Wei Zhuang left Guiling City that night, and along the way, his mind was full of Duanmu Rong's appearance of leaving, thinking about how chic and elegant the back was, and then thinking of the single figure of Gai Nie standing on the wall, his heart was full of mixed feelings: "Unexpectedly, my senior brother fell in love with the same woman again after so many years. It's just that this woman has no intention of having sex with men and women, and she doesn't love anyone. In my heart, I felt both futile and ridiculous, obviously walking against the bright moon and breeze, but I felt that the road in front of me was endless.

Between the tossing and turning thoughts, he gradually walked to the realm of no one, and so far Guiling City has been abandoned far behind. In this poor and remote place, Wei Zhuang saw a man and a horse standing next to the road, and immediately walked over with his heart in mind. The fat horse was born strong and vigorous, and the horse was draped with a black shiny leather saddle, and a small bag of dry food and a cowhide water bag hung on the saddle, and he kicked the mud and sand on the ground for a while, and then raised his head and squirted for a moment, which was extremely impatient;

Wei Zhuang approached the man and noticed that there was a cyan pattern tattooed on the side of the other party's neck, which was about half the size of a palm's fanged ghost face. The man bowed slightly towards Wei Zhuang, and handed the reins in his hand to Wei Zhuang without saying a word. Wei Zhuang didn't say anything, turned over on his horse, and galloped with the reins. Fang ran for an hour, and just gasped when he stepped off the horse, he saw another person and a horse waiting for each other on the side of the road. When this person saw Wei Zhuang coming, he rolled up the sleeve of his right hand high, revealing the ghost-faced blue lines on his upper arm, and greeted Wei Zhuang with a fist. Wei Zhuang smiled slightly, didn't ask much, and immediately changed his mount and continued to rush in the direction of Puyang City. Along the way, avoid villages and towns, and choose the paths through the forest and the wilderness, all of which are answered every other hour. Some of those who lead the horses look ordinary and look like ordinary people, some of them are full of flesh and have a lazy look like a villain, and some of them look like famous disciples. These people, young and old, are different and seemingly have nothing to do with each other, but they all have exactly the same fanged ghost face tattoo somewhere on their bodies.

Wei Zhuang changed mounts along the way, galloped at full speed all night, and finally came to the bank of the Yellow River in the early morning light. As soon as he got off the horse, he saw a man wearing a hat and pushing the raft down into the river. The man jumped on the raft, took off his hat and bowed to Wei Zhuang to invite him to the boat. Under the hat is a natural bald head, and above the bald head is a grimace with a blue face and fangs.

Weizhuang Shema boarded the boat, the raft carried two people with a very deep draft, and the Yellow River was rapid, but it was stable and abnormal in the hands of the bald man, and the man was able to go to the raft to board a long distance. Thinking about it, if that Zigong is not born with divine power, he has superior internal strength attached to his body. Wei Zhuang saw that he was at the helm and was not breathing in a hurry, and secretly thought to himself, "I don't realize that in the Guigu Gate, any unknown disciple is as good as Xu Yi. I have to guard against it. 」

In this way, he abandoned the boat and changed horses, and when Wei Zhuang arrived in Puyang City, it was already noon the next day. The two Guigu disciples had been waiting outside the city for a long time, and when they saw Wei Zhuang coming, they each turned their left palms outward, revealing the ghost face totem on their palms, and they didn't speak, so they led Wei Zhuang to turn their horses' heads and go to the place where the Qin army was stationed in the west of Puyang City.

In the vast wilderness, thousands of tents were neatly and densely packed, and the scarf flags and forests crackled in the wind. There is a five-foot high platform in the open space in front of the tent, and a large black flag is inserted at the left and right ends, the left flag is embroidered with the flame totem of the Qin army, and the right flag is painted with a huge cyan ghost face. Under the high platform, there was a sea of black pressure, and there were tens of thousands of soldiers, wearing black iron armor, standing towards the high platform under the leadership of two Qin generals. At this time, the scorching sun is in the sky, and the sun is sprinkled like a spicy splash, roasting a piece of loess earth into steaming, and as far as the eye can see, only tens of thousands of iron armor shoot out a little dazzling white light, but there is no sound.

Two Guigu disciples led Wei Zhuang between the army and the camp tent, one of them led Wei Zhuang's horse and quietly retreated, and the other bowed his hand to Wei Zhuang and whispered, "Lord Wei has worked hard all the way, my white girl has reviewed the soldiers for the first time today, and I also ask Lord Wei to rest in the tent first," and then pointed to a camp tent with a purple gauze curtain hanging outside the door, and said, "After the matter is finished, the white girl will definitely come to thank you in person." If you need anything, just tell me. 」

Wei Zhuang nodded, looked at the soldiers standing still like stone pillars in the school yard, and asked in a low voice, "How long have they been standing like this?" The Guigu disciple smiled slightly and replied, "It won't be long, about two or three hours. Wei Zhuang was stunned and thought: "Although this Qin army is well-trained, brave and capable of fighting, after all, it is not as good as a person who can fight, put on this iron armor and stand under the sun for three hours, the body cannot move, the qi cannot be dispersed, if there is no internal strength, I am afraid that it will be a hot heart." Just as he was thinking about it, he heard the sound of a golden armor hitting the ground to break the silence of the audience, and it was obvious that a soldier in the east had fainted and fell to the ground. The soldiers around were a little commotional, some couldn't help but peek at each other, some seemed to want to speak, each of them had already been roasted to the point of dizziness, almost disgusting, but they didn't listen to the order, and none of them dared to move a little, let alone walk over and help the fallen soldier aside.

After a short while, five or six more people fell one after another, and a few soldiers gradually became impetuous, and even the two generals standing at the front could not help frowning. You must know that they are generals, with the expansion of the territory of Qin, they have already been in a series of battles, and now they see that there is only a corner of Qi left, and it is the last battle to lead the army to annex the world. One of them was rude, and although he couldn't speak while standing, he couldn't help but curse in his chest: "These people in the rivers and lakes can only fight, not fight, and I heard that the one who is going to lead the troops this time is only a female streamer, how can they have any ability? or training soldiers, so vain to hurt the physical strength of the soldiers, and dissipate the morale of the army, it is simply nonsense. It is said that the woman is very beautiful, could it be that the king is ** distracted, and he was confused by slander for a while?"

Wei Zhuang saw that the two generals who took the lead were angry, and he was also suspicious in his heart, and was about to ask the Guigu disciple beside him, but the man opened his mouth first, and said: "My white girl said that this time with the Qi State, the other party has the Mo family's Juzi Lu Zhulang leading the crowd to defend the city, and the competition is not force, but an endurance race. These Qin soldiers are both wise and brave, but unfortunately they lack endurance, so they need to be trained and trained. Saying that, he smiled faintly, turned his head to look at the rear of the army, and said happily, "Ah, Mr. Liu and Old Man Yu have arrived. 」

Wei Zhuang followed the prestige, and saw that hundreds of people from the Ghost Valley were coming through the army, and they were separated on both sides of the stage one after another. Qiuke Liu was charming with a bitter face, dangling alone among the ten thousand armies, as arrogant as entering a no-man's land. There is still a zhang Xu on the highest platform, Liu Daimei suddenly pulled out the Nine Dragons Whip, like a dragon sweeping towards the right side of the high platform, the Qin soldiers below didn't have time to see how the long whip rolled up the flagpole, Liu Daimei had stepped steadily on the platform, and was shaking the whip back to his hand with a sad face and hanging it on his waist. Wei Zhuang nodded secretly, thinking to himself, "The Nine Dragons Whip is strong and soft, soft and fierce at the same time, and it really lives up to its reputation. 」

Following Qiuke, Chun Lao Yuran is different. Surrounded by six Guigu disciples, Yu Ran rode a horse gracefully. He was in his sixties, wearing a green satin robe decorated with gold python patterns, with waist-length beard, gray hair, and although his face was covered with deep wrinkles like knife carvings, he was born unusually tall, with broad shoulders and thick body, and his spirit was healthy without any old age. Although he is the head of the four devils in the Ghost Valley, he does not have the slightest atmosphere of the rivers and lakes, especially his expression is amiable, and his eyes are slightly narrowed and he looks extremely peaceful, as if he is a neighbor old man, which is very different from the mysterious and treacherous image rumors of the Ghost Valley. After the arrival of the old fish in spring, Wei Zhuang looked forward to the appearance of the winter servant Shu Baiyu in the four rays, and the Bai Yu in recent years has made a good name in the rivers and lakes with a superb secret weapon kung fu, but its whereabouts are erratic, and even Wei Zhuang and other characters have never known the true face of Lushan.

But behind Chun Lao, there were no more eye-catching figures, and the Guigu disciples who came with Sixiao were all under the stage. When Wei Zhuang was wondering, the Guigu disciple beside him suddenly smiled and said, "Master Wei, don't accompany you. After speaking, he jumped up to perform light skills, and arrived at Chun Lao's side in three steps, and Chun Lao jumped on the high platform lightly, standing shoulder to shoulder with Liu Daimei, looking around.

Wei Zhuang only realized at this point that the young disciple of Guigu who was dressed like a servant just now was the winter servant Shu Baiyu. Wei Zhuang was shocked at this moment, even more than when he first saw the old spring. The man led the horse and accompanied him very respectfully along the way, and heard him call Chun Lao "Old Man Yu" and Qiu Ke "Mr. Liu", Wei Zhuang only said that he was a close servant of Chun Xia Qiu Dong, and he had never been on guard, but he was actually one of the Four Devils of the Ghost Valley? If Shu Baiyu secretly used a secret weapon behind him, his life would probably be gone at this moment.

When Wei Zhuang was in doubt, he suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves clattering and wheels rolling. Among the ten thousand armies, a single carriage suddenly came, and the four horses in front of the carriage were tall and fat, shiny all over, and their bodies were pitch black and without variegation. There is a winged phoenix embellished with gold on both sides of the car, and there is only one person between the two phoenixes, holding the reins and looking forward proudly, it is the long-awaited Xia Ji Bai Qianhong on the school field.

I saw Bai Qianhong wearing a golden butterfly wearing a jade bead hairpin, wearing a Chaoyang five phoenix red embroidered purple sara on her body, and stepping on a black moire trim embroidered shoes. After getting off the car in front of everyone, the lotus step moved lightly, and climbed the ladder straight up to the point platform before a million soldiers, as if a red lotus suddenly drove up to the clouds from between the black mud. On the high platform, Chun Lao, Qiu Ke and Dong Yu were slightly behind, allowing Xia Ji to occupy the front position. The two generals standing at the forefront of the Qin soldiers, at the beginning of the three men on the stage of the generals, one was extremely ugly, one was a smiling rich old man, and the other was just an ordinary young man, and his heart was already very dissatisfied.

The millions of Qin soldiers in the audience stared at Bai Qianhong blankly at first, and then couldn't help but look away again, as if a red sun was in front of it, too dazzling to look at for a long time, but as soon as he looked away, he couldn't help but want to look at it a few more times, and when he raised his eyes, he felt that this must be a goddess descending to earth. How can a woman in the world be so delicate and proud?

Bai Qianhong knew that she was born beautiful, and she was absolutely beautiful in the world, and she had long been accustomed to the admiration of men, so she reached into her sleeve and took out a black token, and the side of the word "Qin" engraved on the seal was inlaid with five-colored glass, and said to the millions of heroes in the audience, Lang Lang: "Now declare this general's order - those who violate the king's order will be beheaded! Those who retreat from the battle will be beheaded! Those who abandon and rescue the weak will be beheaded! Those who rape the people's women will be beheaded! Those who take the people's wealth without permission will be beheaded!" Although Bai Qianhong's voice was not loud, the words were heard clearly, and the sergeants saw her holding the king's flag, and said five words one after another from a small mouth, although the tone was not harsh, but everyone knew in their hearts that the woman in front of her was not talking and playing. Bai Qianhong said, a pair of apricot eyes swept the audience, everyone on the school field suddenly felt that Bai Qianhong was looking at themselves, and their heads were not dizzy, their brains were not confused, and they all shook their spirits, trembling, and no longer dared to shake their minds.

"Good. Bai Qianhong pointed to the soldiers who had fallen in the heat and asked the two leading generals, "According to the meaning of the two of them, what should be done with those fallen soldiers?"

"Well...... the rough general scolded Bai Qianhong in his heart just now, and when he saw her majestic, he actually changed his words and said, "According to the last general, these people are insulting to the military and should be beheaded. After Bai Qianhong heard what he said, her face was happy, and she said with a smile like a flower, "Oh, should you behead?" Although the other general was not convinced, after all, he did not dare to make a sound of a fighting horse, so he swallowed his anger and did not speak.

"It should be killed!" The general smiled when he saw Bai Qianhong, and said even louder: "What's the use of keeping this kind of remnants and weak soldiers?

"Well said, Ben is about to establish a military might!" Bai Qianhong said, then turned her head and whispered to Liu Daimei, "Kill me." Liu Daimei smiled when she heard this, and suddenly pulled out the long whip, and the Nine Dragons Whip made a loud sound, and the careless general didn't have time to react, and he was already wearing a thin head and iron helmet together. Shu Baiyu kicked lightly, and the corpse of the general suddenly fell to the ground from the high platform. Bai Qianhong said: "The general just announced the military order, do not rescue the wounded and weak of our army, and quickly take the fainted brothers down to the barracks for rest and treatment. The soldiers of the Qin State originally had some suspicion of the women as generals, but when they saw that Bai Qianhong acted justly and killed the generals who had always been commanding, they all had a good impression and trust in Bai Qianhong, and someone immediately picked up the fainted soldiers and sent them to the medical camp.

Wei Zhuang saw this on the side, and secretly praised this woman in her heart for her handsome style, so she no longer waited. turned around and lifted the purple gauze curtain outside the handsome tent, went straight inside, sat cross-legged, closed his eyes and rested.

After a while, he heard footsteps approaching, Wei Zhuang opened his eyes, and sure enough, he saw Bai Qianhong lifting the curtain and walking forward. As soon as Bai Qianhong arrived from the car, she had already paid attention to Wei Zhuang who was standing outside her tent, and then she couldn't help but look at Wei Zhuang carefully, and secretly wondered: "Tens of thousands of men have seen me, none of them can not be moved, why is this person looking at me since he has seen ordinary people?"

Wei Zhuang didn't know what Bai Qianhong was thinking, and when he saw that she was silent for a long time, he just looked up and down at him with a pair of clever eyes, and said that the other party doubted his identity, so he didn't get up, so he said directly, "In Xia Weizhuang." I have heard for a long time that Miss Bai is quite talented in commanding, so I just saw it, and she really taught the soldiers well, and admired and admired. 」

"I don't disappoint Lord Wei yet. Bai Qianhong smiled, sat down not far from Wei Zhuang, and said, "Lord Wei, in this battle of Qin Qi, you are obviously serving me, specializing in the notification of information between the two cities of Guiling and Puyang, but secretly, you are on the order of the King of Qin, and you are here to supervise my Xia Ji's ability?"

Wei Zhuang didn't deny or admit it, and replied lightly, "Don't dare. However, the situation set up by the white girl in Guiling City is really clever, one is in the light and the other is in the dark, since Brother Liu's identity has been recognized at the hero conference, the enemy army will inevitably be lax, so the real spy must be even more difficult to be detected. 」

Bai Qianhongliu's eyebrows were slightly raised, and she lowered her eyes and muttered, "That may not be seen. The Mo family is thoughtful, and his wit is probably not under me......" Then he looked at Wei Zhuang and said, "Lord Wei, you must have been quite tired when you arrived overnight, but the military situation cannot be delayed, and when the official business is over, I will immediately send someone to settle for you." Wei Zhuang bowed slightly, and immediately told Bai Qianhong about the news he had obtained from the previous connection with the Guigu spy in Guiling City.

On summer nights, there is wind in the mountains and forests. In the depths of the grass beyond the reach of the eye, the chirping frogs and insects sang over the murmuring of the flowing water, but it seemed that this empty valley was so lively. At this time, Gao Yue finished practicing the trick "Dream Scorching" in the "Dark Palm", knelt alone by the stream to wash the handkerchief and wipe his face, looked back in the direction of the cave entrance, and saw the expressionless food collector and pot in the front of the black duan, and sighed in his heart: "Count it in this mountain, every day with this three-point human-like and seven-point-ghost-like Wuduan as a companion, unconsciously there is also a month, right?" In addition to eating and sleeping all day long, I am practicing, and if I continue like this, even if I am lucky not to starve on the grassland, I don't let the evil wolf eat, and I don't let the poisonous soup, poisonous rice, and poisonous tea poison to death, just stuffiness will suffocate me to death. The more he thought about it, the more irritated he became, and he took the wet handkerchief in his hand and slapped it towards the stream, and then the Bupa hit on the water surface immediately bounced up, and splashed a large splash on the ground, as if he had a small internal force, but Gao Yue himself didn't know it. It alarmed a pair of fireflies hiding in the grass, and the two small points of light swayed and soared, and both of them swirled out thin circles of light in the air, sliding across the water, and gently disappearing in the dark night stream.

"I wonder if they can go down the mountain if they fly like this?" Gao Yue looked at the direction where the fireflies disappeared, and her thoughts continued, "Where is the bottom of the mountain? Where is this? I wonder if Jing Tianming and Xiang Yu saw Liu Bi and Brother Mao Qiu? Everyone hasn't seen each other for a long time, so it's going to be lively when they gather together, right?"

Gao Yue suddenly felt so lonely, sat on her knees by the stream, listened to the trickle of flowing water, the chirping of frogs and insects, and felt that even frogs and bedbugs had friends and family, and only her lonely child was trapped here, unable to survive or die. Gao Yue was resentful, and happened to see a spider slowly crawling under the tree, so he picked up a small stone and smashed it down. Poor spider with an inverted frieze, it was already dilapidated when it was smashed by a stone, but Gao Yue's subordinates still didn't stop, and they slammed again and again, venting the pain and fear of these days, and the more they hit, the more vigorously they hit, until they finally let go of the stone in their hands for a little gasp, but the tears have quietly slipped down unconsciously.

According to Wu Xuan, the poison she put down in the diet was only used for practice, and it would not kill her, but who knows if what she said was true? Not to mention the pain when the poison occurred. Although Gao Yue also felt that his body was becoming more and more able to adapt to various poisons, it was indeed unbearable to have an attack, and only by practicing the "Immortal Palm" immediately could it be resolved. "Stinky buns, stinky buns, if I am as poisonous as you, I don't have to be afraid of this evil woman. Gao Yue thought about it sideways, and shook her head to herself: "That's not right, I can't beat people when it comes to beating, even if I eat those spring plate stinky noodles and twelve poured frieze red stinky soup can be unharmed, I'm afraid that I may not be able to leave alive." It seems that you should still practice kung fu, and you will no longer be afraid of teaching others to bully you in the future. 」

She has known Jing Tianming since she was a child, and whenever she encounters any bad people or bad things, she always has Jing Tianming to protect her. Growing up like this, this is the first time that she has not been a heavenly soldier and a heavenly general without Jing Tianming by her side, "It seems that I am a small blessing if I don't die in a big disaster, my stomach occasionally hurts, and my head and heart are occasionally a little uncomfortable. The next time I see Jing Tianming, if he finds out that I can also do martial arts, he will definitely be surprised. Gao Yue suddenly became proud when she thought of this, and she giggled at the stream, laughing and laughing, and her tears fell unobeyedly, "Next time I see Jing Tianming...... The next time I saw Jing Tianming...... Next time, next time, next time, how long will it be after the next time? What if I never see him again?" Wiping his tears, he took out a small rag from his bosom, and cherished it and looked at it.

This cloth was given to Gao Yue by Jing Tianming himself in the small broken temple in Huaiyin when she was a child. At that time, Gao Yue had raised two ducks, hatched a few duck eggs, and only waited for the ducklings to hatch, and then slaughtered the pair of adult ducks, so as to teach the ducklings to taste the taste of not having a father. She was so young and cautious, and every time she deliberately said that she was known to others, just to see the disgust on the other party's face, she masochized and masturbated so much, but Jing Tianming was not a little frightened after hearing it, and only said lightly: "Yes, in this way, the little duck will have no father and mother, just like you, you will not feel lonely." After that, he personally divided his mother's relics into two, keeping half of it for himself and handing it over to Gao Yue.

"Here! here's for you. In this way, from now on, both of us will have mothers!" Jing Tianming's childish voice at that time, Gao Yue now remembered that it was still vivid in his ears, and he unconsciously giggled out a voice, thinking, "Stinky buns, thanks to you, the father and mother of the little duck have lived for a long time. Raising his head, facing the night wind of the mountain, he couldn't help but murmur softly: "There are many people who think, and few people who get it, what tears are these tears? The mountains and rivers are the same, never wake up, where do they return? Wait for the dawn. 」

This poem is the desperate poem left by Jing Tianming's mother on the cloth. Gao Yue's knowledge is not complete, she only got the second half of the que, and the first half of the que is in Jing Tianming, Gao Yue can't remember. "Where do you return...... Wait for the dawn...... Where do you go...... Wait for the dawn ......" muttered these two sentences repeatedly, and my heart was pounding, but I felt that my ears were hot, and somehow, I was suddenly embarrassed to read it again. Gao Yue held the relics that Jing Tianming gave her mother with one hand, and with the other hand, she unconsciously patted a treasure bag hidden under her belt, and in the depths of Gao Yue's heart, she always believed that one day, the objects in this bag would lead her to find her biological parents. Gao Yue was stunned for a while, and suddenly remembered Jing Tianming's stupid appearance when he was a child, and laughed out loud, "Stinky buns, you were young at the time, you were ignorant and stupid, and the things left by your mother were actually casually divided into half to others, so I'm not so stupid." Haha, haha......"

Wu Duan saw Gao Yue alone not far from the entrance of the cave, and he didn't care at first, but then he saw her crying for a while, and he laughed for a while, and faintly felt that it was not good, and secretly thought: "Isn't it that I'm in too much of a hurry, this girl is actually a little out of the way in practice?" and shouted in a deep voice: "Girl, it's late, you don't want to sleep anymore, you get up late tomorrow, and you miss the time to practice, see how I fix you!"

Gao Yue sighed and stood up, dusted off the mud and grass on her clothes, turned back to the cave boredly, lay down on the stone bed with her clothes, opened her eyes and looked at the cave wall for a long time, and heard the rustling of the grass mat, so she simply looked sideways, and saw that she was taking out a bronzing red lacquer box, and took out a moist and molasses color from the box, loosened the hair and parted the sides of the hair, and combed it carefully. Wu Duan saw Gao Yue staring at the in her hand for a moment, and ignored it, and changed her long hair after combing it.

Gao Yue has long felt strange in her heart, thinking that this moon god Wu Duan is alone, and the places where he settles are mostly uninhabited, and she actually carries some crafted items with her.

"Hey," Gao Yue suddenly spoke, "You live alone in the mountains, where did you get all these delicate plates, dishes, chopsticks, gold boxes and jade slips?"

"What's so strange about different things coming from different places?" Wu Duan responded tepidly as usual, Gao Yue blinked, and continued to ask, "Where is the difference? "Friend?" said coldly, "Stinky girl, what kind of friends are you and me?"

Gao Yue saw that Wu Xuan's words were provoked, and she was overjoyed, sat up with a sigh, and deliberately asked, "Isn't it a friend? What is that? Could it be that you saved my life and are my benefactor?" Just for my own sake, you don't have to accept your favor, and I don't accept your affection. Gao Yue clapped her hands and said, "Yes, you saved me to teach me the palm technique, since you taught me martial arts, I am your apprentice?" Wu Duan shook his head and replied, "I taught you the palm technique for nothing else, or for myself, I am not your master, and you are not my apprentice." Gao Yue smiled, lay back on her side, and continued with her hand, "Okay, you have poisoned me all day long, and we should be enemies. But I've never seen a brother or sister who is an enemy of others but cooks for each other every day. You and I are not masters and apprentices, we are not enemies, and we are not kind, but you can tell me, what else can you count as friends besides?"

Wu Duan was stunned, but he didn't know how to answer, and after thinking for a while, he finally said, "That's just to test you and see the effect of that dark palm. To me, you're like a centipede, a poisonous clam. As he spoke, he glanced at Gao Yue and scolded, "Stinky girl, don't just talk nonsense, go to sleep." 」

After a reply, Gao Yue saw that although Wu Duan was cold, his tone was not as stern as usual, and he said, "Hey, I see that your pair of chopsticks is very good, black and bright, made of wood, right? 」

Wu Duan was finally a little annoyed by Gao Yue, and just hoped that she would go to sleep quickly and recuperate, and sighed at the moment: "I said, you will sleep?" Gao Yue said happily: "I love to listen to stories, you can say it quickly, and I will go to sleep obediently after I finish speaking." 」

Wu Duan put down the sip in his hand and took it back into the box, thought for a moment, and said slowly: "Those pair of chopsticks are called ebony chopsticks, and that was seven or eight years ago. In a small village in the south of the Chu State, there is a family surnamed Chen with four generations in the same house, and there is a towering ebony tree growing in the courtyard of their house. 」

"In the evening, I often see the family surnamed Chen, and more than a dozen people, fathers, sons, grandchildren, and grandchildren gather under the tree to eat and enjoy the shade. They were talking and laughing so loudly. It was so big that I couldn't catch the centipede that had just come out of the bottom of the rocks. Gao Yue lay on the stone bed, listening to Wu Duan tell the story in a very boring tone, and gradually felt a little sleepy, but she couldn't bear to close her eyelids, and looked at Wu Duan with a pair of slippery eyes, but in her mind she seemed to see the old lady Chen, grandmother Chen, old man Chen, grandma Chen, brother Chen, sister-in-law Chen, daughter-in-law Chen, young master Chen, Chen Xiaowa and Chen Xiaoxiaowaer, a large family gathered under the big tree to be happy and happy, a burst of tenderness and yearning in my heart, and a slight bitterness, secretly thought: " What kind of moon god is broken, it seems that she is actually a very lonely person like me. 」

The moon god Wu tied his hair back up, stared straight at the still faint flames burning outside the cave, as if remembering something, and after a while he added, "Just as I was about to leave that village, a strange plague suddenly prevailed. I think this kind of opportunity is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and I am reluctant to leave it like this. But the plague was strange, and it was usually the young and infirm who were supposed to get sick, but in that case it started with a young man working in the fields. The family with the towering ebony was naturally not spared, and sons, grandchildren, daughters-in-law, and babies fell one after another. 」

"Those who died first were buried, and those who died later had to be left to lie there. Later, the family surnamed Chen was almost dead, and only one old man was still alive. One evening, I was tired of the plague and was about to leave. I saw that the old man Chen threw the bamboo cane in his hand aside, and sat down alone under the towering ebony tree, talking desperately to the tree. 」

"Look at the way he speaks, as if his children, grandchildren, and daughters-in-law are sitting by the tree, so happy, so loud. The old man sat under the tree for more than two days and two nights, not eating, drinking, or sleeping, but just chatting with his family sentence after sentence. More than two days passed, and the old man's remaining strength was exhausted, so he followed. As soon as the old man died, the courtyard of the Chen family eventually became an empty city, and I walked in. Unexpectedly, the towering ebony tree behind the old man fell to the ground with a bang. There was no wind that day, and who would have thought that such a big tree would break at the waist? I went up to see that most of the water veins in the tree had long been cut off, and for the last few days it had been supported by only a thin vein of water. 」

"I took a closer look at the trunk of the tree that one person couldn't hold onto, and there was only one bit of wood in it that was still alive, and that was the origin of these chopsticks. Wu Xuan said and then fell silent, occasionally blinking his eyes, but there was no superfluous expression on his face, he was silent for a long time, and suddenly felt a silence all around, and turned his head to look. At this look, he unconsciously looked at Gao Yue for a long time. I saw that Gao Yue didn't know when, she had already tilted her head and bent her arms as a pillow, and fell asleep, with a smile on her lips, but there were still tears in the corners of her eyes.