Heavy snowfall has fallen in Hezhou, a small border city in the northern underworld, for two consecutive days, the snow is as deep as the knees of adults, dozens of houses have been crushed by the snow, lack of food and clothing, the weather is cold to the bone marrow, the victims are living on the streets, there is no food to eat, women, children, old and children have been frozen to death on the streets one after another, the situation is unbearable.

There is a small wine shop on the side of the street, the front of the door moves with the cold wind, an old man wearing a shabby robe and a dirty hat that can hardly see the color, lifts the cotton curtain, stamps the snow foam on his feet at the door and walks in, his wrinkled face is red from the cold, he rubs his hands and walks to the front of the platform, and says to the shopkeeper with a grin: "Shopkeeper Li, come to two pots of wine!"

Li Shu, the shopkeeper behind the platform, raised his head and said with a smile: "It's Brother Wang, it's freezing this day, don't stay at home honestly, what are you running outside?"

Old man Wang smiled and said, "It's so cold, if you don't drink two sips, will you let me live?" He glanced at the shop, and there was a young man drinking in the corner, wearing a thick light gold brocade cloak, with a blood jade wrench on the thumb of his right hand, black hair tied into a bun, and a mutton fat hosta inserted.

Old man Wang approached Li Shu, scolded the young man, and lowered his voice: "It's like a rich lord!"

Li Shu nodded understandingly: "It's very generous!"

Old man Wang looked at the snow that was still falling outside, and his face was covered with a layer of dark clouds: "This thief God, it is going to rain endlessly, it is definitely God who wants to punish us, it is a bad omen!" He took the wine jug handed over by Li Shu and poured a big sip.

"Shhhh

Old man Wang smiled casually: "What are you afraid of, there are only a few people in this store, what kind of soldiers do you say are sending in the cold this day? I don't think I'm afraid it's going to have epilepsy, I heard that "... He drank a few sips in a row, and then said vigorously: "I heard that several war horses have frozen to death one after another in the past few days, and there are not a few soldiers and generals who have suffered from cold diseases. Alas, what a wicked!" he sighed.

Li Shu's face turned pale with fright, and he stared at the young man in the corner tightly, for fear that he would be caught on fire by Old Man Wang's complaints. Old man Wang was not afraid of this, the more he drank, the more he muttered.

At noon, the snow finally stopped, and the sun peeked through the lead-gray clouds, and the sky and the earth were covered in snow, and the treetops along the street were all covered with snow.

Li Shu picked the curtain and looked at the snow on the opposite eaves. If there is no war, the four seas are peaceful, and the years are quiet, what a beautiful picture it should be.

But the newly succeeded monarch Meng Qing of the Northern Underworld is a competitive lord, and he has long coveted the prosperity of Jinchuan Kingdom, but people are not as good as the sky, I didn't think that Hezhou had a blizzard at this time, and all the plans were completely disrupted.

The sudden war, the sudden snowstorm, caught many dignitaries and nobles of the Northern Underworld by surprise, Han Nuanzhi, the daughter of the national teacher of the Northern Underworld, was trapped in Hezhou, she had been trapped in the inn for three days, and today she finally looked forward to the snow stopping, so she sneaked out.

The shops, ready-to-wear shops, teahouses, and various workshops on both sides of the main street of Hezhou have opened their doors and begun to sweep the snow in front of the doors.

The alleys that run through the east and west, twists and turns, deep and almost dead silence, it is difficult for the sun to shine in, the bluestone pavement is cold and slippery, she leans against the cold wall and slides step by step, her hands are almost frozen.

Suddenly, there was a darkness in front of her, and two masked black-clothed men with knives flashed in front of her, the daughter of the national teacher was not frightened, she frowned and cursed sharply: "Looking for death? Do you know who this girl is?

The slightly taller man in black opened his mouth and asked, "Are you Han Nuanzhi, the daughter of the National Teacher of the Northern Netherworld?"

"That's good!" Han Nuanzhi smiled proudly, and said sideways: "Now you know, get out of the way, don't get in the way!"

The man in black raised his knife and slashed without saying a word, Han Nuanzhi screamed, dodged sideways, and was about to run forward, but in a hurry, she forgot that the road had just snowed, and the soles of her feet slipped and fell to the ground, and she grinned and exhaled in pain.

Seeing this, the two men in black raised their knives and slashed without hesitation, the blades were mixed with ruthlessness, Han Nuanzhi's face turned white with fright, he hurriedly hugged his head, and shouted in a trembling voice: "Don't kill me, I have silver!

Before the words fell, only the two terrible screams were heard in her ears, and she looked up in a trembling manner, and saw that the two black clothes just now were lying in the dark corner, and they were both hit by a short blade in the chest, and they were all out of breath.

Not far away stood a handsome man, wrapped in a thick light gold brocade cloak, his slender fingers were slowly turning the blood jade wrench finger on the thumb of his right hand, with an unruly face, seeing that the two men in black had died of anger, he turned around and left without saying a word.

"Wait. Han Nuanzhi hurriedly shouted to him, and then got up from the ground, "Thank you Shaoxia for saving your life, please ask Shaoxia's name!"

The young man glanced at her coldly: "It just happened." Thank you!"

"My surname is Han, my name is Nuanzhi, and the name of the young man is..."She asked with a smile, the man's tall posture and arrogant and outstanding appearance made her a little uneasy.

The man looked like he didn't get close, snorted coldly and raised his leg and left.