The southern wilderness, the barren mountains are continuous, looking down from the sky, like a snake that winds and turns.

The Southern Wilderness Lonely Mountain is not a specific reference, but a general term.

In the depths of the Southern Wilderness, there is a mountain peak, one of which towers into the clouds, like a horizontal thorn in the ground, pointing straight to the sky, which makes people feel awe-inspiring.

The mountain peaks are full of barren grass, rare trees, birds and beasts are extinct, and the surrounding environment is very different, but it seems isolated and passed away.

The name of the lonely mountain in the southern wilderness also comes from this.

......

Zhang Ziming set off from Ping'an Town, went all the way south, traveled for three days, and now just arrived at the border of the Southern Wilderness.

I saw a stone carving at the border.

There are a few lines engraved on it.

Ride the green silk into the desert

Grace red makeup removes

Another spring song and ten songs

In August, the geese are in full swing.

Zhang Ziming tasted silently in front of the stone carving, only to feel a tactful lovesickness lingering in his heart.

After standing for a moment, he continued to walk deeper into the Southern Wilderness.

......

The southern wilderness is barren, and very few cities have been established here, only in the southern wilderness, near the central plain, there is also a large town, which has now become the only pearl on the barren land of the southern wilderness.

In the rest of the Southern Wilderness, only a few flat hillsides can you see two or three villages.

However, in this mountainous area, there are also many merchants standing at the foot of the mountain hawking.

Zhang Ziming walked to the foot of the mountain, looked forward, and thought to himself, after the mountain range in front of him, according to the old man's map, he would reach the range of the lonely mountain.

And at the foot of the hill there is a stall set up by a vendor.

When the vendor saw Zhang Ziming, he greeted warmly, "Guest officer, the road ahead is difficult to walk, I have eaten here in this store, and then go forward." ”

Zhang Ziming glanced at the vendor, thought about it, and then found a remote location and sat down.

Speaking of remoteness, it is not remote, after all, this vendor only has four tables.

The vendor served Zhang Ziming a bowl of hot noodles.

smiled and said to Zhang Ziming, "Guest officer, you are from the original from it, right?"

"Central Plains?" Zhang Ziming said curiously.

"That's right, isn't this wilderness from the south to the north, just a grassland? It is said that it is a fertile field for thousands of miles, and the birds are singing and the flowers are fragrant. All of us here are called Central Plains. ”

“... Oh," Zhang Ziming nodded slowly.

The vendor is very familiar, I am afraid that there is no one all the year round, and it is very boring to set up a stall alone, and now I finally see a person from the original generation, so I am naturally curious and want to say a few more words to Zhang Ziming.

I saw the vendor speak again, "Guest officer." I don't know if the guest officer is going to the lonely mountain?"

When Zhang Ziming heard Gushan, his eyebrows were raised, and his tone was low, "You have good eyesight." ”

The vendor smiled, "The guest officer praised me, how can I have that eyesight." It's just that a few days ago, a lot of people went into the lonely mountain, and it happened that I was doing business here again in those days, and they happened to have dinner at my place, and I happened to hear those people say at that time, hehehehe. ”

Zhang Ziming smiled at the corner of his mouth and took a sip of soup, "It's really just right." ”

The vendor smiled, as if he felt that Zhang Ziming was also very interested in what he said, and continued, "This group of people seems to be going into the mountains to find some treasure." ”

"Oh...", as soon as his voice raised, Zhang Ziming was really a little curious at this time, looking at the vendor, waiting for his next words.

"As for what, I don't know..."

"Oh..." Zhang Ziming silently began to eat the noodle soup that had been turned over and over more than a dozen times by himself.

After a while.

A woman appeared with a child in a hurry.

The women and children looked neat and tidy, but their faces were faintly dirty.

"Mother, I'm hungry..."

"Well, after holding on for a while... My mother will go and ask you for something to eat. ”

When the woman saw the vendor, her eyes lit up.

walked up to the vendor, opened his chapped mouth, and whispered, "This big brother, can you give my mother and you a little food?"

When the vendors saw the faces of the women and children, they were a little distressed.

"Hurry up, sit down, I'll cook you a bowl of noodles to eat. ”

When the woman heard the vendor's words, she hurriedly thanked the child and sat down, and when the woman sat down, she also looked cautiously at Zhang Ziming who was sitting at another table.

I didn't expect this vendor's heart to be so good, but this woman didn't know why her expression revealed panic. Zhang Ziming thought secretly in his heart.

Zhang Ziming has been crawling in the red world for five years, and he has already penetrated people's hearts, and this woman's expression is naturally seen by Zhang Ziming at a glance.

The vendor served two bowls of noodle soup to the women and children, and served some side dishes separately.

With tears in her eyes, the woman thanked again and again.

The child seemed to have not eaten for a long time, and when he saw the noodle soup, he devoured it, despite the fact that the noodle soup was hot.

"Big sister, where are you going? Look, it's not going well. The vendor looked at the child gobbling up and said distressedly.

The woman took two bites, seemed to have some strength, and said, "Alas... My mother and I are going to the Central Plains. ”

"Why is this? Look at your dress, you are also from the Southern Wilderness, this Central Plains is far away, why do you want to go to such a far place? Besides, you two are walking forward like this, when do you have to go?" the vendor looked startled, and said in a surprised tone.

The woman's face was gloomy, and she agreed with what the vendor had said.

"Big brother... Alas..."

"Big sister, you have something unspeakable, you might as well say it, big brother, can I help you. ”

The woman's eyes were grateful, she shook her head again, and said, "Big brother is kind, this matter is too complicated, it's better for big brother not to know, so as not to cause trouble." ”

After that, he thanked the vendor again and again, picked up the children after eating, and hurried away.

The vendor looked puzzled, turned to Zhang Ziming and said, "Guest officer, what do you say these two women are secret? ”

Zhang Ziming put down the bamboo chopsticks and said with a smile, "Boss, check out." ”

......

"Mother, you said that my father also went to the Central Plains, why did my father go to the Central Plains?

“... Silly boy. Your father bought you a lot of delicious food in the Central Plains. I'm waiting for you to go. ”

"Really?"

"Really—" the woman laughed, but her eyes were full of sadness.

"You are!" exclaimed the woman suddenly.

I saw Zhang Ziming suddenly appear in front of the woman, which really surprised the woman.

The woman hid the child behind her, trembling slightly.

"You... Are you in the same league as them?" said the woman, in a trembling tone.

Zhang Ziming smiled at the corner of his mouth, "Exactly." ”

The woman's face instantly turned to ashes, her body knelt down, took Zhang Ziming's hand, and shouted loudly, "Please, please." Leave my child alone, let my child go!"

When the child saw the woman crying, he could not help but weep.

"Mother, get up quickly! What are you crying about! You big villain, you made my mother cry, you big villain. ”

The child cried and hit Zhang Ziming.

The corners of Zhang Ziming's mouth hooked up an intriguing smile again.

"It's not impossible for me to spare your lives. ”

The woman took the child in her arms and said, "You say, you say, if you can spare my son's life, I will say anything." ”

Zhang Ziming smiled softly.

"I heard that there is a mountain guard in the Southern Wilderness Lonely Mountain, who have guarded the secrets of this lonely mountain for generations. ”

When the woman heard Zhang Ziming's words, her heart was even more panicked, and she pointed at Zhang Ziming tremblingly, revealing fear in her voice.

"Why, why do you know about the Mountain Guards?"

"We are the mountain guards, and we have always been in peace, why are you, why are you still pressing for some secret!" the woman suddenly cried out hysterically.

The child in her arms was also frightened by the woman and wept aloud.

There was also a hint of anger in the cry.

The child shouted at Zhang Ziming, "You big villain!"

"Yes, outsiders only know that there are villages gathered in the lonely mountains of the Southern Wilderness, but they don't know that the villages gathered are the mountain guards who have long since faded out of the world. ”

"The clan of guarding the mountain, all the patriarchs of the lineage, will draw marks on the back of their hands, men draw the day, women draw the moon. And isn't the sun sign drawn on the back of your child's hand just a proof of the mountain guards?"

Zhang Ziming said softly.

"Why, you'll be so clear. Who the hell are you?" the woman stared at Zhang Ziming.

Zhang Ziming took out a white wrench from his arms.

“... Under the galaxy, there is only one hand. ”