It's almost noon. The originally warm sunlight became fierce again, burning on the bare skin, and there was a faint pain.

The mule was tired of running, so he slowed down and slowly went up the slope. Qin Su looked at the present, looking forward to the appearance of the villages and towns where people lived in his field of vision. Shi was frightened, and she still had palpitations until now. It's not that she hasn't seen dead people, she has traveled all the way from Yuanzhou City, and she doesn't know how many fleeing people she has seen on the way. Many characters in the rivers and lakes were in different places in the battle, exposing their bodies in the wild, and their deaths were extremely miserable. It's just that at that time, Qin Su only felt sad and not afraid.

But, as it was just now...... Qin Su shuddered, blinking his eyes quickly, about to wave away those bloody fragments in his mind.

The field of vision was full of corpse bones, cut into two corpses, black viscera flowing from the abdominal cavity, a large swarm of insects and ants gathered at the dim and discolored eyeballs to suck, many bodies were broken, twisted into twisted flowers lying on the side of the road, with a terrifying and sad look on their faces...... Such an experience is unique, and Qin Su only wishes that he had never seen these scenes before.

Xiao Hu Tan, who was sitting in front of the mule, seemed to be frightened by the scene just now, and after half a day, he didn't say a word.

Qin Su forcibly suppressed those frightening memories, lifted his spirits, and instigated the mules to go to the mountain pass.

As he got closer and closer, the scenery below the pass appeared little by little, and Qin Su's enthusiasm sank little by little. There was a recess under the pass, but there were no people, a dirt road went down, twisted and turned, and turned into the hillside in a shot, and the protruding rocks on the half wall blocked Qin Su's line of sight along the road.

Qin Su was disappointed, and suddenly, he heard the sound of the wind above his head, and a straight and slender object approached rapidly from above his eyes. She was startled and hurriedly lowered her head.

The long object did not attack her, it drew an arc in mid-air, fell down, and with a "bang" sound, it was inserted into the ground. It turned out to be a spear, stuck diagonally three steps in front of the mule.

At this moment, the sound of gongs and drums sounded on the dirt slopes on both sides of the pass at the same time, mixed with the loud shouts of many people. As far as I could see, dozens of flags of different colors were waving among the weeds and bushes, and I don't know how many people were hiding in them. Qin Su was taken aback, grabbed the reins, and pulled the mule back a few steps.

I heard someone laughing rudely: "You have to pay for a sedan chair, you have to pay for a car, you have to pay for a car, you have to pay for a boat when you cross the waterway, you have to cross this mountain road, hahahaha......"

All the minions howled in unison: "You have to pay money to our mountain kings!"

The man before shouted: "Whoever has come listened, hand over the money, spare your life and not kill!"

A dozen ragged bandits jumped out of the grass and rocks with a shout, each holding two flags. It turned out that the spectacular flag-waving that seemed to have a large number of people just now was pretended by them together, with the intention of seizing people's hearts and minds and setting up a horse. It's just that this team is really a little miserable, except for the fat man who stands in the lead with a big knife in his hand, the weapons in the hands of the others are either grasping fences or hoes, and a thin thief actually holding a pair of embroidery scissors, and making all kinds of hideous strange appearances, with his hands and feet open, and I don't know whether he is going to help people cut their hair or cut their nails.

This is just a chaotic army of poor peasants, and there is nothing to be afraid of. Qin Su observed it for a moment, put his mind at ease, slowly gathered his spiritual energy, and rose to his forehead. No matter how weak her spell is, it is still more than enough to deal with three or five tigers, leopards and beasts, not to mention these ordinary villagers.

A group of bandits laughed triumphantly. Seeing the three people on the mule standing still, they must have been frightened. The kings of the mountains are majestic and intimidated by the four towns, how can these travelers not immediately be restrained?

However, how to come down from the hillside, it is really a problem, more than three people are more than three people high mountain pass, but not the majestic king of the mountain can easily jump down, more than a dozen people with eight hands and feet, set up ladders, some people slid down the rope, followed the fat man triumphantly to rob the property.

"Mules, keep the money, the kings of the mountains will not be unreasonable, and will definitely spare your lives!" the fat leader cried out in a thick voice, deliberately puffing his belly, so that the bush of thick and fierce chest hair on his chest was perfectly displayed in front of the prey.

Listening to the chaotic shouts of so many people, Xiao Hu Tan couldn't help but be a little scared, he grabbed the corner of Hu Buwei's clothes with his backhand and asked, "Auntie, who are they?"

"They're bandits, and they're going to steal us. Qin Su replied, his mind changed slightly, this was the first time Hu Tan had asked a question in half a month, and he had to seize the opportunity to teach him to read. At that moment, she said, "Do you remember the mountains of Shanshui?" she pointed to the mountains in the distance. "A bandit is a thief who hides in the mountains. Specialized in stealing people's things. ”

Xiao Hu Tan seemed to understand whether he understood or not, and responded with an "oh".

"Thief, it's a shell on the left, and ...... on the right" She stopped, Xiao Hu Tan hadn't learned the word 'shell', the structure of this 'thief' word was too complicated, so let's put it down first. At the moment, he changed his words and said: "They are mountain thieves, also called little thieves." ”

"The spear of the spear, do you remember how to write it?" she asked Hu Tan in a low voice, and when she saw the little boy nodding, she smiled and said: "Under the spear, there are two little worms, this is the cockroach of the little cockroach thief." ”

Hu Tan let out an 'oh' sound, and turned his head to think about how the two insects looked like with their spears. And peeked at the bandits who were getting closer and closer. He really couldn't think of any connection between the worm with the spear and the evil man in front of him.

"Phew, what little thief, we are the king of the mountain!" The fat man had already walked to the mule, and when he saw that Hu Buwei was still sitting still, he could not help but feel angry, and the machete in his hand slashed, cutting through the air and making a sharp wind sound. "If you don't get off the horse and pay the money, I'll reward you for eating bandao noodles!"

"Bandao noodles, what kind of noodles is that?" Qin Su was slightly curious in his heart, and showed his face from behind Hu Buwei. She didn't know that this was the banter of the bandits.

When the thieves saw her pretty face, they were all stunned for a while. Qin Su hid behind Hu Buwei before, and everyone didn't see her, and when she turned around when she heard the voice, she saw the truth. At that moment, there was a thief whose soul flew out of the sky, and the blade in his hand fell to the ground.

"This little lady is so beautiful. Wow!" A thief whispered, still knowing how to use idioms. Another companion who had read a book next to him knocked him on the head: "Stupid thief! Is this how Lan Xinhui is used? This is called beautiful as a fairy! Born beautiful! Do you understand? Dog thief!" He forgot that he was also one of the dog thieves.

The fat leader thief had already looked stupid, standing with his knife upright, his Adam's apple rolling, and he devoured saliva violently. I saw that delicate face change from inquiry to curiosity, and from curiosity to shyness, to annoyance. I just thought in my heart: "Why is ......the beauty angry?" She...... Alas, it's so nice to be angry......"

Qin Su's cheeks flushed, and he retracted behind Hu Buwei, it was really not a beautiful thing to be stared at by a group of men like this.

Hu Tan suddenly shouted: "Little thief!" He pulled his mane and shouted happily: "Little thief!" The child's joy and anger are elusive, and no one knows that he will call at this time.

A group of bandits were taken by surprise and came back to their senses from their reverie. The leader froze, and shouted angrily: "What little thief?!Don't talk nonsense, little doll!Be careful, uncle, I'll cut out your tongue!" He picked up the knife and gestured to threaten him. Scared the boy back.

"Hey, don't you want to get off the horse, do you really want the king to use a knife to invite?" the fat man raised his neck and shouted at Hu Buwei, he didn't know what Hu Buwei had to do with Qin Su, and he didn't dare to say evil words to hurt him. At the same time, he refused to fall into his prestige, deliberately put on a straight face, and said a sentence full of murderous anger.

Who knows, Hu Buwei raised a snow-white palm behind him slightly, the tender fingers like green onions shining in the sun, the fat man was ecstatic, only 'boom!', a transparent ripple shaped like a half moon, flying out from between the slender five fingers, rippling layer by layer, and hitting the big knife in his palm very quickly.

How can this force resist? The fat man's arm was numb, and the big knife flew out, and it was inserted horizontally into the mountain wall on the right side of the knife, and the handle of the knife could not help shaking. The thieves could not imagine that things would turn like this, and everyone exclaimed.

Qin Su straightened the messy hair on his forehead, poked his face out, and said softly, "Do you still want our money?" The fat man held his injured hand and inhaled, tears hurt out, where was he in the mood to reply?

At this moment, a thief on the mountain pass ran quickly, and shouted from a distance: "Big big brother, no, no, no, there are people who ......" This is a stammer, running out of breath, leaning over the pass, only pointing his arm to the north. He was a sentry set up by the bandits, and when he found someone coming, he hurried to report it, so that the big brothers could do it quickly.

"Someone coming?" asked the fat man, gritting his teeth. Before he could finish speaking, a sharp sound of horses' hooves reached his ears, causing him to change color instantly.

The horse was moving so fast that the sound of the heavy trampling was like a drum, and it came near. The bandits were all shocked, and everyone felt the slight tremor of the earth, and they didn't know whether the horse was running or smashing the mountain. "De'er, de'er" The sound of hooves came to the pass, and everyone cast their eyes in that direction.

A black horse rushed out of the pass like lightning, and the people could not see what the passengers looked like, and the horse had rushed down more than ten feet in an instant, wrapped in billowing yellow smoke. The passenger obviously did not expect so many people to gather behind the mountain pass, and in shock, he suddenly raised his body and shouted: "Get out of the way! The military situation is urgent! Those who stand in the way will be killed!"

The bandits hurriedly dodged, but they were guarding the narrowest and most difficult part of the mountain road, but where did they hide? The terrain here was dangerous, and two dirt slopes were sandwiched between the left and right, forming a pass, and the bandits, for the convenience of robbery, raised the originally low dirt slope and turned a road that tolerated three people into a small canyon, so that the merchants on the road could line up to enter.

If you really do your own sin, you can't live, and you will shoot yourself in the foot. Who could have predicted today's situation? Seeing that evil horse approaching quickly, everyone's soul was scattered, and they screamed and galloped towards Qin Su's side.

The speed of the horse was much faster than that of a man, and when he saw that he was about to run into a bandit, the passenger got up and half-stood on the stirrup, his hands quickly sealed.

"Heaven and earth, land, row!"

I heard a loud "boom!" and the middle of the dirt road seemed to be broken by a huge cone, digging a deep trench in the earth, and the heavy mud waves flew forward, like a wave stirred up high, and pressed down on the bandits. Wet mud tide after tide, only in the blink of an eye, the back wave pushed the front wave to roll and fill the road ahead, the mud flow impulsed, slapped on the dirt slopes on both sides, making a deafening sound. This spell was so fierce that it was drilled eight or nine feet long in this moment, and the original dirt road was cut three feet deep, and the upturned dirt was piled up into small hills on the road ahead.

How could the bandits dodge? They screamed in panic, and let the raging mud sweep through and bury them in the ground. Qin Su hurriedly raised his breath and jumped in a panic, holding Hu Tan's arm with one hand and holding Hu Buwei with the other, and turned over to the dirt slope on the left. The mule under him was crushed by the force of the fall and fell to its knees, and in an instant, it was also hit by the mudflow, and was wrapped in a piece with the bandits.

What a powerful Five Elements Earth Technique!

The black horse did not stop for a moment, and galloped over the mound that had just been piled up with a group of thieves, leaving a clear line of hoof prints, and headed forward. Qin Su was shocked in his heart, standing on the post to look at the passenger, but seeing that he also looked at him in surprise. The two men looked at each other in a hurry, and the horses hurried down the hill, and a moment later the yellow smoke was drowning.

It was a young sergeant, heroic. Looking at the black iron coat on his body, you know that he has been guarding the border all year round. Qin Su couldn't have imagined that there was such a good spell in the army. Looking at him in such a hurry, he must have a hundred thousand urgent tasks, isn't it...... Is it related to the group of soldiers who were killed earlier? Who are they, and how could the army come to such a barren mountain?

Qin Su looked blankly at the fainter and fainter smoke and dust in the distance, and she couldn't imagine the mystery in her simple mind. In this way, she stood still for a moment, and the sound from the dirt bag under the post attracted her again.

The three thieves who ran ahead were only covered by the thin mud, and they were struggling to pull their feet out of the mud, shouting and screaming, showing that the lingering palpitations had not subsided.

Seeing that the three colorless men hurriedly looked for tools to dig their companions after panicking, and their mud-stained bodies looked extremely embarrassed, Qin Su suddenly felt a little unbearable in his heart. Most of these people were born from the grass of poor people in the neighbouring villages, as can be seen by their patched clothes and ridiculous weapons of robbery. The situation is not quiet, and they can't dig food on the land to survive, so they have to walk into such a side door.

In troubled times, everything can't help itself, and it's no wonder that they are.

Qin Su sighed. These truths were often told to her by the master in the mountains. The master also said that the world is in turmoil, and it is these ordinary people who suffer the most. They are helpless, obedient, and only work a few thin fields all their lives, and in the era of war and chaos, their fate is not good, they endure harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes that are fiercer than tigers, endure the oppression of the government, and always guard against unknown disasters.

As soon as he thought of his master, Qin Su thought about it for a long time, and turned to the days when he listened to his master's teachings on the mountain. Thinking of those gentle words and those approving eyes, I can't help but feel a warmth in my heart. The master is actually a very good person, she treats all the disciples very kindly, and she treats dozens of female disciples of Jade Girl Peak as if she were her own. But...... Why was she so ruthless to Brother Hu? Without giving him the slightest room to defend herself, she made a heavy hand.

Qin Su shook his head, trying to shake off the idea of blaming the master, and only thought in his heart: "Alas, Brother Hu was really wronged, he listened to my words and went to see the master, but he didn't know that he got such an end." ”

Guilt welled up in her heart, her eyes were a little moist, and she turned her head to look at Hu Buwei, Hu Buwei did not have the slightest expression on his face, calm as a stone carving.

He couldn't see the self-blame and self-pity in the eyes cast by the jade man, and he couldn't see the blank expression on the face of his own child in front of him. He was just watching, countless floating clouds coming and going, countless forest waves surging. There are steep cliffs in his eyes, like an angry sword pointing straight at the sky. A heavy pale green mountain range, winding in his eyes. Under the blue sky, all the living and the dead, moving and static, were only projected on the iris, and did not pass through his eyes and enter his heart.

There was a wind around him, and the howling wind through the forest could shake thousands of giant trees, but it couldn't make these eyes blink. Those clear eyes could no longer express his thoughts. The world is alive, and everything seems to have nothing to do with him. He just sat in silence, breathing, heartbeat. However, his feelings and memories have been sealed.

"Brother Hu, don't worry, I must let you return to the way you were before. Qin Su said softly in her heart, she took his hand, slowly spread it out, and held it between her two hands. Hu Buwei's thin palms have abrupt joints and calluses.

"I'll take you to Jiangning Mansion, let's hide under the Jade Girl Peak, I'm going to steal up the mountain and get your soul back." One year, three years, five years...... Ten years, as long as Qin Su is alive, he will always teach you to recover well. Qin Su choked, and a drop of transparent something passed through her fingers and landed in Hu Buwei's palm.

Hu Tan watched from the side, and his expression became a little strange. He saw Qin Su's shoulders twitch and knew she was crying. "Why is my aunt crying? Is she disobedient?" the two-year-old child's face showed a seriousness that did not match his age.

Maybe it was because of his premature birth, or maybe it was the uninterrupted life since he was born, which made him learn to face hardships early. Xiao Hu Tan is much more knowledgeable than normal children of the same age. He sat without saying a word, watching Qin Su cry silently.

A lost forest finch roared sadly in the mountains, echoing Qin Su from afar.

Suddenly, the panicked cries of the bandits came from the bottom of the hill, accompanied by the sound of 'poof, poof, poof, dach'. The earth was buried so thick that they could not dig up their companions.

"Hulu! Hulu! Hold on! You'll be fine right away! Don't close your eyes!"

Listening to the sound of those men crying and shouting and struggling to dig the soil, Qin Su suddenly woke up, there were still people buried under the soil! Now is not the time to be sad! She hurriedly put away her tears and stood up.

Four men are digging like crazy. On the side of the road, there were three wilting bandits sitting against the mountain wall, and a thin man who had regained a little strength staggered to get up and help. The tall mound had been dug up in a small piece, and from the crumble of the earth came a head covered in yellow mud, an arm, and a leg with an unknown shoe. More than a dozen bandits are buried here, and they don't know how to live or die.

The four big men were crying in a big voice, choosing a place to dig up the soil and cheering up their companions in the soil. It's just that, looking at the progress of their excavation like this, I'm afraid that if they can't wait to dig up the mound, all the people below will die.

"Big brothers, take a break, let me come. Qin Su jumped down from the hill lightly. The white skirt spreads out, like a Limbo fairy. When the four men saw her skills, how could they not immediately follow the principle of fate, and hurriedly retreated to the side of the road, looking at this life-saving immortal who did not care about his previous suspicions.

The aura condensed, Qin Su transferred the breath behind his ears, and the slightly cool feeling was very comfortable under the scorching sun. She is not good at controlling the earth, and she can't use the earth spell to break the hill in front of her. After thinking about it, I had to use my best condensation technique.

"The wind has no shadow and no trace of the air, the world and the earth pass through the mountains and forests, I am the messenger of heaven, and I will obey the order!

"Hum!" was like a string of a piano, and the hissing sound was heard in everyone's ears. The wind was blowing in the canyon, and the waves of the air were stirring, stirring up the sunlight that was falling. Between the light and dark jumps, a huge transparent object continued to condense above Qin Su's head, and the shape of the embossing was like a yang-carved figure.

A Glaive was generated, but it was incomparably larger, several times larger than an ordinary weapon. The thieves were dumbfounded, and they couldn't even say words of exclamation.

"Bang!" Qin Su commanded the air knife to slash horizontally, and when he landed, he cut off a large piece of dirt on the mountain. A few more times left and right, the mound was like a sweet potato cut by a kitchen knife, with smooth cuts everywhere. Before long, the mound was cut to pieces, Qin Su was very careful, seeing a person's hair exposed in the soil, he immediately stopped and changed to a shovel-like gas to excavate.

The effect of the spell is much stronger than that of manpower, and in a short time, the mound that had been erected more than one person high has disappeared, and a dozen unlucky bandits have appeared wrapped in a small amount of dirt, and the bandits who are watching from the side are surprised, and without waiting for orders, they shout and rush forward, and use their hands to pick the dirt on their companions.

The thirteen thieves buried the dirt for a long time and held their breath. Fortunately, no one was killed. However, if there was no Qin Su's help, it would be unknown what the outcome would be. Qin Su asked people to bring water, sprayed them one by one, and let them strangle the deceased, until the meal was over, and a group of people woke up slowly. When they learned that they had come back from the dead, they slipped away in front of the ghost gate, and many people cried with joy.

Qin Su smiled slightly, flew to work, hugged Hu Buwei and Hu Tan, and saw that the mule was not seriously injured, and he was about to leave.

"Girl...... Please stay. The leader shouted from behind. He stood up with the help of his companions, and limped near, his face full of shame.

"Smack!" Without warning, the fat man stretched out his palm and slapped his fat face, and a red mark immediately appeared on the flesh.

"What are you doing here!?" Qin Su was surprised and just wanted to stop it, but it was too late, and the fat man had already re-approved it on the other cheek.

"We don't know Taishan with our eyes, and it's really a pity to offend the girl!" The fat man saw Hu Buwei's reaction, and he had already seen that he was delirious, so he only apologized to Qin Su in his words.

"Thank you girl, regardless of the past suspicions, saved the lives of several of our dogs, this great kindness, I will never forget it for the rest of my life. ”

"You...... You ......" Qin Su's face swelled and swollen, red to the base of his neck. She has always not known how to deal with people, and she doesn't know what to say when she sees this person so repentant.

"We were oppressed by bullies in the village, and we couldn't rent land, so we had to come out to do this robbery to make a living...... Don't misunderstand, girl, I said this, not to ask the girl for forgiveness, I want to say, our Zhuang family has revenge, there is kindness to repay kindness, what difficulties do girls have in other days, don't forget to tell us......"

"The girl's spell is strong, I don't think we can help with mud legs, this kindness, let's write it down first, but in the future, but there is a life, I will obey the golden hammer desperately, please accept my worship!" The fat man knelt down towards Qin Su with his hands on the top.

"No, no, no, big brother, you get up......" Qin Su hurriedly went to help Guan Jinhammer. How do you know 'plop plop', Guan Jinhammer fell to his knees again, and Qin Su was dumbfounded.

"Bad guys, fight bad guys!" Hu Tan picked up a small stone, threw it in front of Guan Jinhammer, and hid behind Qin Su's legs. The fat man did not speak, but fell to the ground and prostrated frequently.

"Don't fight Tan'er, they're not bad people, they've gotten better. Qin Su pulled the little boy and hurriedly stepped forward to help Guan Jinhammer. This time, Guan Jinhammer was no longer blocked, stood up, and clenched his fists deeply. The minions in the back have done the same, and they have all done it.

Qin Su hurriedly said: "Big brothers, I'm ...... I...... I'm gone, all of you get up. Seeing Guan Jinzhu's deferential expression, he added: "Don't kneel anymore......" After speaking, she put the Hu family father and son on the mule, led her and left the canyon as if she was running away, she was so ashamed that her face was red and she didn't dare to look back.

It wasn't until he turned the tortoise and turned into a curve that Qin Su let out a long breath, wiped his forehead, and there was a layer of fine sweat.

After a while, his mood calmed down, and he sank his face and said to Hu Tan: "Tan'er is not well-behaved, why did you pick up stones and beat your uncle just now?"

Hu Tan didn't speak, opened his eyes to look at her, and his two little hands were tangled together. He didn't know what he was doing wrong.

Seeing his puzzled expression, Qin Su sighed, softened his voice and said, "Those uncles were originally bad people, but later, my aunt helped them and rescued them from the dirt, and they were grateful to their aunt, so they became good people, Tan'er can't beat people well with stones, understand?"

Hu Tan lowered his head and looked at his hands. In his little brain, where did he know that there was such a difference between good guys and bad guys. One moment a good person, a other moment a bad person, is that a good person or a bad person? He was puzzled in his heart, but he understood Qin Su's blame, and his aunt was unhappy because he had just thrown a stone.

It turns out that throwing stones at people is just wrong, whether they are good or bad. Hu Tan thought to himself.

Seeing that the little boy was silent, Qin Su patiently explained to him again: "Some bad people have no food to eat and are hungry, so they do bad things. Tan'er is hungry, isn't it very uncomfortable?"

Xiao Tong nodded vigorously and glanced at Qin Su committedly. Walking with his father and often hungry, Xiao Hu Tan was really impressed.

"They were hungry, and they had no choice but to do bad things. If Tan'er is kind to them and gives them something to eat, they will be grateful to you and will not do anything bad in the future. Tan'er understood?"

Hu Tan replied with a 'oh', still as if he understood or not. However, Qin Su's words were deeply imprinted in his mind.

○Note: Jiangning Mansion is Nanjing, originally the Southern Tang Dynasty Kyoto, in the early Northern Song Dynasty (975), the Song Dynasty conquered the Southern Tang Dynasty and changed Jiangning Mansion to Shengzhou, and it was not until 1018 that it was renamed Jiangning Mansion again. According to the era of the copper furnace story (986), Jiangning Mansion should be called Shengzhou at this time, but for the sake of text reading and subsequent needs, it still takes the former name. If you have serious readers, don't laugh at this. Most of the place names in the text come from historical facts, and some are apocryphal, all of which are needed for writing. The latter part will not be explained unless the situation is specific.