Recently, the weather has been a little colder, and the roofs are frozen, like a winter scene.

People on the street said that this year's winter came much earlier than in the past, of course, not only because of the weather, but also because there was always a solemn atmosphere in the air, and the scattered people walked on the street in a hurry, and a trace of blood could be faintly felt on the road, and a depressing atmosphere permeated the streets, because they did not know when death would find them.

Wherever the Liao soldiers passed, the people panicked and fled as if they were avoiding it, for fear of causing a little trouble, after all, the heads of hundreds of rebels who collaborated with the enemy were still bloodily nailed to the vegetable market in the north of the city! Those people may have even greeted them cordially yesterday, or exchanged pleasantries with them. And today, because of this thing, the head was cut off and hung in the north of the city, so that the crows pecked at it, this horror makes people feel depressed, and no one knows when their home will be visited by the Liao army and suffer a catastrophe.

Walking on the street, Yelu Dashi, who was dressed in a black robe, was very worried, but it was not because of the scene on the street, he had long been accustomed to this scene on the street, and what really worried him was that in the morning General Dagongding called him to his side and asked him to go to the prisoner of war camp of the righteous army to let some prisoners go, ensuring that in the future, the news of Jiang Zhe's rebellion would spread in the streets and alleys of Ningchuan Prefecture, and these soldiers beside him were all soldiers sent to him by General Dagongding.

Before leaving, General Dagongding specially instructed him: "These women and children of the shadow camp and my Liao State are already feuding, there is no way to resolve it, and if you leave too much, it will be a disaster, I won't talk about anything else, and this matter will be handed over to you." ”

How could he not understand the words of General Dagong Ding?

But whenever he thought of the little girl's smile, how much it looked like his sister, and the figure of the little girl often appeared in his dreams these days, and he couldn't help himself for a long time, as if the girl was really their sister, and his heart was shaken.

Thinking of this, Yelu Dashi sighed and slowly walked out of the city, and went straight to the camp of the righteous army, the fire of the camp of the righteous army burned for 3 days and 3 nights, the fire burned the camp clean, although there was new snow on the ground, and a thin layer was paved, but it was not enough to cover up a piece of charcoal and vaguely visible white bones.

Nearly 2,000 women and children were imprisoned in the mountains behind the rebels. The back mountain was also burned to a mess, the only thing that can look like a little is the cave of the cliff wall of the passage between the front mountain and the back mountain, which has become the temporary garrison of the Liao army, it is still clean and tidy, the white snow that has just fallen covers all the blood, through this 100-meter-long cliff passage, it is the back mountain.

The scene was similar to the scene in front of the mountain, the only difference was that the tall and dilapidated meeting room still remained, and the Liao army had built a fence around the building for a hundred meters, and the prisoners could only be crammed into the building with wind on all sides.

At this moment, it was noon, it was time to eat, and the soldiers of the Liao Kingdom sprinkled buckets of food on the ground that had just been covered with a thin layer of snow, and the women and children in simple clothes hurriedly rushed to the food, lying on the ground, regardless of snow or food, and quickly stuffed it into their mouths.

And Yelu Dashi saw the innocent child who was playing with the doll at the beginning, although the corners of the child's mouth were still showing a smile, but the big eyes were full of tears, and the smile looked very heart-wrenching, and a woman next to the girl fell to the ground, and the body was frozen stiff.

Jerodashi walked over and sat down beside the child, and to his surprise, the girl was not afraid of him, and her eyes were staring straight at the rag doll.

Yelu Dashi looked at the girl, ran his hair with his hand, and said, "What about your parents?" ”

The girl turned her head, her eyes welling with tears, but she deliberately raised the corners of her mouth, trying to control her emotions, and said, "They're dead." She pointed to the frozen corpse next to her and said, "She's my mother." ”

Yelu Dashi nodded and said, "What about your father?" Where did he die? ”

The girl shook her head, her eyes were already soaked with tears, she gritted her teeth, forced a smile and said, "I don't know, I haven't seen him for a long time, maybe he died in the war." ”

Yelu Dashi thought for a while and asked, "I know you're in pain, so why are you pretending to be smiling bitterly?" Is it bad to cry out loud? ”

The girl clenched her fists and said, "Mom said that no matter what happens, you should smile, and crying is a sign of cowardice." ”

Yelu Dashi was a little emotional, how much like, how much like his sister, his tears were a little moist for some reason, after so many years, he had already thought that he had become a stubborn stone, but I don't know why, the only softest place in his heart was touched, he held back his tears, took a deep breath to regulate his emotions, and continued to ask: "Have you eaten today, now those soldiers have given out food, why don't you go?" ”

The girl's tears burst out of her eyes at once, but a bitter smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, and she suddenly turned her head, tears slid down her eyes, and she sobbed and said, "No." ”

No matter how Yelu Dashi asked her, she didn't speak anymore, just lowered her head and sobbed silently.

Yelu Dashi silently took out some food from his arms, put it next to the girl, stroked the girl's forehead and said, "You must be hungry, right?" ”

Then he stood up with a heavy heart, because he knew that all the things that happened to this girl were caused by him, looking at the women and children who were scrambling for food, their mouths were stuffed with food stained with snow, Yelu Dashi closed his eyes, he thought that if there were really eighteen layers of hell in this world that those old monks said, then he would definitely go there. He used to tell himself when he left, don't be weak, be a wicked person.

But he looked back at the living women and children, and he decided to indulge once, which might be the last mercy of his life, or rather salvation.

He said to the soldiers beside him, "These are women, children, old and weak, let them go." ”

The soldier next to him was a little surprised and said, "General, are they all released?" ”

Yelu Dashi said with a calm face: "What do you say, of course you will let it go, hurry up and do it, remember this matter and let the brothers keep their mouths shut, no one can say it, understand, the benefits will be indispensable to you at that time." ”

The soldier next to him nodded and said, "Don't worry, General." ”

Then he commanded loudly: "Open the fence and let them go." ”

The Liao soldiers opened the heavy fence and, like driving livestock, shouted, "You can go, get out of here." ”

When the women and children heard this, they were stunned, and after a while, they rushed out.

The little girl who was sitting on the ground with a rag doll in her hand turned her head, looked at Yelu Dashi, showed a sweet smile to Yelu Dashi, then stood up and followed the crowd outward.

On a high mountain next to the camp of the rebel army, if you stand on this high mountain, you can see all the scenes of the back mountain, and Xiao Wuna, the prime minister of the Liao State wearing a suit of armor, stands side by side with General Dagong Ding.

When the women and children poured out of the camp, Xiao Wuna frowned, and said with some loss: "This Yelu Dashi is still not hateful enough, he actually let everyone go, I thought he was already an immortal talent to save today's Liao State, but I didn't expect that he still needs to be exercised." ”

Dagong Ding said disapprerovingly: "General, he is still a child, you are too demanding of him, even our old guys who were bloody on the battlefield back then did not have such ruthlessness." ”

Xiao Wuna shook his head and said: "You don't understand, now the Liao country is prosperous on the surface, but in fact, there are hidden dangers, all ethnic groups are ready to move, one day, there will be a big crisis, bigger than the one 20 years ago, more ferocious, I am old, Liao needs to have a great talent to save Liao." ”

Dagong Ding said in astonishment: "You put your hopes on this kid for the national fortune of the Liao Kingdom? ”

Xiao Wuna smiled and said meaningfully: "You don't know this child, this child has the most terrible power in the world, his hatred is matched with his talent, he will do something, but there is still a defect in his heart, we need to help him make up for it personally." ”

As he spoke, more than a dozen fast runners had already run out of the mountains and forests.

Then Xiao Wuna said: "You can blow the trumpet, it's time to close the net, it's enough to release these people." ”

As soon as Xiao Wuna's words fell, a trumpet sounded on the mountain.

At the same time, a group of Liao soldiers armed with swords on both sides of the mountain road rushed out and began to massacre women and children.

Suddenly, screams rang out one after another.

At this time, the girl did not leave, walked to Yelu Dashi, smiled and picked up the rag doll in her hand and handed it to Yelu Dashi, and said playfully: "Here you go." ”

Yelu Dashi touched the girl's face, took the rag doll with a smile and said, "You are free, remember to live with a smile." ”

At this moment, some old and weak women and children ran back, and hundreds of Liao troops behind them were frantically slaughtering them.

Yelu Dashi was surprised, and he yelled at the Liao army that rushed over: "What are you doing, do you want to rebel? You bastards. ”

And at this moment, the Liao army beside him also raised their swords and rushed towards the people, and the soldiers next to him smiled and said to Yelu Dashi: "This is not a rebellion, this is what General Dagong Ding meant." ”

At this time, he saw a tall figure in the crowd, it was Xiao Wuna, and there were Dagong Ding and others behind him, Yelu Dashi was so smart, he understood at a glance, this was a test.

Yelu Dashi's hands began to tremble, and he hurriedly pulled her girl behind him, who still didn't understand what was happening, and hurriedly looked at her in surprise, covering the girl's body with a black robe.

Yelu Dashi held the steel knife tightly in his hand, and his eyes were firmly fixed on Xiao Wuna.

Xiao Wuna held a blood-stained scimitar in his hand, but his eyes were as calm as water, and he couldn't see the slightest ripple, and walked towards Yelu Dashi step by step.

Yelu Dashi gradually retreated with some fear, and after so many years of thinking that he had been sharpened by suffering, he no longer knew what fear was, and he didn't know why he was trembling and panicking in front of an old man with gray hair and only half a hundred years old.

Xiao Wuna said flatly: "You still let them go, but it doesn't matter, this is the last time you will be soft-hearted, remember to never be merciful to the enemy in the future." ”

Yelu Dashi defended: "They are not enemies, they can't hold steel knives, what kind of enemies are you, you are too cruel." ”

A cruel smile appeared on the corner of Xiao Wuna's mouth, shook his head and said: "No, no, how do you know if those women will pop out of their stomachs to rebel, how do you know if those children will grow up and pick up knives to resist us, as long as they join the rebel army, they will all die, we have to let everyone know, we have to use the white bones, let everyone know that if you dare to resist, you will die, and now you still have a chance to kill this girl with your own hands, and you can also make up for your previous mistakes." ”

Yelu Dashi suddenly pulled out a steel knife, put it on Xiao Wuna's neck and shouted, "You are a madman, I will kill you." ”

As soon as the soldiers of the Liao State looked at the situation, they instantly pulled out their steel knives, and the Grand Duke Ding behind Xiao Wuna also pulled out their knives and shouted: "Yelu Dashi, what are you going to do, are you crazy, put the knife down." ”

Xiao Wuna suddenly laughed and waved his hand at the soldier of something, and said: "I tell you, I am a madman, but in a land stained with blood, good people will never live, only madmen can survive, that day in the courtyard of the Yelu family, I saw the same desire and hatred in your eyes as I did back then, you can become a madman like me, a madman who can save the Liao country, I hope I don't mistake you and kill this girl." ”

"Of course, you also have another choice, take me as a hostage and save this girl, but in that case, think about your mother, your sister, your family will all perish because of this, I know your background, is it like watching your mother confined in a dark room? I know you want to make a difference, and that's a choice. ”

Yelu Dashi suddenly felt that he had no strength, he couldn't do this, he wanted to make a contribution, he wanted to take his mother and sister out of that devilish hell, he slowly removed the knife that was clamped on Xiao Wuna's neck,

He slowly pointed the knife at the girl, and the girl's face showed a look of surprise and some fear, as if she knew what was about to happen.

Jerodashi's hand began to tremble, he closed his eyes, his heart was hesitating, he wanted to give up all this, but he couldn't do this, because he didn't live for himself, his sister and mother were still waiting for his return in that cage?

At this time, Xiao Wuna in front of him suddenly pushed the girl to Yelu Dashi, and the knife stabbed into the girl's chest, blood gushed out, staining the rag doll that the girl gave him, Yelu Dashi sat on the ground all of a sudden, looking at the girl blankly, the girl showed a smile on her face, but deep in that smile, there was pain and fear hidden in shock.

His ears suddenly remembered what the old monk said to him, "If I don't go to hell, who will go to hell", maybe he is destined to be a good person in this life, he is destined to go to hell, this is his fate, right?

Yelu Dashi suddenly laughed, but his smile was mixed with pain and madness, and tears flowed from his eyes.

Xiao Wuna looked at Yelu Dashi who was paralyzed on the ground and smiled, he knew that in the future, there would be a new person to slaughter on the frontier of Liao, and his name was not Xiao Wuna, but Yelu Dashi.

At this moment, Yelu Dashi looked at the girl's corpse, stunned, he now knew that everything he had suffered in the past was not called misfortune, because it was the greatest luck to be able to live healthily in this land and breathe fresh air every day.