Chapter 1 The first round of solo riding a sword
The desert is yellow sand, and the sun is like fire.This is the hottest season in Mongolia's Kuli Gobi, at noon on a certain day in July.
The earth seemed to be out of breath. On this vast desert, everything seemed to be still. There was no living thing to be seen, only a few weeds bursting out of the sand and stones occasionally.But even the toughest weeds in the desert have withered and turned yellow, even if there is a wind, it will not dance against the wind.
There is nothing static but quicksand.After a gust of wind, the quicksand scattered like a stormy sea.The sand is carried away by the wind, just as water flows over the ground.Where the wind and sand started, the sun was also dyed yellow.In the blurred smog of yellow sand all over the sky, there is a little lavender light blue, which makes people look from afar, as if that distant place is a vast and beautiful ocean.But no matter how good the eyes are, no one can clearly see where the sky and the earth meet!
This is really a rare spectacle in the world, a spectacle that can only be seen in the Great Gobi.
Is it true that everything is still in this vast desert?At noon in this July.
No, this is just the usual situation, but today there is an exception.
In addition to quicksand, there is another person.He is a rough boy of about 23 or 24 years old, riding a horse, braving the wind and sand on the Kuli Desert.
The young man had never traveled in the desert before. At this moment, he was shocked by the wonders in front of him and thought to himself: "Predecessors described the quicksand of the 'expanse sea' (desert) as: 'Accumulated rivers form mounds, and their shape is astonishing. Tao. When the wind blows, it flows, and it gathers and disperses at once.' It’s really a good description.” This young man came from it. He had done some preparations for this grand tour deep in Mobei, and read some related articles. Travel notes in the desert, I have learned the Mongolian language, and I have read many records about the customs and customs of various tribes in Mongolia.But now that he experienced the situation, he only felt that what was described in the book was far inferior to what he had seen. It was so majestic and shocking!
The young man was just shocked by the spectacle in front of him, but he had no intention of admiring the spectacle in front of him.Under the scorching sun, his whole body was like pieces of suet about to melt, and the one-in-a-thousand good horse he was riding was also foaming at the mouth and could barely walk.And what's worse, the dry food and water he brought were almost running out.
The young man took a breath of hot air in the sky filled with yellow sand, and felt that his body was about to be set on fire, which was very uncomfortable.He wanted to take a sip of water, but when he looked at the water in the kettle, there was only a thin circle left.He didn't know when he would be able to get out of this big desert, so he gave a wry smile and had to put the lid on the pot again.
The young man gave a wry smile, and thought to himself: "Life's chance encounters are often unexpected. I thought I was going to Jiangnan, but I didn't know that I came to Mobei!"
It turned out that the young man's surname was Li and his name was Sinan. He was originally from Wucheng, Shandong. This time he came to Mongolia, but he was ordered by his mother to visit his father.
Shandong Wucheng has been under the rule of the Jin Kingdom for more than a hundred years, and it has been almost a hundred years since the Southern Song Dynasty was in the south of An'an.Li Sinan was originally a general, but his great-grandfather was a mid-level military officer under Han Shizhong. When the Song Dynasty moved south, he didn't accompany him, and since then he has been farming for a living.In the generation of his father Li Xihao, his family has fallen, and he is no different from ordinary farmers.The Li family's family's martial arts were gradually lost due to several generations of farming, and one generation was not as good as the next. When it came to Li Xihao, he only knew some ordinary horse bows and horses, and he could not talk about any martial arts.Fortunately, he was literate, opened a private school in the countryside, worked in agriculture and taught at the same time, and barely managed to dawdle.
In the sixth year of Jinzhang Song Taihe (the second year of Song Ningzong Kaixi, 1206 A.D.), Temujin unified Mongolia and was promoted by various tribes as "Genghis Khan".In this war, because Mongolia had something to do with Xixia, it moved its troops westward, and the Kingdom of Jin was able to stay safe.But the war in the Kingdom of Jin was over, but Li Xihao was not released. It is speculated that Mongolia lacked manpower and brought all the peasants back.
Li Sinan was only three years old when Li Xihao was taken into captivity.His name was given by his father.The Song family moved south, and the elders in the Central Plains looked forward to the banner. For a hundred years, they were still under the rule of foreign races. Li Xihao missed his homeland, so he named his son "Sinan".
When he was seven years old, Li Sinan had an adventure.A friend of his father's childhood was studying skills in Shaolin Temple, and now he has become a well-known hero. He returned to his hometown, visited his old friends, and learned of Li Xihao's misfortune, he couldn't help but sigh.He saw that Li Sinan was clever, so he accepted the son of an old man as his second disciple.
Ten years later, Li Sinan has already completed his studies and left his teacher. He remembered his father's naming meaning, and planned to wait for his mother for a hundred years before defecting to the south of the Yangtze River.During the several years at home, he also had frequent contacts with the anti-golden patriots.
In the spring of this year, a civilian husband who was taken prisoner to Mongolia with his father escaped back. It is said that he had met his father seven or eight years ago, but he did not know anything about it afterwards.
Li Sinan's mother was old and missed her husband day and night, so Li Sinan was sent to Mongolia to find his father.How could she have imagined that Li Sinan was trapped in this desert before he knew his father's whereabouts.
Li Sinan gritted his teeth, swallowed, moistened his throat that was about to smoke a little, tried his best to endure the thirst in his mouth, and thought to himself: "As long as I have one breath, I have to move on!"
Fortunately, the gust of wind had passed and the quicksand gradually calmed down. Although the sun was still scorching hot, the sky and the earth had returned to clearness, and breathing was no longer so difficult.
Li Sinan rode his horse and walked slowly, only hoping that a miracle would happen in this desert and he would find an oasis.Unexpectedly, the oasis was never found, but a pile of bones was found first.
It was a pile of bones exposed after the wind "moved" a sand dune.Because it was buried under the sand dunes, it hadn't been blown here and there by the strong wind, and although it was arranged in a mess, it could still be seen that it was two corpses.Thick black hair still covered the two shattered skulls.It seems that the two corpses should have been middle-aged men before their death, and they had not been dead for a long time, so their hair did not fall out.
Li Sinan thought for a while and understood the reason.Vultures in the desert are fond of carrion, and once the two men died, the vultures had devoured all their skin and flesh.
Li Sinan couldn't help being horrified, knowing that as long as he couldn't support himself and fell down, he would become such a pile of bones!
Li Sinan was shocked when he suddenly heard an extremely ear-piercing "quack" sound. He looked up and saw a "black cloud" covering his head, but it turned out to be a gigantic vulture with two wings spread out over a foot long!He had just seen the white bones that had been pecked to the brim by the vulture, when this man-eating vulture arrived!
Li Sinan said angrily: "Okay, I'm a living person, don't you dare to eat me?" I saw the vulture passing over his head and swooping down to a sand dune in front of him.
With a glance, Li Sinan found a person there!Lying face down on the quicksand, it is unknown whether it is a dead person or a living person.But the limbs are intact, even if it is a dead person, it is at least a complete corpse.Only then did Li Sinan know that the vulture was going to peck at that person.
Li Sinan was furious, he opened his bow and set an arrow, and shot it with a "swish".The bow was like a thunderbolt, and the arrow was like a shooting star. Just when the vulture's giant claws were about to grab the man, they shot straight at it!
Although Li Sinan was very tired, he was a martial arts master with internal strength after all, the strength of this arrow was extraordinary, the vulture with the size of a millstone ate his arrow, the pain was unbearable, he didn't dare to stop, took it with him The arrow flew away.
Li Sinan jumped off the horse, went over to check, and turned the man over, only to see that his head was bloody and bloody, he was already dead!Li Sinan sighed, and said in his heart: "It took a lot of effort, but unexpectedly the one who saved was a dead person. Presumably when this person died, he was buried by the wind and sand and survived as food for vultures. But who is this person? "
There was a leather pouch hanging from the man's waist, and Li Sinan thought to himself: "Let me see what remains of him. If I can find out his identity and where he is from, I will go back and report to his family in the future." That's fine." So they searched the man's leather bag.
Li Sinan took out the contents of the bag to have a look, and was surprised.It turned out that all he had in his bag were three gold darts. Gold darts are extremely rare in Jianghu, and the shape of the darts is also very strange.
But this was not enough to surprise Li Sinan, what surprised him was: the three golden darts smelled fishy when they were in their hands.Li Sinan immediately knew that this was a poison dart!The poison darts were not surprising, but when you looked closely, there were patterns engraved on the body of the darts. This special mark surprised Li Sinan greatly.
The dart is engraved with a dragon-shaped pattern, which is specific and subtle, with its head raised and its claws dancing, very vivid.Three words flashed in Li Sinan's mind: "Dragon Dart!"
The owner of the poisonous dragon dart is a well-known one-legged thief in the world, named Tu Baicheng, known as "North Hebei Demon"!Just looking at his name and nickname, one might think that he is a murderous demon without batting an eyelid.In fact, although he killed a lot in his life, he did not kill innocent people indiscriminately. Most of the people he killed were corrupt officials of the Kingdom of Jin. Of the forty-eight officers of the Kingdom of Jin, fourteen of them are senior officers at the garrison and general level.
People in the government of the Kingdom of Jin were frightened when they heard his name. He originally had another name, but because his surname was Tu, after killing seven officers in seven cities in a row, some people called him Tu Baicheng, and since then he has also called himself Tu Baicheng.At that time, he once said boldly: "My friends in the Duomen Jianghu gave me a new name. I will definitely live up to my friends' expectations. I will be satisfied if I want to slaughter the golden captives in a hundred cities." It was the nickname given to him by the warriors of the Kingdom of Jin.
Li Sinan didn't know how many cities he slaughtered, but he thought it was less than a hundred cities, but now they have been buried in the sand dunes!
Li Sinan had only heard of Tu Baicheng by name but had never met him, but he had heard his master describe him in detail, and specifically mentioned the unique hidden weapon used by Tu Baicheng - the poisonous dragon dart.This is the heaviest poisonous dart that can seal the throat with blood. As long as you hit him with a dart, no matter how good your martial arts are, you will definitely die.Thirty-six of the forty-eight officers of the Kingdom of Jin who he killed in Qicheng were killed by his poisonous dragon dart!
Li Sinan held the poisonous dragon dart in his hand, after being shocked, he thought to himself: "This must be Tu Baicheng. He has such high martial arts, but who has such a great ability to kill him?"
While thinking about it, he suddenly heard a "whoosh", and a sounding arrow was already shot at him!
This sounding arrow came with extreme urgency, just as Li Sinan heard the sound of "Woo", the sharp arrow had already pierced his chest.Li Sinan was looking down at the poisonous dragon dart, he never dreamed that he would be assassinated suddenly on this deserted Gobi, so he was caught off guard and almost shot by the arrow.
Li Sinan rolled a few times on the floating sand with "Yanqing Eighteen Turns". The person who fired the arrow laughed loudly. It was too late to say it, but soon, the second and third ringing arrows came one after another.
The sounding arrow originally contained the meaning of warning.It is a custom in Jianghu that those who dare to use loud arrows must be confident in their martial arts skills and are far superior to the opponent, so they use loud arrows to make the opponent know what to be wary of.Moreover, the first sounding arrow is usually not aimed at the opponent's vitals.
But this man's arrows came as fast as lightning, and three consecutive arrows were shot at Li Sinan's vital points, which lost the meaning of "warning".This person clearly wanted to take his life; but he pretended to be heroic and used loud arrows, making it appear that he was "not" plotting.
Li Sinan was furious, "carp straightened" and turned over, at this moment he was prepared, even though the opponent's continuous arrows came very eagerly, he was able to deal with it calmly.He turned over, just facing the two arrows, he lifted his bow and made two ding ding, and the two arrows landed on the ground.
Li Sinan looked up and saw two fast horses coming, one was a Mongolian warrior with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and the other was a lama with a fleshy face and a red cassock.
The thick-eyed warrior was stunned for a moment, and then laughed loudly: "My boy, you are quite capable. Are you here to collect Tu Baicheng's body? No need to bother, I will send you to the underworld to meet Tu Baicheng." Let's meet!"
The lama said, "First ask who he is?"
The warrior said: "This kid came to collect Tu Baicheng's body, and he is a Han. Don't ask, he must be Tu Baicheng's subordinate." As he spoke, he jumped off his horse and rushed towards Li Sinan.Martial arts masters fight against the enemy in the desert. Fighting on foot is much more beneficial than fighting on horses, because the desert is not like flat ground, and they may step on floating sand. The weight of a man and a horse is always more than two hundred catties. will fall.A person is much lighter, and can perform lightness kung fu, so this Mongolian warrior abandoned his mount and came to fight Li Sinan lightly.
Li Sinan admired Tu Baicheng as a good man, and thought to himself: "The one who killed Tu Baicheng must not be a good person, if you can't fight, you have to fight them."
When the Mongolian warrior came within three zhang, Li Sinan yelled suddenly: "Come and don't reciprocate!" The three poisonous dragon darts in his hand shot out together!
Li Sinan came here because the warrior's methods were too ruthless; secondly, the opponent must be able to slaughter hundreds of cities, his skills must be very good, if he doesn't do something harsh, his life may be in danger.So he had no choice but to use the poisonous dragon dart he just got.
This Mongolian warrior was not defenseless against the enemy either.But firstly, because he was one of Genghis Khan's most skilled fighters, and Li Sinan was only a young man in his twenties. Li Sinan has already obtained the poisonous dragon dart of Tu Baicheng, and this poisonous dart is the most poisonous hidden weapon that seals the throat when it sees blood!
The distance was only within three zhang, and this Mongolian warrior was still rushing forward. Li Sinan shot three darts with one hand, all of them hit his vitals.
Li Sinan's three poisonous dragon darts hit from three different directions, one hit the "temple" on the forehead of his upper body, one hit the "Xuanji point" on his middle chest, and one hit the right knee of his lower body. The "Huantiao Point".These three parts are not in a straight line, but arranged in an irregular triangle.This style of play is extremely difficult, even if the opponent is a master who is good at catching hidden weapons, he must at least hit one.
Li Sinan thought that he must be hit, but at this moment, he heard a "hoo", suddenly it was like a yellow cloud rolled up, and all three of his poisonous dragon darts were swept away.It turned out that the lama in red jumped up from his horse and shot like an arrow, just in front of the Mongolian warrior. His sleeves fluttered and he put the three dragon darts back under his sleeves.
This kind of kung fu of receiving hidden weapons is really superb, Li Sinanan has never seen it before, and it is unheard of.
The lama in red took a look at the three poisonous dragon darts, put them into the bag, and said with a smile: "The poisonous dragon darts for Tu Baicheng really deserve their reputation. They are the most powerful hidden weapons of poisonous poisons in the world. It's a pity that you don't know how to use them!"
Judging from his tone, it seemed that he had never seen a poisonous dragon dart before.So, did Tu Baicheng kill him?Or when they were fighting, Tu Baicheng had no time to shoot the poisonous dragon dart and killed him.
But here and now, Li Sinan has no time to think about it.Li Sinan drew out his sword "shua", and shouted: "Let's go shoulder to shoulder!"
The lama in red laughed and said, "Pearls of rice grains also shine brightly. Lafayette doesn't even bother to fight with you!"
The Mongolian warrior was almost hit by the poisonous dragon dart, and he broke out in a cold sweat. At this moment, the shock had settled down, and he was furious. He rushed forward and shouted: "Don't be crazy, boy, watch me take your life!"
The lama in red said: "Although this kid is not very good, but Chi Laowen, you should not underestimate the enemy."
When Chi Laowen heard this, he thought to himself: "You look down on this kid, but tell me not to underestimate the enemy. This is obviously looking down on me." In order to gain breath, he came up and killed Li Sinan repeatedly.
Li Sinan made a move of "Bending the Bow and Shooting the Condor", stabbing straight with the long sword, turning around suddenly, turning left and twisting right, dispelling all the fierce and incomparable three-knife strikes from the warrior.Moreover, the power of the sword has not weakened, after the move was released, the tip of the sword still stabs forward.
Chi Laowen's heart trembled, and he hurriedly "bent down, inserting willows obliquely", leaned over and spun, and slapped out with the horizontal knife. His physical strength was not weak at first, and with this twirling momentum, his strength was already comparable to Li Sinan's. On this sword, there was a sound of "Dang", the swords intersected, and Li Sinan's long sword was slapped away by him.
Li Sinan couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart, thinking: "The Mongolian sword technique is really different from the Central Plains, it's extremely weird!" One must know that Li Sinan has already learned the true instruction of the Shaolin Dharma sword technique, before he used that move the killer fought back. At that time, it was really unexpected that the Mongolian warrior would use such a weird knife technique to resolve him.
The two men exchanged swords and swords, and fought thirty or fifty moves in a blink of an eye.Li Sinan only felt that his throat was burning and his mouth was dry, his eyes were dizzy, and his sword moves were often powerless.It turned out that he was trapped in the Kuli Gobi for two days, and he only had dry food to survive, and he didn't dare to drink too much water. Now when he fights against a strong enemy, he can support him at the beginning, but after a little longer, it is difficult to continue.
Chi Laowen was unforgiving, and his saber skills became more and more ruthless, cutting horizontally and straightly, every time the knife was cut, there was a faint sound of wind and thunder.
Li Sinan switched to the light body technique of "Swimming Body Baguazhang", with his palm between his swords, and fought with Chi Laowen You.Chi Laowen shouted: "What kind of a hero is he who just dodges blindly and dare not meet me?"
Before the words were finished, Li Sinan shouted abruptly: "Look at the sword!" With a move of "Lonely Smoke in the Desert", the light of the sword was like practice, and it pointed to Chi Laowen's chest in a flash, Chi Laowen leaned forward, and Li Sinan followed him like a shadow He chased after him again, and said with a sneer, "You only know how to avoid it, don't you dare to see me for real?"
Chi Laowen was furious, exerting all his strength, he slashed at him with a single slash, Li Sinan deliberately flung open his way, and dodged backwards, Chi Laowen made a violent leap, and made another slash, wishing he could split Li Sinan in half!
Li Sinan suddenly shouted: "Fall!" Chi Laowen said "Ouch", and he fell down in response!It turned out that Chi Laowen's lightness kung fu was not as good as Li Sinan's. When Li Sinan was swimming, he found a pile of floating sand with a hollow in the middle. He jumped over the pile of floating sand, but Chi Laowen fell into the floating sand.He used all his strength, once he stepped on the floating sand, most of his body was already sunk in, how could he jump out in a hurry?
Seeing that as long as Li Sinan stabbed back with the sword, Chi Laowen's life would be in danger, the lama in red stood in front of Li Sinan, and said coldly: "Don't think that you are proud of winning a game with cunning. Lafayette received you empty-handed." The sword, as long as you pass ten strokes, Lafayette will kowtow to you and send you out of this desert respectfully!"
Li Sinan shouted: "Who wants you to let me go!" With a swish of his sword, he pierced through.At this time, his energy was almost exhausted, and the situation was dangerous, forcing him to fight quickly, so the first move was the ultimate killer move in the "Dharma Sword Art", regardless of whether the opponent was empty-handed or using a weapon.
The lama said that he only needed a pair of fleshy palms, but he did it with bare hands.Li Sinan's sword came as fast as lightning, he didn't dodge or dodge, only heard a "Zheng", Li Sinan's green steel sword bounced off him.When this bullet is done properly, it is really wonderful!
Li Sinan's jaw was in pain, and he was taken aback. With a movement of "wind blowing and falling flowers", he turned to the lama's back, and stabbed the "Dazhui point" on his spine with another sword.
Little did he know that Li Sinan was really surprised, but the lama couldn't help but shudder, "This kid seems to be exhausted, I can't even throw his sword out of my hand yet, it should not be underestimated."
The lama flicked his hand back, Li Sinan had seen his ability before, he didn't allow his fingers to touch him, the sword moved lightly, and cut off his legs in no time.The lama used the "cloud blowing hand" kung fu, focusing on the upper body, and the lower body is "Buddhist", although Li Sinan's skills are not as good as his, but he is well-studied on the principles of martial arts, so he can avoid the real and ignore the empty , A shot is to attack the opponent's weakness.
The lama was also very good, he seemed to have eyes behind his back, Li Sinan made a change of move, he also changed his steps, Huo's "Kuixing Kick Fight", still aimed at Li Sinan's tiger's mouth.
Li Sinan slanted his sword, avoiding the toe of his shoe, and stabbed at the "groin point" in the hollow of his leg.Although the difference is only a few inches, his avoidance of a stab is a superb kung fu in martial arts.In the competition between masters, there was no more than a slight difference. In this way, the lama immediately gave Li Sinan another opportunity.
The lama abruptly withdrew the kick that was kicked out, and stretched out a foot away.Li Sinan was surprised by two dangerous moves in a row, and he didn't dare to attack rashly for a while.
The lama thought to himself: "This kid's swordsmanship is really smooth. I'm afraid I may not be able to defeat him within ten strokes." He secretly regretted that he had spoken too much before, and suddenly thought, "Yes. !” He took off his cassock.
Li Sinan was about to go up again, when suddenly he saw a red cloud under his hood, Li Sinan stabbed with his sword, there was a soft "chi", the tip of the sword slid across the cassock, but failed to pierce his cassock .At this moment, he felt a strong wind blowing against his face, and felt a dull pain in his chest, as if he had been hit by a hammer. Li Sinan quickly moved away, but fortunately, he was just in time to avoid the calamity of the cassock covering his body.
The lama laughed and said, "Good boy, you really have it. There are still six tricks, so be careful!"
This lama said that he does not use weapons, but this cassock is an extremely powerful weapon in his hands. It is like a big net when it is shaken, and it is like a stick when it is closed. Using it, when it touched Li Sinan's green steel sword, it would make a clanging sound.
Li Sinan tried his best to parry, but he only felt the energy and blood in his chest surged, and his internal organs seemed to be turned upside down.Li Sinan secretly shouted: "It's not good!" Relying on lightness kung fu, he dodged here and there, hoping to lure him to the floating sand, seeking victory in defeat.
Unexpectedly, this lama's lightness kung fu is even more advanced than him, when he stepped on the floating sand several times, he just passed by and followed Li Sinan closely like a shadow.
Li Sinan responded to the enemy with all his attention, and he didn't know how many moves he had to make.The lama was restless and thought to himself: "Fortunately, there are no outsiders here. Otherwise, if people see that I can't take down this kid within ten strokes, what glory will there be on my face?"
Li Sinan was really exhausted, he was able to forcefully fight on only with a burst of energy.Suddenly, he lost his mind, he wanted to lure the other party into the floating sand, but unexpectedly he missed the jump by a small amount, and instead got stuck in the floating sand.
The lama shouted: "Good boy, do you still want to escape?" Under the cover of the cassock, the strong wind almost suffocated Li Sinan.
Li Sinan was shouting in his heart: "My life is over!" Suddenly he heard a "chi" in a daze, and the lama shouted: "Who is it?" Then someone laughed and said: "You can't count your words." Count it, it's already the fifteenth trick!"
Li Sinan wanted to open his eyes to see, but his eyes were no longer in control, and he couldn't open them.But it also faintly felt as if someone was coming, and suddenly the lama yelled, and then he heard the sound of horseshoes going away.Li Sinan knew that someone must have come to rescue him, and now he has beaten the lama away.Li Sinan managed to hold on with all his breath, now he knew that the danger was over, and as soon as he let go of his breath, he immediately passed out.
I don't know how long it took, Li Sinan suddenly felt cool all over his body, it seemed as if some sweet rain fell into his mouth in the haze, his thirst was quenched, and there was an indescribable comfort, and he gradually woke up.
When I opened my eyes, I saw that I was in a tent. In the tent, there was a middle-aged man wearing a Confucian crown and three long beards, and a young woman in a light green dress. They are all in Han costumes.The girl was standing in front of him, holding a wet towel in her hand, twisting her hands, dripping water drops on his face and into his mouth.
It was already night at this time, and the temperature in the desert was very different between day and night. Li Sinan passed out on the hot desert, and he woke up at this moment as if he had entered a state of coolness.His dry throat was moistened with drops of water, and the girl's light green dress also gave him a cool feeling.As soon as Li Sinan woke up, he felt refreshed.
Seeing him open his eyes, the girl smiled and said, "Okay, Daddy, this gentleman has woken up!"
The middle-aged man came over and said, "What's your name? Who are you from Tu Baicheng?"
The three poisonous dragon darts were placed side by side in a corner of the tent, which must have been picked up by this man after beating the lama away.Of course Tu Baicheng's body was discovered by him.
Li Sinan said: "Thank you chivalrous man for saving my life. I have never met Tu Baicheng, but I have heard about his deeds from my teacher, so I know he is a good man."
The man asked, "Who is your master?"
Li Sinan said the master's name, the man smiled and said: "It turns out that he is the disciple of Gu Pingyang, the hero of the Shaolin school, no wonder he is so talented!"
Li Sinan felt ashamed, and said anxiously: "This junior is not good at learning, if not for the help of benefactor, this junior would have died at the hands of that murderous monk."
The man said solemnly: "Do you know who those two people are? The lama is Huli She, the eldest disciple of the Mongolian King Longxiang Dharma, and the warrior is a famous warrior under Genghis Khan. Genghis Khan has twelve of the highest skills The warrior is called the Twelve King Kong, and his name is Chi Laowen, who ranks eighth among the twelve King Kong. I see that your mount is so tired, I think you have been trapped in the Gobi for a few days, and you can actually After defeating Chi Laowen, he was still able to resist Hu Lishe's fifteen moves, this is a glorious defeat, but is there any need to be ashamed?"
Li Sinan was secretly surprised when he heard the man's praise, and thought: "It turns out that the lama is just a disciple of the Mongolian national teacher, and that warrior can only be ranked eighth among the twelve King Kongs. From this point of view, Mongolia He is truly a capable man, not inferior to the Central Plains!"
The man was thoughtful, and then asked Li Sinan: "Who did Tu Baicheng kill, do you know? From my point of view, although Hu Lishe's martial arts are not weak, with his little ability, he still can't kill Tu Baicheng. !"
Li Sinan said: "I don't know this junior. But En Gong guessed right, Tu Baicheng was indeed not killed by those two people. Because before he fought me, he had never seen this poisonous dragon dart." The process of discovering Tu Baicheng's body will be made now , and the words that he heard when he fought with those two men were spoken to this man.
The man sighed, and said: "I met Tu Baicheng once. Although we didn't know each other very well, we respected each other. I heard that he came to Mongolia, and I was looking for him, but unexpectedly, his bones were buried in the desert." A generation of heroes lost their lives in a foreign land, it is truly deplorable."
Li Sinan thought to himself: "This person can defeat that lama, and he is also a friend of Tu Baicheng. Presumably he must be a person with a lot of background." So he asked respectfully: "Xiao Ke is very grateful for saving his life, and I dare not ask for advice." Gong Gao's last name."
The man said: "Helping each other in need is what chivalry should do, not to mention we are all Han Chinese. I am Meng Shaogang from Xiangyang, and she is the little girl Meng Mingxia." Li Sinan was surprised when he heard their father and daughter's names.
It turned out that Meng Shaogang was a well-known Jiangnan swordsman in martial arts. Li Sinan once heard a story about him from his master: One year Meng Shaogang smuggled across the Yangtze River and sneaked into the enemy's rear, trying to contact a rebel army in the Funiu Mountains. Meng Shaogang captured five first-class masters to arrest him, and met at the foot of Funiu Mountain. In a fierce battle, Meng Shaogang wiped out the five masters of the Kingdom of Jin with only two palms and one sword, and was also seriously injured.
That was ten years ago, and since then, no trace of Meng Shaogang has been found in the area under the rule of Jin.The martial arts people in the Central Plains had different speculations, some thought that he had died due to serious injuries, and some thought that he had returned to the south of the Yangtze River, after this time of escape from death, his heroic spirit was not the same as before, so they closed their doors and sealed their swords.Unexpectedly, ten years later, Li Sinan met him in the Great Gobi.
Meng Shaogang seemed to have guessed what he was thinking, and said with a smile, "Have you probably heard my name before?"
Li Sinan said: "Back then at the foot of Funiu Mountain, Hero Meng wiped out five great masters in the Kingdom of Jin with one sword in both palms. My teacher also admired Hero Meng very much. My teacher often said that he only wished he had no chance to visit Hero Meng in the south of the Yangtze River. The juniors are really lucky."
Meng Shaogang said: "I was seriously injured back then, and I couldn't survive. Fortunately, someone saved me, and this person is Tu Baicheng."
Li Sinan said: "Oh, that's how it is!" He thought to himself, "No wonder he came to save me, and as soon as I woke up, he asked me who I was from Tu Baicheng. Tu Baicheng's body was found by me, and I played Tu Baicheng again. At that time, the lama also thought that I was Tu Baicheng's disciple, and this hero Meng must have had such doubts."
Meng Shaogang said: "I have been famous for Lingshi for a long time, but unfortunately I passed through the Central Plains in a hurry this time, so I couldn't go to visit." Then he said with a smile: "Isn't it strange that you met me here?"
Li Sinan said: "Did senior look for Tu Daxia in Mongolia?"
Meng Shaogang said: "I know that he has come to Mongolia, and I also hope to meet him here. However, I did not come here for him this time. You are from my generation, so I might as well tell you."
While they were talking, Meng Mingxia had already cooked a pot of porridge, and now she brought it up and said with a smile: "Father, let the guests eat something first. Brother Li, after the hard fight, you are too tired and eat hard food I'm afraid it's not very suitable, so I made you some porridge. We've already eaten, so you don't have to be polite."
Li Sinan smiled and said: "I was in the desert for a few days, and I dared to drink at most a small glass of water every day. I was really thirsty, and it would be best to eat porridge." I was very grateful to Meng Mingxia for her thoughtfulness.
There was the sound of a horse neighing outside the tent, and Li Sinan heard it as if it was his horse "Yi Zhang Qing". Just as he was about to ask, Meng Mingxia said, "I also saved your horse. The horse is a good horse." , Unfortunately, it is probably because there is no water to drink for a few days, and I am too tired. Now it is grazing outside, I will go out to have a look, and when it is full of grass, I will take it to drink water. Not far from here, there is a water source ” Li Sinan was overjoyed when he heard that his horse was safe, and thanked Meng’s father and daughter again.
Meng Shaogang said: "Xia'er, take the horse to drink water, and bring back a bag of water by the way."
Meng Mingxia said: "Yes." She took down a leather bag hanging on the tent and went out.The Mongols in the desert all use skin bags to hold water. The Meng family and their daughter have been in Mongolia for many days, and they have also followed the Mongolian habit.
Li Sinan thought to himself: "It's much better to hold water in a leather bag than a jug, but unfortunately I didn't prepare it. If I had such a big leather bag, I could at least stay in the desert for a few more days."
Li Sinan ate the pot of porridge cleanly. Meng Shaogang smiled and said, "Is your spirit better?" In the area ruled by the Jinlu, have you ever heard such a rumor: Mongolia is going to form an alliance with the Song Dynasty and attack the Jin Kingdom?"
Li Sinan said: "In the past few years, the younger generation has been serving their mother at home, and they have not heard much news in the remote villages. If this is true, it is good news."
Meng Shaogang frowned, and said: "It seems that the news is true, but it may not be the blessing of Song Dynasty."
Li Sinan said: "Hero Meng is afraid that tigers will be rejected by the front door and wolves will be attacked by the back door."
Meng Shaogang nodded, and said: "That's right." After taking a break, he took a sip of water, and then said: "I have a friend who works as a guard in the palace. It is said that Mongolia did indeed send secret envoys to come to An. Discuss with the State of Song about the alliance to attack the gold. The Lin'an court has not yet decided, and the ministers are divided into two factions. One is eager for quick success and wants to facilitate this matter and restore the Central Plains with the help of Mongolian troops; Instead, they suffered the disaster of subjugation. Neither of these two factions thought of defeating the enemy by their own strength, which is really amazing."
Li Sinan said: "What do you think of Hero Meng?"
Meng Shaogang said: "Whether it is feasible to unite Mongols to attack the Kingdom of Jin, there are many discussions among the martial arts figures in the south of the Yangtze River, and there is no consensus. Mongolia is far away from the north and the south of the Great Song Dynasty in Lin'an. There are no heroes in the south of the Yangtze River. I have been to Mongolia, but I don’t know anything about the situation in Mongolia. After arguing with my martial arts friends, I think empty talk is useless. Someone must go to Mongolia, listen to their public opinion, and see their reality before judging Mongolia. Whether it is sincere or not. This is why I am coming to Mongolia this time.”
Li Sinan was in awe, and said: "Hero Meng has worked hard for the country, traveled thousands of miles, crossed the desert, and penetrated into the poor, it is really admirable!"
Meng Shaogang said: "We travel the rivers and lakes, and we have to endure a little bit of hardship, just to hone ourselves, and that's nothing. The little girl Mingxia was not used to the hot and cold weather here at first, but now she can get by."
孟少刚只有一个女儿,很是疼爱,一说起来,不免多说几句闲话,笑道:“我本来不要她来的,她非要跟我不可,我也只好带着她了。幸亏她倒是没有给我添上麻烦,旅途上的起居饮食,反而是她照顾我呢。”
李思南道:“这是孟大侠的好福气,有一个这样孝顺的女儿。”
孟少刚道:“你也是一个孝子呀,你刚才不是说,你这几年是在家居侍奉老母吗?”
一个孝子,一个孝女。He does not mean that.李思南长了二十三岁,还从未曾与女子结交,孟明霞可算得是他第一个相识的异性朋友。对于这样一个刚健婀娜两有之的侠女,他虽不敢稍涉遐思,心里也是十分敬佩的。此时他正在感激着孟明霞对他的体贴,听了孟少刚的话,不觉面上一热,说道:“晚辈怎么比得上令嫒?对啦,孟大侠刚才说到此次来蒙古探听虚实,不知已有所得?”他喜欢听孟少刚谈论他的女儿,但又不好意思再谈下去,于是就赶快回到原来的话题。
孟少刚笑道:“你瞧我好糊涂,正经事忘了说,绕了几个弯,也不知说到哪里去了。”他整理了一下思路,喝了一口水,接下去说道:“我们父女到了蒙古,已经有八个月。这八个月中,我们走了许多地方,三教九流的朋友,也都见过不少。我们探听所得,成吉思汗整军经武,以他的兵力,确是可以独自打败金国。”
李思南道:“那么,他何以要与大宋联盟?”
孟少刚说道:“依我猜想,他一定是要操必胜之算才肯进兵;二来他也想消耗宋国的兵力。”
李思南道:“这么说,成吉思汗的图谋,是在灭金之后,再移师南向的了。”
孟少刚道:“一点不错。我看到好几个迹象,都可以证明他有先灭金、后灭宋的图谋。
“蒙古大部分地区是沙漠,他们的骑兵最为骁勇,攻城掠地,靠的全是骑兵。可是这一两年来,他们已在开始训练水师了。蒙古的几个大湖,如呼伦池、贝尔湖、达尔泊、库尔察汗泊等等,都是他们训练水师的处所。进攻金国,可以从陆路大举入侵,只靠骑兵便可横行无阻。他们训练水师,显然不是在于对付金人。”
李思南悚然而惊,说道:“不错。他们若是要进兵江南,必须渡过长江。这水师当然是要用来侵宋的了。”
孟少刚接下去说道:“其次,蒙古是许多部落结合而成的国家,部落多,种族也多。汉人在蒙古也有不少。听说蒙古人,尤其是蒙古的贵族,以前对汉人是很虐待的,这两年却好了很多,在成吉思汗的帐下就用了不少汉人。他们要学汉人的语言,要熟悉江南的风土人情和地理形势,不惜拜汉人为师呢。你想,他们这样做是为了什么,难道当真是对汉人好起来么?还不是为了要知己知彼,才能百战百胜的缘故。”
李思南点了点头,说道:“我也听说成吉思汗雄才大略,委实不可小觑。如此看来,他还当真是深谋远虑哪!”心里则在想道:“蒙古改变对待汉人的策略,我的爹爹或许可以少受折磨,还活在人间也说不定。”
孟少刚讲完他在蒙古的所见所闻之后,问李思南道:“老弟,你在乡下还住得下去吧,为什么也跑到蒙古来?”心想,他若是不甘于受金虏的统治,应该跑到江南才是。
李思南说出了他远来寻父的原因。孟少刚道:“对了。我也知道蒙古在二十年前,曾经兴兵侵金,在中原俘虏一批汉人老百姓回来。”
李思南道:“这批俘虏的下落,孟大侠可有所闻?”
孟少刚说道:“我听说其中有一部分是给他们派去开荒。汉人懂得耕作,蒙古人则只是擅于游牧,对于农事,非得请教汉人不行。”当下说了几个比较大规模的开垦荒地的场所,李思南记在心上。
孟少刚道:“还有一些有一技之长的,当了工匠与其他杂差。也有少数人受了延揽,在成吉思汗的帐下做了官。”
说到这里,孟少刚想了一想,忽道:“令尊叫什么名字?”
李思南因为他的父亲并非什么著名人物,混杂在一大堆俘虏之中,他的名字,从江南来的孟少刚想来是不会知道的,所以一直没说。这时听得孟少刚问起,心里想道:“试一试也好,说不定他曾经听过什么人谈及我的爹爹。”于是就把“李希浩”这个名字说了出来,还怕孟少刚听不清楚,拿起筷子,在地上写了三个工笔楷书。
孟少刚低头一看,面色微微一变,但转瞬便即恢复如常,不让李思南看出,淡淡说道:“哦,是李希浩吗?”正是:
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