Xiao Han [Shooting Condor]

Seeing the retreat of the Mongolian army, Xie Yao immediately turned around and ran into the forest. After walking a few steps, a monkey hung upside down from a branch, circled around Xie Yao's feet twice, and went deep into the forest.

Xie Yao thought for a while, stepped forward, and followed closely.

The monkey was jumping up and down between the branches, very sensitive, but Xie Yao kept a distance of one foot from it all the time.After a while, bypassing a row of pines and cypresses, Shi Rong and others gathered together, and the monkey squeaked and jumped back onto Shi Rong's arm.

Shi Rong handed the monkey to his youngest son, and asked worriedly, "Master Wangxuan, are you alright?"

Xie Yao saw that he was also bandaging his arm, but still cared about him, so he nodded slightly: "I don't mind, the Mongolian army has withdrawn." But he saw Shen Tuxing rushing on Shen Tuqing's body crying and red eyes.

"Why are you crying! You're not dead yet!" Shen Tuqing had a broken arrow stuck in his chest and back, and although his face was like gold paper, he was still full of air when speaking.When Shentu Xingchong saw Xie Yao, he didn't know why, and immediately said, "Uncle, save my father!"

Before he could say anything, Xie Yao had already walked in front of Shentu Qing. He reached out to feel for Shentu Qing's pulse, paused, and lowered his eyes: "It can't be saved."

Shentu Qing didn't expect Xie Yao to speak so simply, and Shentu Xingchong was already crying.

"Shut up!" Shen Tuqing tried to hold his breath, and looked at his son with piercing eyes, "Why is Juyi Village called Juyi Village? Do you remember?"

As soon as Shentu stopped crying, he immediately puffed up his chest and said, "A man of righteousness who gathers heroes, walks in the righteous way of heaven and earth!" After he finished speaking, he suddenly added another sentence, "Resist the Mongol Tatars!"

Shen Tuqing smiled "Hey" and nodded: "Yes, you just need to remember. From now on, Mongolia and Xixia will not share the sky, Juyizhuang will not share the sky, and the Shentu family will not share the sky. When you see the Mongols in the future, Never let it go!"

After he finished speaking, he said again: "Don't you have a master in the Central Plains? Go and join him... I am dead, you dare to cry, it is a great disrespect to Lao Tzu! A person's life is unpredictable, life and death are destiny , wealth is in the sky, do you understand this truth?"

Shentu Xingchong held back his tears and nodded: "Understood!"

"Okay!" Shen Tu Qing patted Shen Tu Xing on the shoulder, raised his head and laughed loudly, and stopped abruptly after three times. Everyone stepped forward to see that the owner of Juyi Manor went west.

Shi Rong led a group of sons to pay homage to Shen Tuqing's corpse three times, with tears in his eyes. Many people in the Jianghu present came to Xixia because of Shen Tuqing's face. Seeing him dead now, they were all sad.Xie Yao stared at Shentu Qing's corpse in a daze, but he chewed his last words several times in his heart.Is there really a will in the dark?Who can predict the ups and downs of life?

Shentu Xingchong dug a hole with his own hands and buried Shentuqing on the spot. Shi Rong sighed to all his friends from the Jianghu: "Juyi Village has been destroyed, and Wanshou Villa is in the deep mountains. It is difficult for the Mongolian soldiers to find it, but I am saddened by the loss of my old friend." , it’s hard to make a big deal.”

Everyone knew what he meant, and they were all disheartened.

At this time, Jiang Chengzhi, the owner of Guiyebao, said: "I didn't expect that after half a month of hard planning, we were still no match for the Mongolian cavalry. The women and children in Juyi Village were also killed by the Tatars. If you want to come to Shanxi, you are very welcome." After saying that, he hastily cupped his fists, and before Shi Rong could answer, he turned and left.

Seeing this, Qunhao bid farewell one after another. Shi Rong felt unwilling, but because he was also injured, he couldn't keep him, so he had to compliment and send him off.After everyone left, Shi Rong turned around, but saw Shentu Xingchong and Xie Yao still standing there, he felt embarrassed, nodded slightly at Xie Yao, walked up to Shentu Xingchong, and said, "Young Master, from now on What do you plan to do when you are alone in the future?"

Shentu Xingchong clenched his fists and stammered: "I...I..." His personality followed Shen Tuqing since he was a child, and he really didn't shed tears when he said he wouldn't cry, but he was still young after all. A child, who is now unaccompanied, does not know what to do.

Xie Yao seemed to see a trace of himself from his expression of trying to hold back tears. Thinking that Shentu Xingchong was like him, an orphan without father and mother, his eyes could not help softening, and said: "You still have a master in the Central Plains, how about Go find him."

Shi Rong thought about it, and said: "Yes! If you don't want to go to your master, Young Master, you can come to Wanshou Villa." He turned and pointed to his five sons, "These brothers will take good care of you. "

Shentu Xingchong heard the words and looked at the five brothers, but there was a trace of wariness in the eyes of the five. He immediately turned his head and said, "Uncle Shi Rong, thank you for your kindness. I will go back to the Central Plains." Shi Rong looked at Xie Yao seemed to be waiting for him to speak, Xie Yao said "hmm" and said, "If Master Shi is at ease, I will take him back to the Central Plains."

Shi Rong was overjoyed when he heard the words: "With Master Wangxuan by his side, the Young Master will surely have a smooth journey." He stepped forward and said a few words to Shentu Xingchong. Seeing the sun set, they couldn't stay here for long. They walked out of the woods and parted ways at the intersection. .

Shentu Xingchong and Xie Yao watched the Shijia's leaving back, and did not move for a long time.

"Uncle, where are we going now?"

Xie Yao was in a trance, listening to his question at this moment, Fang said: "Take a step, it's a step."

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The master that Shentu Xingchong met in Song Dynasty did not tell him his name, and Shentu Xingchong only knew that he lived in a back alley in Lin'an, but it was difficult to see him day and night, but he saw him in various gambling houses in Lin'an.His master used a pair of broad axes and claimed to be the best in the world in ax skills. Every time Shentu Xingchong asked him for advice, he would charge one tael of silver.

Hearing this, Xie Yao reckoned that Shentu Xingchong met a low-level person who was bluffing and deceitful. He saw Shentu Xingchong's beaming eyebrows, so he didn't expose it, but thought that if Shentu Xingchong was entrusted to this person's care, he felt a little worried .

The two walked along the way, if they encountered a large group of Mongolian soldiers, they would hide aside; if they encountered a small group of Mongolian soldiers, Shentu Xingchong would swing his axe to avenge his father before Xie Yao took action, but his martial arts were not good enough, All need Xie Yao's help.

On this day, Xie Yao helped him kill two Mongolian soldiers again. Shentu Xing rushed to thrust his two axes behind his back, and was about to say a few words of praise to Yao, when Xie Yao lowered his face and said, "Next time, don't be so casual." There is no benefit in causing trouble." Shentu Xing was stunned for a moment, and said: "My father said that he would kill the Mongols when he saw them."

Xie Yao thought of his dead mother, his eyes turned cold, and without saying a word, he lifted him on the reed's back, patted the horse's rear, and let the horse take him far away.

After getting along for a few days, Xie Yao found that Shentu Xingchong's character is very forthright, even though he doesn't speak much, he speaks without restraint, and some words can always pierce a sensitive heart.Xie Yao is used to quietness and indifference, and to the feeling of emptiness around him, but now that a child is suddenly thrust into him, he is really at a loss what to do.But thinking of what he had promised, he naturally couldn't break his promise. If Shentu Xingchong was not handed over to his master for a day, he couldn't let go of his responsibility for a day.

Just when he was in a trance again, Shentu Xingchong shouted from a distance: "Uncle! Help!"

Xie Yao was startled, and jumped, but in the blink of an eye, he came to Shentu Xingchong, and saw that he was wrestling with a ragged child, and Lu Wei was beside him yelling "咴咴儿" to add to the fun.

"Stop, what are you doing?" Xie Yao looked angry, and pushed the two of them away from left to right. The ragged child looked two years younger than Shentu Xingchong, and he yelled at Shentu Xingchong: "Little bastard! You bastard, pay me sweet potatoes, if you don't pay me sweet potatoes, you are a big thief, big bastard, stinking dog dung!"

Although Shentu Xingchong was careless, he was the young owner of a big village after all. He was polite since he was a child, and he had never heard of people scolding like this, his face turned red, and he was powerless to fight back.

Hearing this, Xie Yao looked at a piece of crushed sweet potato in the middle of the road, and Lu Wei pouted proudly.

The child was still yelling at him, but Shentu Xingchong was scolded anxiously by him, he yelled, and wanted to wrestle with him again, seeing that he was carrying a double axe, the child took out an iron fan from his bosom, pointed at him and said He said: "Don't use weapons, you dare to use weapons, don't blame grandpa..." Before he finished speaking, his hand was empty, and the iron fan was snatched away by someone.

The child raised his eyes and saw the scar-faced monk was looking at the iron fan carefully. He was stunned, and sat on the ground with a wow, crying: "It's shameless to bully the small with the big! Ah! The bald thief and the bastard are here to bully people..."

Shen Tuxing's face turned from red to green angrily, and said angrily: "Don't scold my uncle!"

"I'm going to scold you! Bald thief! Bald donkey! Big pervert! Deng Tuzi..." Before the child finished speaking, he was slapped across the face. Shentu Xingchong and Xie Yao walked together for a few days, He is still young, and he has long been regarded as a real uncle in his heart, so the child in front of him can't tolerate cursing.

"Stop." Xie Yao pulled Shentu Xingchong behind him and helped the child up.The child was angry and sat on the ground, Xie Yao moved his arms and easily made him stand at attention.

Xie Yao said, "Is your name Ding Yue?"

Ding Yue was shocked when he heard this, but he immediately turned his head and snorted coldly: "Give me back the fan, and I will tell you."

Xie Yao pressed the handle of the fan, and he pinched the three steel needles in his hand. He put his backhand into his sleeve, and said coldly, "I gave you the fan to protect yourself, not to make you go around causing trouble and hurting others." .”

Ding Yue couldn't bear it any longer, raised his sleeves and wiped his eyes fiercely, staring at Xie Yao in disbelief: "Is...is he Shaoshishan's uncle?" He shook his head and denied repeatedly, "No Possibly, impossible... That uncle is extremely handsome, how can he be as ugly as you?"

Having said that, he still couldn't help taking a closer look, remembering the expression and tone of Xie Yao who gave him the fan that day. The more he looked at the monk, the more familiar he became. He covered half of his eyes, not looking at the scar, and pulled out the fan again. A few strands of grass imitate hair, and squinting, it really is the uncle who fanned him that day.

Ding Yue threw the grass, hugged Xie Yao's thigh in three steps, and cried, "Uncle, I found you!"

Xie Yao didn't expect that Ding Yue would look for him. He was stunned, stretched out his hand to pat him on the back, and asked, "Why did you come to Xixia?" Ding Yue said, "I don't know. No, I will go wherever I want, thanks to this iron fan, I have saved myself from danger several times, uncle, don't abandon Ding Yue this time!"

Shentu Xingchong poked his head out from behind Xie Yao, and said, "Didn't you scold my uncle just now?"

Ding Yue glared at him and retorted, "He's my uncle, not yours!"

Shentu Xingchong's face turned pale, he didn't expect this kid to turn his face faster than a book, he grabbed Xie Yao's right hand tightly: "It's my uncle!" Ding Yue simply hung on Xie Yao because of his young age, and said : "Bah! My uncle and I met two years ago! You haven't been born yet!"

"You...you are talking nonsense! I am older than you, and I was born at that time!"

"Hmph, I'm 50 years old, how dare you say you're older than me?"

"Then I'm 60 years old, I'm older than you anyway..."

Xie Yao stood where he was, letting the two children chatter about. Looking at the straight road ahead, he felt that he might have gotten into... trouble.