Lan Zhi stood under the high city wall and looked up at the word "Haotian" on the city gate.

She had been waiting outside the city for more than three hours. There are too many displaced people who want to enter the city, but the share of entering the city is too small, and when the soldiers defending the city are checked, they have to take the opportunity to extort and make things difficult, and the speed is naturally slowed down.

Not far away, under the corner of the city wall, a soldier pressed a woman, and did that thing in full view. This is a young woman with a bit of beauty, and as long as she satisfies the soldiers, her family can enter the customs. The woman's low sobs came intermittently, but the people in the group just stared at the city gate, and there was no sympathy on their faces, only envy or silence.

There was a commotion at the city gate, and it turned out that a man had been stopped outside the city gate. The soldier's scolding came from afar: "I saw you only the day before yesterday!" Said you can't go into town! It's coming again! Don't go back to your Central Plains yet! ”

But the man refused to go, and kowtowed to the ground. The soldier didn't pay attention, he tripped over him, almost fell, and immediately became furious: "Disobedient Central Plains dog!" "He actually drew his sword out of its sheath and waved it with a wave! The man's head and body are separated!

Someone stepped forward and skillfully cleaned up the man's body. The team waiting for the investigation was silent, but no one chose to leave: their Central Plains Kingdom had already died, and it died at the hands of these Yuyuan Kingdom soldiers. If they could, they would not want to live in the realm of the enemy, but the Central Plains Kingdom under the rule of the Yuyuan people has become a hell, and the prosperous and stable Haotian City is their last fantasy.

In this silence, Lan Zhi withdrew her gaze, no longer listening, no longer looking. Mind put space, and before you know it, the team is getting shorter. But I heard a male voice laugh and said, "Woman! Do you think that if you wear a hood, I don't know that you are a beauty? ”

With these words, a hand reached out towards Lan Zhi. Lan Zhi instinctively twisted her body, staggered to avoid it, and looked up to see a Yuyuan soldier.

The soldier furrowed two thick eyebrows, as if he couldn't believe that Lan Zhi could avoid his hand. saw Lan Zhi take off her hood by herself, and then she raised her eyes, and her same light brown eyes met his gaze.

The soldier was stunned. He looked Lan Zhi up and down, and saw that she was about eighteen or nine years old, tall and white-skinned, and her appearance was indeed outstanding. But his eyebrows are deep, and his hair color and eyes are not as dark as those of the Central Plains, but light brown like him, which is a scolding: "Phew! What a Yuyuan person! It's unlucky! ”

Lan Zhi was silent, took out a tael of silver from his arms, and handed it to the soldier.

The soldier didn't dare to be too presumptuous because she was also from Yuyuan, but he just accepted the silver with a disgusted expression: "It's only one tael, you have to give me five taels!" ”

Lan Zhi looked straight at him: "The notice at the city gate is clearly written, the people of the Central Plains enter the city and collect five taels of silver, I am from Yuyuan, and I only need to pay one tael of silver." ”

When the soldier saw that she was not interested, he was a little annoyed. Seeing that she was carrying a sword behind her, she snorted coldly: "You must not carry weapons when you enter the city, you have to keep this sword!" ”

Lan Zhi continued to retort with a glance: "It is the Central Plains people who are not allowed to carry weapons. Yuyuan people are still martial, as long as they are not in and out of the palace, they can carry weapons wherever they go. ”

The soldier asked for money again, but failed, so he simply scolded: "You don't know the rules! Our brother is guarding the city on such a cold day, but you don't give some money for drinks! He exclaimed, "Then don't go into the city!" ”

Lan Zhi looked at him for a moment, and suddenly said seriously: "I must enter the city." ”

The soldier sneered: "Why?!" This is the imperial capital! Do you think anyone can enter the city?! ”

As soon as he finished saying this, he saw a cold light flash in front of him! Lan Zhi's sword was unsheathed at some point, and the blade grazed his cheek, cutting off a few strands of his hair!

The soldier's pupils constricted suddenly! At this moment, he had no doubt that Lan Zhi wanted to kill him. But when he saw that the woman withdrew her sword and retreated a few steps, she actually played with her sword in a similar way.

There were already a lot of people blocked at the city gate, and with Lan Zhi dancing a sword, it looked a little cramped. Xu realized this, Lan Zhi quickly gathered her momentum and stood still, turning her head to look at the soldier: "Just rely on ...... I'm going to the city to join the army. She met the soldier's dull gaze and was polite, as if the previous sword was just a stupid performance: "The Holy Lord has ordered that no one should stop the Yuyuan people who come to join the army for any reason. ”

The cold sword intent still remained, and the soldier swallowed his saliva, but the word "no" in his heart didn't dare to say anything. At the moment of the stalemate, the middle-aged man behind Lan Zhi stepped forward. He bowed to the soldier and said with a flattering smile, "My lord, my lord." This girl is the dart master I hired, and she has followed me all the way here. Her money, I give. ”

The middle-aged man took out the silver ingot from his bosom and stuffed it into the soldier's hand. The soldier got down the stairs, weighed the amount of silver again, and didn't care about Lan Zhi, but asked the carriage behind the middle-aged man, "Who is in the car?" ”

The middle-aged man hurriedly ran to the side of the carriage and lifted the curtain for the soldiers to see: "It's my clumsy Jing and Xiao'er." ”

Lan Zhi looked into the carriage and saw a middle-aged woman and a boy of thirteen or fourteen. The woman was lying in the carriage, sickly. The boy bowed his head to the soldier and bowed, and finally glanced at Lan Zhiyan. Lan Zhi's gaze unintentionally fell on the boy's face, and her heart trembled.

But without waiting for her to take a closer look, the middle-aged man put down the curtain of the car, bowed down and said: "My lord, Humble Jing has been lying ill all the time due to his poor health, and the child is taken care of in the car, so I can't get out of the car to meet the adult, and I ask the adult to forgive me." Then he pointed to the crowd behind the carriage: "These people are also the dart masters I invited." The world is not good, and more than one person is always safer......"

As he spoke, he took out a few larger ingots of silver and stuffed them into the soldier's hands.

It was rare for the soldier to see someone who was so generous, so he glanced at his companions and let them in.

After entering the customs, it is not Haotian City, there are still large fields and mountains separated by Fangguan and Haotian City, which are full of grain. Lan Zhi was a little uneasy, but she had been following the carriage, looking at the curtain of the carriage from time to time.

The carriage traveled along the post road for a while and stopped at a noodle shop. The boy got out of the car, the sun illuminated that face, Lan Zhi looked at it fixedly, and couldn't take her eyes off it.

She knew she shouldn't. It is always rude for a woman to stare at a boy so intently, especially when the boy looks ...... Very beautiful situation.

For no reason, another similar face flashed through Lan Zhi's mind. The ten-year-old brother grimaced at her, his eyes dark and bright, and he smiled: "Sister, today I went to the palace to study with His Royal Highness the Prince, and I heard the guards say, you are the child daughter-in-law that my mother bought for me!" It's no wonder that my sister has always been able to eat, but I think she was too poor to eat, so she sold herself to come to my house to eat, right? ”

Lan Zhi slowly raised her head and closed her eyes in the sunlight. How did she answer at the time? It seemed that he knocked his younger brother's head hard, and scolded angrily: "Listen to those bastards talking nonsense! Your father and mother treat me as their own daughter, and they have never treated me badly everywhere, how can I become a child daughter-in-law! ”

Her younger brother inherited the beauty of his adoptive mother, and like the boy, he was a boy and a girl. It's just that it is said that men and women are rich and noble, but in her brother's case, it doesn't seem to be the case......

Lan Zhi was reminiscing, but heard a male voice next to her whisper: "Girl? Girl? ”

When she opened her eyes, she saw a middle-aged man who had helped her pay the money when she entered the city. The man was very respectful and saluted her: "Girl, I see that you don't seem to have anywhere to go, why don't you go with us?" He hurriedly added: "Don't worry, in terms of money and food, I won't treat you badly!" ”

Lan Zhi knew why the man would take the initiative to propose this proposal. The Yuyuan country has a strict hierarchy, the Yuyuan people are superior, and the rest are inferior. Although this man has wealth and ability, he is from the Central Plains. If he can bring a Yuyuan person with him, it will be really beneficial.

Lan Zhi bowed and replied: "Today, thank you for helping me out of trouble." She straightened up, but refused: "It's just that I have important things to do, and I really can't walk with you." ”

The middle-aged man was very disappointed when he heard this, but he just politely said goodbye to her. Lan Zhi took one last look at the boy and turned to leave the noodle shop, but she didn't take a few steps when she heard the middle-aged man behind her calling, "Girl, stay!" ”

Lan Zhi stopped and turned around, and saw the boy standing next to the middle-aged man, holding two large cakes in his hands. He brought the flatbread to Lan Zhi and did not speak. Lan Zhi was stunned. The middle-aged man explained with a smile: "He saw that you had been staring at him eating noodles, thinking that you should be hungry too, so he gave you these two cakes." ”

Lan Zhi laughed slowly from the bottom of her heart. She has traveled all the way from the Central Plains to here, and has seen a lot of disgust, rejection, and deliberate currying favor from the homeless, and it has been a long time since she has received such simple kindness. She took the flatbread and whispered, "Thank you." ”

The flatbread was stuffed into her chest, and the hot temperature made her heart warm as she walked. But no matter how reluctant she is, things will eventually be cold. When Lan Zhi climbed a small hill, she finally stopped and took out the cake on her chest.

- If you don't eat it, it's really cold.

She sat down against the tree with her sword cross-legged, sniffed the flatbread, and then began to eat it.

Not far away, there was the sound of the blades handing over. Lan Zhi finished the last bite of the flatbread, stood up with her sword, jumped to the top of the treetops, and looked down the mountain.

The trees obscured her eyes, and she couldn't see the situation down the hill clearly. Lan Zhi stopped paying attention, and sat down on the branch again, intending to rest for a while and then go on the road.

But someone ran up the hill. Lan Zhi was leaning against the trunk of the tree, but when she saw the man, she sat up straight.

It turned out to be a boy who had just given her a flatbread. The boy was covered in blood and was running desperately, chasing several soldiers behind him. Lan Zhi looked at it at a glance and understood why: because of his strong family wealth, the middle-aged man was able to survive in the rogue and travel safely to Haotian City. But because of his family's wealth, he aroused the greed of Yuyuan's soldiers and was secretly hunted down.

After a while, the boy ran to Lan Zhi's side. But Yuyuan's soldiers also chased after him, all holding swords in their hands, and the blades of the swords were shining coldly.

During the few months of travel, Lan Zhi didn't know how many fights she had seen, but as long as it wasn't her business, she never cared. The world is in turmoil, and she has no ability to save the world, so she doesn't want to get into trouble lightly.

But there was still heat in his chest, as if the big cake was still on his body. Lan Zhi lowered her eyes and hesitated for a moment, and finally jumped off the tree.

When the boy saw a person falling from the sky, his face changed in shock, and he could see that it was Lan Zhi, but his black eyes suddenly lit up, as if he saw hope. He ran behind Lan Zhi in a few steps, gasping for breath and slumped to the ground.

Lan Zhi stood quietly, waiting for the soldiers to chase after her. Then, without warning, she suddenly drew her sword out of its sheath!

No one could see her movements, but a few big trees on the side ...... It was cut off by Qi Qi!

With the sound of tall trees falling to the ground, Lan Zhi put her sword back into her sheath, took the boy's hand, and said to the soldiers, "I like this kind of little boy." In this transaction, you want money, I want people. ”

The soldiers were shocked by her skill, looked at each other, and finally left. Lan Zhi's tense body relaxed. She looked at the boy and saw him lying on the ground, his hair disheveled, his body trembling slightly, not knowing whether he was afraid or sad.

Lan Zhi sighed: "Is there anyone alive besides you?" ”

The boy looked up at her, shook his head and choked up, "It's all ...... They were all killed! ”

Lan Zhi frowned slightly. The boy's voice was choked, but it sounded too delicate. Lan Zhi squatted down beside the boy, and suddenly reached out and ripped open his collar!

The slender neck was smooth, and there was no Adam's apple, Lan Zhi looked at the boy's panicked eyes, and suddenly raised her hand to press his chest, which was vaguely soft.

Lan Zhi stood up, tilted her head to the side, and stood against the felled tree: she finally knew why the child had stopped talking when she had brought her the flatbread. "He" was not a boy at all, but a girl dressed as a man.

The girl was experiencing bereavement for the first time, but she was not grieving wholeheartedly. Seeing that Lan Zhi was silent, she knelt down and crawled in front of her, and begged repeatedly: "Sister! Sister! Although I am not the boy you like, I am obedient and sensible, and I am willing to be a cow and a horse for you! Please, take me into the city! ”

Lan Zhi let her kneel there, just staring down at the ground. The girl followed her gaze, and saw a clump of small blue flowers growing on the side of the path.

The girl looked at the flower, then at Lan Zhi, stumbled to Xiaohua, and squeezed out a smile: "Sister! This flower is blooming so beautifully! If you like it, I'll pick it for you! ”

She stretched out her hand to pick the flowers, but there was a cold light in front of her! The girl's hand was still in the air, but the flower no longer existed, only the small petals of the flower branches, slowly drifting in the air.

The sharp meaning of the blade seemed to remain in the air. The girl turned her head a little and looked at Lan Zhi in fear. Lan Zhijian had already returned to its sheath, and said to her with a soft face: "No need. You see it is beautiful, but it is powerless to protect itself, so it is better for me to break it now, lest it stay on this road and be trampled under the foot of men and animals. ”

She leaned down and ran her fingertips through the girl's hair: "I'll save you, I thought you were a boy." But you see that one of your daughters is so beautiful, but she is alone and powerless. Have you ever thought about what kind of situation awaits you if I brought you into Haotian City? ”

The girl stared at her blankly, unable to answer at all. There was a kind of gentle compassion in Lan Zhi's eyes, but she said seriously: "Good boy, instead of being bullied and having a hard time in the future, it is better that I will kill you now." ”