16. What is life?
Goshawk was worried about the snow and cold, but after chatting with her for a while, seeing that she was cheerful and open-minded, talking and laughing as usual, he couldn't help but respect this girl very much. He said, "Don't worry, I'm going to save you." After pondering for a long time, she knew that the meridians in her body could not enter the true qi, otherwise she would break the meridians, and she would immediately worry about her life, even if the goshawk's internal strength was ten times deeper, she would not be able to save her.
Seeing that the goshawk was worried, Xue Binghan said softly: "Brother goshawk, life and death are fateful, don't work for me." Before I died, it was not in vain that I was able to save a righteous man of the Southern Song Dynasty. ”
Hearing her generosity, Goshawk was moved and asked, "What Southern Song Dynasty righteous man? Are those Tartars just going to catch that person?"
Xue Binghan nodded and said: "When Master and I were setting up a stall to tell fortunes on the mountain road, a man dressed as a fugitive came to us to ask for directions, the man looked hurried, his face was covered with blood, my master saw that he was pitiful, so he gave him a set of clothes and gave him some silver taels. He thanked us and told us his real name, and it turned out that his name was Yue Zhili, but a senior official of the previous dynasty, who was about to meet an important person, but was caught by the Tartars on the way. ”
Goshawk screamed and asked: "The more you leave, the more you leave, the more you go, the more you goss, the more you gos, the last you know, you have to meet the soldiers, but you meet with Xue Binghan, I think it was caught by the Tartars in the middle of the way, so it was delayed.
Thinking of this, he hurriedly asked, "What about later?"
Xue Binghan exhaled a few breaths and said: "After he left, more than an hour later, these Tartars chased after me, arrested me and Master, and forced me to ask about Mr. Yue's whereabouts. So he said to them: 'Mongol official, Poor Dao saw an embarrassed-looking Han man coming to ask for directions, and he wanted to go to Qiuqiaolin over there, and Poor Dao knew the terrain over there, so why not let Poor Dao show you the way?' These Tartars were very stupid, and they were deceived by my words, and released my master, and escorted me here, and they all lay on the ground. ”
The goshawk listened to her understatement, but she knew that the meridians in her body were blocked, her breath was not smooth, and her body was able to move, which was quite surprising. This girl was afraid that she would have to endure great pain from time to time, but she was able to devise a clever plan to kill these Tartars, and the will in her heart was truly astonishing and respectful.
He said: "Snow girl, I won't hide it from you, your current situation, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is nine deaths and one life, I want to save you, I need to connect the acupuncture points at different meridians through the strange points in your body." ”
Xue Bing said coldly: "You mean to open up a hidden network?"
The goshawk was taken aback, and said loudly: "You are young, how can you know the hidden meridians?" If the human body breath wants to flow between different meridians, you must either follow the rules and follow the meridians into the dantian, and then go from the dantian to another meridian, or flow through the eight meridians of the strange meridians, although it is fast, but it is dangerous, and the snow and cold meridians are easy to break, and if you don't go through the meridians, you can only go to the hidden meridians.
For example, if you want to go from the Tianzong acupoint of the Hand Sun Sutra to the Qingling Acupoint of Hand Shaoyin, you can quickly reach it. It's just that this hidden vein is slender, the breath flow is not smooth, and it is extremely inconvenient to carry, so there is a martial arts master who creates miraculous skills such as the Yijin Sutra, aiming to move the meridians and practice the hidden veins into qi veins, so that the meridians can reach in all directions.
Xue Binghan smiled bitterly: "Poor Dao has been ill for a long time and has become a doctor, and I originally planned to take the hidden method, but the internal breath is too weak, like water without a source, how can it be done?"
The goshawk touched her head and said, "Little ghost, you are so old-fashioned, don't worry, you are really lucky to meet my goshawk." He stretched out his hand and touched lightly on the Snow Ice Cold Baihui Acupoint, first relieving her pain, and then injecting internal force into her Heavenly Wolf Acupoint, not going through the meridians, burrowing into the hidden channel, reaching her Qi Sea, and then using luck in the other five acupoints, guiding her weak internal force to meander forward, so that she could move as usual. Although the truth seems simple, if it weren't for the fact that his maggot and fly corpse sea sword sensed like a god, just exploring the hidden method would often make countless masters helpless.
After being so busy for an hour, Xue Binghan felt refreshed, and the severe pain in her body was relieved, she cheered, jumped up, jumped up, and laughed from ear to ear. She said happily: "I'm all right! Haha, I don't hurt anymore, it doesn't hurt at all." ”
Goshawk Wu was not at ease, and said: "Snow girl, you have just improved, it is best to act carefully, don't move too much, otherwise the hidden network will collapse, and the true qi will run around, and there will be no way to return to the sky." ”
Xue Binghan nodded again and again, laughed twice, and suddenly sobbed, tears rained down, and she cried heartbreakingly. The goshawk was startled and hurriedly asked, "What are you crying about? Is your condition worsening? What's wrong?"
She wanted to kneel down to the goshawk, but the goshawk hurriedly stretched out her hand to support her, and Xue Binghan cried: "Brother Goshawk, I Xue Binghan escaped death this time, and I have been a human being in two lives, this life is all given by Brother Goshawk, I Xue Binghan was rude before, offended the eldest brother, and asked the eldest brother to punish him severely." ”
Xue Binghan has been entangled by illness since he was sensible, and he may be taken away by Lord Yama from time to time, although he forced his face to smile, but how could he not be afraid of it? At this time, although there are hidden dangers, but his strength has recovered, as if he has regained his life, under the great joy, his emotions have broken down, and the fear and sadness that he had hidden in his heart in the past can no longer be suppressed, and he cried out in one fell swoop, and his gratitude to the goshawk is difficult to describe in words.
Seeing that she was crying miserably, the goshawk was also inexplicably excited, and said in a trembling voice: "Poor child, you have suffered so much, and you have been patient, who can compare with you in the whole world with such will?
Xue Binghan cried for a long time, but finally calmed down, stood up and said: "Brother Goshawk, if you are free, I will take you to see Master, although he is just a second-rate fortune teller, but there is a good wine hidden by his side, he will definitely treat you to a drink when he sees you." ”
Goshawk scolded with a smile: "You kid, why do you talk about your master behind your back? Seeing her so naughty, I remembered my relationship with Weishan in the past, and the two were vaguely similar, and I couldn't help but feel sad again.
Xue Binghan took his hand and said, "Brother Goshawk, don't delay, you two drink, and I will drink too." Swallowing his saliva as he spoke, looking greedy, Goshawk smiled slightly and let her lead the way. At this time, Xue Bing Han's strength increased greatly, and although he was still weaker than his peers, he was already moving as usual, he didn't feel pain, and he walked much faster than before.
The two of them walked out of the woods, about three miles away, when suddenly they smelled a strong smell of wine wafting over at the same time. Xue Bing said coldly: "Master's fortune-telling skills are not what they used to be, can he predict the prophet and open the wine in advance to welcome guests?"
Goshawk frowned, and when he noticed that there was a smell of blood mixed with the aroma of wine, he hurriedly shouted: "Cold, be careful!"
Xue Binghan's eyes widened, looking at the prospect, only to see a thin old man lying in a pool of blood, his intestines dragged out of his body, and he died a miserable death, the book wine bottle next to him fell to the ground, the wine and blood were mixed together, the scene was desolate and cruel. She shouted, "Master, Master!" There was already a cry in his voice.
The goshawk jumped up, hugged Xue Binghan, unsheathed his sword, blocked several bows and arrows, and hid Xue Binghan behind him, only to see ten Mongolian soldiers standing on the hillsides on both sides, shouting and scolding at the goshawk.
The goshawk whispered to Xue Binghan: "Hide here and wait for me, don't act rashly." As he spoke, he swung his sword to block the arrows, and with a shake of his body, he rushed towards the enemy.
The Mongolian soldiers roared and besieged him, and someone fired crossbow arrows in the distance, and the long axe and halberd in front of him were horizontal, and there was a man with a short blade coming from behind, and the goshawk rushed towards the long halberd soldier, and made a false move, turned over on the ground, and killed the man, and at this moment, the crossbow shot at him, and the goshawk smiled: "Good coming!"
The swordsman screamed and fell off his horse, and the goshawk jumped on the horse without stopping, and the rest of the people saw where he landed, and when he landed on his toes, the blades attacked at the same time. Who knew that the goshawk just borrowed the strength on horseback, turned over from the air, and came to the archer in an instant, and finished it with a knife. Take the crossbow and shoot the other archer on the left. He cut off the archers, and the situation was greatly relieved.
The rest of the Mongols were extremely brave and rushed towards him, but they did not carry large shields and iron nets, and they were close to each other, how could they be the goshawk's opponents? The goshawk carried his sword with all his might, and his moves were endless, and the blades collided, clanging, and making a loud noise, and after twenty moves, the enemy either cut off his head and neck, or was pierced through the chest and abdomen, and all of them were killed by the goshawk.
Under the remnant sun, the figure swayed, the blood was like a flood, deep into the grass, the goshawk's whole person was stained red with blood, as if wearing a layer of bloody clothes. He turned around and looked over to Xue Binghan, only to see that Xue Binghan was not there. He was horrified and shouted, "Snow Maiden, where are you?" In a blink of an eye, he saw Xue Bing Han's face showing pain, lying on the ground leaning, with a corpse next to him and a dagger on his forehead, thinking that he was killed by Xue Bing Han.
The goshawk was uneasy, and hurriedly ran forward, and saw that the face of the deceased was the person who had escaped from the forest earlier. He saw that Xue Bing Han's lips were full of blood, his heart was frightened, cold sweat flowed, he only felt that his hands and feet were weak, he hurriedly held her hand, probed her pulse, and found that the hidden true qi he had guided into her body before had been scattered and chaotic at this moment, and the meridians in Xue Bing Han's body had been destroyed and could not be formed.
In an instant, Goshawk only felt bitter and heartbroken, Xue Binghan raised his head, smiled sadly at him, and said: "Brother Goshawk, I just can't control it, I want to avenge my master, hehe, now, I really put myself in." ”