Border. The cold wind was howling and the snow was falling.

The soldiers of the Liang Dynasty were stationed ten miles outside the city, and the white tents were covered by the wind and snow.

Dou Changke sat in the tent and talked to Yuan Mindong, "Winter melon, is there a way for you to contact Commander Xie as soon as possible?" ”

Yuan Mindong held the warm cup and shook his head, "In the past few days, I have asked people to deliver messages to my sister-in-law many times, but to no avail. It's as if they've disappeared into thin air......"

"Disappear?" Dou Changke's face suddenly became extremely ugly, thinking of the current situation, a touch of anxiety stained his eyebrows, "You say, can she guess that the people in the Northern Underworld still have a trick?" Would you have guessed the situation we are facing now? ”

"It should ...... You know, right? Yuan Mindong was a little unsure.

This time, Beiming's counterattack was not only unexpected by them, but also fierce, and after several handovers, they didn't get any bargains. If my sister-in-law is still there, it won't be a problem to repel the enemy army in the Northern Netherworld. But the difficulty is that there is a lack of people in the army who can really sit in the town, and the slightest carelessness will have unimaginable consequences.

Dou Changke sighed heavily, but picked up his pen and wrote the letter, "No matter what, this letter still has to be written." Now I only hope that Grand Commander Xie can receive these news as soon as possible. By the way, the excerpt should have arrived in Tianjing, and I don't know when we will be able to wait for reinforcements? ”

Yuan Mindong comforted him, "Don't worry. Now that there is a war on the northern border of the Liang Dynasty, we ask for reinforcements, and the ministers of Tianjing will naturally go all out to prepare accordingly. It's not that hard for them. ”

"I hope so." Dou Changke answered absentmindedly, quickly wrote the letter, and ordered someone to send it out.

The moment the tent door was lifted, gusts of cold wind blew in with rain and snow, Dou Changke's body shrank, and he cursed in a low voice: "This ghost weather is really annoying!" Winter melon, these days, we have to be more careful. It is estimated that the North Hell's side will not give up the opportunity to sneak attack. ”

Speaking of which, it can be regarded as the people who underestimated the Northern Underworld.

I thought that without the reputation of tomorrow, Zhen Guogong and others stood by and watched, and the two soldiers would meet each other, and they would definitely have the upper hand. But these days, things are far from as simple and optimistic as imagined.

As soon as he thought of this, Dou Changke was suddenly extremely irritable, and he almost didn't bounce on the spot.

Seeing this, Yuan Mindong pressed his shoulder and said seriously: "Things haven't reached the worst step yet, we just need to guard the border and wait until my sister-in-law comes back, and everything will be solved." ”

"Then if the other party maliciously provokes? Or, we didn't wait for Commander Xie to come back? Dou Changke's eyebrows were upside down, and he was so angry that he was angry, "Originally, being forced to stay in this place has already made people angry. These days, the battle is not good, and there are many worries, but it can suffocate me. ”

Yuan Mindong glanced at him coldly, until he looked at him inexplicably, and then said, "Who volunteered to be this left-behind person in the first place?" It's only been a few days, and you're already getting impatient? ”

"You...... You're really not interesting......" Dou Changke was choked by him and muttered, "I just think that as a young commander who has experienced a hundred battles, I can't compete with Du Huaishao and Jiang Yu for the opportunity to make contributions." Otherwise, why would you and I stay here? ”

Yuan Mindong was suspicious, examined him carefully, and when he saw that his ears were slightly red, his heart suddenly understood.

After all, among them, only the person in front of him has really been on the battlefield and led soldiers. It is not child's play for a general to leave the camp secretly, but it is necessary to have a man who has been through a long battle and acts calmly in the middle army tent in order to deal with all kinds of potential or unexpected problems.

And Dou Changke is the best candidate.

It's just that Yuan Mindong didn't expose his duplicity, but said: "The last time the Northern Hell sneak attack was two days ago. I'm afraid they're going to harass them when they see an opportunity, as they did the times before. The worse the weather, the more careful we have to be! ”

When it came to business, Dou Changke immediately restrained his expression, his cold face was covered with frost, and his eyes were as sharp as a sword, as if he could shatter those enemies into thousands of pieces at any time.

"Don't worry. If you are not afraid that they will come, you are afraid that they will not come. He smiled coldly, as if remembering something, and his tone suddenly changed to mildness, and said, "By the way, I'm going to find you something to do." ”

Yuan Mindong looked at him in surprise and wondered, "What's the matter?" ”

"I'm going to assign you a team of people to patrol around the camp." Dou Changke was afraid that he would object, so he hurriedly explained, "Look, you've been here for a while, so you can't eat and drink for nothing and not do anything, right?" Otherwise, I can't explain it to the people below, right? That is, a simple patrol, which is neither dangerous nor will it delay you a lot of time, you ......"

"I promise you." Yuan Mindong suddenly interrupted him, but he also responded to this matter.

On the contrary, Dou Changke was stunned for a moment, and many of the arguments originally prepared to persuade him had no chance to be exported.

Actually, so easy to talk to?

Seeing this, Yuan Mindong also knew what he was thinking, and said in a low voice: "You don't have to explain too much. As long as I can do it, as long as you ask me to do it, I will not refuse. ”

"Huh? Is it like this? Dou Changke blinked, looked at him strangely, walked around him with his hands behind his back, and said after a while, "Winter melon, have you changed your character?" Wouldn't you have to argue with me at this time? ”

Yuan Mindong rolled his eyes, not wanting to deal with him.

However, Dou Changke seemed to have discovered something new, and kept asking him.

Yuan Mindong was so entangled by him that he couldn't do anything, so he could only say perfunctorily: "You are really strange." It's against you, and you feel uncomfortable. You don't believe it, according to your will. What the hell do you want me to do? ”

As soon as the words fell, the two of them were stunned, and between their eyes, something vaguely flashed.

The two of them turned their heads away, abandoning the strange feeling, and when they looked at each other again, they had returned to their previous impassivity. Dou Changke hooked Yuan Mindong's shoulder, and the two brothers walked out nicely.

The biting cold wind blew in his face, Yuan Mindong couldn't help but shrink his body, suddenly his shoulders sank, his body was crooked, and he got closer to the person next to him. He struggled uncomfortably, and was even a little annoyed, but when he saw those star-bright eyes, no matter how much temper he had, he disappeared without a trace in an instant.

For a moment, he stared so silently, as if he didn't notice anything wrong.

Xu is gaze was too calm, Dou Changke touched his nose, and said a little uncomfortably: "Why are you looking at me like this?" Am I not right? ”

"Nope." Yuan Mindong woke up suddenly, patted the hand on his shoulder, and distanced himself from him slightly, until he felt that his breathing had returned to smooth and natural, and then said, "This is in the camp." What kind of system do you have to hook your shoulders like this? ”

"Rest assured. Now here I'm the biggest. Dou Changke raised his eyebrows, indescribably high-spirited.

He seemed to remember something again, and then said, "Before, you shouldn't have spent the winter in the border city, right?" That's how the weather is in the border city. Look at your fine skin and tender meat, you should pay more attention to keeping warm when you go out. By the way, if you feel cold at night, you can come to my tent and squeeze with me......"

Listening to this chatter, Yuan Mindong glared at him impatiently and interrupted him, "You are really long-winded. Do you want to go on patrol or not? ”

Dou Changke was glared at in plain air, feeling a little aggrieved. But he quickly reined in his expression and led him to another tent.

Camp patrols are drudgery, especially at night. Not only do you have to brave the bad weather to get around, but you also have a high risk of getting into danger. The scope of the inspection is mainly within a radius of ten miles outside the tent. If there is no abnormality, it is fine. But once something is wrong, it is necessary to warn in time, and to deal with it at the first time.

Dou Changke originally planned to arrange a day patrol for him, but Yuan Mindong was troublesome and directly replaced the team leader of the night patrol, so he took over the drudgery.

In order to avoid Dou Changke from asking questions, he had a sword at his waist and understood the matters that needed attention, so he left Dou Changke with a surprised face and led his soldiers to leave.

It wasn't until he walked a long way that his pace gradually slowed down, and he sighed secretly in his heart.

He raised his eyes to look, but saw that the sky in front of him was heavy, and the rain and snow were flying, as if it was the common bad weather after coming to the border city.

But his mood was a little worse than the weather.

Thinking of the ups and downs of people and things in his mind, he suddenly didn't know how to face them. Those thoughts that should not be there, emotions that cannot be expressed, are tumbling in his mind day after day, and he tries to suppress them, but he finds that he can deceive others, but he can't deceive himself.

Therefore, when Dou Changke proposed to let him inspect the camp, he agreed on the spot without asking the reason. He even refused to make a daytime patrol, just so that he could escape as soon as possible.

He was afraid that if he stayed a little longer, he would be even more embarrassed.

And take this opportunity, he can also let the wind and snow tonight wake him up and bury those restless thoughts for the time being.

Thinking like this, someone suddenly heard a sigh in his ear, Yuan Mindong suddenly retracted his mind, looked back at the soldier who saw the sound, and wondered: "What's wrong?" But what did you find? ”

The soldier shook his head, but nodded again, and suddenly pointed to the dark area not far ahead, and said cautiously: "Second Young Master Yuan, there seems to be movement over there." ”

"Where?" Yuan Mindong's hand immediately put on the saber at his waist, and then he looked around, only to find that they had reached the edge of the camp, and at this moment they were on a protruding hill, the edge was relatively steep, and there were many boulders, but it was a suitable place for ambush.

If someone did take this opportunity to ambush here, he could hardly imagine what would happen next.

Thinking of this, his whole person seemed to be wrapped in ice and snow, and he was indescribably cold.

He looked at the soldiers behind him and said cautiously, "Let's go over and have a look." Keep up with me, and don't act on your own. ”

As he spoke, a group of more than a dozen people slowly moved over.

There was a thick layer of snow under his feet, and the creaking sound of stepping on it, and the sound of the wind whirring in his ears added a bit of a treacherous and terrifying atmosphere. A sense of unease suddenly floated in Yuan Mindong's heart, and the further he walked, the tighter the hand holding the saber became.

Suddenly, a chilling light illuminated the darkness ahead, and a group of black-clothed people jumped out from the surroundings, each holding a sword, and the cold light of the forest swayed alternately, which also illuminated the fear and anxiety in everyone's eyes.

"Who are you?" Yuan Mindong drew his sword out of its sheath and blocked it in front of him, trying to make his voice sound calm.

One of the men in black said: "It doesn't matter who we are. My master happened to pass by here, and wanted to invite the second young master to go and talk about it, and also asked the second young master to enjoy his face. ”

Yuan Mindong pursed his lips and said suddenly, "What if I don't want to?" ”

"Then don't blame us for being polite." As soon as the man in black finished speaking, those figures also moved like ghosts, some of them disposed of those soldiers, and the other part of them rushed directly towards Yuan Mindong.

Two fists are hard to beat with four hands, Yuan Mindong was caught in a short time, and the opponent knocked him unconscious with a hand knife. Before he lost consciousness, he suddenly remembered that the secret guard who followed him had never appeared from beginning to end.

said that after Dou Changke returned to his camp, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong. was about to call someone to find Yuan Mindong, but suddenly received the news of the enemy's attack, so he could only put the matter aside for the time being and ordered troops to meet the battle overnight.

After fighting with the enemy army in the Northern Netherworld, he realized that he had not seen Yuan Mindong for a long time. For a while, he didn't care about resting, and immediately led people to search around the camp.

When he came to the small mountain col where Yuan Mindong was arrested, there was still a smell of blood in the air. He rushed over like lightning, but saw more than a dozen corpses lying in the snow, the blood had already coagulated, stained on those dozen faces, indescribable horror.

Dou Changke stepped over the corpses, looked at them one by one, and immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Among these corpses, there is no Yuan Mindong, at least it is a good thing.

At this moment, the soldier next to him ran back to report, "Commander Dou, the corpse was also found over there." ”

"Where?" Dou Changke immediately turned around and walked over, and in the low place to the east of the small mountain pass, many corpses were indeed found. He counted six of them. He quickly recognized that these people were wearing the clothes of the Hou Mansion's secret guards.

The secret guards of the Hou Mansion are not ordinary people, but now they have been killed by the gods unknowingly, and the psychology that was originally a little fluke was immediately replaced by fear.

Yuan Mindong, is he still alive or not?

Thinking of this, he gave an order on the spot, leaving some people to continue the search, while he returned to the camp and wrote letters to Yuanhou and Xie Fenghua successively.

When he put down his pen, there was another enemy attack outside, and he didn't have time to rest, so he hurriedly assembled his troops to meet the enemy.

And when what happened at the border reached Jiang Yu's hands, it was already early morning on the second day.

Jiang Yu looked at the letter in his hand over and over again, extremely restless. This is already the thirteenth letter he has received. But when it came to him, it could never be sent out.

Originally, he led a thousand elite troops to guard the island. He did not dare to leave his post without receiving any instructions. But as one letter after another was handed over, he also noticed the unusual battle situation at the border pass, and countless times he wished that he had grown wings and immediately flew to Xie Fenghua's side.

He shook the snow off his body, and looked at the small pier not far away in the bushes, and his eyes showed a little struggle.

It wasn't a specific time, and there were very few people in the small dock, and he didn't dare to rush in. But on the one hand, there was an increasingly urgent military report, and on the other hand, it was difficult to move an inch, and for the first time in his life, this young man experienced the difficulty of making a choice.

Sensing his irritability, the soldier who was usually close to him suddenly said, "Jiang Gongzi, has the situation changed?" ”

Jiang Yu's identity is not a secret. Therefore, when the soldiers in the battalion called him "Jiang Gongzi", he did not object.

But at this moment, he was quite impatient with this title, and reprimanded the soldier a few words, as if this would vent the fear and anxiety in his heart. He thought for a moment and suddenly asked, "If we break in, how big is the chance?" ”

The soldier's face changed drastically, and he said in disbelief: "Jiang ...... Jiang Yu, you're crazy! Commander Xie told us a thousand times that we must be allowed to wait here. Not to mention whether you can break in or not, even if you are discovered by the guards of the small dock, you will also expose them under the leadership of Xie Da. ”

"It's not going to work, that's not going to work, what the hell is going to happen?" Jiang Yu frantically grabbed a handful of hair and smashed his fist on the ground. He lowered his head, as if thinking about something, and when he raised his head again, there was a determined light in his eyes, and his heart was beating at the sight of the man next to him.

"Wait another day." He stared at the front with burning eyes, and said undoubtedly, "On this day, you will do your best to contact Commander Xie. ”

"What if you still can't get in touch?" The soldier asked.

"Either go down the hill or break in." He clasped his hands together and muttered, "Commander Xie, you must come back quickly!" If you don't come back, the sky is about to fall! ”

At this moment, Xie Fenghua did not know the emergency situation outside the island, but sat on the roof, closed his eyes and played the flute.

Since Ling Feifei was drunk that night, she had gained a certain degree of "freedom to walk", and felt the surrounding terrain, and met Du Huaishao unconsciously.

The two exchanged information with each other, and took the flute as a message, before parting, Xie Fenghua also asked Du Huaishao to inquire about a few news, and made an appointment to meet today.

After the song stopped, she jumped off the roof, straightened her dress, and was about to walk out of the yard, but there was a question from behind her, "Beauty, where are you going?" ”

Before the words fell, there was a gust of wind on his side, and the fragrance that belonged to the woman penetrated into his nose, and then his body was warm, and his shoulders were draped with a warm coat, "It's cold outside, but you must pay attention to your body." If I'm hurt and frozen, I'll be distressed. ”

The corners of Xie Fenghua's mouth twitched fiercely, and he moved a few steps away quietly, looking at her softly, and said with a smile: "Let the eldest lady bother." However, I have thick skin, so it doesn't matter if it's warm or cold. ”

"You can't say that. You don't care, but I'm going to feel sorry. Ling Fei didn't seem to understand the meaning of her words, and said to herself, "I heard that in the past few days, the wind and snow have become heavier, and the small pier has been sealed. I wanted to take you around, but now it seems that I can't. ”

Xie Fenghua's eyes froze, and his smile slowly rose, as if he knew her for the first time, and he did not hide the scrutiny in his eyes at all.

This Ling Yuanfei always refreshes her cognition again and again.

At the beginning, when Xiao Pier first saw her, a long whip easily brought her into the island. And everything about her, such as identity and purpose, Ling Fei didn't ask anything, and a few times, she almost thought that the other party coveted her beauty.

But after getting along a few times, the weirdness in her heart became stronger and stronger, and she had to re-examine this person.

- Is it really pretending to be stupid, or is there another purpose?

As the most beloved daughter of the patriarch of the Ana, Ling Fei can be said to have whatever she wants, and there seems to be no need for disguise. It's not that she hasn't thought that the other party is coming for her, but she thinks that her identity is well hidden, what is this person trying to do?

She thought about it, but she didn't come up with a reason, so she had to give up.

So, she wrapped the big coat on her body tightly, and said in a calm tone: "It's too cold outside, the eldest lady should go back." I'll just go out for a walk, or I'll be stuck in the house all day, and sooner or later I'll get sick." ”

"That's a coincidence, I think so too." Ling Fei grabbed her arm and said with a smile, "It's rare to have this Yaxing today, why don't you and I walk in the snow together?" ”

Xie Fenghua's body stiffened, and he cried in his heart.

Miss, I'm going to do something big, I don't have time to walk with you!

There was a sly flash in Ling Kite's eyes, but she thought it was a good idea, and immediately dragged her out, "Let's go!" If you don't go out for a walk, you probably won't have this opportunity in the future. ”

Xie Fenghua was about to refuse, but as soon as he heard this, the unspoken words suddenly fell back into his stomach.

For some reason, she always felt that Ling Yuanfei had something to say, but when she looked up, this person looked innocent again, and she seemed suspicious. She thought about it for a moment, and then she could only put aside other things for the time being, and An An acted as the person who accompanied the snow scene.

Xu is heart has something, Xie Fenghua's mood is not so high, along the way, it is basically Ling Fei chattering non-stop, occasionally turning her head to ask Xie Fenghua a few words, getting a reply casually, she doesn't care about right or wrong, she can jump up with joy.

After walking for a while, Ling Yuanfei seemed to be tired, pulled Xie Fenghua into the corridor, and said with a gentle smile: "This year's snow is very beautiful, I haven't seen such beautiful snow for many years." ”

"Hmm. It's good-looking, but it's time to stop. Xie Fenghua glanced around, but what he was thinking about was the thousand elite soldiers hiding in the mountains and the many soldiers at the border pass.

When Ling Fei heard this, he glanced at her angrily, "You can't say something nice?" ”

"For example?" Xie Fenghua sincerely sought advice.

The corners of Ling Feifei's lips hooked, as if he was smiling, "For example, you should say that this snow is so big, it can actually bury those dirty things, and it saves a lot of trouble." ”

Xie Fenghua's pupils shrank, and after a moment, he asked, "What is the dirty thing that the eldest lady said?" ”

"Don't you know better than I do?" Ling Fei came over slowly, the faces of the two were almost close together, their breathing was warm and entangled, but it couldn't dispel the biting cold in the ice and snow.

She was a little shorter, and Xie Fenghua could see the white snowflakes that were about to melt above her head. The gaze stared unconsciously at the white, until it completely melted into snow, and the leisurely voice sounded again, "To put it simply, it's blood, corpses, tricks, and people's hearts......"

She suddenly took a few steps back, widening the distance between them, and her bright eyes seemed to be full of sharp streaks of snow, which were unabashedly displayed in front of Xie Fenghua for the first time.