How can the general be paralyzed?

The mountains and forests in this season are cloudy and misty, and the thin mist sticks to people's bodies, but it is not annoying.The chi kiss stone carvings at the intersection of the mountain that seem to have been washed by water are beautiful.

Qin Ran's eyes lingered on the exquisite stone carving for a moment, and suddenly remembered the wine jug buried behind the stone carving a long time ago. He stretched his hand behind Chi kiss and touched it, and he really pulled out the wine jug covered with dew and dead leaves.

The jug had already been drunk, and when Qin Ran held it in his hand, the feeling of regaining what had been lost still made his eyes light up.

At this time, Tiandaozong's morning class had just finished, and there were birds in the mountains flying in the forest, and the sunny flowers under the old trees and withered vines were slowly blooming and dying.The four seasons seem to stretch out extremely slowly, and even things that are right and wrong have their day of emergence.

He soaked the jug in the clear mountain stream to clean it, tied up the knot with a dark red hair rope that he felt, and went down the mountain leisurely from another path with the rope in his hand.

He was familiar with the path up and down the mountain, and soon went down to Dayu Town at the foot of Tiandaozong Mountain to have a pot of wine.

Unexpectedly, the flag of the restaurant he frequented for more than ten years is still there, and even the appearance of Dayu Town itself has not changed much, but there are also more foreign businessmen hawking, with unfamiliar accents one after another, lively, Therefore, an unfamiliar accent like Qin Ran's is not suspicious.

It's just that when the restaurant was measuring the wine, he stared at the outstanding and handsome young man in front of him with some doubts: Is he old or his eyes are blurred, this one seems to have seen it before?

That's right, Qin Ran used to be a regular customer.

In the past, he would go to Dayu Town to drink two or two ounces of wine in his free time, and then he would sit in the restaurant and sip, until it was getting late and he walked back to Tiandaozong.

Although he was unrestrained, he never smelled of alcohol, and he returned refreshed every time. The only time he got drunk was when he received a letter from his father telling him to go home.

Qin Ran stopped and walked, not to mention any complicated mood.The battlefield is criss-cross, with open guns and dark arrows, and it is difficult for him to be stable all year round. The long and peaceful life here is extremely precious to him.He is also tired from fighting for so many years.

Back then when Ye Qiu asked him "what should you do", he once asked himself hesitantly.Now seeing other people's children and grandchildren enjoying themselves happily, he thought to himself: If Ye Qiu came out of the confinement room, he would tell him——

Before the idea of ​​"follow him wandering, subdue demons and eliminate demons" came into being, the streets and alleys in front suddenly became noisy.Qin Ran followed the crowd and walked to a pavilion, only to see clearly that it was a notice of a new post.

Although it is a "new post", it has been half a month since the news reached Dayu Town in Yuling, and it must have spread in Jingzhou.The crowd was boiling, arguing and agitating, and the small officials who posted the notice shouted to be quiet.

Qin Ran squeezed out of the crowd, and his peaceful heart slowly sank after the first few years. The new emperor is ready to fight, which is already a sign of renewed war.

It will take seven or eight days for a letter to be delivered to Tiandaozong in a hurry after traveling eight hundred miles, and it will take seven or eight days for him to be delivered to Tiandaozong. Come on the back foot.

As Qin Ran walked and thought, several girls standing under the eaves secretly looked at him and smiled, but he didn't realize it.

They all speculated that this young man with exquisite eyebrows and eyes must be a banished fairy who came down the mountain. In the past half month, they had seen many outstanding men coming down the mountain road shaded by the thin green bamboo mountain, but none of them caught their eyes. stunning.

I heard that there are immortals who practice Taoism living on the mountain road here.

The little girl has not been to school for a few years, and her words are poor.They thought Qin Ran was good-looking, different from the rough-faced men they had seen in the mountains, or the weak and delicate teachers in the school.

Even the way he frowns doesn't have any charm, and looking at other handsome men in the town, it's just like chewing wax, it's really dull.

But when they stretched their necks to look, the exceptionally outstanding young man in white disappeared amidst the crowd.He is really a banished fairy who comes and goes without a trace!

******

There is a Longtou plum grove five miles away from Dayu Town. It is the season of full bloom, and the plum grove is very beautiful.It's just that very few people go to see the Longtou Mei on the Cliff. The weather there is too cold, and only the land where the souls of innocent people have been buried can bloom this bewitching and gorgeous flower.

Rumors of rumors, there are demons and evil there, but there are no people!

And when Qin Ran set foot on the Longtou plum forest, he was neither going to do justice for the sky nor passing by, he was going to find an old friend.He said he was an old friend but he didn't know him well. He had never even met anyone else's face, and he didn't even know his name or family background.But he is one who cares about the kindness of others.

So I have to talk about the sword of ten years.

He sent the relic of Qin Yuebai's confession to Tiandaozong, and he and Ye Qiu went down the mountain and passed the Longtou plum forest.At that time, the Longtou plum grove was not called Longtou plum grove, and all the tall and big Fengqiwu were planted here, and the skinny plum trees were just a little embellishment among thousands of flowers.

That innocent little girl appeared in the eyes of the two of them reflecting Wan Shanhong.The trouser leg that the little girl picked up had snake bite marks, and her dark purple lips seemed to be dying, so Ye Qiu, who was still 15 years old, did not hesitate to save her.

How could Qin Ran let Ye Qiu recklessly suck the snake's venom with his mouth.He used his internal force to force out the snake's venom, and the girl woke up faintly, begging them to send her down the mountain.

The forest in Fengqiwu is not big, but the road covered by the forest is twists and turns, and some people are unlucky and can't get out after a while.When the girl spoke with tears in her eyes, Qin Ran leaned against a Fengqiwu tree and folded her arms in silence, smiling but not smiling.

He experienced the battle of Shisanjian at that time, and the painful lesson made him wary of everyone, even the seemingly innocent and harmless little girl. The next little girl will fend for herself.

Ye Qiu frowned in displeasure at his reckless appearance.At that time, Qin Ran was not in the right place. To put it nicely, he was on guard, but to put it badly, he was suspicious of everyone and never left his sword. Especially he couldn't stand behind him. He didn't look safe.

Ye Qiu didn't know what he went through, and Qin Ran didn't understand it, so naturally he couldn't empathize with him, but guessed that because of Qin Yuebai's death, his temperament changed drastically.Not only him, even Yan Chen thought so at that time.

And such a gloomy and nervous Qin Ran offended the dignitaries in Beijing one by one, hindering the loyalty of the Qin family for generations, those important court officials simply drove him to northern Xinjiang to practice and experience. Almost like exile.

Returning to Tiandaozong was his last journey to the frontier, but there was no wine to see him off.Qin Ran did not expect that he and Ye Qiu would break up in the middle of the farewell.

Wine can be used to welcome a reunion, or to give a farewell to an old friend.It's just that the mountains and rivers are far away, and there is no one who can look forward to him and worry about him thousands of miles away.

Ye Qiu looked at Qin Ran who was surrounded by murderous aura, silently bent down and picked up the little girl's knee.Ye Qiu walked in front, and Qin Ran followed behind without saying a word.

To him, the 15-year-old Ye Qiu is just a kid who doesn't know much about the world. Maybe he is too evil and can keenly feel the unusual aura of the little girl.As Ye Qiu sent her down the mountain, she couldn't get rid of the bad feeling when she walked around the Longtou plum tree.

His sword came when the little girl opened her mouth to bite Ye Qiu's side neck.Ye Qiubao's sword.The two of them fought for the first time in Lingtou Merlin.

In terms of swordsmanship, how could Ye Qiu, who was a few years younger than him, compare to him.Qin Ran didn't want to kill, and his mentality of leaving room was simply insulting.They were still fighting in Lingtou Mei, but they gradually retreated to an open field. Qin Ran felt that they could make amends: "She is not human."

What did Ye Qiu say at the time?He said lightly: "Although she is evil, she did not harm anyone."

So Qin Ran laughed angrily: "A demon is a demon, and wearing a human skin still can't change her nature of harming others. By protecting her today, you are helping the evildoers and helping her kill more innocent people. If she didn't harm you , but it can't hurt you, the time has not yet come. Do you really think what you see is the truth?"

Ye Qiu asked back, "Have you ever seen it with your own eyes?"

Qin Ran was stunned for a long time, waiting for Ye Qiufan to wake up and the gentle smile that he deliberately evoked disappeared without a trace. A faint redness flashed in his eyes very quickly, showing his murderous intent, and suddenly he was in front of Ye Qiu. .

The fast Ye Qiu subconsciously raised his sword to defend, but Qin Ran did not retreat but advanced. When Ye Qiu's sword pierced his abdomen, Qin Ran immediately groaned and almost fell to his knees.The friction sound of the sword sinking into the flesh made the scalp tingle.

But Qin Ran's sword stabbed the little girl's chest with five fingers on Ye Qiu's shoulder.For a so-called cultivator, the pure qi in his body is something that demons fight for. He has been copying books in the confinement room for so many years, how could he not remember.

Ye Qiu didn't trust him.Qin Ran's heart was cold, and under Ye Qiu's astonished expression, he said slowly: "Excellent, excellent, excellent." He said three excellent in a row, and stepped back while clutching his stomach, without turning his head back. Feng Qiwu went deep.

Even if he had nothing else to say at the end, the two of them knew that they had broken up.From then on, the roads are different and do not seek each other. You cross your single-plank bridge, and I walk my Yangguan road. Even if you drink Mengpo soup on the Naihe bridge, you will not get a share.

Qin Ran is now stomping on the Longtou plum grove, with a jug on his waist, "things are" and "people are not" are all together for a while.He walked to the place where he rested after being injured ten years ago, and there was still a strip of cloth that he had tied up on an old Fengqiwu tree that was peeling off its skin.

Don't leave him alone. At that time, he lost a lot of blood, became dizzy and lost his way.Then he tore off the hem of his clothes and tied them to the branches to make a mark. The brown part of the cloth was obviously the blood stains from that time.

Stepping here now, the trees are lush and the birds are chirping, which seems to be bigger than the Fengqi Wulin ten years ago.Qin Ran searched for a long time, but he didn't know where to find it. Fortunately, a woodcutter on the mountain road bumped into his eyes.

Qin Ran and him were courteous, the woodcutter was lonely in the mountains and fields, and someone chatted with him frankly: "Where do you think there are people around here? There are no houses around here, only a bird can lay eggs within a radius of ten miles. There are outsiders here." But no one dares to come! What are you talking about, I haven’t seen it in half my life chopping wood! Of course I have a place to talk to you here, why are you asking about this?”

Qin Ran gave him the pastries he bought from Dayu Town: "I'm ashamed to say that I got lost here ten years ago, thanks to a kind-hearted person who rescued me, but I don't know the name of the benefactor, where he lives, and everything happened later. I had to find it today..."

"It's been so long? There are not many caring people now. For your kindness, I can help you ask questions."

At a glance, there is a pretty flower drawn on the red paper wrapping the pastry, which is a famous pastry in Dayu Town.The woodcutter said: "Unfortunately, the things you gave are good things. My old man passed away several years ago, and a pair of sons and daughters went to the old man's house with his wife... Eh, help me? Ten years ago, you looked the same as you do today. Big."

He thought about it for a while, then patted his knees and said, "I do remember something. When the old man in my family was alive, a young man came to the house. He asked for some rice and vegetables for money, oh, he also asked me for some Herbs drying in the yard.

No mistake, I remember a few plum blossoms on his shoes and hair, but I'm not sure, I just remember that the uppers of the shoes are quite white, and the plum blossoms on them are scarlet and scarlet, like blood. "

The more he talked, the weirder he got, the woodcutter confused himself, "Why is there blood on the upper of the shoe, is it plum blossom?"

Qin Ran asked, "Do you still remember that person's appearance and age?"

The woodcutter compared his stature, "It's about the size of your shoulders. It's pretty, and I can't give you a good opinion. I remember the appearance of fifteen or sixteen when I was young, and I didn't speak. Time seems to be cold to the bone.

Is that what you're looking for?Seeing that he took the herbal medicine should be for others.It should be a disciple of one sect, he still has a sword behind his back. "

Tiandaozong never made publicity, and few of its disciples were well-known. It is normal for people to think that they are disciples of other sects who walk with swords.

The woodcutter idly left with his firewood on his back for a long time, and then he looked around in confusion. Plum blossoms were so beautiful that they had fallen all over him without knowing when.

He actually felt that he couldn't stand upright, and when Feng Qiwu was supporting behind him with one hand, his body involuntarily shrank down, his back pressed against the rough tree trunk, and he was still supporting him in the end.

It's not someone else, so no one else sent food and herbs.Ye Qiu actually followed him all the way until he left Yuling safely.

The light coming from the forest shone on his slightly upturned face, Qin Ran rested the back of his hand between his eyebrows, he felt that there were few people in his heart, but when Ye Qiu came with fireworks, plum blossoms fell all over Nanshan.