Outside Shanhaiguan, two young men in ragged clothes looked back at this world-famous pass, their eyes full of regret and reluctance.
One dream separated the two mountains, and I was guilty of coming east to become a barbarian.
This body has paid hatred and hatred, and the withered trees will turn into snow.
Yu Changxuan recited a long poem and communicated through tears. Tie Lian held back tears and stubbornly raised his head to look at the mountains and rivers in the distance. The two finally got rid of the Songshan Sect's pursuit. They planned to leave Shanhaiguan first, then pass through Liaodong, and find a way to go to North Korea. I heard that there is also a small China there. Yu Changxuan also traveled with Lu Ke when he was a child. With two With his abilities, he should be able to do well there. If he trains hard for a few more years, he can come back and take revenge.
After leaving Shanhaiguan, we headed north and came to a small town, which was also very prosperous. The two of them had been on the road for a day, and now that they were out of customs, they thought they were much safer, so they wanted to find an inn to rest for a night and wash away the dirt of the past few days. After searching for a long time, they finally stayed at an inn. It was dinner time, and the tables in the inn were almost full. The two finally found a few coins, ordered a few side dishes, and listened to everyone talking about various things. They talked with accents, some talking about the fur business, the herbal medicine business, some talking about their experiences from various places, some talking about anecdotes, and there were also some wonderful stories among them.
However, Yu Changxuan and Tie Lian listened to something else with their ears pricked up.
It turns out that another grand gathering in the martial arts world is about to be held. Under the sponsorship of the King of Han, a martial arts conference will be held in Songshan Mountain in six months. It is said that he will run for the first martial arts alliance leader since he went abroad to dynasty. You know, although there has been a history of running for the leader of the martial arts alliance in the martial arts world, it has not happened in the past hundred years.
Several people talked enthusiastically, making no secret of their plans to rush back from outside the customs to attend the conference.
Yu Changxuan and Tie Lian were very angry when they heard this. Then Feng Ji actually wanted to dominate the martial arts world?
"Feng Ji? Does he have what it takes to be the leader of the martial arts alliance?" The man wearing a fox fur hat over there obviously had no hope that Feng Ji could become the leader of the martial arts alliance and said sarcastically.
"Who says it's not the case? Although the five Confucian disciples can be regarded as momentary heroes, they are not among the top martial arts masters today. What's more, it is said that the other four people have died mysteriously, and he is the only one alive, so the momentum is much smaller! "The companion in the fox fur hat obviously doesn't think highly of Feng Ji either.
But Yu Changxuan and Tie Lian had to re-examine this issue. The Feng Ji and Lu Ke they met in Songshan were no longer his opponents. It seemed that his martial arts had improved by leaps and bounds.
"Hey, you said, this is strange. After the Five Mountains sects came down from Wudang Mountain, all the sects suffered changes. The heads of the other four sects all disappeared or died mysteriously. Only Feng Ji, it is said that he disappeared for a while and then returned It's really weird to show up." Another person said.
"In my opinion, he must have some unknown secret." The three people began to talk about each other. They were also in the world, and they dared to guess and talk about anything.
Yu Changxuan and Tie Lian were suddenly enlightened after hearing this. Before, they only thought that Feng Ji's sudden attack in Songshan was incredible. Now when they heard what those people said, they all understood that it was all due to the joint efforts of Feng Ji and Liu Jingshan. Damn it.
"No, I have to go back and expose him." Tie Lian gritted his teeth.
"No, we will die if we go back now. Listen to me. It is never too late for a gentleman to take revenge. Let's practice hard for a few years and then come back for revenge." Yu Changxuan disagreed.
"Wait? Wait for him to become the leader of the martial arts alliance? I am not willing to do so."
"You have to be willing to be willing to do so. We are not as strong as others now. With our abilities, we are afraid that we will die without a burial place before we reach Songshan Mountain."
Tie Lian was about to say something, so he opened his mouth, but still didn't say anything. He just turned his head away. Of course he also knew that He Jiuyuan and Lu Ke had sacrificed their lives to leave seeds for Mount Tai, and they could no longer die like this.
Although the two spoke carefully, there were still eyes watching them.
Night is coming soon, and the night outside the customs is cold, not to mention that it is almost winter.
"Dunk dunk..." A knock on the door made Yu Changxuan and Tie Lian in the house tense.
"who?"
"Brothers, excuse me, I live next door. Can I come in and talk?"
"this……"
"It's a long night, and we meet by chance in the rivers and lakes. It's good to make friends together."
Yu Changxuan and Tie Lian didn't know the details of the person outside the door. It would be bad if it was a killer sent by Songshan, so they did not dare to open the door easily. However, if they did not open the door, it would be too stingy and too timid. They were in embarrassment. , and heard the man say: "I think you two must have heard about this martial arts leader election, why don't you sit down and talk together?"
When Yu Changxuan and Tie Lian heard this, they no longer refused, opened the door with a creak, and welcomed the man in. They saw that the man was in his thirties, with a well-proportioned figure, a neat and spacious suit in fine clothes, and a handsome face. , quite showing the spirit of immortality, but also showing an aura of wealth, which actually shocked the two of them for a moment.
"My dear Zhuge Ningmu, when we were having dinner just now, I felt that I had a close affinity with the two young brothers, so when I came to bother them, it was often rude."
"Oh, it turns out it's Mr. Zhuge. I'm Yu Changxuan. This is my junior brother Tie Lian. Mr. Zhuge invites you." Yu Changxuan was polite and asked Zhuge Ningmu to take a seat. People with the compound surname Zhuge always feel a little mysterious.
Zhuge Ning's eyes swept across Tie Lian's face and stayed for a while, revealing a look that seemed familiar, but it was fleeting.
The three of them sat down separately as guest and host, and slowly started chatting. Zhuge Ningmu was also a generous person, and he had no shortage of brother Kong Fang, so he ordered some food and drinks, and drank with Yu Changxuan and Tie Lian in the room while chatting about world affairs and martial arts disputes.
I think back then, Guo Jing and Huang Rong commanded the world with their dragon-slaying knives and heavenly swords. Later, the Condor Heroes couple Yang Guo and his wife suddenly emerged as a force, and the martial arts scene was full of excitement. As the family and country changed and the heroes grew old, after the five top masters of the last Huashan Swordsmanship rose up one after another, Zhang Sanfeng rose up and established the Wudang Sect, which together with Shaolin became the twin peaks of martial arts, and the Beggar Clan declined. During this period, Mingjiao rose briefly and took its mission to overthrow the alien race. It also made great achievements, but no one could rival Zhang Sanfeng. The Dragon-Slaying Sword and the Yitian Sword also disappeared in the chaotic times of the late Yuan Dynasty, and the martial arts became unbalanced.
Thirty years ago, Luo Yi and Fu Qing suddenly swept across the world, and then disappeared from the world, leaving only five apprentices in charge of the Five Mountains. They were prospering day by day, but no one could command the world. Now, although it is rumored that Zhang Sanfeng is still alive, no one has seen his face. The Five Mountains have suffered another disaster. If someone wants to take advantage of the situation to rise, this is undoubtedly a good time. This martial arts conference held in the Songshan sect was probably organized by Feng Ji, and his desire to command the martial arts was obvious. However, this is a competition full of variables.
Feng Ji is not a fool, nor is he a person without self-awareness. He can let the martial arts conference be held in Songshan unless he is sure that he can become the leader of the martial arts alliance. So, where is his confidence? Either he has a way to make potential competitors retreat before the martial arts conference is held, or he is sure to raise his skills to a relatively high level before the martial arts conference is held. If as far as the current Feng Ji and the Songshan Sect are concerned, it is obvious that these are not what he can accomplish, then it means that there is a secret in Feng Ji on Songshan Mountain, and there is a secret that allows him to dare to compete for the throne of the leader of the martial arts alliance.
The three of them chatted all night and were very speculative. Yu Changxuan and Tie Lian also unknowingly regarded Zhuge Ningmu as their friends.
Zhuge Ning had no intention of inviting Yu Changxuan and Tie Lian to return to the pass together. Although Tie Lian was undecided, he was not as determined as Yu Changxuan to go, so he had to give up.
Early the next morning, the two said goodbye to Zhuge Ningmu and headed deep into the hinterland of Liaodong facing the rising sun. After passing a small hillside, we appeared on a large grassland. A team of horses was running impressively in the grassland. As the cavalry approached from a distance, they saw a pretty girl in front of them rolling and crawling forward, like a captured chicken.
"Are these officers and soldiers?" Tie Lian asked.
"It doesn't look like that. Looking at the attire and riding skills, it looks like a Tatar. The little girl in front seems to be a Han woman." Yu Changxuan observed carefully after all.
"Isn't this the realm of our Ming Dynasty? Where did the Tatars come from?"
"Have you heard of Wu Liang Ha? I think these are the cavalry of Wu Liang Ha's three guards."
Tie Lian was not an ignorant person, "Are they the Duoyan Three Guards of Prince Ning back then?" he said while striding forward.
"Junior brother, what are you doing?" Yu Changxuan saw Tie Lian walking forward, worried that he would be discovered by the cavalry team.
"The dog Tatars are bullying us Han people, let me teach them a lesson." Tie Lian said angrily.
Yu Changxuan took a look and saw that there were forty or fifty people in the cavalry team. They were all strong and fat, and they had entered an open plain. He thought that it would not be so easy to save the two of them in this situation based on their abilities. Get off that woman.
"Wait, we can't just rush forward like this." Yu Changxuan said.
"How can we save people if we don't go up like this?" Tie Lian disagreed and kept running forward. The group of knights was only about fifty steps away, and Tie Lian appeared in their sight as soon as they crossed the hillside.
Yu Changxuan screamed inwardly, blaming Tie Lian for being reckless, but he couldn't leave him alone, so he gritted his teeth, stood up and prepared to rush over, but was held down by a pair of hands. Looking back, it was Zhuge Ning. Wood. He couldn't help but be shocked, this Zhuge Ningmu actually appeared behind him without anyone noticing. If he was an enemy, he wouldn't even know how he died.
At this time, the woman was already surrounded in the middle of the cavalry, and she was still trying to find a breakthrough and run out.
"Hey...who's the friend in front of you?" Tie Lian, quick to wit, slowed down and shouted loudly.
The team of Mongolian cavalry looked over together, looking at Tie Lian in front of them like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered.
"Hahaha..." The cavalry team just glanced at Tie Lian, and one of them stretched out his hand to lift the Han woman onto his horse.
Without saying a word, Tie Lian rushed forward and grabbed the woman.
The Tatar was furious, roaring, urging his horse straight towards Tielian, like a whirlwind blowing in his face.
Yu Changxuan saw it clearly, fearing that something might happen to Tie Lian, so he rushed down the hillside without thinking, but was held back by Zhuge Ningmu.
"Don't be impulsive. If you go out like this now, not only will you not be able to take advantage, but the two of you may end up together. I won't be able to save you by then."
Yu Changxuan looked Zhuge Ningmu up and down: "Can the three of us not be able to defeat this mere fifty Tatars?"
"It's not three people, it's two people. Me...you can just ignore it."
"It's useless for us to be his friends, it turns out it's nothing more than that." Yu Changxuan thought to himself that this man was unwilling to get involved.
"It's not that I don't have enough friends, it's that I only know how to be a three-legged cat." Zhuge Ningmu saw through Yu Changxuan's thoughts at a glance.
Yu Changxuan couldn't believe it. The person who just appeared behind him without knowing it was actually a three-legged cat. "Then you suddenly appeared behind me just now..."
"First, I appeared behind you in a state with no murderous intentions and no malice toward you. Then I appeared behind you at the time when you were focused on the front and most attentive. It was just right, so you didn't notice me. , but I can feel that you reacted naturally when my hand almost touched your body, it was just my kindness that offset your defense."
Yu Changxuan was so impressed by Zhuge Ningmu's analysis of the scene just now. If he thought about it carefully, it was indeed true. How terrible it would be if such a person practiced martial arts hard.
Over there, although Tie Lian knocked off the horse of the cavalryman who rushed up first, he was already in a hard fight and was about to be captured. Yu Changxuan was very anxious, but looking at Zhuge Ning's expression, he looked confident, as if he had a better way to save people, so he asked: "Mr. Zhuge, does he have a clever plan to save my junior brother?"
"Did you know that that team of cavalry is the surplus guard among Duoyan's three guards? They are the descendants of the famous Mongolian general Muhuali tribe. They are brave and good at fighting. With all due respect, although your junior brother is also considered to be superb in martial arts, twenty surplus guard cavalry are just If you can make them restrain their hands, you see, there are only about twenty people in that cavalry group."
"Then what do we do?"
"Their purpose is only to rob the Han woman. Now that she has been obtained, although they are entangled by Brother Tie, I don't think they will kill anyone for the time being."
"They are Mongolian Tatars. They have always looked down upon us Han people. How could they not harm people's lives?"
"Did you know that the Duoyan Sanwei were also entrusted by the imperial court? In the final analysis, they can be regarded as the imperial army. Although they occasionally committed crimes outside the customs, it is better not to do anything like taking human lives lightly, so as not to arouse the imperial court's resentment. They can still understand these principles." Zhuge Ningmu was a little proud when he talked about Duoyan Sanwei.
"Then what do we do now?"
"Follow them back to the camp and look for opportunities to rescue Brother Tie."
Yu Changxuan thought about it carefully and realized that this was all he could do, so he stopped trying to be brave.
Within a few rounds, Tie Lian was caught by a guard's rope and dragged northeast behind the cavalry. He let Tie Lian curse loudly and became more and more excited.
Zhuge Ningmu and Yu Changxuan followed the horse's hoof prints all the way.
The team of surplus cavalrymen began to run wildly on the open grassland, causing Tie Lian to suffer a lot. After leaving the grassland, they slowed down and walked slowly. In this way, Zhuge Ningmu and Yu Changxuan chased for more than a hundred miles, and finally they were not too far apart.
