Xiaozhou, the northernmost state capital of Middle Earth Kyushu in the Great Yan Dynasty. Because of the wind and snow and the lack of warm spring, it is known as the winter state. The majestic and continuous Daxingyun Mountains are its natural barrier against foreign enemies. In the northeast of the Daxingyun Mountain Range, there is the Eastern Jackal, which has been constantly harassing the state border for hundreds of years since the founding of the Great Yan Dynasty. It is precisely because of the barrier of the Daxingyun Mountain Range that the Eastern Jackal, which has a strong cavalry army, cannot be overcome. In the Dingyun Pass of the Daxingyun Mountain Range, the Yan Dynasty and the Eastern Jackal are divided into inside and outside the pass.

In the deep winter of the rolling mountains, the snow has already accumulated deeply, and the vast white is a unique feature of the old forests in the mountains. In this old forest, there have been people who have lived for generations who have been called "Tun people" or "Tun people" by the local counties. Most of their ancestors were remnants of the previous dynasty and were stranded in this vast mountain forest. Gradually, these remnants of the former dynasty became the tun people and tun people in the local mountains and forests.

The other part of the remnants of the previous dynasty crossed the Dingyun Pass and went outside the pass to integrate into the group of the Wolf Ran tribe. It is precisely because of the remnants of the previous dynasty that the developed iron forging skills of the former dynasty were introduced to the East Wolf Ran. As a result, in the hundreds of years after the founding of the Great Yan Dynasty, this neighbor in the northeast gradually became stronger and more prosperous.

The wolf people who have repeatedly violated the realm are also the biggest threat to the people of Laolintun living in Daxing Yunshan. Although the wolf people can't cross the mountain pass on a large scale, they can still walk between the mountains and forests in small groups and cause harm to the people in the pass!

"Third Brother Xin! Do you think the wolf leader will come to the old forest on this day? A middle-aged man with a short stature said.

The man wore a thick fur hat with big ears, a somewhat old leather robe and wool boots, and walked slowly through the snow about half a foot thick. Behind him was a small half-stone bow and a holstered quiver tied with hemp rope for the local hunters. The man's pace was slightly slow because he was carrying a mouthful of bloodstained and bulging sack. In front of him was a burly, middle-aged man of medium build. The man's dress was very similar to that of the speaker, and even the style of the quiver he was carrying behind him was not much different. But the bow behind this man is a rare one-stone bow, which shows that he is an expert in making bows.

The man of medium stature also carried a bloodstained burlap bag on his back. But the same pace of walking in the snow was much lighter than that of the diminutive man. The short man saw that the person in front of him didn't speak, so he spoke again: "Third Brother Xin, hehe!" Do you say that the third sister-in-law wants to give birth to a male baby or a female baby? ”

The man of medium stature replied lightly: "Whether it is a male baby or a female baby, I like to talk about calves, this cold day." You don't have the strength to carry a few more steps, and you still have the leisure to nag your head? ”

The calf smiled: "Third Brother Xin, our brothers and sisters will go back to Tunzi this time, and they don't have to suffer the sin of this ice knife day before the year~ It's better to hunt with Third Brother Xin ~ There is this bag of roe deer skin and meat or something, my mother-in-law and the big and small girls will not quarrel with me~ Hehe~"

The mother-in-law of the calf's family is at home, and she is more in charge of the house than he, the old man who is in charge. The short calf was a little less confident in front of the mother-in-law who was taller than him. But he himself thinks that his mother-in-law is too small if he doesn't let him go, and his mother-in-law could have followed the old Lin man who was more capable than him before marrying him. But in the end, he chose to follow him, so the calf was very moved by this matter. Although the mother-in-law who has come from home over the years has seen that he is not happy everywhere, he knows that his mother-in-law is still very distressed. Over the years, the wine bugs in my mouth have cost a lot of my family's goods. But the mother-in-law has never bothered with herself in this matter. Later, the mother-in-law gave birth to the eldest girl and the second girl, although her own mother-in-law failed to give birth to a child for herself, but the calf did not go to her heart because of this incident. He knew that although his mother-in-law didn't say anything, he had a pimple in his heart that he couldn't leave a leave for Lao Niu's family. But every time I see my mother-in-law, I am depressed and want to persuade her because of this incident. This dead woman has to be angry with him every time

The calf smiled and put his future troubles behind, but he was worried about returning to the tunzi to eat and drink. Let your mother-in-law stew the roe deer leg as a snack! I secretly endured the wine worm in my mouth, and the half jar of wine I hid was also time to drink two sips to satisfy my cravings!

Xin Laosan walked in front of the calf and said lightly: "Yes, you are carrying this big bag of roe deer skin and meat." It's enough for you these days, and you don't have to go out during the New Year's Festival. ”

The calf seemed to sense that Xin Laosan had something on his mind: "Third Brother Xin, are you worried that our grandfathers will go hunting." The sister-in-law at home has a baby? ”

Xin Laosan: "I invited the best baby woman for dozens of miles, and let her accompany Juan Zi before I went hunting." It shouldn't be anything."

Niu Niu Zi listened to Xin Laosan's words, and immediately thought of asking the third brother about the wolf leader: "I said that the third brother, you don't really think that the wolf leader is a wolf!" Bah! This ice knife is coming to Lao Lin every day, right?! ”

Xin Laosan frowned slightly: "Two years ago, it was also the moment, and the wolf leader slaughtered the Changjiaji thirty miles away."

The calf was a little stunned when he heard the words of Third Brother Xin, and he carried the broken burlap bag on his shoulder: "I said Third Brother Xin!" My dear brother! Can we not mention this file during the New Year? Listen to the hairy in my heart"

Xin Laosan didn't pick up the calf, his mind seemed to go back to that day two years ago. It was also a snowy winter. He was the first to witness the Changjiaji being slaughtered clean by the wolf leader. On that day, he seemed to be back to the scene he had seen in his youth!

The most prosperous in the whole thirty miles, there is a large bazaar with thousands of people living and living. It just disappeared overnight, and there were wooden houses that had collapsed due to the fire. Billowing smoke and dust flew everywhere, like the shadow of a lonely soul that died after the killing and refused to disperse. Some of the tun people who were killed by the wolf leader in the house were burned to pitch black charcoal everywhere. Some of the tunmin women who were disemboweled by the wolf head were hung on the trunk with their hands tied in humiliation! These tunmin women were eaten as wolf leaders and were insulted by the wolf leaders, and they were painful to death after opening their stomachs!

Xin Laosan still remembers the time when he was running in the ruined Changjiaji. Because he found that deep in his heart that day, he was still very much thinking about the past when he was young, so he kept running in the Changjiaji with billowing smoke and dust and dust from the ruins! Towards the center of the former Changjia Market, it is also the symbol of this market Datun. When he came to the large, brick and stone courtyard. only to find that the former magnificent mansion still can't escape the fate of destruction! In the ruins of the huge main hall, there were more than 100 charred bodies of different shapes or leaning on each other or gathered together, and all this shows that it is very likely that the people in the courtyard set fire to themselves. When they knew they couldn't escape, they would rather be burned alive than be bullied and killed by the wolf leader!

Weak, he looked at all this in front of him, watching the once vivid life turn into pitch-black coth. I can only watch helplessly at all this, and there is no way to do it. And all this in front of him reminded him of the promise he made to a person when he was young, although the promise of the past has long since disappeared with the passage of time. But Xin Laosan still never forgot the promise of the past. Because that promise has long been deep, imprinted in the depths of his heart and cannot be erased

Subsequently, the news that Changjiaji was slaughtered by the wolf leader soon spread throughout this old forest. The people in the old forest were very afraid. Therefore, just like after the slaughter of the wolf head in the past, the men in the various tuns spontaneously organized. They formed a team to explore the woodland outside the border. Xin Laosan also joined in during that time, and searched for dozens of days with the men from various tuns.

When the news of Changjiaji's slaughter by the wolf leader reached the county, the county government also sent a messenger to inspect. But in the end, the old man from the county only stayed with the old man of the township for a while and went back. And this Changjiaji massacre that happened two years ago is just like the bigger wolf head slaughter that happened when I was young.

Xin Laosan gradually returned to reality from the memories of the past, and he tightened the broken bag full of roe deer skin and flesh on his back. A hand reached his waist, and a dagger blade was stuck diagonally into the leather belt around his waist. The dagger blade and scabbard were all pale black. And the only one who can forge this color is the Wolf Ran tribe from outside the gate. Because only the place where the Wolf Ran tribe lives produces black iron stone.

Xin Laosan used his rough and wide palm to rub the handle of the dagger with a short blade at his waist. The touch is cool to the touch, just like this cold deep winter. Although Xin Laosan didn't know how the previous owner of this dagger short blade got it. But he got it because of a gift from the original owner of the dagger blade. At the same time as he got the dagger blade, he made the promise to its former owner that was imprinted in the depths of his heart

Xin Laosan and Niu Niu Zi walked forward one after the other, one foot deep and one foot shallow, on foot and foot on the vast snowfield. The two of them walked for less than an hour, and in the mountains and forests not far away, they vaguely saw more than a dozen scattered wooden houses and small tuns. From time to time, a faint white smoke slowly rose from the chimney of the wooden house. When the white smoke drifts into the clear sky, it will disappear with the sky. It seems that the silent little tunzi should be so silent and peaceful. At this moment, in Xiaotunzi, one of the wooden houses is a different scene