Not to mention that Wu Zili and his entourage chased Li Yuanzhi to the small city where they stayed for one night, and after leaving, they only left from the north gate, and there was no other news, so they cut off the clues and began to search like looking for a needle in a haystack, Li Yuanzhi and they have already walked to the border of two small countries, the people on the mountain are immortals, and the people under the mountain are mortals. On the mountain are all kinds of sect monks, high and high in the sky, but the most in the world are mortals, after all, ninety percent of the world is mortals who cannot cultivate, so there are the most mortals on several continents, and the realm of mortals is vast and incalculable, and mortals in the world may not be able to walk out of a continent in their lives, and there are even many people who can't walk out of a radius of a hundred miles in their lives like people in small stone villages.

On the border, two small countries were fighting, and as soon as tens of thousands of cavalry troops in the east pressed up, tens of thousands of crossbows and crossbows fired two salvos in succession, and thousands of people fell off their horses. Then the cavalry approached in hand-to-hand combat, but unexpectedly, the western army had already set up an ambush in the north, and as soon as the eastern cavalry came into contact with the western infantry, a western cavalry army came out of the mountains and forests in the south, cutting off the retreat of the eastern cavalry. The cavalry has to rush up to be powerful and can exert its strength, but the foot soldiers in the west have already been prepared, and as soon as they make contact, they will open a gate, as if they have opened a big pocket, and the cavalry in the mountains and forests in the south is here to tie the pocket.

The cavalry of tens of thousands of men charged, and where could they stop, they had to rush towards the big open pocket in order not to be squeezed off their horses and trampled to death by the strong army on both sides.

As soon as the eastern camp saw the cavalry in the south, they knew that it was not good, so they ordered the chariot to cover the foot soldiers, and the heavy armored soldiers pressed up together, wanting to use the tactics of the sea of people to solve the dilemma, after all, the men and horses in the east were twice as large as the people in the west, and the men and horses in the west could only passively meet the enemy, while the men and horses in the east were menacing.

Under the obstruction of the rushing car and the heavily armored infantry, although the pressure of the forward cavalry was suspended, the casualties of the infantry were not small, not to mention that the speed of the infantry could not keep up with the cavalry, so the situation of the forward cavalry was still not optimistic.

The two infantry quickly came into contact, and at this time it was difficult for both cavalry armies to exert their combat strength, and the eastern cavalry was slaughtered. The infantry and cavalry on the west side who had completed the encirclement were also under great pressure to block the attack of the infantry and heavy armoured men on the east side. The two sides were in a white heat, and both sides suffered heavy losses, and the cavalry army in the east was almost completely lost.

The white-hot war lasted for an hour, and a light snow gradually fell in the sky, and both sides gathered their troops in unison, which was a disastrous victory for the west, after all, with less and more, the opponent's battle losses were definitely more than twice as much as their own, not to mention that the opponent's cavalry was almost disabled, which was a great victory. And the commanders in the east may face accountability from the court.

The snow was falling heavier and heavier, and on a hill in the southeast of the battlefield, Li Yuanzhi and his party watched the war from afar, smelling the pungent bloody smell that could be smelled from miles away, and their ears seemed to be still echoing with shouts of killing and screams, one after another. Looking at the battlefield that was gradually covered with heavy snow, Li Yuanzhi did not stay long, and headed west, to enter the city before dark, otherwise they would have to spend the night in the mountains and forests in the wind and snow.

Watching the bones that were too late to be taken away gradually being buried by the heavy snow, it was like there was no terrible battle here an hour ago, and I wonder if someone would bury their bodies after the heavy snowfall, or if they would be buried on that battlefield for a long time.

As soon as the sky was dark, the group arrived at the border mountain city, which is the border city of You Fangguo, and it is also the place where the western army is stationed, and the town has long been under martial law. But Li Yuanzhi and Lin Jingyuan were just children, and the defenders let a few people into the city after receiving the silver.

There are no corpses everywhere in the city, just a simple mourning hall, a brazier for burning paper, and a wooden tablet. Li Yuanzhi and they found a tavern to live in, and there were many big men in the hall who were eating and drinking, discussing the tragedy of the war, and seeing that their costumes should be veterans who survived the battlefield battles, they came here to drink and suppress their fright, and remember the deceased robes. Several people shouted and shook the sky, laughing at the incompetence and stupidity of the army in the east, the weakness of the cavalry, and laughing at the slaughter of a few of them. Laughing at the joke, those soft eggs must have been scared this time and didn't dare to come again.

Li Yuanzhi finished their meal silently and went upstairs to rest. Looking at the paper ashes flying outside the window and the strong smell of incense everywhere, Li Yuanzhi was speechless for a long time. There are widows' heart-rending cries in the night, there are also children's sad cries, and there are also elderly people who have lost their children and are sad in the night, accompanied by the shouts of drunks downstairs, Li Yuanzhi has not slept all night.

The next day, after having breakfast and asking for directions, several people braved the wind and snow to go to Lincheng. Fortunately, it is not far away, it is the pass of You Fangguo, and the city over there is bigger than here. The main thing is that this small city is too oppressive. However, the shouting of the tavern seemed to be out of place in this plain city, but it seemed to be reasonable. No one can say that these soldiers are wrong, after all, they have come back from the battlefield to die for a lifetime, and it is reasonable to drink to suppress their sorrows, and no one can accuse them of anything. Aren't they sad? Those who have never been in the army can't understand the pain of the death of the Paozawa brothers who ate and slept together in front of their eyes, but they didn't have time to suffer, so they could only grab the knife in their hands and slash harder next time. They were no less wounded than anyone else.

Once again, against the wind and snow, arrived at the pass, after a strict investigation, a few people passed the pass, and the guard of the border city did not seem to be as strict as this pass, which is really a strange thing.

When you enter the customs, you will see a bustling street, and although it is night, there are still a lot of pedestrians. There is not the slightest sadness of a border city.

Several people stayed in the store, but Lin Jingyuan fell ill from the cold. Although his physique has improved a lot, he is still a mortal child of seven or eight years old.

There was no way, so Li Yuanzhi simply rented a courtyard and lived in this city, and he didn't know where to go anyway.

The yard is relatively remote, in a deep alley, the alley is a muddy dirt road, and there is no bluestone brick style like the street, next door to the alley is an old man, living alone, it is said that the only son joined the army and never came back. The old man could only buy some vegetables at a low price from the market more than ten miles away, and then carry them back here to raise the price to sell them, earning some hard-earned money to maintain food and clothing. Because of the heavy snowfall, the old man got up earlier these days, and it was winter, where there were any seasonal fruits and vegetables to sell, so he could only carry heavier firewood and charcoal to sell.

Li Yuanzhi had never seen an old man who got up early, after all, he was still under the cover at that time. But the old man who came back from night had seen it a few times. The old man was hunched on his back, his gray beard was stained with wind and snow, his unkempt gray hair was hastily tied with straw ropes, his face was red from the wind and snow, his beard was also frozen, and his hands and feet were full of frozen and cracked blood cracks, frostbite, and pus.

The old man raised his head and gently moved the flat shoulder on his shoulder, so that he could brush his free hand and brush the messy hair flying in the wind, so that they no longer covered his eyes, and he could see the new neighbor who had just moved in in front of him. I saw that there was only a child who looked to be eight or nine years old, dressed in cyan satin, with blue cloud boots on his feet, and a black monkey on his shoulder, but it was also covered with a thin layer of snowflakes by the heavy snow, but the monkey didn't seem to feel the cold, so he just raised his eyes and looked at himself and continued to lie on his shoulder and dozed.

When he saw Li Yuanzhi's clothes, the old man knew that he was a child of a rich family, and his speech was a little restrained: "The little boy wants to buy some charcoal? These charcoal are all bought by the old man from the market more than ten miles away, and there will be no smoke when they are burned in the house, so the little boy can rest assured." ”

Li Yuanzhi looked at the bitter old man in front of him, dressed in thick coarse cloth clothes, which were only coarse cloth clothes, there was no difference between winter and summer, and he would not fill it with cotton or the like, but just wrapped a few more pieces. Even such coarse cloth clothes are patch by patch. Li Yuanzhi couldn't help but think of his grandfather, will the crazy grandfather also suffer in a foreign land, whether he is hungry and cold, although he knows that his grandfather's strength is superb, but what happened after he went mad, although his body is still strong, but the crazy grandfather doesn't even know himself, will he be bullied?

Li Yuanzhi nodded lightly, bought all the remaining charcoal from the old man, and promised that all the remaining charcoal from the old man could be sent to the courtyard in the future.

Li Yuanzhi put the charcoal back in the house, told the little white fox to take care of Lin Jingyuan on the hospital bed, and walked into the vast wind and snow with the little black son. He wanted to go to his grandfather, although he didn't know if he would find him in this city, and although there was little hope, he always had to try it, what if, what if he found it?

Li Yuanzhi walked a lot of places in the snowy night, there were lively night markets, there were cold beggars' nests, and even Li Yuanzhi would see beggars of similar shape and turn over the shivering beggars to look at the front, the disturbed beggar was about to be angry, but he saw Li Yuanzhi in silk swallowing alive again, dodging back, but finally warmed a lot of grass nests and lost their heat. I can only dare to be angry but dare not speak. Seeing that it was not, Li Yuanzhi was disappointed and relieved, maybe his grandfather would not have lived so hard, Li Yuanzhi threw down a few taels of silver and turned away.

A few beggars were left to scramble there, hoping that the money would help them survive the winter.

Li Yuanzhi has also been to the restaurant that is still full of people at night, where the people are drunk and spending, as if they don't know where they are in the plain of a dozen miles away in the border city not far away, where thousands of soldiers to protect them have stayed forever, submerged under the thick layer of snow.

Li Yuanzhi walked through the pavilion where all women were standing, and many women waved their hands to greet guests: "Little brother, come up and have fun, my sister will definitely make you comfortable and let you feel the best thing in the world." ”

"Come on, little brother, my sister will take care of you. ”

“......”

There were even people who threw down silk scarves and floated towards Li Yuanzhi, Li Yuanzhi fled in a panic, and Xiao Heizi stood on his shoulders and squeaked at those women. How can these women be more terrible than Hua Langyue.

When Li Yuanzhi returned to the courtyard, it was already early in the morning, Lin Jingyuan was already asleep, the little white fox was still cultivating, Li Yuanzhi stayed in the courtyard for a while, and he still couldn't figure it out, so he went back to the house to sleep.

The next day, Lin Jingyuan was much better, and the group went to the hotel for dinner, and when they met the city lord who was holding a banquet to celebrate his birthday, he chartered the second floor, and the group had to eat in the corner of the first floor.

"Congratulations to the city lord, I wish the city lord a day after year, as blessed as the East China Sea Shoubi Nanshan, step by step!"

“......”

There are constantly people saying congratulatory speeches upstairs, and there are also servants singing out the guest gift list, all of which are rare gold, silver and jade, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, Li Yuanzhi shook his head when he heard it, and the people can not know about the war in the border city, will the city lord not know? The soldiers in the border city are all fighting bravely to kill the enemy, and the blood is spilled on the frontier, but the people in the pass are full of lights and wine, singing day and night, are those soldiers who shed blood and sacrificed their lives worth it?

In the middle of the feast, someone mentioned the war in the border city, and said how many people had died, and it sounded as if it was not a human being, but some dispensable livestock. Some people even scolded the city lord on the day of the big day, saying that these bad things were done.

"Hehe, it's not unlucky, after all, those martial artists who only know how to swing their fists still win the battle. A person with a calm-sounding voice should be the lord of the city.

"That group of ** who only have muscles in their brains can win, isn't it the blessing of the city lord?"

"That's it, Lord Lord, Hong Fu Qitian. Then someone followed.

“......”

Li Yuanzhi shook his head, it's not worth it, this kind of person is not worth it. After eating, the group walked out of the restaurant. Li Yuanzhi stood on the street, looking east, the people around him walked by, and the footprints left were quickly covered by the wind and snow, as if they had never appeared. Just like the group of soldiers buried in the snow, after the snow melts, it will rot in the soil, and no one in this world will remember them except for their relatives, just like the footprints, there is no trace.

Li Yuanzhi hugged his shoulders, and suddenly felt a little cold, although he was really angry, even if he was naked, it was difficult for the wind and snow to invade at all, but I don't know why, Li Yuanzhi just felt cold.

The winter snow buries the bones of the faithful, and the cold wind chills people's hearts