There is a small city, located in the west corner of the north land, at the eastern foot of Longshan Mountain, the creation of the god of Yangyan, the ancestors of the Rui beast fought hard to defeat the ghosts and strange beasts, captured the ghost king, tied in the city, angrily denounced its crimes, when the sky collapsed and the earth cracked, the flint burst out, and finally burned with fire, the gods of heaven announced to the world, since then the evil has gradually disappeared, the world has become flat, it is for the city of repelling evil - "Evil City Chronicles".

In the cold winter of the northland, the goose feathers and snow are flying endlessly, and the cold wind is unstoppable.

Reinforcements still haven't arrived, and the rebels of the Changfeng clan are also dormant due to the cold winter.

The snow-capped lonely city stands in the wilderness below the mountain, as if the world is peaceful.

As long as the snow is light, the soldiers will wear heavy armor, line up against the wind and snow, let the frost freeze, hold cold swords and guns, and roar to practice killing the enemy.

Li Yao knew that the rout of Luanhe, the fall of Shangdu, the current isolation, and the uncertainty of the road ahead, all kinds of situations seemed to be this gray and cold sky that enveloped everyone's minds. Morale is therefore low, but everyone's heart is holding back an indescribable strength, several fierce battles, the former comrades and siblings are nine times out of ten, and the life and death of relatives on the fallen land are uncertain, so they need to use the biting cold, with the roar of rising, with all their might, to remind themselves, inspire themselves, to break through the shroud of this day, to save the vicious tide.

As a result, Li Yao felt even more burdened. He is the commander of this mourning army, and his relatives, his beloved, and the dignity of his clan have been lost in his homeland, and he cannot be quick or doubtful, he must remain calm and thoughtful, for he bears his hope, and he wants to bring it to all.

The two children spontaneously practiced martial arts with the sergeants on the school grounds. The wind and snow blew on their weak bodies, and the frost knotted on their eyelids, cheeks, and cotton clothes and leather armor, but they gritted their teeth and persevered, so that their faces were blue from the cold, their lips were chapped and bleeding, and their palms were red and swollen with frostbite, but they did not retreat. They were originally young children, and they were the royal children who were served and sought after by everyone in the palace, Li Yao repeatedly couldn't bear it, and wanted to call them back, but he stopped thinking about it, this is the bloodline of the Li royal family's survival, and at the moment when the clan is in trouble, they should grow up to be not afraid of evil, brave and unyielding.

Li Yu was frozen all over, and the cold wind and snow continued to pour into his mouth and nose, making him breathe short of breath and dizzy. But he clenched his knife and slashed at Xiahou Duo on the opposite side again and again. He has been rebuking evil for some time, and knows that the army is not as good as the deep palace, although he still has the highest name here, but the soldiers in the army are all warriors in iron armor, and they are not limited to redundant etiquette on weekdays, and they are even more martial in temperament, so they fear his uncle Wang far more than the name of "emperor".

Li Yu didn't dare to slack off because of this, but although he tried his best, his body moves were always slow and out of shape, and the strength of the split became more and more weak. At this time, Xiahou Duo, who was sparring in front of him, turned his head to look at the military formation from time to time, this unruly young man could have practiced as seriously as the sergeants, but he could only "play" with him like a puppet here, with an impatient look on his face.

Li Yu felt even more ashamed and panicked when he saw it, he looked sideways at his sister not far away, Li Ni was holding a bow and arrows under the gaze of Xuan Ming, she pulled the bow hard, but her hand was trembling and could only be half open, and then the string loosened the arrow away, and the feather arrow fell to the ground before it even reached the position of the arrow target.

Li Yu was distracted, his steps slipped, his whole body rushed forward, the knife in his hand deviated from the established trajectory, but he couldn't hold it anymore, Xiahou Duo had to retreat to the side, Li Yu threw himself into the air and lost his center of gravity, and then leaned forward and rushed forward two steps, the knife was thrown out, and the whole person lay on the cold, hard and wet ground, and he grinned in pain.

Li Yao saw it from afar, and was about to step forward and take a step, but stopped again.

Xiahou Duo had already stepped forward to pick up Li Yu. Li Yu, who stood up, leaned his back, looked up and saw Xiahou Duo's panicked and dissatisfied eyes, he didn't care about the pain, but smiled embarrassedly, "I'm sorry, I can't do well." ”

Xiahou Duo, who was only two years older than him, sighed, went to pick up the knife, handed it back to Li Yu, and said, "My emperor, don't practice, I'll take you back." This young man, who was already much taller than Li Yu, had a hoarse voice and a cold and hard tone.

"That'...... If you don't practice, you can go and leave me alone. ”

Xiahou Duo didn't say much, bowed his hand, and turned away.

Li Yu turned around lonely, and saw that Li Ni and Xuan Ming had arrived in front of him, and they reached out to pat his dirty robe.

"These warriors are really rude! My emperor, there is an obstacle on your body? The snow is inconvenient, you don't have to come out, go back." Xuan Ming put away the knives and bows in the hands of the two of them and said soothingly.

"Yu'er, does it hurt?" Li Ni asked him softly.

Li Yu saw that her delicate and delicate sister in the past was pale, her face was wet with wind and snow, her lips were also cracked, and her clear eyes were covered with layers of crystal tears, and she looked at him distressedly.

"It's okay, it's okay," Li Yu suddenly felt a warm heart, and waved his hand with a wry smile, "Ni'er, I'm really useless, I can't do it well, unlike our Li clansmen." ”

Li Yu felt that his hands were wrapped in Li Ni's equally cold little hands, and the corners of Li Ni's teary-eyed lips pulled out a faint smile, "Yu'er, I'm the same, but don't say that, I think we are just young, but we are the descendants of the Li family, the heirs of the golden dragon, we have to be brave, the queen mother and father look at us, don't let them down." ”

Li Yu only felt a sour nose when he heard this, and his eyes were filled with astringent mist, "Hmm!" He nodded vigorously, and then tilted his head back, not letting tears flow out, and not wanting Ni'er to see his vulnerability.

In his blurred vision, he saw Xiahou Duo in the distance arguing with Xiahou Duo, who was two heads taller than him, arguing about something, and then Xiahou Gong raised his palm violently, and actually slapped his younger brother to the ground. Xiahou Duo stood up with one cheek covered, and turned his head to look at them, his expression seemed to be hateful.

Li Yu hurriedly withdrew his gaze and saw that the figure of his uncle Gao Wei was already standing majestically in front of him.

"My emperor, Ni'er, follow us out of the city to inspect, how about it?" Li Yao leaned over slightly, looked at them with a smile and said, now it is only in front of them that Li Yao has such softness.

"Out of the city?" the two children immediately asked with a twinkle in their eyes, they had never been out of the city once since they had avoided the evil spirit.

"Yes, it's really boring to stay in the city all day," Li Yao said with a worried smile on his face, "just walking around a short distance outside the city, no problem." ”

The thick snow covered the mountains and fields, and a group of more than a dozen riders walked out from the city gate, and everyone was breathing into mist.

Li Yu and Li Ni wore thick fur robes, and rode together with Li Yao and Xuan Ming. Heavily armored guards lined up in front and behind.

Li Yu sat on the back of Juechen's broad and muscular back, and after experiencing the farewell of his parents and the chaos of war, he only had enough security in front of Li Yao's tall chest and strong arms.

He looked up and saw Xiahou Duo in front of him with red and swollen cheeks on one side, and there were still blood stains on the corners of his mouth, but his face was still cold and stubborn. Xiahou Jun had already apologized to Li Yu for his poor care, but Li Yu was a little reluctant, he didn't want to be taken care of all the time.

There was silence all around, save for the slight crunch of horses' hooves stepping into the snow. The wind and snow rested temporarily, the emptiness and ice between heaven and earth made people shudder but became sober, and the rime in the distance bloomed like a Qiong tree, which was so magnificent that the two children were surprised, showing a look of joy, but the silence that seemed to be the same condensation around them made them dare not break it.

Suddenly, there was a restless cry, and everyone looked sideways vigilantly, and saw the snow on the silver tree, and a flock of black crows and finches fluttering up.

"Commander!" the keen Xiahou lowered his voice, turning his horse's head and pointing forward with his whip.

Everyone followed what they were pointing at, and there seemed to be something moving in the white expanse, and then they looked closely, and it was actually a large snow fox with a snow-white body without impurities, staring at them with a pair of red eyes.

"Look at your archery skills. Li Yao said in a deep voice.

In front of him, a sergeant had already taken out his bow and arrows, and drew his bow with arrows, and the snow fox in the distance did not move at all, still staring at them. With a few string sounds, the snow fox's body moved in an instant, and it fled quickly, and the speeding feather arrow sank straight into the snow.

"Drive!" the sergeants immediately clamped their feet and whipped their horses to chase after them, having the interest of hunting in the snow.

Everyone rushed into the forest full of rime, and for a while the snowflakes were flying, Li Yao did not stop it, but just carried Li Yu and protected Xuan Ming's ride, and followed behind without hurry, and the children couldn't help but be curious and happy because of this scene.

The snow fox was nowhere to be found, and everyone was about to give up after searching for a while, when someone in front of him exclaimed: "Commander!" followed by the sharp sound of long knives coming out of their sheaths.

Li Yao immediately protected Li Yu in front of him, looked left and right majestically, and finally stared at the front of the horses of Xiahou Gong dozens of zhang away in front of him.

Li Yao vaguely saw that the open space in front of him was full of scattered frozen pieces, and immediately made a judgment, he immediately stayed in place, so as not to frighten the child, and then turned over and dismounted, stepping on the snow shoulder knife and stepped forward.

Li Yu felt empty behind him, his heart tightened, and he firmly grasped the reins of the horse, he wanted to call Uncle Wang, but he was too embarrassed to speak, and stared ahead more and more nervously.

The clearing was surrounded by guards on all sides, all drawing their swords and staring at the foreign objects on the ground. Li Yao had also stepped aside and looked down.

There was silence for a while, and suddenly a cold wind blew the snowflakes past, Li Yu suddenly felt a chill on his back, and there was a strange atmosphere around him, and then looked carefully ahead, everyone around the clearing was still motionless, as if time was standing still, his mind was buzzing, but he saw his Uncle Wang turn sideways to look at him, but a pair of eyes seemed to be covered with a layer of haze!

Li Yu exclaimed in surprise and was just about to get out of his throat, when he suddenly heard Li Niwu beside him scream, he subconsciously turned around, but saw Xiahou Duo with a hideous face, holding a long knife in his hand, and jumped high from his horse and rushed straight towards him!