After the Snow Festival, the whole Lucheng seems to have suddenly become depressed, the number of pedestrians on the road has decreased suddenly, and the heavy snow overnight has paved a white and cold scenery inside and outside the city.

After the prince was attacked by a mysterious person, the Lucheng City Guard Mansion and the Changfeng Camp were all in tension, which made the already strict atmosphere of this border city even more calm.

The sergeants in Saibei all knew the skills of the black-armored mysterious man, and if he wanted to kill the prince, even if someone was present, it would be difficult to stop him.

The city guards the palace is under strict martial law, and the prince must be guarded by ten personal guards when he enters and exits.

The city guard was timid, for fear that the prince would have an accident in Saibei. He knew that the mysterious man had different feelings for Li Shuang, so he ran to the barracks every day to ask Li Shuang to accompany the prince to the city guard's mansion. I can't let Li Shuang live beside the prince, and use it as a talisman for the prince all day long.

Li Shuang was also a little worried at the beginning, the city guard came to beg, and she also went, but after going for a few days, she found that the mysterious black armor man did not move at all, and she also let people look at Jin An in the barracks, Jin An was also obedient these days, and followed the sergeant out to train during the day, and at night he shrunk in the bed to sleep, and did not come to her, which was the quietest period of time after picking him up.

Li Shuang said in her heart, the way she protected Sima Yang that night probably made this overly simple mysterious person ...... Sad?

She had quietly left the barracks at night and found a secluded pavilion in the city to sit down, but the mysterious man no longer appeared by her side at the right time, as before.

Li Shuang sat in the pavilion for half a night, but there was still a little unspeakable loneliness in her heart.

That man...... Will it never be around her again?

It was a man who confessed to death, and if he had made up his mind that day to ignore her from now on, then there would probably be no chance of seeing her again. After all...... It had always been the black-armored man who took the initiative to look for her, and until now, she didn't know the whereabouts of the black-armored person at all, let alone look for it.

She touched her slightly cool and somewhat chapped lips, sighed softly, the heat in her body turned into white mist and dispersed, taking a breath, Li Shuang only felt that the night was getting colder and colder.

The next day, the city guard came to beg Li Shuang to accompany the prince as usual, but Li Shuang excused himself on the grounds of military busyness. The castle guard returned disappointed, and the prince did not send anyone to invite. Li Shuang was happy to be free.

She didn't want to have too much intersection with Sima Yang again.

She knew that Sima Yang had affection for her, they met for the first time when they were young, accompanied each other, Li Shuang was different from ordinary nobles, she rode horses and archery like the sons of princes and nobles, learned the law of soldiers, practiced martial arts, she was the righteous daughter of a general, her teachers were about the same as Sima Yang, and the time she spent with Sima Yang was probably only a little less than his two companions. For such a long time, Li Shuang naturally looked up to Sima Yang, but he only looked up, not more.

Sima Yang set up his own crown princess, although there are not many concubines in the house, I heard that two or three people have been added in recent years.

She has been learning to fight with her father since she was a child, just so that she can get out of the narrow backyard of the General's Mansion in the future, and ignore the boring open and secret battles between several aunts. She didn't want to let herself finally be able to reach the sky one day, but she fell into another pit because of her in-laws.

In addition, Sima Yang is the current crown prince, and after a hundred years, if there is no accident, he will ascend the throne. In the future, the battles behind him will only be bloodier, darker and dirtier than this battlefield.

Three years ago, Li Shuang knew what she wanted, and she also knew what the final result would be if she continued to stay in the capital.

The concubine is not destined to be a righteous daughter, but the side concubine must have a place for her. If she has an heir with the prince in the future, it will be even more immeasurable.

Her father may not be happy for her, but the huge interest group behind the General's Mansion must be happy.

Li Shuang doesn't like to be a chess piece, she wants to control her own destiny and be a chess player.

At that time, Li Shuang saw the situation clearly, but Sima Yang also saw her clearly, three years ago, after Sima Yang married the crown princess, Li Shuang moved to leave, Sima Yang knew what Li Shuang was afraid of, but he didn't allow her to be afraid, let alone let him go. So Sima Yang mentioned to the queen about marrying Li Shuang.

The queen was happy to see it, and allowed Sima Yang, and wanted to discuss with the saint that night.

Thanks to Sima Yang's little imperial brother who heard the wind at the queen's place, he happily ran to Li Shuang, who was doing business in the palace at that time, and Li Shuang was shocked, and hurriedly rushed back to the general's mansion from the palace, asking Daddy to go to the holy book immediately. It happened that there was a war in Saibei at that time, and Li Shuang pleaded to go to war, and at Daddy's request, the saint finally agreed to Li Shuang.

Li Shuang's north to Lucheng was finalized, and it spread all over the palace in a few days, she was not the first female general to go to the battlefield in this dynasty, but she was the fastest one, after the queen knew the holy order, this request for Sima Yang was also pressed.

On the day Li Shuang left Saibei, Sima Yang came to see her off, and Li Shuang still remembers that Sima Yang asked her with a calm face: "I'm so unbearable?" Would you rather flee to the bitter cold of Saibei than stay with me? ”

Li Shuang leaned down and knelt down, and knocked his head deeply on the ground: "Your Highness is serious, Li Shuang is very frightened. ”

That was the first time she had dealt with Sima Yang like this, and she tried her best to distance herself from Sima Yang, but Sima Yang was silent for a long time, and then her voice was low. After getting up that time, it was also the first time she saw Sima Yang to her, with a disappointed and lonely look:

"I thought you would understand me and be willing to stand by my side all the time......"

Li Shuang kept his whisper out of his heart. Li Shuang knew that she could always be by his side, always be with him, and always regard him as the only one. But Sima Yang's life is destined not to always be by her side, always with her, and always regard her as the only one.

He has a harem of 3,000 and imperial power. And she also has the place she wants to reach.

After that, Li Shuang never returned to the capital.

She thought that three years had passed, and Sima Yang had also thought that she had an heir, and this panicked feeling could be faded away. I didn't expect that Sima Yang would ask for orders to come to the bitter cold Saibei in his mouth this time. even told her that he didn't come here for the love of a king.

This made Li Shuang uneasy. Knowing that Sima Yang came from the day she came, Li Shuang secretly thought to herself that if there was no life-related matter, she would never come close to Sima Yang! Never! But how do you think about it, there is really such an important matter, and I found it at once......

Li Shuang sighed, this is really a new peach blossom hitting a peach blossom, and the peach blossom is rotten.

And after Li Shuang didn't go to the city guard, the prince didn't bother Li Shuang too much, except for going to the military camp wall every day as a routine.

As soon as Li Shuang settled down and felt that this winter day was finally about to start living a peaceful life, there were soldiers reporting on the city wall, and there was some movement in the woods dozens of miles outside the original Changfeng camp camp in the distance in recent days.

When Li Shuang heard the news, she paid attention to it.

"What's going on?"

"Although that forest is far away from Lucheng, it can still be seen clearly from a distance when the weather is good, and recently some soldiers have found that the trees on that side have decreased significantly, and it is obviously man-made."

Harvesting trees? Li Shuang pinched her chin and pondered: "Have you seen someone take the trees away, or build some buildings on the spot?" Or did some burning smoke rise? ”

"No, the trees that disappeared seemed to have disappeared out of thin air. It has not been transported, nor has it been built, nor has anyone used it to make a fire. ”

"Send someone to find out."

"Yes."

The sergeant retreated, Li Shuang thought that the forest was the place where Jin'an was picked up, she and Luo Teng and a few sergeants went to check, there was also an underground stone chamber where people were buried indiscriminately, and the old lady who was suspected to have "raised the corpse" and killed the Changfeng camp also crawled out of the underground stone chamber.

Now there's movement in that woods again?

Is it human, or is it ...... Is it someone else in the underground stone chamber? Moreover, if they don't take it away, don't build it, and don't use it to make a fire, what do they do when they cut down trees?

Li Shuang sent a few people out to explore, more than once, day and night different times passed, but no one was seen cutting down trees in the woods, but the trees were still gradually thinning, and after a few days, because of the reduction of trees, even the bare hill could be seen, but still no one had been seen.

The soldiers of the Changfeng Battalion didn't think much about it, but the defenders of Lucheng privately spread a rumor that it was starting to be haunted outside Lucheng.

After the Snow Festival, everyone's life was extremely boring, and within a few days, the power of the masses spread a dozen or so ghost stories in different versions of the gradually thinning woods.

It's already cold outside the plug, and when I hear this ghost story, it's even more cold wind blowing in my bones. Li Shuang didn't care about these nonsense at first, but she didn't expect this rumor to spread more and more, and even began to shake the morale of the army a little...... Some people say that it was the ghost of the Xijon people killed by the mysterious man in black armor who died unwillingly and began to haunt him.

Suddenly, there was a faint feeling of suppressed fear in the barracks.

Li Shuang was furious, looked for the first person to spread this rumor, and beat dozens of boards.

But what people didn't expect was that the next day, the soldier who had been beaten was found dead in the snow outside the city.

The heavy snow almost buried him overnight, leaving only the palm of his hand exposed, and when he was dug out, his breath died early, his heart was hollowed out, and an empty chest looked extremely terrifying, and his face was terrified when he died, as if he had seen a terrible sight.

As soon as this incident came out, the military camp trembled, and rumors scattered, even reaching the homes of the people of Lucheng. Every household is busy pasting charms and spells on themselves, a good deer city, full of charms overnight, it looks even more weird.

Li Shuang knew that the army's heart could not be disturbed, and when he was discussing with the generals how to deal with it, the city guard sent an order to Li Shuang to meet the prince.

Qin Lan glanced at Li Shuang's expression and took the initiative to ask for an order: "The general has to deal with miscellaneous matters in the army now, and I am afraid that he will not have time to withdraw, so the last general will dare to go to the East Palace on behalf of the general and listen to the orders of the East Palace on his behalf." ”

Li Shuang couldn't ask for it, and nodded again and again: "Very good, very good." ”

Seeing her like this, Qin Lan lowered his head slightly, and the corners of his mouth lightly hooked a silent smile, he was willing to block everything that embarrassed her for her.

"Subordinates, and follow the messenger to the city guard mansion first." Qin Lan retreated, but when he was about to go out, he heard Li Shuang call: "Qin Lan." ”

He turned back.

Li Shuang pondered: "If the prince's matter is not easy to answer, you will send someone back to call me." ”

Qin Lan's eyes softened, he was afraid that the prince would embarrass him. He hid his eyes and responded with only his fists: "Yes." ”

Qin Lan didn't stay long when he went to the city guard's mansion, and Sima Yang didn't ask why Li Shuang didn't come in person, he just mentioned the recent rumors about ghosts and ghosts in Lucheng, and didn't blame anyone, but proposed a solution.

Li Shuang heard Qin Lan's report, Sima Yang's solution, she subconsciously frowned, but she also had to listen: "What did the prince say?" ”

Qin Lan paused for a moment and said, "The prince wants the general to lead a group of personal guards with him to go to the barren forest to inspect the forest together. Suppress this rumor yourself. ”

Li Shuang was silent. The people are superstitious, she can't reason with them, and the best way to quickly quell rumors is indeed to use superstition to overcome superstition. She and Sima Yang went to walk around that side, and then let people spread the news, saying that the prince's true dragon qi had caused the evil soul to fly away, and it was the quickest way.

And they can take someone to see it themselves. After all, spies are spies, and in the end, their martial arts skills are compared to the people around them and themselves, and it is inevitable that they will leave some clues that have not been explored.

Sima Yang proposed a good solution, but the only difficult thing to do was to ask her to go with Sima Yang.

"Let's do it." Li Shuang pondered for a moment, and nodded in the end, but the two of them were also going to take their respective personal guards, "Qin Lan, you have someone to arrange it, the people in the personal guard camp will set off with me tomorrow, and the prince's side is also fully prepared, the most important task of this trip is to protect the prince." ”

Qin Lan lowered his head: "Yes." ”

At noon the next day, Li Shuang put on a silver armor uniform, carried an eight-sided heavy sword, and ordered the twelve guards to wait for Sima Yang in front of the city wall.

And most of the men in the camp came to the prince.

It just so happened that Lu Xin came to see Ji Ran today, and her eyes had been on Ji Ran, but at this time, the sun was in the center, reflecting the snow, but Li Shuang and Sima Yang grabbed their attention.

"Wow." Lu Xin couldn't help but sigh softly, "The general and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince are a good match. She shook the little hand she was holding, "Jin An, look, isn't it?" ”

On her side, surrounded by a circle of adults, only Jin An stood in it.

He looked at Li Shuang and Sima Yang on the other side with cold eyes, but saw that the movements of the two of them were almost identical. He was silent. only broke away from Lu Xin's hand: "I said, don't touch me." He turned his back to everyone, stopped looking at Li Shuang and Sima Yang, and turned back to the camp.

The mighty shouts of the sergeants behind him resounded in the sky, sending Li Shuang and Sima Yang out of the city gate. Jin An walked to the front of the guard camp, but it was empty, and no one was there. He lay down in his bed. Look up at the top of the tent.

He didn't say a word, and there was not even the slightest fluctuation in his eyes.

In fact, he has been like this all the time in the past few days, but no one else seems to have found out, and even Li Shuang has never come to ask. She liked the prince. So I won't be focusing on anything else.

Jin An wondered more than once that when Li Shuang saw the prince, was it the same as when he saw her, feeling that everything else in the world had no color, only she was glowing. It attracted all his attention and attention. Let him pounce like a moth without knowing whether he is alive or dead.

No one knew that in the few days that Li Shuang had not seen him, his moth had really used more strength than putting out a fire to restrain his urge to get close to her, and at the same time endured a pain that was more painful than being burned by fire.

She didn't like him, she didn't need him, and the two things he realized came to his mind over and over again, like a curse, freezing all his blood.

And it's not the illusion that makes him feel cold, but the real cold.

The flame streaks on his chest began to cool, the color began to darken, and even at night, when he became an adult, if he did not hide under the covers, the cold wind of Saibei could freeze his limbs, which he had never felt before.

From the day he escaped from the mountains and forests, from the moment he met Li Shuang, his heart was always full of blood, even if his body was naked in the cold storm and snow, he would not feel the slightest cold.

Can ...... now

"General Luo! General Luo! A sergeant's frightened shout sounded outside, and Jin An could recognize this voice, which was the voice of Wan Changshan, one of Li Shuang's personal guards.

Why...... Will his voice appear? Didn't all the guards go out with Li Shuang......

Jin An turned his head, but saw that it was already dark in the tent, it turned out that he had been lying in bed for so long just now...... Is it so long that it is dark, and why is his time passing...... I didn't even feel it.

"General Luo!"

"The general and the prince are in ambush! Gone! ”

Jin An's empty pupils slowly contracted after hearing these words, and he rolled over and sat up suddenly.

The blood in the chest cavity seemed to have coagulated, and suddenly squeezed through the whole body with the violent impact of the heart.

He stepped on the ground barefoot, didn't feel that the ground was half cold, his body moved, and suddenly flashed out of the guard camp, and halfway there, he grabbed Wanchangshan's clothes suddenly.

"What did you say?"

Wan Changshan looked at the person in front of him in astonishment.

In his black pupils, through the light of the fire outside the barracks, Jin An's figure at this moment was reflected, he had become an adult, his eyes were crimson, the flame lines climbed from his heart to the corners of his eyes, and he was still wearing a child's military uniform, so that many of the stitches on his body were torn by muscles, and hung on him like rags.

Wan Changshan glared at him: "You...... Who are you? ”

"Who are you?" Luo Teng also rushed over from his camp when he heard the shouts outside, pointed the big knife in his hand at Jin An, frowned and asked, "Black armor people?" And Jin An didn't care, just grabbed Wan Changshan's shirt and asked word by word:

"Where's Dawn?"

Mentioning this, Wan Changshan couldn't care about this person anymore, and immediately turned his head to Luo Teng and said, "General Luo! Request support! The general and the prince disappeared into the underground stone chamber in the woods! ”

Underground stone chamber......

Jin An let go of Wanchang Mountain, and for some reason he recalled a very chaotic picture in his mind, one moment someone was cutting his atrium with a knife to bleed, one moment he was howling and struggling desperately in pain, one moment was insects crawling into his body, and one moment was bloody fighting and frenzied running.

He had a splitting headache all of a sudden, but none of these headaches were important to Jin An, he felt that the only thing that mattered was that he knew...... He knew where the underground chamber was!

He knew where Li Shuang was.

He's going to save her.

Even if she likes someone else, she will draw a knife against him in order to protect other people, even if she is unwilling to marry him in this life, she is not willing to be with him all the time, and she does not even want to see him...... He's going to save her too!

tried his best, sacrificed his life and forgot about death, and didn't care to save her.

It's like his mission, it's his instinct, it's his only, his only, unavoidable persistence.