XVI. Singing Sword Shadow

The night breeze blew from the wilderness, seeped into the ruins, and brushed the skin, making people feel deeply chilled.

The goshawk looked anxious and wanted to cover it up, but in a hurry, he couldn't think of how to talk about it. Li Shuxiu was slightly in a daze and asked, "Xiao Sheng, this kid...... Is it the prince of the Southern Song Dynasty?"

Seeing that the goshawk couldn't hide it, he didn't lie to her at the moment, nodded dejectedly, and sighed: "What kind of prince and emperor, his current identity is just a young child." This noble status not only could not help him, but put him in deep danger, even if Brother Li and I bothered to take care of it, but along the way, we encountered continuous twists and turns, and finally fell into such a desperate situation, Xiao Sheng He is really pitiful. ”

Li Shuxiu's body trembled, his hands pulled the clothes on his chest, and in a trance he remembered the past he had experienced, and he couldn't help but feel pity for Xiao Sheng, and said leisurely: "No wonder you called him Your Majesty before, I thought I heard it wrong." ”

The goshawk scratched his head and said, "I'm too unreliable, I can't control my mouth, I get excited, and I really don't hold back." ”

Li Shuxiu chuckled lightly and replied, "Isn't it?" She leaned on the balcony railing, took a deep breath, and sighed: "Brother Goshawk, let's not rush back, okay?"

Goshawk hurriedly said: "But Xiaosheng ...... them"

Li Shuxiu said: "There is no mechanism in that hall, and the road taken by Zamul cannot go back to the hall, and there are some dry food in the package I left behind, and they will not starve, in fact, their situation is much safer than ours." ”

Goshawk hesitated for a moment, and said helplessly: "Since the girl is so sure, I will listen to the respect." ”

Li Shuxiu sat down on the balcony, raised her pretty face, looked at the night, and asked, "Brother Goshawk, how old are you this year?"

The goshawk put his finger to the center of his eyebrows, pondered for a long time, and finally replied: "I am a man of a chaotic age, as if I have lived twenty years, and as if I have lived for hundreds of years. ”

Li Shuxiu smiled: "Don't talk nonsense, if you live for hundreds of years, won't you become a monster?"

The goshawk's eyes were full of desolation, and he sighed, "The girl is right. ”

Li Shuxiu said: "We are all so familiar, according to Kazakh customs, you are four years older than me, I should call you Brother Goshawk, you should call me Ah Xiu." ”

Goshawk suddenly realized and said, "It turns out that the Ah Xiu that the Rapp brothers said is you, how can he not know that you are Ah Xiu? ”

Li Shuxiu thought of Rapp, her heart swelled with sadness, she said: "I came to Saiwai with my adoptive father and adoptive mother, and the two of them died one after another at the hands of Mongolian wicked people, and I was adopted by my grandfather who lived in a Kazakh village, and I have lived in the village ever since. By chance, I met Rapp, and we were very nice, he would catch some birds and animals for me to play with, I would weave the most beautiful garlands and scarves for him, and I would sing the best Han tunes to him. But he was the bravest and strongest boy in Kazakhstan, his father was the most famous warrior in the village, and he soon became betrothed to the most beautiful Kazakh girl in the village. I...... I never saw him again, and he thought I was dead. ”

Hearing her melancholy and mournful tone, the goshawk seemed to be deeply entangled in this relationship, and said with a smile: "This is also common, who has not been young and stupid? I have met many heroes, no matter how brilliant their martial arts are, how brave they are on the battlefield, but in the end they are planted in the hands of women, and they die in jealous fights. This love has been a difficult thing since ancient times. ”

Li Shuxiu listened to what he said lightly, was silent for a while, and said: "Later, the Mongols came to the Kazakh village to search for me, and the Kazakhs hid me and finally escaped the search, but I knew that I could no longer affect them, so my grandfather took me out of the village and wanted to find a secret place to live in seclusion." Who knew that I was chased by the Mongols on the way, and my grandfather also died tragically under the Mongol knife in order to save me, and I was already caught by the Mongols, but my master happened to pass by and saved me. He took me back to his residence, taught me martial arts, and raised me to this day. ”

Speaking of this, I thought of my grandfather's kindness, and I mourned in my heart, and I couldn't help myself, and tears poured down.

The goshawk didn't pity the jade at all, and after listening to her words, he was suspicious in his heart, and asked loudly: "Miss Axiu, why are the Mongols so determined to arrest you?"

Li Shuxiu wiped her tears and choked up: "Because ...... Because they wanted to capture me and use me to threaten my father to surrender. ”

The goshawk snorted and asked, "What is ......the girl's father?"

Li Shuxiu's expression was pitiful, but her eyes were full of pride, and she said softly: "His name is Li Tingzhi, he is the generalissimo of the Song Dynasty, he has been fighting with the Mongols for decades, loyal and courageous, and swears not to surrender. ”

The goshawk jumped high in an instant, only to feel that his blood was boiling, his heart was agitated, his mouth was screaming, his hands danced for a moment, and he hugged Li Shuxiu at once, as if she was a treasure falling from the sky, he shouted loudly: "Are you the daughter of General Li Tingzhi? Are you really the daughter of General Li Tingzhi?"

Li Shuxiu was hugged by him, and she also felt fascinated, and her heart was inexplicably moved, she nodded, and turned out a golden pendant from her clothes, and the goshawk took a look, only to see that it was an imitation military token, with the book "Scholarly Sword Girl, Show Life and Peace - Li Xiangfu".

The goshawk held the military token, his hands trembled, and said loudly: "That's right, I recognize the word, Li Xiangfu, that is exactly the title of General Li! The sky has eyes, the sky has eyes." ”

Li Shuxiu cried and laughed and said, "Brother Goshawk, do you know Daddy?"

Goshawk shouted: "I once defended Yangzhou with General Li, he was finally captured and executed by the Mongols, and I shamelessly survived, in the past two years, I have not felt guilty and blamed myself, hated myself for being cowardly and cowardly, and did not follow General Li to die together." Who knew that God blessed me today, I actually ran into you!"

Li Shuxiu also heard the news of her father's death, although she was separated from her father since she was a child, but the relationship between father and daughter has not diminished slightly.

Goshawk suddenly picked up her face, looked at her intently, and said happily: "That's right, I've seen you, Ah Xiu! A few years ago, outside the city of Yangzhou, when General Li entrusted his subordinates to send you away in order to protect you, I did see you. ”

Li Shuxiu understood in an instant, and she said in surprise: "I've seen you too, no wonder I think your face is familiar, it turns out that we have already met each other." ”

The goshawk was extremely excited, only felt that there was an inexhaustible strength in his body, suddenly stood up, pulled out the long sword, and snorted, the sword light was like a star, and the long sword slashed through the air like a dragon, when the blade cut through the air, the tip of the sword trembled slightly, making a long sound.

Li Shuxiu laughed, with tears on his face, as bright as the morning glow, as beautiful as the morning dew.

He flipped his wrist, the long sword was withdrawn, one pulled and one lead, and the tip of the sword danced with him, but seeing his crazy moves, his posture was wide open and closed, only attacking and not defending, like wind and fire, as his long sword broke through the wind, it actually made a beautiful tone, as if he was blowing the Qiang flute.

Li Shuxiu was surprised and delighted, and secretly thought: He is not just dancing the sword, but playing the music.

I only heard the tragic and beautiful voice coming from the hands of the goshawk, twisting and melody, echoing and lingering in the air, which made people sad and intoxicated.

The goshawk's sword moves change, sometimes like a cunning beast, sometimes like a horse galloping, sometimes like a rain of flowers falling from the sky, sometimes like a flowing wind and snow. And as his long sword danced, the tone of the tip of the sword also rose and fell alternately, sometimes like an ape crying, sometimes like a crane, sometimes like a leopard roaring, sometimes like an eagle roaring, the flute is not so tactful, the flute is not as far away as its sound, his method of playing music with a sword is really divine and extraordinary.

Li Shuxiu was fascinated by his sword sound, listened for a while, couldn't help but sing loudly, she sang a song of a bell bird on the grassland, it was a song she sang when she was a child and Rapp played in the wild, her singing voice was beautiful, it was really like a bell bird flying in the sky singing, the sound gradually integrated into the sword sound of the goshawk, complementing each other, and the cooperation was seamless.

After a long time, Li Shuxiu had suffered internal injuries before, and at this time the pain recurred, and he couldn't breathe, and he couldn't help coughing, so the goshawk hurriedly stopped dancing the sword, held Li Shuxiu, and hurriedly asked: "Miss Axiu, how are your injuries?" He saw that he was showing off his kung fu and actually caused Axiu to be injured, and his expression was terrified, as if he had committed a mortal crime.

Li Shuxiu smiled: "I'm really sorry, such a fork, our song has also been interrupted." ”

Goshawk laughed and said, "What did Miss Axiu say, the days will be very long in the future, if we want to play the tune, are we afraid that we won't find the opportunity?"

Li Shuxiu's heart moved, and asked, "How long will life be in the future?"

The goshawk patted her shoulder and said happily: "Miss Axiu, I finally met you, from now on, you can't get rid of my goshawk." If you want to stay in the desert, I will protect you as a herdsman. If you want to return to your hometown, I will naturally have an unshirkable guard at your side. ”

Li Shuxiu was extremely happy, but after thinking about it carefully, she felt that it was inappropriate, and she asked, "That Xiao Sheng...... So what should the emperor do?"

Goshawk said: "After we get out of this labyrinth, I will take him to find the connector, the connector is powerful, loyal, trustworthy, with him to take care of Xiao Sheng, I can naturally sit back and relax." ”

Li Shuxiu was sweet in her heart, and couldn't help but say: "Actually, we can accompany Xiao Sheng together, where he wants to go, we will go together." ”

Goshawk nodded, and said naturally: "Listen to Miss Axiu's orders, and I will do whatever you ask me to do." ”

Just when the two opened their hearts and complained to each other, the goshawk suddenly had a confused look in his eyes and was silent for a moment. Ah Xiu asked, "Big Brother Goshawk, what's wrong?"

The goshawk didn't answer, but looked into the distance, and he saw that under the pure white moonlight, a ghostly black shadow fell from the sky, and transformed in front of him, the black shadow's eyes flashed red, and his expression was numb, and he slowly stood beside him, whispering in his ear.

It was a crow, a crow that no one could see but him.

The goshawk sighed secretly, bowed slightly, and his gaze gradually became empty and lost.