The autumn wind is bleak, and the cold wind sweeps away the loneliness and gloom. It's late autumn, and the blazing clouds and the nearby maple forests are all over the sky. It's as if to dye everything crimson. But at this time, there is a place that is being stained red with blood.

Let's start from the beginning, it was the third year of Jingde, there is a big market at the foot of Huashan Mountain, there are many shops in the city, a long street is spread on both sides, the bright colorful brocade on both sides of the road is hung high, it is really lively.

But the towering walls divide it into two worlds, the bustling bazaar inside and the desolate plain outside, and an ancient road winds like a serpent into the distance, ending abruptly at the gates.

Near the gate of the city walked two women, who were about to go out of the market, when the sun was setting and shining golden on the faces of the two beautiful women.

The two women are both in their twenties. A woman named Xiuyu, with a green shirt and a white skirt, and a white and greasy bandeau on her chest, is a disciple of the Huashan Sect outside the city, about twenty or thirty years old. Li Ying, who walked behind, was also less than twenty years old, but she was dressed very plainly, in a black shirt and white, with a smart and delicate face, beautiful eyes like apricots, but she was also smart and cute.

At this time, seeing that the city gate was about to be closed, Xiuyu became anxious, she took Li Ying's hand and said, "Let's go quickly." ”

Li Ying held the wooden barrel in her hand, looked at Xiuyu's clothes, and said with a smile: "I heard that the soldiers guarding the city are going to search their bodies! ”

Xiuyu blushed, and said angrily: "It's all your fault, if you hadn't deceived me, how could I have worn such clothes, I made a fool of myself everywhere today, and now it's good, but you are talking cool here!"

Li Ying looked at her senior sister and was annoyed, but she didn't care, but looked at Xiuyu proudly and said: "We usually wear plain clothes and white cloth, isn't it monotonous? ”

After listening to Li Ying's words, Xiuyu couldn't help but laugh out loud after all, but she changed the topic and pointed to the city gate. He said angrily: "The city gate is about to close, why are you still walking so slowly?"

Li Ying walked behind, shook her arms, and replied disappreciatively: "This city wall is so low, with our martial arts, isn't it easy to get out? ”

Xiuyu looked at the city wall that was more than ten zhang high and smiled helplessly: "The little girl can play tricks, can you try it for me?"

Li Ying smiled awkwardly, her laughter was very perfunctory, she squinted her eyes and said, "Senior Sister Xiuyu, I'm joking with you, why are you still serious!"

Xiuyu shook her head and said to herself: "I'm a little junior sister, when will I grow up?" ”

When Li Ying heard this, she shouted with a smile: "I can't grow up, I will never grow up." I want to grow old with my sister!" But when the two of them spoke, they had already reached the gate of the city. So the two of them shut their mouths, and slipped out like fish at the moment when the city gate was about to close.

The eyes of the two officers and soldiers guarding the city gate flashed with confusion and incomprehension, and one said, "Brother, did you see a black shadow passing by just now?"

The other looked at the other suspiciously, and the questioner spat on the ground and scolded, "Fuck it, shut the gates, we should go to bed too!"

The gates of the city slammed shut, enveloping the last rays of light, and there was silence outside the city.

Because there are no people within a radius of dozens of miles, this ancient road seems desolate and desolate.

The two came out of the city, Li Ying looked back at the city gate, and Qingxiu's face was obviously unhappy. She suddenly pouted and said to Xiuyu: "The proprietress of that tavern is so stingy, aren't we just giving porridge in front of her door?

Xiuyu understands the reason and knows the temper of her sister's child. So he smiled and said: "It's a tavern, let's give porridge and food at their threshold, which delays their business, of course they want to drive us away." ”

Li Ying couldn't figure it out, and said, "But aren't we doing good deeds?"

Xiuyu shook her head and said with a smile: "But people also need to make money!"

Li Ying nodded obediently, but she didn't seem to listen to what Xiuyu said, she turned her head sideways, and a small bead hung on the hairpin of the flowing clouds and white jade, hanging aside.

Li Ying's eyes were childish and cunning, and her fluttering eyes looked at Xiuyu's face.

Both of them are female disciples of Huashan, and they secretly went out to give soup soup today. The two women are kind-hearted and know that this year's drought in many places has caused many victims to beg for a living.

But Huashan can't control it, perhaps because he is a decent family.

Li Ying tilted her head, looked at Xiuyu with her eyes and said, "Sister, you are so beautiful, I don't know who will have this kind of blessing to be my brother-in-law" Li Ying finished speaking.

The abrupt and crisp bell-like sound reached Xiuyu's ears, Xiuyu was stunned for a moment, then reacted immediately, and pointed at Li Ying's forehead with a finger like an onion.

Xiuyu pursed her lips and smiled: "You little girl!" Li Ying seemed to have done something wrong, her face immediately turned red, and her eyes like apricots suddenly brightened like spring.

So Li Ying diverted the topic, looked at the maple forest and the bright and dazzling sunset and laughed loudly: "Today's sunset is so beautiful, but it is not as beautiful as my senior sister!"

After hearing this, Xiuyu smiled again and said, "This little mouth!"

Just as Xiuyu finished speaking, she suddenly saw Li Ying's body standing there in a daze.

Xiuyu saw the strangeness, so she stepped forward to take a look, but saw that there was a brighter red color.

"Where is the fire?" Xiuyu thought, and also stepped forward to take a closer look.

The wind blows quietly in the heart, but there is sadness mixed in the heart. Sadness is also accompanied by bitterness.

After a while, the wind died down, and the moon was bright, and by the light of the moon, it was now possible to discern things in the distance. The two of them saw the flickering flames in the distance.

The flames jumped and jumped, rolling and devouring, as if they were unscrupulously declaring their own sins.

The two of them looked into the distance, and sure enough, they saw a few red lanterns in the distance extinguishing in the dark night, and a lone lamp was actually weak in front of the overwhelming fire.

There were several torches under the lanterns, and there were no loud shouts, no sounds of firefighting, but bursts of heartbroken laughter. The voices of pleading and begging for mercy could be faintly heard, already mixed with the cries of the bandits.

Not far from this ancient road, this place is Qinjiazhuang, close to the foot of Huashan Mountain, Zhuangzi is very small, there are only a few families inside, it is the largest family here that is on fire, the family is surnamed Qin, the family is very rich, everyone knows that the head of the Qin family is kind and charitable. There is no enemy. Who would do such a rampant thing in the middle of the night?

Xiuyu's willow eyebrows on her sideburns frowned, Li Ying looked at Xiuyu's handsome and pretty figure, and couldn't help but step forward and said, "There must be something illegal in front of me, it looks like it should be a robber." Let's go save them!"

Xiuyu hesitated a little, killing people and setting fire in the middle of the night was very likely to be a vendetta in the rivers and lakes. He was hesitating, but at that moment, there was a sudden cry of a brittle baby.

This abrupt voice made Xiuyu and Li Ying suddenly startled in their hearts, and at the same time, they were also cold.

Shockingly, there was a baby's cry in the fire, and perhaps the reason why the robbers did not leave was because they only heard the sound of the child crying, but they could not find the child.

The cool thing is that this baby is crying all the time. The robbers seemed to want to kill people, so they refused to give up easily, so they did not leave.

Li Ying was a little anxious, and said to Xiuyu: "Senior sister, what are you hesitating about, maybe it's just a few robbers, you always tell me to be benevolent and chivalrous, and besides, with your sister's martial arts, ........."

After Li Ying finished speaking, she only heard the sound of killing in the distance becoming less and less, and the baby's crying just now became weaker and weaker, but there was a woman's voice shouting for help that kept echoing in the ears of the two, which may have been shouted by the baby's mother.

Weak but firm, you can't really hear it if you don't listen carefully.

So, to save, or not to save? Tube, or not?

In the distance, the sound of a baby crying was particularly harsh in the wind, which tugged at Xiuyu and Xiuying's hearts

The two of them were only a few miles away from this Zhuangzi. Xiuyu glanced at the little junior sister beside her, thinking that it was good, but she had to be prepared for everything. Xiuyu seemed to have made up her mind, and her eyes were blazing: "Go, take a look!" So the two women plucked up their courage and followed the corner of the ancient road, along the tall wall. Walk into Zhuangzi with courage.

This village is sparsely populated with only a few families. Now it's a sea of fire.

In the middle is the family of the afflicted people. Even more unfortunate, this family house used to be the tallest building in Zhuangzi, a four-story blue brick building, towering, but now it is a white ash.

The two of them walked on the narrow moss-covered stone path, with high walls on both sides, and there was something terrifying in this dark night, and the moon only had an arc-shaped afterimage, which looked a little eerie. Two kind-hearted women, Xiuyu and Li Ying, distributed warm clothes and porridge to the homeless during the day to help them survive the cold autumn and winter, and were busy until evening. Now, their kindness is rising.

Xiuyu took Li Ying's hand and asked with concern, "Senior sister, are you afraid?"

Li Ying raised her head, still looking naughty. She smiled, held Xiuyu's hand with both hands, and comforted, "It's okay,"

Xiuyu was still not at ease, and told again: "Be careful, if you see a robber, you must avoid it, and you must not entangle with it, do you hear?"

Li Ying couldn't help but be a little moved when she saw her senior sister's concern. She straightened the hair hanging down her shoulders, and assured with her eyes as beautiful as apricots, "Don't worry!"

Xiuyu then added: "You go and see if there are any survivors inside, and I'll go find the child who cried just now." ”

Li Ying nodded, so the two of them walked through the houses on both sides, and saw the big family alone, the flames were soaring into the sky, and the two pushed open the red door of the house, and the door opened. Suddenly, thick smoke rose suddenly, and the bloody qi actually rushed into the wind, and the two nodded to each other and acted separately.