treacherous world

Hidden Mountain, also known as Xianshan Mountain, means that if it is indistinct and sometimes invisible, people who are destined will meet unexpectedly, and those who are not destined will not meet unexpectedly.Hidden mountains are often found in the mountains. If you have a chance to see them, let's see if they are in the southwest or northeast.Those who go to the southwest will be blessed.People in the northeast avoid it, there are monsters.

In the early spring, in the east of Xinghua County, Yangzhou Prefecture, there was a teahouse humming soft and glutinous Tanci in Wu Nong's language, accompanied by the sound of drums, melodious and tactful.

This restaurant is called Yinyi Tea House. It is the largest and best restaurant in Xinghua County. With the lake facing the wind, sitting on the second floor, you can see the boats in the river and the city gate in the distance. It is a must if you sit and wait for people. good point.

On the seat next to the window well on the second floor, sat a scholar.The scholar was wearing a plain green robe, and there was a pot of three small Longjing pastries on the table. He was drinking tea and listening to music, staring at the official road entering the city.

On the lake, there is a painting boat going forward, and there are several women standing in front of the painting boat, who are washing yarn... These days just happen to be the traditional festival of Xinghua Prefecture - the yarn washing festival.

Every year at this time, there will be countless Huansha Niangs on the lake holding their yarns to change and wash in the river. In fact, it is just a different kind of beauty pageant or blind date.

Every family will rent a colorful boat for one day, and hang the name of the family on the bow.

The girl was washing yarn on the bow of the boat, and if the boys on the shore saw it and thought it was good, they would throw their own birthday card on the boat and declare their family name.When the girl's family saw that she was from a good family, they asked her husband to approve her horoscope, and as long as it was calculated that she was not a white tiger, they could discuss marriage.

It's just that this is just a game for beauties and rich people. For girls who are too poor to hire a boat, or who are too ugly and no one takes a second look when they get on the boat, the Shaun Festival What, far from being a comforting thing.

The scholar shook his head gently, listening to the sound of Pingtan, he was attracted by a painting boat on the river. A woman was sitting on the prow of the boat, her head was lowered. of red silk.

With a "click", a birthday card fell onto the boat.

The girl picked it up and looked at the shore with some puzzlement.The boat was not far from the river bank, and a gentleman in green shirt saluted the girl, "Miss, Wang Youchang is in the south of the lower city. He is in the business of cloth business, and his family is well-off."

The girl looked at him for a long time, smiled slightly, stretched out her hand and gently opened the red gauze that covered half of her face... and saw that there was another blue birthmark on the left half of her face.

The people on the bank couldn't help gasping, the girl's right half of her face is amazing, but the left half of her face is so ugly it's terrifying!

"Uh... Misunderstanding." Wang Youchang immediately waved her hand, "I probably misunderstood the person."

The girl smiled, "You think I'm ugly?"

Wang Youchang was taken aback, but before he had time to explain, the girl waved her hand... The red silk was shot and wrapped around Wang Youchang's neck, dragging him into the river.

Wang Youchang was so strangled that he kept calling for help, but the girl was completely indifferent. She dragged him back and forth in the river like a dog, with a cruel smile on her face, "You think I'm ugly, blind your dog!" Eye!"

Wang You often stuck out his tongue and rolled his eyes, as if he was about to die.

I only heard someone in the painting boat say, "Stop making trouble, the business is important."

The girl in red curled her lips, flicked her wrist... and withdrew the red silk.

But that Wang Youchang was dying, and he thumped the river to ask for help, and the people on the bank said, "Oh, I killed someone!"

"Hey!" The girl gave everyone a fierce look, "You can take care, he drowned himself, and it's none of my business!"

The people on the shore wanted to save her, but saw the girl sneer again, "Grandma wants to see who dares to save this blind man." So, everyone on the shore looked at each other and did not dare to move.

The scholar on the second floor in the distance frowned and stood up in a huff, "It's unreasonable, there are such witches in the world!"

Just as he was about to rush downstairs, he saw a maroon horse running unhurriedly through the city gate in the distance, and one person immediately...

The scholar glanced at it and couldn't help but find it pleasing to the eye.

Immediately there was a man in a blue shirt, very young and handsome, just like the weather, which made people feel indescribably comfortable.This person was holding a bundle and an ancient sword in his hand, and he seemed to be looking at the scenery by the river while riding a horse... His black hair was lightly fluttering, and he had both the heroic spirit of a martial artist and the gentleness that is rarely seen in a warrior—good A handsome character.

The scholar looked at it for a long time, then clapped his hands, "Oh, it must be him!"

When the man in blue walked to the bridge, he saw a lot of people surrounded by the bank. He frowned and looked into the water—a person was in danger, and he was already dying. The man in blue couldn't help but frowned. Why are there so many people? Everyone wants to die?

After thinking about it, he jumped off the horse and jumped off the bridge...Like a kite, he rushed to the man, lifted him lightly with his hand, and picked him up from the water.Finally he made a back and forth in the air and landed directly.The red horse saw it at the end of the bridge, turned a corner, and came down after a stroll, to the side of the man, staring at the drowning man on the ground.

The scholar saw it clearly on the second floor, nodded, "It really is him." Putting down the silver, he hurried downstairs.

Wang Youchang drank too much water and was already holding his breath. The man in blue standing next to him didn't seem to know how to deal with it, but the big maroon horse raised its hoof and gave the man a kick in the chest.

"Hey, Duoduo!" The man in blue hurried to stop the horse, "Take it easy!"

But Wang Youchang spit out a mouthful of water, coughing and wheezing constantly.A few local old people saw it and breathed a sigh of relief, "It's okay, I'm recovering!"

The man in blue nodded, and wanted to lead the horse away, but the woman in red scolded, "Mind your own business."

The man in blue looked back, met the girl's eyes, saw the birthmark on her face, and suddenly remembered someone.And the girl saw the handsome man in blue, especially the pair of eyes, under the sunlight, how could there be some golden light?So lovely!Subconsciously seeing pink on her face, she dissatisfied, "If you want to meddle in your own business, Miss Ben will teach him a lesson!"

The man in blue smiled, "You don't need to meddle in other people's business, this young master will save him."

The girl opened her mouth and became dumb, the man in blue twitched the corner of her mouth slightly, and continued to lead the horse. The girl in red became furious and raised the red silk, "I don't know what to do!"

It's just that before her silk was thrown out, she heard someone in the boat saying, "Look at the sword in his hand, I don't know the height of the sky and the depth of the earth."

The girl was taken aback, and stared at the sword in the blue-clothed man's hand. It was an ancient black sword, gloomy and old...

The girl took a deep breath, bowed her head in silence, put the red gauze around her face, got back into the cabin, and sailed away.

The man in blue led the jujube horse and looked around the market not far away, as if he wanted to determine where it would be better to settle down.

At this moment, I saw a scholar running over in a hurry, "Master Zhan!"

The man in blue turned his head, and the scholar also came in front of him, "Master Zhan, I am Liu Xie."

"Oh, Mr. Liu."

The person who came was Zhan Zhao.

Let's say that after Zhan Zhao came back from Qushan County, he didn't stay in Kaifeng Mansion for two days. Bao Zheng received a letter from his favorite student Liu Xie.The letter said that a strange case had recently occurred in Xinghua County, Yangzhou Prefecture, and he was puzzled. If Bao Zheng is free, please come to Yangzhou Prefecture.

Bao Zheng replied that he was troubled by trifles recently, so he sent Zhan Zhao.

Liu Xie had heard about Zhan Zhao's fame for a long time, so he was naturally happy... This Liu Xie is quite capable despite his young age, and he is already the county magistrate of Xinghua County.

Originally, Bai Yutang also came together, but there were some things to deal with in the empty island, so the two of them split up, and he said later.

The fourth son wanted to go out to play with Zhan Zhao, but was stopped by Gongsun and told him to study medicine at home... So Zhan Zhao rode Zao Duoduo and entered Xinghua alone.

"Who is that person?" Liu Xie looked at the painting boat going away, "Why is it so cruel?"

"It's just from the Jianghu." Zhan Zhao said, "That girl should be the Yin Yang Red Spider Pearl, she is very difficult to mess with, you must not call her ugly, otherwise she will definitely die."

"Oh..." Liu Xie nodded, "Women in this world seem to cherish beauty and are afraid of becoming ugly, but this beauty is so unlucky, what's the use of looking too good-looking?"

"Well, a beauty doesn't necessarily have to be unlucky." Zhan Zhao waved his hand... Bai Yutang, who was far away on the empty island, sneezed and pulled the horse to say goodbye to his eldest brother and sister-in-law, "I'm going to Yangzhou Mansion, and I'll be back soon .”

Before leaving, Mrs. Lu gave him a box, saying it was for Zhan Zhao.

Zhan Zhao has been suffering from some illness since his eyes recovered, and when he opened the box, no matter who gave it, he took it far away.Bai Yutang opened the box and took a look, and saw that it was a brand new set of clothes, probably made by Mrs. Lu, so he smiled and stuffed them into the bag... boarded the boat and left.

Zhan Zhao and Liu Xie went to the county yamen together and asked, "Master Liu didn't mention any strange case in his letter."

"Well, the letter doesn't make it clear, why not..."

Before Liu Xie finished speaking, he heard the sound of gongs... Someone shouted, "The old monster is out to eat people. Today is the lady of the Zhang family who is in trouble!"

Zhan Zhao was taken aback, puzzled, "Cannibalism?"

"Hey...here it is again!" Liu Xie stomped his feet and dragged Zhan Zhao away, "Master Zhan, you will understand at a glance for yourself. You can't tell what's going on!"

Zhan Zhao followed Liu Xie to a house in the south of the city.

Seeing many yamen servants and guards standing at the door, as well as onlookers, Liu Xie led Zhan Zhao into the house.Zhan Zhao noticed the words on the plaque——Zhang's House.

When he entered the room, he smelled a bloody smell, Zhan Zhao frowned, he didn't like this smell, and how much blood had to be there to have such a strong smell.

Walking into the courtyard, I saw a large group of servant girls crying.

Zhan Zhao was inexplicable, entered the room and took a look, the scene was really horrible... There was a dead body lying on the bed, face gone!

"Face..." Zhan Zhao looked at Liu Xie, "What's going on?

The county magistrate sighed, "Lord Zhan... counting Miss Zhang, this is already the fourth victim... Sigh, the evildoer came out to eat people!"

"eat human?"

"Hmm!" Liu Xie had a complex expression on his face, "He only eats beauties!"

Bai Yutang pulled the horse off the boat and left the ferry, and hurried to Yangzhou Mansion.Songjiang Mansion was not far from Yangzhou, and soon he arrived at the intersection of Xinghua County.

After looking at the boundary marker, Bai Yutang led the horse in... Passing a teahouse, he got off his horse and asked for a pot of herbal tea to drink with the horse.

Standing by the side of the road, Bai Yutang poured water into his hands and asked Bai Yunfan to drink.The horse had long been thirsty, and was wagging its tail gently while drinking.

At this time, a group of people passed by the roadside, probably from some sect, they were dressed similarly, and they were quite dignified.At the head, a man and a woman are both young, holding swords.That girl, with beautiful features and delicate features, saw Bai Yutang feeding the horses.

At this time, the sun was westward, and the water in the teapot was sprinkled in the hand, which was crystal clear and shone with a little light.Bai Yutang stood casually, with his head slightly lowered, with a unique air of laziness and luxury.

It was probably the first time in her life that the girl saw such a good-looking man, staring at Bai Yutang's face, looking back all the way.

Bai Yutang had long been used to being watched by others, so he didn't care, he lowered his head and continued to feed the horse.

"oops……"

Suddenly, a village girl rushed out from the side path. She should not be very old, and she was carrying a lot of firewood in a backpack.She ran wildly, and bumped into the horse that the girl was riding... The horse was startled, and raised its front hooves on the spot, and the girl was staring at Bai Yutang with fascination, completely unguarded.

This time, the horse stood up, and she rolled down the horse's buttocks, and fell hard.Looking up, Bai Yutang glanced at her, his cheeks flushed immediately, he stood up and angrily kicked the village girl who had rolled to her feet, "You..."

After stepping on it, she realized it was a girl, so she withdrew her foot and muttered, "You don't have eyes when you walk!"

The man walking beside him saw the frown and quickly got off his horse. At this time, the village girl just rolled to Bai Yutang's horse.

Bai Yutang reached out and helped her up.

The village girl looked up and saw Bai Yutang, startled, quickly lowered her head, blushed and wiped her dirty hands on her clothes.

This girl is not very good-looking, probably always exposed to the sun and rain, her face is rough, her nose is flat and her eyes are small... Bai Yutang has no requirements for looks, seeing that she is fine, he asked in a low voice, "Are you okay?"

The village girl shook her head sullenly, and hurried away with the basket on her back.

Bai Yutang felt that the basket behind her seemed very heavy, so he took a look inside.

The village girl had already run away.

But Bai Yutang froze on the spot... just now, in the basket behind her, besides firewood, there was also a dark white skull.