In the evening of the same day, somewhere in the mountains and forests, the snow was falling heavily, and there was a frozen lake hidden in the forest, and on the side of the ice lake, a hut.

In the midst of the cold wind howling, a respectful voice sounded, and asked softly, "Grandmaster Yu, are you here?" ”

After leaving the Goguryeo Palace, he braved the wind and snow all the way to get here, but when he arrived, he did not dare to enter the house, but only dared to stand outside the door of the hut and ask questions.

However, after asking three times in a row, no one answered in the hut, and Yuan Gai Suwen was shocked, and he had the courage to push open the door of the house.

As soon as he pushed open the door of the house, the whole person immediately took three steps back, and at the same time bent down and lowered his head, and hurriedly explained: "Don't blame the Great Sect Master, I'm worried about your safety......"

What to worry about?

What is there to worry about?

But I saw an old man sitting cross-legged in the hut, with kind eyebrows and kind eyes as if he was asleep, this old man's face was extremely old, and his body was full of heavy twilight.

Yuan Gai Suwen stood at the door and explained for a long time, and found that the old man was still closing his eyes as if he was asleep, so he gradually felt a little frightened in his heart, and couldn't help but gently open his mouth and tentatively said, "Grandmaster Yu, are you asleep?" ”

The old man still closed his eyes, and he didn't know if he was asleep or dead of old age, Yuan Gai Suwen only felt his heart beating, he was really afraid that this old man who relied on his help had died of old age.

He subconsciously wanted to enter the house again, ready to check the old man's life and death, but suddenly he heard a long gasp, and the old man slowly exhaled a breath of white air.

The weather was cold, the white air was thick, and suddenly the old man slowly opened his eyes, instantly giving people a sharp illusion of being like lightning, Yuan Gai Suwen was shocked, and hurriedly bowed his head respectfully.

He didn't dare to look directly at the old man, lowered his head and said softly: "Grandmaster Yu, the lord of my country is already preparing to send troops......

He paused slightly, looked up at the old man cautiously, and said softly again: "According to the agreement between you and the Yuangai family, you promised to do three things for us. The first thing, we ask you to shelter the Yuangai family for twenty years, and the second thing, we declare to the outside world that you have taken me as an apprentice, and you have completed all the two agreements, and now we want to ask you to complete the third thing. ”

He wanted to say more, but the old man suddenly raised his eyes to look at him, and asked in a calm tone, "Let me kill Li Yuanba's son?" ”

Yuangai Suwen didn't dare to hesitate, nodded respectfully and said, "Yes!" ”

The old man was noncommittal, slowly got up from the ground, and suddenly walked into the inner room of the hut with his feet raised, and when he reappeared, he was already carrying a heavy knife in his hand.

The handle of this big knife is very long, the shape is very similar to the Qinglong Glaive in the Three Kingdoms period, the old man holds the knife in his hand, and leaves without saying a word, the long handle of the knife drags on the ground, drawing a deep ditch on the snow on the ground.

Yuan Gai Suwen was stunned, and hurriedly chased him out, he didn't dare to catch up with the old man, he only dared to stand at the door of the house and shout from afar, and said loudly: "Grandmaster Yu, can you let me lead the horse for you?" ”

"No need!"

Three words came from the wind and snow.

Yuangai Suwen suddenly looked disappointed.

He stood at the door of the hut, watching the old man's back gradually fade away, and at this time, the old man's voice came from the wind again, and he asked, "Where is the battlefield?" ”

Yuangai Suwen was stunned again, and he didn't want to answer immediately, so he hurriedly said: "It should be on the bank of the Liao River, a hundred miles away from here, Grandmaster Yu, I am willing to lead the horse for you......"

It's a pity that between the cold wind and the howling, the old man's voice was never heard back, and the snow was blowing one after another, and the old man's figure disappeared into the snow in a blink of an eye.

Yuangai Suwen stomped his feet with hatred, and his eyes shot out of disappointment and resentment.

……

On the same day and night, there were troops and horses in Goguryeo, and the 300,000 army had actually been prepared for a long time, and had been stationed in the mountain city of Marudu in Goguryeo for half a month.

Since ancient times, the emperor has never believed anyone, Gao Yuan clearly said that he would send troops tomorrow, but a whole night in advance, although it was cold at this time, but the Goguryeo people were extremely adaptable to the harsh environment, if the 300,000 army galloped in the starry night, maybe it would be possible to appear on the bank of the Liao River in one night.

But said that after the old man left the hut, he braved the wind and snow all the way to the west, the snow was all over the sky, the cold wind was biting, although the weather was very bad, but the old man was in a hurry, only in the middle of the night, he had already walked a hundred miles.

He soon arrived at the Liao River and stood on the bank of the Liao River with a knife, at this time it was the third watch in the middle of the night, and the biting cold wind became more and more cold. Suddenly, there were several loud rumbling noises in the distance, and the ice surface of the entire Liao River shook slightly, and the old man's eyes flashed, and he walked towards the place where the sound came from.

After walking for a while, I saw a big fire burning on the riverside, but I saw a few young people shouting and screaming, and they were laughing and playing around the bonfire to keep warm, and there was a wooden shelf next to the bonfire, and there were a few wooden sticks on the shelf with big fish baking, under the blazing fire, the fish fragrance was rich and attractive, and the young people ate a lot of food, and suddenly one of them shouted to the ice from afar: "Master, there are not enough fish to eat, and it is not okay to get a few more, otherwise there will be no share of you." ”

In front of him, the old man was slightly stunned, this scene was clearly the apprentices around the fire to roast the fire, but let their master go to the Liao River to catch big fish.

The old man was a little angry in his heart for some reason, and he was very displeased with the actions of these young men.

When he saw the appearance of these young people who were twenty years old, he estimated that their master was at least middle-aged, and the young people were warming themselves by the fire, but they let the master go to work, which was unreasonable, and it was not an exaggeration to say that he did not understand human nature.

The old man sighed slightly, and suddenly said inexplicably: "The Han family in the Central Plains, the etiquette is no longer there, the saint is dead, the Taoist is returned, and no one is educating the world, so how can you talk about ...... generosity"

He was about to pick up his knife and leave, when he suddenly heard another loud rumble on the ice, and the old man looked up at the ice, and vaguely saw a figure there.

Bang!

Bang!

The figure seemed to be holding two large black objects in his hands, smashing the ice on the surface of the river, while the young men were still giggling, laughing and playing around the campfire.

The old man gradually had a trace of anger in his heart, and finally decided to go over and reprimand a few young people, but unfortunately he hadn't raised his feet yet, and his face suddenly turned slightly stunned, but it turned out that the wind and snow around him occasionally stopped, allowing him to see the figure on the ice in the distance.

To be exact, it was the big black object in the figure's hand.

The figure was clearly a young man, not middle-aged as the old man had just speculated. And the two black objects in the young man's hands were clearly a pair of strangely cast giant sledgehammers.

The old man suddenly let out a long sigh, and he slowly walked onto the ice with a big knife!

He walked slowly on the ice, step by step, unusually calm, and soon reached the place where the young man smashed the ice, and the old man stopped and stood still.

He stared at the two sledgehammers in the young man's hand without turning his gaze.