In the dusk evening, the heavy snow stopped, and the faint fragrance of plum floated into the hall through the window, and in a feeling of weakness, Li Ang woke up, and then he saw his sister shrinking beside him, and only then did he see her appearance clearly, with picturesque eyebrows on her pale little face, and a touch of pink in her cheeks, which was indescribably endearing.

"Me." Looking at his sleeping sister, Leon muttered to himself, "I will only kill people, and I can't take care of her." The door of the house suddenly opened, and with a gust of cold wind, an old man in Tsing Yi walked in with a food box.

After settling down, Li Ang wanted to get out of bed, but the clothes on his body were grabbed by his sister beside him, for fear of waking her up, he could only continue to lie down.

"It looks like Miss is very concerned about you, son!" While the old man in Tsing Yi was talking, he walked to the table, opened the food box, took out a bowl of fragrant meat porridge, and when he came to Li Ang, he looked at Qingzhi who was shrinking beside him and quipped.

The old man smiled. Li Ang smiled, his voice was a little low, he thought of the frightened look on Qing Zhi when Zhai Shaoting died.

"Childe should wake up the young lady and drink some porridge, right?" The old man in Tsing Yi saw that he was worried, and he didn't say anything more, "If it's okay, the old man will leave first, and someone will come to pick up those bowls and boxes." ”

"Uncle stays." Li Ang shouted to the old man in Tsing Yi who wanted to leave, he wanted to know who saved him, "That black-clothed general..."

"My lord's name is Guo Nu, and he is the general of the Black Cavalry Battalion." Speaking of his own master, the expression of the old man in Tsing Yi suddenly became very proud.

"Black Horse Battalion!" Looking at the back of the old man leaving, Li Ang muttered to himself, this guard cavalry army serving the emperor is no more than a thousand people, but it has the title of the strongest soldier in the world, and it has not been defeated in one hundred and fifty years, in the hearts of the people of Daqin, they are myths.

Suddenly, a slight tug of the corner of his clothes brought Li Ang back to his senses, and he lowered his head, only to find that his sister had woken up at some point, still looking at him with some fear, and did not dare to speak quietly. "Would you like to drink some porridge?" Not knowing what to say, Leon just carefully fed her with a bowl of porridge in the end.

On the cold corridor, the old man in Tsing Yi walked to his master's study, he now understood why the old man wanted to help the young man named Li Ang, his expression was too similar to the dead second master, thinking of the young figure who grew up watching from a young age, there was always a silence and tenacity between his eyebrows, he couldn't help but wipe his eyes with his hand.

In the study, the door was suddenly blown open, and the whistling cold wind suddenly rushed into the hall, bringing a chill, Guo sighed angrily, and then looked at the old housekeeper Wang Sheng who came in, "Uncle Sheng, do you think I should help him?" ”

"If the second master is here, he will definitely help that child." Wang Sheng didn't answer, "And if the master doesn't want to help, he won't bring them back." ”

"Second brother." Guo Nu sighed sadly, then extinguished the wick, stood up, and walked out of the study. "When he was fourteen years old, he also drew his sword in a fit of rage and killed people!" , muttering to himself, Guo Nu's figure disappeared into the wind and snow.

"Bugs fly... Flowers sleep... A pair of pairs of ......" gently hummed in the sound of children's rhymes, Li Ang carefully put down his sleeping sister in his arms, covered the quilt for her, leaned on the bed, and remembered things, he was not afraid of death before, but now he has an extra sister and has concern, so he wants to survive.

But the crime of homicide, no matter what dynasty or generation, is it a felony? What's more, he's still a rich boy; Thinking of the Zhai Shaoting he killed, Li Ang smiled helplessly. The winter night came early, and soon there was no light in the house. In the darkness where he couldn't see his fingers, a bone-chilling cold wind blew in through the door, and finally he shrank back and closed his eyes.

In the front hall of Guo's mansion, Lang Zhong of the Criminal Department who was sitting upright frowned, although he was quite sympathetic to the young man who avenged his mother, but the person he killed was the nephew of the official Shangshu, if he hadn't bumped into the black cavalry camp to patrol the city, I am afraid that he would have been in prison a long time ago, thinking of this, he shook his head. At this time, there was a sound of footsteps, and he stood up and bowed to the black-clothed man who was walking over, "I've seen General Guo." ”

"This is not a military camp, so there is no need to be polite." Guo Nu invited someone to sit down and asked, "I don't know if Lang Zhong came here late at night, what kind of business business." ”

"Forgive me, general, I just gave orders from below..." Lang Zhong of the Criminal Department couldn't bear it in the face of the cold gaze of the forced gaze, lowered his head and said softly, and then handed the official document of the Criminal Department to Guo Zong.

Looking at the official document of the Criminal Department, Guo Nu's eyebrows furrowed, and after a long time, he put down the official document, "People, I won't hand it over, you go back, I'll take care of this matter." ”

"Since the general said so, how dare you disobey, then I will leave." Lang Zhong was also simply, he stood up immediately, arched his hand, and then left with his subordinates, and when he got out of the house, there were puzzled people at the bottom who asked, "My lord, let's just take people, and now I'm afraid it's not good to deal with them this time!" ”

"The Black Cavalry Battalion has served the royal family for one hundred and fifty years, and who can be called a general is not from a martial arts family, and who can stop them from taking care of what they want to do." Lang Zhong shook his head, "In the past thirty years, although the cabinet has the upper hand, but ......" Speaking of this, Lang Zhong suddenly closed his mouth, never spoke again, and walked away.

In the early morning, when the strong wind that had been blowing all night had subsided, Li Ang opened his eyes and looked out the window. In the twilight sky, according to the rustle of rare snow falling, he glanced at his sister who was still sleeping beside him, he gently got off the ground, put on his robe, pushed open the door of the house, and hit his face by the cold morning breeze, wanting to calm down.

At this time, there was a violent muffled sound in the courtyard next door, and with a thought, Li Ang quietly closed the door of the house, followed the sound, and saw that in the white snow, the black-clothed officer who had saved him was hitting the huge wooden stake in front of him.

Seeing him coming, Guo Nu stopped. Looking at the black-clothed officer who was silent, Li Ang stopped, paused, and then said in a low voice, "General, Li Ang has something to ask for!" Speaking of which, he bowed his head for the first time in his life, who had never begged for anyone.

Looking at the young man who bowed his head, Guo Nu was stunned, and after a while, he laughed, "It's just killing a silverfish, what's there to be afraid of?" Your sister-in-law takes care of yourself. ”

"I will help you fight for justice, whether you live or die, everything will be judged according to law." Guo Nu pressed Li Ang's shoulder, "But if those officials dare to bend the law, my knife is not vegetarian." After saying that, he smiled, "Go take care of your sister, she is actually very concerned about you." ”

"Thank you, General, for saving your life, my mother's bones... I? Before leaving, Leon stopped again, his voice was a little low, although he was not the old woman's real son, but he watched her die in front of him, but he could not do anything, he could not forgive himself.

"Don't worry, Jing Zhaoyin has already sent someone to bury her in the cemetery outside the city, and when this matter is over, you will go to worship again, right?" Guo Nu nodded, he had also experienced the pain of losing his loved ones.

In this way, Li Ang stayed, and in his silent care, his sister began to gradually stop being afraid of strangers, and began to have a smile on her face, but sometimes she asked him, 'Where is my mother?' But he didn't know how to answer, but he was silent.

Half a month has passed, looking at his sister who is getting closer and closer, Li Ang can't help but feel a little gloomy when he thinks of the case on his body, he really wants to take good care of her, but... Just as he was about to ask for clarification, Guo Nu came.

"Tomorrow, the northern lieutenant will try your case." After sitting down, Guo Nu looked at Li Ang and said, "As long as you let Qing Zhi go to court and prove the evil deeds of the rich and young, you won't have the slightest problem." ”

"Nope." Li Ang refused, categorically, "I won't let Qingzhi go, she's only seven years old, and I don't want anyone to know about that." ”

"Well, since it's your decision, I won't mention it." Guo Nu glanced at Li Ang appreciatively, "It's just that, although the person surnamed Zhai killed your mother first, you can't escape the crime of accidental murder, and you can't say that you will be sentenced to a few years of exile at the border gate." ”

"My life was picked up, if there was no general, I am afraid that I would have been sentenced to death." Li Ang smiled, "Now it's just exile at the border, and I earned it." Speaking of this, Li Ang restrained his smile, stood up and turned to Guo Nu and said, "I have nothing else to worry about, only this one sister, I can't rest assured, please ask the general to take care of her for me." ”

"It's not easy to take care of?" Guo Nu looked at the thin girl who was building a snowman alone outside the house, muttered to himself, and then turned his head to look at Li Ang, "Go and build a snowman with her, after tomorrow, it will be a few years of no see..."

"Thank you." Staring at the tall back in the distance, Li Ang buried his head and whispered to himself, Guo Nu's kindness to him was far more than these two words, but all he could do now was say thank you.

"Brother, come with me to build a snowman." Looking at the distracted Li Ang, Qing Zhi stretched out her thin little hand and grabbed the corner of his clothes. "Hmm!" Looking at his sister with a shallow dimple on her face, Li Ang smiled lightly.

I don't know how long it took, three snowmen stood quietly in the courtyard, "This is my brother, this is Zhi'er, and this is my mother." Pointing to the three snowmen, Qingzhi clapped her hands, then she looked at Li Ang, who was silent, and asked seriously, "Brother, is the place where my mother went really far, why haven't you come back yet?" ”

"Ah, it's far away." Li Ang paused, then squatted down, looked at his sister who was rubbing her red little hands, and said in a low voice, "You have to listen to Uncle Guo well in the future, understand?" With that, he stood up, picked up the girl who seemed to understand or not, and his figure disappeared into the salty snow.