In the seventh year of Tianyou in the Northern Song Dynasty, Xiao Feng, the king of the Southern Court of Liao, prevented the Liao Emperor from invading the Song Dynasty outside the Yanmen Pass, and was not tolerated by the Khitan mother family. Twenty years later, thieves were rampant in the Central Plains, and the rivers and lakes were full of blood. Outside the Yanmen Pass, the wind was roaring, as if it was calling the hero of benevolence and righteousness for a long time.

The Great Liao Empire in the north has been declining, the party is ambitious, relying on the protection of the Liao State to constantly knock on the border of the Great Song Dynasty, and the Jurchens who are fishing and herding in the white mountains and black waters in the north are gradually rising, eyeing the Liao State. Only the border of Dali enjoys temporary peace.

At the junction of Dali and Tulu, Kawagebo Snow Mountain stands between the Lancang River and the Nu River, and is known as the god of snow-capped mountains. The mountain peaks reach into the sky, covered with snow all year round, the cranes sing in the sky, and the wolves howl in the valley.

Murong Xue sat on the cold chair, feeling uneasy. A few rays of noon sunlight were like silk, penetrating into the house through the half-hidden window, and being blown away by the whistling spring breeze, he couldn't help but shiver, under the heroic sword eyebrows, his eyes were like autumn water in the moonlight, clear but covered with a faint sadness.

On the sandalwood chair above, a white-haired old man was sitting with a solemn expression, and there were four men in strong suits standing behind him, all tall and burly, with cold faces.

The old man picked up a purple horn tea bowl on the table, blew hot air, and said slowly, "What is your surname?"

Hearing the old man's question, Murong Xue hurriedly stood up and arched his hand and said: "The old man is above, the younger generation does not dare to deceive, my surname is Murong Mingxue, the cold house is thirty miles away from here, today I accidentally broke into the treasure land, disturbed for no reason, and looked at Haihan." ”

The old man's face changed slightly when he heard this, he squinted, and sneered again, "You said you live thirty miles away, when did you move here?"

Murong Xue replied respectfully: "The younger generation was born and raised here. ”

The old man was furious, slammed the teacup on the table, and shouted, "What nonsense!"

Murong Xue saw that the old man was suddenly angry, and she was stunned, and exclaimed: "Old man, what the younger generation said is true." ”

"Fart, the old man has been here for eighty years, and there has never been a family within a hundred miles outside the valley, do you dare to say that it is true?"

Murong Xue was shocked and said in amazement: "I really didn't lie, besides, I have lived here for twenty years, and I never knew that there were people in this valley. ”

The old man was so angry that he stood up, raised his black wooden cane and pointed at Murong Xue, "Presumptuous, how can the old man lie to you as an ignorant boy, you come alone, how dare you be, you say, where are my two granddaughters?"

Murong Xue endured her anger and smiled calmly, "Old man, you are mistaken, you have been hunting and herding for a living since you were a child, and you are not a villain, I have never met your granddaughter." ”

"Hmph, what are you doing here?"

"In the next day on the hillside to collect medicine, saw a bear was hunted by wolves, I angered the wolves to save the bear, was chased to the waterfall, panicked, saw a cave behind the waterfall, jumped into it in a hurry, along the cave to here. ”

The old man held his long beard and said abruptly: "You said that you live thirty miles away, is this true?"

Murong Xue couldn't help but be irritable, she just wanted to leave as soon as possible, and replied awe-inspiringly: "I don't dare to deceive you, if you don't believe it, you can send someone to follow me, and you will know at a glance!"

The old man glanced back at a man, who hurried away in response.

Murong Xue looked at the man's distant back, and shook her head helplessly, "There is something unknown below, dare to ask for advice!"

"You say!"

"I've been hunting in the mountains since I was fifteen years old, and I've been to this waterfall countless times, but I've never seen a cave behind it, and I'm puzzled in my heart. ”

When the old man heard this, he sneered, and without saying a word, the three men in strong suits raised their eyebrows and looked angry, and they were all eager to move.

Seeing this, Murong Xue sighed, sat down slowly, and thought secretly: "That's it, when that person comes back, everything will be known." So he bowed his head and said nothing.

The old man closed his eyes slightly, and several men behind him stared at Murong Xue intently, the green smoke next to the incense burner was swirling, and the shadows of the trees in front of the hall were mottled, and the house was suddenly silent, falling into a dead silence.

As soon as the tea was served, the man hurried back, and the old man opened his eyes and asked in a deep voice, "How?" the man shook his head.

The old man was immediately furious, picked up the teacup and threw it on the ground, and shouted: "Shameless child, you are really hateful. With a wave of his hand, the men in the power suits swarmed up.

Murong Xue was shocked, and before she could resist, she was pressed on the chair, unloaded her longbow, pulled her quiver, and dragged out of the door again, stripped of her clothes, and tied to a wooden stake.

The old man was furious and said fiercely: "Hit!" A big man took a rattan and slapped it on Murong Xue more than a dozen times, and the old man waved his hand to stop: "You say, where are my two granddaughters?"

Murong Xue was furious, and said loudly: "There is no excuse for the crime you want to add, even if you want to kill me, you should let me die to understand." ”

The old man said angrily: "Do you still want to pretend to be stupid? Then don't blame my subordinates for being ruthless and beating hard!"

When the residents in the valley heard that they had caught the thief, they all gathered over, looked at Murong Xue, and pointed and pointed, all with anger and laughter.

In a moment, Murong Xue's chest was dripping with blood, he closed his eyes, gritted his teeth, and was extremely angry in his heart, and couldn't help but look up to the sky and smile.

Seeing that he was strong-hearted, the old man couldn't help but be frightened, waved his hand and said, "It's getting late, leave him alive, put him in the mountain temple, and talk about it tomorrow." ”

Murong Xue couldn't stop laughing, and the two men untied him from the stake, held his arms, dragged him for two or three miles, and went to the mountain temple at the foot of the mountain, tied his hands behind his back, locked the temple door and walked away.

Murong Xue was lying on the ground, his anger was unquellable, and he was just about to move, when he suddenly felt pain, he let out a long sigh and closed his eyes to recuperate.

The ground was cold and biting, Murong Xue's body gradually became a little numb, so he struggled to sit up, at this time the mountain sky was quiet at night, and Wan Lai was silent, he looked out the window at the night sky in a daze, thinking about a way to get out.

Suddenly, there was a sound of heavy footsteps from far and near, and then a voice came: "Go to the temple and eat something first." The voice was sonorous and powerful, like an iron striking a stone.

Murong Xue was taken aback, and quickly struggled to get up, hid behind the shrine, and held her breath.

Outside the door, a sudden wind suddenly rose, flying sand and stones, and the temple doors and window lattices crackled, and a sharp voice came: "King, this door is locked." ”

The king sneered: "Hmph, these people lost the girl, and they didn't lock the door, but locked the temple door." I only heard a "bang" and smashed the lock.

The wind gradually stopped, only to hear a "creak", the temple door was pushed open, Murong Xue only felt a yin wind blowing in his face, making people shudder, and then a few people walked into the temple.

Murong Xue was bold, peeked through the moonlight, and saw that the first person was tall, wearing a crown, wearing a light yellow robe, and a jade belt around his waist, and walked straight to the back of the god case and sat down, grabbed the offerings on the case, and swallowed it.

The other two people held canes in their hands, standing at the foot of the steps, and there was a fishy smell in the temple, which was disgusting.

The man at the head shouted, "Hold the lamp!" One of them was ordered, and he lit two candles and inserted them in the lampstand at the door, and there was a faint light in the temple.

Murong Xue looked at it fixedly, she was terrified, cold sweat flowed, and the two standing were not people!

The two were leopard-headed human bodies, with a long horn on their foreheads, red all over their bodies, five tails dragging behind their buttocks, eyes like electricity, huge fangs, and very hideous.