Bashu, Miao Village.

The old Miao King was already old, and most of the affairs of the Miao village were handed over to his granddaughter Yunshui for care. However, today, the Miao people were surprised to find that their beloved old Miao King, and Sansi, who usually did not show up, had arrived at the intersection of the Miao village official road early in the morning, as if waiting for someone to arrive.

Everyone whispered, wondering what kind of distinguished guests were who could alarm the old Miao King. Even the current powerful King of Xiliang, who had finally come to Bashu, had finally seen the old Miao King. Now who has great face and has to work to welcome him?

"Here you." Sikong, who had always been calm, said softly. From a distance, he saw a burst of smoke and dust galloping on the official road, and then he heard the sound of horse hooves as dense as a drum. A handsome man, who was snow-white all over his body, stepped on the dust and arrived in front of everyone in a flash.

The old Miao King was about to kneel down, but the young general immediately reached out to help him and said quickly: "The King of Xiliang has an order, and the King of Damiao and the Sansi will not kneel down to receive the order!" Then he unfolded a roll of yellow silk and read it loudly: "This secret order is accompanied by the King of Damiao and the Sansi, and read it on the edge of the ladder with the person who announced the order!"

Although he was a little surprised, the Damiao King still said respectfully with Yunshui's support: "Old minister receives the order!" Then he signaled Yunshui to go over and receive the order. Sure enough, the opening chapter was exactly the same as what the young general read, and the content behind it was sealed by a waxed vermilion seal.

Yunshui went forward instead of King Damiao and asked, "I don't know if the imperial envoy wants to have lunch and rest before going..."

The young general immediately waved his hand to stop Yunshui's words: "I will go now!"

The Damiao King did not make a sound, made a few gestures with Sansi, and then the four of them turned around and left.

The young general jumped off the horse and gently stroked the white horse's face like a lover: "Moonlight, I'll do things first, you can go and play by yourself."

The white horse seemed to understand his words, and he made a light silence and walked to the forest to find tender grass to eat.

The road to the ladder was still so steep, but the Damiao King took the lead in climbing up without anyone's support. Sansi followed him step by step, as if he was his shadow. By the way, one of the Sansi who betrayed and died back then had been made up by a respected elder in the clan.

Finally, he stepped on the mysterious ladder in the Miao village that was surrounded by clouds all year round. The old Miao king said slowly: "Here, please send an imperial envoy to announce the order."

The young general's eyes were already wet. Sister, for me and Brother Xiao, how much suffering have you suffered? He wiped away the tears from his eyes without avoiding suspicion, took out the imperial edict in his arms, and read aloud: "Under the imperial edict, I, Xiao Buyi, have something to tell Miss Wan'er, and invite the saint to show up and see him!"

The sound circled in the mountains, and the echoes were like lonely geese flying back and forth, echoing in everyone's ears.

In the hazy state, the cliff opposite was still filled with smoke and there was no response.

The young general said loudly again and read the imperial edict, but there was no response except for the echoes in the mountains.

"King Da Miao!" The young general suddenly rolled up the imperial edict, knelt on one knee and bowed to the King of Da Miao and said, "I want to pass, heaven, ladder!"

"Child, why bother you?" King Damiao sighed, "If the saint doesn't want to see you, even if you have passed through all the difficulties, there is still an insurmountable ladder between you, why bother?"

"I don't care!" The young general suddenly lost his composure and shouted loudly at the other side of the cliff: "Sister, it's me, I'm your younger brother, I have been dependent on each other since childhood. Do you just have the heart to come out to see me? Sister!"

It turned out that this young imperial envoy was the younger brother of the boat girl Wan'er, and now an important minister of the court who was a magistrate of the border, Yang Nianpu.

"Imperial envoy," King Miao had to warn, "Since ancient times, eight out of ten people who pass the ladder will be at risk of death. You must think twice. I am more than seventy years old this year. I have seen with my own eyes that there are not less than dozens of young talents who have lost from the ladder, and only three people can pass by. You must think twice before you act."

"I don't care!" At this time, the young imperial envoy was like a quarrel child, "Even if he was buried at the bottom of the valley, I would have to cross the ladder!" As he said that, he was about to rush out of the cliff.

At this time, an invisible wind pushed his rushing figure softly back, and a faint voice came from the cliff opposite: "Brother, why are you doing this? You can see you grow up safely and now you can share your worries with Brother Xiao. My sister is already very satisfied to see you like this. Go away, don't forget your mother's teachings, and use what you have learned to ensure the peace and peace of the land and water..."

"Sister!" My younger brother burst into tears and knelt on the edge of the cliff. "You are so heartless. Have you even given me the chance to come out to see me? Do you know that since you left, I will cry secretly in the quilt every night. In my heart, you are more important than my mother... Sister... Woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo woo

But except for the sound of the wind, there was no sound on the opposite cliff.

Wan'er stroked her chest with one hand, and a strand of blood flowed out of her mouth, and she sighed in her heart: "My brother, I don't want it, I can't..."

A gentle force poured in from behind Wan'er, suppressing her ups and downs due to the attack of the Seven Emotion Gu, and then a low voice rang behind her: "If you don't want to walk your mother's old path, you should cut off the dust. I know that in your heart, there are always two people who can't let go, one on the opposite cliff, and the other..."

He didn't continue, but his masked face had already looked northeast, which was the direction of the Eastern Capital.

The string that had been buried deep in Wan'er's heart suddenly emerged uncontrollably. Although the masked man behind her did not name it, a blood surged up. The poison that had just been suppressed in Wan'er suddenly spread like boiling water. When her throat heated, Wan'er spit out a mouthful of blood, dyed the wild grass in the mountains and stained the blood.

"Oh, I'm the one who said nothing." The masked man withdrew his thoughts and took out a brocade handkerchief to wipe away the blood marks from Wan'er's mouth, and then used his skills to suppress the poison for Wan'er. However, at this moment, Wan'er's face no longer had any expression. She just stared blankly at the clear sky in the northeast, with tears flowing like a spring in the corner of her eyes.

My younger brother has never crossed the ladder. He knows his sister's temperament, weak appearance and strong heart. If her sister doesn't want to, it will be useless even if he spends his whole life's efforts. He still can't see her sister and listens to her sister's teaching face to face again.

In fact, he didn't know that Wan'er had planted the Seven Emotions Gu, and she could save people by cutting off the Seven Emotions and Six Desires. This time he received the appointment of Brother Xiao temporarily. Yes, it was Brother Xiao who was always trustworthy and admired in his heart, not the King of Xiliang who was worshipped by all officials in Chongwen Hall.

He grew up, starting from the Taifu Shaoqing, who raised horses, then followed Wei Zheng to learn how to deal with people's livelihood and political affairs, and then learned military strategies such as defending the city and advancing and retreating. Finally, he was even more fortunate to become an ordinary member of Xiao Buyi's famous black armored cavalry. First, he was a soldier, then the captain, squad leader, vanguard, guerrilla, and then to the current general. The battles he had participated in were hundreds of. The thousand black armored cavalry under his command all called him conscientiously: Major General!

Originally, he and Li Jing were ready to eliminate the bandits in the south and then attack the barbarians in the north, but Xiao Buyi suddenly sent an inexplicable order. The once steady young general suddenly pursed his lips and screamed, summoning the thousand-mile horse moonlight given to him by Xiao Buyi, and roared away in the inexplicable eyes of the generals. Before leaving, he only left one sentence: "Tell General Li that the King of Xiliang has another important task to me and ask him to deal with the bandits here with all his strength. If Nianpu does not die, he will definitely come back to fight with him side by side!"

At this moment, Yang Nianpu was kneeling on the edge of the cliff, holding the secret order Xiao Buyi gave him. There were only a few numbers on it: Wan'er was not dead, on the Bashu ladder.

Immediately afterwards, he received the task of King Xiliang appointed him as the imperial envoy and went to Bashu to read the secret decree. He had no idea about the content of the secret decree before coming, but he always thought that his sister was no longer alive, and whether it was thousands of mountains and rivers or rivers, he would come to see his sister. In his heart, his father was just a pitiful person, and his mother was a woman who blindly sacrificed for love. Only his sister was the closest and closest person in his life. What could be more exciting than losing and recovering, and this was the person he thought was the most important.

So, without any hesitation or hesitation, he came, traveling day and night, and came to this familiar but unfamiliar place, a place where his parents knew each other and loved each other, but they were separated with hatred, a place where he and his sister depended on each other since childhood, but ruined their happiness in their lives, Bashu and Miao Village.

Under the sigh-wrenching explanation of King Damiao, I finally understood why my sister could not meet her. That's because my sister could not be moved. Whether it was family affection or love, as long as the emotions in her heart fluctuated, it would damage her heart. What's more, her meridians would be broken like my mother back then...

Yang Nianpu never insisted on the ladder. He just kowtowed three times respectfully to the cliff opposite, then wiped away the tears on his face, waved his sleeves and turned around and left.

The Great Miao King sighed lightly and followed Sansi with him. But no one noticed that the seemingly old King Da Miao King, at the moment of leaving, waved his right finger and a thread of Tiangu poison had already spread throughout the entrance of the ladder.

After the four people disappeared on the cliff, a figure jumped out of a crack in a mountain where people could never hide, stood at the entrance of the ladder, and sighed softly: "Jiang, it turns out that the older you get, the more you get, the more spicy you get." It was actually the King of Xiliang, Xiao, Bu, and Yi, who had half the land!

Xiao Buyi looked at the ladder as mysterious as ever, with difficulty and slipperyness. He would fall into the abyss and be crushed to pieces. However, he had to take the risk to pass it once, because all the mysteries pointed to the other end of the ladder. Not only Wan'er, but also a mysterious man, who was also hidden at the other end of the ladder.

Xiao Dapeng's mysterious disappearance, crossed the ocean and finally escaped from the small country of Baekje. He had already claimed to be the emperor and he was in power with half of the country, and the Li family forces hidden behind it, as well as Kunlun, which is said to be the most mysterious in Taiping Road. Everything, unexpectedly, the last clue points to the same place at the same time - the ladder!

Xiao Buyi smiled helplessly. To be honest, he didn't want to come here because he was Xiao Buyi, but he had to come here because he was Xiao Buyi.

The gentle boatwoman who used to be down and glad to him is now a saint who has been worshipped by thousands of people. How could Xiao Buyi not know the pain in her heart? Although she is not a fish, how could she know the joy of fish? Xiao Buyi knew that she would never bring happiness to this miserable woman, even for a moment. Zhuangzi's explanation does not apply to Wan'er.

At the beginning, Wan'er chose to sacrifice herself to fulfill Xiao Buyi, so that the people of Bashu will be avoided from the baptism of war and will not be devastated. On the one hand, she inherited the wishes of her adopted mother and protected Bashu with her whole life. On the other hand, it was not a way to slash love with her sword. She knew that she could not deserve Brother Xiao, and she was not qualified to compete for favor with his wife, who was so beautiful that she would be strangers for life than to be far away from the world.

Xiao Buyi knew that Wan'er liked her. Since Wan'er waited in the snow next to his mansion late at night just to give him a few pairs of cloth shoes he made, Xiao Buyi already knew that this kind girl liked and even fell in love with her. But he also knew that she could no longer bear the burden of love. At that time, Meng Chenxue was almost giving birth to her eldest son to stay in business, and Pei Bei even went through life and death with her many times, with deep feelings. Qiaoxi, a girl who was not good at speaking, had long been secretly promised and had his family and life on him. Let me ask, Xiao Buyi had already enjoyed all the blessings of all people, and there was a huge country waiting for him to take care of him. How could he let down the affection of a affectionate woman again?

Sometimes, letting go is also a kind of monetization of love. Wan'er should have her own complete happiness. At that time, Xiao Buyi thought so, but things went through many twists and turns, but unexpectedly, the final result would be like this.

The taboo of the Seven Emotions Gu is that it cannot be moved. Xiao Buyi has long known it from the Damiao King, but now, for the sake of the country, he has to touch the heartstrings of this beautiful woman again. First, he is the younger brother, and then if he suddenly appears in front of her, he still doesn't know what she will react. All of this is just to force the mysterious master behind the scenes to figure out all the factors of the turbulent country.

At this point, Xiao Buyi cannot let go and cannot let go. His success or failure is no longer the honor and disgrace of him alone, but is closely related to the life and death of the people of Dongdu and the people under the protection of the Xiliang army, and they all prosper.

That's right, it was the Western Liang Army. When Xiao Buyi thought of this army that stood out from the Sui Dynasty and was reorganized by himself, he couldn't help but feel a sense of pride and satisfaction. This kind of glory is not something that the ministers who are in corpse or the marquis of the palace can have. It is a force created by himself that can trample everything under his feet, just like his own right-hand arm, a gentle wave can already rewritten history.

"Maybe, this is the last time I owe you. Even if you ask me to compensate for the rest of my life, I will agree to you without hesitation." Xiao Buyi looked at the empty cliff, as if he was talking to himself, or as if he was telling Wan'er through the breeze. Then a peaceful palm wind pushed out, eliminating the line of Tiangu poison placed by the old Miao King at the entrance of the cave.

Since he practiced the Yijin Jing taught him that Qiuyan Ke, Xiao Buyi has already known that he could do what he could, just like his bone shrinkage and hidden in the crack of the mountain where ordinary people could not hide. He is not afraid of ordinary poisons. But who is the old Miao King? It is the geek in the 100,000 mountains in Miaojiang. Moreover, he has a genius doctor who is proficient in medical skills. Well, he should change his words and call him Sikong now.

The Damiao King must have discovered his whereabouts, but the Damiao King also knew about his relationship with the saint. His actions were just to tell Xiao Buyi that I had done my best. If you can break the ban I set, then you can go, and I have fulfilled my responsibilities.

Carefully cleared the ray of sky set up by the old Miao King, Xiao Buyi took a deep breath and jumped up to the ladder that had been praised as a holy land by all ethnic groups in Miaojiang for thousands of years.

The ladder seems mysterious, but when Xiao Buyi stepped on the ladder, such an absurd thought arose in his heart: This ladder is definitely not a natural thing, it was built by Zhang Jiao, the founder of Taiping Road, the king of the Heavenly King and the founder of Taiping Road?

Because no matter from any aspect, the simplified Chinese texts and the shocking prophecies that have been repeatedly tested have shown that Zhang Jiao's knowledge is far beyond the level of that era. An ordinary horse trainer can come to this powerful man at the end of the Sui Dynasty for no reason, so what else is impossible to happen?

Xiao Buyi's idea was based on the fact that he felt that after stepping onto the ladder, he felt that he was under his foot, neither rock nor stone, which was a bit like the cement of his original time and space! How could this be possible!

Although after a long period of time, a layer on the surface has peeled off and the narrow passage has been covered with moss, what shocked Xiao Buyi was the layer of concrete under the moss.

Xiao Buyi squatted down and was about to reach out to touch the moss on the ladders when a strong wind blew towards him. The momentum was so fierce that he could sweep. However, Xiao Buyi was no longer the horse thief who could only stop robbery. In other words, he was already a top horse thief, because he had already robbed half of the great country. He could become an emperor when he advanced, and he could become a prince or a rich man in retreat. He was no longer as indifferent to life and death as when he was just a horse thief.

With a deep breath, Xiao Buyi hit out his right palm, and the clouds wrapped in the ladder were also pulled by his strength, rushing forward, making the road under his feet clearer. However, the great force coming towards him was beyond Xiao Buyi's expectations. With his current skills, even if he faced Zhenfu Pingju or his eldest brother, Xiao Buyi believed that he had the power to fight. However, this time, he fought out 50% of his strength, and it was like a mud bull entering the sea, and he could not stop the strong wind from coming to his face.

On this ladder that has nowhere to hide, since he cannot compete, he can only retreat. But Xiao Buyi is unwilling to give up. He supports his one foot and his body has risen up like a big roc spreading his wings. He kicks each other a few times in the air, and actually makes a move like a step in space. A kite turns over, and Xiao Buyi tries to bypass the strong wind from mid-air.

Unfortunately, his wishful thinking still couldn't be heard. The strong wind swept past his feet seemed to have eyes. As he jumped up, it seemed to be pulled by an invisible hand, and it was squirting towards Xiao Buyi's back. At the same time, there was a scream directly in front of Xiao Buyi, and a black shadow shot into his chest.

This is exactly the sentence: If there is a way in heaven, you don’t go, and if there is no way in hell, you just break in. If Xiao Buyi jumped back and exited the ladder from the beginning, he should be able to escape without any hesitation, but he repeatedly stepped forward without knowing what was going on, and finally angered the master hiding in the dark and fired a fatal blow to him.

After coming to this time and space, Xiao Buyi has encountered many life and death moments. In just a few years, the number of times he encountered was more distress than the previous two decades combined. The biggest threat in the past was just worrying that he accidentally fell off the horse or was stepped on by the trailing horse racing horse, but that was not fatal. If he accidentally got huge compensation from the horse racing club or the horse owner, he got a title of retirement. But now, first, the Turkic barbarians on the grassland were ruthless and blew up the rain of arrows.

Baptism, if it weren't for the bearded guest to scare away the Turkic soldiers at the right time, then Xiao Buyi might have become the shortest time traveler and could apply for the Guinness record after going back. What appeared next appeared Liu Wuzhou, Li Shanfei, Yu Wenhua, major clans, Gaomen clans, anti-king king Li Mi, the number one general of the Sui Dynasty, Zhang Xutuo, and even the emperor Yang Guang. He didn't want to get rid of him quickly, but he hid himself one by one, and those who wanted him to die would report to the Hall of Yama first.

In fact, when fighting for the world, occasionally when Xiao Buyi calms down, he will also think, do you really have to make a battle successful and tiring up all your bones? You can't use a smooth method to make a smooth transition? But the answer is, no.

This is an era of the strong prey on the weak. If you don’t hit others, you will be destined to be beaten. Survival of the fittest is an eternal evolutionary principle. At first, it was to avoid being bullied, then it was to protect the people around you, and finally to fight for the world and go step by step, as if you can’t help it, but you can no longer extricate yourself.

Xiao Buyi was not afraid of danger. While inhaling, he slapped his right palm down and raised his body two feet out of thin air. Then he twisted his body at an angle that ordinary people would never expect, reducing the resistance of less wind. Then he pushed his left palm forward and used the force to return to the edge of the cliff. When he stood firm, his body had returned to its original appearance.

The sound of the wind broke through the clouds and mist and lightning flashed. Xiao Buyi clamped the two fingers of the food and food in his right hand, and a bright red rose with dew was already standing in his hand. The green barbs showed that this was a flower that had just been picked.

Xiao Buyi smiled bitterly and sighed helplessly at the depths of the ladder filled with clouds and mist: "Why is it you, dreaming..."

A figure gradually walked out of the clouds and mist, from hazy to clear. It was the fireworks woman who sold rouge and water powder to Xiao Buyi and asked him to do business on the grassland, talking in her dreams.

"Young Master Xiao, I didn't expect we will meet again." Mengyi still used the name he had in Mayi, which made Xiao Buyi, who was praised as King of Xiliang all day long, feel a hint of old friend's aura, and it sounds a bit friendly.

When she was in Tianxiangfang, Mayi, the attention of Xiao Buyi and his brothers had been completely attracted by the courtesan Mengdie. As for the slightly beautiful dream, the impression left in Xiao Buyi's heart was nothing more than a brothel woman who was jealous and favored, because Xiao Buyi's "innocence body" was almost destroyed in her hands. At this moment, everyone was deceived by her. It would be no ordinary people who could be hidden in the city. If Xiao Buyi had not lifted up the white veil covering her face just now, Xiao Buyi would not have thought that such a firework woman would have had a lot to do with the ladder.

"Why?" Xiao Buyi stared at the woman who seemed to be floating in the air at this moment. There was no longer the rouge and powdery smell on her body, like a noble and unparalleled mountain ghost, mysterious and beautiful.

"Young Master Xiao, you have a lot of knowledge and you will know that fourteen people passed the ladder to compete for the position of Saint, right?" Li Wo smiled slightly in her sleep, as if she was chatting with a relative and close friend.

Xiao Buyi heard the story mentioned by Da Miao King, and in the end only one person succeeded, that is, the little brother and Wan'er's mother, the previous saint.

"I've heard of it," Xiao Buyi replied lightly, "but what does this have to do with the appearance of the dream girl here?"

A trace of unspeakable sadness flashed in Mengmeng's eyes, "My mother is one of the fourteen people back then..."

"Then..." Xiao Buyi understood a little, but the key was still wandering in his mind, looming and difficult to grasp for a while. He only knew that except for the saint, the other thirteen seemed to have died in the abyss.

I felt like I was intoxicated in my memories. Looking at the smokey mountain stream, I murmured to myself: "Since I was a child, my mother told me that we are the clan chosen by God and are glorious, but I don't know if it is glory or curse. This shackle has bound our family for hundreds of years..."

Xiao Buyi tentatively asked softly: "The glory mentioned by the dream girl is the ladder to protect the heavens?"

"Well," Mengmeng turned around, preventing Xiao Buyi from seeing the tears rising from the corners of his eyes. "Our family has passed down a clan rule from generation to generation, that is, to protect the holy land. Of course, outstanding women in the clan can compete for the position of the saint..."

"Of course your mother is an outstanding woman!" Xiao Buyi took the conversation in comfort.

"Thank you." Mengmeng Yu bowed to Xiao Buyi and bowed, "Mom is the best woman I have ever seen. Not only is she outstanding in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, but she has a high understanding, and her martial arts cultivation is beyond my reach... But she still died, on the ladder..."

"Miss dreaming, the dead are gone, please feel sorry for me." At this point, Xiao Buyi could only comfort this mysterious woman who looked like an enemy or a friend in words.

This time, I didn't reply to my greeting, but I still murmured: "Before I set off, I repeatedly told me that no matter what the future result is, I must shoulder the important task of protecting the first level of the ladder. Until I sleep on the ladder forever, someone will naturally take over my position..."
To be continued...