Volume 1 Sword into the Rivers and Lakes Chapter 2 The Great Wilderness Youth
Spring and autumn for thousands of years, only teenagers.
- "Zhou Dian: Jianghu Volume"
Spring, summer, autumn and winter are the four seasons, and the alternation of day and night is reincarnation.
The morning light after the night was unbelievably beautiful, and the birds in the forest were startled, mixed with a muffled exclamation.
The boy rummaged through the package in front of him, and looked around at the dense jungle around him, the expression on his face becoming more and more stiff, and his eyebrows twisted into a line.
He scratched his head and wrapped a yellowed piece of letter paper with a few lines of crooked small letters.
The young man rubbed his slightly sore shoulder, his vague memory drifting, and suddenly, as if he suddenly remembered something, he hurriedly took something out of his arms.
The old book was full of small print, all of which were his personal experiences yesterday.
At this moment, he finally understood the true meaning of [Blood Feud], but unfortunately, it was too late.
After a long time, the young man slowly let go of his clenched fist, and his anger gradually subsided from his reddish eyes.
"You owe me the truth. β
The young man's expression was slightly sad, but there was a hint of ruthlessness and composure in his tone that did not match his age.
He picked up the package on the ground and carried it behind his back, and kowtowed three times with his face facing south.
Then he got up and strode towards the depths of the forest.
He didn't belong to this world, but he came to this remote village fourteen years ago as a newborn.
He retains all memories of his past life, but knows nothing about what he experienced before he was five years old.
He's an orphan, at least that's what he thinks. Compared with his parents, who he had never met, he felt that the village chief's grandfather was more amiable.
He has no name or surname, he has worn hundreds of clothes and eaten hundreds of meals since he was a child, and there are countless relatives in Nanhe Village.
He thought that his life would be so ordinary.
Now, he seemed to know what he had to do.
It doesn't matter what is said on the letterhead,
The man in black of unknown origin is not important,
It doesn't matter if you save his life and then leave him in the wilderness, and the old man who doesn't say goodbye doesn't matter.
In the autumn wind, the broken letter paper scattered everywhere, and its original outline was gone.
"Don't be surprised how I learned that you know how to write. β
"There is no one alive in Nanhe Village, the fire is burned out, don't turn back. β
"The answer you want is in Kyoto, and the Wailang Guo Song Mansion of the Criminal Department can be a safe place. β
"Qingzhou is related to your life experience, the water is deep, and you should be more careful. β
"There's a must-have in the package, but it's up to you to make the journey a tough one. β
"The rivers and lakes are far away, if there is a fate, we will meet in the future. β
A lonely and sturdy figure gradually drifted away, towards the depths of the great wilderness.
A few days later, in Kyoto, the criminal department member Wailang Fugami.
"My lord, the dark shadow flashed by, and the little one didn't see it clearly, but there was a letter left on the table. The guards in the house trembled, and a layer of cold sweat oozed from their foreheads.
The middle-aged man at the square table stood with his hands in his hands, his expression unmoved.
"It's okay, you go down first. β
"My lord, do you report to the Criminal Department and the Supervision Department for the record? β
The man shook his head, and the door opened and closed, and silence fell again.
"Are you finally coming back?", the man looked at the unopened letter on the table, and a wry smile hung on the corner of his mouth.
Kyoto, Imperial Forbidden Palace, inside the Wenhua Palace.
"Remove this ambergris, I smell uncomfortable. β
A voice slowly spit out from the dragon chair, not angry.
As soon as the words fell, three or five little eunuchs with quick hands and feet had poured out the remaining incense from the incense burner and replaced it with the glazed treasure incense that Nanchu had paid tribute to.
"Can the Xuanwei envoy return from Qingzhou?"
"Back to Your Majesty, the pacification envoy returned to Beijing today, and he is waiting outside the palace at the moment. There was a straight figure standing next to the dragon chair, wrapped in black, with a restrained breath.
"Early this morning, the Supervision Department sent an excerpt, saying that Huang Xuan was injured, what do you think?"
This person in authority of the Great Zhou Dynasty was still expressionless at the moment, playing with the eight-sided lion head in his hand.
"I don't dare to make a judgment in my humble position, and I am a master of martial arts to appease the adult, and I am sure that I have fallen into the villain's tricks. β
The movement in the emperor's hand paused, and a hint of strangeness flashed in his eyes.
"I'm also tired, so I'll pass on the decree and let Huang Xuan go back to the house to recuperate in peace. The matter of Qingzhou will be discussed later. β
The Emperor slowly closed his eyes, but in a moment, there was a sound of snoring in the main hall.
In the smoke, the figure of the black-clothed squire gradually disappeared. On the dragon case, there is a wolf pen with ink stains lying quietly next to the fold with cinnabar and red on it.
The mountains of Qingzhou, deep in the wilderness.
It was late at night, and the cool breeze was gusting in the forest. A black-clad figure crept out from behind a tree, its shabby garment covered with dead leaves. The forest wind blew the young man's messy hair, and his slightly pale face was full of fatigue under the moonlight, only a pair of bright eyes still shone with smart brilliance.
The boy looked at his surroundings repeatedly, and was relieved to make sure that he had completely shaken off those pesky guys.
"Oh I know I shouldn't take this old guy's word for it!" With an angry face, the young man slammed a parchment map he was holding to the ground.
He followed the above route and wandered around the great wilderness forest for five full days. Along the way, he walked through the swamp and mud, climbed over the lofty mountains, was chased by mountain insects, and the brute beasts were frightened; in order to fill his stomach, he followed the pheasant's butt and waited for the opportunity to catch it, Na Cheng wanted to strayed into the bamboo leaf snake group, and lost the only remaining ration in a panic; he searched for a spring according to the marks on the map, but when he arrived, he found that it was a bottomless hanging hole.
The boy licked his chapped lips, the kettle at his waist was long gone, or he had been kidnapped by the group of guys just when he was running away from the apes.
He thinks he is young and bold, but when facing this dangerous deep mountain and old forest, he can't help but be weak.
While he was thinking wildly, there seemed to be a sound of rustling coming from behind him, suddenly to the left, suddenly to the right, and suddenly unable to distinguish the direction.
The young man's waist leaned slightly, and he saw a flash of cold light in the hidden pocket next to his boots, and a dagger more than five inches long was already in his hand. The voice faded away. The young man frowned slightly, his eyes scanned the surroundings, and he did not dare to relax his vigilance at all.
The three big words [Beast in the Forest] repeatedly appeared in his mind, and the young man was a little depressed, why didn't he say it in detail in the old book.
In the blink of an eye, the boy heard a burst of air behind him, turned his head sharply, and a black shadow rushed towards the door. The young man's wrist turned, and a cold light crossed his chest, and the breath around his body surged, not retreating but advancing, facing the black shadow is a thorn.
The young man's strength is not bad, but he didn't want the black shadow to be like copper and iron. The two collided, and sparks flew everywhere the blade slashed. The black shadow was stunned, shooting backwards several feet away, and let out a terrible and sharp scream. On the other hand, the young man stumbled and almost fell to the ground, the dagger came out of his hand, and there was a burst of warmth at the tiger's mouth, and blood slowly dripped down his fingers.
"What a hard shell!" , The young man shook his numb arm and sighed in his heart. Only by the moonlight did he see the black shadow as it was. The furry body has a severely disproportionate head, a pair of scarlet eyes are flashing, and if you look closely, the chest is still covered with a layer of scaly armor, and a small scar is faintly visible.
Strange beasts are rampant in the wilderness, and this has been the case since ancient times. Back then, the Liang Dynasty was the co-ruler of the world, and it was in the limelight. The ancestor of the old emperor issued an edict to reopen the list of Huangtai beasts, and recruit heroes and heroes. It doesn't matter where you come from, but you can rely on your skills. Birds of prey in the mountains, birds in the forest, land animals, fish in the water. Anyone who can light up the beast lamp on the yellow platform list can summon the face monarch and be crowned an official.
It is ridiculous that there are six roads and 13 roads in eight provinces under the jurisdiction of the north and south, and tens of thousands of people should win the list. Half a load later, there are few lights on the Huangtai list, and the bloody road of the Great Wilderness is more than 800 miles.
In addition, in the past year, the Yuanxing Incident, the leader of the Black Guard stepped on the rivers and lakes, and the luck of the nine sects and six factions suppressed by a long lance was lost. The dumb swordsman traveled three thousand miles at night with his sword, and entered the depths of the great wilderness alone. After a few months, the leader of the Black Guard disappeared, and the dispute was over.
Everyone in the rivers and lakes said that the mute swordsman had a lot of means, and a life and death contract attracted the beast spirits in the forest out of the mountain, so the luck of the rivers and lakes was extended. As everyone knows, since that day, there has been one less mute swordsman in the rivers and lakes, and one more person with a cloak and a broken hand and a lame foot.
The man was hanging, laughing at himself. However, some people recognized that the half of the broken sword in his waist had shone on the Nine Sects Qingyun. However, the dumb man in the ring that day could not speak, and the blade used said that he could split mountains and seas, and there was only one in the world. Then a sword level was clear, and 14 masters of the nine sects of Xuanzi were singled out. A pear tree presses the begonia, but the sound is sadder than the silent. The surging demeanor of the sword qi was only famous in the rivers and lakes overnight, and it was praised by people.
The dumb man spoke, the divine soldier turned into a broken sword, and the swordsman became a waste. Such nonsense is no longer heard in the rivers and lakes. Uniquely every year when the pear blossoms first bloom, a man from the Central Plains came from the wind outside the gate, carrying the remnant sword, limping, and entering the depths of the wilderness alone.
The imperial court has the laws of the imperial court, and the rivers and lakes have the rules of the rivers and lakes. There are countless creatures in the great wilderness, and nature is no exception. The gray-haired master in the school palace once said that if the beast has the heart of a tiger and a wolf, it can eat half of the country in one bite, and it can bury the glory and prosperity in one fell swoop.
As soon as these words came out, the government and the opposition were shaken. The old guys who tell right and wrong all day long have come into the admonition, verbal and written, and do their best to fulfill the righteousness of the ministers. The protΓ©gΓ©s of the school palace could not bear to be humiliated by their masters, so they all drafted documents in response. In the end, the holy judgment was seized, the school palace was rectified, and the imperial history platform took it as a warning and woke up on its own. It wasn't until that earth-shattering event that almost shook the dynasty's century-old national honor that the world knew: beasts, honesty cannot be bullied.
The variety of exotic beasts is redundant, and there are so many of them. There are still omissions on the Huangtai list, not to mention the young man in front of him who is not deeply involved in the world. The young man stared at the furry fellow, slowly bent down and picked up the dagger, not daring to act rashly.
The giant beast shook its body, its sly eyes repeatedly looking at the boy, as if it was thinking about something.
After a long stalemate, the boy couldn't hold it back, especially when he heard the sound of his stomach from time to time.
"Hey, I said big guys?"
The beast's gaze turned to the boy.
"Hey, you can understand me. β
The Behemoth took a step forward.
"Hey, hey, hey, don't move, I've got something to say. β
The boy waved his hand and hurriedly took a few steps back.
The giant beast was stunned, but it really stopped, and there was a hint of a different flavor in its eyes when it looked at the young man.
The young man was stunned, he didn't expect the guy in front of him to have such intelligence.
"I said, I don't know what you're going to do, but now that I'm hungry, I should fill my stomach first. Even if you're going to eat me, a full ghost tastes much better than a hungry ghost. β
The giant beast rolled its eyes, nodded slowly, and hurriedly shook its head.
The boy looked at the big man depressedly, and swallowed the words he had thought of back into his stomach.
Inadvertently, he noticed that the scales on the beast's chest seemed to have changed. Looking at the scarlet in the eyes of the giant beast, the young man suddenly realized. It seems that he is not the only one who wants to delay time.
In a trance, the young man only felt a flash of red light, and a black figure rushed to his face.