old man glanced at the cage, nodded, and said with a smile: "It's done, Sanda, let's offer it all!"

Feng Miaoqing saw that the cage was full of children, and a look of fear appeared on her face, and pity arose in her heart. Gently tugged at Xiao Yunfan's sleeve and said, "Big brother, I heard that the barbarians in southern Xinjiang will sacrifice the living, and it seems that they want to cut these children." You're thinking about it. Xiao Yunfan clenched his fists, his eyes were full of anger, and he said coldly: "Sister Qing, you just stay here and don't move, I'll go and meet them." ”

Sanda pulled out his waist knife and waved it lightly. He cut off the rope tied to the bamboo cage, grabbed a child's hair bun and lifted it up, and the child screamed in pain, sobbing and kicking in the air. Sanda smiled and said to his subordinates: "Let's do it quickly, get these little cubs right, otherwise Lord Vulcan will be angry, and we can't afford to be guilty." ”

The priest with the feather on his head said in the Yu language, "My children, I hear your prayers clearly. Know the hatred in your hearts, the pain of losing your loved ones, the bitterness of leaving your homeland. It's the Han people, the insatiable Han people, who have taken everything from you. If you want to get back what you have lost, you have to let every Han person in this world die......"

At this time, Sanda and the others took off the clothes of the children, tied their hands and feet, and put them in two huge copper plates according to the gender of the male and female, and then two burly men held them up one after the other, and presented them to the priest. The priest waved to the five men dancing in front of the campfire, gesturing. The five of them can understand and follow the prior agreement to prepare sharp knives, silver plates, wine bowls and other things and raise them above their heads.

I saw that the priest waved his sleeves, and his whole body was shot out like a projectile. Walking with both feet in the air, the posture is extremely chic. However, all light exercises and longitudinal techniques need to be done by strength. The priest was no exception, and before his feet hit the ground, the black rod under his side had been stabbed out diagonally, and with a spark on the ground, his whole body jumped up again with the strength of his strength.

When he was about to float to the campfire. Pressing the black staff down with one hand, there was a bang, and the stone chips flew and the fire exploded. The black rod with the thick mouth of the wine glass was wedged into the ground by his internal force like an iron nail. In the midst of the lightning and flint, his man bounced up again, and stood on the top of the black rod like a great bird. A big man raised a sharp knife to open a child's intestines, only to feel a numb in the back of his head, he turned around, saw that there was no one, and couldn't help but scold.

When he was about to raise the knife again, he was hit again in the back of the head. He turned back and looked into the field, and saw that everyone was lying on the ground, and then looked at his companion, who hurriedly shook his hand. He wondered in his heart, and froze for a moment.