Chapter 11 Chapter Seven

He strode forward and stood arrogantly beside the corpse. He only felt that the figure of the corpse was somewhat familiar, but the head had been turned into a mass of mud, and he could no longer tell who it was. "What a hard idea—hey, this man doesn't have any stones in his hands. Damn, did he lie to me?" Turning to find Chaofeng to settle the account, he suddenly found a pile of copper coins piled up in a puddle of water on the ground of the corner room. On the bed, lay a skin bag, and a stone-like thing inside was emitting a faint light. "Haha. That's what it is." Long Buerxi said, reaching out to pick up the skin bag, but saw three or two big black spiders lying beside the skin bag, struggling in the puddle.His scalp was numb for a while, he stretched out his feet and trampled them to death, then he picked up his things and strode out.In the alley at the door, I happened to meet Xiaosi looking around and limping over.

"The boy who stole the stone has been killed by me, I got the stone." He greeted General Xiao Si loudly. "Oh, General Long is really brave." Xiaosi was surprised and delighted, rushed over, snatched the skin bag to look, "That's right, it's this thing, the general has made great achievements." Long Zhuzun opened his mouth wide to his ears, and laughed loudly: "Damn, this is just a trivial matter. Next time you want to grab something, gold and silver are still beautiful women, even if you tell me, my old dragon used to do this. ..." Xiaosi took the leather bag, but didn't go back to hand it to the young master immediately, but looked around with curiosity on his face.

"What are you looking for?" "Did you see one of my partners? He just ran in this direction." "I didn't see it." Long Bu'er said boldly, "I'll give you the stone, the big deal is over, I'm going to find Master Yu to take my order." Seven Ding Xin Buqi risked his life and family, and finally stole Lao Heluo's treasure. He happily went to receive the honor, thinking that his long-cherished wish for many years had finally come true. Return from the feathers of Longbuer.Walking on the road at this moment, the roar of Long Zhuzun seemed to be still ringing in his ears: "If you can't get the stone back today, I will take your head."

He thought to himself all the way: If Qing Luo can't be found here, he will have to move his head tonight.They all say that parents are their own relatives, and their head is their own good. Although hanging the head on the city gate is also a way to show your face, but the appearance is scary, so why not pack up your things and run away quickly.At this moment, the city can't get out, and I don't know where the neighbors have gone, maybe they can squeeze together. He ran home in a panic and packed some things. Unfortunately, he had too many belongings. He was reluctant to let go of this and couldn't let go of that. Reality and a stone were crushed, and I couldn't help but sit on the bed complaining about others, lamenting the bad luck and misfortune, and thinking of the sad place, I couldn't help but shed a heroic tear.

He stayed there in a daze for an unknown amount of time, when he suddenly touched the Jin Yangsui that Qing Luo had given him on his back waist, and he became angry when he touched it, and couldn't help but think angrily: This deal is too bad.If God gives me another chance to see that stone, I must say three words viciously: "Don't change it!" The more he thought about it, the angrier he became, he wanted to throw away the things in his hands, and gestured out of the window a few times, but he couldn't bear it anymore. Then he thought again: Anyway, from today onwards, I'm going to run away. This thing can just go to the pawn shop for some money. Useful in emergencies.Fortunately, the rented donkey cart was still there, so he jumped into the cart and hurried all the way to Sap Street sneakily. To be careful, he parked the cart at the intersection of the street, and slipped along the street to the entrance of Luo’s pawnshop. , with professional sensitivity, but immediately felt that something was wrong.

He poked his head around and saw that the doors and windows of Luo's pawn shop were broken and the ground was in a mess, and a scream suddenly came from inside. "Damn, what's going on here." Xin Buqi bit his finger nervously thinking, could it be someone robbed him?This group of robbers really ate the bear's heart and leopard's courage, and even dared to rob the pawnshop covered by Master Tie. Under the rag curtain, there seemed to be a figure shaking, and someone was about to come out.Xin Buqi hurriedly ran away along the wall with a stream of smoke, and almost knocked down a child who was also running away in a panic at the intersection.

"Damn it, what are you running around for?" Xin Buqi shouted angrily, "You're not a thief, do you need to run around in broad daylight?" The child turned his head before turning into the blinding alley. Xin Buqi saw a young but fair and thin face. He was stunned for a moment and muttered, "Why did the Yuren kid come here?" ?” He rushed into the car, drew the curtains, and thought of the murder in the pawn shop just now, and felt his heart beating wildly. He had just caught his breath when he suddenly heard a cheerful voice shouting from outside: "Hey, coachman, Take me to the city."

He poked his head out of the window angrily, and retorted: "You are the coachman, you are the coachman, and your whole family is a coachman... I am a dignified fire-hating thief..." He hadn't finished speaking, but suddenly his eyes widened, and the finger that was stretched out to curse was trembling and could not be retracted. It turned out that he saw a soldier standing opposite him, with a yellow and thin face and a beard as straight as needles. Wearing black armor and silver helmet, he is also majestic.He was wearing a dark green cloak, holding a skin bag in his arms, even under the scorching sun, he could still see the faint white light coming out of the bag.What is that skin bag, if not Dragon's Breath, which was exchanged by Qing Luo?

The military man's face darkened, he blew his beard and stared and shouted: "Who do you say is the coachman, come down for me. You insulted me once, twice, four times...I won't scold you to death today." My surname is not small." At this time, Xin Buqi had already confirmed that he stole the skin bag from Lao Heluo Motong's house, and he didn't notice that "four" should not be followed by "one" and "two". Numerous images flashed: the roar of Long Buer, the applause of the neighbors, the admiring eyes of colleagues, the great ideals of many years, and the watery eyes of those pretty girls on Nanshan Road...

"I'll fight with you!" Xin Buqi roared earth-shatteringly (in the past, only Long Buer in the entire Fire-hating City could utter such a huge decibel cry), stretched his hands on his belt, and when he lifted it again, it was already With an extra pair of sharp steel claws, he stepped on the shaft of the car and flew high in the air, like a black eagle volleying down. Xiao Si was unprepared for this. In the past, according to Yuren's habit in fights, he always had to curse at each other for thirty or forty sentences before starting to fight. I didn't expect that the people in Fire-weary City were so fierce that they insulted each other four times. Just start practicing (actually three times).He was so frightened that he didn't know how to dodge, but when Xin Buqi's steel claws reached the top of his head, he hurriedly retracted his neck, and there were four bloodstains on his face.

Xin Buqi was so unreasonable that he turned around halfway in the air, stretched out a long leg, swept over, kicked Xiao Si on the cheek with a "bang", and kicked Xiao Si into the air. To be fair, Xiao Si is also a dignified and light chariot general in Nanyao City, and his kung fu is not fake. If he meets Xin Buqi on the battlefield, it may not be so bad if he fights alone after the steward writes the war letter. It's just that he was not used to fighting on the street, so he suffered a big loss if he couldn't prevent it. Although he struggled hard afterwards, he couldn't win the score after all. Xin Buqi bravely snatched back the stone, kicked Xiaosi who was lying on the ground twice, jumped into the donkey cart excitedly, and went straight to the soldiers stationed on Cutthroat Street, but unexpectedly, he was in vain. As soon as the attack report came out, most of the government soldiers were transferred to the city wall. Since the Battle of Manyu 30 years ago, if there is a war, according to the usual practice, the lower city will be guarded by the government soldiers and Tie Wenzhou's civilian army, and the upper city will be defended by the Yanhuo Town Army and Lu Renwei.As soon as the horn of Shatuo siege sounded, several big gangs such as Haigouzi, Shadow, Hero Gang, and Tiejunzi all brought their own people to the city, but at this time, Tieye was assassinated, and all the dragons and dragons in the city were tired of the fire, and they didn't know who to listen to. Commander, although there are 30,000 to 40,000 people crowded on the city wall together with the ordinary people who are pulled up to the city—the defense of the lower city is generally like a sieve full of holes. Not to mention how the Wingless people in the lower city tried their best to sharpen their guns and build various fortifications, but Xin Buqi rushed to the city wall without stopping, only to see that the city gate was closed tightly, and there were soldiers all over the place. , The swords and guns are bright. Xin Buqi jumped out of the car at the edge of the city gate, and suddenly found that the open space near the base of the city wall was empty, not even a sparrow could be seen.He timidly held the stone and took two steps forward, when suddenly an arrow flew towards him and shot in front of his feet. Xin Buqi was startled, knew it was a warning, and immediately stood still, but unexpectedly, several arrows swished towards him, one of which pierced through his tall bun, and he realized that these arrows were not a warning. Simple, smearing head and running with heart, but ultimately reluctant to get fame and wealth. Although his legs and knees were fighting and making rattling noises, Xin Buqi still insisted on standing still, raised his hands and shouted: "Don't shoot the arrow, I'm here to find General Long—" There seemed to be a slight commotion on the city wall, and then several soldiers rushed towards him and grabbed him.The leading sergeant yelled: "This man is sneaky and looks sneaky. He must be a spy. He wants to spy on the military situation... It's better to drag him and kill him." "No, I'm a good citizen, a very good citizen..." Xin Buqi said anxiously. From a distance, I heard a rough voice on the city gate yelling: "Who is making such a loud noise here? I can't sleep because of the noise." Xin Buqi heard that the voice was Long Buer's voice, heaved a sigh of relief, and shouted louder: "Lord Long, it's Xin Buqi, the three-handed thief I hate—" "I don't know, drag it out and chop it up for me—" the city wall replied. The few sergeants roared, stepped forward to hold Xin Buqi back and left. Xin Buqi hurriedly yelled: "It's Xin's second son who lives in Feichai Street...Master Long, it was indeed you who went to look for me the night before yesterday...and here is the command arrow you gave me." I only heard Long Buer sneezed on the top of the wall, saying: "Huh, is that so? Maybe I really know each other. Well, let him come up and talk." Xin Buqi hurried forward a few steps, and shouted again: "Lord Long, I got the stone, it's in my arms..." "Damn, you want to fool me with a fake product again?" Long Buer shouted impatiently from the top of the wall, "I have found the real stone myself, and I have already handed it over to the owner. You have nothing to do here, get out of here." .” Xin Buqi was taken aback, and argued loudly, "My stone is real—General Long..." But I heard Long Zhuzun yelling on the city wall: "Damn, keep talking, I want your head! Hit me!" Seven Pentacles During the day, it crosses both sides of Whale Bay. Wind and sparse flowers and leaves fall from the sky. "Why are you here?" Qing Luo asked. Lu Mo didn't answer, but just looked towards the small island in the center of the pool, where there was a pavilion with mottled vermilion paint and a dry tree like red jade, but there was no one there. They stood by a square pool, the water surface was rippling under the sun, but it was not dazzling. "This water is so strange, why is it black?" Qing Luo said, reaching out to hold the water. "Be careful." Lu Mo pulled him back.There was a "crash" in the pool, and a fish with fins all over its back jumped up, with two rows of sharp teeth sticking out.It jumped in the air and bit fiercely, Qing Luo could clearly hear the sound of its teeth colliding, and couldn't help sticking out his tongue. Lu Mo led him around to a small forest. There was a small boat in a waterway covered by trees. The boat was covered with branches and green leaves. If you didn't look carefully, you wouldn't be able to spot it. Qing Luo jumped onto the boat with some clumsiness, immediately bent down, and nervously supported the sides of the boat.He had never been on such a rickety thing before, especially when he remembered that there were such terrible fish in the water, he felt that the boat was shaking even more. "How do you know there's a boat hidden here?" "Because I come here often." Lu Mo said, she stretched out her hand to lift a long bamboo stalk, and thousands of strings of tears fell into the black water. "The leaves on the wood of the willow tree I planted are turning yellow. Something important will happen in the city in the past two days. I want to ask to see what happened. If you ask someone about anything, you will know everything. That's the man on the island." They rowed to the small island in the center of the pool in a small boat, but saw a mess of cups and plates on it, which was hastily abandoned. "There's blood." Lu Mo said, her face getting more and more serious, "Something must have happened, but people like Tie Kunnu didn't tell me anything." Qing Luo wanted to ask again, but Lu Mo hissed and said, "Listen." Together they heard the trumpet sound across Firehare City.Afterwards, there were faint sounds of cavalry running and people's cries. These sounds were faint and indistinct, as if they were far away from this secluded paradise in the lower city. Qing Luo even felt that this place was as empty and uninhabited as the grassland.He looked at Lu Mo by the water, watched her reflection shatter in the water, and recombine again, couldn't help trembling slightly. What happened last night was even more unreal than a dream, and he wanted to keep this dream.He has made a decision, no matter what the result is, he will go up to grab her hand and tell her something, something he has thought about for a long time. Lu Mo turned her head, looked at him with eyes as clear as a fountain and asked, "Well, what do you want to say?" As they rowed out, the horn sounded across the city again, and this time Ching Ra understood its meaning.He froze for a moment, grabbed the side of the boat violently, and made the boat shake again.He said: "Shatuo's army is besieging the city, but I'm still here." He looked at Lu Mo who was concentrating on the boat, and added: "Are you afraid?" "I'm afraid," Lu Mo wiped his forehead and smiled at him, "When you rock the boat, I'm afraid I might fall." Qing Luo smiled wryly: "You're a strange girl, you're joking just now. Worse, they're about to attack the city, but I haven't finished what I have to do yet." "You are a strange barbarian." Lu Mo suddenly used bamboo wormwood to pick something hanging around Qing Luo's neck, "There are always strange things on your body, so what is it?" What she moved was a dark red jade stone around Qing Luo's neck, which was dangling on a black rope.Qing Luo wrapped his fingers around the piece of jade and said, "This is the soul jade. People in our tribe believe that when the bravest warrior dies, he must hold a piece of jade in his mouth, and his soul will ascend to the sky and become a star... ..." "Oh." Lu Mo sighed, and put away the boat wormwood.Qing Luo felt that the way she looked at him was a little lonely and a little distant. "Is it true that you men are all like this, that you don't care about life and death, and death is your eternal love?" She said mockingly, "It's so good." Qing Luo looked at her, but couldn't speak. "So you don't want to know what's written on your palm prints." Lu Mo said.People's fate is written on the palm prints, and many people say it's a false talk, but it's a prophecy about Qingluo's life.She wanted to tell the secret several times, but she retracted her mouth at the end.The secret was this: on this day the young man was going to die. "Ha, several groups of people have turned Tianxiang Pavilion upside down, but you are here to flirt with each other, so you are not ashamed." Suddenly a cheerful voice broke into their world of two. Qing Luo looked back and found that the boat had already reached the shore before he knew it.He saw Lu Wu in a light green shirt squatting on a rock by the bank, shaking his feet and making faces at them. "Ah, what? Has the Tianxiang Pavilion been smashed?" Qing Luo asked with his mouth wide open as if he had been hit in the face. "If you smash it, you will smash it." Lu Mo said lightly, "There is no long-lived thing in the world." She jumped ashore lightly, and Qing Luo, who was still sitting on the boat, hardly felt the slightest shaking arrive. Lu Mo looked at Lu Wu, and Lu Wu looked at Lu Mo.The two of them seemed to know each other. Lu Mo slightly bent his lips, as if greeting his naughty little sister. Lu Wu frowned.I don't know why, she has always been happy, and she doesn't worry about anything other than Ah Huang's naughtiness, but when facing the most beautiful black-haired beauty in the fire-hating city, she always feels uncomfortable. Comfortable, I always feel that I am too short, laugh too loudly, rub my clothes too dirty, or something is wrong. "Do you know each other too?" Lu Mo saw something at a glance, and she said, "Okay, then I'll go." Qing Luo said sullenly: "I can accompany you." Lu Wu also asked, "Why are you leaving?" Lu Mo suddenly pulled Qing Luo closer and kissed him lightly on the face, Ru Lan's breath went straight to his ear. Lu Wu blushed and turned her head away.She still holds the King of the Mountain in her hand.The sword was trembling slightly in her palm now, like a zither string beating in her palm.She thought with annoyance coming from nowhere, this is what you said the sword is for, it helps you find your sweetheart. Lu Mo smiled and said to Qing Luo, "You can accompany this little girl, I want to go by myself." She turned her back and walked down an alley. Qing Luo hesitated and did not dare to catch up. Lu Wu shouted at the two of them angrily: "Hey, I don't need you to accompany me." When she yelled like this, Qing Luo was embarrassed to leave her behind to chase Lu Mo.He stopped in his tracks, looked at Lu Wu awkwardly and said, "You... what's the matter?" Lu Wu snorted and stared at him, seeing Qing Luo puzzled. "I'll return this sword to you!" She tore off the veil on the hilt neatly, threw the sword back to Qing Luo, turned around and ran away. Qing Luo was inexplicably stunned for a while, wondering whether he should chase after him or not. "Woman." He shook his head and said to himself. "Okay, you dare to whisper about women behind your back," Lu Wu's voice suddenly sounded in his ear again, "I'll tell Sister Lu Mo later." Qing Luo asked in surprise, "Why are you back?" "Aren't you happy that I'm back?" Lu Wu snapped, "What happened to you on the island—why do you look like you're about to cry?" "No." Qing Luo touched his head, changed the subject and asked, "Why are you crying?" When he asked this, Lu Wu sobbed loudly, and wiped away the tears on his face, only to see the mud on his hands after wiping.Damn it, it must have become a tabby cat, it's so ugly.she thinks. "I came back to tell you another thing... I'm sorry, I played with your white camel to death." "Dead? Isn't Bai Guopi staying in Tianxiang Pavilion properly?" "Where is the Tianxiang Pavilion? It's already demolished - if I didn't ride it out, it would have died there, and there is no way to be 'well'... But it's the same anyway, it's still dead," Lu Wu said. With tears in his eyes, he said, "Ah Huang is guarding it over there. Go and see it." Just beside a street, Ah Huang squatted next to Ginkgo Pi's huge body, trying to scratch its head with his claws from time to time, pulling off a few tufts of hair, trying to wake this guy up.It thought with regret: If it hadn't been running so fast like a madman, this big guy would still be missed by this cat. Qing Luo knelt down and touched the thick hair on Bai Guopi's neck and stiff lips, opened its eyelids to look at it, comforted Lu Wu and said, "Don't cry, let me see if there is any other way." "You lie, you are dead, what else can you do?" Qing Luo searched the camel's saddle and pulled out a small porcelain bottle from under the seat. "The bottle is still there," he said, pouring out the grass.Lu Wu saw that it was a slender grass with dark blue leaves like the sea. The grass blades were feathery, spiraling up, and there was a red spot under the fifth leaf, which was as bright as a touch of red on the top of a crane.Qing Luo picked off a leaf and stuffed the grass into its mouth.Then sat down and hugged his knees and waited. "What kind of grass is this?" Lu Wu widened her eyes in surprise, and sat down beside Qing Luo. Qing Luo held the grass and said slowly, "Let me tell you a story." "Once upon a time, there lived two brothers on the grassland. One of them was poor, but hardworking and kind. The other was rich, but greedy and stingy. He wanted to peel two skins from a sheep, and wanted to milk a rabbit. One day, When the younger brother was herding sheep, he was bitten by a poisonous snake. He struggled to crawl to his elder brother's house. Not only did the elder brother fail to heal him, but he also thought that he could inherit the younger brother's horses and sheep, so he drove the younger brother out viciously. The younger brother was thirsty, so he crawled to the pond to drink water, but saw a small grass growing by the pond, dancing against the wind. The leaves of this grass were blue, like the wings of a feathered man. Gently flapping like a leaf, the wind blew a leaf off, blown into the water, and was drunk by the younger brother. In a coma, he saw a beautiful fairy, who took him to the sky, flying higher than the light feathered man, and higher than the lightest and faintest cloud. It turns out that the sky is boundless. Ranch, he has never seen such a beautiful grassland: the vast blue sky is covered with tender grass, and the white clouds are sheep. The fairy told him that if he was willing to stay, he could live a happy life in the Sky Ranch.If he is willing to go back, he will not be forced to stay.The younger brother said that no matter how good the sky is, it is not as good as his own grassland, so he went back.Before leaving, the beautiful fairy gave him a lot of gold and jewels. The younger brother was resurrected in this way, and brought back the treasures. When the elder brother heard about it, he chased the younger brother away, and also lay down by the pond, imitating his younger brother, and took a sip of the water containing the blue-feathered grass, but after a while, he clutched his stomach and cried out in pain, After a while, he bled to death from his seven orifices. " "The dovetail grass grows by the pond. It dances in the wind. Usually only one plant grows by the side of a pond with a size of 100 meters. It is not widely distributed, so it is hard to find, but it is not rare. It is said that It can distinguish the good and evil of the eater by itself. Different people eat it, sometimes it has no effect, and sometimes it is very poisonous. If the person who eats it is a good person or a good animal, it has the effect of bringing the dead back to life—if Ginkgo Pi doesn't want to wake up, that's because it prefers the pasture in the sky, where it wants to run with all four hooves..." "Bah. This is just a legend to lie to children. There is no heavenly pasture at all." Lu Wu jumped up and said, she glared at Qing Luo angrily and said, "I am no longer a child." Qing Luo scratched his head in embarrassment again: "But people in our grasslands all believe this story." "We never trust others," Lu Wu said, rolling his eyes. "In Fire-Weary City, if you always trust others, you will find yourself dead in the gutter one day." Qing Luo showed his white teeth and laughed: "But look, I'm not dead yet." "But the ginkgo skin is dead." Lu Wu said stubbornly. Qing Luo announced: "It decided to stay in the sky." He patted the camel's stiff neck, packed the bottle, and stood up, "Sometimes, we believe in something that cannot be proven, and there is no harm in it." Lu Wu stood there with her head down, still looking a little sad.The shadows under their feet are getting shorter and shorter. Lu Wu looked at her toes and said, "You found Lu Mo, are you going back?" "Shatuo is about to attack the city. I didn't expect them to come so fast. It's a pity that I haven't seen the White Shadow Knife yet." "It's none of your business that they want to attack the city. I thought you were from Hanzhou. Are you a Shatuo spy?" Lu Wu snickered. "That's right," Qing Luo lowered his head and said, seeing Lu Wu's wide-eyed eyes, he quickly put up his hands, "But I'm not sent by them, I plan to see what the city looks like by myself. What. I don't like waiting until they take it. It's not a city after that, it's just ruins." "Cut," Lu Wu proudly puffed out his chest, "The Fire-Worried City has stood for three hundred years, and a few Shatuo barbarians want to destroy it?" Qing Luo blinked and smiled gently. His smile is as warm as the sun, making Lu Wu feel that there is no power to argue at all. "I didn't just come to see Baiyingdao. When we fought in Ningxi, we met Yuheting's army, but we had never seen Tieye's army. The power of Yanhuo, without the two of them None of them are complete. I have been here for three days, and I have seen many things, but I have never seen the existence of Shiro Shadow Knife." "Why do you have to see him?" "I've heard his legend. If the shadow is the most powerful force under Master Tie, then the White Shadow Knife represents the most terrifying power hidden in this city. How can I be reconciled if I don't see him once?" "You are so stupid." Lu Wu commented. Qing Luo pondered for a while: "By the way, I still have something to do before I leave. I still need to find a little girl..." "Why, it's another little girl..." Lu Wu's face elongated instantly. "...I promised to help her save her partner, but I don't know if it will work. If I don't see her, I won't be relieved." "Oh," Lu Wu sighed like an adult, "You just like to cause trouble everywhere. Shall I help you find it?" "You?" Qing Luo laughed again, "I don't want to trouble you. What can a child do? Lu Mo said that he will help me to plead with Master Yu when he has the chance." "It's Lumo again," Lu Wu stomped his feet resentfully, "And Lord Yu, Lord Yu, Lord Yu, you'd better not let Lord Yu know about you, he's going to kill you—" "I don't believe it. I don't know him, why would he kill me?" "Then you said just now that you should always believe what other people say, why don't you believe what I say?" Qing Luo rolled his eyes: "I believe you are joking." Lu Wu let out a long sigh: "Stupid thing. Why do you trust people so much? If I told you that Lu Mo is Bai Yingdao, she would have voted for Yuhe Pavilion, otherwise why did she appear at the pier in the middle of the night yesterday? Has anyone told you? , The person who killed Lord Tie was a woman? Why is she so familiar with Lei Chi? Now she has orders from Yuheting, and she is going to kill you soon." Qing Luo laughed out loud. "I'm sure she's not like that. She's not going to kill me." Lu Wu opened her clear eyes that seemed to see the bottom, stared blankly at Qing Luo, and said, "What if someone says I'm going to kill you?" Qing Na replied without hesitation, "I will believe you too." "Bah." Lu Wu suddenly became angry and got up all at once. Qing Luo didn't know why she was angry, and he didn't expect that her small body could bounce up at such a fast speed, like a swallow in the rain. He rushed closer and slammed him violently on the stomach.Qing Luo took a sharp breath in pain, staggered a few steps, and hit his back against the wall heavily. It was as if a gust of wind passed through Qing Luo's chest, blowing his clothes up. "You are the one I want to kill." Lu Wu pressed against his face and said to him eye to eye.Shan Wang didn't know what was going on, and ran to her hand again, shining like a pool of solidified water, illuminating Lu Wu's eyebrows and Qing Luo's dazed eyes. She pressed Qing Luo's neck with one hand, and held up the handsome dagger with the other hand. The sharp edge was only a few millimeters away from Qing Luo's carotid artery. When the swiped sword fell, Lu Wu shouted: "Bah, you fool, don't trust others again." Following that sword, her toes touched the wall, somersaulted upside down, and flew lightly When I went out, it was like a butterfly flying away from the flower branch that I had missed for a long time. The sword trembled again in her hand as she flew through the air. Lu Wu suddenly became frightened, and for the first time she understood the meaning of Shanwang shaking.This sword is not only useful to Qing Luo, it is the same to all sword holders.You're in love with him, idiot. I do not believe it.Lu Wu thought, wiping the water beads off her face.Am I crying, haha, this is impossible. Qing Luo stood leaning against the wall in a daze.Lu Wu's sword grazed his neck and cut the black rope tied around his neck, and she snatched his soul jade away.Lu Wu jumped into the dark alley, jumped onto the roof like a bird, and ran away stepping on the eaves. While running, she shouted on the roof: "Don't follow me, if you follow me, I will kill you." Qing Luo hesitated and took a step forward, wanting to take another look at this girl he had never seen clearly before, but the ground paved with big bluestones in front of his feet suddenly broke, and a thick root rose from the ground, Like a giant dragon coiling up into the sky, it keeps rising and rising, as if there is no end.That is the Green Snake Grass planted by Qingluo. It now possesses unbelievable sturdiness and terrifying power. The shadow it cast seems to fill the entire street. seven self Yu Chang looked down from the platform on the fifth floor of Getian Pavilion, and saw that in the mansion of Yuhe Pavilion, there are high terraces, pavilions, pavilions, terraces and water pavilions stretching across, some are graceful and graceful, some are spacious and magnificent, some are cool and deep, but there is a trace of weirdness in them. color. Those stone walls, trees, roads, trails paved with white sand, flowing water, and corridors are all twisted and knotted together, just like clusters of knots.Yu Chang only looked at it for a while before feeling dizzy and almost fell to the ground. She looked at the windows around her again, those narrow slits were windows, and even more so were tiny arrow holes.She understood that once war and turmoil broke out, this labyrinth-like mansion and palace would actually be a fortress. Master Yuhe Tingyu seems to be the master of the Fire-hating City, majestic and majestic, but in fact he doesn't believe anyone, only hiding in this iron barrel-like barrier, he is his own master. She looked further into the distance, and saw the thin, thread-like white walls of the upper city in the distance, with war sheds, crossbow towers, and enemy towers hanging on top of each other. Spike rackets, bed crossbows, winches, and Leimu are all available, and behind the dense perforations on the female wall are gloomy clusters of arrows.The town army hid behind bright armor, shining like silver needles on the top of the city.Their armor is bright, their knives and guns are bright, and they each hold a cane gun, a grabbing gun, and a hatchet. Even a bird can't even think about climbing over the city wall.Fire-weary Shangcheng claims that it will never fall, and it is indeed not false. Yuyi pressed her palm on her brow, and after blocking the brilliant light, she could still see a gray line farther away, which was the city wall of the lower city.It is much smaller and simpler.The soldiers swimming above looked like little black dots. They were huddled behind the bamboo fence made of bamboo, with simple equipment and different colors, and even the weapons they held in their hands were various. Farther away, Yu Chang couldn't see the black dot-like figure clearly, but she could still see a phalanx formed by a whole group of towering men and horses on the red open ground covered with sand near the city wall.Isshiki black horses, equipped with armor painted with black paint (Note: the vest used by heavy cavalry is called "armour"), black helmet and black armor, it looks neat and tight without any gaps. Seen from such a far distance, the phalanx was heading towards the ocean with a sharp metallic luster to the north at a ridiculous speed, very slow and therefore very calm.There is a small group of cavalry holding white scorpions as the vanguard of the phalanx. Yu Chang knew that it was the negotiating mission sent by Fire-weary City and the guards escorting the mission, but she didn't know that the black phalanx was composed of the most elite Luren Guards in Fire-weary City, and they escorted them to Sand Tuo's negotiating representative is none other than Yuheting, the lord of Yanhuo City. They walked in the direction of Lumen Yuan and Longshou Yuan towering high outside the north gate.These two plateaus, like two gates, guard the post road from Yanhuo City to Qingdu, and now they are covered with dust and clouds. The sun was so fierce that even the savages could not bear it, and had to retreat a little to escape the heat in a wooded place. The sun was so strong that even the best-sighted Yuren observed them as if they were separated by a layer of fog.The ocean composed of those armies seemed to be floating in the air, leaving shaking reflections near the ground.On the surface of the sea are countless metallic flashes. This variegated sea surrounds the fire, suffocating the townspeople's desire to breathe.Shatuo's display of strength made Yanhuo, who claims to never fall, panicked. Someone behind her said: "The sun outside is poisonous, let's go indoors and rest." Yu Chang ignored Mrs. Yu Xian's words, and her eyes turned to the confused and clueless rooftops in the lower city.Feng Xingyun was at her feet, but she couldn't find him. "Am I wrong to come here?" she thought.That morning, a servant girl whispered to her sympathetically that Long Yinwang had long since disappeared, and the rest of the people had no idea where the child he had captured was at all.It was completely meaningless for her to stay here. "The sun outside is poisonous, and it will burn out." I said it again. "Madam, please let me leave here." Yu Chang said. She suddenly turned around and knelt down, kowtowed to Mrs. Yuxian a few times, and bumped against the countertop. Mrs. Yuxian was at a loss, and quickly pulled up Yuchang, only to see a thin column of blood flowing down from her head.She hurriedly turned around to call for someone. Yu Chang firmly grabbed her sleeve and said: "Don't call anyone. If you don't let me go, I will die here." “唉，”雨羡夫人连声叹气道，“你这妮子，这是何苦呢。外面兵荒马乱危险重重，男人们征讨攻忤，不是我们能明白的。女人活在世上，不就图个安逸有靠和无忧自在吗？你还是留在这吧。” 雨羡夫人紧捏着她的手，“乱世之中，能遇到羽大人，也算是一种福气了。要不是他，我和儿子岂能活到现在。” 羽裳愣了一愣：“你有儿子？” 雨羡夫人点了点头。 “鬼脸就是我的儿子，”她说，“但和羽鹤亭没有关系。” 羽裳迷糊了：“我不明白。” 雨羡夫人微微犹豫了一下，说起了自己的故事： “我生在帝王之家，这辈子已注定要过着无忧无愁的日子，但少年人骄纵无度，我不喜欢整日围着我转的，却喜欢上一位弃民。他不是羽人，只是个远处游方来的戏团里的戏子。” 她长叹了一声：“现在想想，那时候当真是年少无知，也就是迷恋上了他的一张俊脸，难道我真的能随他去过颠沛流离的生活吗？” “那时候喜欢绕着我转的人当中，也有羽鹤亭。他年岁尚轻，已经承继爵位，当上了厌火之主，神采俊利，非同一般。父亲最终允诺了羽鹤亭的求亲，将我许配给他的时候，却发现我已经怀孕了。” “按照羽族的规矩，我本该就神木天坠之刑，但羽鹤亭得知真相，还是肯继续迎娶我，我成了一任城主的妻子，青都就不能再杀我。” 雨羡夫人微抬起头，嘴角露出一丝笑容：“他虽然不肯再见我，我也知道他在城里另有女人，但这里的生活毕竟安逸富足，格天阁四时晴雨，青天白云，朗朗可见，我别无所求了。” “他知道吗？” “谁？鬼脸吗？”雨羡夫人苦笑了一下，“他生下来和父亲长得一模一样，我看着难受，用沸油浇在了他脸上，被奴仆救了下来，后来我也不讨厌他了，就叫他'鬼脸'。鬼脸算不上羽人，他永远也不能飞，不过他不在乎；他从来都不知道自己的父亲是谁，他也不在乎。” “你会像我一样，会喜欢上这儿的。”她最后断言说。 羽裳还是紧紧拉住她的衣袖。她额头上流下的血，如同点点桃花，沾湿了肩膀。 “夫人，我还想问，你有没有一次后悔，就一次，想要跟着那个人去流浪？” 雨羡夫人肩膀起伏，似是极为恼怒，但却默然不语。 羽裳坚持说：“他现在也许很危险。沙陀要攻城了，大军一旦进入下城，玉石俱焚。我一定要去找他。” 雨羡夫人叹着气说：“你不明白，这座城市就如迷宫一样，我即便放了你，你又怎么找到他呢？” “无论如何，请夫人成全。”羽裳又跪了下去。 雨羡夫人又叹了一口气。她拂开羽裳抓住她袖子的手，羽裳觉得手上冰凉，一把铜钥匙落到掌心里。 “这是角门的钥匙。你只要能溜出王府，我知道有个秘道，可以逃出上城。” 下城的北门洞开，千名庐人卫排列整齐，正护送羽大人回城。 “他们回来了。” 下城那些协防的百姓都情不自禁地抱着长枪和叉子，拥到道旁观看。他们个个忧心忡忡，想从羽鹤亭的脸上看出点吉凶来。影刀也冷冷地按着刀，站在城门上观看。在簇拥在城墙上下的数千兵丁中，大约只有他能明白羽鹤亭，去谈判的内容会是什么。 “那是鬼脸呢，你看他的面具，从来都没人见过他的脸呢……他如果在这，羽大人一定也在其中。”百姓们小声地对队伍中指指点点。 众多的兵将之中，确实也只有鬼脸面上那张带着细密花纹的银面具最为耀眼，炽热的阳光落在上面，如同水银一样流动，吸引了所有人的目光。他有四张面具，总是轮番佩戴。 鬼脸确实不在乎所有人的目光。他没有父亲，他生来就不能飞，但他刀子在手，可以杀所有会飞的人。他只用杀来对抗蔑视和侮辱，这非常有效。在整个城市中，他只信赖一个人，崇敬一个人，那就是羽城主。 此刻，他正对身边这位父亲一样的男人低语：“要派人去求援军吗，金山和南药的军队两日内可到，还有茶钥……” “你要记住，鬼脸，这世上，没有什么东西是值得真正信任的，不论是男人还是野兽，谁都无法相信。不要把希望寄托在别人身上。”羽鹤亭看着他说，那种目光是一种近似父亲的眼光，让他觉得冰冷的面具上也传来一丝温暖。 他从铁护指套里伸出了三根手指：“第一，离正午还有两个时辰，继续找；第二，告诉影刀，让他尽快把铁爷彻底解决掉；第三，把守住所有城门，不许任何人进出，如果正午还找不到石头，就全军撤回上城，把下城交给他们自生自灭吧。” “没有人可信，”羽鹤亭摇了摇头，捋着胡须道，“别寄希望在这些虎狼身上了，我只指望沙陀在攻破上城前先找到石头——对了，别忘记把南山路那小妞给我带出来。” 按马从城门下走过的时候，羽鹤亭的脸色重如磐石，他低眉垂目，哪儿也没看。 鬼脸却抬眼上看，正和黑影刀的目光相对。他们各自的目光里都有许多东西。 黑影刀扭头对身边的贾三道：“带上人，跟我走。” 他刚走了一刻，铁昆奴走了过来，大声问道：“门口的挡马障还没布完，黑影刀上哪儿去了。” “不知道，他可没说。”几名影子斜乜着他道。影者与他们铁君子一帮本来就不和。 铁昆奴的目光飞快地闪了闪，不再说什么。他就不爱说话。 王府卫士头盔上高高的青缨刚在转角处消失，羽裳就顺着绳子从窗口滑了下去。然后按照雨羡夫人告诉她的路线，轻悄悄地从角门溜了出去。溜出厌火勋爵府，还只是做到了第一步。要想逃出堡垒森严的上城，则需要更多的智慧和运气。 羽裳默数着绕墙巡逻的卫队脚步，在所有人背转过来的一瞬，溜入一道城墙根和城内建筑形成的狭窄的夹缝，后面似乎有喊叫声。有人发现她了。 她没有停下来，顺着夹缝飞快地跑到底，前面没有路了。两边的墙面都高耸而上，如同羽人追逐云天的，石头墙面光滑如琢磨过的镜子。那条窄缝其实是个条袋形走道，羽裳此刻位于袋子的最底部。 很快两头都传来了巡逻卫队的脚步声。羽裳在城墙上摸索，那儿看上去并没有一点门的痕迹。 她几乎要绝望的时候，终于摸到了一块突起如狮子脸的石头。 她转动石头，低语了一声：“努饵塔林古。”那是羽人族早已不通行的古语“破壳而出”的意思。 一片明亮的光在墙上闪烁起来，铁板一样结实的墙面向后退去，正好让出够一个人弯腰钻过去的洞口。羽裳如同逃出金丝笼的小鸟，一路飞到了码头，但那儿如今空旷无人，只有翻倒在地的小船和破了底的大锅。她失望地转过街角，却看到有两个一高一矮的人正站在那儿谈着什么。 羽裳惊喜地看到了一个熟悉的背影。 “绿珠。”她喊。 那小女孩回过头来，看到羽裳的时候眉头一皱。 羽裳没注意到这些，她高兴地跑了上去，“绿珠，”她说，“我可找到你了。” 突然小女孩脸一沉，退了半步，右肘一翻，一把匕首凉飕飕地顶在她的咽喉下。 羽裳惊讶地后仰着脖子，问：“你怎么了，是我啊。我是羽裳。” 绿珠干巴巴地说：“我知道你是羽裳，可有命令，要我们见到你时格杀勿论。” 她身边的那个高个年青人也从衣襟底下抽出一把尖刀，看了羽裳半天，却下不了手。原来他就是那个看羊肉摊的青年人。 绿珠脸上也是一付犹犹豫豫的样子，末了她一收刀，说：“喂，你还是快跑吧。就当我们没看到你。” 羽裳却不肯走。她咬着嘴唇问：“是影刀让你杀我的吗？他为什么要杀我。” “那他可没说，”绿珠看了看四周，急道，“你还不走吗？这儿四面都是影刀的人，你不走，我可真要动手啦。” 羽裳一口气说道：“……那天我看到了他与羽鹤亭在上城的城门洞那儿密谈。” 青年和绿珠都不吭声了，他们如被巨石撞击，转过头去互相看了好一会儿，都显露出惊愕之极的神色。 绿珠最后掉头看着羽裳，她竭力忍住心中的惊涛骇浪：“如果你说的是真的，这事可不是我们能管得了的。影子各堂如今都已归属到黑影刀手下统一管制了。虽说大部影子都上了城墙，但城内依旧到处是他的眼线。你能活着从上城跑到这儿来，可你一定没办法再这么跑一次了。” “我说的是真的，我用性命担保，”羽裳说，“我刚到厌火三天，只想找人帮忙找我的同伴，他为什么要杀我？” 绿珠飞快地拿定了主意，她将羽裳扯到路边，快速地说：“只有带你去铁府了。现下铁府大管事的正在那边。只有他也许还有办法对付影刀，也许还可以帮你找到同伴。只是，铁府附近现在肯定全是影刀的人，你怎么才能过去呢？” “我带她走。”那青年挺起了胸膛说。 绿珠摇了摇头，又想了想，还是沮丧地说：“这不可能成功的啦。” “那么让我带她去呢。”一个声音横空插了过来。他们都吓了一跳，只见身后不知什么时候多了一条铁塔般的大汉，秃了个脑袋，手中倒提着一根粗如童臂的铁棍，正是铁昆奴。 蛮人们看着羽鹤亭和他的卫队慢慢地离开，他们按捺住像狮子一样猛扑上去，将那些羽人全都撕成碎片的念头。 “药叉王，那些鸟人都说了些什么？” 四面的蛮人军队还在络绎不绝地到来，如今在不被林木遮蔽的平原和戈壁上，可见的战斗队伍和非战斗队伍的总人数已经超过了八万人。 在鹿门塬的平顶上，簇拥着二十四名各部落首领。他们背负着宁州蛮人之中最可怕的凶残之名。血独狼、雨夜屠夫、断翅魔王、燎羽者，或者其他更可怕的外号，而在所有这些可怕的人当中，沙陀药叉是最令人胆战心惊的杀戮者。 他骑着一匹庞大的灰骆驼背上，就像座大山屹立在另一座山顶。 此刻他正哈哈大笑着说：“羽鹤亭不明白，区区一块石头，怎么能成结盟的障碍。那些传话的人真是笨蛋，居然没有把这一点和他强调清楚。我刚才已经和他一字一字讲了个清楚：今日正午，我必须得到那块石头，否则，我就自己进城去找。不论是下城还是上城，都是我们翻找的地方。” 他身边一位下巴歪在一边的将领掂了掂手中粗大如一棵小松树的狼牙棒，吐着唾液星子喊道：“药叉王，鹤鸟儿难道不是准备把下城送给我们了吗？我们真的要为一块石头，放弃唾手可得的厌火吗？那边有许多财宝许多房屋和许多夷子，在等着我们去抢，去烧，去杀呢！” “呸。”沙陀药叉吼道，“狼那罗，你真是个笨蛋。就知道杀人和烧房子。我真该把你吊在马鞍后面，拖上十里地让你清醒清醒。” 他用铁靴子踢着骆驼的腹部，让它狂暴起来，蹶着蹄子从所有这些将领的面前跑过，然后猛拉缰绳，灰骆驼愤怒地蹬踏着，踢起了大片的红土。 沙陀王看着他手下这些钢铁一样坚硬的战士，大声地吼道：“你们还记得吗？我答应过你们，有一天要带领你们杀回瀚州，那里才是我们生存的。厌火于我何用？宁州于我何用？山那边那片广袤的草原才是我们的家乡。” 这些强壮的武士一起欢呼起来，用枪和剑撞击着自己的盾牌和胸膛。 “那为什么要找那块石头呢？”有人在下面喊。 “你们难道不清楚一块星流石拥有的力量——一块如此大的石头，可以作什么用？可以帮你们多生几个孩子？可以帮你们脱下婆娘的裤子？可以让她们永远忘不了你的强壮吗？——呸！” 下面那些脏兮兮的首领则大声轰笑起来。 沙陀王又抽了灰骆驼一鞭子，让它终于老实下来站定脚步。他冷静地说：“十八年前，我亲身见识过它的力量，虽然它的拥有者未必了解，但我可以毫不夸张地说，它足可以毁灭一座城市，可以填平一座湖泊，也可以让一座高山倒塌。” “那我们就用它去推平厌火，推平青都。”下面又有个年轻的首领举着刀喊，赢来一片赞许的欢呼。 他们的王摇着头。 “你们还是错了。这计划比起我将要做的事来，还是太小太小。” “我们是怎么流落在宁州，成了无根之民？”他大声咆哮着问手下。 那些人则都不敢做声，最后还是那个年轻首领咕哝了一句：“灭云关。” “没错，灭云关。”沙陀冷冷地说，“它将我们踏平宁州的光荣和梦想毁于一旦。” “但它将永远成为历史。”他愤怒地吼叫起来，“我要用'龙之息'炸开整个勾弋山口，我要用它炸出一条宽上百里的坦途，让瀚州那冰冷如铁的大风呼啸而入，那时候，我们沙陀部的十万人马算什么，一百万，一千万的蛮族雄兵，都可以通过那个山口滚滚而下。” “到时候，宁州，这片飞翔之土，就会捏在我们的手掌心里。”