It has reached the autumn cold solar term, and the Great Xia Kingdom of the Central Plains has just passed the harvest season, while the vast land in the north has already felt the deep cold.

At this moment, the crystal morning dew hung on the tips of the half-withered grass, like crystal clear pearls. Five-year-old Xiaobao was not in the mood to appreciate this beautiful scenery, he had a huge head on his thin neck, and his thin body was a little shaky, almost unstable on his feet.

The child carefully unscrewed off the blades of grass, stared carefully at the dew that was condensing on them, sent them into his chapped lips, swallowed them in his mouth, and then closed his eyes and tasted the delicate aftertaste, as if he was tasting the dew. Remembering my mother's gentle reassurance,

"Xiaobao, you see that this dew drops don't look like candy balls, you won't feel hungry if you eat a few more. ”

Before his mother got sick, she would take him to look for the most crystalline dew in the morning and taste this "delicious" gift from God with him. In addition, after my father was taken away by those who wore official uniforms, there was no way to find food at home.

But now my mother can't get out of bed for three days. Hunger had drained her flesh and strength, and now she lay on the bed like a dry skeleton. But she still swallowed every breath of air with difficulty, and she knew that if she gave up, it would be equivalent to giving up Xiaobao's life.

After the sensible Xiaobao sucked a dozen dew drops by himself, he couldn't care that he was still hungry and thirsty, so he grabbed more grass stalks and put them in his shabby clothes pocket to bring back to his mother.

The hungry and dizzy little treasure only walked with his head down, completely ignoring the fact that on the road behind him, a team of fast horses with more than twenty horses was galloping. Some of the people on the horse were wearing official uniforms, some were wearing military armor, and some were dressed as ordinary people.

After Nanjun united with Xiqiang to destroy the Northern Liang, in order to compete for the best land in the Northern Liang, they fought with the Xiqiang several times, and the northwest of the Great Xia Kingdom was burned into a scorched earth by years of war. The iron cavalry of the ranger country in the further north took advantage of the fire to loot and invaded the south, not only robbing the people, but also defeating the armies of Xiqiang and Nanjun by the way.

The stragglers colluded with the bandits, and ordinary people became the targets of wanton bullying by the powerful from all sides.

The group was covered in mud, and some of the horses and riders were still fresh wounded, and the blood had not yet dried, apparently exhausted. The person riding in front saw Xiao Bao who was hurrying with his head down on the side of the road, and his eyes suddenly emitted a bright green light like a hungry wolf.

"Big brother, the brothers have been out of food for two days, and if they meet the rangers or those rabbit cubs who eat official salaries, I am afraid that they will not have the strength to support them. Why don't you take this kid and beat his teeth?"

The eldest brother in the lead was a little older, and his beard was already mixed with some frost. He slowed down his horse, and looked at Xiaobao's thin and withered figure as if he couldn't bear it, but then he turned his eyes to look at the brothers under him whose eyes were shining, and it was obvious that it was not the first time that he and his subordinates had taken human flesh to open meat. Twisted his beard, and didn't tie up.

The person who asked the question understood and knew that the boss had acquiesced, and as soon as he slammed the horse's pedal, the horse under his crotch rushed towards Xiaobao at an accelerated pace.

It was evident that this man had been a well-trained cavalryman, and when his mount was about to catch up with the weak little treasure, he turned over and slipped off the horse's back to one side, hung the stirrup with one foot, held the reins with one hand, and spread the other arm, trying to grab the collar of the little treasure like a lamb. Seeing that poor Xiaobao is about to encounter an accident.

Just when the devil's claw almost touched Xiaobao's collar, with a whoosh, a white feather arrow fell straight down in mid-air, easily penetrating the bandit's neck, without screaming and struggling, the big hand instantly became soft, and the war horse dragged the bandit's corpse and slid past Xiaobao's side.

At first, the men and horses behind thought that the bandit had missed, and laughed a few times, but after seeing the arrow piercing his neck, he screamed.

Several shields were erected in front of the horse team.

Obviously, these bandits had not seen the real Spirit Feather Flying Arrows, and when they were still looking around behind their shields, silently, three more flying arrows fell from the sky above their heads, piercing the Heavenly Spirit Cover of the three riders.

"Pull the wind!" The boss of the horse team is experienced, and when he saw that his subordinates had lost four people in a blink of an eye, but they still hadn't found the whereabouts of Fei Yu, he made a correct judgment,

"Thirty-six strategies, go ahead. ”

The other bandits were experienced in escaping, and instantly turned their horses' heads around and ran away with their heads in their hands.

The killing that happened around him didn't make the five-year-old Xiaobao show more fear, he just looked at the dead bodies that fell to the ground numbly, closed his eyes, and continued to walk with his head down.

In a small forest hundreds of steps away, Su Su pulled the hair behind him, hung the bow in his hand on the carriage behind him, and whipped the chestnut horse pulling the cart, and the dusty carriage continued to move slowly.

Although the carriage was slow, it gradually caught up with Xiaobao, who was hobbling away.

"Little brother, where are you going? ”

Su Su's gentle question made Xiaobao's face show a look of panic, he turned his head to look at the sister who shouted, it turned out to be a beautiful girl smiling at him, maybe that bright smile reminded him of his mother, who hadn't said a word for a few days.

Xiaobao had tears in her eyes, "I'm going home to my mother." ”

"That sister happened to stop by and come to my sister's carriage. Su Su gently stretched out his arms and picked up Xiaobao's body with a gentle lift.

Xiaobao still had doubts in his heart, but obviously such a gentle embrace made him powerless to struggle, so he just protected his pocket containing blades of grass as much as possible, "This dew is for my mother to eat, sister, don't spill it." ”

Xiao Bao, who was sitting in the carriage, found that there was a little brother with a dark yellow face lying in the carriage, and he asked curiously, "Little brother, are you sick too?"

Xiang Bei smiled bitterly and nodded silently.

"It's okay, little brother. ”

Xiaobao obviously frowned and struggled, took out two grass stalks that were still dewy from his coat pocket, and handed them to Xiang Bei,

"Little brother, my mother said that this dew can not only eat enough, but also cure diseases, give you two, and your illness will be better. ”

Xiang Beiqiang smiled and accepted Xiaobao's expensive gift.

The carriage kept sending Xiaobao back to the thatched hut where his mother was lying, and Su Su carefully picked Xiaobao off the carriage, and as soon as Xiaobao's feet touched the ground, he trotted all the way to the house, completely forgetting how carefully he cared for the dew on the blades of grass along the way.

"Mom, Mom, I've brought you jelly beans. ”

The bone-like body on the bed didn't even have the strength to writhe, and even breathing was intermittent, but she still blinked her eyes to Xiaobao as hard as she could, and Xiaobao stuffed a handful of blades of grass into her mother's mouth along with the dew on it.

Su Su could see that the woman was powerless. Her empty eyes didn't even see Su Su who was following Xiao Bao at all. She only put her last glance on Xiaobao's immature body, and gradually the last glimmer of light in her eyes dimmed.

Xiaobao didn't understand the changes he saw, but he was still stubborn and slowly stuffed the grass stalks into his mother's mouth, "Mom, I gave my little brother two sticks of dew, and he is also sick, you eat dew, and your illness will be fine." ”

Su Su's eyes turned red, but she finally held back and didn't leave tears. She turned over the dry food in the carriage and gave half of it to Xiaobao, who had already crawled to her mother and lay down.

"Little brother, there is some food here, you can keep it. ”

Seeing what he was eating, Xiaobao's eyes instantly glowed, and his stomach with only grass seeds immediately gurgled. He licked his lips, which were still chapped.

"Sister, you're so nice. Immediately, he seriously wrapped the pieces of dough again, "I won't eat it first, and I'll eat it together when my mother wakes up." ”

Su Su finally couldn't hold back any longer, and turned his back to Xiaobao suddenly, tears were already falling on his fair cheeks.

Although Xiang Bei in the carriage couldn't see it, his ears were still good, and he closed his eyes and heard the picture in the hut, and sighed slightly, "Susu, you shouldn't have left food for this child." ”

But until Su Su drove the carriage away, Xiang Bei didn't say a word. Xiaobao was not the first child in this situation they encountered after leaving Great Xia, and of course, it would definitely not be the last.

Xiang Bei's judgment was right, the next day, poor Xiaobao had been strangled to death next to his mother, the bag of bread left by Su Su was gone, and the child was still clutching a little bit of food residue in his hand.

......

The carriage shook with the potholed ground, and Su Su took the time to tuck the quilt corner for Xiang Bei in the carriage.

Seeing Xiang Bei's fierce eyes glaring at him, Su Su just smiled calmly, "Are you still complaining about disobedience?"

Xiang Bei nodded, "Ever since I fell for the Immortal Worm Gu, you have become more and more disobedient!"

"Hmm. You don't let me care if you live or die, why should I listen to you?"

"I asked you to avoid the surveillance of the overlord and quit the rivers and lakes, what else do you have to give up?"

"Yes, what's there to be reluctant to?" Su Su took out a spirit feather arrow from the quiver box on the side and played with it, muttering to himself in deep thought.

Xiang Bei didn't even know about the idea of letting Su Su fake his death, because he had other arrangements for the greedy wolf. The three-armed Yama is right, if he simply takes his life at the smallest cost, he only needs Xiang Bei to take action.

But the greedy wolf lost a hand, and the credit for retrieving the Shanhe Society was enough for him to retire in the Xiaoyao League. And because Su Su is talented, her heart grows on the right side, so Xiang Bei let her sell her flaw, and she was pierced through her left chest by the three-armed Yama.

Even the greedy wolf thought that Su Su was killed by the three-armed Yama.

And Xiang Bei hopes that Su Su will completely disappear in the rivers and lakes after avenging his father.

Although the sword piercing the chest was not fatal, it also injured Su Su a lot, Xiang Bei originally arranged for her to find a nearby place to recuperate, but when she went to visit again the next day, Su Su had already left.

Xiang Bei felt a little lost in his heart, but this was the result he really wanted.

......

Su Su didn't want to avoid the rivers and lakes and avoid the overlord, but to endure the severe pain of the wound and wanted to try her luck in southern Xinjiang again, although she also understood that there was little hope, but as long as Xiang Bei didn't die for a day, she felt that the Immortal Worm Gu must be able to crack it.

Only this time she had no idea where the destination was, and the excessive blood loss and the hardships of the journey made her finally faint under a linden tree.

"Hey, you see this worm is frozen to death. ”

Su Su, who was in a coma, suddenly heard someone talking next to her, she opened her eyes vigorously, and found an old man with a white beard sitting beside her, pulling something on the ground with a stick.

"Look, this worm is freezing to death. ”

It was this inexplicable sentence again, but this time Su Su saw that the old man who spoke was wearing a green robe, and he turned his head to look at himself as he spoke.

Su Su stared at the old man's pick again, really, it turned out to be a fat bug frozen by ice.

At this time, the situation was not yet freezing, but the old man was playing with the ice.

"Will any bugs survive the winter?"

The old man in Tsing Yi asked Su Su again, Su Su was a little strange, why did this old man keep saying these wonderful words, and suddenly, a flash of inspiration, "Immortal worm!"

Immortal insects are also insects, the old man said that no insects can survive the winter, so as long as the immortal insects are frozen, can't they help Xiang Bei resolve this death?

"Old man, I have a friend who has a bug in his body......"

Tsing Yi Lao Dao suddenly interrupted Su Su, "That's right, I'm going to Baishou Mountain...... "I turned around and was about to leave."

"Old man, wait!" Su Su woke up with a spirit, how could there be an old man in a green robe, it turned out to be a strange dream.

However, Baishou Mountain does really exist, but it is far away in the Northern Wilderness, and it is where the holy mountain of the Ranger Country is located, so it is difficult for ordinary people to approach.

But what can stop Su Su from saving Xiang Bei's heart.

Xiangbei, let's go all the way north together.