[Sword Three] Mountain Ghost Ballad

There is an island in the sea not far from Yangzhou. Because it has been occupied by Dongying pirates all the year round, fishermen who come and go fishing call this island Kou Island.

Although Kou Island is full of pirates, because it is a transit place between Dongying and Datang, many maritime chambers of commerce come here to supply and rest, but they are also afraid of pirates rampant, so even if they park on Kou Island, Most of these people gathered near Hoshino Mountain and did not run around.

As time passed, only the Xingye Mountain area was quite lively on the huge Kou Island. The other places were either full of pirates, or because the location was too remote, no one cared about it.

Qingshui Island was originally an island close to Kou Island. The island is not big and its location is remote, so except for the pirates scattered around, most people would not easily come here.

But at this time, a group of uninvited guests came to Qingshui Island abnormally. Judging from their different clothes and attire, these people are the army under the rebel An Lushan who provoked the war in the Central Plains. They are called the Spike Army. .

At this time, the leader of these spike soldiers was a man in white clothes with an extraordinary bearing and a sword.

I saw him at a young age but with gorgeous hair like snow, with some Western Region blood in his deep facial features, his face was as cold as frost, but he was unbelievably handsome. Linghu Shang is also the proud brother-in-law of the Wolf Clan An Lushan, known as "the number one swordsman in the Western Regions".

Linghu Shang has high martial arts skills and extremely high military talent. Since An Lushan rebelled against the Tang Dynasty, he led the Spike Army to break through several cities within a few days, which provided great help for An Lushan's army to march westward. Having known An Lushan for many years, he has won the trust of the other party. He can be said to be An Lushan's important right-hand man, so unless there is a major action, An Lushan will not be willing to send Linghu Shang.

But what is abnormal is that at this moment Linghu Shang appeared on Qingshui Island, and the ones who are leading troops to surround are not some martial arts masters, nor are they some "remnants of the royal family", but a group of children who seem to be no older than twelve or thirteen years old.

They were children, but that was not necessarily the case, because this group of children looked quite immature on the outside, but facing the siege of spike soldiers at this time, the maturity and calmness on their faces was not what a child should have.

Therefore, in this tense atmosphere, a group of children who don't seem to be immature, not only do not panic, but are surprisingly calm. This situation seems a bit strange.

However, Linghu Shang, who was confronting these children, didn't seem to notice anything was wrong, he still had a cold face, quietly looking at these people in front of him.

After a while, he said calmly, "I don't know how you think about the matter I mentioned next?"

"I heard that the war is raging in the Central Plains, and the Spike Army has a vicious reputation. Even if we promise to help you now, what will we get in the end?" A girl in light blue clothes among the group of children spoke first.

She seems to be only thirteen or fourteen years old, and the other children are standing behind her, with expressions of trust in her, faintly dominated by her, and it is the eldest sister Sima among the group of children. wild goose.

Linghu Shang's complexion remained unchanged, and he said: "As long as you can help our Spike Army find the entrance to King Qin's Mausoleum and get the magic weapon left by Yingzheng back then, Emperor Dayan promises to meet any of your requirements, including bringing the Qin Mausoleum to the ground." The Dongming Pill in the book will give you a pill as a medicine."

"...How do you know about Dongming Pill!"

Before Sima Yan could react, a boy who was about her age beside her had already opened his mouth in shock. It was Yan Busun who had always been inseparable from Sima Yan.

Linghu Shang didn't respond directly to Yan Busun's question, but reached out and took out a red silk handkerchief embroidered with peach petals from his bosom, using his internal strength to hand the silk handkerchief to Yan Busun's hand.

Here, Yan Busun took the silk handkerchief with one hand, looked carefully, but his hands trembled uncontrollably, he suddenly raised his head, and shouted with a trace of anger: "Where did you get this silk handkerchief? Well, what did you do to her!"

The solitary was originally a little girl who lived on a deserted island in the East China Sea with Sima Yan and Yan Busun. Later, she left the deserted island with everyone and came to Kou Island. She originally lived in Qingshui Island and lived a very smooth life.

It's a pity that the good times didn't last long, just ten years ago, Zizi disappeared, and Ren Sima Yan and others couldn't find her no matter how hard they searched for the past ten years.And the handkerchief that Linghu Shang was holding just now was exactly what the solitary carried with him in the past, now seeing the old things of his old friend suddenly, how could it not make everyone in Qingshui Island startled.

Facing the glaring eyes of the group of children in front of him, Linghu Shang didn't seem to intend to hide it, he just said indifferently: "Don't get me wrong, the owner of this silk handkerchief is not only fine, but also living a very good life. She is now Emperor Dayan's Concubine Duan Gui, one person is less than ten thousand people, and she is the one who provided me with clues to find you during this trip to Qingshui Island."

"You...how is this possible!" Yan Busun's eyes were full of disbelief.

Sima Yan turned around to appease the equally astonished crowd behind him, groaned slightly, and said to Linghu Shang: "We can agree to your request, but please don't forget what you said today. After entering the Qin Ling, We will share one of the Hollow Pills, and we will have nothing to do with each other from now on."

"Elder Sister, they seem to have malicious intentions at first glance, so I can't agree to them!"

Behind Sima Yan, a little boy in black hurriedly opened his mouth to stop Sima Yan, but unexpectedly, a little girl in green clothes next to him grabbed his sleeve, and the girl in green shook her head slightly, persuading: "Meng Meng Han, the eldest sister must have her reasons for doing this, don't interrupt, we just listen obediently."

"Maomao, why even you..."

Meng Han, a little boy in black, stared at Mao Mao, a girl in green beside him, unable to say anything for a long time, and the other party only shook his head helplessly in return.

Linghu Shang ignored Meng Han and Mao Mao's whispers, but nodded to Sima Yan and said: "In that case, please clean up and follow me to the Central Plains immediately."

Unexpectedly, Sima Yan shook his head and rejected his proposal, saying: "We still have some trivial matters to take care of, can you allow us to stay on Qingshui Island for a few more days, we will go to the Central Plains later."

"I'm afraid I can't decide this matter."

Linghu Shang refused lightly, and said: "Emperor Dayan has been looking for you for a long time, Concubine Duan Gui is also waiting for you in the palace, and the secret sword of the first emperor's dragon chariot has already been found, time is running out, please don't hesitate any longer .”

As soon as he finished speaking, the Spike soldiers surrounding him had already revealed their weapons and approached a few steps forward, the threat in it was self-evident.

Sima Yan stretched out his hand to stop the angry crowd, looked at the Spikes around him and Linghushang who was obviously difficult to deal with, pursed his lips and weighed the pros and cons, and was about to say something when he was interrupted by a gentle voice broken.

"Since you are asking for others, why are you so aggressive? Do you think that if you have a lot of people, you can dominate them?"

Following the sound of this voice, a man who seemed to be only [-] years old gradually appeared in front of everyone.

He was dressed in a white cloth robe and his black hair was tied behind his head. He looked quite neat and tidy. Although his appearance was plain, his demeanor was very gentle and elegant. There was even a warm smile on his lips, which made people feel as if he was in the spring breeze.

"Who are you?"

There was no abnormal expression on Linghu's wounded face, but there was indeed a storm in his heart, and a trace of cold sweat dripped down his hair to the ground.

Just because when this ordinary-looking man appeared, he felt a suffocating coercion rushing towards his face, but when he looked around, other people in the field didn't seem to notice it, which shows that this coercion Just for him alone.

Tightening the sword in his hand, Linghu felt terrified in his heart.

Although he is now in his thirties, he has achieved success in martial arts when he was young, and after the age of 15, he has picked up famous fighters all over the world. Even in the Central Plains where heroes are born, he rarely loses, and even if he loses, his heart His fighting spirit will only get stronger and stronger, and he will never back down.

But now, just looking at the man in front of him quietly walking towards this side, he already had the idea of ​​retreating. He knew that the other party might be a good opponent, but he couldn't feel any fighting spirit in his heart. This made him feel very strange.

Regarding Linghushang's question, before the white-robed man who appeared suddenly had anything to say, the well-behaved cat at the side had already called out in surprise, "Mr. Qi, you've finally woken up!"

The man who was called Qi by Mao Mao turned his head slightly, showing a smile, his voice was full of tenderness and emotion, and said: "It turned out to be Mao Mao, I haven't seen you for many years, are you okay now?"

Maomao, who received the response, seemed very happy, and trotted two steps to the man's side. Because the man was much taller than him, he could only look up and say, "I've had a good life these years, thank you sir for your concern."

She also smiled slightly, and was about to continue to say something, but suddenly noticed something was wrong, and couldn't help but wondered: "Mr. Qi, what's wrong with your eyes...?"

I saw that the man in front of me behaved very freely, but his pair of phoenix eyes did not have the slightest focal length, and his eyes were also pitch black, only endless darkness and emptiness, obviously he couldn't see anything.

Xu Shi felt Mao Mao's shock and disbelief. The man in white robe showed a comforting smile, stretched out his hand and touched the top of Mao Mao's head, patted her head and said, "Don't worry, this is just the previous one." It’s just the root of the disease left over from the past few years, and it won’t hinder me.”

As he said that, he rubbed Mao Mao's hair again, and then he let her go and came to Linghu Shang. He still looked calm and indifferent, and said at this moment: "I think your excellency is extraordinary, It must not be an unreasonable person. Since Miss Sima has agreed to what you asked, why don't you wait patiently for a few days, why do you have to force these few days."

His temper seemed to be very gentle, and his words were very polite and polite, not like a fake, but Linghu Shang felt the strength and fearfulness of this person under his kind appearance.

Linghu Shang couldn't figure out the origin of this man, and he knew in his heart that these young children in front of him were not real children. After weighing the pros and cons, he nodded coldly and said, "If that's the case, then I'll wait another three days , after staying for three days, I will send someone to meet me, and I will ask Miss Sima not to refuse again."

Seeing that Sima Yan nodded in agreement with his words, Linghu Shang didn't hesitate any more, he gestured to the surrounding Spikes and then turned and walked towards the outside of the island, and the surrounding Spikes who received the order also slowly moved away. Following behind Linghu Shang, he withdrew from Qingshui Island.

For a moment, only Sima Yan and the white-robed man were left in the courtyard on the island.

Sima Yan turned around and glanced at the calm man beside him, with a complicated expression on his face, he said, "At this moment, you are the only one who always treats us like children."

They are not ordinary children, but boys and girls who were ordered by the first emperor to go to sea to search for elixir in the pre-Qin period. They have not aged because they ate Dongming peaches. The youngest person is now more than 900 years old.

Thinking of this, Sima Yan sighed, and finally cupped his hands at the man in front of him: "Anyway, thank you Mr. Qi for helping us out this time, Sima Yan thank you here."

Hearing Sima Yan's words of thanks, the man called "Mr. Qi" shook his head slightly, and said softly: "Miss Sima, why be polite, I should be the one thanking you. If you hadn't helped me more than ten years ago, I'm afraid I At this time, we will face a lot of trouble, just now it was just a matter of raising our hands, so there is no need to say thank you."

Sima Yan couldn't help laughing when he heard the words, and said: "With Mister's great ability, what can we help? Even if we didn't take action back then, Mister must have been able to settle the matter. Besides, Mr. has been injured and retreated for more than ten years, and we haven't helped him." What's the matter, I'm going to the Central Plains right now, so why don't we just let you have a home-cooked meal, sir, I hope you don't think the food is crude."

"How can you dislike it, I can't ask for it."

The white-robed man smiled heartily, and his unfocused eyes seemed to be tinged with a little warmth, and said: "Miss Sima sincerely invites you, and I can't eat this meal for nothing. Before you leave, I will give you a gift. Please don't decline."

Hearing this, Sima Yan seemed to be taken aback, and just about to say something, he saw that the man in front of him had turned around and walked towards a nearby room. He couldn't see anything, but his movements didn't stop at all. He found the door accurately and walked in.

Seeing that Sima Yan was stunned, Mao Mao looked around confusedly, and finally took advantage of the time when the elder sister beside him hadn't reacted, and chased the white-robed man who had gone before into the next room, but didn't see him. Ji Yue, who stretched out her hand to stop her but failed, had a slightly complicated look on her face at this moment.

As soon as Mao Mao entered the room, she saw that "Mr. Qi" in her mouth seemed to be sorting the parcels, and was stunned at the moment, and couldn't help asking: "Mr. Qi, what are you doing? Isn't the gift you are talking about helping you?" Shall we make a divination?"

The white-robed man smiled slightly when he heard the words, and said, "How about I take myself as a gift and follow you to the Central Plains?"

Although it was a question, it made him state it out, and it also made Maomao realize that the other party was not asking, but had already made a decision.

At that moment, Mao Mao asked in surprise: "But Mr. Qi, after you came back from the Central Plains more than ten years ago, didn't you mention that you would not go to the Central Plains again if there were no accidents?"

Hearing Maomao's doubts, the smile on the white-robed man's face gradually disappeared, and he said lightly: "I planned it this way, but it's helpless, the tree wants to be quiet but the wind doesn't stop, the hexagram I predicted before has changed , I must go to the Central Plains."

"Is it for the person you were looking for?"

Seeing that the other party nodded in agreement with his own words, Mao Mao couldn't help but wondered: "You went to the Central Plains more than [-] years ago to find this person...Mr. Qi, with all due respect, who is this person to you?" Woolen cloth?"

For the man in front of him, Mao Mao doesn't really know that much. The first acquaintance was only 300 years ago when he accidentally discovered that he was just like them, a person abandoned by time.

However, different from those virgins and virgins who are confused and exist in the world, the person in front of her seems to have been hiding some secrets. He himself said that he was looking for someone, but he didn't mention who he was looking for. It was just a person. Living on an island in the East China Sea, day after day, year after year, he has never seen any action. Rather than saying that he is looking for someone, it is more like he is waiting for someone, but that person has been waiting for him for a long time. Just appear.

Until more than twenty years ago, he suddenly left the island where he lived and went to the Central Plains alone, and then returned within a few days, only saying that he had found the person he was looking for, and he had nothing to worry about.But just a few years after he returned to the island, he went to the Central Plains again for some reason. When he returned this time, he was seriously injured and almost died. Later, with their help, he managed to stabilize his injury. I have been recuperating in retreat for many years.

For Maomao, although this "Mr. Qi" is a good person, he is always too mysterious. No one knows where he came from, and no one knows when he began to live forever, even the most knowledgeable elder sister. Sima Yan didn't even know his identity, except that Ji Yue seemed to know something, but she didn't want to mention it. No matter who asked, she just shook her head lightly, as if she kept secret about this "Mr. Qi".

The man in white robe couldn't help being taken aback when he heard Mao Mao's words, but his face slowly returned to his usual gentle look, and he replied softly: "The person I'm looking for is very special to me, so much so that I used to be in a very long time. For a period of time, I didn't know how to define her. But in recent times, she can be regarded as my daughter."

"daughter?"

The curiosity on Mao Mao's face remained undiminished. She had known each other for so many years, and this was the first time she had heard him mention his daughter, and when he saw him mentioning this topic, his expression was quite gentle. He must have a good relationship with his daughter, isn't it? Is that why he seemed to take extra care of a little girl her age?

Thinking of this, Mao Mao didn't know what was connected, and asked with some hesitation: "Mr. Qi... Is your daughter the same as us?"

They are all immortals. Compared with the short-lived ordinary people, their life is so long, so many cherished and beloved things have left their side forever with the passage of time, let them experience it time and time again. Bearing the pain of parting.

Over time, they no longer dared to pour too much at will.

"She's just an ordinary person..."

The man in white robe heard the meaning of Mao Mao's words, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "That's why I don't know how to face her now, because even if I find her now, she probably won't recognize me... She is already someone else's daughter, and she has cut off the relationship with me, so how can I ask for too much."

"But Mr. Qi, since you can find her reincarnation, why didn't you go out and find her sooner? Over the past few hundred years, there will always be a life where you can renew your relationship with her..."

Maomao is very ignorant of the way of thinking of the person in front of him.

In her opinion, the other party is very capable, not only can calculate the reincarnation of ordinary people, but also understand many secrets in the world that ordinary people don't know, but why does he keep himself trapped on a deserted island? Meet in person?

Hearing the words, the white-robed man fell into an abnormal silence.

After a while, he sighed, with an unclear expression on his face, and said lightly, "Maomao, you don't understand. There are some people in this world, once parting, it may mean that they will never see each other again, even if it is Reincarnation can't bring you back together..."

"From now on, life after life, I can only live in the memories of the past, until one day I forget myself too."

The author has something to say:

Well, so the Concubine Duan Guizi in the Qinling Mausoleum is the grocer in Kou Island... After discovering the truth, the author's Sanguan ORZ was simply whitewashed.

Come catch bugs later.