Chapter 3 third chapter
Day by day, the three children were blown high by the wind on the prairie, grown by the ice and snow at the foot of the Tianshan Mountains, the walking flowers became more graceful and beautiful, and the boy who killed the wolf became a handsome young man. As for the sky bell bird on the grassland, it also sang more softly and melodiously.It's just that she seldom sang, and only sang a song alone in the middle of the night on the hill where Su Pu had killed Gray Wolf.She never forgot this childhood playmate. She often saw him and Aman riding together, and sometimes heard them answering each other and singing affectionate songs.
Li Wenxiu didn't understand the meaning of these songs when she was a child, but now she thinks she knows too much.If she still doesn't understand, wouldn't it be a lot less sad?Less sleepless nights?But once you understand the things you don't understand, you can never return to the confused state of mind when you were young.
It was a late spring night, Li Wenxiu rode a white horse, and went alone to the hill where the wolf was killed.The white horse has long since shed its yellow hair, and its whole body is as white as the snow on the top of Tianshan Mountain.
Standing on the small hill, she could see a big fire burning among the tents of the Kazakhs from a distance, and the sounds of music and hilarity came from high to low.It turns out that this day is a festival for the Kazakhs. Young men and women gather around the fire, dance and sing, and have a lot of fun.
Li Wenxiu thought to herself: "He and she must be very happy today, so lively, so happy." The "he" in her heart, there is no second person, naturally it is Su Pu, and that "she" is naturally the walking flower, Oman.
But this time Li Wenxiu didn't guess right. Su Pu and Aman were not particularly happy at this time, but they were extremely nervous.Beside the fire, Su Pu was wrestling with a slender young man.This is the most important event in the festival. There are three prizes for the first wrestler: a horse, a fat sheep, and a beautiful blanket.
Su Pu has defeated four heroes in a row, and that slender young man is called Sang Si'er.He is Su Pu's good friend, but he has to win or lose.What's more, he has always loved the walking flower in his heart.Who doesn't love such a beautiful face, such a graceful figure, and such ingenious craftsmanship?Sang Si'er knew that Su Pu and A'man were very close since childhood, but he was a stubborn and proud young man.On the grassland, whoever has the fastest horse and the strongest strength will have the upper hand everywhere.He had already thought this way in his heart: "As long as I defeat Su Pu in a public wrestling, Oman will like me." He has been practicing wrestling and sword skills for three years.His master is Aman's father Che Erku.
As for Su Pu's martial arts, it was passed down by his father himself.
The two youths kink together.Suddenly Sang Si'er received a heavy punch on the shoulder, he staggered and fell backwards, but when he fell, he hooked his right foot, and Su Pu also fell.The two jumped up together, staring at each other with two pairs of eyes, circling left and right, looking for each other's flaws, neither of them dared to strike first.
Su Luke sat aside and watched, his hands were covered with sweat, he just shouted: "What a pity, what a pity!" It was hard to explain Che Erku's mood clearly.He knew what his daughter wanted, even if Sang Si'er won the battle, O'man still liked Su Pu, maybe only more so.But Sang Si'er is his apprentice, this wrestling is just like a match between himself and the "No. 1 Kazakh warrior" Su Luke.How glorious it would be if Che Erku's apprentice defeated Su Luke's son!This matter will spread throughout the grasslands for thousands of miles.Of course, Aman will be depressed for a long, long time, but these things don't matter.He still hoped that Sanser would win.Although Su Pu is a good boy, he has always liked him.
People around the fire cheered for the two youths.This is a close fight.Su Pu is strong and powerful, but Sang Si'er is more flexible. No one can say who will win in the end.
Sang Si'er dodged to the east and dodged to the west, Su Pu stretched out his hand several times to twist him, but he dodged.The voices of young men and women shouting and cheering became louder and louder. "Su Pu, hurry up, hurry up!" "Sang Si'er, counterattack! Don't run around." "Ah, Su Pu fell!" "It doesn't matter, push him down hard."
The sound spread far away, and Li Wenxiu faintly heard everyone shouting "Su Pu, Su Pu".She was a little surprised: "Why is everyone called Su Pu?" So she rode a white horse and ran towards the sound of the call.Behind a big tree, she saw Su Pu wrestling with Sang Si'er, and the bystanders shouted happily.Suddenly, she saw Oman's face by the firelight. Concern and excitement flashed on his face, with tears shining, worrying for a while, and joy for a while.Li Wenxiu had never seen Aman so clearly, and thought: "So she likes Su Pu so much."
Suddenly, everyone shouted loudly, and Su Pu and Sang Si'er fell down together.Through the human wall, Li Wenxiu couldn't see the two people fighting underground.But listening to the shouts of the crowd, one could imagine that Su Pu rolled onto the top at one moment, and was pushed down by Sang Si'er at another moment.Li Wenxiu's hands were also sweating, because she couldn't see the two people on the ground, she only became more anxious.Suddenly, everyone's voices stopped, and Li Wenxiu clearly heard the heavy breathing of the two fighting each other.I saw a person standing up unsteadily.Everyone cheered and shouted: "Su Pu, Su Pu!"
Aman rushed into the crowd and grabbed Su Pu's hand.
Li Wenxiu felt happy and desolate at the same time.She circled the horse's head and walked away slowly.Everyone surrounded Su Pu, but no one noticed her.
She stopped pulling the rein and let the white horse wander in the desert.After walking for an unknown amount of time, she suddenly realized that the white horse had reached the edge of the grassland, and beyond that was the Gobi Desert.She reprimanded in a low voice: "Why did you bring me here?" At this moment, two horses appeared on the desert, and then two more horses appeared.It was faintly visible under the moonlight, and the passengers immediately were all dressed up as Han Chinese, holding long knives in their hands.
Li Wenxiu was taken aback: "Could it be Han robbers?" After a moment of hesitation, only one person shouted: "White horse, white horse!" The horse rushed over and shouted: "Stop! Stop!" Li Wenxiu shouted: " Run!" The horse galloped back and forth, but heard the sound of hoofbeats, and several horsemen intercepted them.At this time, there were enemies on the southeast, north, and south sides, so she didn't have time to think about it, so she had to urge the horse to gallop westward.
But to the west is the endless Gobi.
When she was a child, she heard Su Pu say that there are ghosts in the Great Gobi, and no one who entered the Great Gobi could come out alive.No, even if you become a ghost, you can't come out.Walking into the Great Gobi, you will keep going around in circles, walking in the desert, and suddenly, you will find a line of footprints in the desert.Of course the man was overjoyed, thinking he had found the way and followed the footprints, but after walking, he finally realized that the footprints were left by himself, and he was just walking around in circles.Such a person who dies in the Great Gobi Desert will not rest in peace if he becomes a ghost. He cannot enter the paradise in the sky, and he will always go around in circles without stopping for thousands of years, day and night, forever.
Li Wenxiu once asked Old Man Ji if the Great Gobi was really so scary, and if he could never come out after entering.Hearing her question, old man Ji suddenly had muscles on his face convulsed, showing a very horrifying expression, his eyes peeking out the window, as if he saw a ghost.Li Wenxiu had never seen him so frightened before, she didn't dare to ask any more, thinking that this must be true, perhaps Grandpa Ji had seen those ghosts before.
She rode a white horse and galloped wildly, seeing the yellow sand in front of her, and the endless desert. Thinking of the ghosts in the Gobi who are always going around in circles, she became more and more afraid, but the robbers behind were galloping after them.She thought of her parents, Su Pu's mother and elder brother, and knew that if those robbers caught up, it would be death, or even worse than death.But if you walk into the Great Gobi, you will become a ghost and you will not rest in peace.She really wanted to rein in the white horse and stop running away. When she looked back, the Kazakh tent and the green grassland had long disappeared. The two robbers had fallen behind, but there were still five robbers chasing after them.Li Wenxiu heard a rough cry full of joy and excitement: "It's that white horse, no mistake! Catch her, catch her!"
The hatred that had been hidden in her chest for many years suddenly burst out, and she thought to herself: "They killed my father and mother. I led them to the Great Gobi, and died with them. One life, I exchanged five robbers, anyway... ...Anyway... even if you live in this world, there is no fun." With tears in her eyes, without any hesitation in her heart, she urged the white horse to gallop towards the west.
These people were the subordinates of Huo Yuanlong and Chen Dahai's Escort Bureau. They chased the white horse Li San and his wife to Huijiang. Although they killed Li San and his wife, the little girl never disappeared.They knew for sure that Li San got the map of Gaochang Labyrinth.Since this map can't be found anywhere on Li San and his wife, it must be on the little girl.There are innumerable treasures hidden in Gaochang Labyrinth, and none of the members of Jinwei Escort give up, wandering around in this area, looking for that girl.This delay lasted for ten years, they did not do production, relying on their martial arts, cattle, sheep, camels and horses, they had herdsmen on the grassland to feed them.All they have to do is draw their knives, kill, set fire, rob, rape... In the past ten years, everyone has been looking for this little girl forever, the grassland is thousands of miles away, but where can they find it?I'm afraid the little girl died long ago, and her bones turned to ashes, but being a robber on the grassland, free and easy, is much happier than running a dart in the Central Plains, so why go back to the Central Plains? Sometimes, everyone talked about the treasures in the Gaochang Labyrinth, and about the daughter of Li San, the white horse.Even if the little girl does not die, she will grow beyond recognition, only the white horse will not change.Such a tall, snow-white white horse is very rare, and it is recognized from a distance.But what if the white horse also dies?Horses have a much shorter lifespan than humans.Time passed day by day, and no one had hoped long ago. Unexpectedly, suddenly, I saw this white horse.That's right, it's the white horse!
The white horse was getting older at this time, and its legs were no longer as strong as when it was a teenager, but it still ran much faster than ordinary horses. At dawn, it had already left the five robbers without a trace. Also no longer heard.But Li Wenxiu knew that there were horseshoe footprints left on the desert, and even though the five bandits couldn't catch up for a while, they would eventually follow the footprints, so they didn't dare to stop at all. After running for more than ten miles, the sky was already bright, and after passing several sand dunes, suddenly, a mountain hill appeared in the northwest, with lush trees on the mountain. When I saw it suddenly in the desert, it was like seeing a fairy mountain outside the world.The sand dunes on the great desert are undulating, and several large sand dunes cover the mountains, so they are completely invisible in the distance.Li Wenxiu was shocked: "Could it be that this is a ghost mountain? Why have there been so many mountains in the desert, but no one has ever heard of it?" Then he thought: "The ghost mountain is the best, just to lure these five evil thieves in." The white horse walked swiftly, arrived at the front of the mountain not long after, and then galloped into the valley.I saw a small stream flowing between the two mountains.The white horse neighed happily and ran straight to the stream.Li Wenxiu got off the horse, took some water to wash off the dust on her face, and drank a few more sips, only to feel that the stream water was slightly sweet, very cool and delicious. Suddenly, the back of the head was blocked by a hard object, and a hoarse voice said: "Who are you? What are you doing here?" Li Wenxiu was shocked, and when she was about to turn around, the voice said: "I The head of the stick is aimed at the back of your head, just a little force, and you will be seriously injured and die immediately." Li Wenxiu felt that the hard object was slightly pushed forward, and she felt dizzy, and she dared not move at the moment, thinking: "This man can talk, so he probably isn't a ghost. He asked me what I was doing here, so he must be the person who lives here, not a robber." The voice said again: "I asked you, why didn't you answer?" Li Wenxiu said: "There are bad people chasing me, I fled here." The human said: "What bad people?" Li Wenxiu said: "There are many robbers." The human said "What robber? What's your name?" Li Wenxiu said: "I don't know. They used to be bodyguards, but when they arrived in Huijiang, they became robbers." The man asked, "What's your name? Who is your father? Who is your master?" " Li Wenxiu said: "My name is Li Wenxiu, my father is Li San on the white horse, and my mother is the wife of the third gold and silver sword. I don't have a master." The man said "Oh" and said, "Well, it turns out that the third gold and silver sword The lady married Li San, a white horse. Where are your parents?" Li Wenxiu said: "They were all killed by those robbers. They want to kill me." The man let out a "huh" and said, "Stand up!" Li Wenxiu stood up.The man said: "Turn around." Li Wenxiu turned around slowly, the iron tip of the man's wooden stick left the back of her head, retracted and stretched, and hit her throat again.But he didn't exert any force on his stick, he just lighted it vaguely.Li Wenxiu looked at him, she was very surprised, when she heard that hoarse and cold voice, she guessed that the person behind him must be very vicious and terrifying, but unexpectedly the person in front of her was an old man, thin and emaciated, with a haggard appearance, With a frowning face, he was wearing Han Chinese attire, and his clothes and hats were in tatters.But his hair is curly, but he doesn't look like a Han Chinese. Li Wenxiu said: "Old uncle, what's your name? Where is this place?" Seeing Li Wenxiu's beautiful appearance, the old man was also surprised. After being startled, he said coldly: "I don't have a name, and I don't I know where this is." At this moment, the sound of hooves sounded faintly in the distance.Li Wenxiu said in shock: "The bandits are coming, old man, hide quickly." The man said: "Why are you hiding?" Li Wenxiu said: "Those bandits are very evil and will kill you." The man said coldly He said: "You don't know me before, why bother with my life?" At this moment, the sound of horseshoes got closer.Li Wenxiu ignored him and tapped the tip of his stick to his throat, and grabbed his arm as soon as he stretched out his hand, saying: "Old uncle, let's escape together on horseback, or it will be too late." The man flicked his hand, trying to break free from Li Wenxiu's hand, but he didn't know that his flick was weak, but he couldn't break free.Li Wenxiu wondered: "Are you sick? I'll help you get on the horse." He put his hands on his waist and put him on the saddle.This person was thin and bony, even though he was a man, his body was not as heavy as Li Wenxiu, who was of flesh and blood, sitting on the saddle wobbly, as if he would fall off the saddle at any moment.Li Wenxiu got on the horse, sat behind him, and galloped towards the mountains. As the two of them delayed, only five horsemen could be heard galloping into the valley, and the shouts of five strong men could be faintly heard.The man suddenly turned around and shouted: "You are with them, aren't you? You arranged a trick to trick me." Li Wenxiu saw that his sick face suddenly turned ferocious, and his eyes also shot a fierce light. , couldn't help being very frightened, and said: "No, no, I've never seen you, why did I lie to you?" After speaking, he suddenly stopped. The word "Gaochang Labyrinth" was mentioned several times by Li Wenxiu when he fled back to Xinjiang with his parents when he was young, but he didn't understand it at the time and didn't pay attention to it. Now, ten years later, the old man suddenly said And, she couldn't think of a time when she seemed to have heard someone say it, and said blankly: "Gaochang Labyrinth? What is that?" Seeing that her expression was sincere and not fake, the old man softened his voice, and said, "You really don't know Gaochang maze?" Li Wenxiu shook his head and said: "I don't know, ah, yes..." The old man asked sharply: "What is it?" Li Wenxiu said: "When I was young, I fled back and forth with my parents and I heard them talk about the 'Gaochang Labyrinth'. Is it a fun place?" The old man asked sternly: "What else did your parents say? Don't hide it from me." Li Wenxiu said sadly: "I wish I could remember more of what my parents said. A word is good. It’s a pity that I can’t hear their voices anymore. Old man, I often think so foolishly, as long as my parents can come back to life, let me see you again. Alas! As long as my parents live, I will They beat me and scolded me non-stop every day, and I am very happy. Of course, they will never beat me." Suddenly, the sound of Su Luke beating Su Pu's whip seemed to appear in her ears, angrily Scolding. The old man's face softened slightly, he said "Mmm", and suddenly asked loudly: "Are you married?" Li Wenxiu blushed and shook her head.The old man said: "Who have you lived with these past few years?" Li Wenxiu said: "Grandpa Ji." The old man said: "Grandpa Ji? How old is he? What does he look like?" Li Wenxiu said to the white horse: "Good horse, The robber is coming, run, run." I thought: "In this emergency, why do you keep asking these irrelevant things?" But seeing his suspicious face, he finally said: "Mr. He must be over eighty years old, his head is full of white hair, his face is full of wrinkles, he treats me very well." The old man said: "What Han people did you know when you returned to Xinjiang? What else is there in Grandpa Ji's house?" Li Wenxiu Said: "Grandpa Ji's family has no one else. I don't even know Kazakhs, let alone Han people." The last two words were angry words. She thought of Su Pu and Aman, and thought that although she knew Knowing them is tantamount to ignorance. There were two people on the white horse, and they couldn't run fast. The five robbers behind them chased even closer, and only heard a few swishing sounds, and three feathered arrows passed by one after another.Those robbers wanted to capture her alive, but they didn't want to shoot her dead with arrows. These arrows were just a threat to her to stop her horse. Li Wenxiu thought to himself: "Anyway, I am determined to die with these five thieves, let this uncle escape alone!" Immediately, he jumped off the ground, slapped the horse's hip, and shouted: "White horse, white horse! Take uncle quickly Run away first!" The old man was stunned, he didn't expect her to be so kind-hearted that he would tell him to run away alone, he hesitated for a while, and said in a low voice: "Catch the needle in my hand, be careful not to touch the needle tip." Li Wenxiu Looking down, he saw a thin needle held between the two fingers of his right hand, and he stretched out his fingers to grab it, but he didn't understand what it meant.The old man said: "The tip of this needle is highly poisonous. If those robbers catch you, just stab them lightly, and the robbers will die." Li Wenxiu was startled. He didn't care, it seemed that if he was not satisfied with this answer, he would have stabbed himself with a poisonous needle.The old man can urge the horse immediately. Five horses galloped close, surrounding Li Wenxiu in a circle.When the five strong men saw such a young and beautiful girl, none of them thought of chasing the old man. The five robbers jumped off their horses one after another, with grim smiles on their faces.Li Wenxiu's heart was beating wildly, thinking to herself that although the old uncle said that the poisonous needle could kill a person, how could such a small needle be able to stop the five fierce and terrifying men in front of him? One person, but there are still four.It's better to stab yourself to death with one needle, so as to avoid being humiliated by the strong.Only one person shouted: "What a beautiful girl!" Then two people rushed towards her. The man on the left punched the other man to the ground with a bang, and said sharply: "Are you fighting with me?" Then he hugged Li Wenxiu's waist.In a panic, Li Wenxiu stabbed his right arm with a needle, and shouted: "Evil bandit, let me go." The big man stared at her blankly, and suddenly didn't move.The man who fell on the ground stretched out his hands, hugged Li Wenxiu's calf, and dragged her hard, pulling her to the ground.Li Wenxiu resisted with his left hand, stretched his right hand forward, and pierced his chest with a needle.The big man was laughing, suddenly the laughter stopped, he opened his mouth wide, but his body froze and he didn't move at all. Li Wenxiu got up, rushed onto the back of a horse, and fled towards the mountain with the horse.The remaining three robbers saw that the two men froze suddenly, as if possessed by an evil spirit, they all thought that Li Wenxiu had hit their acupoints, thinking that this girl's martial arts skills are extremely high, so they dare not chase after her.None of the three of them knew how to tap acupuncture points, so he had to bring two companions to see the leader, but he didn't know that when he touched the bodies of the two of them, they gradually became cold, and when they breathed again, they were already dead. The three of them were shocked, speechless for a while.A more knowledgeable man surnamed Song took a look at the clothes of the two of them, and saw that one had a large black mark of 1 yuan on his arm, and there was a small pinhole in the black mark, while the other had a black mark on his chest. .He suddenly realized: "This girl uses needles to prick people, and the needles are highly poisonous." A surnamed Quan said: "Then don't be afraid! Let's beat the little bitch from a distance, and don't let this little bitch get close. Yes." Another strongman surnamed Yun said, "If you know her tricks, you won't be afraid to play her tricks again!" That being said, the three of them did not dare to rush after all, and pursued with trepidation while discussing. valley. Li Wenxiu performed two needles, he couldn't help being surprised and delighted, but he also knew that the other three people would definitely find out, as long as they were prepared, they would never allow themselves to use poisonous needles again.While the horse was fleeing, he suddenly heard someone shouting from the left: "Come here!" It was the old man's voice. Li Wenxiu hurriedly dismounted, heard the voice coming from a cave, and rushed in immediately.The old man stood at the entrance of the cave and asked: "How is it?" Li Wenxiu said: "I... I stabbed two... two robbers and escaped." The old man said: "Very good, let's go in." Enter the cave Afterwards, they saw that the cave was very deep, and Li Wenxiu followed the old man, the cave became narrower and narrower. After walking for tens of feet, the cave suddenly opened up, and it could accommodate one or two hundred people.The old man said: "Let's guard the narrow entrance, so those three strong men dare not come in. This is called guarding the gate by one man, and no one can open it." Li Wenxiu said sadly: "But we can't get out either. There are other people in this cave. Is there a passage?" The old man said: "There is a passage, but in the end it can't lead to the outside of the mountain." Li Wenxiu still had lingering fears when she remembered what happened just now, and asked, "Uncle, those two robbers gave me a stab. Suddenly he didn't move, is he really dead?" The old man proudly said: "Under my poisonous needle, is there anyone left alive?" Li Wenxiu stretched out her hand and handed the poisonous needle to him.The old man stretched out his hand to catch it, but suddenly withdrew his hand and said, "Put it on the ground." Li Wenxiu put it down as he said.The old man said: "Take three steps back." Li Wenxiu felt strange, so she took three steps back.The old man bent over to pick up the poisonous needle and put it into a syringe.It was only then that Li Wenxiu realized that he was very suspicious, and he was on guard against suddenly killing him with a poisonous needle. The old man said: "I don't know you before, why did you give me the horse just now and let me escape alone?" Li Wenxiu said: "I don't know either. I saw that you were sick, and I was afraid that the robbers would harm you." The old man swayed and said sharply: "How do you know that I... have..." When he said this, his muscles twitched all of a sudden, his expression was in pain, and beads of sweat the size of soybeans kept oozing from his forehead. After a while, he suddenly yelled, rolled around on the ground, and moaned loudly. Li Wenxiu was so frightened that he was at a loss, but when he saw his body bent into an arch, his hands and feet were convulsed, he said softly, "Is it because of the severe back pain?" Knead and beat.The old man's pain gradually subsided, he nodded his thanks, and after a stick of incense, the pain disappeared, he stood up, and asked: "Do you know who I am?" Li Wenxiu said: "I don't know." The old man said: "I am Han people, surnamed Hua, surnamed Hui, surnamed Jiangnan, people in the rivers and lakes called "one finger shakes the south of the Yangtze River"." Li Wenxiu said: "Well, it's Uncle Hua." Hua Hui said: "Have you never heard of my name?" He was slightly disappointed, thinking that he "shocked the south of the Yangtze River with one finger" Hua Hui's name was a sensation back then From the north to the south, everyone in the martial arts world is unknown, but looking at Li Wenxiu's expression, there is no surprise at all. Li Wenxiu said: "My parents must know your name. I was only eight years old when I came back to Xinjiang, and I didn't understand anything." Hua Hui's face turned happy, and he said, "That's it. You..." Without saying a word After that, someone in the mountain path outside the cave suddenly said: "It must be hiding here, be careful of her poisonous needle!" Following the sound of footsteps, three people came in step by step.
These people were the subordinates of Huo Yuanlong and Chen Dahai's Escort Bureau. They chased the white horse Li San and his wife to Huijiang. Although they killed Li San and his wife, the little girl never disappeared.They knew for sure that Li San got the map of Gaochang Labyrinth.Since this map can't be found anywhere on Li San and his wife, it must be on the little girl.There are innumerable treasures hidden in Gaochang Labyrinth, and none of the members of Jinwei Escort give up, wandering around in this area, looking for that girl.This delay lasted for ten years, they did not do production, relying on their martial arts, cattle, sheep, camels and horses, they had herdsmen on the grassland to feed them.All they have to do is draw their knives, kill, set fire, rob, rape... In the past ten years, everyone has been looking for this little girl forever, the grassland is thousands of miles away, but where can they find it?I'm afraid the little girl died long ago, and her bones turned to ashes, but being a robber on the grassland, free and easy, is much happier than running a dart in the Central Plains, so why go back to the Central Plains? Sometimes, everyone talked about the treasures in the Gaochang Labyrinth, and about the daughter of Li San, the white horse.Even if the little girl does not die, she will grow beyond recognition, only the white horse will not change.Such a tall, snow-white white horse is very rare, and it is recognized from a distance.But what if the white horse also dies?Horses have a much shorter lifespan than humans.Time passed day by day, and no one had hoped long ago. Unexpectedly, suddenly, I saw this white horse.That's right, it's the white horse!
The white horse was getting older at this time, and its legs were no longer as strong as when it was a teenager, but it still ran much faster than ordinary horses. At dawn, it had already left the five robbers without a trace. Also no longer heard.But Li Wenxiu knew that there were horseshoe footprints left on the desert, and even though the five bandits couldn't catch up for a while, they would eventually follow the footprints, so they didn't dare to stop at all. After running for more than ten miles, the sky was already bright, and after passing several sand dunes, suddenly, a mountain hill appeared in the northwest, with lush trees on the mountain. When I saw it suddenly in the desert, it was like seeing a fairy mountain outside the world.The sand dunes on the great desert are undulating, and several large sand dunes cover the mountains, so they are completely invisible in the distance.Li Wenxiu was shocked: "Could it be that this is a ghost mountain? Why have there been so many mountains in the desert, but no one has ever heard of it?" Then he thought: "The ghost mountain is the best, just to lure these five evil thieves in." The white horse walked swiftly, arrived at the front of the mountain not long after, and then galloped into the valley.I saw a small stream flowing between the two mountains.The white horse neighed happily and ran straight to the stream.Li Wenxiu got off the horse, took some water to wash off the dust on her face, and drank a few more sips, only to feel that the stream water was slightly sweet, very cool and delicious. Suddenly, the back of the head was blocked by a hard object, and a hoarse voice said: "Who are you? What are you doing here?" Li Wenxiu was shocked, and when she was about to turn around, the voice said: "I The head of the stick is aimed at the back of your head, just a little force, and you will be seriously injured and die immediately." Li Wenxiu felt that the hard object was slightly pushed forward, and she felt dizzy, and she dared not move at the moment, thinking: "This man can talk, so he probably isn't a ghost. He asked me what I was doing here, so he must be the person who lives here, not a robber." The voice said again: "I asked you, why didn't you answer?" Li Wenxiu said: "There are bad people chasing me, I fled here." The human said: "What bad people?" Li Wenxiu said: "There are many robbers." The human said "What robber? What's your name?" Li Wenxiu said: "I don't know. They used to be bodyguards, but when they arrived in Huijiang, they became robbers." The man asked, "What's your name? Who is your father? Who is your master?" " Li Wenxiu said: "My name is Li Wenxiu, my father is Li San on the white horse, and my mother is the wife of the third gold and silver sword. I don't have a master." The man said "Oh" and said, "Well, it turns out that the third gold and silver sword The lady married Li San, a white horse. Where are your parents?" Li Wenxiu said: "They were all killed by those robbers. They want to kill me." The man let out a "huh" and said, "Stand up!" Li Wenxiu stood up.The man said: "Turn around." Li Wenxiu turned around slowly, the iron tip of the man's wooden stick left the back of her head, retracted and stretched, and hit her throat again.But he didn't exert any force on his stick, he just lighted it vaguely.Li Wenxiu looked at him, she was very surprised, when she heard that hoarse and cold voice, she guessed that the person behind him must be very vicious and terrifying, but unexpectedly the person in front of her was an old man, thin and emaciated, with a haggard appearance, With a frowning face, he was wearing Han Chinese attire, and his clothes and hats were in tatters.But his hair is curly, but he doesn't look like a Han Chinese. Li Wenxiu said: "Old uncle, what's your name? Where is this place?" Seeing Li Wenxiu's beautiful appearance, the old man was also surprised. After being startled, he said coldly: "I don't have a name, and I don't I know where this is." At this moment, the sound of hooves sounded faintly in the distance.Li Wenxiu said in shock: "The bandits are coming, old man, hide quickly." The man said: "Why are you hiding?" Li Wenxiu said: "Those bandits are very evil and will kill you." The man said coldly He said: "You don't know me before, why bother with my life?" At this moment, the sound of horseshoes got closer.Li Wenxiu ignored him and tapped the tip of his stick to his throat, and grabbed his arm as soon as he stretched out his hand, saying: "Old uncle, let's escape together on horseback, or it will be too late." The man flicked his hand, trying to break free from Li Wenxiu's hand, but he didn't know that his flick was weak, but he couldn't break free.Li Wenxiu wondered: "Are you sick? I'll help you get on the horse." He put his hands on his waist and put him on the saddle.This person was thin and bony, even though he was a man, his body was not as heavy as Li Wenxiu, who was of flesh and blood, sitting on the saddle wobbly, as if he would fall off the saddle at any moment.Li Wenxiu got on the horse, sat behind him, and galloped towards the mountains. As the two of them delayed, only five horsemen could be heard galloping into the valley, and the shouts of five strong men could be faintly heard.The man suddenly turned around and shouted: "You are with them, aren't you? You arranged a trick to trick me." Li Wenxiu saw that his sick face suddenly turned ferocious, and his eyes also shot a fierce light. , couldn't help being very frightened, and said: "No, no, I've never seen you, why did I lie to you?" After speaking, he suddenly stopped. The word "Gaochang Labyrinth" was mentioned several times by Li Wenxiu when he fled back to Xinjiang with his parents when he was young, but he didn't understand it at the time and didn't pay attention to it. Now, ten years later, the old man suddenly said And, she couldn't think of a time when she seemed to have heard someone say it, and said blankly: "Gaochang Labyrinth? What is that?" Seeing that her expression was sincere and not fake, the old man softened his voice, and said, "You really don't know Gaochang maze?" Li Wenxiu shook his head and said: "I don't know, ah, yes..." The old man asked sharply: "What is it?" Li Wenxiu said: "When I was young, I fled back and forth with my parents and I heard them talk about the 'Gaochang Labyrinth'. Is it a fun place?" The old man asked sternly: "What else did your parents say? Don't hide it from me." Li Wenxiu said sadly: "I wish I could remember more of what my parents said. A word is good. It’s a pity that I can’t hear their voices anymore. Old man, I often think so foolishly, as long as my parents can come back to life, let me see you again. Alas! As long as my parents live, I will They beat me and scolded me non-stop every day, and I am very happy. Of course, they will never beat me." Suddenly, the sound of Su Luke beating Su Pu's whip seemed to appear in her ears, angrily Scolding. The old man's face softened slightly, he said "Mmm", and suddenly asked loudly: "Are you married?" Li Wenxiu blushed and shook her head.The old man said: "Who have you lived with these past few years?" Li Wenxiu said: "Grandpa Ji." The old man said: "Grandpa Ji? How old is he? What does he look like?" Li Wenxiu said to the white horse: "Good horse, The robber is coming, run, run." I thought: "In this emergency, why do you keep asking these irrelevant things?" But seeing his suspicious face, he finally said: "Mr. He must be over eighty years old, his head is full of white hair, his face is full of wrinkles, he treats me very well." The old man said: "What Han people did you know when you returned to Xinjiang? What else is there in Grandpa Ji's house?" Li Wenxiu Said: "Grandpa Ji's family has no one else. I don't even know Kazakhs, let alone Han people." The last two words were angry words. She thought of Su Pu and Aman, and thought that although she knew Knowing them is tantamount to ignorance. There were two people on the white horse, and they couldn't run fast. The five robbers behind them chased even closer, and only heard a few swishing sounds, and three feathered arrows passed by one after another.Those robbers wanted to capture her alive, but they didn't want to shoot her dead with arrows. These arrows were just a threat to her to stop her horse. Li Wenxiu thought to himself: "Anyway, I am determined to die with these five thieves, let this uncle escape alone!" Immediately, he jumped off the ground, slapped the horse's hip, and shouted: "White horse, white horse! Take uncle quickly Run away first!" The old man was stunned, he didn't expect her to be so kind-hearted that he would tell him to run away alone, he hesitated for a while, and said in a low voice: "Catch the needle in my hand, be careful not to touch the needle tip." Li Wenxiu Looking down, he saw a thin needle held between the two fingers of his right hand, and he stretched out his fingers to grab it, but he didn't understand what it meant.The old man said: "The tip of this needle is highly poisonous. If those robbers catch you, just stab them lightly, and the robbers will die." Li Wenxiu was startled. He didn't care, it seemed that if he was not satisfied with this answer, he would have stabbed himself with a poisonous needle.The old man can urge the horse immediately. Five horses galloped close, surrounding Li Wenxiu in a circle.When the five strong men saw such a young and beautiful girl, none of them thought of chasing the old man. The five robbers jumped off their horses one after another, with grim smiles on their faces.Li Wenxiu's heart was beating wildly, thinking to herself that although the old uncle said that the poisonous needle could kill a person, how could such a small needle be able to stop the five fierce and terrifying men in front of him? One person, but there are still four.It's better to stab yourself to death with one needle, so as to avoid being humiliated by the strong.Only one person shouted: "What a beautiful girl!" Then two people rushed towards her. The man on the left punched the other man to the ground with a bang, and said sharply: "Are you fighting with me?" Then he hugged Li Wenxiu's waist.In a panic, Li Wenxiu stabbed his right arm with a needle, and shouted: "Evil bandit, let me go." The big man stared at her blankly, and suddenly didn't move.The man who fell on the ground stretched out his hands, hugged Li Wenxiu's calf, and dragged her hard, pulling her to the ground.Li Wenxiu resisted with his left hand, stretched his right hand forward, and pierced his chest with a needle.The big man was laughing, suddenly the laughter stopped, he opened his mouth wide, but his body froze and he didn't move at all. Li Wenxiu got up, rushed onto the back of a horse, and fled towards the mountain with the horse.The remaining three robbers saw that the two men froze suddenly, as if possessed by an evil spirit, they all thought that Li Wenxiu had hit their acupoints, thinking that this girl's martial arts skills are extremely high, so they dare not chase after her.None of the three of them knew how to tap acupuncture points, so he had to bring two companions to see the leader, but he didn't know that when he touched the bodies of the two of them, they gradually became cold, and when they breathed again, they were already dead. The three of them were shocked, speechless for a while.A more knowledgeable man surnamed Song took a look at the clothes of the two of them, and saw that one had a large black mark of 1 yuan on his arm, and there was a small pinhole in the black mark, while the other had a black mark on his chest. .He suddenly realized: "This girl uses needles to prick people, and the needles are highly poisonous." A surnamed Quan said: "Then don't be afraid! Let's beat the little bitch from a distance, and don't let this little bitch get close. Yes." Another strongman surnamed Yun said, "If you know her tricks, you won't be afraid to play her tricks again!" That being said, the three of them did not dare to rush after all, and pursued with trepidation while discussing. valley. Li Wenxiu performed two needles, he couldn't help being surprised and delighted, but he also knew that the other three people would definitely find out, as long as they were prepared, they would never allow themselves to use poisonous needles again.While the horse was fleeing, he suddenly heard someone shouting from the left: "Come here!" It was the old man's voice. Li Wenxiu hurriedly dismounted, heard the voice coming from a cave, and rushed in immediately.The old man stood at the entrance of the cave and asked: "How is it?" Li Wenxiu said: "I... I stabbed two... two robbers and escaped." The old man said: "Very good, let's go in." Enter the cave Afterwards, they saw that the cave was very deep, and Li Wenxiu followed the old man, the cave became narrower and narrower. After walking for tens of feet, the cave suddenly opened up, and it could accommodate one or two hundred people.The old man said: "Let's guard the narrow entrance, so those three strong men dare not come in. This is called guarding the gate by one man, and no one can open it." Li Wenxiu said sadly: "But we can't get out either. There are other people in this cave. Is there a passage?" The old man said: "There is a passage, but in the end it can't lead to the outside of the mountain." Li Wenxiu still had lingering fears when she remembered what happened just now, and asked, "Uncle, those two robbers gave me a stab. Suddenly he didn't move, is he really dead?" The old man proudly said: "Under my poisonous needle, is there anyone left alive?" Li Wenxiu stretched out her hand and handed the poisonous needle to him.The old man stretched out his hand to catch it, but suddenly withdrew his hand and said, "Put it on the ground." Li Wenxiu put it down as he said.The old man said: "Take three steps back." Li Wenxiu felt strange, so she took three steps back.The old man bent over to pick up the poisonous needle and put it into a syringe.It was only then that Li Wenxiu realized that he was very suspicious, and he was on guard against suddenly killing him with a poisonous needle. The old man said: "I don't know you before, why did you give me the horse just now and let me escape alone?" Li Wenxiu said: "I don't know either. I saw that you were sick, and I was afraid that the robbers would harm you." The old man swayed and said sharply: "How do you know that I... have..." When he said this, his muscles twitched all of a sudden, his expression was in pain, and beads of sweat the size of soybeans kept oozing from his forehead. After a while, he suddenly yelled, rolled around on the ground, and moaned loudly. Li Wenxiu was so frightened that he was at a loss, but when he saw his body bent into an arch, his hands and feet were convulsed, he said softly, "Is it because of the severe back pain?" Knead and beat.The old man's pain gradually subsided, he nodded his thanks, and after a stick of incense, the pain disappeared, he stood up, and asked: "Do you know who I am?" Li Wenxiu said: "I don't know." The old man said: "I am Han people, surnamed Hua, surnamed Hui, surnamed Jiangnan, people in the rivers and lakes called "one finger shakes the south of the Yangtze River"." Li Wenxiu said: "Well, it's Uncle Hua." Hua Hui said: "Have you never heard of my name?" He was slightly disappointed, thinking that he "shocked the south of the Yangtze River with one finger" Hua Hui's name was a sensation back then From the north to the south, everyone in the martial arts world is unknown, but looking at Li Wenxiu's expression, there is no surprise at all. Li Wenxiu said: "My parents must know your name. I was only eight years old when I came back to Xinjiang, and I didn't understand anything." Hua Hui's face turned happy, and he said, "That's it. You..." Without saying a word After that, someone in the mountain path outside the cave suddenly said: "It must be hiding here, be careful of her poisonous needle!" Following the sound of footsteps, three people came in step by step.