Wait a minute, heroine

Chapter 299 A chance encounter

There are three dragon veins in the world, Huangming Mountain is the northern dragon vein, Nanxiao Mountain is in the south, and Yashan Mountain is in the middle.

However, thousands of years ago, when the Central Plains region was still in the northwest plains, the Dragon Vein was only the winding mountain range across the land in the northwest, and Huangming Mountain was also called the ancestor of mountains.

Later, when the world was in turmoil and thousands of miles of land sank, there was a flood in Liangzhou and it turned into Qianli Zeguo. Huangming Mountain in Liangzhou was called "Hongshan". Place names such as Wangheya and Honghe were also there. When the time came, in fact, there was no river at all in Wangheya, and there were no mountain torrents in Hongshan. All that was left was the desolate mountain wall that was thousands of miles away.

The main peak of Hongshan is Hidden Dragon Ridge, also known as Tianzhu Peak, which is one of the highest mountains in the world. It is rumored to be the habitat of dragon and python. In ancient times, wizard tribes such as Dongming tribe would go to the mountainside to offer sacrifices. Although It has long been abandoned now, but if you search carefully, you can still find some masonry ruins buried deep underground.

In the middle of the night, halfway up the mountainside of Zanglong Ridge.

Ye Jingtang was wrapped in a black cloak and held a white horse in his hand. After a long night of running, he had gradually reached the snow line. The cold weather in late autumn had completely turned into a biting mountain wind, which made it difficult to open his eyes.

Although he was born and raised in Liangzhou, it was also the first time for Ye Jingtang to climb Zanglong Ridge. His physical fitness was amazing and he was not afraid of fatigue. However, the oxygen on the mountain was thin and the consumption was quite high. Both humans and horses exhaled like cattle.

When the Queen Mother saw the snowy top at first, she thought it was very beautiful. But when she climbed up after all the hard work, she realized that this was indeed a place where gods lived, and it was not suitable for people to set foot on.

At this time, the Queen Mother was sitting on the horse, wrapping herself tightly in a blanket. Her cheeks were still red from the cold. She looked up at the towering mountains reaching into the sky above, and she was a little unsure whether she could climb up there alive.

In comparison, Big Bird, who is fat and strong, has a much easier time.

The bird has thick white fur, which is suitable for activities in the snowfield. At this time, it is more energetic when it reaches the high mountain. It has been flying around the mountain. Occasionally, it will go to the top of the snow to catch a small ice skate and bring it back. Queen Mother, take a look.

According to Ye Jingtang's estimation, Jiang Zahu and a dozen of his family members should be somewhere on the north side of Canglong Ridge, and if he wanted to find a rendezvous, he would have to climb over Canglong Ridge first.

He had not slept for two days and two nights since the day before yesterday. He would be lying if he said he was not tired. Moreover, the horses were driving intermittently and there was no chance to rest. If he forced himself over the snow-capped mountains again, he would definitely be exhausted.

For this reason, after Ye Jingtang arrived near the snow line, he did not continue to walk higher. Instead, he moved laterally along the mountainside to find a place to stay overnight.

At this time, we have arrived near Zanglong Ridge. The mountain walls are covered with rocks and frozen soil. We can occasionally encounter a few cold-resistant rare flowers and plants, such as snow lotus and so on.

The Queen Mother was wrapped in a blanket and looked at the desolate but magnificent mountains. Although she was blown away by the cold wind, there was still a faint light in her eyes. After all, the magnificent scenery in this otherworldly place, not to mention those who have lived in the palace for a long time, Even if she is a wandering wanderer in the world, she will only be seen a few times in her life. It is an unforgettable memory.

The two of them walked around and looked for about half a mile before they came to a big rock leeward.

Ye Jingtang stopped the horse under the stone and asked Niaoniao to keep watch. Then he put his hands on the Queen Mother's waist and directly lifted her down.

The Queen Mother had been sitting on the horse for so long, and she also suffered from back pain. After landing, she held the rock with her hands, lightly hammered her thighs a few times, then looked around, took a rolled up blanket from the side of the horse, and wanted to spread it on the ground.

However, the Queen Mother has been a golden child since she was a child. Although she wants to be virtuous, she has never slept in the wild, and she really doesn't know how to spread a blanket so that two people can sleep in the cracks of the messy rocks.

Ye Jingtang stuck a spear in the ground as a horse stake, tied the white horse to it, and took out fodder from the bag to feed. Seeing that the Queen Mother was holding a bedroll in a daze, he stepped forward to take the blanket and placed it under the stone wall:

"I'm sure you can't lie down in this place. Let's sleep on it and make do with it."

Seeing this, the Queen Mother came over, took off the blanket she was wrapped in, then folded her arms and sat down in front of the Night Terror Hall:

"You used to be a bodyguard, did you sleep like this too?"

"Yeah, but it's not that cold in the Gobi Desert."

Ye Jingtang pulled up the blanket, rolled it around the Queen Mother, and wrapped the blanket in front of the Queen Mother, wrapping her like a caterpillar.

The Queen Mother was quite warm as she was, but when she saw Ye Jingtang wrapped in a cloak, she still expressed concern:

"This blanket is big, just cover it together. Your face is red from the cold."

Ye Jingtang was wearing an autumn robe. It was indeed a bit cold on the mountain. Although he could bear it, it was definitely not comfortable. Seeing this, he didn’t say much. He and the Queen Mother huddled together in the blanket while getting dry food:

"Eat something and sleep peacefully. Bird and I will take turns keeping watch."

The Queen Mother often took a nap on the road. At this time, in the dead of night, the man and the woman were sitting alone together. Anyway, they were a little unable to sleep. She reached out from under the blanket and took the dry food bag, gave most of it to Ye Jingtang, and said softly:

"It is said that Hidden Dragon Ridge is the place where gods live. It is recorded in the book that a man from the previous dynasty accidentally met an extraordinary master in the mountains and received his enlightenment and became a peerless master..."

Ye Jingtang threw the dried meat into his mouth, drank two more sips of water, and responded: "Zhang Ziming of the previous dynasty, the founder of the Hongshan Gang, was indeed powerful in martial arts, but not human. He was a bandit who occupied the mountain and became king. His son succeeded him The same goes for the gang leader, who was finally killed by Liu Qiansheng."

"Really? I thought these were just legends, but I didn't expect that there was actually a real person... By the way, Prince Liang also went to the top of Zanglongling Mountain to watch the sunrise. I don't know if it is true..."

After the Queen Mother chatted for a while, she found that there was no answer in her ears, so she turned around and saw that Ye Jingtang was leaning against the stone wall with his eyes closed, and he fell asleep.

The Queen Mother saw that Ye Jingtang was behaving as usual and wanted to chat for a few words. At this time, she realized how tired Ye Jingtang was and quickly stopped talking.

Looking at the stern side face so close, the Queen Mother's eyes moved, and she pulled up the thin blanket on her body and put it under Ye Jingtang's neck.

Finding that Ye Jingtang's hand was cold, the Queen Mother gently held it and placed it on her belly to warm it. After staring at it for a long time, sleepiness slowly came to her mind, and she closed her eyes and leaned on her shoulder...

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Huhu——

The cold wind howled, and the tops of the mountains were covered with white snow. The gunman wearing a bamboo hat, carrying a long gun wrapped in black cloth on his shoulders, stepped on the top of the snow covered with thousands of years of snow in the cold wind, and looked at the surroundings. Endless mountains and wilderness.

Anyone who stands on the highest point of the main peak of Hongshan Mountain should have the heroic feeling of "being at the top of the mountain and seeing all the small mountains at a glance".

But the eyes of the gunman in the bamboo hat are quite dull. After all, he is called Duan Shengji. If the hundreds of weapons in the world are hundreds of different peaks, he himself is standing on the top of the mountains and has been standing for ten years. .

To the people of the Wei Dynasty, Duan Shengji was a strong man who suddenly appeared. As soon as he came out of the mountain in his twenties, he naturally won the title of gun leader and aspired to be the leader of the army for nearly ten years.

He didn't have many achievements in his life. He only fought three times in ten years. The first one was Pei Yuanming, and the second two were unconvinced gun masters. He defeated his opponents in all three fights. No one dared to ask him since. Lei established his reputation as the overlord of Yazhou.

It's not a good reputation to kill people with a gun, but Duan Shengji usually doesn't take the initiative to stir up trouble. To the outside world, he is a hero who says, "If you do your job honestly, I can pretend that you don't exist; if you dare to disobey, I will make you die." attitude.

For this reason, Duan Sheng Ji had many fans in the world. At least he had a better reputation than Xuanyuan Chao, who was ruthless to his juniors and didn't care about his face until he was completely beaten to death. He was considered ruthless and honest.

Jiang Hu only knew so much about Duan Shengji. He had no wife or children and no one dared to fight with him. There were basically not many topics to talk about.

But Duan Shengji's unknown experiences are far more than those in the Jianghu of Wei Dynasty imagined.

Duan Shengji was born in Yanjing, and his adoptive father was Xiang Hanshi, the leader of the Four Saints of Beiliang and the war god who protected the country in Beiliang.

Before Jiazi, Beiliang made a surprise attack on the northwest royal court, killed and captured countless pharmacists, and also obtained the incomplete formulas of various secret medicines.

All the tribes in the West Sea are thinking about recreating the myth of the Qianchi tribe. The Beiliang court has already obtained the secret recipe and Tianlang beads, so how could they not want to use them for their own purposes.

Beiliang's reverse research started before Jiazi, and achieved some results about thirty years ago. Although it is not as good as Qianchi's secret medicine, it can be regarded as an enhanced version of Daliang Pearl. The cost is not exaggerated and it can't kill people.

For this reason, Emperor Liang selected a group of children and began to try to train them. Unsurprisingly, Duan Shengji, who was already extremely talented, was the best among them, and was eventually adopted as an adopted son by Master Xiang Han.

When he was ten years old, Duan Shengji had already become the person most valued by his adoptive father. He was ordered to move to Yazhou with the merchants. He was discovered by the people of Duanbeiya on purpose, and then he was selected as a good seedling and became his master, and was given the name "Duan Shengji". Sheng Ji', after lying dormant for several years, came out of the mountain and became the chief spearman of the Wei Dynasty.

In the past ten years, he has rarely had any disputes with others. This is not because he is indifferent to fame and fortune, but because most of his thoughts are spent on cultivating cronies to infiltrate the Southern Dynasty's border troops, and he has no time to deal with worldly affairs.

Yesterday morning, he received an urgent message from Fei Ying in Langxuan City, which mentioned that Ye Jingtang was investigating scale steel, and that Ye Jingtang might go to Hongshan.

Duan Shengji didn't care about the small profit of scale steel at all, but smuggling scale steel to Beiliang so that the imperial court could reversely study and equip the army was an order given by Emperor Liang. He could only transport it back through rivers and lakes channels.

Now that clues have been found by the court, there is a risk of being exposed, so naturally they have to be dealt with.

The Ye Jingtang was so popular that it was already one of the top officials of the Southern Dynasty that the Beiliang court focused on. It would be beneficial to Beiliang to kill it in advance. For this reason, Duan Shengji hurriedly arrived as soon as he received the news. Hongshan.

According to Duan Shengji's estimate, Ye Jingtang set out from Langxuan City, and he set out from Yashan on the border of Liangzhou. The distance was more than 700 miles away. He should be able to reach Hongshan in advance. As long as he keeps an eye on Jiang Zahu, he should be able to reach Hongshan. It can block the night terror hall.

But Jiang Zahu hadn’t come back yet. Duan Shengji didn’t know the specific movements of Night Terror Hall, and he couldn’t figure out where Jiang Zahu was, so he could only go into Hongshan alone and try to wait and see on the Zangfo Ridge to see if he could wait for someone passing by. Night Terror Hall, or Jiang Zahu who turned back.

After all, if you want to go from the south to the north in the mountains, you have to climb over the Hidden Dragon Ridge. As long as someone passes by, he can find it.

Duan Shengji inserted the spear at his side, sat on the ground on the snow cliff, and waited patiently for his prey to appear.

This wait lasted for two hours, from early morning to noon.

And a long-lost figure also appeared on the snowy slope below Hidden Dragon Ridge.

Duan Shengji turned around and saw that the person coming was a jock on horseback.

Jiang Hu Ke is quite tall, with a sword hanging from his waist and a gray cloak. He drives his horse through the wind and snow. His whole body is as motionless as a mountain, but his momentum is sharp, like a sharp knife inserted in the vast world.

With such a smart and sharp aura, one can tell at a glance that he is a top swordsman who has been in the world for many years.

With this momentum and appearance, he appeared in Hidden Dragon Ridge at this moment. Apart from Daokui Ye Jingtang, there seemed to be no one else.

Now that he had reached his target, he immediately stood up without hesitation, pulled out his spear, and walked down the snow slope.

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And below the snow ridge.

Beiliang Sword Master Xi Tianshang drove his horse slowly towards Zanglong Ridge, his eyes always paying attention to the disturbance in the mountains.

Xi Tianshang was entrusted by King Zuo Xian to assassinate Ye Jingtang. After hearing from Protector Shen of Qianjimen that Ye Jingtang had entered the gate overnight, he hurriedly turned to pursue Liangzhou.

Xi Tianshang didn't know the specific whereabouts of Ye Jingtang. After arriving at Heishiguan, he asked the nearby people for information about those who were in a hurry entering the pass in the past two days. It would be best if they had long spears and sabers and were strong-willed.

As a result, he soon learned that a one-in-a-million horse galloped past Heishiguan the night before. He followed it all the way and came to the Hongshan area.

Xi Tianshang heard the harsh words Ye Jingtang said in Langxuan City, and he guessed that Ye Jingtang might be looking for Jiang Zahu.

For this reason, after Xi Tianshang saw that Jiang Zahu was not in Huafuzhai, he wanted to go north along the mountains to see if he could find anything.

As a result, his luck was quite good.

Xi Tianshang braved the mountain wind and before he climbed over the Hidden Dragon Ridge, he saw an astonishing gunman flying out from the towering snow cliff on the side.

Sa——

The gunman was dressed in a black robe, a bamboo hat and a cape, with only his strong chin exposed. He was holding a nine-foot spear. His aura was like that of a dragon and python. At a glance, he knew he was the top strong man in the world.

Ye Jingtang defeated Sima Yue in Langxuan City using marksmanship.

The gunman in front of him was obviously of Wu Kui's level.

Coupled with this momentum and appearance, appearing in Hidden Dragon Ridge at this time, besides the target of this trip, Ye Jingtang, who else could this be?

Seeing that the opponent made the first move and suddenly came out of the darkness, Xi Tianshang reacted very quickly and immediately grasped the handle of the knife.

Choking——

On the snowy slopes, a bright cold light suddenly flashed!

The sound was silent. The moment the other party held the knife, the whole person had already landed above him. The famous gun in his hand "Farewell" shattered the black cloth of the package in the air, and pulled out thousands of snowflakes in the air.

Boom——

The sound of a shot was like rolling thunder, and the howling of the wind and snow on the mountaintop was instantly silenced!

Seeing such a terrifying spear style, Xi Tianshang felt that the Ye Jingtang's spear technique was more sophisticated than he thought. His body immediately rolled sideways and at the same time he threw his left hand forward.

Sa——

The two-foot plum blossom hidden behind the cloak immediately turned into a flying blade and shot out towards the person's face. The red silk worn behind the handle of the knife drew a straight thin line in the air.

Duan Shengji, who was falling from the sky, was stunned when he saw this. He felt that this "Night Terror Hall" smell was not right - he had a short knife on his waist, and when he encountered long spears and thrown knives to interfere, it seemed that they all belonged to Beiliang Sword Saint Xi Tianshang. Make a fuss.

However, Duan Shengji and Xi Tianshang didn't have much of a relationship, and they had already started taking action. He couldn't figure out the other party's purpose and saw that the other party dared to fight back. Naturally, he regarded him as a hostile target and won first. A splitting spear hit Xi Tianshang's foothold.

Boom——

He cut through the ice and snow ridge with arrogance, and when the spear point hit the soft snow, a groove half a foot deep suddenly appeared on the surface.

Xi Tianshang can become the Beiliang Sword Master, and his martial arts skills are definitely not bad. Faced with the aggressive spear force, he did not charge head-on. After landing, he rolled again. He pulled back the flying blade with his left hand, forcing Duan Shengji to turn aside to dodge. Point forward, ready to break into close quarters.

But before Xi Tianshang landed on the ground, his movements suddenly stopped.

The interlocking gunfire stopped suddenly, and the two people froze in place almost at the same time.

Kakaka——

The sound of ice and snow cracking came from under his feet, and a crack appeared on the snow cliff where Duan Sheng silently jumped down.

And an instant later, a loud bang spread throughout the mountains.

Like a snow cliff cut by a knife, it began to collapse from the top. The ice layer several feet wide wrapped the gravel and snow and smashed into the snow slope where the two people landed. The entire snow under their feet was also sliding downwards. Seriously, it's like the earth is cracking!

? !

Duan Shengji and Xi Tianshang's eyes changed, and they turned around and ran down the mountain. However, in an instant, the rolling snow waves drowned everything in sight...

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At the same time, in the stone crevices in the leeward place below.

It was already getting brighter, and the mountain wind outside was much lighter.

Ye Jingtang fell asleep just in the early hours of the morning. He had just woken up not long ago. After changing shifts with Niao Niao, who had been working hard outside for half the night, he hugged the Queen Mother and paid attention to the surrounding movements alone.

Because the leaning position was not very comfortable, the Queen Mother adjusted her body shape in her sleep, twisting and turning until she got under the arm of Ye Jingtang, her cheeks were buried in her chest, and her bulging clothes were squeezed into Ye Jingtang. To the side.

Ye Jingtang held the Queen Mother with one hand, as if holding a big thermos bottle. Except for her arm being a little sore, everything was fine. Seeing that the Queen Mother was sleeping soundly, she did not wake her up.

Originally, Ye Jingtang's plan was to wait until the wind and snow stopped and then take the Queen Mother over Hidden Dragon Ridge; but when he was bored and watching the snow, a loud thunderous noise suddenly came from the mountain:

Boom——

Then there was a muffled sound like a walking dragon, and it felt like the mountain was shaking.

The Queen Mother suddenly woke up, raised her head from her arms, and looked around blankly, with a hint of panic in her eyes; the birds also woke up and flew up to the sky to look around.

Ye Jingtang realized something was wrong, stood up with the Queen Mother in his arms, and jumped onto the boulder to check.

As a result, it was discovered that there was a landslide on the top of the mountain several miles away, and the avalanche rolled down overwhelmingly. From a distance, it looked like an immortal breathing mist. The vastness of the sky was enough to scare those who looked at it from a distance.

The Queen Mother used to live in the deep palace. She had never seen such a big scene before. She slightly shrunk her neck and said:

"The mountain collapsed?"

"Avalanche. Don't worry, we are below the snow line and the avalanche cannot come here."

"oh……"

Seeing that the problem was not serious, the Queen Mother relaxed a little. She took out the telescope from the side of the horse and curiously looked at the scene of landslides and ground cracking.

Ye Jingtang had never seen an avalanche scene before, so he stood in front of him and watched it together. But as soon as he took a second look, he noticed the birds flying in the sky and began to "chirp, chirp, chirp...", which probably meant - look, look, quickly. look……

Ye Jingtang was startled, squinted his eyes and looked carefully, and found that there seemed to be two small black spots among the overwhelming avalanche.

He took the telescope from the Queen Mother and looked carefully, only to see that the rolling white snow waves had swallowed up everything along the way. In the center of the waves, two figures were drifting with the waves, sometimes being submerged by the sea of ​​snow and then rushing out.

One of the figures looked like a gunman, his figure was like a dragon python wrapped around an avalanche, moving towards the side of the avalanche, and while running, he did not forget to draw his gun like a dragon, stabbing the swordsman not far away.

The swordsman not far away was also trying to get out of trouble. He held a three-foot sharp blade in his right hand, keeping his front airtight. He held a two-foot short knife upside down in his left hand, and threw it out from time to time. When the flying knife attacked the gunman's legs, the knife The handle seems to be wrapped with a rope, and it can be pulled back after the shot is empty.

The fight between the two men was full of dangers, but Ye Jingtang saw it inexplicably. He put down the telescope to look at it with his naked eyes, and then raised the telescope to take a closer look.

Although they have never met each other, there are only so many masters in the world. To be able to show such powerful movement skills in the avalanche and not forget to trip up the opponent, he must be the pinnacle of Wu Kui level.

Moreover, one uses Liuhe Spear and the other uses double swords. It seems that only Spear Chief Duan Shengji and Beiliang Sword Saint Xi Tianshang can match up.

When Ye Jingtang saw these two people, they were sure that they were coming for him. After all, Xi Tianshang was a professional killer hired by King Zuo Xian; and Duan Shengji was the mortal enemy of Honghua Tower. He was still checking the scale steel. There is a reason to kill him and silence him.

But he really couldn't figure out how these two people got into a fight at the top of Hongshan Mountain, and they had such a big hatred that Xue Beng didn't even bother to kill each other.

The Queen Mother soon discovered the two people surfing in the avalanche and said in surprise:

"What is that? A god?"

"Two idiots, they probably came to kill someone and got angry because they recognized the wrong person. If they want to fight, they don't know how to run away first and then fight. They have to stumble each other..."

Because the distance was too far, Ye Jingtang had no chance to go up and finish the attack. He could only watch the two of them drag each other back, and finally they were all rushed into the ravine.

Before sending the Queen Mother to her destination, Ye Jingtang did not want to conflict with the two military commanders. Seeing this, she seized the time and took the Queen Mother around to the ridge from the side...

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