The first year of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Yezhou.

This place, like Fengzhou, is under the jurisdiction of the Mobei Metropolitan Protectorate. Because it is located in the north of the Great Zhou, it experiences wind and snow all year round. Now the Central Plains is not yet cold, and it is already snowing heavily.

The war between the Northern Wilderness and the Great Zhou Dynasty has reached a stalemate. Even though the Great Zhou has achieved a great advantage in the Central Plains, it still seems a little powerless in the face of the strong Northern Wilderness army.

The Northern Expedition Army faced the Mobei Iron Cavalry under the Court of the Northern Wilderness Zuoxian King, these Northern Wilderness Iron Cavalry were brave and good at fighting, even in the case of disadvantage, they could still deal a heavy blow to the army of the Great Zhou.

No matter who has the upper hand on both sides, it is the local people who actually suffer.

Yezhou is not far from Fengzhou, but it is closer to the inland than Fengzhou.

Every morning, as soon as the drums came out of the city, the people standing outside Yezhou raised their heads, moved their bodies that had become stiff due to the cold, and stood in front of the city gate.

They are refugees fleeing the war and have sought refuge through endless snowy fields. There are already a lot of people outside, and the capacity of the city is limited. Therefore, whenever a certain number of refugees were admitted, the city gate would be closed, and the people outside the city gate would scream and scream, but the iron gate would never be opened.

The reality is cruel, people do anything in order to survive. Often, someone dies because they grab a position.

"Give Lao Tzu a dodge, who dares to be within my three zhang, and will not be spared!" A lieutenant shouted from a high wall.

Rumble! Rumble! Rumble!

Groups of soldiers with large shields in their hands walked out of the city gate in a neat formation. Their gaze is cold, and whoever dares to cause trouble here will have the knife in their hand stretched out.

The urge to live can stimulate people's nerves and make people do a lot of crazy things. Therefore, at this time, it is common for people to shout and rush out, and then they are stabbed through the body with a knife, and then kicked aside, and the corpses are quickly piled up in a small pile.

Several lieutenants turned a blind eye and shouted at those people: "As long as the Great Zhou people!" You must have a place of origin to enter. If you don't, get out of here! ”

The crowd below began to riot, and the captain seemed to have expected this situation for a long time, and ignored it, but chatted with his companions.

There were soldiers standing on the sidelines, carelessly checking the way of the incoming.

Once they find people who are not from the Great Zhou, they will be killed directly by the Northern Wilderness, and as for those from the Western Regions, they will be kicked out with their feet and left to fend for themselves.

A patch of white bones that had accumulated under the city walls.

When Tao Qingyu walked to the city, the city gate was about to close.

Armed with sticks, the soldiers shouted loudly to drive the refugees in front of the city gates.

Compared with those refugees, Tao Qingyu's clothes are quite neat. As for the streak of blood on the garment, no one noticed it because of the heavy snow.

On such a snowy day, the cold wind was biting, and even if I was wearing a heavy cotton coat, I could already feel the wind blowing in from outside my clothes.

Tao Qingyu has no guide, she can't speak, and his village is full of corpses. She wasted her last strength and buried her father and mother. Finally, he hugged his brother's headless corpse and cried.

Taoyuan Village is gone, and the only thing that has always accompanied her is the white fox named Xiaodouding.

Xiao Douding followed behind Tao Qingyu, leaving a neat row of footprints on a flat and clean snow.

Taoyuan Village has been destroyed by a fire, Tao Qingyu wanted to continue to stay in the village, but he didn't expect a few days later, a team of soldiers appeared, looking for the undead. Tao Qingyu knew that they should be looking for themselves.

There were a number of people in every village, and they searched for heads, but they didn't find enough heads, so they found themselves.

Tao Qingyu didn't dare to stay here anymore and fled in a hurry.

She's going south.

On weekdays, my father and mother often said that if they have money in the future, they must go to the Shendu to see.

This is a thousand miles away from the capital of God. But Tao Qingyu is a little girl, ignorant, how to understand what the concept of this thousand miles is.

With a will, she has come here.

He hadn't eaten anything for two days, and Tao Qingyu was already extremely hungry.

She looked at Yezhou City in the distance, the tall city gate had been closed at this moment, and her hopes were once again dashed.

Outside, there are fortress-like villages, and unlike cities, they won't allow any refugees to enter.

Woo woo –

The white fox whispered beside her.

This white fox is so young that it is difficult to even hunt for food.

In such years, even the weeds in the meadows have been wiped out, and some wild beasts hidden in the mountains and forests have disappeared. Nowadays, hungry people are strong, and even the most powerful wild boar king in the barren mountains has to flee when he encounters a group of hungry refugees.

Tao Qingyu stopped.

In front of her, a group of refugees was surrounded. Their eyes glowed red, like demons from hell.

They rushed to Tao Qingyu and began to pick her clothes.

The heavy cotton fur can effectively resist the wind and cold. The people, who were blown to the point of collapse by the cold wind, began to do their work on their companions.

Even though Tao Qingyu is just a little girl, in order to survive, snatching has become a noble act.

So the refugees snatched Tao Qingyu's cotton clothes, perhaps because they disliked Tao Qingyu's remaining clothes that were too small, leaving only a thin belly pocket for the little girl and walking away.

Tao Qingyu was powerless to resist, and the white fox was pressed into the snowdrift by Tao Qingyu. If those people were to find out, this small mass of flesh and blood would inevitably be killed.

The group of people left, Tao Qingyu took away his hand that was already purple from the cold, and Xiao Douding wailed in a low voice.

As soon as the cold wind blew, Tao Qingyu shivered uncontrollably.

She hugged Little Douding and ran deep into the woods, afraid that those who were like demons would reappear.

Tao Qingyu's whole body trembled, his weak body walked with difficulty in the wind and snow, and soon became an iceman, and his whole body gradually lost consciousness.

She put the little bean down, pointed in the direction of the south, and babbled.

She could only make such a sound and let Xiao Douding continue to walk south.

Keep walking, and it's safe!

Gradually, her voice became weaker, and Tao Qingyu wanted to take another look at the wooden card, but his hand couldn't move.

The snow is heavy and engulfs the little one.

Xiao Douding wailed, and refused to leave the snowdrift around Tao Qingyu.

It stretched out its claws, trying to dig out Tao Qingyu. However, as soon as a little bit was dug up, it was covered in heavy snow.

Snow, all the time.

In the haze of the snow, a figure appeared.

The figure came from far and near to the white fox.

A green shirt, with a heavy fox fur on the outside, this man is also leading a horse, and carrying a heavy book basket behind his back.

This is a scholar.

The scholar held a sword in his hand, and blood was still dripping from the blade.

He just killed someone.

Seeing the scholar approaching, the white fox suddenly ran over, bit his boots, and dragged him in the direction of Tao Qingyu. The scholar was surprised, reached out and dug out the snowdrift, and dug out the small person buried in the snowdrift.

The white fox wailed and jumped on top of the villain, licking her face with its warm tongue, trying to wake her up.

"She's dead." The scholar regretted.

The white fox jumped around Tao Qingyu's corpse again and again, as if he didn't believe all this, and faintly let out a human-like cry.

The horse next to the scholar neighed, and the scholar hurriedly stroked its back with his hand to stabilize the horse's mood.

"I didn't expect that I could still be here, and I could see the white fox who has always been psychic." The scholar grabbed the white fox, and the white fox suddenly opened its claws and roared vigorously.

"You want me to take a corpse with you?" The scholar's brows furrowed, but he quickly stretched out, "Dust to dust, dust to dust." Since she died here, the body should not be too far away and bury it on the spot. ”

The white fox looked at him with wide eyes as if he could understand what the scholar was saying.

The scholar's movements were very fast, and he actually knew advanced swordsmanship, and when the blade of the sword pierced the ground, he picked up a piece of snow skin, and a deep pit appeared on the ground.

The scholar put Tao Qingyu's body in, and the white fox grabbed the corner of her clothes, reluctant to give up.

The scholar stopped the white fox, buried the soil in it, and said, "Let her go with peace of mind." ”

"I'm going to the Divine Capital, since you have a relationship with me, then come with me." The scholar picked up the white fox.

A man, a fox and a horse disappeared into the snow.

……

On the night of March 25 of the first year of Shengong.

After a catastrophe during the day, the whole god is now silent again. It's just that the only thing that has changed is that there are more Jin Wuwei patrolling the streets at night.

In addition to Jin Wuwei, the sixteen guards were dispatched at the same time tonight to patrol around the Shendu. In every corner, there are groups of soldiers, martial marquis, and bad people, passing signals to each other.

Although most of the youkai were burned by the Suzaku fire, it was inevitable that some fish would slip through the net.

Fengluan Pavilion in Beishi City was still singing and dancing, and the drinkers talked about their experiences during the day, boasting about how they reacted and killed demons, which attracted a burst of girl's coquettishness.

This is the famous flower building of the gods, the building has four floors, and the lights are bright at the moment.

The maid walked to the door of a compartment on the fourth floor with the wine in her hand, and did not break in directly, but said softly: "Lang Jun, the wine you ordered is here." ”

"Send it in!"

The maid carried the wine jug, and as soon as she entered the compartment, she saw a graceful woman lying in the man's arms, and her pretty face couldn't help but blush slightly.

The people who can charter a private room on the top floor of Fengluan Pavilion are all big names on the rich side, and she doesn't dare to disturb the nobles.

in the compartment.

The man hugged the woman, and if you looked closely, a white fox tail was revealed from the woman's simple clothes.

The white fox turned out to be here.

She still had the empress's face.

"When you were asked to transform into a shape, there were thousands of beauties for you to choose from, but you chose the emperor's face." The man drank a good amount of wine, and drank a pot of wine without feeling tired at all.

"Your plan has failed." The white fox said in a trembling voice, his face still pale.

The man smiled slightly: "The plans are all expected, if the imperial capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty is ruined after this little tribulation, it will be too disappointing." ”

The man's hand touched the neck of the white fox, and the moment she didn't react, it instantly twisted her neck.

The white fox fell to the ground, looked at the man in disbelief, and then his eyes became relieved, and finally dimmed.

The man walked to the stands by the pavilion, where he could see the night view of this sacred capital.

When the wind blows, a green shirt has a slight elegant atmosphere.

A dark figure suddenly appeared behind the man, and he picked up the body of the white fox and put it in a sack.

"Do you recognize that person?" The man didn't look back, the wine glass in his hand swaying slightly.

The black shadow grinned: "Back to the high priest, the group of wolf hunters, even if they turn to ashes, the small ones will recognize them!" The villain couldn't help it anymore and wanted to fight with that person. ”

Speaking of this, the black shadow trembled with excitement.

"Then you're going to be disappointed, I've decided to wait a while." The man laughed.

"Wait a minute?" The dark shadow was puzzled.

The man did not answer, looking at the pavilions hidden in the darkness in the distance, and his gaze gradually retracted.

The night is still long.