Xiao Han [Shooting Condor]

In the first lunar month, Wu Rizhuzhan took the book of heaven to greet his neighbors for many years, while Xie Yao raced horses with others on the grassland. After Wu Rizhuzhan's birthday on the third day of the new year, he was in no hurry to go to Tianshan Mountain.

On this day, Xie Yao and Tianshu were walking by the Onan River. The weather was suddenly cloudy, frosty and cold, and it seemed that there was going to be a sudden heavy snowfall.The two rushed to the house with the reed, before entering the house, pieces of pure white snowflakes swirled and fell one after another, Xie Yao turned his head and saw Tianshu's nose was red from the cold, he couldn't help laughing: "Are you afraid of the cold too?"

"You're afraid of the cold." Tianshu glared at him, and couldn't help but sneezed.She was surprised: "It's strange, it's strange, how can I sneeze..."

The two walked into the room while talking, only to see Wu Rizhuzhan packing up his things, carefully folding the cotton-padded quilts and putting them into a nanmu box.Seeing the two of them coming back, she couldn't help but turned her head and said with a smile: "I'm back. It's cold today, so wear thicker clothes."

Xie Yao squatted down and helped her tidy up: "Mom, what gift do you want for your birthday tomorrow?" Tianshu picked out a poorly made cloth tiger from the box, played with it and said, "Aunt, Xie Yao used to play with these things when he was young." ?" Wu Rizhuzhan glanced at the cloth tiger, and said with a silly smile, "He never liked these toys. This is a birthday present he gave me when he was seven years old."

Tianshu couldn't help being funny when he heard the words, turned his head to look at Xie Yao, and he also lowered his head and smiled.

"Son, you don't need to give mom a present this year. We're leaving soon anyway. It's a burden to bring too many things." Wu Rizhuzhan said, and then continued after a pause, "By the way, the sweat sent someone just now. He said that he would reward a new tent and let us move in tomorrow."

Xie Yao felt bad, and looked at Tianshu at the same time.

"Mom, what did you say?"

Seeing his expression, Wu Rizhu had a vague premonition, and replied, "I... I wanted to leave, but of course I declined."

Xie Yao's face sank like water, and he knew that Wu Rizhuzhan might have revealed his whereabouts.The martial arts competition on New Year's Eve had shown Genghis Khan that he didn't want to serve. His relationship with Genghis Khan was not as close as Guo Jing, so Genghis Khan had already become suspicious.And the words he said intentionally or unintentionally proved his plan even more.

A person with talent cannot be used by the enemy if he does not use it for himself.Moreover, he knew that within two years Mongolia had an important military situation to attack Khwarazmo, even if he swore not to tell, Genghis Khan would be careful to get rid of him in case of future troubles.Genghis Khan sent people here to deliberately pick Wu Rizhu to occupy one person at home, saying that he would reward a new tent, just to find out.But Wu Rizhu was pure in mind, and directly refused, exposing everything.

"Son, did Mom spoil your business?" Seeing Xie Yao's frowning, Wu Rizhuzhan asked staggeringly.

Xie Yao regained his composure, supported her and said, "Don't worry too much, it's just that you planned to leave tomorrow after your birthday, but now you have to move forward." He turned his head, "Tianshu, hurry up and pack your things, the sky is dark Let's go."

Tianshu also guessed a little bit, maybe Genghis Khan had become suspicious of him, so he turned back to the house to pack his things.Xie Yao fed the reeds enough fodder, put on the cart, and carried the two packed boxes on.After he finished his work, he went into the kitchen to light a fire, but he didn't cook, and only made the illusion of smoke.Wu Rizhu saw that the two were busy without saying a word, even if Xie Yao didn't say anything, she guessed that she had caused trouble, and she blamed herself and felt guilty.

In a blink of an eye, the grassland was covered with three inches of snow, and the gloomy sky was completely dark.Xie Yao pinched his fingers to count the time, extinguished the lights in the tent with a whoosh, and put a woolen shawl on Wu Rizhuzhan, and then took the two of them out in the dark.

He had wrapped the reed's hooves in cotton cloth in advance, and there was only a slight crunching sound of the wheels in the snow.Tianshu helped Wu Rizhuzhan onto the cart and sat firmly, patted Xie Yao on the shoulder, and said in a low voice: "Let's go!" Xie Yao shook the reins and drove away.

The cold wind was like a knife, blowing more bitterly, and Xie Yao's eyelashes were unknowingly covered with a thin layer of frost.He drove a certain distance, wiped his face with his hand, and asked, "Mom, Tianshu, are you cold?" Wu Rizhuzhan wrapped his cloak tightly, and shook hands with Tianshu: "Son, go faster, We are not cold."

Xie Yao patted the horse's buttocks, and shouted in a low voice: "Drive!"

Hearing the order, the reed slapped its hooves and ran wildly in the vast snowy night. After running a hundred meters, the reed's front hoof suddenly tripped over a hemp rope. He tilted his body, and fell to the ground with people and the car, mourning and neighing.At the same time, Xie Yao had sensed that there was an ambush in the dark night, so he stood up to protect Wu Rizhuzhan and Tianshu from left to right.

But when a trumpet was whistling, people shouted and horses neighed suddenly in the quiet night, and the torches lit up in all directions like stars. I saw Mongolian soldiers in the southeast, northwest, and surrounded the three of them. The first person, the tall horse, It is Kuo Kuo Chu!

Seeing this, Wu Rizhuzhan's face turned pale, her knees gave way and she almost fainted. In the daytime, it was Kuo Kuo who came out to communicate and reward the big tent, and she must have slipped her words.

"Brother Xie, don't you want glory and wealth? The emperor of the Song Dynasty was so good that you were willing to betray the Khan and not stay in Mongolia to serve?"

Xie Yao protected the two of them behind his back, knowing that even if he succumbed immediately, Genghis Khan's trust would be rare.He simply took a step forward and said awe-inspiringly: "The glory and wealth are fleeting, so there is no need to force them; the emperor of the Song Dynasty was a fatuous and incompetent man, and he did not care about him; as for betraying the Khan, it is a big joke. Xie has never been loyal, so why not?" Come talk of betrayal!"

Kuo Kuo is a simple and straightforward person, this rebuttal only made him speechless.But when he came, he had already received the military order, no matter Xie Yao never obeyed, he had to kill him directly, of course Tuo Lei and Hua Zheng were kept secret about this matter.Although Kuo Kuo Chu is very optimistic about this young man, but at this moment, he can only regret it.After thinking about it, he resolutely raised his hand and gave an order, and the Mongolian soldiers in all directions attacked the three of them with swords and arrows.

In an instant, the arrows were like locusts, and there were Mongolian soldiers everywhere. With a shake of his arm, Xie Yao swung out the green hook, like a golden disc, blocking the arrow feathers.Seven or eight spears were pierced, Xie Yao turned around, and protected Wu Rizhu behind him, and the green hook twisted around, twisting off the spearheads one after another.

"Thank you madman, you open the way!" Tianshu slapped the two soldiers away with his right hand, and tightly held Wu Rizhuzhan with his left hand.Before she finished speaking, she was suddenly swept away by the torrent of counterattacking soldiers. The firelight in the night could not see her face clearly. Xie Yao turned her head and shouted: "Book from Heaven? Mom?"

While shouting, another wave of arrow feathers flew towards him, Xie Yao protected his figure, and brought out the flaming knife with both palms, slapping left and right, temporarily forcing the enemy back and not daring to get close.

Although Xie Yao has experienced many battles, he has never fought against many soldiers.Although the soldiers' martial arts are not as good as those of the rivers and lakes, they are united, have perseverance, do not flinch, and practice crowd tactics, which is extremely difficult.

Seeing his bravery from a distance, Kuo Kuo couldn't help feeling sorry for him, and wanted to speak out again to persuade him to surrender, but thinking of what he said earlier, he stopped speaking.Xie Yao knew that even though he had great martial arts skills, how could he be able to defeat countless elite Mongolian soldiers after a long time?Kill a bloody road in the direction of the reed, in order to make a quick victory.

The book of heaven kept Wu Rizhu's protection tight, and every time he shouted thank you madman, it was covered by the clanging of knives and guns.She couldn't find it everywhere, but saw the reeds neighing in the snow. With a thought, she kicked down a Mongolian soldier, raised her spear, stabbed left and right, and no one could get close to her for a while, but the soldiers took one look. Seeing that Wu Rizhu Zhan didn't know martial arts, the arrow feathers of the long spears shot at her one after another. Tianshu's experience in facing the enemy was not as good as Xie Yao, so he hurriedly pulled Wu Rizhu Zhan, swung the spear with his right hand sharply, his hand was slow, and his arm was caught Cut a knife!

Wu Rizhu exclaimed "Ah", tremblingly said: "Shu'er, you...you are injured!" Tianshu killed him with his backhand, and said: "Auntie, go and hide in the reed!" But Wu Rizhu didn't know Looking at the blood on her arm, she suddenly felt guilty beyond words. She turned her head to look at the chaotic killing field, feeling sad from it, and felt that she had done something very wrong.Suddenly there was another wave of arrow feathers flying towards the two of them, Wu Rizhu caught sight of the heavenly book and still didn't realize it, he cried out in surprise and jumped on him.

Tianshu turned around and blocked the arrows with a horizontal spear. She reached out to help Wu Ri Zhuzhan, but felt wet.Tianshu's heart suddenly trembled, followed by the flames, he spread his palms and said in shock, "Aunt...you...you..."

Looking down, Wu Rizhuzhan's chest showed a little bit of cold light, while the arrow feather behind his back went straight into his body.

Xie Yao heard Tianshu's faint cry in his panic, and knew that the two of them were by his side, so he immediately showed his might and used three tricks to force the Mongolian soldiers back like a tide, but under the light of the fire, Tianshu's white clothes were dyed bright red , and his mother had a long arrow stuck in her back, lying in Tianshu's arms.

"Mom!" Xie Yao was in extreme pain, his eyes were about to burst, he swung the green hook, and the golden light passed by, turning people on their backs.Xie Yao rushed forward, picked up Wu Rizhuzhan, Tianshu hurriedly slapped two palms, several swordsmen and axemen flew out.

Before Wu Rizhuzhan was out of breath, she grabbed Xie Yao's skirt, looked at Lu Wei, and said in a trembling voice: "Son, hurry... let's go!" It hit the chest of a knife and axeman, with a bang, and his ribs were broken.Knowing that the two of them must escape, Tianshu leaped onto the horse's back, broke through a gap with a long spear, and shouted at the red-eyed Xie Yao, "Thank you madman, get on the horse!"

In the chaos, Xie Yao did not lose his mind. He stepped on the stirrup and turned over to sit behind Tianshu.Tianshu threw the spear with his backhand, blocked it for a while, Lu Wei was frightened, and ran away in a panic.A horn blew sharply behind him, and the soldiers chased after him, but Lu Wei was very clever, and with three people on his back, he burrowed into the forest, scurrying left and right.

After running for more than ten miles in one breath, Lu Wei was exhausted and leaned on the ground with a bang, panting heavily.

Xie Yao hurriedly picked up Wu Rizhuzhan, broke off the arrow behind her, and called repeatedly: "Mom! Mom?"

Wu Rizhu's face was like gold paper, and his breath was like gossamer, but he slowly opened his eyes, looked at the white belly in the sky, and smiled: "Son, is it already the third day of the first lunar month?"

"Yes, yes, today is your birthday."

Tianshu actually felt that this scene made her heart ache slightly, and she didn't know what kind of emotion it was, so she just nodded repeatedly: "Auntie, can we celebrate your birthday after you recover?"

Wu Rizhuzhan reached out tremblingly, grasped Tianshu's wrist, turned to Xie Yao and said, "Son, take... take out the agate bracelet that your mother gave you back then." Xie Yao hurriedly took out the red bracelet from his bosom , and handed both hands to Wu Rizhuzhan.Unexpectedly, she took the bracelet, turned her gloves into the wrist of the book, and said: "From now on, mother can't accompany you, you should love each other together... okay?"

Xie Yao raised her eyes to look at Tianshu, she also looked at Xie Yao, but spoke before Xie Yao: "Okay."

"Mom, don't talk anymore...save your energy, I'll take you to the doctor." Xie Yao said and went to hug her, but Wu Rizhuzhan shook his head and said, "Son, Mom knows I'm going to die." .”

Xie Yao was in great pain when he heard the words, and sternly denied: "I haven't served you properly...how could you die!"

"Life is in a hurry, but it's only a hundred years old. I've lived to be 50 years old, which is a great blessing." Her eyes looked at Xie Yao, and she smiled slightly, "I saw Tianshan, and I saw... the mountain god."

Xie Yao kept shaking his head, holding back tears and said: "No, you can still live to be a hundred years old, five hundred years old, five thousand years old... Let's go to Tianshan together, go together!" Wu Rizhuzhan still smiled with his eyes open, his expression frozen.

"Mom...Mom?" Xie Yao called out twice, but couldn't get a response from his mother.His mind went blank for a moment, all he knew was that the mother who had always loved and taken care of him had passed away, turned into dust, and would never come back.

The tree wants to be quiet but the wind keeps on, and the child wants to support but the kiss does not wait.

Xie Yao raised his head, clenched his fists tightly, closed his eyes tightly, and tried his best to endure the pain and hatred, while pieces of white snow fell gently on his brows and eyes.

The gloomy clouds are gloomy, and the snow is cruel to the wind.

The morning light is faint in the sky, and it is another day.