Chapter 4 Chapter Three

A month later, on the shore of Minshui River. The green grass is clear and shallow, the apricot blossoms are piled with snow, and a round of red sunset is reclining on the river.Ships on the river come and go, and a black boat is moored at the ferry. The boatman yelled a few times, pulled out the sampan, and was about to leave the shore. "Wait! Boatman, wait! Help, help!" A woman in Tsing Yi screamed while running. The boatman was hesitating whether to stop, when he saw a man in a red robe chasing after a woman in blue, and shouted fiercely: "Stop, stop!" The boatman shook his head and sighed, the world is going down, the world is dangerous!

He slowed down the oars, and when the woman in Tsing Yi jumped into the boat, he immediately started to row the oars vigorously. The boat was going fast, but the man in red jumped onto the boat at the last moment. The woman in Tsing Yi was crying and desperately hiding in the crowd. The man in red grabbed the woman in green, "I see where are you going?" The boatman quietly reached out to touch the hatchet hidden in the bottom of the boat. "Miss Xiling, there is no way to repay your life-saving grace, so let me promise you with your body." The man in red had a sincere face, the woman in green had a frustrated face, and the boatman's knife was fixed in the air.

The man in red turned around to look at the boatman, "What are you doing with the knife, and we don't pay for it?" He said and threw a penny coin into the boatman's arms. The woman in green was just about to slip away, but was caught by the man in red again, "After we get off the boat, we can find an inn to stay and discuss our lifelong affairs in detail." The woman in Tsing Yi seemed to have no more strength to object, and sat down with her package in her arms. The man in red squatted beside her, and said in a rambling voice, "Look, I'm handsome, with a rich family background and strong spiritual power. I'm one of the best men in a thousand..."

Everyone in the boat stared at the man in red, looking him up and down, but they couldn't match what they heard with the person in front of them. "Besides, we both hugged and hugged. In the wilderness, your whole back is tightly leaning against my chest, and our bodies are close to each other..." Everyone in the boat stared at the woman in Tsing Yi with contempt on their faces, no wonder the scoundrel came looking for her, it turned out that they wanted to degenerate themselves. "It's your chest pressing my back, not my back leaning against your chest!" The woman in Tsing Yi screamed with a livid face.

Does that make a difference?The whole ship stared at her with increasing contempt. "He's injured, I'm carrying him..." Under the disdainful eyes of all the people, the woman in Tsing Yi's voice was barely audible, she no longer had the courage to look at the expressions of the people, she raised her head and asked the sky with a speechless face. The boat traveled all the way, and the man in red chattered all the way, but before the boat docked, the woman in Tsing Yi jumped ashore and started running wildly again. The man in red looked back at the sky, as if he was looking for something. After a while, he also jumped off the boat and chased after the woman in green, "Stop! Stop! Stop!"

The boatman shook his head and sighed, the world is getting worse, the world is getting worse! The woman in blue ran into the inn panting, and just as she sat down, the man in red followed and sat opposite her. The woman in Tsing Yi viciously ordered a table of dishes, then pointed to the man in red and said to the waiter: "I don't have any money, he pays the bill." Then immediately put a bowl of water into the man's hand in red, "You should say it for a day." I'm thirsty, drink some water." The woman in green is Xiling Heng, and the man in red is naturally the scoundrel Chi You she met on the outskirts of Bofu Country.

After Xiling Heng extinguished the fire in Bo's father's country, he ran away at night, but he met Chi You again that evening. Chi You was grateful to her, saying that she saved him, his brother, his younger brother, and his nephew. Saved his nephew's dog, saved the mouse that the dog didn't catch... In a word, in a word, saved their family, saved the whole Bofu country, as a man of Angzang, he must repay his kindness It just so happened that the two had already met each other skin to skin, and they hit it off very well, so he had no choice but to sacrifice himself and make a promise with his body.

At first, Xilingheng only took it as a joke, but after being chased for a month, she already understood that it was not a joke, it was the most persistent decision of a lunatic. After Chi You drank a large bowl of water, he was about to speak, but Xiling Heng had sharp eyesight and quick hands, and immediately stuffed a big chicken leg into Chi You's mouth, "Good boy! Let's eat first, and we'll discuss the issue of your promise after eating." The noisy inn suddenly fell silent, and all eyes swept towards them, looking for the person who spoke. Xi Lingheng also followed the crowd to look around, pretending that she didn't say that sentence.

Everyone glanced at them and continued to discuss the drought. The word "Shaohao" suddenly jumped into Xilingheng's ears, causing her to listen attentively. This year, there was a severe drought, and the most serious disaster was at the junction of Shennong Kingdom and Gaoxin Kingdom. The desperate victims gathered and rioted, even daring to kill the gods. Emperor Jun was furious, and the eldest prince Shaohao volunteered to suppress the mob. Eighteen hundred years ago, Shaohao was already famous all over the world.It is rumored that he was dressed in white and held a long sword. He single-handedly forced back the 100,000 troops of Shennong Kingdom who were approaching the city. He was so magnificent that the heroes of the world bowed down. But he was like a shooting star in the dark night. It has not appeared in the world for more than a thousand years.

For thousands of years, Shaohao has become a legend.It is said that Shaohao liked to make wine and play the qin. The wine he brewed could make the living forget their worries and the dead smile;Shaohao also likes to forge iron. The Gaoxin tribe is the protoss who are best at forging weapons. More than half of the weapons in the world are made by Gaoxin craftsmen, and the best blacksmith of the Gaoxin tribe is Shaohao. Every weapon he owns is a peerless weapon, but for some reason, he always destroys the weapons as soon as they come out of the furnace, so that no one in the world has seen the weapons forged by Shaohao, but the gods still firmly believe that Shaohao is the best Casting Master.

The man who spoke should be from Gaoxin from his attire, and his tone was full of admiration for Shaohao. He was so excited that he forgot that this is the territory of Shennong after all. It is inevitable that many Shennong people heard it harshly, and sneered: "You are full of lies!" talk!" One stone stirred up a thousand waves, and the Shennong people in the inn talked about Shaohao, and then said that they had never heard that Shennong sent a large army to attack Gao Xin, and they never believed that Shaohao could force us back by himself. The 100,000 troops must be boasted by the Gaoxin people; after a while they say that Shaohao is not as good as Zhu Rong at all, I am afraid that he will immediately beg for mercy when he sees Zhu Rong. "The people of Gaoxin are really ridiculous! If Shaohao is really that powerful, why don't you see him go to the Queen Mother's peach feast? Apart from that battle that I don't know if it's true or not, which famous hero in the Great Wilderness has he won? Ours Zhu Rong has been victorious at the Peach Banquet for a hundred years in a row, defeating countless masters!" "I think Shaohao doesn't dare to see Zhu Rong at all. He's a cowardly bear if you talk about a hero!" "That's right, that's right! What the best foundry master, I'm afraid that if he sees Zhu Rong, he will immediately kneel down and beg for mercy." The more the people said the worse it sounded, Xilingheng suddenly trembled and the bowl fell to the ground. There was a "bang", the voice of the voice stopped, and everyone followed the sound. While wiping the stains on his skirt frantically, Xilingheng smiled and asked the boy Shennong who spoke just now, "Have you seen the weapons made by Shaohao?" "of course not!" "Since you haven't seen the weapons made by Shaohao, how do you know that he is not the best forging master? How can you say that he is as timid as a mouse and not Zhu Rong's opponent?" The boy asked disdainfully, "Then have you seen it?" Xi Lingheng raised his chin, "Of course I..." After a pause, his voice lowered, "Of course I haven't seen it either!" The young man sneered, "Since you haven't seen the weapons made by Shaohao, how can you say he is the best forgemaker? And how do you know that he is not as timid as a mouse, afraid of Zhu Rong?" Everyone in the room echoed and laughed. Xiling Heng bit his lips and remained silent. An old voice suddenly sounded: "The legend may not be true, but the people of the Great Wilderness will not praise Shaohao out of nothing." Everyone heard the sound and looked towards the corner of the store. It was an old man with a goatee and a sad appearance who was carrying a three-stringed string on his back. The old man stood up and bowed to Xiling Heng and Chi You. It turned out to be an old man who had met once in Bofu City, Xiling Heng nodded in return, but Chi You just folded his arms and smiled. The boy shouted: "Old man, come here and clarify your words. If you don't understand anything, don't blame us for being rude!" The old man went to the center of the shop, sat down unceremoniously, played the sanxian, and said: "Although there is a saying in the Great Wilderness that 'one mountain, two kingdoms, three royal families, and four families', today the world is divided into three, Shennong, Gaoxin , Xuanyuan and the Three Kingdoms stand together, those who do good things rank among the masters of the gods, and only the children of the three royal families are mentioned..." Everyone in the room was listening intently, but Chi You was gnawing on the chicken leg with his mouth smacking, while tugging at Xilingheng with his oily hands: "What are you talking about one, two, three, four?" Everyone stared at him, and the old man smiled and said, "This sentence refers to several major powers in the divine clan. The three royal clans are well known, Shennong, Gaoxin, and Xuanyuan. One mountain refers to Yushan, the second kingdom refers to Huaxu Kingdom and Liangzhu Kingdom, and the four kingdoms refer to Huaxu Kingdom and Liangzhu Kingdom. The aristocratic families are Chishui, Xiling, Guifang, and Tushan. In terms of origin, they are all earlier than the three royal families, but one mountain is independent of the world, the two kingdoms are illusory, and the fourth family is wise and safe, so we ordinary people often forget them ." Chi You nodded, and wanted to ask again, Xiling Heng pressed his hand lightly, and whispered in his ear: "If we want to explain these things clearly, I'm afraid it will take a few days and nights, so let's listen to what he has to say first." Chi You squeezed Xilingheng's hand narrowly, making Xilingheng's hand greasy. Xilingheng frowned and pouted, gave Chiyou a hard look, then pursed his lips and smiled, and wiped the greasy dirty hand on his sleeve vigorously. with. Chi You's heart fluttered, and he asked in a low voice: "Good daughter-in-law, you seem to know a lot of secrets. Your surname is Xiling. Does it have anything to do with the Xiling family?" "It's a little bit, I'm related to them by blood, but I'm not the official branch of the Xiling family, so I was bullied by you and ran away!" Ah Heng tapped Chi You on the forehead, and immediately made a "shh" gesture, signaling him to stop making trouble and listen to what the old man said. "... Shaohao was obsessed with blacksmithing when he was a child, and he often sneaked into private blacksmith shops and learned other people's skills secretly. But this blacksmithing skill is not something you can see, but it is hammered out after thousands of years of practice. Shaohao lived in seclusion in the village and opened a blacksmith shop , making kitchen utensils for women and farm tools for farmers, because the things are really easy to use, and people from all over the world like to come to him. Shaohao has been a blacksmith for several years, and none of the villagers who bothered him to repair farm tools knew him It was Shaohao. It wasn’t until the sixth Emperor Jun was seriously ill that Shennong Kingdom took the opportunity to suppress the country with soldiers. The gods visited the blacksmith shop, and the villagers were surprised. Take up the royal robe, pick up the long sword, and push back the story of Shennong's 100,000 troops alone, but for the people of Gaoxin, they prefer to tell the story of Shaohao forging iron." The goatee old man drank a glass of water, cleared his throat and continued: "Probably because Shaohao's identity was found out, Shaohao never went back, but the place was renamed Blacksmith Shop, one commemorates the blacksmith Shaohao, and the other is because Shaohao At that time, he gave careful guidance to anyone who came to ask for advice on blacksmithing, and there were countless blacksmiths with extraordinary skills in the local area. There were many blacksmith shops, and the nobles of the human race liked to go there to buy personal weapons. The weapons look extraordinary, I'm afraid there are blacksmiths." The young men were dazed, and subconsciously pressed their proud swords, the old man smiled slightly, "Gao Xin is a country with great ceremonies, strict hierarchy, high and low, but Shaohao builds agricultural tools for the people with the dignity of a prince, and carefully guides the people before him." A craftsman who went to ask for advice. For thousands of years, Shaohao seemed to hide from the world, but there are rumors everywhere in Gaoxin that he punished evil and demons, and helped the poor and the weak. This time suppressing the drought mob is a thankless task. Shaohao took the initiative to invite Ying, which shows that he is by no means a timid person. The little old man looked at the costumes of the young brothers as if they were going to travel far. What you said just now is nothing to say in Shennong, but don’t worry about it. Don't say arrogantly in Gaoxin, the people of Gaoxin respect Shaohao very much, I'm afraid it will arouse public anger." The faces of the Shennong teenagers were ugly, and the old man changed the subject, "When it comes to drought, I have to praise Shennong's great king Ji Yunsang. Shennong and Gao Xin were both severely affected by the disaster, but Wang Ji is sympathetic to the people and does her best for the people. Now only natural disasters are not there. Man-made disaster. However, because of Prince Zhongrong’s mishandling, Gao Xin provoked civil violence, and the local Protoss officials were beaten to death. Fortunately, Shaohao took the initiative to ask for orders to quell the chaos, otherwise this man-made disaster would probably be more powerful than a natural disaster." Only then did the Shennong youths feel that their face had been saved, they looked good, avoided talking about Shaohao, and only sincerely praised Yun Sang. Xiling Heng lowered his head, he didn't know what he was thinking, and his expression was either happy or worried. Chi You was also in a trance, frowned suddenly, got up and walked out quickly, stood in the wilderness, and listened intently. In order to avoid him, Xilingheng changed his itinerary temporarily and unconsciously avoided Zhu Rong time and time again, but Zhu Rong seemed to have noticed something, and this time he discovered their whereabouts so quickly this time. Solution. When Chi You went back, Xi Lingheng asked, "What are you doing out there?" Chi You grinned, and said coyly: "I suddenly remembered that I should listen to my parents' opinions on lifelong matters, so I immediately sent a message to my family, telling them to come and see you as soon as possible." Xilingheng had just drank a spoonful of hot soup when he heard that he couldn't catch his breath and was almost choked to death.Pointing at Chi You weakly, he was so angry that he couldn't say a word for a while. After Xiling Heng and Chi You finished their meal, they reserved an adjoining room to rest. At night, Xilingheng lay on the couch tossing and turning, thinking about what he just heard, Gao Xinshaohao went to quell the chaos.Thinking of the lunatic Chi You again, she shivered, and decided to leave immediately and go to the southeast, to see what this Gao Xin Shaohao she had heard about since she was a child was really like. In order to get rid of Chi You, she decided to leave in the middle of the night. After staying up late at night, Xiling Heng tiptoed out of the inn with the package on his back. As she walked, she always felt that something was wrong. She stopped, turned her head suddenly from the left, no one was there, and turned her head suddenly from the right, no one was there.Sighing reassuringly, he turned his head back with a smile, and his eyes straightened immediately. Chi You was standing in front of her, looking puzzled, looking behind her, as if he didn't understand why she was so sneaky.He leaned close to Xiling Heng's ear, suppressed his voice, and asked nervously: "What's the matter? What's the matter? Are there gangsters following us?" Xiling Heng took a deep breath, covered his face with his hands, walked quickly with his head buried, not looking at Chi You, for fear that he couldn't help but kill this rascal. Chi You followed her, and said with a sigh: "There is one thing, I feel really guilty. I just received a letter from the elders at home asking me to do something, and I'm afraid I have to leave for a few days." Xilingheng immediately took down his hands, smiling happily, "It's okay, it's okay, a man has ambitions all over the world, he has five lakes in his heart, his merits will last forever, his virtue will last forever, he will be famous in life and death, and he will be generous... er... All in all, the big things are the most important!" A smile flashed across Chi You's eyes, but his face was frowning, "But I thought about it, it's important to do things, but it's also important to repay kindness..." Immediately, Xilingheng's expression was very sad, and he patted Chi You's shoulder, "I actually hate you very much in my heart, but the big things are the most important, the big things are the most important!" Chi You's face was full of emotion, and he held Xiling Heng's hand, "Ah Heng, since you are so reluctant to part with me, I'd better stay!" Xiling Heng's eyelids and the corners of his mouth were twitching, "Do you really want to stay?" "Really stay!" "real?" "Really! For Miss Xiling, I am willing to..." Xilingheng punched Chi You in the face violently, and Chi You fell unconscious on the ground with a bang. Xilingheng squatted down, patted Chi You's cheek triumphantly, and said with a sneer, "Stinky boy! Let's meet forever!" She carried the package on her back, feeling relaxed and comfortable all over her body, bouncing and walking for a while, the more she thought about it, the more she felt something was wrong, what if some bad guy passed by?What if a wild animal passes by?just in case…… They could only return in a hurry, but there was no unconscious Chi You on the ground. She was shocked, looked around, and when she looked up, she saw a line written on the big tree. "Good daughter-in-law, we will meet soon!" A grinning little man in red is drawn next to the words. Xiling Heng was so angry that he kicked the little man in red, and screamed "Ouch", grinning his teeth in pain, he hugged his feet and jumped wildly. Two days later, Xilingheng entered Gaoxin Kingdom. The rivers have dried up, the fields are barren, corpses are strewn all over the fields, and there is a lot of hostility.Xilingheng was in a heavy heart, but there was nothing he could do. This was not a man-made disaster, but a catastrophe. Even gods cannot go against the sky. She didn't want to see this miserable scene in the world anymore, so she avoided the main road where crowds gathered, and chose to walk in deep mountains and dense forests. After walking for a whole day, when I was looking for a place to rest, I heard the sound of thick and passionate drums.Xiling Heng followed the sound of the drums, and gradually heard loud singing and cheers from the crowd. Xilingheng couldn't help smiling and speeding up her pace, but when she walked into the ancient village, what she saw was not a happy scene, but a cruelty that shocked her. Two beautifully dressed maidens lie on the altar, one disemboweled and dead, a masked priest holding a bloody dagger in one hand and a still beating heart in the other, singing and dancing, the other The girl closed her eyes tightly, and her lips kept moving, not knowing whether she was singing or praying. Xilingheng had heard that some tribes used people to sacrifice to heaven and earth, praying for the protection of heaven and earth.This is a local custom, and it's not something she can change, but she can't do it if she watched a woman like a flower die tragically in front of her. Xiling Heng rolled up countless tree stumps with her spiritual power, and the people around the altar ran away one after another. She took advantage of the chaos and rescued the girl on the altar. The girl named Soma is the smartest girl in the clan, and she was chosen as a sacrifice before the war to pray for the victory of the war. Xi Lingheng asked: "Are you going to fight against the army led by Shaohao?" Soma said: "I don't know the names of those gods. I only know that they help the nobles oppress us, cut off the river, and don't give us water. They are all villains." Xilingheng couldn't help speaking for Shaohao, "The god who came this time is different from the previous ones. He will definitely find a way to allocate water sources for you, and he will never favor the nobles. You don't have to fight to the death." Soma was silent for a while, then smiled and said: "You are a good god, I believe in you! When it gets dark, I will go home quietly and tell my father. Good sister, I think you can make the wood and leaves listen to you, Are you cultivating wood spirits?" Xiling Heng nodded. Seeing that it was getting dark, Soma went to the forest to pick up dead branches and wild vegetables to make dinner for Xilingheng.Xi Lingheng told her not to be busy, but Soma said: "You saved me, I have nothing, this is the only way I can repay you, whether you eat or not, I will do it for you." Soma used concave stones as a cauldron to make a pot of half-cooked wild vegetable soup. She used two bamboo tubes to fill one tube each. She drank half of the tube first and looked up at Xilingheng with pitiful eyes. Xi Lingheng couldn't bear to refuse, so he also drank with Soma. After drinking the wild vegetable soup, Xilingheng felt dizzy and weak, and his spiritual power was stagnant, "What did you eat for me?" Soma said lightly: "A kind of rare mountain fungus, which grows in the ashes after the thunder fire. We humans are fine to eat it, but you protoss who practice wood spirits can't eat it. If you eat it, you will lose all your strength and become Same as us." For the first time, Xilingheng truly understood why the Protoss looked down on and feared the Humans. It was not only because of the large number of Humans, but also because everything in the world was born and restrained. God gave the Humans a treasure to restrain the Protoss. It is not invincible, just like a dam can stop the rushing turbulence, but a nest of small termites can collapse an indestructible dam. Xi Lingheng looked at Soma silently, but Soma didn't dare to face her clear eyes, picked up a wooden stick and knocked her unconscious. In the early morning of the second day, when Xiling Heng woke up, she found herself bound on the altar where Soma lay yesterday, and she still couldn't use any of her spiritual power. The drums were beating loudly, and the masked priests chanted and danced around her, and the cold light of the dagger dazzled her eyes. Soma said to her: "You are a better sacrifice than me. Your blood can not only sacrifice to heaven and earth, but also let all warriors understand that the gods are nothing special!" Priests chanted ancient songs and danced as they approached her. According to the sacrificial etiquette, the priests would cut open the meridians of Xilingheng's limbs, and let the blood fall into the earth through the grooves of the altar. , You can get what you want by comforting the ground and offering sacrifices to the sky. Her wrist and ankle were cut open, because the knife was fast, Xi Lingheng didn't feel any pain. With the loss of blood, spiritual power also gurgled out. Xilingheng truly realized that death was approaching. While she was making the final struggle in fear, she felt absurd. in hand? The altar was soaked in blood, Xilingheng had no strength to struggle any more, and gave up struggling, using his last strength to look at the blue sky above his head with nostalgia, mother, father, brother... the rascal Chi You in red also appeared in front of his eyes , she couldn't help smiling wryly, brat, I said yes and there will be no date! The priest forced the dagger into Xilingheng's chest, Xilingheng shrank suddenly, his eyes looked at the sky feebly, his pupils dilated in pain, the blue sky spread out in her eyes and turned into countless colorful shooting stars, her consciousness As countless meteors flew away, they flew into the darkness. Just when she was about to be drawn into eternal darkness, her body was hugged by a pair of warm and strong hands. The breath like the dew in the morning, the voice like Shuyu Fengming, "I'm sorry, Ah Heng, I'm late!" A Protoss warrior asked loudly, "Your Highness, do you want to kill all these mobs?" "They are just trying to keep the people alive. They are not the source of the crime. Let them go back to the village." The man's voice contained sympathy, While sealing Ah Heng's spiritual consciousness with spiritual power, the man whispered in her ear, "Ah Heng, I am Gao Xin Shaohao." Shaohao, the Shaohao she wanted to see so much... Xi Lingheng tried his best to open his eyes, but his consciousness disappeared in the darkness. In the evening, Chi You, dressed in red, stepped on the roc and fell from the sky. Under the setting sun of weeping blood, the ancient altar soaked in countless blood has a solemn and eye-catching beauty. There was abundant spiritual power floating in the air, but it was announcing the sad news of the possessor of the spiritual power. Chi You walked up to the altar, lay down in a comfortable position in the still fresh blood, closed his eyes, collected the breath of Xilingheng in the fresh blood, and stretched out his spiritual power through the earth and plants, searching for traces of her life. From the time when the sky was still bright to the time when it was completely dark, he had exhausted all his spiritual power, and after searching many times, he still couldn't find even a trace of her breath. She is really dead! Unexpectedly, a joke came true, and they will have an indefinite future! He gently stroked the altar like a lover, letting the blood stain his fingers and cheeks, but he said sneeringly: "If I had known this, I might as well have let you die in Zhu Rong's hands." Chi You turned over and saw a full moon hanging on the top of the tree, he remembered that the first time he met Xilingheng was also a full moon night.Suddenly, he felt exhausted, exhausted like he had never felt in hundreds of years, and even tired of the world. He closed his eyes and fell asleep in her blood. In the middle of the night, Chi You woke up with a sweet smell of blood filling his nose. He clasped his hands, put them under his head, and lay on his back on the altar, looking at the silent and bright full moon, he felt infinitely lonely for a moment, why did God let him meet her again in Bofu's foreign country? He closed his eyes, and said in a low voice: "Xi Ling Heng, if I knew this earlier, it would be better not to meet again!" Spiritual power poured into the ground continuously along the road where her blood flowed, and the trees in the entire village began to grow wildly, covering the road, surrounding the courtyard wall, and sealing the doors and windows.When people in their sleep wake up, they are horrified to find that the whole room is full of green plants, which are still growing crazily. The seemingly tender plants have endless power, cracking the cabinet, twisting the stool, entangled Lives in the body of everyone, regardless of gender, age or age. The shrill screams came out one after another in the mountains, and countless mountain birds felt the terror, screaming and fleeing to the distance, and the peaceful mountain village seemed to have become a demon realm.Chi You just lay on the position where Xilingheng had slept, smiling lazily and looking at the sky. The screams gradually disappeared, the valley returned to tranquility, and the entire village disappeared completely, only the lush vegetation was lush. He jumped on the back of the roc, the roc fluttered its wings and flew high, and the figure quickly disappeared into the sky. Under the moonlight, the entire altar and the surrounding land were covered by impenetrable vegetation. Looking from the top down, it looked like a huge green tomb.