The peace of the past two days has revitalized Heilan City, which had been lifeless due to the war, whether it is the streets with thick snow or the felt bags near the sandy plains, you can see the footprints of the lives of the people of Heishui everywhere.

"So, instead of pulling me, you asked me to eat with you?"

In a snack shop in the city, Ye Lingyi drooped her eyelids, listlessly watched the snow fall down the eaves, and looked away at Inep, who was hiding his face with a hood next door.

Seeing that he was struggling to peel the roast leg of lamb with his white and slender fingers, he helplessly helped his forehead.

O God! Did she owe this debt in her last life? Otherwise, how could he have brain cramps to hide him, isn't this asking for trouble for himself?

At this moment, she understood why such a nymphomaniac Le Ya would suddenly "have a stomach" and abandon the beautiful man on the way here and take the opportunity to slip away.

Seeing that Inep persevered and carefully pulled the roast leg of lamb but never succeeded in tearing off half of the meat, he spilled the sauce on the tip of her nose because of too much force.

A certain tendon on Ye Lingyi's forehead trembled uncontrollably, and the hand placed under the table slowly clenched, rubbing the tip of his nose vigorously.

Finally, when the man was about to be discouraged, he suddenly thrust a knife into the roast leg of lamb and gestured with his eyes.

Inep's hooded face was full of confusion, not understanding what she meant.

Ye Lingyi was completely speechless by his slow response, gritted his teeth and "laughed": "Use a knife!" ”

"Oh!" Inepu smirked at her, picked up a knife and cut a piece of meat from the roast leg of lamb, put it in his mouth, and chewed it contentedly.

Ye Lingyi looked at a fool, shook his head, and turned his eyes to look outside the small shop.

Today seems to be very different.

The streets are covered with thick snow, and the people of Blackwater are shuttling back and forth, all wearing masks on their faces.

Soon, the guy in the tiger-striped animal skin jacket of the small shop brought two bowls of Hu spicy soup and said "slow use" before leaving.

"Wait!" Ye Lingyi called him.

The guy looked back curiously: "What else does the girl want to eat?" ”

Ye Lingyi shook her head and asked, "I have a question I want to ask you." ”

When the guy heard this, the curiosity on his face dissipated, and he laughed like a stream: "Listen up." ”

"Those are the people," he said, pointing to the masked passers-by in front of the door, "what day is it?" Why are they all wearing masks? ”

The man's expression was clear: "You two are not our Heishui at first glance, today is the birthday of the god of Baimian Mountain, and all the people walking on the street are the people of the god of Baimianshan, so everyone wears masks of the gods to pray for the blessings and blessings of the gods, but today these people are very few, after all, the war is raging, and many people have fled." ”

In the past, I heard that the Blackwater people used the yak as a symbol of the god Hercules, but now I see that the people on the street are wearing cow head masks!

Seeing that Ye Lingyi was fascinated, the guy seized the opportunity to sell: "If the two of you are interested, the shop has a surplus of Heavenly God Masks and two black water casts, it depends on whether the two of you need it or not." ”

Two black water coins can be equivalent to twenty taels of silver coins in the Western Dynasty, and two pairs of masks cost twenty taels.

Ye Lingyi was not angry in her heart, but when she looked at Inep who was wearing a hat beside her, she still endured it.

The thought of wearing a hood on the street with a mask on his head is even more eye-catching.

Ye Lingyi gritted her teeth, forget it, if she is slaughtered, she will be slaughtered, who let her meddle in her affairs and pick up a big trouble?

However, she can't eat this dumb loss in vain, and she must find it somewhere to make up for it.

When he turned his head, his face was not red and his heart was not beating, and he said to Inep: "I have a lot of bleeding for you, remember that you owe me a hundred taels with interest today, and remember to pay me back in the future!" ”

As he spoke, he took out the money bag painfully, took out two black water casts, and sent them to the guy with difficulty.

The guy smiled and took it, and after a while, he sent two pairs of bull head masks.

At the end of the meal, the two changed into bull head masks and blended into the pedestrians.

Walking on the road, Ye Lingyi moved to adjust the mask on his face that looked slightly loose.

In the cold and snow, the woman selling fried milk tofu on the side of the road poured a basin of waste water on the road, which melted into the snow and quickly condensed into ice.

Ye Lingyi was busy adjusting the mask and didn't pay attention to her feet.

Until he stepped on the icy road, he suddenly slipped under his feet, his body fell sharply, and he fell into the arms of the man behind him by leaning back.

Inep was caught off guard, and subconsciously caught her waist with both hands, only to feel that his hands were not holding his waist, the soft touch made his heart tremble slightly, his beautiful eyes were full of shock, and the feeling of being hit by something in his heart resurfaced and was extremely clear.

Suddenly like a war drum in his ears, he lost his mind slightly......

Ye Lingyi reacted in embarrassment, quickly stood up, looked at the clear eyes behind the mask, like a blue lake and blue sky, and didn't know what to say for a while.

"Are you alright?" A magnetic voice rang out from behind the mask.

Ye Lingyi was slightly stunned, and then shook his head.

Thinking of the soft touch of his hand just now, the hand hidden in the wide sleeve couldn't help but tighten, and Junxiu's face behind the mask was slightly hot, and then as if he was afraid of being discovered by her, he pulled his leg and left in a slight panic.

It's just that when he passed by her, he gently admonished: "Be careful!" ”

Ye Lingyi didn't know why, looked at his back walking briskly, and fell into deep thought: What's wrong with him? Why is it suddenly weird?

The other side of the city.

Yin Chong accompanied Helian Che out of the blacksmith shop, looked at the two bull head masks in his hand, and smiled: "This old master, probably embarrassed because he didn't answer the question, he simply sent two masks to deal with us." ”

Laughing and smiling, he suddenly thought about something, and looked very incomprehensible: "You said, we have all run all over Heilan City, and there is no master who is well versed in mecha manufacturing, and it is not easy to find one, although he is just a small blacksmith, but he knows a little bit about fur, but he actually put forward such a nonsensical idea, and we still don't know anything, which is too miserable!" Pity me as a dignified lieutenant, my legs are about to break! ”

Helian Che thought thoughtfully: "I think he has a point, with sand as the sea, naturally only a boat can travel on the sea." ”

"General, you don't really think that the Qur'an people will have the guts to fight Heilan City, right?" Yin Chong was surprised, obviously not believing that speculation, and even thought in his heart that Helian Che was actually worrying about the sky, after all, no one had come to make trouble in Gulan for two days, maybe there was no chance to take advantage of it, and he would retreat if he was bored.

"You would be naïve to think that the Qur'ans would stop there." Helian Che's face was the same as the sky after the snow, it was light and cold.

"But firearms take a boat, a boat travels in the sand sea, this is too ......"! Although the sand is like the sea, it is not the sea, and it is difficult to sail the sand in the first place, let alone when the two states are at war.

Racing against time and safety is still not guaranteed, would the Qur'ans be so stupid as to free up a hand under the nose of the enemy and use manpower to pull the boat carrying firearms? And then wait for someone to be used as a live target to kill it cleanly, and then organize a firearm to fight back?

Wouldn't that put the cart before the horse? Firearms trucks are already extremely difficult to move on the sandy plains, so would it be easier to carry them in boats? Even if it succeeds, the Gulen army will suffer heavy casualties.

No matter how stupid and brave the Qur'ans were, they can't be so hopelessly stupid, right?

In Yinchong's opinion, Helian Che's idea was really stupid and ridiculous, and he was even a little ashamed of the title of general.

It's just that his status in the army is not as good as his, and it is not good to save his face, so he thinks for a while: Okay, if he wants to make trouble, he will make trouble, and when the Gulan people do not appear, see if he can hang on his face!

When he raised his eyes, he saw Helian Che's eyes were cold, and finally showed a flattering smile: "The last general is speechless, and the general is far-sighted!" ”

Helian Che ignored him, looked up at the sky, as if whispering: "It's about to snow, let people go outside the city as soon as possible and dig a few big pits on the road to Heilan City!" Remember, be big. ”

"Big pit?" Yin Chong raised his eyebrows in confusion.

Helian Che added, "The more the merrier!" Then put a few stakes in the pit, slightly lower than the ground level! It's best to see nothing after a snowfall, and also, you go to the Black Water Palace, tell the old Khan King that the Gulan people are very likely to attack in the near future, let his Black Sailors get ready, and in addition, the people in Heilan City need to be transferred, so let him arrange it too. ”

"General, what's wrong with you? Is it that serious? ”

Helian Che lowered his head, his gaze becoming extremely deep.

Judging from the uncontrollable provocation of the Qur'ans some time ago, he could almost conclude that the Qur'ans must be planning a bigger war, and the unexpectedly calm now is just the last foreshadowing before the war.

He had to be on his guard.

In fact, when he heard the sentence of sailing in the sand sea, he had already thought that if the firearms vehicles owned by the Gulan people wanted to pass smoothly through the sandy plains, I am afraid that in addition to relying on the boat, they also needed one thing - that is, a track that could make the boat walk on still water in the sandy plain.

That kind of thing he had seen in a book called "Notes on Workers" in Helian Note's library, which recorded that the crawler was a wheel tool that mainly relied on gear meshing and rotation to generate power, with strong adhesion, able to climb the hill, wade through the wall, and was easy to deal with.

In case the Gulan people really use this method to carry firearms, even if it is 60,000 troops plus the entire black water, it may be difficult to resist the menacing Gulan soldiers, so he must be cautious and must not let the children of the Western Dynasty be lost here in vain.

After pondering for a while, he said, "Just do what I say." ”

The silver charge cannot be resisted, and can only be acquiesced.

Just as the two of them were about to leave, they suddenly noticed a sneaky shadow behind them moving slightly with their movements.

Yin Chong frowned, leaned over, lowered his voice and whispered: "General, someone is following us!" ”

Helian Che swept behind him with the corner of his eye, his eyes unintentionally fell on the mask in his hand, his eyes sank, and he had a plan in his heart.

"Follow me!"

After Helian Che left a word, he walked quickly towards the street market of the Blackwater People.

Yinchong's face was solemn, and he tended to keep up.

The black shadow behind him was taken aback, and in order not to lose the target, he could only hurry after it.

At that time, on a gloomy path, a group of unscrupulous ruffians were gathering together to gamble and blackmail passers-by, drawing their swords against each other if they disagreed.

The two dodged in, overturned the gamble, and very coincidentally rescued the passerby.

Two of the ruffians were not convinced and wanted to teach a lesson, but they were frightened by a sharp sword move from someone and collapsed to the ground......

After a while, two tall "black water" men came out of the gray path.

One of them raised his hand to support the mask on his face, and then looked down at the shabby black water costume on his body, and said with some disgust: "General, it's just a nameless thief, just catch it, why bother so much?" ”

Yinchong was still dissatisfied after complaining, and wanted to speak, but was stopped by Helian Che with a sharp look, and said in a low voice: "Shut up!" Keep your head down! ”

Before the words fell, a black water man with a dark and ruthless light in his eyes came over, looked around and found nothing, hurried past the two of them, and walked farther and farther.

Yin Chong stared at the back of the departing man, with a suspicious look in his eyes, and then suddenly woke up: "No wonder the general is so cautious, this person is only afraid that he is from the Black Water Royal Family!" ”

Helian Che didn't feel surprised that he guessed the identity of the stalker, after all, the only one who wanted to grasp their whereabouts in Blackwater so clearly was the Blackwater Royal Family.

And Helian Che didn't need to avoid them when he went out because he was worried about the people and the war, but now he is actually selfish.

Because of hatred.

The old Khan of Blackwater killed his father, although there are no relatives on the battlefield, but it is justified to avenge his father!

This account ...... Sooner or later, he'll get it back!

Before that, he would spare no effort to do anything that would make that old guy's life unpleasant!

Helian Che's gaze was fixed on a pile of snow-covered haystacks in the distance.

Right there, Ye Lingyi was speechless and grabbed the man in front of him who was walking fast.

"I said you can't wait for me? Where are you going to go so fast by yourself? ”

Inep's eyes were fixed on the hand she was holding her, her blue eyes throbbing with shock, and the pulsation of her heart became stronger and stronger.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Ye Lingyi raised his eyebrows and wondered, "What's wrong with you?" ”

Inep still didn't speak.

Ye Lingyi stared at him curiously, and suddenly had a look of surprise at discovering a new continent.

Suddenly let go of the fingers that were gripping his hand, and slowly lifted his arm, slender fingers moving closer to his cheek.

Inep fell into a trance, his eyes followed the hands that were getting closer and closer to him, his heart beat uncontrollably, and even his breathing became heavier......

Ye Lingyi's autumn pupils hidden behind the mask were filled with soft snow colors, reflecting his shadow, and the two complemented each other, completely blending into the depths of her eyes.

Inep only felt that his heart was beating uncontrollably to the point of a kind of dizziness, and he was feverish, and he quickly turned around.

wanted to escape, but was grabbed by Ye Lingyi, who reacted in time, and said in surprise: "Do you still want to run?" ”

With that, he slapped his hands on the cheeks on either side of his mask and forced his head over him, forcing him to make eye contact with her.

Inep was completely stunned, her pupils dilated suddenly, but she was the only one who could pretend to be her.

The two looked at each other.

For a moment, he thought that she had some thoughts about him, and for some reason he even felt like he had bumped into a lively bird, which made his heart tremble.

can look at each other for a long time......

She simply stood on tiptoe and removed a delicate red petal from the jaw of his mask.

Not far behind him is a stall selling flowers.

"It looks like it was accidentally picked up when I was passing by." Ye Lingyi lowered her eyes, looking at the red and gorgeous petals in her palm, and the more she looked, the more fascinated she became.

Through this red, without warning, I recalled the night of my wedding to Helian Che, and everywhere was filled with red that I couldn't tell whether it was blood or wedding silk......

The heart suddenly felt like someone had been thrown into an ice cave, and the feeling of cold suffocation was like countless pairs of powerful hands strangling her neck, and she couldn't breathe in pain.

The fingers trembled violently, and the red petals immediately fluttered like butterflies, and finally fell into the snow.

Ye Lingyi's brows were deeply locked, and there was only a dead silence left in her clear eyes, and there was no longer any starlight.

The hand that was originally containing the petals gradually drooped, clenched, and became blue and white.

Without looking at Inep, without saying a word, he turned around and left.

Inep was left behind, and he didn't understand what happened to her, but he didn't know why his heart seemed to be blocked by something, and he was a little lost.

People's hearts are complicated, and there are faces with various expressions hidden under the masks of pedestrians.

But now, it's like they don't know what kind of danger they're about to face.

The two people who approached each other didn't know that the other person was the old man who missed each other......