"Mother, the water tank is full, there is no firewood at the foot of the stove, I will go to chop and bundle firewood and come back, you are so lying down, waiting for me to come back to cook." Xiao Nan came back from the house of the owner Ni after herding the cow in the morning, filled the water tank with water, and said to his injured mother A Xue who was lying on the bed.

Ah Xue looked at her son, who was not yet ten years old, her eyes were a little moist, and she said softly: "Xiao Nan, the sun is so big outside! ”

Xiao Yan had already picked up the firewood knife and rope and walked out of the door, turned around and said, "Mother, I don't need to rest, I'll be back in a while." ”

Xiao Nan's family lives on the shore of Yunhu Lake at the foot of the towering Yunshan Mountain. Xiao Yan picked up a lot of firewood on the side of Yunshan Mountain for a while, tied it up and erected it, and Xiao Yan finally picked it up and slowly returned home.

As soon as Xiao Nan returned to the door of his house with a sweat, he met Ni Fu, the housekeeper of the owner's house, and Ni Gui, the little young master, coming out of his house. ”

Ni Fu nodded secretly, helped Xiao Nan unload the firewood on his back and said, "Xiao Nan, went to chop wood?"

Xiao Nan wiped his sweat, nodded and asked, "Uncle Fu, you came here on such a hot day, is there anything wrong?"

Ni Fudao: "It's just something, I told your mother just now, and I'll let your mother tell you." You haven't cooked lunch yet, so hurry up and wash your face and cook. ”

Ni Gui, the seven-year-old fat young master of the owner's family, blinked at Xiao Nan and followed Ni Fu away.

"Mother, I'm back. Xiao Nan picked up the firewood and went into the kitchen, and shouted to Ah Xue in the bedroom, opening the rice bowl to prepare to wash rice and cook rice, but found that there was only a small cup of rice left in the rice bowl.

"Xiao Nan, you come in first, my mother has something to tell you. Ah Xue shouted in the bedroom.

There are three thatched huts in the middle of the house, the one in the west is the stove house, and the east one is the bedroom.

Xiao Nan hurriedly put down the pot and entered the bedroom, walked to Ah Xue's bed and said, "Mother, are you thirsty?"

"Isn't there boiling water you put on the bedside? You help your mother sit up, and your mother will tell you something. ”

Xiao Ku hurriedly helped Ah Xue to sit at the head of the bed and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Ah Xue stroked Xiao Ku's thin shoulders and said, "Steward Ah Fu has brought Young Master Agui here, and you also saw it just now, and he asked you to go and read to Young Master Agui from tomorrow onwards, no longer need to herd cattle." ”

Xiao Ku: "Young Master Gui is willing to go to school and study?"

Ah Xue: "He has a request, he must go to study with you before he is willing to go to school, so Mrs. Ni asked Butler Ah Fu to tell me." ”

Xiao Ku shook his head and said, "Mother, your injury is not healed yet, what should I do if I go to accompany you?" ”

Ah Xue pointed to a cloth bag in front of the window and said: "Mother's injury is not a day or two, and it is almost healed, my mother can take care of herself, you can rest assured! Besides, Steward Ah Fu also said that we will give us a bucket of rice for a month, and you can only herd half a bucket of rice! These days, my mother has heard you growling in your stomach, and you haven't eaten a full meal for a few days, right? You see, that bag of rice was sent by them. ”

Xiao Nan's father is a Langzhong, when Xiao Nan was five years old, his father went to Yunshan to collect medicine, but he didn't expect to go and never come back, and then the villagers helped to find it, only to pick up the medicine basket and a worn cloth shoe that Xiao Nan's father carried all the year round, it is estimated that he was killed by the demon beasts in Yunshan. Yunshan is thousands of miles in circumference, clouds cover the fog, in the depths of Yunshan, there are countless birds of prey and monsters, but they rarely go to the periphery of Yunshan. Mother Ah Xue was in pain, but she couldn't, so she had to take on some needlework and live hard with the help of the villagers. Later, the small difficulty became a little bigger, and since he was less than seven years old, he became a cattle herder of the Ni family, and he could earn half a bucket of rice every month, and Ah Xue could take a breath. Unexpectedly, more than a month ago, Ah Xue took some needlework from the owner's Mrs. Ni and went home, and accidentally fell on the way, injuring her leg bone. As the saying goes, a hundred days of broken muscles and bones, Ah Xue can only lie on the bed to recuperate, and all the big and small things at home fall on the shoulders of Xiao Nan, who is less than ten years old, fortunately, Xiao Yan has been used to doing it since he was a child, and he doesn't feel embarrassed, but there is less and less rice in the rice tank, but he really doesn't have much to do, just now he was still thinking about whether to go to Yunhu Lake to catch some fish and shrimp, so that he can come back with some rice.

Xiao Nan saw that the bag of rice was enough to have a bucket, so he said happily: "Accompany the reading to give more rice? There is such a good thing in the world? There is pie in the sky?"

Ah Xue grabbed Xiao Nan's hand and smiled: "What is the pie in the sky? You are the one who likes it! Then the young master of Ah Gui must be accompanied by you, and Mrs. Ni can't do anything about him." ”

Ah Xue rarely had a smiling face, Xiao Yan saw his mother smiling, and he was also very happy in his heart, he shook his head sensibly and said: "Mother, which one of my favorites? This must be Mrs. Ni who wants to help us, and is afraid that we will be too careful, so she came up with such a method." ”

Ah Xue said with relief: "Xiao Yan, if you can think like this, my mother will rest assured! That noble young master is greedy for fun, if you read to him, you must persuade him a little more, let him learn more things, don't let down Mrs. Ni! You yourself should also take this opportunity to learn some skills and come back." ”

Xiao Nan was still a little worried: "Mother, I'm going to study with you, can you take care of yourself at home alone?"

Ah Xue said: "You can rest assured to go to the companion reading, my mother is fine, even if something happens, just call the neighbors." ”

Xiao Nan: "Then I go home to cook at noon every day, anyway, it's not far from the school." ”

"Good. Xue nodded.

Xiao Nan walked to the window, picked up the bag of rice and said, "Mother, you rest, I'll cook." ”

Walking out of the bedroom, Xiao Nan pinched his thigh, screamed in pain, and then cried out happily: "I can go to school too! This is true! Great!"

Xiao Nan was so happy that every time he saw other children go to school, he was envious to death, dreaming that one day he could go to school, how good it would be!

Ah Xue listened to it inside, and couldn't help but feel sad.

When Xiao Nan was six years old, he saw that the children in the neighborhood had gone to school to learn literature and martial arts, so he also clamored to go to school, but his family was poor, so where could he afford to go to school? Ah Xue had no choice but to get some literacy textbooks from the school teacher, and took some time to teach Xiao Nan to read and write every day, and after a few years, Xiao Nan was already able to understand the medical books left by his father.

After lunch, Xiao Nan fried the medicine for his mother and put it at the head of the bed, and then said, "Mother, it's hot now, you can drink it when it's colder, and you can sleep for a while after drinking." It's time to change the medicine you put on, I'm going to look for it now. ”

The doctor told Xiao Yan which medicines to find, and Xiao Yan had already looked for the medicines four or five times, and each time it went well, but Ah Xue was still a little worried, so she told Xiao Nan: "Don't go to the mountains, come back early." ”

"Mother, it's not the first time I've picked medicine, don't worry. Xiao Nan said, went out with the basket on his back, and entered Yunshan.

Xiao Yan grew up in Yunshan since he was a child, and he was very familiar with the surrounding area, he turned around, jumped up and down, and soon picked a few medicinal materials, leaving only the last medicinal herb Xuanyin grass, which was only available under the Yellow Emperor Cliff. Xiao Yan didn't know how many times he had been to the Yellow Emperor Cliff, and in less than half an hour, he climbed there with ease, but he was also tired and sweaty.

Xiao Nan looked up at the Yellow Emperor Cliff, only to see that it was towering, straight into the sky, and could not see the top. Legend has it that 10,000 years ago, the Yellow Emperor and the White Emperor fought a decisive battle on the top of Yunshan, and finally both died on this cliff, and they died together, so later generations called this cliff the Yellow Emperor Cliff.

Xiao Nan rested for a while, and then came to the place where he picked the Xuanyin grass a few times ago to look for it, but he didn't find it, and he searched carefully several times, but there was still no trace of the Xuanyin grass, so Xiao Nan went all the way to the depths of the mountains and forests along the Yellow Emperor Cliff. Under the cliff of the Yellow Emperor, thorns are thick, barren forests and weeds are everywhere, it is difficult to find for a long time, hands and feet are hung out of blood by thorn hooks, and finally in the stone crevice of the cliff wall in front of me, I saw a very thick Xuanyin grass. Little difficulty and great joy, pounced on it and wanted to pick the Xuanyin grass, but did not notice that the place in front of it was covered by thorns and weeds turned out to be a deep pit, a foot in the air, the whole person was planted, this deep pit is at least five or six meters deep, fortunately, the bottom of the pit is full of dead branches and leaves, although the bones are scattered, the whole body is painful, but it does not hurt the muscles and bones, but the hands and bodies are hung with thorns and hooks everywhere and are bloody. Xiao Nan lay at the bottom of the pit and sighed, his hands on the ground and wanted to stand up, but his right hand was propped up on a round hard object, and his palm hurt. Xiao Nan shook his arm in pain, and then picked up the dead leaves with his hand to see that it was a dirty, ugly, and black bracelet.

Xiao Nan picked up the bracelet, wiped the dirt on the bracelet with the corner of his clothes, shook his head and said, "No matter how you wipe it, it's an ugly bastard!"

Xiao Nan didn't pay attention, but the blood on his hand that was scratched by the thorns stained the bracelet, and the bracelet actually sucked the blood flowing out of Xiao Nan's hand, and the faster he sucked it, after a while, the bracelet became crystal clear and brilliant. The bottom of the pit was originally dark, but at this time it was illuminated by this bracelet brightly, fortunately, the Yellow Emperor of Yunshan was inaccessible under the cliff, and no one saw it, otherwise I am afraid that it will frighten many people.

Xiao Yan was overjoyed, holding the bracelet with both hands, and saw that there seemed to be something faintly in the bracelet, so he stared at it calmly and wanted to take a closer look, but he didn't expect the bracelet to suddenly enlarge, and there was another space in the bracelet. Xiao Nan first saw a neatly stacked and beautiful pair of clothes inside, and thought to himself, can he wear it, if only he could take one out and replace the tattered clothes on his body. Who knew that as soon as his mind moved, there was really a piece of clothing that fell into Xiao Nan's hand, but in less than three seconds, the dress turned into ashes, obviously the age of the clothes was made, and when it touched the air, it immediately decayed. Xiao Nan's mind moved again, another piece of clothing came out, or the same immediately turned into ashes, Xiao Yan no longer bothered with the clothes, concentrating to see what else was in the bracelet, and soon found another thing, it was a black short sword, as soon as his mind moved, the short sword appeared in his hand, but Xiao Yan didn't expect that the short sword was very heavy, and he didn't grasp it steadily, and the short sword fell, only to hear a click, the short sword was inserted at the bottom of the pit, until it reached the handle, and those accumulated leaves actually opened up. Xiao Yan was startled, and thought to himself: "If this sword falls on the instep just now, this foot will not be finished!"

Xiao Nan used his strength to pull out the short sword, held the short sword firmly with both hands, and slashed on the rock of the pit wall, and the rock wall was actually cut off in a large piece like tofu, which scared Xiao Yan again.

Xiao Nan thought to himself that he could pick up the treasure now, this short sword is so sharp, it is by no means an idle thing, but it must be carefully put away! As soon as this thought moved, Xiao Nan found that the short sword was actually back in the bracelet. Xiao Yan Bingxue is smart, and immediately understands that this bracelet is actually a spiritual thing, which can communicate with his own heart, and can automatically put away objects, which is also a big treasure!

Xiao Yan went to inspect the bracelet again, and soon found another thing, shaped like a book, but black and rumbling not like paper, and as soon as his mind moved, the book appeared in his hand, I don't know what material it was made of, and it was not corrupted like clothes, so Xiao Yan was relieved. Looking at the cover, there are four big characters on it: "Vertical and Horizontal Treasure Book".

Xiao Yan opened the cover page, only to see the title page written this paragraph:

"I am the ancestor of Kunlun, living on the top of Yunshan Mountain, practicing for a hundred years. When the world is in chaos, the eight wilderness melee, the blood flows into a river, the life is devastated, I can't bear it, go down the mountain to fight the sword across the Kunlun Eight Wilderness, defeat the heroes of the world, there is no enemy under the sword, so the war is stopped, the world is peaceful. I returned in silence and sorted out my lifelong practice experience to form this "Vertical and Horizontal Treasure Book", which will be left for future generations of people who are destined. Those who have obtained my treasure book are my disciples, and they must take the peace of the world as their own responsibility, and remember to remember!"

The little ugly looked at this, and said in his heart: "This Kunlun ancestor has such a big breath! He even said that he has defeated all the heroes in the world, and there is no general under him, isn't that more powerful than the Yellow Emperor? Why haven't I heard of his name? Eighty percent of them are afraid that he is bragging! Whatever, go back and try to practice, is it a mule or a horse? You will know if you pull him out for a walk. ”

Thinking that it would not be too late to go home and find time to read it carefully, Xiao Nan put the book in the bracelet and examined the bracelet to see if there were any other things, but he never found anything else. Xiao Nan put the bracelet on his wrist, but he didn't know that the bracelet that was already crystal clear and brilliant became dull after wearing it on his hand, and it returned to its ugly appearance. It's strange that I want to take it down and take a look, but I can't take it off anymore, so I have to stop. Fortunately, as soon as his mind moved, the short sword appeared in his hand again, and Xiao Yan was still worried about how to climb out, but now he doesn't have to worry. So Xiao Nan chiseled stones into a ladder with a short sword, climbed the long vine on the wall of the pit, and climbed out of the deep pit.