Chapter 9 Chapter Nine: The Singing of the Qin and the Howling of the Ghost Frighten Thousands of Armies

At the beginning of May, the weather has become very hot, the sun is like a fire in the sky, the ground is exposed to cracks, and the wind blowing past is also sultry. In order to hurry, the four of them ran day and night except for a short rest during meals. Fortunately, there was a carriage, and they could rest in the carriage when they were really tired.Chunyu Shenxiu had also mounted the horse on the carriage earlier, so the carriage ran faster, and he and Chunyu Shenyi took turns driving the carriage, so there was not a moment to rest. Tired people sleepy horse exhausted. At noon that day, the four of them rested and ate in the shade by the roadside. Chunyu Shenxiu moved quickly and finished eating in three or two strokes. The bare stone wall is more than ten feet high, but the trees are lush, and there are some red, yellow and green wild fruits hanging between the branches and leaves, so he said: "I'll go and pick some fruits." These days, I almost eat dry food. , Already eating insipidly.

He leaped across the avenue and reached the bottom of the mountain wall. He spotted a few raised stones, then jumped up, stepped on the stones, and inserted his fingers in the cracks of the stones. After two more jumps, he jumped over. He landed on a tree, looked up, then flew up a few feet, and landed on a wild peach tree. There were many plumy peaches the size of pigeon eggs hanging on the tree. It must be red, but the side facing the bottom is still blue and blue.He picked one, wiped it on his clothes, and bit it in his mouth. It was not cooked yet, and the taste was sour, but compared to the tired dry food, this one was considered fresh and delicious.He picked a few more, sat down on a thick tree trunk, leaned back again, wiped the peaches in his hand, and looked down the mountain.

The view on the mountain is wide, and you can see the endless blue sky and the endless wilderness at a glance. While eating wild peaches, he casually looks ahead.When I ate the third peach, I turned my head and saw faint yellow dust in the mid-air in the distance. I couldn't help getting up and jumping on the treetops. There is yellow dust everywhere. "Shenyi, Chen Xue, come and take a look!" He immediately shouted. "What's the matter?" Chunyu asked him deeply in the shade. "The big thing is not good, come quickly." Chunyu Shenxiu's voice was full of anxiety.

Hearing this, the three people in the shade of the tree looked at each other, and then Feng Chenxue said: "Kong Zhao, you stay here, you really want us to go up." "En." Before Chunyu Shenxiu finished speaking, the man flew out, and followed his elder brother's method to climb over the stone wall, landed on the treetop, and after a few more ups and downs, he landed on the treetop next to Chunyu Shenxiu. With a touch of Feng Chenxue's foot, the person jumped several feet high, and then touched the toes on the stone wall, and the person jumped several feet again, and then raised his sleeve, and the three-foot-long white silk flew up and tied to a tree trunk. As soon as he pulled it, the man swung high, his figure leaped in the air, and then landed gracefully on the treetop next to Chunyu Shenyi.

Standing on the top of a tall tree, the two of them looked in the direction Chunyu Shenxiu was pointing at, and they both saw the yellow dust rising in the air in the distance. "The dust is so high that it can be seen from such a distance, there must be a large army running!" Chunyu Shenxiu stared ahead with a rare serious expression on his face. "En." Chunyu also nodded deeply. The two brothers and sisters came here from fighting on the battlefield, so they can naturally see what happened to the yellow dust rising in the air. "Looking at the direction, it's behind us. From a straight-line distance, it's about four or fifty miles away, but from a distance, it's more than a hundred miles."

"The dwarfs are really fast!" Chunyu said deeply and jumped down the mountain, "I have to go back to Pill City before them." "Well," Chunyu Shenxiu followed and jumped down the mountain, while shouting loudly: "Kong Zhao pack up quickly, we're on our way!" Feng Chenxue moved his head to take another look, and then flew down the mountain as well. In the shade of the tree, Kong Zhao asked while tidying up, "What's the matter, why are you in such a hurry all of a sudden?" "The dwarf's army is almost catching up with us. Of course we have to be fast." Chunyu replied deeply.

Just had a lunch, just a few cutlery, so it was packed quickly. "Okay, hurry up." Chunyu Shenxiu jumped on the carriage and urged the three people under the carriage to get on quickly. Chunyu Shenyi and Kong Zhao climbed into the carriage, but saw Feng Chenxue standing aside, seeming to be thinking about something. "Chen Xue, let's go, why are you still standing?" Chunyu called out deeply. Feng Chenxue looked up, looked at the three of them, and said: "Let's divide into two paths." "Huh?" The three were taken aback. "Even if we rush to Dancheng without sleep, it won't help the matter, because Shanyou's army will definitely arrive on the heels, and Dancheng will not have time to deploy." Feng Chenxue replied.

Chunyu brother and sister heard the words and thought about it, it was true. "Then what do you mean by dividing into two routes?" Chunyu Shenxiu asked her. "Shenyi, you and Kong Zhao's carriage go straight to Pill City first." Feng Chenxue glanced at Chunyu Shenyi and Kong Zhao, and then said to Chunyu Shenxiu, "You and I will stay and try to stop Shanyou's army and drag them A day or two is fine." "Ah?" Chunyu brothers and sisters were taken aback. After a while, Chunyu said deeply: "How can two people stop thousands of troops? It will only cost their lives in vain."

"Sister?" Kong Zhaoyi called nervously. Chunyu Shenxiu didn't speak but just looked at Feng Chenxue, thinking of Qiu Yiting's last words in his mind. "It's just trying to obstruct it, not desperately." Feng Chenxue said calmly. Chunyu was silent deeply, and said after a while: "What Chen Xue said is also reasonable, if you can delay Shanyou's army for a few days, then Dancheng will have time to prepare." She raised her head and looked at Feng Chenxue, "It's just that I will do it with my brother, you and Kong Zhao will go back to Pill City."

Kong Zhao couldn't help looking at Chunyu deeply when he heard the words. Feng Chenxue shook her head at Chunyu deeply, and said: "I have decided, don't waste any more time." Turning to look at Kong Zhao, "Arrange some clothes for me, and give me the qin too." See Kong Zhao Zhaoyan showed reluctance and worry, reached out to pat her head, and said, "Don't worry, you go to Dancheng and wait for me first, and I will pick you up." Hearing this, Kong Zhao looked at Feng Chenxue, and nodded for a moment, "Well, I know, I'm waiting for my sister in Dancheng." After saying that, she entered the carriage, holding the piano in one hand and holding it in the other after a while. Two burdens.

Feng Chenxue took the bag and the piano, but Kong Zhao handed the other bag to Chunyu Shenxiu, "This is yours." Chunyu Shenxiu took it and thanked him with a smile. "Chen Xue..." Chunyu Shenyi still felt that something was wrong, so he wanted to persuade her first. Feng Chenxue turned around and looked at Chunyu Shenyi, and said: "Don't worry, I will return to Pill City safely with Shenxiu. Time is running out, let's get on the road." Her calm posture seems to be not to stop the thousands of troops, but to inspect the calm and elegance of the thousands of troops. Chunyu looked at it deeply and couldn't help but feel certain, and then looked at his brother, wondering what he meant. Chunyu Shenxiu, who had been silent all this time, nodded at this moment, and said: "I will take good care of Chen Xue, you and Kong Zhao go up quickly, and be careful along the way." Seeing what his elder brother said, he was sure that time was pressing and there was no room for delay, so Chunyu Shenyi no longer insisted on his own opinion. "Kong Zhao, please sit down." She grasped the whip, and then slammed it violently, and the horse galloped away.In the dusty sky, a word came from afar, "Brother, Chen Xue, Kong Zhao and I will go to Pill City to prepare good wine and wait for you." Chunyu Shenxiu and Feng Chenxue watched them leave, and waited until the carriage disappeared, then Chunyu Shenxiu looked at Feng Chenxue and asked, "How can we stop the mountain dwarves?" Feng Chenxue turned around and looked at the opposite mountain, said: "Let's go to that mountain first to have a look." After saying that, she moved and flew up the mountain.Chunyu Shenxiu followed behind her. The two flew through the treetops, and soon reached the top of the mountain, standing on the top of the mountain, looking far away. After looking at it for a while, Chunyu Shenxiu said: "There are dozens of miles of flat ground, and the tallest ones are only two or three feet high tree slopes. There is not even a dangerous place. How can we hinder the army of the mountain dwarfs?" "Isn't there a mountain under our feet?" Feng Chenxue replied. "It's a mountain, but it's not too high or dangerous, and you can see that the road below is not very spacious, but it can pass a carriage, and four or five people can pass side by side. It's impossible for one person to be the pass. If we Can there be... Well, as long as you give me four hundred people, I can set up an ambush here, but there are only two of us, even if we can fight a hundred with one, we can't stop thousands of them." Chunyu Shenxiu frowned After speaking, he glanced at the mountain range under his feet, and then sighed, "We have a good terrain, if we drop a huge boulder from a high place, it will be very powerful, and the boulder falling can block the road, but there are many people on this mountain. Not a few decent rocks." Feng Chenxue couldn't help turning her head to look at Chunyu Shenxiu when she heard this, then a faint smile appeared in her clear eyes, and said: "It doesn't need to be so troublesome." Ok?Chunyu Shenxiu shifted his eyes to look at her.To be honest, although he agreed with Feng Chenxue to stay to stop Shan You's army, but he was totally confused, after all, there were only two of them, to stop thousands of other troops, it would be nothing more than hitting a stone with an egg.But... this is something that has to be done. Feng Chenxue looked towards the opposite side, there was a pine forest stretching for several miles, separated from this mountain by a road about ten feet wide.She turned around and looked at the back of the mountain. At the foot of the mountain on the back was a big river, coming from the north and going east. The river was surging and meandering for thousands of miles. "Based on the footsteps, the Shanyou army arrived here at dusk." "En." Chunyu Shenxiu nodded. Feng Chenxue turned around, looked back, then pointed to the front, and said: "There is a city corridor over there, the distance is only ten miles away, I think the army will definitely not camp here, but go there to spend the night outside the city." "Yes." Chunyu Shenxiu nodded again, "For the expedition of the army, in order to save the food and grass accompanying the army, when they pass through towns along the way, they must collect food on the spot." Feng Chenxue said again: "When you and I left the capital of Shanyou, we didn't hear about the departure of the army. This must be a vanguard from a certain city we passed by." Chunyu Shenxiu heard the words, and after thinking about it carefully, he felt that it made sense.Judging from the fact that they met General Caifei who came to Shanyou to form an alliance in the capital of Shanyou, although Shanyou and Caifei had conspired at that time, they should not have ordered to send troops.And since they set off, they have been traveling day and night to rush back to Dan City. Therefore, even if Shanyou issued an order on the day they set off, the general who led the order would have to prepare for it for a few days, and it would never happen sooner. Get past them.Therefore, the latter army must be the defenders stationed in a certain city along the way, and set off immediately after receiving the order, so they will catch up with them. "Do you have any weapons?" Feng Chenxue asked him suddenly. Chunyu Shenxiu froze immediately when she heard her words, turned to look at her, her face turned green, "I... I left my knife on the carriage, and I forgot to take it down in such a hurry just now." He was full of emotion Annoyed, he began to rummage all over his body, and suddenly he yelled "Yes!" Then he took out a six- or seven-inch long dagger from his leggings, "This is where He Shenyi went to the capital of Shanyou that night. When I was playing, I saw the sharp one and bought it." Feng Chenxue looked at the dagger in his hand, her brows twitched, and said: "Go and chop down thirty-two trees that are two people high, and move them to the foot of the mountain in the south." Chunyu Shenxiu was stunned, waved the dagger in his hand and asked, "Do you want to use this?" Feng Chenxue jumped down from the treetop, and said, "You can fold it with your hands." Chunyu Shenxiu looked at his hand, it seemed that it could not be faster than a knife, he stepped down a little, jumped off the tree, and asked: "Why do you want to cut down the tree?" Feng Chenxue didn't answer him, but found a slightly flat stone and sat cross-legged, then took out the piano from the bag and put it on his lap, it seemed that he was planning to play the piano. Chunyu Shenxiu waited for a while but didn't get an answer, so he touched his nose and went to chop the tree.If it were someone else, Young Master Chunyu would either throw his sleeves and leave, or punch him in the face, but the person in front of him, for some unknown reason, seemed to have said something that others could only obey rather than disobey. When he was looking for a tree as tall as two people in the woods, he heard a clear sound of a qin coming from the top of the mountain. The mood suddenly becomes very relaxed.So he cut down the tree amidst the beautiful sound of the zither. He didn't know whether it was because of his state of mind or the incredible magic power of the zither. So within an hour, he cut down thirty-two trees as tall as two people, and then moved them down to the foot of the south mountain one by one. "It's ready." He shouted from the foot of the mountain. The sound of the piano on the mountain stopped, and then he saw a plain shadow jumping up into the air, floating down above a piece of greenery, with his clothes fluttering, as if a celestial girl came from the wind, and he was stunned for a moment. To the west of Shanlin Road is a bare stone wall tens of feet high, to the east is a wide river, and to the south is flat ground, with trees of different heights growing on a slope. Feng Chenxue stood on the top of the tree and glanced around, then floated to the entrance of the mountain, pointed his hand to a place, and said: "Put a plant here, two feet into the soil." "En." Chunyu Shenxiu walked by carrying a tree, clasped the trunk with both hands, and then pushed down, and the tree stood firmly in the soil. "Put a plant in this place, two feet eight into the soil." Feng Chenxue pointed to another place. Chunyu Shenxiu followed her word. Then in two quarters of an hour, all thirty-two plants were inserted. Standing on the mountainside above with Feng Chenxue, looking at the tree that had just been inserted, only for a while, Chunyu Shenxiu felt faintly dizzy, and hurriedly looked away, when the dizziness passed, he finally couldn't help asking Fengchen Xue, "What is this for?" "There are rivers on the east and west of this mountain, and a high stone wall on the west, and the army of Shanyou came from the south, so we can hide on the mountain to protect the east, west, and north sides, but there is no barrier on the south side, anyone can It's easy to go up the mountain from now on, so I'll make up a small formation here so that no one in the mountain can go up the mountain from now on." Feng Chenxue replied. "Oh." Although Chunyu Shenxiu doesn't like reading, but after all, he was born in an official family, and he has fought many times in the battlefield. He has heard of those strange formations even if he hasn't set foot in them. He looked at the trees he had planted with his own hands, After a while, he asked again: "What kind of array are you laying out?" Feng Chenxue pondered for a while, before saying: "The Xi Wang of the previous dynasty was good at forming formations. I read the 'Sura Formation' he created from a book. This formation is strange and can confuse people's minds, but..." She slightly After a pause, he said, "As the name suggests, the name of this formation is 'Sura', which means that if you enter the hell of Shura, you will lose your sanity and die in a terrible state. So I made a slight change and placed it at the entrance of the mountain. To take your life, just stop them from going up the mountain." Chunyu Shenxiu suddenly showed disapproval when he heard the words, and said: "It doesn't matter if these dwarves are killed! Besides, they are going to attack our dynasty. When they arrive in Dancheng, they don't know how many people they will kill. They can kill them here." Aren't they better?!" Feng Chenxue turned her head to look at him. Under the scorching sun, Yingxiu's youthful eyes were cold and sharp. She couldn't help being startled, but after thinking about it, she understood that he grew up in Dancheng, and he had fought against Shanyou many times. It is because he has witnessed the cruelty and bloodiness of the war since he was a child that he hates Shanyou so much.She moved her head, looked to the south, and said calmly: "They are soldiers, no matter how they die on the battlefield, they will die well, and they shouldn't die here for no reason." Chunyu Shenxiu couldn't help being taken aback when he heard such words, but it didn't convince him. "I only know that if they don't die here, when they arrive at Pill City, more imperial soldiers and people will surely die! If I can kill them here, I will use any means!" Feng Chenxue listened to his words, neither wavered nor angry, but just silently stared ahead, while Chunyu Shenxiu stared at her without moving her eyes. After a while, she calmly opened her mouth: "Whether it is Yu's art of war or Yu's government, I know very little, so what I think and do may not be correct, but I like to think according to my own thoughts. And do." Ok?Chunyu Shenxiu was slightly taken aback, wondering why she made such a sudden statement. "The formation I set up, even if we want to hinder the advance of Shanyou's army later, this is just a small trick. The two of us can't really stop Shanyou's army from attacking Dancheng, and neither can the two of us. Defeating the Shanyou army, so we only need to delay them for a day or two, because we only need to win this small benefit, and we can only win this small point. And even if we kill some people here, we will give It has no effect on the overall situation. Besides..." Feng Chenxue turned her head to look at Chunyu Shenxiu, her eyes were extremely clear, like a quiet lake in ancient times. "Throughout the ages, there have been countless smart people who were good at using conspiracies and tricks, and they achieved their goals because of this. But looking at history, how have those conspirators ever had a real success? Because people who use conspiracies and tricks often can only win in the dark. Winning small profits here and there is temporary, but those who want to win the overall situation and win the long run must have a broader mind and a more far-reaching vision." Chunyu Shenxiu was startled.He has never heard of such words, and he has never thought that in his cognition, it is very important to be merciless when killing an enemy. As long as he can win, he does not need to care about the means, but he has never thought about it. Li, what is the overall situation.Suddenly, a wave of respect arose in his heart, just like Qiu Yiting standing in front of him.The unattractive woman in front of her stood at a higher place than him, and she saw farther than him. "Shanyou people are ferocious and greedy wolves. If you deal with them with cunning and cunning, you will win against them once, but the next moment they will deal with you with more cunning and fierce methods. Therefore, if you want to win, you must win completely. Our territory is larger than theirs, our national strength is stronger than theirs, our wealth is greater than theirs, our technology is more subtle than theirs, our people are smarter and stronger than theirs, and our army is more powerful than theirs. Vigorous and majestic... just like the fierce tiger and lion of the king of beasts, completely overwhelming the wolves in terms of body, strength and aura, making them fear and obey from the bottom of their hearts, that is the real and absolute victory." Feng Chenxue's voice was calm and unwavering, and even her expression was still indifferent, but her words were as powerful and resounding as the evening drums and morning bells.Chunyu Shenxiu watched her unable to move his eyes. After a while, he took a deep breath, and then nodded happily. "I listen to you, the mountain dwarfs I want to kill on the battlefield will not be left without fear!" When Feng Chenxue heard the words, the corners of her lips curved slightly, a faint smile appeared, then she turned and walked up the mountain. Chunyu Shenxiu followed her, and after walking for a while, he suddenly thought of something, and immediately asked, "Since you can prevent them from going up the mountain by setting up tree formations, then you should also set up tree formations on the road so that they can't pass through." That’s it? Doesn’t this mean that they are hindering their progress?” Feng Chenxue shook his head, and said: "The few trees we put up can only stop dozens or hundreds of people, they can't stop thousands of troops, only a formation of thousands of horses can be trapped. It can kill thousands of troops." "Oh." Chunyu Shenxiu nodded. The two went back to the mountain and checked their respective baggage. Kong Zhao left them four days of dry food, as well as flint and a bag of water.So Chunyu Shenxiu went to pick some wild fruits and cut down a bamboo, then went to the river at the foot of the mountain to the east to wash the wild fruits, filled the water for four days with bamboo knots, and carried them back to the mountain together. . When everything was ready, Feng Chenxue told him the way to hinder Shanyou, after hearing this, Chunyu grew up and couldn't close his mouth for a long time. When the golden sunny day turned crimson, and when the clouds faded away bit by bit, the sky gradually darkened, and the sound of iron hooves could be heard clearly, but within a short while, the army of Shanyou with iron armor was already seen.At dusk, the iron armor is bright, the horses are tall, and thousands of riders gallop forward, raising billows of yellow dust straight into the air, with an extremely majestic momentum. When the mighty team galloped down the mountain, the sound of the zither sounded, followed by a strange scream. The dozen or so riders who ran at the front felt a chill in their hearts. Also do not move. The few riders who ran behind were surprised when they saw this, and were about to get off their horses to check, when there was a "clank" sound, and then a sinister and terrifying laugh sounded, as if coming from the hell in Kyushu, which made the hair stand on end and the soul trembled Startled, and then "Bengpeng" fell to the ground without a sound. At this moment, the cavalry in the back reined in their horses one after another, causing the whole team to stop, and some of them couldn't rein in enough, and bumped into their companions in front, some fell off their horses, some barked, and there was a little confusion . "Why stop?" A leader ran forward. The soldiers in front all looked in horror at their comrades who were fine just now but fell to the ground as if they were dead. "They... suddenly fell down for no reason just now." The friend pointed to the motionless soldier on the ground. "It seemed that I heard a strange laughter and the sound of a piano just now." Someone raised his head and looked around in panic. The leader got off his horse and looked at the soldiers on the ground, but found that they were still breathing, but they were unconscious, and a bright red blood flowed from the corners of their eyes, mouth, and nose, which was terrifying. "My lord...what's the matter with them?" A soldier boldly asked. The leader couldn't see the reason, although he had doubts in his heart, he still replied calmly, "It's just that they have been running for too long and the weather is hot, so they have some heatstroke, and then ordered them to help them mount their horses and continue on their way. "yes." Some cavalrymen got off their horses and helped the soldiers on the ground mount their horses. Then the leader led the soldiers to slow down a little, and started on the road again. At the same time, they looked around, listened to all directions, and were vigilant about their surroundings.It was just that they could not run more than two feet, the sound of the zither sounded again, accompanied by a few screams like the roar of a wild beast, and then seven or eight people including the leader fell from the horse to the ground. At this moment, the cavalry were panicked, they all stopped their horses, and looked towards the mountain in fear, while some dismounted and dragged the leader and his companions back. It's a combination of fear and fear. "Quick, report to the general!" Someone shouted. So some people galloped back to report to the generals in the rear, while the rest either retreated or stayed where they were, not daring to move. The light of the sky gradually receded, the twilight became thicker, and the surroundings became dark, and then the eerie horror that resembled people, ghosts, and strange sounds suddenly sounded again, making the panicked soldiers even more uneasy, and some even rode their horses back. They ran, and some trembled and shouted, "Have you encountered a ghost in the forest?" Suddenly, the cavalry behind stepped aside, and then a middle-aged man in silver armor with small eyes and a beard on his upper lip came forward on horseback, and several horsemen behind him embraced each other.Apparently the reporter had reported the situation just now, so he glanced at the soldiers on the ground, then raised his head to look up the mountain, and shouted loudly: "Who is pretending to be a ghost, let me come out!" As soon as he stopped shouting, "Aoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!" The laughter stopped after a while, and the surroundings sank into silence again, but the soldiers at the foot of the mountain had lost all momentum, and their hearts were full of panic. "General, you see that all the brothers fell down for no reason, and their mouths and noses were bleeding. Is there a ghost?" Someone couldn't help guessing. The silver-armored general glared at him, and shouted sharply: "Bold! How dare you spread rumors to disturb the morale of the army! Come on, drag it down and beat thirty army sticks!" "General... General, the villain is just guessing..." But the silver-armored general waved his hand, and immediately two people stepped forward to cover the man's mouth and dragged him down. Then the silver-armored general stared at the mountain for a moment, stretched out his hand, "Bring my bow and arrow!" Immediately, someone took the leading arrow and offered it. The general put on the arrow and stretched the string like a full moon. With a sound of "嗖!", an iron arrow shot out quickly and flew up the mountain. All the soldiers at the foot of the mountain raised their heads to wait and see, but only heard the sound of "Chi Chi!" The sound of arrows passing through the branches and leaves, and then the forest was silent here. This…… When the soldiers were still uneasy, the silver-armored general shouted imposingly: "Don't be frightened, the man who pretends to be a ghost has been shot to death by this general!" Waving his hands, he said: "Your lords, follow the future!" As soon as the words fell, he flicked his horsewhip and galloped forward. The four people in front, back, left, and left ran to support him, and the generals behind him naturally rode their horses to follow each other. . Seeing the silver-armored general running for several feet under the support of his entourage, suddenly, a wisp of zither sound fell from the sky. Before the soldiers down the mountain could react in time, the sound of the zither pierced into their ears like sharp needles, causing an immediate earache Brain palpitations, unbearable, could not help but cover their ears and hold their heads, while the horses below were screaming and screaming, and some horses jumped wildly and threw the soldiers on their backs to the ground. Hearing someone called Ma Ming, he was in a mess. The silver-armored general also had severe pain in his ears and roaring in his head, but as a general, he was still rational and calm, reining in his horse with one hand, and yelling at the mountain: "I am going to fight under the king's order. Who is on the mountain, come back quickly!" !" But when he finished shouting, all the soldiers saw their general spitting out blood, and fell headfirst from his horse to the ground, while the entourage protecting him also fell to the ground without making a sound. "General!" someone shouted. "Aoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!" that strange violent roar sounded again, and the sound of the zither kept on, like weeping like weeping, like complaining like complaining, in the twilight, it was like a ghost screaming endlessly.Then, within ten feet of the sound of the zither, the soldiers on the horses covering their ears, clasping their heads and howling, fell off the horses one by one like puppets, and hundreds of people fell down in an instant. "There must be a ghost on this mountain, let's retreat quickly!" Someone yelled in horror. As soon as these words came out, all the soldiers who could move whipped their horses back, while those who couldn't move fell to the ground amidst the terrifying sound of the piano and the violent roar. Finally, when they withdrew twenty feet away, the sound of the piano and the roar stopped suddenly. After a while, the soldiers who had retreated back to their senses a little bit, looking at the companions on the road ahead whose life and death were unknown, they were all terrified.Then they all turned their heads to look at the general who was snatched back by several soldiers. The silver armor on his chest was already stained red with blood, and just like the soldiers who fell to the ground before, there were blood lines flowing from the corners of his eyes, mouth, and nose, and a piece of The face was terribly dyed. "General! General! General!" Many soldiers surrounded him. Just let them call, but the silver-armored general didn't respond, motionless as if dead, only the breath in his nose proved that he was still alive.For a while, all the soldiers were all confused, and they all looked at the lieutenant general.The lieutenant general escaped the disaster because he was running in the middle of the team, but the scene just now was still in his mind. He didn't know what caused the soldiers to fall to the ground for no reason, but he also knew that if he went forward at this moment, There must be more suffering, so he pondered for a moment, and then said: "It's getting dark now, let's retreat three miles and set up camp, and make plans when the general wakes up tomorrow." All the soldiers naturally obeyed their orders, so the army retreated three miles and set up camp to rest, but this night, few people slept peacefully, and everyone spent it in fear, and they didn't know when the sound of the piano and ghostly laughter would sound again. On the second day, the soldiers and generals who were unconscious did not wake up, they were still as unconscious as yesterday, and they had wiped off the blood on their faces yesterday, but today there were blood lines from the corners of their eyes, mouths, and noses, which made people feel sick. It made people even more fearful.How long will they be unconscious?Or just die in a coma and bleed?As a result, an atmosphere of extreme panic shrouded the army. Seeing this, the deputy general was also shocked, and he didn't dare to act rashly.He waited until the sun was high, and then he led a dozen people to slowly and carefully go down the mountain to investigate, but they stopped after more than twenty feet, and the soldiers who fell to the ground yesterday and were not taken away still moved He also fell on the spot without moving. The sun was shining brightly today, so they clearly saw a few strange footprints not far from the lying soldiers.The footprints were lined up in a circle, front, back, left, and right, and there were eight of them when counted, and each footprint was as big as ten people's feet, each foot had seven toes, and it penetrated the ground a foot deep. "Could it be... Could it be a screen beast?!" Someone shouted in horror. When the word "Ping Peng beasts are hidden on the mountain" spread throughout Shanyou's army, thousands of soldiers dressed up in panic. The lieutenant general was not a very talented person, nor was he very courageous. After seeing the footprints, he was also half-shocked and suspicious, but he didn't dare to joke about his own life, let alone thousands of soldiers. If you bet on your life, you are afraid that when you move forward, you will be unconscious like the general and the hundreds of soldiers.So he thought about it, and finally decided to take a conservative approach, and sent someone back to Doucheng, eighty miles away, to find the wizard. The army rested in place. On that day, thousands of people watched the bright sun in the sky, and watched the sun set in the west, and finally the sun set. On the second day, at noon, I saw a group of gallops coming. The wizard invited from Doucheng arrived with twenty black goats and ten fat pigs. In the afternoon of the same day, a bonfire was lit at the foot of the mountain, and twenty jars of black goat blood and ten jars of pig blood were all placed under the mountain wall, and the white flag with the letter of amulet fluttered in the night wind, adding to the ghostly atmosphere.The sorcerer walked around while shaking the magic weapon on the magic field arranged in a talisman array, chanting words. Half an hour later, the wizard screamed loudly, then fell to the ground, then got up, danced around the practice field, and then received his power. "I have just spoken to the divine beast, asking it to enjoy the sacrifice, and it has promised me to leave with the army tomorrow." The soldiers around were relieved when they heard this, and thanked the wizard one after another. At noon on the third day, sure enough, the general and the comatose soldiers woke up, except for some dizziness and weakness of limbs, they were all grateful to the wizard. The general who woke up heard that the deputy general reported the events of the past few days, and remained silent for a long time, then went out of the tent and looked at the nameless hill three miles away with deep eyes. Is it man-made?Or is it really a strange beast?But on such an unnamed hill, there are strange beasts that only exist in legends? He pondered for a long time, and then ordered a forward commander to lead a hundred soldiers up the mountain from the south foot of the mountain, and bring the slaughtered black goats, saying that he would personally send the sacrifices up the mountain to the divine beasts, so that the divine beasts would be grateful for their sincerity. Do not attack them any more. Captain Qianfeng obeyed his orders and led the people there, who knew that they were walking around at the foot of the mountain, and the sound of pianos and howling ghosts came from the mountain again, scaring the soldiers into panic, and finally the wizard did it again at the foot of the mountain, Then he went into the mountain himself, and sprinkled sheep's blood as he walked, so that he spilled a bloody road before he rescued Qianfeng Xiao and the others. Therefore, all the soldiers were even more in awe of the divine beast. In the middle of the night that day, when the wizard said that the beast had fallen asleep, the soldiers wrapped the hoofs of the horses with cloth, and then thousands of people walked down the mountain in silence. Both Gui Xiao and Gui Xiao passed through safely. When the soldiers passed down the mountain and walked twenty feet away, the silver-armored general ordered them to stop. "Archers obey orders! Immediately, countless bows were drawn, and fire was burning on every arrow. "shoot!" The silver-armored general shot out rockets, followed by countless rockets, flying down the mountain like a rain of stars, and the mountain was on fire almost in the blink of an eye. Looking at the flames illuminating the night sky twenty feet away, the silver-armored general smiled sinisterly.No matter whether there is a real screen beast or a person pretending to be a ghost, this fire can definitely burn everything on the mountain into coke. "Go!" He gave an order, and the cavalry galloped rapidly in the night, leaving the flames far behind. But on the mountain, Chunyu Shenxiu and Feng Chenxue leaped rapidly in the sea of ​​flames, while avoiding the flames, they went to the top of the mountain, turned over the top of the mountain, and a big river to the east was their way of life. In summer, the sun was shining again and again, and the dead branches and fallen leaves on the mountain were extremely dry. The fire was ignited at one point, and the fire spread extremely fast, almost following the two of them.Running to the top of the mountain and looking down, Chunyu Shenxiu gritted his teeth and cursed, and then shouted: "It's too late, let's jump into the river directly!" After speaking, he closed his eyes and jumped down. Feng Chenxue glanced down, the fire spread rapidly up the mountainside, they couldn't go down the mountain, they had to jump into the river. Immediately, she hugged the Qin into her arms, raised her breath, and jumped down, only to hear the whistling wind in her ears, and her body fell very quickly. When she heard a loud "bang!" from the river, she knew Chunyu who had jumped off before Shenxiu must have fallen into the water, so she opened her eyes, and it turned out that she was only two or three feet away from the river. She aimed at the river bank, and threw the Qin in her bosom to the bank with the last remaining strength, and then lost all strength, "Bang!" It also fell into the river, splashing big water. The river water relieved the falling force of the two, but the two were also temporarily dizzy due to the rush, unable to use all their strength, they could only drift along the river.When they reached the section of the river where the momentum of the river was not so strong, the two gradually came back to their senses, and their limbs gradually gained strength. Chunyu Shenxiu stood up from the river, only to realize that the river was as deep as her thighs, wiped the water on her face, and looked back and forth, wondering where Feng Chenxue had been washed away?Looking around, I suddenly found dense and long black hair floating along the current on the river in front of me, and then there was a hollow face floating in the black hair. Come. Chunyu is not afraid of heaven and earth, but he is still in awe of ghosts and gods, so... "Ah " A terrified roar startled countless night birds, quack quack quack flying across the night sky. "Why are you yelling?" 一道清泠如水的嗓音响起，然后被惊吓得腿软而一头栽倒河里的淳于大少只觉得颈后一紧，然后被人提出了水面，而那声音是熟悉的，于是淳于大少悄悄睁开一道眼缝儿，这一看，顿时眼睛呆了，魂也飞了，腿又软了，人便再一次栽倒河里。 风辰雪提着淳于深秀的衣领，随手一甩，便将他甩上了岸。然后一转眼便看到了河面上漂着的面皮，想来刚才坠入水中时冲力太大，面上的面具便给冲脱了。于是手一吸，将面皮抓在手，这才发现面皮已被划破了好几处，想来是刚才山中慌不择路地飞奔时被树枝划破的，不由得暗暗可惜。这样精巧的面具实不容易做，那位朋友总共也才做得两张，一张自用，一张给了她，这下划破了，她可再没得有了，以后出行便没这般方便了。 “咳咳咳咳……”岸上被呛了两次的淳于深秀正咳得晕头转向，一抬头，便见河里走上来的人，不由傻呆呆问道:“你是谁？” 眼前的女子全身尽湿，乌墨似的长发披了一身，淡淡的月光洒在她身上，那些从发上、衣上滴下的水珠折射这点点晶光，如珍珠滚落，衬得那人仿似是月中走下的天女，又似是从这水里走出的精灵。可是……最重要的是她有着一张他完全未曾见过的、清美绝世的面容！ 风辰雪听得他的话眉尖儿一跳，然后看了看手中的面具没有理会他，自顾走上岸边。 那张面容虽是完全陌生的，可刚才那一跳眉的忍耐，那一瞥眼的淡漠，却是极为熟悉的，于是淳于深秀试探地唤一声，“辰雪？” 风辰雪一边拧着衣上的水，一边抬眸看他一眼，算是默认。 见她没有否认，淳于深秀顿时放下心来，转而又惊起的叫道:“你怎么是这样的？” 全身湿淋淋的，虽是夏日，但夜风一吹，倍添凉意。 “去，捡些柴来生火。”风辰雪皱着眉头看着身上的湿衣裳。 “你冷？”淳于深秀也跟着去看，一眼之下顿时脸一红，赶忙转身捡柴去。 夏衣里衣着淡薄，此刻着水，便紧贴肌骨，那修长的玲珑躯体一览无余。 只不过淳于大少捡柴时总是想着风辰雪的那张脸，心里又是惊奇又是疑惑，还有些乱纷纷的不知是些啥。等他捡回柴，风辰雪亦去拾回了琴与包袱。琴早早被她抛至岸上，是以未曾沾水，完好无损，只是两人的包袱都被水寝湿了，好在包袱里的火石以油纸包着，生火不成问题。 等火烧起了，两人便将包袱里的衣裳全取出来，一件件的架在树枝上烘烤。 烘着衣裳时，淳于深秀目光总会不自觉地看向对面，桔红的火光下，对面的女子仿似琉璃雪玉，华光流溢清美无垢。 “我以前戴着那个面具，你此刻见着的是我的真容。”见淳于深秀老是看着她，风辰雪只道他是奇怪她的面容不一，便解释了一句。 “喔。”淳于深秀点点头，然后神思渐渐从最初的震撼与惊艳中清醒，“你那个面具难道说人皮做的？”他以前有听母亲说过，江湖上有易容高手可以以人皮制面具，精巧无比，戴上后与常人无异。 “不知道。”风辰雪捡起丢在一旁的面具，“以前的一位江湖朋友送的，只可惜刚才跑得太急，被树枝划破了，以后不能再用了。”说罢手一抛，那面具便抛至河里，然后随着河水漂远了。 淳于深秀看一眼河里，想起初看道河面上漂浮着面皮时的感觉，不由道:“前头刚吓完山矮子们，后头我便被吓个半死，报应来的可还真快。” 风辰雪闻言想起刚才淳于深秀的反应，亦不由得抿唇浅笑，看得对面淳于大少心头一荡。暗想这等美人世间无双，倒想不到他能有此艳福，可与她隔火相对，而且还可与她一路相伴。只是她明明生的这般好看，干么要戴着那面具？女子不都是希望自己越美越好吗，她为何反要遮了自己的美貌？ 虽然淳于大少脑子里想着些有的没的，但也没敢当面问风辰雪，而是道:“前两日你没空理会我，这会儿我们都闲着，不如你跟我说说为什么你那么肯定装那什么屏蓬兽便可阻山矮子们？” “你转过身去。”风辰雪却没理会他的问题。 “嗯？”淳于大少愣了下。 “转过身去。”风辰雪起身。 淳于大少看她那模样忽然间明白，赶忙转过身去，只是一张脸不知怎的火烧似的烫，耳边听得身后悉悉索索的身声响，鼻端乎闻得一缕似兰非兰的幽香，不由得心头一震，脑袋差一点便转了过去，赶忙一拳捶在胸口，剧痛顿令脑子里那些念头全消了。 “我以前看过一些关于山尤的书。”身后传来风辰雪不紧不慢的声音。 淳于深秀听着，想她是否已换好了？可又不敢转头。 “山尤人极是敬畏神鬼异兽。这屏蓬兽便是山尤人极为畏惧的一种具有异能的怪兽，言其'长着双头八足，左头叫声如琴鸣，右头吼叫如鬼啸，鸣叫之时，其音摄人神魄，喜食人之鲜血精气'。” 淳于深秀听得后面衣料落在树枝的声响，于是转头，果见风辰雪已换好衣裳，那换下的湿衣已晾在了枝上。“喔。”他点点头，“所以你弹琴，让我一时怪笑一时吼叫的，又在山下弄那些足印出来，只为了让那些山矮子们相信是遇上了屏蓬兽。” “也并不要他们相信，只要能吓着他们一时即可。”风辰雪道:“至少那将领就不曾相信，否则他不会想派人从南面上上来一探究竟，最后也不会射那些火箭。” “也是。”淳于深秀再点头，“之所以能吓住那些士兵，是因为前头那些人无缘无故的倒地昏迷，你那是怎么做到的？” “那是琴音所制。” 淳于深秀一听本欲再问为何琴音可致人昏死，可转而想起母亲曾和他谈过江湖上有些绝顶高手可以音御敌，想来风辰雪便是由此绝技，而这些都是独门绝招不外示于人的，于是不再追问。“难怪你弹琴之前叫我以布堵耳。” 风辰雪将琴抱至膝上，琴身上已刻下“沉音”两字，苍劲有力，笔意飞扬，是那夜秋意亭刻下的。而当年那张让他学到一身武艺的古琴已回到帝都皇宫，于她此生永别，而琴身里藏着的那两幅白绢，却不知日后何人能有缘得之。 “淙淙淙……”她指尖拨下，那曲调却是白昙山顶和那曲箫音。 高山流水已成永别，与他亦是“死”别生离，这一生，终只是飘零天涯，心无安处。 淳于深秀看着对面火光里荣华绝代的佳人，听着那清越的透着孤独的琴音，神思沉静又泛着莫名的忧悒。她刚刚成功的阻扰了山尤大军，何以她无一丝欢愉？篝火温暖，何以她依是漠寒如雪？他就坐在她的对面，何以她的琴音如此的幽寂孤凉？ 在清寂的琴音中，淳于深秀沉思着，天色慢慢亮着。 朝日升起，两人启程，先到附近的城镇买了马匹，然后便一路疾奔丹城。