Xiao Han [Shooting Condor]

In the second year of Baoyi in Xixia, Mongolia led a large army to attack Xixia. After being besieged in Zhongxing Mansion for half a year, Emperor Xia Mo surrendered to Mongolia, and Xixia perished.Tuolei followed Genghis Khan's last words and started the massacre.These evil deeds angered many heroes in Xixia territory, and Wanshou Villa joined forces with Juyi Village to rescue many innocent people from the palace.

The vast desert, the dead sea of ​​sand.

There seemed to be an invisible heat wave rising from the ground, and the scorching sun stared at this desolate land indifferently, with a bit of indifference and depression.

One old and one young led two camels, walking side by side.The boy was eleven or twelve years old, his face was still childish, but his figure was extraordinarily strong and burly. The old man was stooped and wore a flowered hat.

"Master De, how long will it take to get home?" The boy pulled down his scarf and turned to ask.

The old man looked at the endless desert, quickly covered his face with the scarf, and said, "You have been in Song Dynasty for several years, did you even forget the way home?" One sentence, "Stop talking, we don't have much water."

Hearing this, the boy became interested, took a pair of axes from the camel's back, and said with a smile: "The master of Da Song taught me this set of axes just now, I'll show you!" Without waiting for Master De to answer, The young man came out with both axes, every move, every move, methodically and clearly, with a vigorous manner.

"Come on!" Master De stopped him and said anxiously, "Save your energy in the desert!"

The young man was taken aback when he heard the words, put the two axes back, lowered his hands and sighed: "Yes."

De Ye was very pleased when he saw this, patted him on the shoulder, and said: "The owner said that when you grow older, he will teach you kung fu in person. I don't know how your new master's kung fu is, but we invite you He came to Xixia to help fight against Mongolia, but he actually said he didn’t care about his own affairs, and repeatedly shirked the blame, this kind of master, it doesn’t matter if you don’t recognize it!”

"Master is from the Song Dynasty. He has nothing to do with Western Xia and Mongolia. It's fine if he refuses to come." The young man paused, and was about to say more, when suddenly there was a jingle of camel bells, and when he looked up, a caravan of camels was galloping over the sand dunes. , Seven or eight people, all wrapped their heads and faces with linen cloth, otherwise they would have to peel off a layer of skin in such weather.

The camel team galloped like horses, and the dust was flying all the way, but they were close at hand in a moment.When the first person sucked their lips and whistled, the camels bent their legs and squatted down at the same time as if they understood the words.

The man walked up to the young man, clasped his fists and said, "But the young owner of Juyi Village, the housekeeper De? The owner of Shentu learned that the young owner of Guizhuang has rushed back to Xixia a few days ago, but he has no time to get out, so I will come to greet him."

Master De was surprised, and guarded the young man behind his back: "May I ask you who is..." The man pulled off his veil, revealing a dark face. He was a man in his 40s. The owner of the villa, Shi Rong." Hearing this, Lord De smiled with a guarded expression on his face, and cupped his hands and said, "It turns out to be the famous owner of Shizhuang!"

Juyi Village and Wanshou Villa joined forces to fight against the enemy. They were allies in the first place. I never thought that the owner of Shizhuang would come to greet him in person. Master De and Shi Rong greeted each other, and they became familiar with each other in a short while.

Lord De beckoned to the young man, and introduced to Shi Rong: "This is the only son of the owner, Shentu Xingchong, if Xixia had not reached the critical point of life and death, the young owner would not have let the young owner rush away from the Song Dynasty in such a hurry. Come back." Shi Rong was taken aback for a moment, and asked, "Is the young master going to Da Song?"

Without waiting for Lord De to speak, Shentu Xingchong said: "My father said that Song people know a lot, let me learn more useful things."

"Oh? What's useful?"

Shen Tu Xing Chong said: "Father said that the Analects of Confucius is a good thing, but I read it so hard! I don't like it!" Master De blew on his beard and said: "This can't be said in front of the owner!" Shi Rong laughed, and said, "Young Villa Master, why not come to my Ten Thousand Beasts Villa and teach you how to raise a tiger and control a lion!"

Master De thought to himself, this can't be said indiscriminately.If the owner of the young village really likes those tricks and doesn't take good care of his own foundation, wouldn't it be a big deal?He was about to bring the topic back, but when he heard Shentu Xingchong pointing to the distance, his eyes widened and he said: "Look! There's someone there!"

Shi Rong and Master De looked together, and saw only a huge sandstone in the vast desert, standing alone, how could there be a half person?

"Young Master, aren't you dazzled?" Shi Rong said, took the sheepskin water bag from his waist, and threw it to Shentu Xingchong, "Drink some water, refresh yourself."

Shentu Xingchong rubbed his eyes and said, "I'm not dazzled! Just now there was indeed a man leading the horse and going around behind the sandstone!"

The sandstone is five or six feet wide and high, which can be described as a giant, like a small mountain.Even if you want to go around, it won't take a blink of an eye. The heat in the desert often causes hallucinations. For this, Master De and Shi Rong both smiled and didn't take it to heart.

A group of people went to Liangzhou, the sunset was covered with yellow sand, and the temperature dropped sharply.Both Shi Rong and Lord De were veterans, so they hurriedly ordered to set up camp and sleep in the open before the sun set, and to block the wind and sand at night by the sand and stones.Everyone was busy setting up the camp, but Shentu Xingchong had nothing to do. He took a pair of axes and quietly hid on the other side, practicing martial arts with luck.

When Shen Tuxing was ten years old, he was sent by the owner of Juyi Villa to a school in Lin'an to study the Four Books and Five Classics. Although he had no interest in it, he listened to his elders very much since he was a child. study hard.Later, I met a master who used a broad axe, and taught him the basics of zama punching and other boxing. Speaking of which, he hadn't seen his father for several years.Shentu Xingchong thought of this, and he missed his father very much, so he stood up and looked at the sunset.

Suddenly, a dark shadow appeared on the horizon. He rubbed his eyes and looked carefully, but the black dot disappeared again.Shentu Xingchong was startled at first, thinking of the stories of ghosts and gods he heard when he was a child, he couldn't help but stand on end, but then he thought about it, he didn't do anything wrong, so what is there to be afraid of?Straighten your spine now.

"Young Master, come and eat something to fill your belly!"

The tent was set up, but Shentu Xingchong was nowhere to be seen. Master De walked around behind the gravel and saw him lost in thought in the distance, so he hurriedly greeted him.

At this time, the westerly wind was blowing, blowing dust all over the sky.Like a row of barriers, ten camels lay quietly in front of the tent to resist the wind and sand.

After all, Shentu Xingchong still had a childlike innocence. He stepped forward to fiddle with the camel, but the camel didn't move at all. He couldn't help but wondered: "Why is this camel so obedient?" Master De said: "The ancestors of Wanshou Villa passed down from generation to generation to tame animals. For a living, Villa Master Shi is not only superb at taming animals, but also unfathomable in martial arts!" Shi Rong was overjoyed when he heard his praise, and said with a smile, "Where is that? The owner of the villa is naturally only high and not low."

Shi Rong asked someone to bring a few altars of burning knives and set them on firewood to heat them up. It was extremely cold in the desert at night, so it was best to drink to warm up.Although Shentu Xingchong was a child, he had been raised rough since he was a child. He picked up a bowl of hot wine and slurped down his stomach. Seeing this, everyone in Shi Rong clapped their hands and applauded.

Shentu Xingchong put down his wine bowl and was wiping his mouth when he glanced at a dark shadow to the east. Seeing his movement, everyone hurriedly looked in his direction. This time the black spot did not disappear, but got closer and closer. A group of people stared with bated breath at this moment.

In the vast desert, the visitor moved very slowly. When he got closer, by the light of the fire, he saw that it was a monk leading a horse.The monk was wearing a bamboo hat, his black monk robe covered his left shoulder to cover his armpits, he was wearing arhat shoes, and the silk strips around his waist were flying left and right in the wind.

Shi Rong said: "This monk has a lot of kung fu, he seems to be a good man." Master De also said: "That's right, it's the time when Xixia and Mongolia are at war, let's invite him over for a few bowls and make this friend."

The two got up immediately, they thought that the monk was walking slowly, but they didn't expect that he was already more than ten zhang away in a blink of an eye, such lightness of work is really rare.

Shi Rongyun raised his voice and shouted: "Master, please stay still! It's getting late, and I'm afraid it's not safe to walk alone in the desert. Why don't you come and have a drink with the master, and we will go tomorrow when the wind and sand subside?" Laughing with a "ha", he turned his head and said, "Uncle Shi Rong, how can monks drink alcohol?"

"Ah! If you don't tell me, I'll forget it!" Shi Rong was immediately embarrassed, thinking that the monk would definitely not come over.

Unexpectedly, the monk paused when he heard the words, glanced at the gray horse beside him, turned around suddenly, came outside their tent in an instant, and said calmly: "Benefactors, can I ask for a sip of water?"

Shi Rong hurriedly took a bag of water and handed it over, saying, "Master, please use it."

The monk reached out to take the water bag, and gave him a piece of silver with his backhand, lifted the water cover with a "boo", and poured a handful of water into the palm of his hand.Shi Rong watched him complete this series of actions, only to realize that the water bag in his hand had turned into silver. He was secretly startled when he saw the monk bring the gray horse and put water to the horse's mouth. The horse was in the desert. His stamina was not as good as that of a camel, so he was so thirsty that he drank heavily.

Shi Rong and Lord De looked at each other, feeling strange.You must know that if there is more water in the desert, there will be more chances of survival. If there is no water, killing the mount is also a way, but this monk does not drink water, but leaves water for the horse.

"Master, come and sit by the fire. I was rude just now. Don't take it to heart when I said something stupid about buying you a drink."

Only then did the monk look up at him and said, "It's okay."

In the night, the monk covered his face with a bamboo hat, so he couldn't see his face clearly.Shentu Xingchong stood by his side, but when he raised his eyes, he saw the stubble on the other's resolute chin, and several scars on his face, from the corner of his forehead to his right eye covering most of his cheeks. .

Seeing Shi Rong talking with the monk, Master De felt that the monk was indifferent. Since others don't want to make friends, why should he put his hot face on his cold ass?He gave Shi Rong a wink at the moment.

Everyone in Jianghu knows that there are many friends and many paths. Shi Rong is curious about this monk's martial arts, and he really wants to make him a friend.But the monk fed the horse with water, said "thank you", and turned away indifferently.

Master De glanced at Shi Rong, his eyes seemed to say: Look, you want to make friends with others, but it's a pity that others don't like you.Shi Rong shook his head and sat back in place.A group of people gathered around the fire and talked about many important matters. Seeing that the moon was in the sky and the fire was getting colder, they all prepared to return to their tents to rest.

At this moment, there was a sound of horseshoes in the silent desert. Shi Rong opened the tent to take a look. Seeing the previous monk leaving and returning, he hurriedly said, "Master, is there something important?"

The monk got off his horse, stepped forward, and asked, "Are you going to Xixia?"

"Exactly."

The monk nodded: "I will walk with you."

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