Winter nights always come extremely fast, and when the two of them led the hundred and fifty rides to the halfway to Cloudsdale, the sky was so dark that they couldn't see their fingers.

Everyone was silent, except for the slight snort of horses and the crisp sound of hooves in the darkness.

Feeling the lingering low mood around him, Qin Shen didn't order anyone to light the torch, and everyone didn't seem to have this kind of thought, so they walked silently along the long straight avenue in the dark, not knowing when the end was ahead, maybe it was simply -

Never end.

Oh, yes! Never-ending! There seems to be no end in sight to everything! Qin Shen sighed secretly, but there is always an end to life, so how can there be endless talk?

A few lights flickered in front of him, as if to tell him that the end would eventually come.

"Call the door!"

In the dark, Qin Shen's voice sounded a little gloomy and cold.

The soldiers were ordered to scream for a while, and the city tower was accompanied by all kinds of ridicule and mockery, and finally came a lazy response, which was mixed with foul language and obscene laughter similar to the three women living in the barracks but there were more than 500 soldiers.

The shouting stopped, and there was silence in the city, and everyone was waiting for Qin Shen's attack.

It's a pity that in the darkness he seems to be as silent as if he never appeared here.

There was a sense of frustration and loss in everyone's hearts.

Qin Shen silently took off the longbow.

More than a month ago, when his sense of touch was a hundred times more sensitive than before, he thought that his archery skills had reached the peak, and from that moment on, he suddenly lost his goal and direction in archery.

However, at this moment, this situation, this feeling, he saw the lanterns fluttering and swaying in the cold wind on the city tower, and rekindled the pursuit of the limits of human beings.

At the same time, he also deeply understood that the world may change every day for thousands of years, or since the existence of living beings, but the only thing that remains constant is that-

Big fish eat little fish.

In such a world, you either lie dormant or stand at the top, and there is no other choice.

And he no longer has the possibility of hibernation, he can only try to climb to the top.

Close your eyes and concentrate on feeling everything around you, soothing and adjusting your breathing to keep yourself in the most relaxed and sensitive reaction state, the spiritual platform is instantly clear, and the characters of heaven and earth seem to be able to fully understand it.

The spirit of the whole person began to sink down, entering a realm of forgetting both things and self.

The cold wind swept by, as if it was no longer unhindered through his body and merged with him, he could clearly feel its existence and grasp its laws.

When I opened my eyes suddenly, the swing of the lanterns on the castle tower seemed to become rhythmic.

At that moment, he did not hesitate to draw the arrow, tie the string, pull the bow, loosen the fingers, and all the movements burst out the first arrow in one go......

"Zheng!"

The crowd, who had been unable to wait for the order for a long time and had lost their ground, suddenly heard a soft chord sound near them.

Before I understood what was going on, the four strings of "Zheng Zheng Zheng" rang into my ears.

Accompanied by a panic coming from the city tower at the same time, everyone looked up, only to see that the five lanterns that were supposed to be hanging under the eaves of the city tower fell one after another, and it was suddenly dark.

In the depths of the night, only Qin Shen's indifferent drink was left floating back and forth in the cold wind-

"Captain Liu! Tomorrow at noon! School field in the city! See you or leave you! ”

Everyone was stunned for a moment, giving birth to a complex emotion that did not know whether to be happy or worried, and the heroic words of the general who only had a death covenant in this life had already spread all over the clouds, or even the Central Plains.

The hustle and bustle upstairs returned to tranquility, and Qin Shen gave the order to return to the camp.

On the way back to the camp, a soldier lit a torch, and his face flickered in the light of the flickering fire, and no one could guess what he was thinking.

In all directions, except for the sound of horses' hooves hunting and hunting fire, everyone was in a state of flux.

Thinking of tomorrow's death battle, Qin Shen's blood suddenly boiled again, and he felt that the dead heaven and earth in his heart for more than a month had regained its vitality, and it seemed that only killing or being killed would make his life meaningful, and everything else would not matter.

Even he didn't know when exactly he started to become so bloodthirsty?

In recent months, he has enjoyed a peaceful life, and he feels that this is the real life, but in his heart, even he has to admit that there seems to be something missing, which makes him feel lost.

And at this moment, the kind of abrupt disappearance, full of fullness, is he born to pursue excitement?

He didn't know.

He only knew that the idea that he could lie dormant and rest easy with his reputation and prestige had been slapped in the face by the fact that he was just delusional.

No coercion or force could bring him to his knees, and he had to fight back.

"General, what should Brother Qu and the others do?" Under the dim firelight, Cao Jin could only see that his face was hot and cold, but he couldn't see whether his heart was happy or worried.

Hearing the question, Qin Shen retracted his thoughts, took a long breath to calm down a little emotion, and said in a deep voice: "It's not a big deal to have Brother Qu in charge, but I have to work hard for them tonight." ”

Cao Jin nodded, looked at him silently and hesitated for a moment, but couldn't help but ask the words that he wanted to ask the most: "The general really wants to fight Liu Guang to the death tomorrow?" ”

"Do you think it's a joke?" Qin Shen frowned slightly and glanced at him inquiringly, then looked back and sighed lightly, and then said: "Lu Fang can't sit still after all, otherwise do you think Liu Guang alone dares to do this to me?" ”

Saying that, he snorted lightly, and a few fierce words flashed in his eyes: "If you want to use this method to force me to return to the city and station, I must teach him to be surprised." ”

Cao Jin nodded first when he heard this, but he stopped talking, and finally couldn't help but worry: "It's just ...... It's just that it is inevitable that he will be completely open to Lu Fang, and it will not do the general any good, besides, I heard that Liu Guang's archery skills are indeed extraordinary, and last time he dared to ...... in Wuquan."

Saying "ouch", he suddenly stopped, and suddenly raised his head to look at the dark night sky, "It's snowing!" ”

Dots of fine snow fluttered in the wind like reeds through the dim light of the fire, and fell on the face, sending out a slight coolness.

Qin Shen stretched out his palm, silently watched a fine snowflake slowly melt in the palm of his hand until it disappeared completely, and then retracted his gaze to look at the dark night and sighed lightly, with a trace of confusion on his face, "If I am afraid to face Liu Guang or Lu Fang, then I may really return to Wuquan and die." ”

After a pause, he looked at him with a rare warmth in his eyes, and said lightly: "Don't worry! I've got my own measure. ”

Cao Jin looked at him and pouted, but finally stopped talking.

……

Back at the camp, Qin Shen's footsteps stopped outside the barracks door, listening to the whispers and soft laughter coming from the room, and a warmth suddenly welled up in his heart, took a deep breath, and opened the curtain with a smile.

"Official!" The two people sitting around the stove heard the movement, and the surprised side heads on their faces hurriedly got up to meet them, and Xiaobai immediately ran over half at a gallop and half stumbled, and walked around around his feet to flatter.

The more careful picture front met the sharp eyes and found a thin layer of white foam falling on the top of his head and shoulders, and was stunned for a while and wondered: "It's snowing?" ”

With that, the two of them quickened their pace to his side, scrambling to brush away the snow for him.

But how can the tiny snow foam be brushed away?

With the warm and soft little hands gently falling on the body, the snowflakes melted into the hair and clothes, and there was no trace.

Seeing such a situation, Rushi wrung her hands in front of her helplessly, a little worried, and even a little self-reproachful and cowardly, and said with tears of regret in her eyes: "The maid should not stop the painting from taking the clothes for the official." ”

"It doesn't matter." Qin Shen's face was full of relieved smiles, the little girl's thoughts, how could he not understand?

And the two of them cared about him from the bottom of their hearts, which also made him suddenly feel an unprecedented warmth since he arrived in the Han Dynasty, and then laughed: "Didn't you say that I am not afraid of the wind and cold? What is this bit of rain and snow? ”

Rushi glanced at him with shame and annoyance when she heard this, but she felt remorseful in her heart and gently hooked Xiaobai who was around him aside, and reprimanded angrily: "Go!" Are you going to come and compete with us for officials? ”

After speaking, he felt as if he had lost his words and lowered his little head, and his face became crimson and uneasy.

And hearing this, Qin Shen looked at Xiao Bai, who was lying on the side pitifully and looking at him pitifully, and couldn't help but feel helpless.

Somehow, it was clear that he had only been to the Xiyu Pavilion once, and he had only spoken a few words to Gu Xiyu, but now the entire Cloud City was full of all kinds of peach-colored rumors and fragrant gossip between him and the other party.

He is also extremely helpless about this, but this kind of thing can't show up to defend himself, that will only make things darker and darker, so he can only let it go without knowing it.

And what gave him the most headache was that this kind of boundless rumor spread to the picturesque ears of those who often went to the city to do all kinds of things, and for this he was not less wronged by the two daughters' implicit resentment.

Or when they want to come, oh! We're a little smaller! But she was also born bright and moving, and she looked young and beautiful, where is she not as good as her? Why can you turn a blind eye to the two of us, but you are going to provoke some Fengyue woman, is there really any difference between the people in the Qinglou?

Alas! Headache!

Qin Shen secretly sighed, just smiled as if he didn't notice the meaning of her words, turned his head to look at the steaming pot on the stove, and said with a light smile: "You two haven't eaten either, have you?" ”

Hearing him ask, the two suddenly remembered, and after answering, they hurriedly divided the work to set up the utensils, serve the food, take the clothes, and fetch hot water to warm his hands and feet, and so on.

Looking at the busy figures of the two, Qin Shen felt warm and moved and did not refuse in the slightest.

In his mind, a person's dedication and rejection is not a caring and considerate of the other party, but a kind of torture that borders on cruelty, which will make the other person fall into a situation of self-doubt, wondering if he has not done enough, or is it not good, or even less worthwhile?

And there are many different ways to care, such as......

After thinking about it, Qin Shen looked at the two of them slightly green but revealing a bit of mature and graceful posture, his body gradually had a certain reaction, and then he was startled by this sudden thought, and quickly turned his head and didn't dare to look at it again, and couldn't help but secretly say in his heart, what is wrong with me?

Since the study of the "Wind Resisting Technique", there is no need to say much about the benefits, but it seems that there are also drawbacks.

He found that he seemed to have less and less self-control!

Alas! Zong Hao, where are you? You're not trying to hurt me, are you?