It is said that the thief who robbed Yi Dan's horses and baggage disappeared into the dense forest after burrowing into the woods from the night. It turned out that he had followed a shaded path in the woods all the way west into a valley. This valley is a very special place in the mountains that stretch from north to south, leading to the sea. It is backed by mountains on three sides, facing the sea on one side, and is full of flowers, warm and warm. There were several houses in the valley, each guarded by several soldiers.

At the height of the stars, under the wooden bridge at the mouth of the valley, there was a man of thirty-five or sixteen years old, who held a large scythe in his hand, staring at a meadow in front of him, as if waiting for something. This person is Zhen Zhen, one of the twelfth generation masters of Jiaowutang. This person is very lustful, but he doesn't do it himself, and always lets his two apprentices catch beautiful girls for him to enjoy. But he himself still has to pretend to be a humble gentleman in front of others, which is really very hypocritical. He is best at developing all kinds of glue, so that his apprentices can use these glues to stick those beautiful girls for them, and he can do whatever he wants. In addition, when he fights with others, he can also be used as a hidden weapon to stick to the opponent, so that the opponent loses the ability to struggle and counterattack, and can only be captured.

At this time, the thief rode on the stolen horse, and as soon as he ran into the valley, he shouted loudly, "Master, Master." ”

No one paid attention to him, and after he dismounted, he asked the guard at the gate, "Where has my master gone?" The guard said, "Master Zhen seems to say that he went to the river to collect medicine." ”

The man came to the river by the light of the stars to find the master in his mouth. saw Zhen Zhen crawling under the bridge motionless. The thief couldn't help but shout loudly, "Master, Master is here when you are here." ”

After hearing the shout, Zhen Zhen, the man lying under the bridge, raised his head lightly and said, "What are you shouting?" ”

When the young thief heard Master's words, he immediately ran over excitedly and said, "Master, what are you doing here? ”

Zhen Zhen said: "Three watches in the middle of the night, why did you come to me?

The disciple said: "Master, we failed, not only did we not catch anyone, but the junior brother is still being 'torn skin' and glued to Anyuan's inn. The disciple finally escaped back and wanted to ask the master to find a way to save the younger brother. ”

Zhen Zhen said angrily: "Hmph, you two are really useless, such a good thing for you, why didn't you catch someone, but stuck yourself?"

The disciple said, "It's just an accident. The two disciples spent a day with the man and the woman, but they did not catch them, so they discussed with the junior and brother to wait for the night when they stayed in the inn before acting. We went to the wrong room and met a martial arts master, and the two of us couldn't beat her, so we ran back in embarrassment and asked the master to rescue her. ”

Zhen Zhen said: "Two straw bales with no interest, my secret weapon 'tears the skin', I have never missed, you are so useless, you dare me to save people, I'm afraid that now your junior brother has been killed, right?"

The apprentice said: "Please calm the anger, the disciple was in a hurry, and snatched a burden from the woman, I think she should have some scruples and will not kill anyone for the time being." ”

Zhen Zhen is a very lascivious person, although he has to pretend to be very decent in front of others, but in front of the apprentices who know the roots, he doesn't need to pretend. After hearing the apprentice's words, he immediately asked with an evil expression and surprise: "Is it a woman?"

The apprentice said: "Very beautiful, but the martial arts are also very strong, otherwise how could the two of us be planted in her hands?"

The corners of Zhen Zhen's mouth rose, and he said with an evil smile: "Okay, I'm going to meet her, I haven't seen a woman who knows martial arts for a long time, and it's very fresh to say." ”

As the two were talking, they suddenly saw a vine grass by the river, and all the white flower bones that were budding to bloom in unison.

Zhen Zhen hurriedly ran over, picked up the big sickle in his hand, and began to harvest these vines and grasses like harvesting wheat. In a short time, he cut all the vines and grasses clean.

The disciple asked, "Master, these are not gum bean vines, what are you doing with them?"

Zhen Zhen said: "What do you know, these flowers can be made into an antidote to 'tearing the skin'." ”

The apprentice asked, "Since we have worked so hard to stick to each other, why do we have to untie it?"

Zhen Zhen knocked on the apprentice's head and said, "You stupid, if you stick to yourself by mistake, you will definitely untie it immediately." Do you want to bring a basin of water, soak it for a few hours, and wait for the enemy to slaughter it? ”

The disciple said: "Yes, yes, the disciple understands"

Zhen Yi took a petal and said: "This is called a non-stick flower, it only blooms when the moon night is in the sky, and it will not bloom when the wind blows, so you must hurry up to harvest it, so it will not wither." ”

The disciple said, "May I ask how the master is going to make the antidote, and is it too late to save the junior brother?"

Zhen said: "After mashing the petals, mixing soaphorn water with coconut oil, and applying it around the stuck skin, it can immediately turn the stickiness of the torn skin into a puddle of clear water." ”

The apprentice said: "It's so powerful, then please master hurry up and make this antidote, so that I can use it to save my junior brother." ”

Zhen Zhen said: "Okay, put away these flowers and take them back to the house." ”

The apprentice picked up the flowers and carried them all back to the house.

According to Master's instructions, put all the flowers in a medicine jar and mash them, then add the coconut oil and soap water prepared by Master in advance, mix and mix thoroughly. The apprentice said, "Master, I'm done. ”

Zhen Zhen picked up a bottle from the side, opened it and poured a drop of torn skin on the table. Then he took the apprentice's hand and pressed it into the glue, the apprentice's face was hideous, and he said bitterly, "Master, what are you going to do?"

Zhen Zhen said: "I'm going to try this antidote with you first." ”

The apprentice replied bitterly: "Okay, Master, it's already very firm, please try the antidote." ”

Zhen Zhen dipped the wooden stick that stirred the antidote, dipped some antidote, and dripped it on the apprentice's hand. Sure enough, this antidote quickly dissolved the milky white glue into a puddle of clear water.

The apprentice put away his palms, looked at them, and said with a smile, "Great, Master, the antidote has finally been made." ”

Zhen Zhen looked at his apprentice's hand and said, "Okay, very good, hurry up and pack these antidotes, let's go and save your junior brother together." ”

The disciple said, "Obey." Master, I believe that you will succeed in your own way this time. ”

Zhen Zhen said: "You two have no useful things, I handed over all the unique secret weapons to you, but I still can't arrest people back, and I have to let me go out in person, I'm really angry." ”

The disciple said, "Master, let me tell you, that woman is indeed very beautiful. If Master doesn't believe it, he will see for himself in a while. ”

When Zhen Zhen heard this, he immediately cheered up, and then asked, "Do you know the origin of that beautiful woman?"

The apprentice said: "This disciple really doesn't know, but I robbed her of a burden, I think I should be able to find some clues from her baggage." ”

Zhen Zhen said: "Okay, hurry up and open the burden to show me." ”

The apprentice opened the bag that had been placed aside and looked at it, rolled it up and put it in the box, along with the red and green ruby-encrusted scabbard and a few snow-white women's clothes. Zhen Zhen was not interested in other things, but just lifted the clothes, covered his nose, sniffed hard, and then put on a relaxed and obscene expression and said: "Well, it's not bad and it's so fragrant, when you smell this smell, you know that it must be a beautiful woman." ”

The disciple said, "Yes, Master, that is indeed a very beautiful woman. My brother and I were attracted by her beauty, so we capsized the boat carelessly. Zhen Zhen was still intoxicated and said, "I capsized the boat in the hands of such a fragrant woman, and I won't wronged you." ”

The apprentice opened the scroll and said, "Master, it seems to be a painting here, and a few words are written, but the disciple can't understand it." ”

Zhen Zhen took the scroll and cursed: "If you don't learn anything, go away." With that, he took the flower roll and opened it slowly.

Soon, a fairy-like white robe with a sword in hand came into view. It looks dreamlike and beautiful.

"It's so beautiful, it's so beautiful, it's really a fairy" Zhen Zhen looked at Yi Dan's portrait with obscene eyes, and involuntarily read the font of the inscription: "Wulin Xia Feng, Qianheng Wuxin Si Snake Year February, Mu Yongxiao." ”

After reading it, Zhen Zhen suddenly realized: "This is the era name of the Southern Han Dynasty. ”

The disciple said: "Yes, it's Mu Yongxiao of the Tianya Sect. It seems that this woman is not simple, and she can actually get the inscription praise of Zhenhai Shisha Palm and Tianya Sect Mu Yongxiao. Master, we can't underestimate this woman, her martial arts are so powerful, then do we still want to go?"

Zhen Zhen said: "Why don't you go? You must go, such a beautiful woman, how can she let her escape the palm of my hand? Don't be afraid, I have this dead skin, no problem." ”

The apprentice said, "Then when are we going?"

Zhen Zhen said: "In order to ensure that nothing goes wrong, let's go to the nearby Yangqiang Mountain now and borrow a few things." ”

The apprentice asked, "What should we borrow from Yang Qiang Mountain?"

Zhen Zhen said: "Let me ask you, apart from Li Junxuan and Xiao Rui'er, and the beautiful woman, are there any other people living in the inn?"

The apprentice said, "I think there is another man, I just saw him by the stable." ”

Zhen Zhen said: "Then there are four people in total? Okay, let's borrow four treasures to deal with them." ”

The apprentice asked, "Master, what kind of treasure are we going to borrow?"

Zhen Zhen: "You'll know when you go, take the people and the carriage immediately, and come with me." ”

"Yes, the disciple obeys. ”

The master and apprentice took seven or eight soldiers, loaded the carriage with weapons, hidden weapons and antidotes, and walked along the dark and narrow mountain road into the mysterious mountain forest deep in the dense forest.

After arriving at Yueshang in Tanglin Prefecture, the group headed to the narrow place on the right and burrowed into a valley in the Changshan Mountain Range.

The entrance to this valley is very special, and you need to walk along the "first-line sky" mountain road less than a zhang wide, and walk inward for about ten miles to reach the exit of the valley.

I saw two people dressed strangely, with oil paint painted on their faces in the shape of cuckoo birds, and two larger circles were painted with black oil paint around their eyes, as if they wanted to make their eyes look bigger and see farther. There are two large inward-recessed leaves tied behind the ears, as if they want to hear more.

The two strange men guarding the valley saw the chariots, horses, and warriors led by Zhen Zhen barbarizing in, so the two of them crossed their spears and blocked the way at the exit of the first line of heaven, and the strange man who guarded them asked, "Who are you? Why did you trespass on my Yangqiang Mountain?"

Zhen Zhen said: "We are the people under the Jinghai Jiedu envoy, and we have come to Yangqiang Mountain today to borrow a few things, please get out of the way quickly." ”

The guard said: "For thousands of years, our Yang Qiang people have been driven south by you Qin people, and after we arrived in Jiaozhou, we were driven to this Yang Qiang Mountain by you, and now Yang Qiang Mountain is the last residence of our Yang Qiang people, and the successive governors of Annan have all recognized it, why are you bothering us now? Are you going to kill us all?"

Zhen Zhen said: "Don't talk nonsense, you are a wild tribe living in the second, you are not qualified to say this, if you don't get out of the way, don't blame me for being polite." ”

Guard B said, "We will never let you in." ”

Zhen Zhen turned his face sideways, threw out two balls of milky white liquid from his sleeve, stuck to the stones of the cliff, and then waved the scythe in his hand, and hit the two guards on the cliff and stuck them firmly, the two could only shout, but they couldn't move.

After subduing the people guarding the valley, Zhen Zhen and the others quickly drove the carriage to the valley as if they were in a no-man's land.

The valley in front of me is empty and silent, like a paradise. Due to the fog in the valley, you can faintly see not far away, there are many low wooden houses, and outside each house, there is a bunch of bonfires burning against jackals, tigers and leopards, and the peaceful valley is silent, and it seems that all the people of the soil have entered the dream. Occasionally, only the sound of a baby's crying wild cat calling spring rises and falls in the mountains. Maybe this is the last peaceful paradise in the midst of the world's wars.

The arrival of Zhen Zhen and the others broke the originally peaceful and quiet valley, and he led his men around the low house to the mountain beam behind the tribe.

This ridge is a flat-topped slope in the valley basin. There are seven square mounds of earth on the mountain beam, each of which is nearly one zhang long and about three zhang wide. Seven mounds are located on the flat-topped high slope, from the high altitude, in the form of the Big Dipper stand respectively, the interval between each mound is about two zhang, in the position of the Tianquan Star of the Big Dipper mound, there stands a cylindrical stone pillar about two zhang high, the top of the pillar, hung a huge iron mask. The mask's ears were large and long, looking upwards as if listening to the sound from the sky, and the mask's eyes were especially exaggerated protruding from their sockets, extending a foot long, looking straight up at the sky, as if trying to see through the night sky and the sky. The four corners of the forehead and the edges of the face of the mask have five hollowed-out eyelets, through which the hemp rope is threaded, and the mask is firmly tied to the top of the stone pillar, looking up at the vast starry sky at a half right angle (forty-five degrees). Immediately below the stone pillar is a huge earless quadruped ding.

Except for the mound of Tianquanxing, there are no stone pillars or strange masks on the six mounds of the rest of the stars, but there are six huge square four-legged earless tripods in the center, each of which depicts a human face and an abstract human body posture figure. There are also burned ashes under the ding.

In the middle of the stone pillar on the mound of Tianquan Star and the Great Ding, there was an old man in his sixties and a young man in his twenties talking. The young man sat on the ground, his left foot was pinched in the hand of the old man, and the old man used a needle, dipped in black charcoal water, and carefully stabbed a string of seven black moles that resembled the arrangement of the Big Dipper on the soles of the young man's feet. After the old man finished stabbing the black mole, he said to the young man: "Qian'er, from today onwards, you will be appointed by the gods to step on the seven stars, and tomorrow I will gather all the people in the tribe to worship the heavens on this Beidou Mountain sacrificial platform, and on this Tianquan star pile that symbolizes the highest power, I will announce to everyone that you have officially succeeded me as the leader of the Yang Qiang tribe." ”

The young man asked in surprise, "Dad, is it true that the Big Dipper on the soles of your feet is also pierced like this?"

The old man replied: "Yes, that was when your grandfather passed on the throne to me back then, and he also quietly stabbed me on this Tianquan Star Platform. ”

The son said, "Ah? It turns out that Dad, you stepped on the seven stars, and you actually pierced it like this? I thought it was really a gift from God." ”

The father said, "Silly boy, how can anyone be born with his feet on the seven stars? But the tribesmen just believe it. In the future, when you pass on the throne to your son, you must be like me, and quietly tattoo the Big Dipper under his left foot. But this secret must not be told to others, otherwise we will lose the absolute right to lead the people of Yangqiang. ”

The son said, "Dad, aren't we lying like this?"

The father said, "What do you know? The position of the leader of our Yang Qiang people has always been like this, from father to son, and son to grandson. You don't have to think about it so much, just pass it on from generation to generation as I said. ”

Speaking of this, the father took out a gold medal from his bosom and handed it to his son, saying, "This gold medal is also a sign passed down from generation to generation by the chief, you must take it well, and you must not resist it anymore." Dad is old, and from now on, you will be the leader of my Yang Qiang tribe. Do you hear that?"

The son looked at the gold medal in his father's hand, shook his head and said, "No, I can't ask for this gold medal, this is a deceptive act, and I don't want to do it." ”

The father said, "Don't you think that after learning Tang customs from your uncle for a few days, you want to rebel against the thousand-year-old tradition of my people? I tell you, you must obey my orders today, which is also an order from heaven." ”

"Heaven's order?" the son looked at the night sky in confusion.

The father pointed to the sky again and said, "Yes, you see how wonderful this starry sky is. Our ancestors used this method to worship the heavens and the earth, communicate with the gods, and give orders on behalf of the heavens, all of which are taken for granted. You must not doubt the laws of heaven formulated by your ancestors, you can only accept all these arrangements, and you must not disobey them. ”

The son said: "But Uncle Gao said that our Yang Qiang people were originally from Shuzhong, thousands of years ago, and they were the richest and most enlightened ones. But why do you want to rest on your laurels and be a barbarian?"

The father listened to his son's words and said sternly: "Don't mention those things anymore, and I'm not allowed to go to your Uncle Gao in the future." You can be the leader of the leader for me, and you are not allowed to think cranky in the future, do you hear?"

The son had no choice but to lower his head and say nothing.

When the father and son were talking in the secret place of the mound, they only heard the sound of horses' hooves and the voice of Zhen Zhen commanding the people and horses: "Quick, move the four tripods to the carriage, let's get out of here quickly." ”

The people dismounted and were about to start moving, when the leader of the tribe got up from the ground, and immediately came over and shouted, "Who are you? ”

Zhen Zhen was taken aback by the people who suddenly appeared on the barren mountain in the dark night. He turned around and asked, "Who are you?"

The old man said, "I am Du Lian, the leader of the Yang Qiang. ”

Zhen Zhen said: "It turned out to be Leader Du." Fortunately, fortunately. I am a person under the command of Master Qu of Jinghai Jiedu, and I specially came to Yangqiang Mountain to borrow this tripod from Chief Du to use it, I don't know if it is possible?"

Du Lian said: "No, this is a sacred object for our people to sacrifice to the heavens, a magic weapon to communicate with the gods, how can we lend it to you casually? ”

Zhen Zhen said: "You just deceived the ignorant barbarians, and even came to fool General Ben." General Ben is here today on behalf of Master Qu, and you have to borrow it if you don't borrow it. ”

Du Lian: "No matter who you are here for, I will not borrow it." ”

Zhen Zhen said: "Then what if I have to borrow it today?"

Du Lian pulled out a curved short knife from his waist and said, "Then don't blame me for being rude." ”

Zhen Zhen said disdainfully: "You are an uncivilized barbarian of a small barbarian tribe, and you dare to be so rude." Believe it or not that I skinned you as a living sacrifice?"

When Du Lian heard this, he said very angrily: "We are by no means barbarians, you have to talk nonsense. ”

Zhen Zhen said: "You don't know the three outlines and five constants, morality and etiquette, what is this not barbarian?"

Du Lian's son continued: "Who said that we are barbarians? Will the barbarians use the Great Ding to sacrifice to the heavens? We are..."

Du Lian stopped: "Qian'er, don't say it, you want to beat or kill him, don't talk so much nonsense with him." ”

Zhen Zhen said angrily: "Okay, if you don't know how to raise a toast and don't eat and drink, then don't blame me for being ruthless." With that, he picked up his scythe and slashed at the old Durian.

Du Lian used a short knife to block Zhen Zhen's big sickle, but Du Lian, who was old and frail, didn't know much martial arts, and after all, he couldn't resist Zhen Zhen, a master of Jiaowutang, who had profound skills, Zhen Zhen suddenly pushed Du Lian to the ground with one palm. He raised his scythe and tried to slash at Du Ren on the ground.

"Don't, general, I'll lend you Ding, you can let my father go. Du Qian cried loudly and begged Zhen Zhen to let his father go. Zhen Zhen put down the sickle and asked, "Are you willing to lend me the tripod?"

Du Qian said: "That's right, I'm willing to lend it to you, you can take it, as long as you don't hurt my father." ”

Zhen Zhen: "That's good, even if you are still an acquaintance, you are much better than this brainless old man." ”

"Come here, and bring me all the four tripods to the carriage. Zhen Zhen gave orders to the people under him. So a few people began to move the extremely heavy tripod. When he moved in front of Du Lian, Du Lian suddenly got up, hugged Ding and shouted: "You can't move away, you can't move away, this is a holy relic left by the ancestors, I don't allow you to be so bad." ”

Zhen Zhen was so angry that he raised the big sickle in his hand and slashed at Du Lian to the north, and suddenly, Du Lian's blood collapsed into a river, and he fell to the ground motionless, but his eyes were still staring at the big ding in front of him.

"Daddy, Daddy... Ahh

At this time, Du Lian hugged Zhen Zhen's thigh tightly, threw the gold medal to Du Qian, and shouted: "Qian'er, go quickly, take the gold medal and go to your uncle." ”

Du Qian howled and cried, refused to leave, and shouted loudly: "Dad, I want to avenge you." ”

Du Lian's mouth was full of blood, and in a hoarse voice, he shouted with the last of his strength: "Qian'er, go, go..."

Zhen Zhen wanted to quickly get rid of Du Lian's entanglement, and slashed Du Lian's back a few times. But Du didn't let go of the hand that hugged Zhen Zhen's thigh until he died.

Seeing his father's tragic death, Du Qian, with full grief, picked up the gold medal on the ground, quickly retreated to the back of the mountain, and disappeared into the vast night.

Zhen Zhen didn't bother to chase after Na Du Qian, but let the people under his command drive the carriage, carrying four huge iron tripods, and swaggered to the exit of the valley of the first line of heaven.

Seeing that the exit road was narrow, the apprentice said to the other men, "The road is crowded, everyone be careful, go out one by one in order, and don't get crowded." ”

At this time, the guards who were glued to the cliff were still shouting: "You robbers and bandits dare to take our holy relics. ”

Zhen Zhen's disciple raised his axe and wanted to step forward to cut down the guard.

"Don't waste time with these people, let's get to that inn in Anyuan Town as soon as possible?" Zhen Zhen stopped.

The disciple said, "It's the guest return inn, Master." ”

Zhen Zhen: "Well, yes, we have to save your junior brother as soon as possible, and we have to catch the people we want to arrest." ”

The disciple said: "Okay, the disciple obeys" (to be continued.) )