Xiao Han [Shooting Condor]

It was cold spring, but the peach blossom island was gloomy and green, and the peach forests all over the mountains competed and opened up. Looking from the boat, the mountains and seas near the mountains are poetic and picturesque, like entering a fairyland.

Xie Yao moored the boat on the shore, went straight to the beach, and shouted: "Brother Yi! Sister-in-law!" The birds in the forest were startled, and the peach blossoms fluttered. He shouted several times, but no one came to greet him for a long time.Xie Yao was very surprised, he said in a low voice: "It's weird, you obviously called me, why didn't you see anyone?"

A few days ago, he was having a drink with him under General Meng's tent, when he suddenly received a letter from Feige sent by Ding Yue, in a haste there was only one sentence: "Come to Peach Blossom Island quickly", and it was signed by Guo Jing.Xie Yao didn't dare to stay, pushed General Meng's banquet, and rushed to Peach Blossom Island non-stop, but there was no one there.

Xie Yao is not yet familiar with the Five Elements and Eight Diagrams of the Qimen Dunjia on Peach Blossom Island, but there is no other way at the moment, so he has to try reluctantly. Once his mind is settled, he calculates the heaven and earth gossip and steps into the peach blossom forest step by step.He came to Peach Blossom Island a few times, but he missed the time when the flowers bloomed, and now it was just in time for spring, the forest was full of fragrance, and the peach blossoms were so beautiful that it was too beautiful to behold.Xie Yao stepped on the colorful fallen flowers, avoiding a peach tree in the direction of Kanshui, he stretched out his hand and hesitated between the two flower branches, not knowing whether to push the left one or the right one.

Just as Xie Yao was thinking hard, there was a sound of footsteps behind him, the footsteps were very soft, Xie Yao was about to turn his head, when suddenly the peach trees around him changed, and when he looked closely, he was standing in a different position than before.His heart sank, he knew that someone was deliberately trapping him in the peach forest, secretly observing the left and right, and trying to open up a new path.

Xie Yao walked a few steps, paused, glanced at the left side, and said intentionally: "From the distribution of the fire, to the shock of the distribution of the thunder, it seems that I have to go northwest."

As soon as the words fell, there were footsteps again, Xie Yao listened to the voice to argue, the man was running to the northwest, this time he made a move like the wind, to prevent the man from playing tricks secretly, saying that he was going to the northwest, but he was actually going backwards to the southeast, Calculated the position, bypassed a peach tree, and just stopped in front of that person.

The man suddenly saw Xie Yao, and almost bumped into his arms, but the other party's mind was very fast, his figure flickered, he pulled out a jade stalk from his waist, swiped three swords and attacked Xie Yao's chest.Xie Yao was on one side of his body, with his left hand behind his back, he flicked his right hand, and flicked the middle of the jade flute with a "Zheng", only heard a slight crisp sound, and the jade flute was broken into several pieces.

The opponent's weapon was released, but was shocked by Xie Yao's finger force, and when he leaned back, he was about to fall to the ground. Xie Yao stretched out his hand to grab the opponent's arm. His eyes were clear and clear, his skin was fair, and there was a small smile on his oval face. With small dimples and a light green shirt, she is a girl of fifteen or sixteen years old.

The girl looked up against the light and saw that the man fighting with her was a gray shirted man with handsome features.

"Little girl, what are you doing here sneakily?" Xie Yao asked again, but the little girl stared blankly at him and didn't respond, so she had to repeat it again.

The little girl came back to her senses immediately, seeing that he was still holding her arm, she hurriedly withdrew her hand like an electric shock, took two steps back, and leaned against a peach tree, not daring to look at him, and said softly, "You... It's sneaky!"

Xie Yao couldn't help laughing dumbfounded, and made a salute, saying: "I made a slip of the tongue, please trouble the owner of Tongtong Island, saying that there is an old friend visiting, and I hope to welcome him."

Hearing what he said, the little girl looked up at him again, and asked softly, "Who are you? Who are you looking for in Peach Blossom Island?"

As soon as Xie Yao just fought, he saw that the girl was pregnant with Peach Blossom Island, so he didn't lie to her, and told her everything.The little girl saw that his tone was sincere, not like a lie, and her vigilance weakened. She hid her doubts and said, "My master is Huang Yaoshi, the owner of Peach Blossom Island. He will return to the island tonight. You might as well stay here." Wait." If Xie Yao is a bad person, he will be afraid when he hears Huang Yaoshi's name; if he is a good person, he will be the opposite.

Xie Yao didn't know what was going on in her mind, so he smiled slightly and said, "Then I'll wait for him at the Jingxin Pavilion."

The little girl was stunned when he heard the name of the pavilion on the island, and most of her doubts were eliminated.She looked at the shattered Biluxiao lying on the soil, mixed with pink fallen petals, she couldn't help seeing pain in her eyes, bent down and squatted down, reached out and gently took the fragments of the jade flute in her hand, drooping her eyes without saying a word.

Xie Yao felt ashamed, his internal strength became more and more refined year by year, he often raised his hand and waved his sleeves with too much force, and this jade flute was already extremely brittle, so it's no wonder he accidentally broke it.

"This... I'm really sorry."

"It's okay." She looked up at Xie Yao, then lowered her head to collect the broken jade.Xie Yao lifted his robe, and squatted beside her to help pick it up, "Well, what's your name? When did Brother Yao accept you as an apprentice?"

Seeing that he was also squatting on the ground concentrating on picking up jade pieces, the little girl was slightly startled, and said in a daze, "My name is Cheng Ying. Master four years ago... accepted me as a closed disciple."

"Cheng Ying?" Xie Yao nodded with a smile, "Brother Yao's temperament is rare to accept disciples, I see that your Yu Xiao swordsmanship just now is quite popular with him, and if you practice hard in the future, there will be another one in the world Heroine."

Cheng Ying's face turned red when she heard this, and she lowered her head and said, "Where is it?" At this moment, she turned her head to look at Xie Yao, "What about you? What's your name?"

Xie Yao smiled and said, "You can call me 'Uncle Xie' or 'Uncle Xie'." Cheng Ying was extremely weird, and said with wide eyes, "Are you so old?"

"I call your master 'Brother Yao', what do you think I should call me?"

Cheng Ying only felt that Xie Yao must be fooling her, deliberately raising her seniority, taking advantage of her words, turned her head and smiled, "Anyway, I don't call you uncle, uncle!"

The two talked while picking up jade pieces. After all, Cheng Ying was a girl with a pure heart, and she got acquainted with Xie Yao after a while. She led Xie Yao to the depths of the peach forest, and came to the Jingxin Pavilion, where she served cakes and tea, and was extremely careful. Xie Yao couldn't help admiring for everything.

"By the way, why are the dumb servants on this island missing?" Xie Yao used to see many dumb servants, but today he followed Cheng Ying all the way, as if the island had been deserted.

Cheng Ying replied: "I heard from Master that sister Huang's family moved out of Peach Blossom Island half a year ago and settled in Xiangyang. After that, they were afraid of going back to the island, so they dismissed all those dumb servants."

"Going to Xiangyang?" Xie Yao was puzzled, he thought carefully, if Guo Jing's family had moved to Xiangyang City for more than half a year, why did he come to Peach Blossom Island in a hurry?Xie Yao took out the letter from his sleeve, carefully looked at the handwriting, it was undoubtedly written by Guo Jing himself, he frowned in thought, Cheng Ying stood by his side, and couldn't help looking.

"Let me see."

Xie Yao nodded and handed the letter to her.

Cheng Ying picked up the letter paper, touched it slightly with her thumb and index finger, then took it to the tip of her nose and sniffed it lightly, and said with a smile, "Look, the corners of this letter paper are a little yellowed, and the ink is old and tasteless, obviously it has been there for a long time. Day, you received it too late."

When Xie Yao was mentioned by her, she suddenly realized that this letter was originally handed over to him by Ding Yue from Sichuan. island a few days ago.

"I see." Xie Yao raised the teacup to his lips, his heart sank.

Seeing his expression, Cheng Ying couldn't help sighing slightly, and said, "Don't you ask me why they moved to Xiangyang?"

Xie Yao gave her a funny look, put down the teacup again, and said, "Brother Yi is a man, I know very well. In recent years, Mongolia has attacked the Song Dynasty, and the cavalry went south. If they want to go deep into the hinterland, they must attack Xiangyang. He must lead the Central Plains Haojie rushed to help defend the city and wrote to me, probably because of this."

Hearing that he called Guo Jing "Yi brother", Cheng Ying's heart wavered, and she thought to herself: Could it be that this person really didn't lie to me?

She still had doubts in her heart, she frowned and said, "What does this have to do with you?"

Xie Yao pretended that she was too young to understand, and said in a deep voice, "Everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of the world. The war between Mongolia and the Song Dynasty is not only related to me, but also to you."

With a thought in his mind, Cheng Ying raised his eyes to look at Xie Yao carefully, and saw that he was sitting like a bell, his eyes were clear, and in addition to his bold speech just now, he couldn't help but feel awe and respect from the bottom of his heart, "You are right."

Xie Yao didn't expect Cheng Ying to understand at all, so he nodded approvingly.