Chapter 6 Chapter Six

A dozen blazing torches formed a circle, illuminating the lawn like daylight. The sitting people all stood up and retreated around, leaving Yu Jiaolong and Ban Tianyun standing in the center.Yu Jiaolong stood there motionless, only watching the horse thieves' every move coldly.She still couldn't believe that these disheveled horse thieves, who were disheveled, could not sit up straight, could be so fierce, and defeated the four hundred elite cavalry of the official army. After Ban Tianyun waited for everyone to stand still, he turned around, hugged Yu Jiaolong, and said, "Slashing and fighting is like a simple meal for me, but fighting a woman is still a good thing." In the first place, swords and guns have no eyes, you have to be careful."

After speaking, he untied the short knife from his waist, pulled the knife out of the sheath made of green shark skin, and then threw the sheath to a brother.Yu Jiaolong glanced over and saw the short knife, which was no more than one foot five inches long, the blade was as thin as paper, and the back of the knife was half an inch thick. Under the light of the fire, it shone coldly.The scene that just happened in the battle immediately flashed in her mind: Ban Tianyun rode on a fiery horse, raised his knife and slashed in mid-air, an officer and soldier cut a man in two with the knife.She couldn't help shivering all over her body, and the sword in her hand clenched even tighter.She couldn't help thinking: "I have to restrain him first!"

At the same time, he kept thinking about the sword technique he should use to deal with Ban Tianyun. There was no sound on the lawn except the crackling of the torches, and there was a tense atmosphere in the firelight.It seems that everyone has foreseen the accident of this contest. Ban Tianyun held the saber in his arms, stood in a good posture, looked at Yu Jiaolong with a slightly mocking look, said "please", then protected his left hand with his right hand, raised the saber to shoulder level, and made a posture.But Yu Jiaolong didn't follow the rules of the competition, neither showed his fight nor said "please", he shook his sword, stepped forward, and faced Ban Tianyun with a sword.There was only a sound of "dang", and the sword was cut open by the knife.Yu Jiaolong felt a slight numbness in her fingers.Ban Tianyun's display of arm strength secretly surprised her.She took the opportunity to draw the sword back, followed by a "swoosh" sound and pierced Yun's throat for a long time. "Dang!" The sword was still pushed away, and his hands were numb again.She gritted her teeth, turned the sword over, and slashed at the opponent's waist.It was pulled away by the knife again.She took three steps in a row, and took three steps back in a row.In just a split second, she stabbed and slashed, and changed three moves, but for a long time Yun didn't return the knife.She noticed: Yun blocked, blocked, and dialed three times in a long time, all with the back of the knife.

She thought: "This horse thief is really stingy, he loves his sword so much." After Ban Tianyun drew the third sword, he suddenly jumped a few steps to the side, and said seriously: "Seeing that you are a woman, I have given you three moves. Be careful, it's time for you to look at the knife." After saying that, he slashed the short knife in his hand and danced like a whirlwind.Suddenly, Yu Jiaolong saw a cold light flashing in front of his eyes, and a piercing whistle suddenly sounded in his ears.Yu Jiaolong held his breath and concentrated, hurriedly changed the way of the sword, using a unique and unique move, pushing forward and retreating, stabbing and slashing.All of a sudden, there was only a sound of "dangdangdang" clashing of swords and "clang clang clanging" of swords fighting.Two balls of cold light, one is like lightning around the tree, the other is like a silver snake leaping in the air; when they meet, sparks burst out, and when they separate, meteors rain down.All the horse thieves were dumbfounded.The two came back and forth, the tiger jumped and the dragon soared, they assassinated for half an hour, but for a long time Yun couldn't find any flaws in Yu Jiaolong, he was secretly amazed, he didn't expect her swordsmanship to be so superb.I thought to myself: I met her for the first time on the grassland more than two years ago, she was still a defenseless Miss Jiao under the bullying of Bag, how could she have such martial arts today?Yu Jiaolong also paid attention to Ban Tianyun's saber technique, and saw that every move, strike, slash, and chop of him was almost all done by his superhuman arm strength at will, but there was no definite method.But the blade he was waving seemed to hold a mighty force, and if he accidentally touched it, he would definitely be killed or injured, which was indeed frightening.Yu Jiaolong saw that he still couldn't beat him for half an hour, so she couldn't help being impatient, and thought: don't show him some strength, I'm sorry he won't admit defeat.He suddenly remembered a sword technique called Shi Po Tian Jing that he had only recently learned secretly.So, he stepped back a little, leaned down, changed the sword style, and suddenly rolled up a few bright flowers.For a long time, Yun didn't know which ball was real and which ball was false, he hesitated for a moment, and the knife in his hand slowed down.Yu Jiaolong took advantage of this and jumped up suddenly, with a false sword, but a real sword.

One sword is fast, one sword is tight. "嗖嗖嗖", three swords in a row, piercing up and down the half sky like lightning. These three swords come fast, stab hard, and unpredictable, even a person with very high martial arts, even if he dodges one or two swords, he will not be able to escape the third sword.The horse thieves around couldn't help exclaiming when they saw this unpredictable scene.At this critical moment, only three "chachacha" sounds were heard, Yun was not stabbed for a long time, but the sword in Yu Jiaolong's hand only had a hilt left.It turned out that for a long time Yun saw that Yu Jiaolong's three swords were coming hard and fiercely, so he panicked, and hurriedly protected himself with the knife, instead of fighting, he just turned the blade to meet the sword's edge, which cut Wang Jiaolong's sword For three pieces, only one hilt was left in the end.Although Ban Tianyun coughed himself with the sword in his hand, he was already covered in a cold sweat.Wang Jiaolong was also stunned, staring at the hilt of the sword in his hand with wide eyes.When she came back to her senses, she suddenly threw the hilt of the sword in her hand, gritted her teeth, and rushed towards Ban Tianyun empty-handed, facing the blade, and stretched out her hand to ram it.Ban Tianyun was stunned by her sudden move, fearing that the blade would hurt her, he quickly raised the knife high and stopped her with his left hand.Yu Jiaolong was not willing to give up, he hit and kicked, rammed hard, the two twisted on the lawn a few times, finally, Ban Tianyun yelled: "Stop, don't mess around! This blade is very sharp!"

Only then did Yu Jiaolong stop, her eyes flashed with anger, and her chest heaved and fell.During this tugging, Yu Jiaolong's hair was a little disheveled, she stood there resentfully, bit her lips tightly, and gasped for breath.Ban Tianyun hurriedly took advantage of this to throw the knife to a horse thief, then clapped his hands and let out a sigh of relief. Yu Jiaolong glanced at Tianyun for a long time, and said angrily: "I just realized that you ran across the desert with this knife!" Yun didn't hum for a long time, lowered his eyes and lowered his head. "Change the sword for me, and you still use your saber, as if I can't beat you..." Although Yu Jiaolong was still very angry, she couldn't continue the following words.

Ban Tianyun suddenly raised his head, looked at the brothers around him, and then said solemnly: "Brothers, I, Luo Xiaohu, have conceded defeat in this competition." As soon as he finished speaking, the crowd of horse thieves suddenly started buzzing.The horse thief who pulled Xianggu out of the carriage said loudly, "Brother, how could you be considered a loser! The sword in that girl's hand was cut off by you." Someone shouted again: "If you don't cut her into two pieces, even if the eldest brother has the heart of a Buddha, how can you admit defeat!"

Ban Tianyun waved his hand, and said with great emotion: "Brothers, I, Luo, have never been deceitful in my life. I am indeed the loser in this martial arts competition. If I hadn't relied on this knife, I would have died under this girl's sword. "He turned around again, looked at Yu Jiaolong calmly and said," I don't regret my promise, let you surrender to the military camp. "This stumped Yu Jiaolong. There was a surge in her heart. All this happened so suddenly and changed so unexpectedly. She didn't expect that Ban Tianyun would admit defeat, let alone that he would surrender to the crime with herself In all fairness, even she herself hasn't figured out whether she has won or not. In her eyes and heart, a heinous thief, who is frankly facing her when there are many people and everything is at an advantage. Admitting defeat, keeping her promise, and following her down the mountain to surrender, what's going on? Could it be a coincidence?... She was really confused. Yu Jiaolong was churning in her heart, and half a day Yun's muffled voice rang out again: "Should we leave now, or wait until dawn? "

Yu Jiaolong opened her lips, but did not respond.She thought: "Go to the military camp and surrender! Can I take him there? How can I tell my father?" She looked at Yun Tian for a long time, and saw his calm and indifferent appearance, as if he regarded surrendering as going to a meeting In general, she couldn't help saying inwardly: "This thief is really strange!" She looked at the horse thieves around again, and saw that some of them were glaring at her; some showed cold expressions, some had fire in their eyes; With tears in her eyes, she felt flustered for a while, and said at a loss: "You...don't you still have a big revenge?"

For a long time, the cloud suddenly became depressed, and seemed a little sad, and said in a hoarse voice: "Then we have to wait for the next life to report." Yu Jiaolong saw tears in his eyes after seeing him finish these two sentences, although this surprised her, her heart was indeed moved.She murmured: "I don't care if you have revenge, it's just..." Ban Tianyun: "Just what?" "Just stop robbing caravans; stop attacking officers and soldiers." Unexpectedly, after listening to it for a long time, Yun raised his head and let out a burst of laughter.Smile so brightly, laugh so happily.As a result, the two tears that flashed in the eyes just now rolled out, flowed down the face to the beard, and condensed into two shining drops.Ban Tianyun laughed for a while before saying: "I only promised to surrender with you if I lose, but I didn't promise you anything else."

Yu Jiaolong was looking at the two teardrops hanging on his beard curiously, he couldn't tell whether they were from the sadness just now or the laughter now, just thinking it was amused, suddenly heard what Ban Tianyun said, and for a while I don't know how to respond. However, she had decided in her heart that even if she didn't have to hide her behavior from her father, she shouldn't let such a person surrender.She didn't understand why she made such a decision in her heart, she just felt that it was appropriate to do so. So, she quickly regained her composure, and said in a solemn but gentle voice: "You have revenge, which is allowed by morality; robbery and killing officials is really forbidden by the king's law. Goodness is." Ban Tianyun's expression became serious, and he said: "What is the law of the king? It's just a knife in the hands of the lords! Do you know how those rotten goods are obtained? You know those red tasseled hats How did you chase me down?" As Ban Tianyun spoke, his eyes lit up and his beard trembled.But in just a short moment, he quickly calmed down again, and said word by word: "You are different from me. You don't understand many things, and you can't listen to what I say." Yu Jiaolong felt as if she had been ridiculed, and asked, "What's the difference?" "Think differently!" "What don't you understand?" "You don't know anything about Hou Men." "What can't you hear?" "If you don't like it, you won't listen to it." Yu Jiaolong really didn't expect that the man in front of him, who looked like Zhong Kui, could make such a call.She wanted to argue but couldn't argue, wanted to reprimand him a few words but couldn't reprimand, and only said angrily: "If you measure you as a horse thief, what can you understand?" For a long time, Yun was not angry at all, but only moved the beard around her mouth, and there was a mocking look she was familiar with in her eyes again. Yu Jiaolong seemed to feel that he had really lost this time, and immediately said: "The matter of surrendering to the crime is over, as long as you promise one thing: you will not cause trouble if my father is in Xijiang for one day!" While Yun was hesitating for a long time, Harimu stepped forward and said, "I'll take my place on behalf of elder brother. It's a deal!" Yu Jiaolong didn't answer, just stared at Ban Tianyun closely. It took a while for half a day before he let out a muffled sound from his beard: "It's a deal." Then he turned around and said to everyone: "Brothers, it's time to rest!" The horse thieves dispersed one after another, followed a torch in twos and threes and walked into the woods on the right.After a while, the figure and fire disappeared into the depths of the woods.On the lawn, there was nothing but three piles of bonfires that were almost burned out. The surrounding fields suddenly become deathly quiet, so quiet that one's hair stands on end. A moment ago, the place was still full of steam and noisy voices, but in a moment it became completely silent, with no trace of human beings, leaving only Yu Jiaolong alone. Standing alone in the afterglow of the fire.Only then did she remember that the horse beside her was gone, and the sword in her hand was broken. She looked around blankly, with a cliff in front, a cliff in the back, and gloomy woods on both sides, which made her feel even more helpless. A constricted heart hangs up, then sinks... She thought, if she had a companion by her side at this moment, it would be nice if it was a dog or even a cat. Just when Yu Jiaolong was feeling extremely frightened, he suddenly saw a faint fire appearing in the woods on the right.The light of the fire gradually moved towards the lawn, and when the torch came out of the woods, she saw clearly: two people were walking towards her.The man in front is not tall, holding a torch high in his right hand, and a large roll of things under his left armpit; the man in the back is slender, holding a pot in his right hand and a clay bowl in his left.When the two walked in front of her, Yu Jiaolong didn't know why, but felt so kind to the two strangers for a moment, and almost rushed to meet them.But soon, a kind of dignity that she had been accustomed to in the Hou Men immediately returned to her heart, and she just stood there solemnly, looking at the two with an inviolable air. The person in front was no more than fifteen or sixteen years old, with a lot of fluffy hair on his rosy face; a pair of big and bright black eyes, still showing a bit of childishness.The man behind was a little older, with a slender figure, with his head lowered and his mouth tightly shut, looking a little uncomfortable. Yu Jiaolong sized up the two of them and asked, "What are you two doing here?" "Bring food and tents to Miss." said the childish boy.Following that, the skinny young man put a can of mare's milk and a bowl of food on the ground.Yu Jiaolong glanced at it, and saw a stalk of roast mutton and a few pancakes in the earthen bowl, and there was a sharp knife beside the mutton.When Yu Jiaolong saw the knife, it made her eyes warmer than the food, and she immediately felt more at ease.She thought: If I only had such a small knife by my side just now, I wouldn't be so worried.She looked at the mutton and bread again, and smelled the delicious aroma in her nose, and then she remembered that she hadn't eaten for almost a day, and she really wanted to eat something.But after thinking about it, I immediately remembered what my father once said, "A gentleman does not eat stealing food, and does not drink stealing springs".These things must not be eaten! "Starving to death is a small matter, but injustice is a major matter", you must not eat it!She even wanted to kick the earthen bowl over, but she held back when she thought of the knife. Yu Jiaolong was thinking about all of this, and the two teenagers had already set up a small tent beside her.The tent canopy is made of oiled silk, a thick cowhide is spread inside the tent, and a thick blanket is placed. After the two teenagers packed everything up and were about to leave, Wang Jiaolong hurriedly stopped them, and when they turned around, she had nothing to say. The childish boy asked, "What do you want Miss?" Yu Jiaolong: "Oh, nothing." "Then, let's go." "Stop! Is... who told you to come?" "Brother Luo called us here." Yu Jiaolong said in disbelief: "Take these things back, I won't eat yours!" The childish boy said aggrievedly: "We have been busy for you for a long time, you should eat some! If you don't eat, you will starve to death." Yu Jiaolong said angrily: "I'd rather be hungry than eat! Who told you to give it to me!" The skinny young man, who hadn't hummed all this time, couldn't hold back any longer, and said angrily, "You're so tricky! We don't want to come here yet!" Yu Jiaolong also hated: "If you don't want to, why are you here again?" The childish boy said: "It's not brother Harimu, he interceded for you again and again, so we came here." "Harry wood! What did he say?" The thin boy said: "He said that although you are Lord Yu's daughter, you are still a good person." "My family has never had any contact with him. Where did he start?" The skinny boy stopped humming.The childish boy hurriedly took over the words and said, "Brother Harimu said, you already knew our brother Luo's real name and surname, but you refused to tell Yushuai." Yu Jiaolong's face turned red all of a sudden, she felt that she was really hiding this behavior from Jun's father, but why did she let the horse thief know? How would they see themselves?She felt ashamed and angry, and seemed to be talking to herself: "Then there is such a thing! Where did this start!" The childish boy said seriously: "Brother Harimu said that Xianggu told him in the desert, and begged him not to hurt you!" Wang Jiaolong stopped talking, and after a while, he said weakly: "Don't listen to him." The childish boy made a face at his partner, tugged at his sleeve, and the two went into the woods together. Wang Jiaolong was left alone on the lawn again. Although she was not as terrified as before, she seemed to feel more lonely.She also felt strange about the fright that shook her heart just now.What are you afraid of?Are those horse thieves?No, she wasn't afraid of them, and she didn't think there was anything scary about them.So, what are you afraid of?Only then did she seem to understand that what she was afraid of was loneliness, the need for company, people, and anger.If all these are lost, at least there needs to be a support, a shelter.Thinking of this, she involuntarily bent down, picked up the knife in the bowl, and held it tightly in her hand.Looking around again, the afterglow of the bonfire has been extinguished, and the surroundings are dark and empty.She felt cold for a while, so she hurriedly hid in the tent, wrapped herself in the blanket, curled up on the cowhide blanket, and fell asleep in a daze after a while. Yu Jiaolong was awakened by the sound of birds chirping, she opened her eyes and saw that the sky was already bright.She got out of the tent, looked up, and saw the terrain and scenery around the lawn clearly: there was a cliff in front, a green forest under the cliff, and a narrow grassland outside the forest. Boundless desert.A faint ray of Xiaolan crosses the mountainside like a gauze ribbon.The morning phoenix blows, it is so fresh, the wind is full of the breath of grassland and leaves.At this time, the fear in Yu Jiaolong's heart and the fatigue in her body disappeared.She felt a peace and fulfillment she had never felt before. The milk jugs, earthen bowls, and remnants of the bonfire in front of the tent brought back her memories of what happened last night. She seemed to be in a dream, and could hardly believe that this had really happened.With strong curiosity, she wanted to find out what happened, so she walked to the depths of the woods.Walking and walking, there is a path up the mountain in front of you, continue along the path, and when you reach the top of the mountain, you can see a row of mountains, like a series of barriers, across the mountains, there is a narrow hole in the middle, the path is facing Stretch out the hole. She knew that passing through the cave was the other side of the mountain.She entered the entrance of the cave, looked up at the entrance of the cave like a city gate, and thought to herself: This is really dangerous. The book often says "one man guards the gate, ten thousand men are invincible", probably refers to this kind of place. Just as she was thinking, she suddenly heard voices coming from the slope down the other side of the cave, and she was walking towards the cave entrance.She quickly backed out and hid behind a big tree.Immediately afterwards, two people came through the hole.Yu Jiaolong took a peek and recognized the two teenagers who brought her food and tents last night.The childish boy walked behind, holding a tall blue and white horse in his hand. The skinny boy said: "I really don't understand, Brother Luo fell into that woman's hands, and still asked to be sent to this or that. Was he really afraid of her? " The childish boy said: "Don't talk nonsense, our big brother Luo is afraid of someone! He is serious!" "This is righteousness!? It's only for a woman, a young lady. What's so important! I think it's because I fell in love with her." "That's affectionate! This young lady is beautiful, and it's really pleasing to see." "Bacteria are poisonous when they are beautiful, but they are cruel when they are handsome!" "Brother Luo is so handsome, why is his heart so good!" The skinny boy was annoyed, and said sarcastically, "Brother Emil, if you don't believe me, grow up quickly! When you grow up, you will be the son-in-law of the Yu family." The childish boy was no longer happy: "Brother Udunai, you are like a bee, you always speak with stings." Then both of them stopped talking and walked away. Yu Jiaolong heard these words clearly from behind the tree, her face turned red and white, her heart was beating anxiously, and her thoughts were in a mess.What puzzled her the most was the sentence "Brother Luo is so handsome, but why is he so kind?"She thought to herself: My God!A person who looks like Zhong Kui, yet someone calls him handsome!Where did these people's eyes go!She remembered again that Xiao Zhun had said the same thing.There was a cloud of fog in her heart. Yu Jiaolong suppressed herself, then came out from behind the tree, walked through the cave, and stood at the entrance of the cave. Looking down the mountain over there.I saw a piece of green grassland spreading out at the foot of the mountain. Some people were driving the horses on the grassland, and some were driving back the sheep team. Near the foot of the mountain, more than ten carts had been set up. The carts were full of tents and other things. The scene to transition.At the rear of the convoy, there was a group of people leading horses and talking around one person.She took a closer look, and saw that the man surrounded in the center was wearing a short jacket, black trousers, a light yellow ribbon around his waist, and a felt hat with a black beard under the hat. "Ah, it turned out to be the chief thief!" She suddenly felt her heart beating wildly, and blood rushed up, her face became hot immediately.The argument between the two teenagers just now sounded in her ears again; she almost said: "Look, this is your 'Jun'!" . After a while, Ban Tianyun walked out of the crowd, got on his horse, bowed his hands to the crowd, and galloped towards the east without looking back.Among the crowd, some were bowing their necks and waving, while others were wiping away their tears.Yu Jiaolong felt a burst of smug lightness in her heart: "The devil really left!" But what immediately hit my heart was a burst of inexplicable guilt and melancholy. When Yu Jiaolong returned to the lawn, she was listless.The two teenagers were looking for her everywhere in the forest and outside the forest, and they were relieved to see her coming.The childish boy led the horse, walked up to her and said, "Brother Luo asked me to bring this horse to Miss, please accept it." The skinny boy said again: "Brother Luo also said, go to Dihua from here, walk east along the foot of the mountain, and turn south after passing the end of the mountain. If you don't go for a detour, you can get there in more than two days." Wang Jiaolong didn't say a word, and after a pause, he asked lightly, "What else did you say, Brother Luo?" As soon as he finished speaking, his face couldn't help but flush again. The childish boy said, "He didn't say anything more." The thin boy added: "Brother Luo also said 'there will be a period later'." After he said this, there was a sly look in his eyes, not sure whether what he said was true or not. Yu Jiaolong took a look at him, turned around and walked to the side of the blue and white horse, patted the horse's neck with his hand, the horse shook its head, wagged its tail, its whole body trembled, and immediately, all the hair on its body stood on end.Yu Jiaolong recognized that it was indeed a fine horse, and couldn't help feeling relieved. Just as he was about to get on his horse, he saw a flower-woven girdle lying beside the saddle.The pattern of the bag is bordered by the word "Swastika", with a white snow lotus in the middle, which looks very elegant.The inside of the bag was bulging, and she couldn't help touching it, but it was full of cooked mutton and some roasted yams.There is also a silver ingot and some scattered silver taels in the forked bag next to the bag.Yu Jiaolong wanted to take off the bag immediately and throw it back, but she put down the hand that had already lifted the bag, and she really couldn't bear to reject that kindness that was more precious than food and money. The blue and white horse seemed to be understanding, seeing that she hadn't got on the horse for a long time, he turned his head to look at her, and kept patting her clothes with his mouth.Yu Jiaolong felt a warm feeling in her heart, she regained her composure and got on the horse, when her right foot bumped into something, she leaned over and saw it was a sword hanging obliquely beside the right saddle.Suddenly, her whole heart blossomed, a feeling of gratitude and satisfaction from the bottom of her heart made her unable to control herself.She murmured and said softly: "Oh, my God!" Then he turned his head, looked at the two teenagers with an extremely excited look, smiled at them kindly, and said, "Emile, Udunai, go back! I will remember you. "Then he urged the horse to run towards the woods on the left. The two teenagers left behind opened their mouths in shock, unable to close them for a long time. Wang Jiaolong went down the mountain along the path last night. When her horse stepped onto the grass, the sun had already risen from the east, and the golden light shot towards her.In her heart at this time, all fear, fatigue, loneliness, and doubts disappeared, and she only felt a force rushing towards her, which she could not restrain.She swung her whip and rode the horse, galloping vertically and horizontally, as if she wanted to get rid of something, and seemed to catch up with something. ...