Li Yu subconsciously raised his hand to block, obviously it was too late, he couldn't help but close his eyes with a short head, a cool breeze swept through the back of his neck, but no sharp knife fell, he suddenly looked sideways, and saw that Xiahou Duo had jumped to the other side of him, standing up with his back to him and raising his knife, as if he was facing danger and protecting him behind him.

Li Yu's gaze crossed Xiahou Duo, and finally saw clearly that the snow fox that appeared again in front of Xiahou Duo was full of erect mane, arched, baring out fangs, and a slight but fierce roar pressed out from its throat, its original red eyes were almost popping out, and two lines of blood flowed down from the corners of its eyes on both sides.

"Yu'er!" In an instant, Li Ni exclaimed again, and the snow fox let out a last terrible scream, jumped into the air, and poked out the fangs and sharp claws in his mouth, regardless of the fact that he rushed towards Li Yu.

A cold light flashed, blood splashed out several feet, and the snow fox fell to the snow before Li Yu could reach him, and the stomach cut open by Xiahou Duo's long knife flowed out of internal organs and blood, and its fur and the snow under it were soaked in a moment, and there was no dagger around its neck, it was a dagger thrown by Xuan Ming.

Li Yu stared at the dead beast in horror, then turned his head to look at Li Ni and Xuan Ming in surprise, and when they met their equally surprised gazes, he knew that they had also seen that there were still a few young flesh and blood that had formed out of the snow fox's belly.

At this time, Xiahou Duo strode towards the open space where Li Yao and the other sergeants were, but he didn't pay attention, and the stunned comrades turned their heads to stare at him one by one, and slowly raised the long knife in their hands.

Seeing this, Li Yu felt ominous, terrifying thoughts flashed in his mind, and finally with a buzz, he suddenly tightened the reins of the horse, knocked the horse's belly with his legs, and Jue Chen sensed the urgency, raised his hooves and galloped out like an arrow from the string.

Li Yu, who was on the horse, leaned back sharply, and hurriedly grabbed the reins of the dustless horse to prevent himself from falling, but in an instant, he had already crossed Xiahou Duo and rushed to Li Yao's face.

Everyone was still frozen, Li Yu's eyes swept in front of him, he couldn't help but shiver, and then shouted with all his strength: "Uncle Wang! Uncle Wang! It's dangerous here, go quickly!"

After shouting like this twice, Li Yao, who was gray-eyed, finally woke up and reacted, he looked sideways at Li Yu, then turned over and got on the horse, and roared: "Go!"

The sergeants also came back to their senses, hurriedly raised their swords and got on their horses, urging the horses endlessly, and the group retreated with Li Yao's turnaround, taking Xiahou Duo and Xuan Ming, who were still unknown, and running out of the forest.

Li Yu's hot mind gradually calmed down at this time, and the cold sweat on his body did not stop, he sat stiffly in front of Li Yao, although he was afraid, he couldn't help but lean over and turn his head. "Don't look, Yu'er!" Li Yao stroked his shoulders and pushed him back.

However, the chilling scene had already been deeply reflected in Li Yu's mind, the clearing was full of stumps and bones of beasts and humans that had been frozen into gray, and all kinds of broken and exposed heads scattered were grinning, hideous and painful.

After such a strange scene, everyone quickly retreated into the city.

Li Yao and the guards didn't know what was going on, they only felt that their minds were blank at that moment, but in an instant, Li Yu's shouting brought them back to their senses, and they couldn't help but chill after a long battle.

Afterwards, listening to Li Yu and the others talk about the snow fox, Li Yao judged that the snow fox was originally a spiritual thing, and he must have seen the tragic scene happen, and he was pregnant, although he escaped a catastrophe, he was also too frightened, and he was so protective of the young that he went crazy and lost his mind, and he would rather fight to the death in the face of threats.

But how that tragic scene happened, what kind of beast or who did it, and what happened to that strange moment of losing mind, no one knows. Li Yao sharply increased his vigilance, and ordered Xiahou to lead a large group of men and horses out of the city to search again, and sent additional guards to guard Li Yu and Li Ni.

Xiahou Duo escorted Li Yu back to the dormitory, bowed sideways and guarded the door, and the rest of the guards stood in line at the bottom of the steps.

Li Yu, who was about to enter the door, stopped, turned to look at Xiahou Duo who was standing on the side, saw that his cheeks were still red and swollen, gently pulled up the corners of his mouth, and finally had a chance to say apologetically: "I'm sorry, I've bothered you today." ”

Xiahou Duo didn't seem to hear, only raised his head and didn't squint.

"Even so, you did your best to save me, thank you. Li Yu felt his cheeks heat up, but still whispered.

Xiahou Duo heard it this time, and still said aloud with the stubborn expression of a young man: "It is my duty to protect my emperor, and it is not a pity to die, and I dare not be thanked by my emperor! ”

"I know......" Li Yu lowered his head even more embarrassedly, rubbing his robe with his fingers hanging with his hands, "I know it's useless...... I want to be like you, but ...... Maybe I'll have a few more years to ......"

He didn't hear Xiahou Duo's response, and raised his head to look at him again, but saw that the tall young man had turned his face and stared at him expressionlessly, and then said, "My father, uncle, and three of my four brothers were all killed in battle. My mother, sister, and the rest of my relatives are now trapped in Shangdu, and their fate is uncertain. I can't wait a few years, I shouldn't waste my time, but I should practice day and night, become a warrior like King Yao and my brother, take up the sword, go on horseback, go to kill the enemy, avenge my father and brother, and save my mother and sister. Xiahou Duo gritted his teeth and said, Li Yu's eyes became rosy when he saw him, "The royal family has been brave and invincible heroes since ancient times, leading the tribe to gallop across the territory, crisscrossing the nine places, even if they die, they will make the enemy tremble." But everyone said that the first emperor was not, and I only saw weakness in my emperor. I have sworn to defend my emperor because of my loyalty, but I can hardly respect the weak. ”

Li Yu understood Xiahou Duo's words, and he expressed his thoughts. Li Yu felt a burst of heat in his cheeks, he lowered his head, feeling cramped and uneasy, he wanted to say something, but he felt that even he couldn't comfort himself, and then he had to sigh deeply, turned around and entered the door.

Li Yao, who was still supervising the army on the school grounds, received a return one after another.

Xiahou led the patrol men and horses out of the city, but they could no longer find the stumps and broken bodies in that place, and did not find any abnormal phenomena.

Later, the scout sent to Chaohuang, the capital of Chunyue, brought back the letterhead and handed it to Li Yao on his knees.

Li Yao took the letterhead and looked at it solemnly, and the fire paint of the seal was a phoenix bathed in fire.

He opened the letterhead, his face calm, but his heart was worried. And when he had read every word, he raised his eyes and looked at the eastern sky, and the thoughts in his heart became more and more resolute.