(Foreword)

Cold ice can't break the water, and dead wood can meet spring again.

(Text)

Why did it feel so long tonight, the candle flame in the room flickering, why the sword used by the girl named Frost always felt similar, I hesitated back and forth, my mind was very jumbled, like an unsolvable math problem.

I looked at the books in my hand, and suddenly remembered that in the Tianyou Book Pavilion of 'Youxin Qinyu', I also saw books exactly like this one, is this just a coincidence?

Mr. Ouyang's words echoed in his ears:

Once upon a time, there was a general who led a large army to press in, passing through a city, and after a few days of fighting, the defenders of the city could no longer afford to continue to defend the city. In fact, he could have fled the city, but he didn't, and still led the remnants of his old army to stand on the tower. Its heroic spirit shocks the Quartet...

I couldn't think of any connection at all, but just when my thoughts were complicated, the house was suddenly full of people, as if something had happened, I hurriedly walked out of the door, and Cui Li also heard the movement around me, in the courtyard that I had come to before.

"Cui Li, what's going on? Why is it so noisy in the middle of the night? I saw Cui Li's solemn expression.

"I don't know, I also came out to take a look when I heard the movement in the house. But look there!! "I followed Cui Li's gaze, and the fire was already raging outside the house, could it be the town's blessing activities? No, what time has it been now, when the old man and I returned to the house, most of the people in the town had already gone home to rest, how could they come out again?

But in the face of the fire outside the house, I knew something must have happened!

"Cui Li, come out of the house with me to see, what's going on?" My heart suddenly became anxious, and I knew that all this was not just accidental, there must be some special connection.

Cui Li and I left the courtyard where we were resting and ran outside the house, and the road was full of panicked people in the house, most of whom fled with their luggage.

"What's going on?" I asked a young man who was in a hurry to escape.

"You don't seem to be from my mansion, you better get out of here quickly, there are bandits in the town, and they are about to enter the mansion, so you should do it yourself." The young man ran away as fast as he could.

"Cheng Yin!! It's a bandit!! Let's get out of here quickly, lest there be another incident. Cui Li was about to leave.

"Cui Li, we can't just leave, the old man and his daughter are still in the house, we have to go find them and leave together." I said to Cui Li.

"When are you now, are you still..."Cui Li still wanted to say something, he could see my expression, and he didn't say anything anymore. Well, in that case, let's go look for them first, and then think of a countermeasure to leave. ”

"Old man!! Elderly!!! Where are you? ”

"Miss Wang!! Miss Wang!! Can you hear me? ”

The two of us searched the house for the exact location of the old man's house, but there were shouts everywhere, and my voice was completely drowned out.

"Cheng Yin, this is not a way, this mansion is too big, we have no way to find them." Cui Li looked around.

"You're right, we are looking for it so blindly, and there will be no results, so let's find someone to inquire." My suggestion was good, but now the whole house is so panicked that no one pays any attention to us.

"Hello, we want to inquire..."Cui Li's words were not finished, and the man in front of him ran away without replying.

Still at a loss of clue, we were wandering around the house when suddenly a man came running from the direction of the gate, badly wounded, with a long stick in his hand.

"Let's... Let the lord and the young lady... Leave..."When he saw me and Cui Li, he stopped and supported his body with a long stick, and said with difficulty.

"And where is their house?" Cui Li asked anxiously.

"In... Apparently the man's injuries were not light, he had exhausted all his strength, and now he had no strength to speak, so he could only point to the path to the right behind us.

"Don't worry, we'll let them leave safely."

"Many... Many... Thanks—" The man used his last strength to speak, and then fell to the ground.

Cui Li and I looked at this heroic family member but couldn't help him in the slightest, and we couldn't even help him up... Now the only thing we can do is to find the old man and Frost right away and take them to safety. I turned to look at the path the man was pointing.

But before Cui Li and I had time to walk a few steps, a few strong men ran from the direction of the gate, and judging by their dress, they were definitely not from this mansion.

I saw them walking towards me and Cui Li with big knives in hand: "Do you two know where the master of this mansion is now, and if you say it, you may spare your little life!!" The brawny man who spoke looked very arrogant, holding a huge blade in his hand, and looked at us with fierce eyes.

It's a pity that I'm not in the Shu army camp now, otherwise I would have sent a thousand elite horsemen to see how arrogant he was.

"Why don't you speak, if you don't speak, then don't blame us...", another strong man said, brandishing the giant axe in his hand.

"We don't know where the owner of this house is, but even if we did, we wouldn't have told you. Don't bother with it! "I looked at the strong men.

"That is, if you are interested, you better leave quickly, or the blades in our hands will not be ornamental!!" Cui Li said as he waved the big knife in his hand.

"You are asking for hardship, no wonder we are suffering!" The strong man with the great axe took the great axe and attacked us.

I quickly turned around and dodged, drew my heavy iron sword, and pressed it against the great axe.

I looked at the strong man who was very struggling, it turned out that although I am not good at martial arts in this 'virtual world', if I compare my strength, I am very confident.

The strong man felt that his strength was not as strong as me, and he quickly withdrew the giant axe and slashed horizontally, although it seemed to be powerful, but unfortunately the speed was not fast, and I easily blocked it with my long sword.

Seeing this, the other two strong men also picked up their blades to help, at this time I had no time to deal with the blades of the two people, but at this critical moment, Cui Li used the big knife to block the attack of the two, and the strong man who was holding the big knife before had not yet made a move, just watched from the sidelines.

"Cheng Yin, there are many of them, we shouldn't fight for a long time, let's think about how to withdraw the army." Cui Li blocked the attack of the two.

It was at such a critical moment that I heard a troop of men coming towards us. The enemy in front of us is already very difficult to deal with, and if there is another group of enemy soldiers, our hope of getting out of here is extremely slim...

(End of chapter)