It's a long trail.

The trails are not wide, they are even a little narrow. On each side of it, there are dwarf trees more than a foot high, and the dwarf trees are crystal clear throughout, and the branches that hang down to the ground are like glass.

On both sides of the road, there are rolling hills on the outside of the low trees, which are surrounded and cascaded in the distance. There are also lakes of different sizes and shapes, dotted like mirrors in the endless wilderness.

The trail of snow stretches to the horizon with the low trees, and the sky is obscure in the distance, and although it seems to be daytime, you can see the stars in the sky, bigger and clearer than usual.

The thick clouds on the horizon opened several gaps, casting several rays of light on the ground until they landed at the end of the road.

Yuan Yu stood alone in the middle of the snow trail, he didn't know where he was now.

At first he seemed to hesitate, and at first he began to look around, and after a while he seemed to have made up his mind, and began to follow the road all the way.

The whole world was silent, and all you could hear as you walked on the road was the creaking sound of stepping on the snow.

The further Yuan Yu walked, the brighter the sky in the distance became, and he felt that his body seemed to be less cold, so he unconsciously quickened his pace, and he desperately wanted to get closer to the warm light.

"Yuan Xuanxuan-"

Yuan Yu vaguely heard someone calling his name behind him.

He turned his head quickly, and there was no sign of anyone in the white snowy field, except for the low trees and the snow trails, only a series of footprints that he had stepped on.

Yuan Yu only said that he had misheard, and then turned around and continued walking. After walking for about a quarter of an hour, he saw from a distance the five-colored light circulating there where the light and shadow landed, too dazzling to look at.

He began to run forward desperately, the light was getting closer and closer to him, and the surroundings were getting hotter and hotter, seeing that the five-colored light was close at hand, Yuan Yu even opened his arms to embrace this splendor.

Suddenly, the sky was spinning, and all the stars of Zhou Tian turned into meteors and fell, and the snow path under his feet also cracked a huge gap.

He couldn't stand still, and wanted to stretch out his hand like a branch by the side of the road, but nothing was right, and the glass trees fell into the bottomless abyss with himself.

"Ahh

Yuan Yu sat up sharply with a scream, and at the same time gasped for breath, and a dense layer of sweat had already formed on his forehead.

Huai Huang heard the movement here, and hurriedly ran in from outside, he ran to the bed to support Yuan Yu, and asked carefully: "What's wrong?

"Huai Famine, put the ...... Light the lamp and ...... "Yuan Yu is still in the fear of Fang Cai's strange dream at the moment.

Huai Huang snapped his fingers in the direction of the low table when he heard this, and the oil lamp ignited a fire on the ground, which soon lit up the narrow room.

"I just had a strange dream that I had been to a place I had never been to before, and it was shining everywhere. There was a path that led to the edge of the sky, and I kept going, and when I was about to reach the edge of the sky, suddenly the ground cracked, and I fell into the abyss without grasping anything. ”

Huai Huang smiled, got up and poured a glass of water for Yuan Yu, and then relieved him that it was just a nightmare and didn't have to be taken to heart.

Yuan Yu was still puzzled and asked, "But why is this dream so real? There is still someone calling my name in the dream, is that person you?"

Huai Huang said bluntly: "I came in when I heard you exclaim, and I didn't call your name." Maybe it's because of taking the exorcism, do you feel lighter now?"

Yuan Yu nodded and stretched out his arm to show Huai Huang, the original bruise had completely disappeared.

"Today in Jiaqingfang, thanks to that Yuan Duxu, not only did he give water to you and me regardless of his previous suspicions, but he also didn't ask for silver taels. If I hadn't gotten water today, I'm afraid it would have been a while since I got the water on my arm. Yuan Yu said in a low voice.

How do you know that Huai Huang listened to Yuan Yu's words, turned around with a "hum" and stopped talking, Yuan Yu was puzzled, and hurriedly asked him why he was angry.

"The people in that place in Jinyang are rebellious and rebellious, and they don't know etiquette, so thieves are rampant. Yesterday, I heard that Yuan Zheng claim to be from Jinyang, and sure enough, that's it. ”

Yuan Yu was stunned for a moment after hearing Huaihuang's words, and when he heard him call Yuan Duanxu by his name, he couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"There is a cloud in the book, 'Those who love others will have the darkness on the roof, and those who hate others will hate them.'" Although I have never been to Taiyuan, the world is known as the people of Bingzhou, and it is a rare treasure. Why does Huaihuang hate Jinyang so much?"

Huai Huang turned around and didn't answer for a long time, his expression looked a little sad and resentful, "Xuan Hui, when we get the slingshot back, can you go to the old city of Luoyang with me?" ”

"No problem, I'll go with you. Yuan Yu was excited when he saw Huaihuang, and knew that he was sad about leaving Maixiu in his heart, so he readily agreed.

The ancient city of Luoyang, which Huai Huang said in his mouth, is thirty miles east of the current capital, and is the capital of the three dynasties and the Han, Wei and Jin dynasties. More than 100 years ago, after the decomposition of Wei, Zhou and Qi fought for hegemony, and Luoyang City was destroyed in the Battle of Pishan. Later, Yang Jian usurped the world on Monday, and Emperor Yang of Sui thought about Luoyang, but the old capital was unbearable. He had no choice but to abandon his old castle and ordered the master craftsman Yu Wenkai to build Tokyo on the north bank of Luoshui, which was facing Yique. After Yang Sui, this dynasty still used it as the Beijing Division, which is now the eastern capital of Luoyang.

Huai Huang saw that Yuan Yu agreed to his request, so he happily sat down on the side of the low table, he poured himself a cup of water, and then stared at Yuan Yu and asked: "Have you ever wondered, why did that monster steal the slingshot, and what is so special about your slingshot?"

"What's special?" Huai Huang asked Yuan Yu.

He began to think carefully that the slingshot was made by his brother, the bow body was made of sandalwood, and the bowstring was beaten by buffalo raw tendons, all of which were relatively common materials, and the only special place was the slingshot's springing pocket.

"Ordinary elastic pockets are made of cowhide or sheepskin, but my elastic elastic is made of fish skin tanning, which should be relatively rare. ”

"Fish skin tanning?" Huai Huang couldn't help but squint his eyes.

"That's right, it's fish skin. When I was about seven or eight years old, my brother caught a big fish in Luoshui's net," Yuan Yu recalled seriously.

"I remember that the fish was so big that our family couldn't eat it all. Because this fish is so beautiful, my brother peeled off the skin and tanned it, and Ye Niang gave the fish that I couldn't eat to my neighbors."

As if he remembered something, he got up and paced to the corner of the room, where there was a large black paulownia box in the corner, and Yuan Yu took out the key from the bottom of the box to open the lid of the box, and touched it inside.

"What are you looking for?" Huai Huang walked behind Yuan Yu and watched him rummage through the cabinets.

Yuan Yu didn't answer immediately, but only took out all the things in the paulownia box one by one, all of which belonged to some clothes, boots and hats.

After piling up a thick pile of debris, he finally took out a red lacquer box on the bottom layer.

"When I finished tanning the skin, my brother only used a small piece of it for me to make a pouch, and the rest of the unused should still be in this box. ”

There is a delicate turnbuckle on the lacquer box with a pan pattern, and Yuan Yu twisted the turnbuckle and opened the lacquer box very easily.

The moment the lid of the box opened, a puff of dust was raised, and Yuan Yu couldn't help but cover his mouth and nose. When the dust and smoke cleared, stacks of boxy objects were placed in the box.

"It looks like it hasn't been opened in years. Huai Huang picked up the contents of the box and gently dusted it with his hand a few times, carefully brushing off the floating soil on it, only to see a delicate fish skin leaping in front of him.

The skin of the fish is about five feet square, the back is white and flawless, and the front lines are like a python and a leopard.

"How about it, it's indeed a rare thing, right?" Yuan Yu said proudly: "At the beginning, my brother peeled off this fish skin, soaked it in gray water, and then dried it, and repeatedly hammered and crushed it many times, and it took nearly a month to tann this skin. I still remember that Ye Ye said that in the far north, it was bitter cold and snowy, and there was a tribe of Yi people who had been fishing and hunting for many years, and they wore clothes made of fish skin. ”

Huai Huang picked up the fish skin, rubbed it a few times with his thumb and forefinger, and suddenly felt a subtle force penetrate his fingertips like a needle prick, and instantly swim around his body.

His originally squinted eyes widened, and he exclaimed to Yuan Yu: "There is spiritual power on the skin of this fish, I'm afraid that the fish that your brother caught at the beginning is not an ordinary fish." ”

Hearing this, Yuan Yu hurriedly took the fish skin from Huai Huang's hand, looked at it over and over, rubbed it again, and said dumbfoundedly, "Spiritual power...... What do you mean, isn't this just an ordinary fish skin?"

Huai Huang shook his head, "Everything in the world has spiritual consciousness, and birds, beasts, and birds are also like people. Just like ordinary people who have attained the Tao of penance and can fly to the universe, the fish leaping over the dragon gate can be burned by the fire of the sky and can be transformed into a dragon. Presumably, the original snakehead is indeed no longer ordinary. ”

"Do you mean that the fish is a cultivated fish, and the slingshot was stolen, or is it related to the fish skin bullet pocket on the bow?" Yuan Yu asked rhetorically, and in an instant, it was like an enlightenment.

Huai Huang nodded and said affirmatively: "Nine times out of ten, this is the case, otherwise no one will steal an ordinary slingshot"

Yuan Yu would never have thought that the theft of the slingshot and his own injury would be related to this fish skin many years ago.

"I have a solution, I don't know if it works, or can I give it a try?"

"What's the idea?" asked Yuan Yu curiously, blinking.

"I'm afraid it's too late to plan now, I'll tell you again tomorrow morning, it's the third watch at night, let's rest first." ”

Early the next morning

The Qianjinli where the Yuan Yu family is located is not in the capital, but is located at the foot of the mountain in the northeast ten miles of the capital, there is a river called Qianshui not far to the west of Qianjin Township, and in Qianjinli, you can go directly to Luoyang North City in the capital along the Qianshui.

Yuan Yu and Huai Huangxi were sitting in the courtyard, and the two were kneading ropes and knots.

Suddenly, Huai Huang stopped what he was doing, raised his eyes and said to Yuan Yu: "Someone is coming outside, I'll avoid it first", and after finishing speaking, he turned into a white light and flashed into the house.

A moment later, there was a man's call from outside the courtyard accompanied by a knock on the door,

"Xuanhui, are you at home?"

Yuan Yu looked at the room and couldn't help but sigh with a sense of vigilance.

He then got up and ran to open the door, and saw a man of twenty-three or fourteen years old standing outside the door with a horse, dressed in a blue shirt and soap boots, and dressed quite beautifully.

He is Chang Chu's brother and Yuan Yu's best friend Chang Renzhao.

"Renzhao, why are you here!" Yuan Yu hurriedly tied his horse, and then immediately pulled the man into the courtyard.

The man patted the dust on his body, and said to Yuan Yu with a smile: "I heard Chu Chu say that you came to my house the day before yesterday, and it happened that I was not away when I went out." It's all because the cargo ship from Heshuo ran aground in Yangqu. I came back from Yanshi yesterday and came to see you early this morning. ”

Saying that, Chang Renzhao turned Yuan Yu around a few times and looked at it carefully. "Chu Chu said that you were robbed by bandits in Nanshi, let me see if you were injured. ”

Yuan Yu smiled and said that he was fine.

"Fortunately, you're fine, but these robbers are robbing in Luoyang City, I'm afraid there is no royal law. Saying that, Chang Renzhao took out a brocade cloth package from behind his shoulder and handed it to Yuan Yu. "I'm coming to your house today, first, to see you, and second, to bring something to you for someone else. ”

"What to send for others?" Yuan Yu took the package in Chang Renzhao's hand and carefully untied it, only to see that inside was a neatly folded crimson shirt.

"This is the melon seed Luo produced in Changshan County, Zhenzhou, and the cloth that has arrived with the cargo ship. This thing is a tribute on weekdays, and I happened to get half a horse. Chu Chu said that you were very embarrassed that night, and your clothes were broken, so she used this material to sew a new set of clothes for you overnight and specially asked me to send it. ”

Chang Renzhao stared at Yuan Yu with deep meaning, and continued with a smile on the corner of his mouth: "The clothes are tailored to me, Chu Chu said that you and I are about the same shape."

He naturally understands his sister's feelings in his heart, and I'm afraid Yuan Yu also knows it.

"I really don't dare to accept such a valuable thing, please be sure to thank Chang Chu for your kindness for me. Yuan Yu's expression flickered, and he immediately wanted to return the things to Chang Renzhao.

Seeing this, Chang Renzhao laughed loudly, he patted Yuan Yu's shoulder, and forced the package back into his hand, "I will pay the material, she will work, this is also my intention, can you not accept it? Instead of asking me to thank you on my behalf, it is better for Xuan Hui to thank him in person another day to be more sincere." ”

Yuan Yu bowed his head and stopped pushing, and then invited Ren Zhao to the house to speak. Chang Renzhao said that he still had to go to the North Market to tally the goods, and it was inconvenient to stay for a long time, and invited Yuan Yu to go to Wenluofang's home in the city to catch up on the old days, so he rode a horse to say goodbye.

"Is he Chang Renzhao?" Yuan Yu was looking at Chang Renzhao and walked away, when Huai Huang suddenly spoke out behind Yuan Yu, startling him with a cleverness.

Yuan Yu snorted and said, "Renzhao is here to send me a piece of clothing." ”

He often mentioned Chang Renzhao to Huaihuang, and this was the first time Huaihuang saw his friend.

"This shirt was made for you by the lady the night before?" Huai Huang raised his eyebrows and smiled at Yuan Yu.

Yuan Yu tied the package, lowered his head and muttered, "Chang Chu, Renzhao's sister."

Huai Huang continued to tease him: "It seems that the lady of the Chang family has put a lot of thought into you." ”

Yuan Yu has always been very ignorant of the relationship between men and women, although he vaguely knows Chang Chu's intentions, but he doesn't know what he thinks, let alone how to respond to the other party.

Yuan Yu glanced at Huai Huang and smiled awkwardly: "Don't mention this, let's continue to weave ropes, when are you going to set up the formation tonight?"

"After that, let's give it a 'turtle in an urn'. Huai Huang looked at the rope in his hand and said faintly.