Snake Tale

The Story of the Snake · Zhou Budan

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更新时间：2019-04-0100:01:12

According to the words, he ran for more than ten miles, and the vast snow field seemed to have no end.After two hours, Luo Yi finally saw the shining silver river.

The wind and snow were falling fast, and the ice was still thin at this time. The weight of the two of them was pressing on it. If the ice cracked, the consequences would be disastrous—would they want to risk their lives and continue to move forward?

He was about to ask Shen Yuzhu who was in front of him, but found that Shen Yuzhu was lying on the horse's back, and had already lost consciousness in a daze.

Luo Yi stretched out his hand to test his weak breathing, suppressed the ominous premonition in his heart, and tightened the cloak for him again.Suddenly there was a sound of wind in his ears, he quickly swung his whip sideways, and "slapped" a feathered arrow away.

Looking back, there were a few soldiers standing here and there on the high ground in the distance. Some people drew their bows and arrows again, and pointed their arrows at them; this--"

Before he finished speaking, the crossbow in Luo Yi's hand was fired.The short arrowhead pierced through the air and accurately inserted into the throat of a person. The person immediately sprayed blood and fell back to the ground.The remaining Qi soldiers hurriedly got down, hid behind the corpses and rocks, and continued to shout for reinforcements.

Luo Yi caught a glimpse of a soldier and horse coming towards here in the distance after hearing the news, a trace of hostility flashed in his eyes, he gripped the reins tightly and rode the horse towards the river.The well-trained war horse under the crotch was already exhausted, its mouth and nose were soaked in blood and foam, and was condensed into a thin layer of frost by the severe cold. It barely ran with all its tired hooves in the thick snow.

The Qi soldiers were strong and strong, shouting that the soldiers were divided into multiple groups, outflanking the left and right wings. From time to time, an archer drew up a strong bow and shot an arrow at them.Luo Yi controlled Jianma with one hand, and protected Shen Yuzhu tightly with the other hand, his body was weak, and he was almost hit by the arrow wind several times.The shouts of killing behind him were getting closer, he gritted his teeth, and without dodging or dodging, he rode his horse straight to the front of the river, embraced Shen Yuzhu and quickly got off his horse, dodging a few scattered arrows, stood up quickly on the spot, and He picked up Shen Yuzhu and rushed up to the ice on foot.

The Qi soldiers chased and intercepted them with far superior soldiers and horses, they delayed these days, they were very annoyed, now that they found Luo Yi's whereabouts, naturally the crowd was excited, and they vowed to drive the two of them to death before giving up.What's more, the opponent is single and weak, and this chase is basically a catch in the urn without any suspense.A cavalryman was thinking about the reward for beheading the enemy. Seeing that the prey was in front of him, he was overjoyed with excitement. He rode his horse and whipped his whip in pursuit, and chased Luo Yi straight to the surface of the river.Unexpectedly, the frost-covered horseshoe slipped on the smooth ice, and the cavalryman hurriedly tightened the reins, trying to control the balance, so that he did not fall—he had no time to breathe out when he suddenly heard There was a slight cracking sound under the feet, and looking down, a ferocious crack opened on the thin and brittle ice surface.

Qi Bing yelled and followed closely behind, seeing the knight who was the first to catch up with the fugitives suddenly stopped on the river, and then the ice shattered, the horse tilted, screaming and wailing, and fell straight into the icy cold. in the river water.

The soldiers of Qi State were astonished, as if a jar of ice and snow was pouring down on their heads, their fanaticism died down instantly, but they saw that the cavalryman was caught in the stirrups and couldn't get away, he waved his arms in vain and screamed for help, but was dragged quickly by the weight of the horse. Submerged to the bottom of the river, there was no more sound.

The ancient well on the dark black river surface has no waves, and it cannot be seen that a human life was buried in an instant.Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, and a soldier whispered to the general of the Qi State: "The river has not been frozen for a long time, and it has not yet completely frozen. We have a large number of people, and if we insist on chasing after them, I am afraid that there will be heavy casualties..."

The general frowned, raised his voice and shouted towards the river: "Luo Yi, you are in danger, you are doomed! If you keep resisting the hunt, you will die! If you don't surrender, I can still stand for you in front of Xiaojun." Fight for leniency—"

He shouted on this side of the river bank, but the figure on the river bank turned a deaf ear.Luo Yi hugged Shen Yuzhu who was seriously injured and unconscious with one hand, while being careful of the ice layer under his feet, he walked and stopped. Although it was extremely difficult, he had already crossed to the middle of the river.

The general of the Qi army gritted his teeth and ordered sharply: "You are looking for a dead end! Listen to my order, the cavalry rein in their horses and stop, and the archers release their arrows!"

The soldiers responded one after another, and the archers lined up along the river bank layer by layer, drawing their bows and strings, and shooting a row of arrows towards the two men on the river.In an instant, the rain of arrows filled the sky like migratory locusts covering the sun, rushing into the gloomy sky full of haze, as if slightly stagnant, and then spotted the target, and charged away in an uproar.

Luo Yi heard the arrow whistling behind him, turned around and threw off the long whip.The whip was filled with strength, and with a "pop" in the air, it knocked off all the arrows.Without taking a breath, Qi Bing's second row of archers has already shot another wave of arrows.Luo Yi had no choice but to stop and concentrate on dealing with Fei Shi.Although he had taken off his close-fitting soft armor and put it on for Shen Yuzhu, he was still unwilling to carry him behind his back and take the slightest risk of being hit by the arrow, and he insisted on protecting him with his flesh and blood.As a result, the movement became even more sluggish and strenuous, and was disturbed by the continuous arrow array, which made it more difficult to move forward. Seeing that the river bank was on the opposite side, it was too late to take a second step.

Sensing that Shen Yuzhu's body in his hand seemed to be getting colder and colder, Luo Yi gritted his teeth, and without being distracted from dealing with Liu Shi, he shook off the cloak with all his strength, exerted all his strength, and ran towards the river bank with all his strength in his arms.

Qi Bing saw that his posture changed suddenly, he ignored the rain of arrows behind him and the thin ice under his feet, and rushed straight to the opposite bank.The thin and brittle ice layer was pressed by force, making unbearable crisp sounds again and again, "crackling" cracks opened all the way under the feet, and the two of them were about to fall into the icy river of ice, but they saw Luo Yi on the ice floe. With a step on the ground, the figure rose from the ground, like a glimpse of a shadow, and jumped onto the river bank!

A close call, a hair's breadth away.Although Luo Yi was hit by a few arrows sporadically behind him, they missed the vital points, and his speed remained unabated.Qi Bing saw that Luo Yi narrowly escaped, and he was very annoyed, but he saw that he not only turned to the valley to hide and escape, but also trudged towards the high ground on the west side.

Qi Bing looked at each other in blank dismay, and someone muttered, "Could it be that you're crazy from freezing?"

The general snorted coldly, and said: "It's just lingering!" Predicting the terrain in his heart, he raised the rein and reined in his horse, and raised his voice to order: "Send my military order, outflank from the rear—"

Before he finished speaking, he stared at the distance with his eyes wide open, panting again and again, and was unable to speak for a long while.

The soldiers couldn't help looking at each other in a daze as they watched the commander lose his composure.

Amidst the silence and suspicion, only the strange and inexplicable faint sound of thunder could be heard from above the snow-capped mountains behind him.

"Run away!—"

Luo Yi hugged Shen Yuzhu, and was struggling to climb up the steep slope that Shen Yuzhu had mentioned, when he suddenly heard thunder rumbling in the sky, his feet trembled, and sand, stones and snow flakes rolled down on both sides.

His heart trembled, and he looked back suddenly, his pupils shrank suddenly.

——The snow mountain on the opposite side of the river collapsed.

Like a white giant who suddenly fell, accompanied by a deafening bang, the snow mountain suddenly erupted into a sky-high snow wave, rolling down the mountain in an overwhelming direction.The shattered snow blocks are chapped and shattered, and they fall from the cliff with a roar. The more they fall, the faster they fall, and the bigger they roll, like a flood bursting an embankment, like a waterfall hanging upside down, like a herd of beasts breaking down, wrapped in a thousand waves of air, rushing straight to the sky. To the soldiers at the foot of the mountain!

People who were closer to the foot of the mountain were buried in the ground forever by thousands of feet of ice and snow before they could utter a desperate cry.The rest of the soldiers were terrified and fled in all directions, but they were bitten by their heels by the howling snow waves and fell to the ground.The sand, stone, snow and hail all over the sky fell from the sky like meteorites, piercing through the armor and smashing the bones of the whole body.The rushing snow waves engulfed those who were struggling to escape, broke their necks, folded their limbs, smashed their internal organs, wrapped in countless broken limbs and continued to roll forward, Constantly crushing new limbs and flesh.

Many soldiers panicked, rode their horses away from their comrades, and fled towards the glacier.The already precarious ice layer couldn't bear so many people trampling on it at the same time, and it burst into pieces completely. Thousands of people panicked and fled, screaming, and fell into the icy cold river one after another. swim.However, the snow waves swept in and rushed into the river, stirring up monstrous waves, crushing all these helpless ants into dust.

The waves piled up, the snow rolled romantically on the sky, and the surging dust whizzed up, making the sky dim and miserable, covering the sky and the sun.

——But in an instant, it returned to a dead silence.

Luo Yi held Shen Yuzhu in his arms, watching the tragedy on the other side of the river without moving.

He has seen the flames of battle, the blood flowing across the oars, the mountain of corpses and the sea of ​​blood.But he has never seen such a hell of ice and snow, swift, cold, and ridiculed, leaving no trace of life or room.

The raised dust and snow covered the sky, like a cold and dark rain and fog, hovering tremblingly in the air.

Luo Yi turned to look at Shen Yuzhu in his arms.He closed his eyes from beginning to end, and opened his bloodless lips gently, saying:

"Let's go."

Luo Yi blinked his eyes, shook off a grain of snow from his eyelashes, stood up without saying a word, and carried Shen Yuzhu on his back.

They passed through the low river valley, and the mottled blood mixed with the snow stained their feet. From time to time, they could hear the wailing and moaning of the soldiers whose limbs were crushed on that side.Luo Yi turned a deaf ear and stepped on the soft and deep snow, walking slowly and steadily.

Shen Yuzhu leaned on him, endured bouts of dizziness, and managed to speak: "Continue to go west... Your hands are waiting for you in the next valley."

Luo Yi said: "I know how to walk. You shut up and save some energy."

Shen Yuzhu smiled silently, barely opened his eyes, and saw a thin layer of frost on Luo Yi's dark eyebrows.He smiled softly in his ear: "Trust me once in a while, isn't it bad?"

"I didn't believe you." Luo Yi said stubbornly, "You just put all your eggs in one basket and won by luck! I just...just..."

He didn't tell Shen Yuzhu that at the moment when he was chased and intercepted by strong soldiers, there were dead ends in front, back, left, and right, but his heart was always clear and calm, and he never hesitated for Shen Yuzhu's instructions.

That's not because he believed in Shen Yuzhu's clever tricks, and he would be able to teach them how to survive adversity and turn danger into safety.

He himself has a high mind and a deep city. He has experienced the betrayal of his closest relatives. Up to now, he has been calculating and being calculated day and night, and has never learned to trust a person wholeheartedly.

What's more, "trust" is too fragile emotion, and there will always be a day when it will collapse due to betrayal and deceit.

But if this person is Shen Yuzhu...then, even if he can't turn the corner, even if he is deceived or betrayed, as long as Shen Yuzhu lets him move forward, he will never retreat.

Even if Luo Yi, this person and this life are given to him to plot, it doesn't matter.

Shen Yuzhu didn't wait for his answer.

After he was wounded by the sword, he has been racing against time to plan and plan, expending a lot of thought, and he has never had a good rest for a day.Now that he is seriously injured, he has been running and bumping one after another, old and new injuries overlap, the sores are ruptured, and blood is flowing profusely. His support until now is already at the end of his strength.

Seeing that Luo Yi finally got out of trouble at this moment, he couldn't help but relax, his whole body was exhausted and weak, his thoughts were slack, and he could hardly open his eyes anymore.

Luo Yi noticed that Shen Yuzhu's voice behind him was getting weaker and weaker, and suddenly became alert, and called out in a low voice, "Shen Yuzhu?"

His heart was pounding, and he was about to stop and check his injuries, but Shen Yuzhu gently stretched out his hand, covering his eyes.

"I'm fine..." Due to fatigue, Shen Yuzhu's voice was extremely hoarse and gentle, and he said softly, "I'm just...a little sleepy, let's take a nap..."

These few sentences were spoken weakly, and one had to take a deep breath before uttering the next word.

Luo Yi stood on the spot, feeling chills all over his body, his voice trembled involuntarily: "Shen Yuzhu, you—"

Sensing his trembling fear, Shen Yuzhu couldn't help but force his voice: "Luo Yi, don't stop, keep going..."

After a pause, he said softly, "You said... you will obey me."

Luo Yi trembled all over, clenched his teeth, stood for a long time, and replied in a low voice: "...OK."

He no longer hesitated, took a step, and continued to move forward with him.

Shen Yuzhu let out a soothing and relieved chuckle behind him.Luo Yi suppressed the trembling and anxiety in his heart, and heard Shen Yuzhu talking dreamily on his back, and whispered softly: "Luo Yi, I hope your life will be safe and smooth, and you will always be sure of winning... But sometimes, I can't bear it. I can't help but hope that your life will always be so turbulent and restless—"

Luo Yi clenched his teeth, endured the sudden soreness and heat in his eyes, and listened to him chuckle softly behind him and say:

"Because only at such a juncture, you will know... Your choice will always be me."

Luo Yi's heart seemed to be stabbed by an ice pick, and he said in a low voice, "Shut up...I'll take you down the mountain for treatment..."

Shen Yuzhu gave a meek "Yes", but did not say anything more.

The sky and the snow field merged into a gloomy blue-white color, and the dead branches crushed by the snow lay across the river valley, and the broken branches were like the arms of a drowned person, reaching out to the sky in vain.The wind stopped, but it made the atmosphere in this empty snowy field even more severe and cold. For tens of miles, it was covered with unchanging white snow. Zhang Zhang's gloomy face, with stern sarcasm, overlooks the corpses scattered all over the barren and pale land, as well as the slowly moving, insignificant dot of ink.

Luo Yi carried Shen Yuzhu on his shoulders and walked in the predetermined direction.The exhaled breath condensed into frost in the mouth and nose, and he couldn't move his hand to wipe it away.The injured knees became more and more painful due to the severe cold. Every step I took was a sharp pain piercing the joints; the eyes were stimulated by the white light reflected by the snow valley, sore and red, and they were blurry in bursts, and it was almost impossible to see the way ahead. .

But these are nothing compared to Shen Yuzhu who is getting quiet behind the scenes and teaching Luo Yi to feel fear.He kept calling his name, talking to Shen Yuzhu intermittently, and refused to let him fall asleep.

He said: "Shen Yuzhu, don't you want to go to Miaogushe Mountain with me to see Kunyu and Pengniao? When you recover from your injuries, I will go with you."

After a pause, he continued: "If you're afraid of the cold, it's okay not to go to Beiming. Nanyue is warm and humid, and it's the best place to recuperate, but the Yue language is so tongue-in-cheek that it's really confusing. However, we can call Shangdugu Xutong Go, you say okay?"

"Shen Yuzhu..."

The person behind him was as quiet as a snowflake, and also as cold as a snowflake.Luo Yi stopped talking and continued to walk forward.His gait and expression remained unchanged, looking at the road ahead, he said softly: "Shen Yuzhu, you said you would wait for me. I hate those who break the contract and break the oath the most. If you lie to me, I will... definitely... ..."

He gritted his teeth, but couldn't speak anymore.

Is there really "fate" in this world?Or is it inevitable that people choose?For example Luo Yi.His fate was ill-fated, and his temperament was fierce and vicious. He treated people with cruelty and malice, and was retaliated with even more cruelty and malice;

This kind of life should have been ups and downs in the bloody storm, and fell in the conspiracy and calculation.If it were anyone in this world, it would be impossible for him to have a good death.

But he happened to meet Shen Yuzhu.

This strange person who is beyond common sense deviates from all ethics, grievances, human feelings, and sophistication, and insists on patiently tolerating him and saving him with tenderness, so that he can taste that bit of tenderness in the shadow of swords and swords.

He is a wine bottle that has been eroded by the wind and dust and is full of cracks, which cannot contain any warmth, but Shen Yuzhu has worked tirelessly to repair those cracks, and generously poured it with thick and mellow wine to fill it, refresh it, and make it full. It fills up a pool of tenderness, and there is even a slight possibility to moisten and repay others.

...yeah, he hasn't really paid him back once.He still has many words that he has not said to him, and many things that he has not done with him.He refused to believe that this would be their end.

He called his name over and over again, and the only thing that responded to him was snow falling silently, falling on his eyebrows one after another.

He didn't believe in fate and didn't respect gods all his life, but at that moment, he was willing to bow and flatter all the gods in the world, as long as Shen Yuzhu was willing to speak to him.

Finally, the wind and snow stopped and the dust settled.

Among the four fields, there is only silence.