Chapter 27 Chapter Twenty-Six

Xiao Feng escaped from the danger in the nick of time, he cried secretly: "Ashamed!" The first thought was: "This witch has such a vicious heart, she made this evil move against me." Thinking that the hidden weapons of XingXiu Sect must be extremely powerful and vicious At the extreme, if this shot hits the target, there is little hope of survival, and my heart can't help beating wildly. Seeing that Ah Zi gave her a slap of more than ten feet, she couldn't help being shocked again: "Ah, how can she bear this slap? I'm afraid I'll kill you already." With a sway of her figure, she slid to her side , I saw her eyes closed tightly, two streams of blood flowed from the corners of her mouth, her face was like gold paper, this time she really stopped breathing.

Xiao Feng was stunned for a moment, and thought: "I beat her to death again, and I killed Ah Zhu's sister. She...she asked me to take care of her sister when she was dying, but...but...I beat her to death again Her." This stupefaction was originally only a moment, but his mind was in a trance, but it seemed to have gone through an extremely long time.He shook his head, quickly stretched out his palm to press Empress Ah Zi's heart, and sent his true energy and internal energy to her with all his might.After a while, Ah Zi's body moved slightly.Xiao Feng was overjoyed and shouted: "Ah Zi, Ah Zi, don't die, I will save you no matter what I say."

But Ah Zi only moved for a while, and then stopped moving.Xiao Feng was very anxious, immediately sat cross-legged on the snow, gently lifted Ah Zi up, placed it in front of him, pressed her back with both palms, and slowly input internal energy into her body.He knew that Ah Zi was seriously injured, and now he had to hold her breath, so that she could not die temporarily, and Xu Tu rescued her, so he injected zhenqi into her body and moved slowly.After a meal, there was a trace of white gas on his head, and he had already done his best. After doing such continuous exercises, after half an hour, AhZi moved slightly and called softly: "Brother-in-law!" Xiao Feng was overjoyed and continued to perform exercises, but he didn't speak to her.She felt her body gradually warming up, and she breathed lightly through her nose.Xiao Feng was afraid that his efforts would fall short, so he kept sending out his internal energy.It wasn't until noon that AhZi's breathing became more even, and then he hugged her across his arms and walked quickly, but saw that there was no trace of blood on her face.

He took a step forward, walking quickly and steadily, his left hand was still pressed on AhZi's vest, continuously pouring out his true energy.After walking for more than an hour, I came to a small town. There was no inn in the town, so I had to go further north and ran for more than 20 li before I found a simple inn.There is no waiter in this inn, it is the owner who greets the guests himself.Xiao Feng asked the shopkeeper to bring a bowl of hot soup, he scooped it up with a spoon, and slowly fed it into AhZi's mouth, but she only drank three mouthfuls, before she vomited it all out, the hot soup was full of purple blood.

Xiao Feng was very worried, thinking that AhZi was injured this time, most likely he can't be cured, the enemy of Hades, God doctor Xue, has gone, even if God doctor Xue is by his side, it may not be able to heal.On that day, Ah Zhu was shaken by the abbot of the head of Shaolin Temple, he didn't suffer it personally, he was already in a state of extreme danger, he applied Taihang Mountain Tan Gong's healing ointment, and was rescued by Divine Doctor Xue, so he was cured.Although he knew that AZi's life was in danger, he refused to stop at this point, he just thought: "Even if I am exhausted and exhausted, I will support to the end. I am not here to save her, but to live up to A'Zhu's entrustment. "

He knew that AhZi's attack was plotting against him first, in this situation, if he didn't strike this palm, he would have died in her hands.People like him with strong martial arts, when they are in danger, they don't even think about it, they will naturally take action to prevent the harm and solve the problem.He was forced to injure AZi, even if AZHU was present, he would never say a word of blame, this is AZI's own fault and has nothing to do with others, but just because AZI couldn't know, Xiao Feng felt very sad I'm sorry for her. This night, he never closed his eyes and slept peacefully, until the next day, he continued to use his true energy to maintain Ah Zi's life.That day when A'Zhu was injured, Xiao Feng would only strike when her aura was getting weaker, but at this moment A'Zi couldn't leave his palm for a moment, otherwise her aura would be cut off immediately.

Still the same on the second night.Although Xiao Feng's internal energy is strong, after working hard for two days and two nights, he is extremely tired after all.He drank the two altars of wine hidden in the small inn to the sky, and asked the owner to buy them elsewhere, but he didn't have much silver with him.It doesn't matter if he doesn't eat for a day, but he feels extremely sad if he doesn't drink for a day. At this time, he is gradually exhausted physically and mentally, and he needs to refresh himself with wine, thinking: "Ah Zi must have money on her."

Unzipping her bag, she saw three small gold ingots and several ingots of broken silver.He took a piece of silver and wrapped it in the bag, and saw that there was a purple ribbon attached to the bag, and the other end was tied around her waist.Xiao Feng thought to himself: "This little girl is very cautious, for fear that the bag will fall off. It's quite uncomfortable to wear these jingling things on her body." He stretched out his hand to untie the kink of the ribbon on her belt.The knot was tied very firmly, and it took a while to untie it with only one hand. With a twitch, I felt that there was something tied at the other end of the ribbon.It was hidden in her skirt.

As soon as he let go, there was a slap, and something fell to the ground, it was a small wooden tripod with deep yellow color. Xiao Feng sighed, bent over to pick it up, and put it on the table.The carving of the wooden tripod is very fine, the wood is as firm and moist as jade, and there are faint red threads in the wood grain.Xiao Feng knew it was for the Xingxiu Sect to practice the "Great Transformation Technique", he hated it, he just glanced at it twice, he ignored it, thinking: "This little girl is really cunning, she keeps saying that the Shenmu King Cauldron has been handed over. I gave it to me, but I didn’t know that it was tied in my skirt. I expected her fellow disciples to believe that it was in my hands, and secondly, it was inconvenient to search for her skirt, so they never found out. Alas, her life is in danger today. What is the use of such extraneous things?"

Immediately call the shopkeeper to come in, order him to buy wine and meat with silver taels, and continue to use internal force to save AhZi's life. On the morning of the fourth day, I couldn't hold it anymore, so I had to hold AhZi's palm in each hand, hug her in my arms, lean on my chest, and pass the internal force from her palm to her. Unable to open it again, I finally closed my eyes and fell asleep in a daze.But he was always thinking about AhZi's life and death, he couldn't sleep for a while, and then woke up again. Fortunately, after he fell asleep, his true energy flowed like that, as long as his palms were not separated from AhZi's, her breath would not stop.

After another two days like this, seeing that AhZi had to hang her breath, but her injury didn't seem to improve at all, so trapped in this small inn, what's the end?A'Zi occasionally opened her eyes, her eyes were dazed and lifeless, obviously she was still ignorant of human affairs, and she couldn't say a word.Xiao Feng thought hard and couldn't do anything, he thought: "I have to carry her on the road, try my luck on the road, stay in this small inn, after all, it's not an option." Immediately he hugged Ah Zi with his left hand, and stuffed her bag with his right hand, and stuffed it in his bosom, seeing the wooden tripod on the table, he thought: "This kind of harmful thing, let's break it!" Then I thought again: "Ah Zi worked so hard to steal this thing. Seeing that her injury is not going to heal. When she is dying, she will regain consciousness for a moment, and she will definitely ask about this tripod. At that time, I will Take it out and show her a look, let her die with peace of mind, better than die with hatred." So he stretched out his hand to take the wooden tripod, and as soon as he got his hands on the tripod, he felt something wriggling inside. He was so strange that he took a closer look and saw five round holes the size of copper coins on the side of the tripod, and a thin line at the neck of the tripod. The seam seems to be divided into two parts.He held the body of the tripod with his little finger and ring finger, held the upper half of the wooden tripod with his thumb and middle finger and turned it to the left, and it really turned.Turned around a few times, unscrewed the lid of the cauldron, looked into the cauldron, could not help being surprised and disgusted, it turned out that there were two poisonous insects biting each other in the cauldron, one was a scorpion, the other was a centipede, writhing, The fight was really fierce. When the wooden tripod was placed on the table a few days ago, there were obviously no poisonous insects in the tripod, and the centipede and scorpion climbed into the tripod not long ago.Xiao Feng knew that this was XingXiu school's weird way to collect poisonous insects and poisons, he put the wooden tripod on one side, dumped the centipedes and scorpions on the ground, trampled them to death, then screwed on the tripod's lid and wrapped them in his clothes.After paying the store bill, holding Ah Zi in his arms, he walked northward in the wind and snow.
He had a deep feud with the heroes of the Central Plains, but he didn't want to change his face. This way, he went north and got closer and closer to Bianliang, the capital of the Song Dynasty. Holding AhZi like this, it's really inconvenient to use hands with others, so he avoided the main road and chose to walk in the remote mountains.After running for hundreds of miles like this, nothing happened. One day when I came to a big town, I saw a wooden sign outside a medicine shop that said "Handed down Confucian doctor Wang Tongzhi donated medical treatment" and thought: "There may not be any famous doctors in a small place, but you might as well go and ask for advice." So he hugged Ah Zi and went inside to seek medical treatment. The Confucian doctor Wang Tongzhi took AhZi's pulse, looked at Xiao Feng, took AhZi's pulse again, then looked at Xiao Feng, his face was very strange, suddenly he stretched out his finger to take Xiao Feng's wrist pulse. Xiao Feng said angrily: "Doctor, I am asking you to look at my sister's illness, not to seek medical treatment by myself." Wang Tongzhi shook his head and said: "I see that you are sick, you are insane, mentally disturbed, you need to treat it well "Xiao Feng said: "Why am I insane?" Wang Tongzhi said: "This girl's pulse has stopped, she died long ago, but her body is not stiff yet. Why are you holding her to see a doctor? It's not that she is insane Is it? Brother, you can’t be resurrected after death, so don’t be too sad, you should hold your sister’s body and bury it quickly, this is called burial.” Xiao Feng can't laugh or cry, but it's not unreasonable to think what the doctor said, AhZi is actually already dead, all relying on her own true energy to keep her alive, how does an ordinary doctor understand?He stood up, turned and went out. I saw a man dressed as a butler rushing into the pharmacy, shouting: "Hurry up, hurry up, I want the best old mountain ginseng. My old man suddenly suffered a stroke and was about to die. He needs ginseng to hang his life." The shopkeeper of the pharmacy hurriedly said: "Yes, yes! There are excellent Laoshan ginseng." Xiao Feng heard the words "Laoshan ginseng hangs his life", he suddenly remembered that when a person is seriously ill and is about to die, if he is fed a few mouthfuls of thick ginseng soup, he can often hang his breath and live for a while In three quarters, he said a few last words, he knew about this situation, but he didn't expect to use it on Ah Zi.However, the shopkeeper took out a mahogany box, and pushed open the cover with great care, revealing three ginseng branches as thick as fingers.Xiao Feng once heard people say that the thicker the ginseng is, the better it is, the more and deeper the wrinkles on the skin, the more precious it is, if it looks like a human body, with complete head, hands and feet, then it is the best product for years.These three sticks of ginseng seem to be just ordinary things, nothing special.The butler picked one and hurried away. Xiao Feng took out an ingot of gold and bought the remaining two.In the pharmacy there was a tool for decocting medicines for customers, so they immediately boiled ginseng soup, and slowly fed it to AhZi to drink a few mouthfuls.She didn't spit it out this time.After feeding her a few more sips, Xiao Feng noticed that her pulse rate increased slightly, and her breathing seemed to be smoother, so he couldn't help but feel happy. The Confucian doctor Wang Tongzhi watched from the side, but shook his head again and again, and said, "Brother, ginseng is not easy to come by, and it is a pity to spoil it. Ginseng is not the fairy grass of ganoderma. If even the dead can be saved, the rich will die forever." not dead." Xiao Feng couldn't leave Ah Zi for a moment these days, he was depressed for a long time, he heard Wang Tongzhi chattering and sneering, he couldn't help getting angry, he wanted to strike with his backhand, but when his arm moved slightly, Immediately restrained: "Who is a hero if you beat someone who doesn't know martial arts?" Immediately stopped his hands, picked up Ah Zi, and ran out of the drugstore.Faintly heard Wang Tongzhi still sneer and said: "This man is really stupid, he is running around with a dead man in his arms, it seems that he himself is not going to die soon!" If Xiao Feng strikes out this palm in a fit of anger, all ten kings will be ruled by him, and all of them will die. Xiao Feng went out of the pharmacy, thinking: "I have heard that Laoshan ginseng is produced in the bitter cold area of ​​Changbai Mountain, why not try my luck. Although it is extremely difficult to save Ah Zi, as long as she can stay in the world for one more day, A'Zhu's spirit is in the sky, and he must be more happy in his heart." Turn right at the moment and take the road to the northeast.Along the way, he came across a pharmacy, and went in to buy ginseng. Later, when the gold and silver were used up, he broke into the store honestly and took it out of hand. How could a few pharmacy employees stop him from staying?After AhZi took a lot of ginseng, she could occasionally open her eyes and call softly: "Brother-in-law!" When she fell asleep at night, if she didn't receive her true energy for a few hours, she could still breathe slightly on her own.
As it got colder and colder, Xiao Feng finally came to Changbai Mountain with Ah Zi in his arms.Although Changbai Mountain is rich in ginseng, if it is not an old ginseng visitor who is familiar with the terrain and the method of gathering ginseng, even if he searches for it for a year or so, he may not be able to find a ginseng.Xiao Feng kept heading north, the pedestrians on the road became less and less, at the end, the eyes were full of forests and grass, and the high slopes were piled up with snow, he walked for several days without seeing a single person.He couldn't help crying secretly: "It's bad, it's bad! There's snow all over the place, but how do you dig ginseng? Or go back to the place where the ginseng is distributed, buy it if you have money, and grab it if you don't have money." So he hugged Ah Zi and walked back . At that time, the sky was freezing and there was several feet of snow on the ground, so it was extremely difficult to walk, if it wasn't for his outstanding martial arts, walking with a person in his arms like this, even if he didn't freeze to death, he would have been trapped in the heavy snow and could not get out. On the third day, the sky was gloomy, and it seemed that a big snowstorm was about to blow. As far as the eye could see, there was white snow all over the front, back, left, and right sides. Not to mention the footprints of pedestrians, there were no footprints of wild animals in the snow.Xiao Feng looked around in a daze, as if he was in the boundless sea, the wind sound was sharp, howling back and forth by his ears. Xiao Feng knew he had lost his way, so he jumped onto the big tree several times to have a look around, he was surrounded by snow-covered forests, how could he tell the difference between east, west, north and south?He was afraid that Ah Zi would catch the cold, so he untied his robe and wrapped her in his arms.Although he has never been afraid of the sky and the earth, but at this moment in the vast universe, it seems that he is left alone and another person, so he can't help feeling quite afraid.If it's really just him, that's fine, even though the sea of ​​snow is big, he won't be able to trap him in the end, but he still holds a drowsy, half-lived little Ah Zi in his arms! He hadn't eaten for three days in a row. He wanted to hunt a grouse and a hare, but he couldn't see any shadow. He thought: "If you run around like this, you won't be able to get out after all. Let's rest in the forest overnight, wait for the snow to settle, and see." When you reach the sun, the moon, and the stars, you will be able to tell the direction." I found a leeward place in the forest, picked up some dry wood, and started a fire.The fire was burning big, and the body felt quite warm.He was so hungry that his stomach was rumbling, and when he saw some grass fungus growing on the roots of the tree, the color was gray and non-toxic, so he roasted some by the fire to satisfy his hunger. After eating more than 20 mushrooms, he regained his energy a bit, and supported Ah Zi to lean against his chest to warm himself by the fire.Just as he was about to close his eyes and fall asleep, he suddenly heard a loud "woo hoo", but it was the sound of a tiger roaring.Xiao Feng was overjoyed: "There are big insects coming to the door, but there are tiger meat to eat." He listened carefully, there were two tigers galloping from the snow, and then heard the sound of shouting, it seemed that someone was chasing the tigers. When he heard human voices, he liked it even more, he heard the two big worms rushing westward, immediately put AhZi gently beside the fire, performed lightness kung fu, and greeted them from the inclined road.At this time, the snow was falling heavily, and the north wind was strong, rolling the sky full of whiteness. After running for more than ten zhang, he saw two colorful tigers roaring towards them in the snow field. Behind them was a big man wearing animal clothes and holding a long iron fork, chasing them hurriedly.The two tigers were huge, and after running for a while, one of them turned around and roared, and rushed towards the hunter.The man stretched out his fork, aimed at the tiger's throat and stabbed it.The tiger moved quickly, turned around and avoided the tiger's fork, and the second tiger rushed towards the man again. The hunter was very quick, he turned the iron fork upside down, and with a slap, the handle of the fork hit the tiger hard on the waist.The fierce tiger roared in pain, held its tail, turned around and ran.The other tiger didn't want to fight any more and followed suit.Xiao Feng saw that this hunter is athletic and strong, but he doesn't seem to know any martial arts, but he is familiar with the habits of wild animals, the tiger has not yet pounced, his iron fork is already waiting where the tiger's head will go, as the saying goes, "predict the enemy's opportunity first, but if you want to It seems that it is not easy to kill two tigers in one fell swoop. Xiao Feng shouted: "Brother, I'll help you hunt down the tiger." He charged forward in a slanting stab, blocking the path of the two tigers, the hunter was surprised when he saw Xiao Feng rushing out, and shouted loudly, saying Not Chinese language.Xiao Feng didn't know what he said, he didn't pay any attention to it at the moment, raised his right hand, aimed at a tiger's forehead and gave a slap, with a bang sound, the tiger turned over and threw a somersault, roared like thunder, and rushed towards Xiao Feng again. Xiao Feng exerted 70% of his strength with this palm just now, even a person with high martial arts skills would have his brains cracked if he suffered from it, but the tiger's head is strong and its bones are thick, this rock-shattering palm hit on the head, unexpectedly only But after a somersault, he jumped on again.Xiao Feng praised: "Good guy, I really have you!" He turned sideways to avoid it, his right hand slanted from top to bottom, with a sound of rubbing, he chopped at the tiger's waist.He added 10% force to this slash, the tiger rushed forward a few steps, staggered, then jumped and fled without dying.Xiao Feng took two steps forward, pulled his right hand, he had already grabbed the tiger's tail, shouted loudly, his left hand also caught the tiger's tail, summoned up all his strength, and pulled back with all his strength, the tiger was rushing forward with all its strength, being pulled by him like this , the two forces burst out, and the tiger flew straight into the air. The hunter was holding the iron fork and was fighting with another tiger, suddenly he saw Xiao Feng throw the tiger into the air, he was really shocked.I saw the fierce tiger opened its mouth wide in mid-air, stretched out its sharp claws, and fell from the air.Xiao Feng stopped drinking with a sound, he stretched out both palms, and with a muffled slap, he hit the tiger's belly.The tiger's belly is the softest part, this move "Two Palms Dispelling Clouds" is Xiao Feng's proud skill, the tiger's internal organs were shattered immediately, rolled on the ground for a while, then fell down in the snow and died. The hunter admired him very much, he killed the tiger empty-handed, but he had an iron fork in his hand, if he couldn't even kill this tiger, wouldn't it be underestimated?Immediately stab the fork to the left, stab the fork to the right, and greet the tiger with one fork after another.The fierce tiger had several forks in its body, aroused its ferocity even more, bared its white teeth, and jumped at the man. The hunter avoided sideways, poked the iron fork horizontally, pierced the tiger's head and neck with a puff, and lifted his hands up, the tiger fell to the ground amidst the miserable howl.The man used both arms to firmly nail the tiger to the snow.But there was a rattling sound, and a large slit was split on the back of the animal skin clothes on his upper body, revealing a bare back with knotted muscles, which was very majestic.Xiao Feng looked at it, and secretly praised: "What a man!" The tiger's belly was facing the sky, its four claws were scrambling in the air, after a while, it finally stopped moving. The hunter lifted the iron fork, laughed loudly, turned around, raised his thumbs to Xiao Feng, and said a few words.Although Xiao Feng didn't understand his words, but looking at his expression, he knew that he was praising himself as a hero, so he imitated his example, he raised his thumbs up and said: "Hero, hero!" The man was overjoyed, pointed to the tip of his nose, and said: "Wanyan Aguda!" Xiao Feng guessed it was his name, so he also pointed to the tip of his nose, saying: "Xiao Feng!" The man said: "Xiao Feng? Khitan?" Xiao Feng nodded Head, said: "Khitan! You?" Stretching out his finger to ask him, the man said: "Wanyan Aguda! Jurchen!" Xiao Feng has always heard that there is a tribe in the east of Liao Kingdom and north of Koryo, named Jurchen, the tribe is brave and good at fighting, so this Wanyan Aguda is the Jurchen.Although the words are difficult, but meeting a companion in the vast snowy sea, he is always happy, immediately gestures to tell him that there is another companion, mentions the dead tiger, and walks to the place where AhZi is lying.A Guda dragged the dead tiger and followed behind. The tiger is newly dead, the blood is not coagulated, Xiao Feng lifts the tiger upside down, cuts the tiger's throat, and pours the tiger's blood into AhZi's mouth.AhZi couldn't open her eyes, but she was able to swallow the tiger's blood, she took more than ten mouthfuls.Xiao Feng was very happy, he tore off the two tiger legs and roasted them on the fire.Ah Guda saw that he was tearing the tiger's body apart with his bare hands, like tearing a cooked chicken. This kind of hand strength was something he had never seen before, and he had never heard of it before. The color of admiration. After the tiger meat was cooked, Xiao Feng and A Guda ate their fill.Ah Gu gestured to ask what he meant, Xiao Feng gestured and said that he was digging ginseng to heal Ah Zi, so he lost his way.Ah Guda laughed, gestured for a while, and said that it is easy to ask for ginseng, and you can take as much as you want.Xiao Feng was overjoyed, stood up, hugged AhZi with his left hand, and lifted a dead tiger with his right hand.A Guda raised his thumb again, and praised him: "So much strength!" Aguda is very familiar with the terrain in this area, and he will not get lost even in the snowstorm.The two stayed in the forest when it was dark, and went again at dawn.Going west like this for two days, at noon on the third day, Xiao Feng saw many footprints in the snow.A Gu made gestures repeatedly, saying that he was close to his clansmen.Sure enough, after turning around two mountain depressions, I saw hundreds of animal skin tents pitched darkly on the southeast hillside.A Gu pouted his lips to whistle, and someone from the camp greeted him. Xiao Feng followed A Guda approaching, he saw fires were lit in front of every tent, around the fires were surrounded by women, mending animal skins and marinating animal meat.A Guda led Xiao Feng towards the biggest tent in the middle, picked it up and entered.Xiao Feng followed in.More than ten people sat around in the tent, drinking by themselves, when they saw Aguda, they cheered loudly.A Guda pointed to Xiao Feng, and even said, Xiao Feng looked at him, he knew that he was describing the situation of killing a tiger with his bare hands.Everyone gathered around Xiao Feng one after another, stretched out their hands and raised their thumbs, and couldn't stop praising him. In the midst of the bustle, a Han man dressed as a businessman came in and asked Xiao Feng: "This master, can you speak Chinese?" Xiao Feng happily said: "Can speak, can speak." When asked about the reason, it turned out that this place was the tent of the Jurchen patriarch.The black-bearded old man in the middle is the patriarch and Libu.He has eleven sons in total, all of whom are heroes.Aguda is his second son.This Han man's name is Xu Zhuocheng, and he comes here every winter to buy ginseng and furs until the beginning of spring.Xu Zhuocheng could speak Jurchen, so he immediately acted as Xiao Feng's interpreter.The Jurchens and the Khitans used to fight each other, but the ones they admire most are heroes.That Wanyan Aguda is shrewd and capable, his father loves him very much, his clansman also loves him very much, he praised Xiao Feng unapologetically, everyone did not think Xiao Feng is a Khitan, and treated him as a guest of honor. A Guda gave up his tent for Xiao Feng and A Zi to live in.Xiao Feng declined a few words of thanks, but A Guda insisted on refusing.Seeing the other party's Yicheng, Xiao Feng also stayed in. That night, the Jurchen tribe held a feast to welcome Xiao Feng, the meat of the two tigers was also a treasure on the banquet.Xiao Feng hadn't touched alcohol for half a month, at this time the Jurchen clansman brought out leather bags after bags of spirits, Xiao Feng drank one bag after another, feeling very happy.The wine made by Jurchens is pungent and has a very bad taste, but it has a strong temper, ordinary people will get drunk after drinking less than half a bag, Xiao Feng drank more than ten bags, but his expression remained unchanged.The Jurchen considers a big drinker to be a true hero, how he kills a tiger with bare hands, no one has seen with their own eyes, but drinking like this, even ten Jurchen big men combined can't compare, so everyone is in awe. Xu Zhuocheng saw that the Jurchens respected him, so he also flattered him very much.Xiao Feng lived at leisure, went hunting with A Guda during the day, and after dark, he followed Xu Zhuocheng to learn Jurchen dialect.After 40 to 50% of the learning, I thought that I was a Khitan, but I couldn't speak the Khitan dialect, so I couldn't justify it, so I learned the Khitan dialect from him.Xu Zhuocheng traveled around a lot, and he spoke Khitan dialect, Xixia dialect, and Jurchen dialect very fluently.Xiao Feng's ability to learn languages ​​is not very clever, but both Jurchen and Khitan are far easier than Chinese, after a long time, he can finally speak to the point, no need for an interpreter. After a few months, the end of winter and the arrival of spring, AhZi ate ginseng every day, and her injuries improved a lot.The ginseng that the Jurchens dug up in the barren mountains and ridges are all high-grade ginseng that has been dug for a long time, and it is really more precious than gold.Once Xiao Feng went hunting, he would surely kill many wild animals, and he exchanged ginseng for AhZi's food.Even if it is a wealthy family, if there is a young lady who eats ginseng like this, I am afraid that she will also be poor.Xiao Feng still needs to use his internal energy to help her luck every day, at that time one or two times a day was enough, he doesn't need to stick to his body like before.AhZi can barely speak a few words sometimes, but her limbs are weak and unable to move, Xiao Feng will take care of all her daily life and food.He thought of AhZhu's deep affection, and he was willing to do his job, and felt that serving AhZi once more would repay AhZhu more, and he felt relieved in his heart.
On this day Aguda led more than ten people from his tribe to go to the northwest mountains to hunt down the big bear, he invited Xiao Feng to go with him, he said that the big bear's fur is thick, rich in oil, bear's paws are plump, bear bile is very effective in healing injuries.Xiao Feng saw that Ah Zi was in good spirits, he could go hunting with peace of mind, so he happily said.A group of people set off before dawn and headed north. It was already early summer, the ice and snow had melted, the ground was muddy, and the forest was full of rotten branches and leaves, making it very difficult to walk, but these Jurchens still walked extremely fast with light feet.At noon, an old hunter called out: "Bear! Bear!" Everyone looked along where he pointed, and saw a big footprint in the mud in the distance, and another footprint not far away. , is the footprint of the big bear.Everyone was elated and followed the footprints. The soles of the big bear stepped in the mud, several inches deep, and even a child would follow, and the group yelled loudly and walked forward quickly.I saw the footprints all the way to the west, and then left the muddy forest and came to the grassland, and everyone ran even faster. As he was running, he suddenly heard the sound of horseshoes, dust flying in front of him, and a large group of horses came galloping.But I saw a big black bear turning around and running towards it, followed by 70 or 80 people on tall horses, yelling and chasing, some of these people were holding spears, some were holding bows and arrows, all of them looked fierce. A Guda shouted: "It's Khitan people! There are a lot of them, go away! Go away!" Xiao Feng heard that he was a member of his own tribe, he felt close to him, seeing A Guta turned around and ran, but it was not convenient for him, he stood to see clearly. But those Khitan people shouted: "Jurchen barbarians, let go of the arrows! Let the arrows go!" There was a constant swishing sound, and the feathered arrows shot one after another.Xiao Feng was annoyed in his heart: "Why do you shoot arrows as soon as we meet for no reason, without asking clearly." Several arrows shot in front of him, but he stretched out his hand to knock them down.But there was a scream of "ah", the old Jurchen hunter was hit by an arrow in his vest, and fell to the ground and died. A Guda led the crowd to a slope, fell down on the ground, bent his bow and set up an arrow, and also shot down two Khitans.Xiao Feng is in the middle, he doesn't know which side to help. But the Khitan people's feathered arrows kept shooting at Xiao Feng.Xiao Feng caught an arrow, waved it casually, and shot the arrows down one by one, he shouted loudly: "What are you doing? Why did you kill without saying a word!" A Guda shouted on the soil slope: "Xiao Feng, Xiao Feng, come quickly , They don't know you are a Khitan!" At this moment, two Khitan men held their spears straight, charged towards Xiao Feng on horseback, both spears raised, piercing from left and right respectively. Xiao Feng didn't want to hurt his own clansman, he grabbed the spear shaft with both hands, shook lightly, the two Khitans knocked off their horses.Xiao Feng provoked the two of them with the spear and threw it.Those two screamed in mid-air, flew back to the formation, fell to the ground, unable to get up for a while.Aguda waited for the Jurchens to applaud loudly. Among the Khitan people, a middle-aged man in red robe shouted loudly and issued orders.Dozens of Khitan people spread out their wings and outflanked them to intercept the retreat of Aguda and others.The red robe is surrounded by dozens of people. A Guda saw that the momentum was not good, he roared loudly, calling for his clansmen and Xiao Feng to flee.The Khitan arrows rained down, shooting down several Jurchens.The Jurchens had strong bows and crossbows, and their arrows never missed. They also killed a dozen Khitan knights in an instant, but they were outnumbered and fled while shooting. Xiao Feng saw that these Khitan people were unreasonable, even though they were members of his own clan, he couldn't care less, grabbed a hard bow, swished, swished, and fired four arrows in a row, every arrow hit a Khitan's shoulder or thigh, all four fell off the horse, but survived.The red-robed man yelled a few times, those Khitan men galloped after them, they were very brave. Xiao Feng saw with his own eyes that among the companions who came with him, only Aguda and the five young men were still running away and shooting arrows at the same time, the rest had been shot to death by the Khitan people.There is nowhere to hide on the prairie, it seems that if the fight continues, even Aguda will be killed.At these times, the Jurchens treat themselves like honored guests, and if they can't protect their good friends in times of crisis, what are they talking about as heroes?But if there is a big fight for a while, if these Khitan people know they are in trouble and retreat, it will definitely hurt the lives of their own people, only by capturing the leader of the red robe man and forcing him to order to retreat, can the fight be stopped in two strokes. He had made up his mind, and shouted loudly in Khitan language: "Hey, retreat quickly! If you don't retreat again, I will be rude to you." At the sound of three whoops, three spears were thrown towards you.Xiao Feng thought to himself: "You people really don't know what is good or bad!" Shortened his stature, he rushed towards the red robed man. Seeing that he was in danger, Ah Guda shouted: "No way, Xiao Feng come back quickly!" Xiao Feng ignored it, and rushed forward with all his strength.All the Khitan people shouted one after another, their spears, feathers and arrows greeted him.Xiao Feng took a spear, broke it into two pieces, took half of the spear body, like a long sword, pushed aside the incoming weapons one by one, walked like flying, and rushed to the red robe man. The red-robed man was full of beards and looked mighty, seeing Xiao Feng attacking, he didn't panic, he took three javelins from the left and right guards, and threw them at Xiao Feng with a whoosh.As soon as Xiao Feng stretched out his hand, he caught the javelin, when the second spear arrived, he caught it again.With a wave of his arms, two javelins shot out, stabbing the left and right guards of the man in red off their horses.The man in the red robe shouted: "Good skill!" The third shot has already been thrown head-on.Xiao Feng stretched out his left palm, turned the head of the gun, borrowed his strength to strike, the javelin shot like the wind, and penetrated into the chest of the red-robed man's mount. The man in the red robe shouted "Ah Yo!" and jumped off the horse.Xiao Feng leaned forward, stretched out his left arm, and grabbed his right shoulder.He could only hear the golden blade piercing the wind behind him, he stepped forward with a single step, and he shot forward for more than ten feet. There were two totuo sounds, and the two spears were inserted into the ground.Xiao Feng hugged the red-robed man and leaped to the left, landed behind a Khitan knight, knocked him off the horse's back with one palm, and galloped away. The man in the red robe punched Xiao Feng in the face.Xiao Feng only squeezed his left arm, the man couldn't move.Xiao Feng shouted: "Tell them to retreat, otherwise they will kill you on the spot." The red-robed man had no choice but to shout: "Everyone retreat, there is no need to fight." The Khitan people rushed to Xiao Feng one after another, wanting to save him.Xiao Feng pointed the broken spear at the red robe man's right cheek, and shouted: "Do you want to stab him to death?" An old Khitan man shouted: "Let go of our leader, or you will be ripped apart immediately." Xiao Feng laughed out loud, and with a slap, he slashed towards the old man in the air.His purpose of this palm was to raise his prestige, intimidate everyone, so as not to cause more damage, it was done with the strength of his hand, but when he heard a loud bang, the old Khitan man was excited by the palm force and got off his horse. He flew straight out, fell several feet away, spurted blood wildly from his mouth, and saw that he was dying. All the Khitan people have never seen this kind of miraculous skill of splitting the palm, the power of the palm disappears without a trace, just like a demon, they all reined in their horses and backed away in unison, their expressions were extremely frightened, they were afraid that Xiao Feng would slap them. Xiao Feng shouted: "If you don't back away, I'll beat him to death with one palm first!" He raised his palm, as if he wanted to shoot down the red robed man's head. The man in the red robe shouted: "Back away, everyone back up!" Everyone reined in their horses and took a few steps back, but they still refused to leave. Xiao Feng pondered: "This area is all plains and wilderness, if their leader is released, these Khitan people will chase after them on horseback, they will not be able to escape after all." He said to the red-robed human: "You tell them to bring eight horses here." The red-robed human still insisted Words ordered.The Khitan knight brought eight horses and handed them over to Aguda. Aguda hated these Khitans for killing his companions, he punched a Khitan knight leading a horse somersaulting.Although Khitan was crowded, they didn't dare to fight back. Xiao Feng said again: "You give the order again, telling everyone to kill all the horses, not even a single horse can be kept." The red-robed man was quite straightforward, he didn't argue, and shouted an order: "Everyone get off their horses and kill their mounts." All the knights jumped off their horses without thinking, and either with their sabers or with their spears, they all killed their horses. killed. Xiao Feng didn't expect all the warriors to be so obedient, secretly admired him, he thought: "This man in red seems to have a high status, he just said something casually, and it doesn't mean that all the warriors are half obedient. Khitan people are like this The military order is strict, so it is no wonder that in wars with Song people, there are always more victories than defeat." He said: "You tell everyone to go back, and you are not allowed to chase. If one person comes after you, I will cut off your hand; if two people come after you, I will kill you." Cut off your hands; four people come after you and cut off your limbs!" The red robe was so angry that his beard and beard were full of anger, but under his control, he had no choice but to send an order: "Everyone go back, mobilize your troops, and go straight to the Jurchen's lair!" All the warriors said in unison: "Observe!" . Xiao Feng turned his horse's head around, waited for A Guda and the other six people to get on the horses, and the group galloped back to the east.After galloping for several miles, Xiao Feng saw that the Khitan people did not come after him, he jumped onto the saddle of another horse and let the red robed man ride on his own. The eight returned to the camp non-stop.A Guda told his father and Li Bu how he met the enemy, how he was rescued by Xiao Feng, and how he captured the Khitan leader.Helibu was overjoyed, and said: "Okay, bring that Khitan dog up." 那红袍人进入帐内，仍是神态威武，直立不屈。和哩布知他是契丹的贵人，问道：“你叫什么名字？在辽国官居何职？”那人昂然道：“我又不是你捉来的，你怎配问我？”契丹人和女真人都有惯例，凡俘虏了敌人，便是属于俘获者私人的奴隶。和哩布哈哈一笑，道：“也说得是！” 那红袍人走到萧峰身前，右腿一曲，单膝下跪，右手加额，说道：“主人，你当真英雄了得，我打你不过，何况我们人多，仍然输了。我为你俘获，绝无怨言。你若放我回去，我以黄金五十两、白银五百两、骏马三十匹奉献。” 阿骨打的叔父颇拉苏道：“你是契丹大贵人，这样的赎金大大不够，萧兄弟，你叫他送黄金五百两、白银五千两、骏马三百匹来赎取。”这颇拉苏精明能干，将赎金加了十倍，原是漫天讨价之意。本来黄金五十两、白银五百两、骏马三十匹，以女真人生活之简陋，已是罕有的巨财，女真人和契丹人交战数十年，从未听见过如此巨额的赎款，如果这红袍贵人不肯再加，那么照他应许的数额接纳，也是一笔大横财了。 不料那红袍人竟不踌躇，一口答允：“好，就是这么办！” 帐中一干女真人听了都是大吃一惊，几乎不相信自己的耳朵。契丹、女真两族族人撒谎骗人，当然也不是没有，但交易买卖，或是许下诺言，却向来说一是一，说二是二，从无说过后不作数的，何况这时谈论的是赎金数额，倘若契丹人缴纳不足，或是意欲反悔，这红袍人便不能回归本族，因此空言许诺根本无用。颇拉苏还怕他被俘后惊慌过甚，神智不清，说道：“喂，你听清楚了没有？我说的是黄金五百两、白银五千两、骏马三百匹？” 红袍人神态傲慢，冷冷的道：“黄金五百两、白银五千两、骏马三百匹，何足道哉？我大辽国富有天下，也不会将这区区之数放在眼内。”他转身对着萧峰，神色登时转为恭谨，道：“主人，我只听你一人吩咐，别人的话，我不再理了。”颇拉苏道：“萧兄弟，你问问他，他到底是辽国的什么贵人大官？”萧峰还未出口，那人道：“主人，你若定要问我出身来历，我只有胡乱捏造，欺骗于你，谅你也难知真假。但你是英雄好汉，我也是英雄好汉，我不愿骗你，因此你不用问了。” 萧峰左手一翻，从腰间拔出佩刀，右掌击向刀背，拍的一声，一柄刀登时弯了下来，厉声喝道：“你胆敢不说？我手掌在你脑袋上这么一劈，那便如何？” 红袍人却不惊惶，右手大拇指一竖，说道：“好本领，好功夫！今日得见当世第一的大英雄，真算不枉了。萧英雄，你以力威逼，要我违心屈从，那可办不到。你要杀便杀。契丹人虽然斗你不过，骨气却跟你是一般的硬朗。” 萧峰哈哈大笑，道：“好，好！我不在这里杀你。若是我一刀将你杀了，你未必心服，咱们走得远远的，再去恶斗一场。” 和哩布和颇拉苏齐声劝道：“萧兄弟，这人杀了可惜，不如留着收取赎金的好。你若生气，不妨用木棍皮鞭狠狠打他一顿。” 萧峰道：“不！他要充好汉，我偏不给他充。”向女真人借了两枝长矛，两副弓箭，拉着红袍人的手腕，同出大帐，自己翻身上马，说道：“上马罢！”红袍人毫不畏缩，明知与萧峰相斗是必死无疑，他说要再斗一场，直如猫儿捉住了耗子，要戏弄一番再杀而已，却也凛然不惧，一跃上马，径向北去。 萧峰纵马跟随其后，两人驰出数里。萧峰道：“转向西行！”红袍人道：“此地风景甚佳，我就死在这里好了。”萧峰道：“接住！”将长矛、弓箭掷了过去。那人一一接住，大声道：“萧英雄，我明知不是对手，但契丹人宁死不屈！我要出手了！”萧峰道：“且慢，接住！”又将自己手中的长矛和弓箭掷了过去，两手空空，按辔微笑。红袍人大怒，叫道：“嘿，你要空手和我相斗，未免辱人太甚！” 萧峰摇头道：“不是！萧某生平敬重的是英雄，爱惜的是好汉。你武功虽不如我，却是大大的英雄好汉，萧某交了你这个朋友！你回自族去罢。” 红袍人大吃一惊，问道：“什……什么？”萧峰微笑道：“我说萧某当你是好朋友，让你平安回家！”红袍人从鬼门关中转了过来，自是喜不自胜，问道：“你真的放我回去？你……你到底是何用意？我回去后将赎金再加十倍，送来给你。”萧峰怫然道：“我当你是朋友，你如何不当我是朋友？萧峰是堂堂汉子，岂贪身外的财物？” 红袍人道：“是，是！”掷下兵刃，翻身下马，跪倒在地，俯首下拜，说道：“多谢恩公饶命。”萧峰跪下还礼，说道：“萧某不杀朋友，也不敢受朋友跪拜。倘若是奴隶之辈，萧某受得他的跪拜，也就不肯饶他性命。” 红袍人更加喜欢，站起身来，说道：“萧英雄，你口口声声当我是朋友，我就跟你结义为兄弟，如何？” 萧峰艺成以后，便即入了丐帮。帮中辈份分得甚严，自帮主、副帮主以下，有传功、执法长老，四大护法长老，以及各舵香主、八袋弟子、七袋弟子以至不负布袋的弟子。他只有积功递升，却没和人拜把子结兄弟，只有在无锡与段誉一场赌酒，相互倾慕，这才结为金兰之交。这时听那红袍人这么说，想起当年在中原交遍天下英豪，今日落得蛮邦索居，委实落魄之极，居然有人提起此事，不禁感慨，又见这红袍人气度豪迈，着实是条好汉子，便道：“甚好，甚好，在下萧峰，今年三十一岁。尊兄贵庚？”那人笑道：“在下耶律基，却比恩公大了一十三岁。”萧峰道：“兄长如何还称小弟为恩公？你是大哥，受我一拜。”说着便拜了下去。耶律基急忙还礼。 两人当下将三枝长箭插在地下，点燃箭尾羽毛，作为香烛，向天拜了八拜，结为兄弟。 耶律基心下甚喜，说道：“兄弟，你姓萧，倒似是我契丹人一般。”萧峰道：“不瞒兄长说，小弟原是契丹人。”说着解开衣衫，露出胸口刺着的那个青色狼头。 耶律基一见大喜，说道：“果然不错，你是我契丹的后族族人。兄弟，女真之地甚是寒苦，不如随我同赴上京，共享富贵。”萧峰道：“多谢哥哥好意，可是小弟素来贫贱，富贵生活是过不来的。小弟在女真人那里居住，打猎吃酒，倒也逍遥快活。日后思念哥哥，自当前来辽国寻访。”他和阿紫分别已久，记挂她伤势，道：“哥哥，你早些回去罢，以免家人和部属牵挂。”当下两人行礼而别。 萧峰掉转马头回来，只见阿骨打率领了十余名族人前来迎接。原来阿骨打见萧峰久去不归，深恐中了那红袍人的诡计，放心不下，前来接应。萧峰说起已释放他回辽。阿骨打也是个大有见识的英雄，对萧峰的轻财重义，豁达大度，深为赞叹。
一日，萧峰和阿骨打闲谈，说起阿紫所以受伤，乃系误中自己掌力所致，虽用人参支持性命，但日久不愈，甚是烦恼。阿骨打道：“萧大哥，原来你妹子的病是外伤，咱们女真人医治打伤跌损，向来用虎筋、虎骨和熊胆三味药物，很有效验，你怎么不试一试？”萧峰大喜，道：“别的没有，这虎筋、虎骨，这里再多不过，至于熊胆吗，我出力去杀熊便是。”当下问明用法，将虎筋、虎骨熬成了膏，喂阿紫服下。 次日一早，萧峰独自往深山大泽中去猎熊。他孤身出猎，得以尽量施展轻功，比之随众打猎方便得多。第一日没寻到黑熊踪迹，第二日便猎到了一头。他剖出熊胆，奔回营地，喂着阿紫服下。这虎筋、虎骨、熊胆与老山远年人参，都是珍贵之极的治伤药物，尤其新鲜熊胆更是难觅。薛神医虽说医道如神，终究非药物不可，将老山人参给病人当饭吃，固非他财力所能，而要像萧峰那样，隔不了几天便去弄一两副新鲜熊胆来给阿紫服下，却也决计难以办到。 这一日，他正在帐前熬虎筋虎骨膏药，一名女真人匆匆过来，说道：“萧大哥，有十几个契丹人给你送礼来啦。”萧峰点点头，心知是义兄耶律基遣来。只听得马蹄声响，一列马缓缓过来，马背上都驮满了物品。 为首的那契丹队长听耶律基说过萧峰的相貌，一见到他，老远便跳下马来，快步抢前，拜伏在地，说道：“主人自和萧大爷别后，思念得紧，将命小人室里送上薄礼，并请萧大爷赴上京盘桓。”说着磕了几个头，双手呈上礼单，神态恭谨之极。 萧峰接了礼单，笑道：“费心了，你请起罢！”打开礼单，见是契丹文字，便道：“我不识字，不用看了。”室里道：“这薄礼是黄金五千两、白银五万两、锦缎一千匹、上等麦子一千石、肥牛一千头、肥羊五千头、骏马三千匹，此外尚有诸般服饰器用。” 萧峰愈听愈惊，这许多礼物，比之颇拉苏当日所要的赎金更多了十倍，他初见十余匹马驮着物品，已觉礼物太多，倘若照这队长所言，不知要多少马匹车子才装得下。 室里躬身道：“主人怕牲口在途中走散损失，是以牛羊马匹，均多备了一成。托赖主人和萧大爷洪福，小人一行路上没遇上风雪野兽，牲口损失很小。”萧峰叹道：“耶律哥哥想得这等周到，我若不受，未免辜负了他的好意，但若尽数收受，却又如何过意得去。”室里道：“主人再三嘱咐，萧大爷要是客气不受，小人回去必受重罚。” 忽听得号角声呜呜吹起，各处营帐中的女真人执了刀枪弓箭，纷纷奔来。有人大呼传令：“敌人来袭，预备迎敌。”萧峰向号角声传来之处望去，只见尘头大起，似有无数军马向这边行进。 室里大声叫道：“各位勿惊，这是萧大爷的牛羊马匹。”他用女真话连叫数声，但一干女真人并不相信，和哩布、颇拉苏、阿骨打等仍是分率族人，在营帐之西列成队伍。 萧峰第一次见到女真人布阵打仗，心想：“女真族人数不多，却个个凶猛矫捷。耶律哥哥手下的那些契丹骑士虽然亦甚了得，似乎尚不及这些女真人的剽悍，至于大宋官兵，那是更加不如了。” 室里叫道：“我去招呼部属暂缓前进，以免误会。”转身上马，向西驰去。阿骨打手一挥，四名女真猎人上马跟随其后。五人纵马缓缓向前，驰到近处，但见满山遍野都是牛羊马匹，一百余名契丹人手执长杆吆喝驱打，并无兵士。 四名女真人一笑转身，向和哩布禀告。过不多时，牲口队来到近处，只听得牛鸣马嘶，吵成一片，连众人说话的声音也淹没了。 当晚萧峰请女真族人杀羊宰牛，款待远客。次日从礼物中取出金银锦缎，赏了送礼的一行人众。待契丹人告别后，他将金银锦缎、牛羊马匹尽数转送了阿骨打，请他分给族人。女真人聚族而居，各家并无私产，一人所得，便是同族公有，是以萧峰如此慷慨，各人倒也不以为奇，但平白无端的得了这许多财物，自是皆大欢喜。全族大宴数日，人人都感激萧峰。
夏去秋来，阿紫的病又好了几分。她神智一清，每日躺在营帐中养伤便觉厌烦，常要萧峰带她出外骑马散心，两人并骑，她倚在萧峰胸前，不花半点力气。萧峰对她千依百顺，此后数月之中，除了大风大雪，两人总是在外漫游。后来近处玩得厌了，索性带了帐篷，在外宿营，数日不归。萧峰乘机打虎猎熊、挖掘人参。只因阿紫偷射了一枚毒针，长白山边的黑熊、猛虎可就倒足了大霉，不知道有多少为此而丧生在萧峰掌底。 萧峰为了便于挖参，每次都是向东或向北。这一日阿紫说东边、北边的风景都看过了，要往西走走。萧峰道：“西边是一片大草原，没什么山水可看。”阿紫道：“大草原也很好啊，像大海一般。我就是没见过真正的大海。我们的星宿海虽说是海，终究有边有岸。” 萧峰听她提到“星宿海”三字，心中一凛，这一年来和女真人共居，竟将武林中的种种情事都淡忘了。阿紫不能行动，要做坏事也无从做起，只是顾着给她治伤救命，竟没想到她伤愈之后，恶性又再发作，却便如何？ 他回过头来，向阿紫瞧去，只见她一张雪白的脸蛋仍是没半点血色，面颊微陷，一双大大的眼珠也凹了进去，容色极是憔悴，身子更是瘦骨伶仃。萧峰不禁内疚：“她本来是何等活泼可爱的一个小姑娘，却给我打得半死不活，变得和骷髅相似，怎地我仍是只念着她的坏处？”便即笑道：“你既喜欢往西，咱们便向西走走。阿紫，等你病大好了，我带你到高丽国边境，去瞧瞧真的大海，碧水茫茫，一望无际，这气象才了不起呢。” 阿紫拍手笑道：“好啊，好啊，其实不用等我病好全，咱们就可去了。”萧峰“咦”的一声，又惊又喜，道：“阿紫，你双手能自由活动了。”阿紫笑道：“十四五天前，我的两只手便能动了，今天更加灵活了好多。”萧峰喜道：“好极了！你这顽皮姑娘，怎么一直瞒着我？”阿紫眼中闪过一丝狡猾的神色，微笑道：“我宁可永远动弹不得，你便天天这般陪着我。等我伤好了，你又要赶我走了。” 萧峰听她说得真诚，怜惜之情油然而生，道：“我是个粗鲁汉子，那次一不小心，便将你打成这生模样。你天天陪着我，又有什么好？” 阿紫不答，过了好一会，低声道：“姊夫，你那天为什么这么大力的出掌打我？”萧峰不愿重提旧事，摇头道：“这件事早就过去了，再提干么？阿紫，我将你伤成这般，好生过意不去，你恨不恨我？”阿紫道：“我自然不恨。我为什么恨你？我本来要你陪着我，现下你可不是陪着我了么？我开心得很呢。” 萧峰听她这么说，虽觉这小姑娘的念头很是古怪，但近来她为人确实很好，想是自己尽心服侍，已将她的戾气化去了不少，当下回去预备马匹、车辆、帐幕、干粮等物。 次日一早，两人便即西行。行出十余里，阿紫问道：“姊夫，你猜到了没有？”萧峰道：“猜到了什么？”阿紫道：“那天我忽然用毒针伤你，你知道是什么缘故？”萧峰摇了摇头，道：“你的心思神出鬼没，我怎猜得到？”阿紫叹了口气，道：“你既猜不到，那就不用猜了。姊夫，你看这许多大雁，为什么排成了队向南飞去？” 萧峰抬起头来，只见天边两队大雁，排成了“人”字形，正向南疾飞，便道：“天快冷了，大雁怕冷，到南方避寒。”阿紫道：“到了春天，它们为甚又飞回来？每年一来一去，岂不辛苦得很？它们要是怕冷，索性留在南方，便不用回来了。” 萧峰自来潜心武学，从来没去想过这些禽兽虫蚁的习性，给她这么一问，倒答不出来，摇头笑道：“我也不知它们为什么不怕辛苦，想来这些雁儿生于北方，留恋故乡之故。” 阿紫点头道：“定是这样了。你瞧最后这头雁儿，身子不大，却也向南飞去。将来它的爹爹、妈妈、姊姊、姊夫都回到北方，它自然也要跟着回来。” 萧峰听她说到“姊姊、姊夫”四字，心念一动，侧头向她瞧去，但见她抬头呆望着天边雁群，显然适才这句话是无心而发，寻思：“她随口一句话，便将我和她的亲生爹娘连在一起，可见在她心中，已将我当作了最亲的亲人。我可不能再随便离开她。待她病好之后，须将她送往大理，交在她父母手中，我肩上的担子方算是交卸了。” 两人一路上谈谈说说。阿紫一倦，萧峰便从马背上将她抱了下来，放入后面车中，让她安睡。到得傍晚，便在树林中宿营。如此走了数日，已到大草原的边缘。 阿紫放眼遥望，大草原无边无际，十分高兴，说道：“咱们向西望是瞧不到边了。可是真要像茫茫大海，须得东南西北望出去都见不到边才行。”萧峰知她意思是要深入大草原的中心，不忍拂逆其意，鞭子一挥，驱马便向西行。 在大草原中西行数日，当真四下眺望，都已不见草原尽处。其时秋高气爽，闻着长草的青气，甚是畅快。草丛间诸般小兽甚多，萧峰随猎随食，无忧无虑。 又行了数日，这日午间，远远望见前面竖立着无数营帐，又有旌旗旄节，似是兵营，又似部落聚族而居。萧峰道：“前面好多人，不知是干什么的，咱们回去罢，不用多惹麻烦了。”阿紫道：“不！不！我要去瞧瞧。我双脚不会动，怎能给你多惹麻烦？”萧峰一笑，说道：“麻烦之来，不一定是你自己惹来的，有时候人家惹将过来，你要避也避不脱。”阿紫笑道：“咱们过去瞧瞧，那也不妨。” 萧峰知她小孩心性，爱瞧热闹，便纵马缓缓行去。草原上地势平坦，那些营帐虽然老远便已望见，但走将过去，路程也着实不近。走了七八里路，猛听得呜呜号角之声大起，跟着尘头飞扬，两列马队散了开来，一队往北，一队往南的疾驰。 萧峰微微一惊，道：“不好，是契丹人的骑兵！”阿紫道：“是你的自己人啊，真是好得很，有什么不好？”萧峰道：“我又不识得他们，还是回去罢。”勒转马头，便从原路回转，没走出几步，便听得鼓声蓬蓬，又有几队契丹骑兵冲了上来。萧峰寻思：“四下里又不见有敌人，这些人是在操练阵法吗？” 只听得喊声大起：“射鹿啊，射鹿啊！”西面、北面、南面，都是一片叫嚷射鹿之声。萧峰道：“他们是在围猎，这声势可真不小。”当下将阿紫抱上马背，勒定了马，站在东首眺望。 只见契丹骑士都身披锦袍，内衬铁甲。锦袍各色，一队红、一队绿、一队黄、一队紫，旗帜和锦袍一色，来回驰骤，兵强马健，煞是壮观。萧峰和阿紫看得暗暗喝采。众兵各依军令纵横进退，挺着长矛驱赶麋鹿，见到萧峰和阿紫二人，也只略加一瞥，不再理会。四队骑兵分从四面围拢，将数十头大鹿围在中间。偶然有一头鹿从行列的空隙中逸出，便有一小队出来追赶，兜个圈子，又将鹿儿逼了回去。