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When the quiet starry sky gradually reveals the sapphire magnificence, the curling smoke becomes the boundary between night and dawn. Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year, and although the morning glow in the red sky is late because of the laziness of the sun, it has not skipped work after all. In any case, people will be happy to have sunny weather on the first day of the new year.

The temperature in the early morning was sluggish, and the cold wind did not consider the festival and chose to open the net, still blowing unscrupulously according to his temper. However, it is obviously not enough to cool the enthusiasm of the people with these reasons.

After a family in the city opened the first door of the new year, the sound of the door opening was like ripples to wake up more than a dozen families around, and the same dozen families woke up hundreds of families around them...... In this way, in just a quarter of an hour, thousands of doors and windows in the ice and snow city were opened. The joyful joy that had been imprisoned all night was completely released.

With this speed, a large number of pedestrians quickly appeared in the streets and alleys that were deserted before, and the scene of crowds was overflowing.

If you look at the endless stream of pedestrians from a high vantage point, you will vaguely notice that they are divided into three groups and are heading in their own directions.

These three types of people can be easily distinguished by their clothing. First, high-ranking officials and nobles are dressed brightly; second, the common people, clean and tidy; Third, the victims were beggars and in rags.

According to the route they walked, combined with their respective identities, their destinations can naturally be guessed.

For them, it has become a habit to worship their ancestors and pray for peace, especially on such an important day, and only through the ancestral hall can their spiritual needs be satisfied.

And those high-ranking officials and nobles, except for a few, the vast majority of them have in their minds how to climb to power. Every year on the first day of the Lunar New Year, the families of the city lord's mansion gather, and some family owners who are rarely seen on weekdays also come in person. How could they let go of such an opportunity?! Although gift-giving is inevitable, if you make friends with a big person as you wish, the reward will far exceed the pay!

As for the beggars, this is a variable. Before dawn today, a notice was posted on the bulletin board of the Ice and Snow City that all beggars were allowed to go to the granary of the City Lord's Mansion to receive food. When some beggars found out, just half an hour later, all the beggars in the city knew about it and moved to the granary, which caused today's change.

At present, the roads in the city are running non-stop, and the dense crowd of pedestrians is constantly being sent off and received. Looking at the main road leading to the ancestral hall and the city lord's mansion, there is a lot of traffic, it is not spectacular! According to this battle, it is not difficult to imagine how crowded the two places should be at that time.

Ice and Snow Boulevard

At this time, if you want to choose the smoothest street, it must be it! The reason is very simple, because at the end of it is the giant of Ice and Snow City, the City Lord's Mansion! Its unique identity gives it the power to distinguish it from other streets. This is evident from the gatehouse at the entrance.

Ice Gate!

Here these three words are equivalent to majesty! Above the gatehouse, more than 100 guards stood awe-inspiringly, and the black flags tattooed with the word "cold" sounded fiercely. The walls that stretched out on both sides were thick and tall, like the torso of a giant dragon, guarding everything inside. As a result, the entire area has been dubbed the "City within a City".

If you think it's just a façade, then the next sight inside the city will show you what it means to be true.

Passing through the Ice Gate, the soft sunlight sprinkles on the ice and snow avenue, and its smoothness is not only due to its end, but more importantly, its own "size". It is nine miles long and nine zhang wide. There are many shops lining both sides of the road, and even if they are not open today, there are enough reasons to remind people of their usual popularity. Most of the shops belonged to the Han, Han, Xiao, and Wang four mansions, and a small part were divided among other families in the city. No one would underestimate this small part. Not to mention that the rent here alone is astronomical, it extracts two-tenths of the annual profit of each shop, so if you can open a store in the "city within a city", its identity must be ranked in the ice and snow city, and there are even some characters that even the city lord's mansion wants to win over!

Following the flow of the wind into the Jiuli Long Street, the retreating scene lingers in the mind, and people can't help but recall its differences and similarities. Driven by habits, the most impressive thing is those signboards of all kinds, square and round, horizontal and vertical... But only the word "ice and snow" appears on almost every signboard.

This is not a hard requirement, at first it was indeed the hunger caused by some people to satisfy their vanity, but later more people followed suit, but it became a symbol of the wealth and strength of the Ice and Snow City, which not only strengthened the position of the Ice and Snow City in the Arctic Ice, but also deterred all cities in the region.

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At the end of the avenue, the magnificent and majestic City Lord's Mansion was impressive, and a mile-long red soft carpet spread out on the smooth staircase towards the open golden gate above. Stepping on the soft carpet and stepping on the high platform, you will see a pair of majestic stone carvings (bian) standing in front of the mansion, turning around to overlook, and the entire ice and snow avenue is also in full view. At this time, the guests had not arrived, but the preparations in the house had already been prepared. All the personnel inside and outside the door perform their duties and improve the work at hand in an orderly manner.

"Ice and Snow Money! Kim Jong Choe! Ninety-nine spirit stones and three spirit stones! ”

The call spread, and a slightly chubby middle-aged man stepped over the threshold with his hands on his back. His arrival finally rang the first doorbell in the house.

In the North Ice Domain, ten North Ice coins are exchanged for one North Ice Bead, ten Beads are exchanged for one North Ice Pearl, and a spirit stone can only be exchanged for one hundred Pearls. For people like him who have already touched the top of their interests, the money and materials used by ordinary people cannot be put on the table, and only more precious mineral deposits can be regarded as hard currency. The so-called Spirit Injection Stone, it is a must-have for cultivators, and with it, the cultivation speed will be several times faster. Such a miraculous effect also directly led to the fact that all the spiritual deposits in the entire Arctic Ice Domain did not belong to any city, and the only way to obtain it was to participate in the Hundred Cities Competition.

It can be said to be the mother of the spirit stone, it is the power of heaven and earth, the essence of the sun and the moon to constantly transform the surroundings, and Fang is to give birth to the spirit mineral, so the spirit deposit has always contained the spirit mineral. If a refining soldier was wearing an object made of spirit stones, it would be equivalent to cultivating to him every moment.

"Yo, Master Jin, you're here so early!" Hearing the reminder, an old man in red hurriedly stepped forward to greet him.

The man's chin greeted the prime minister, "If you are close, you will naturally arrive early." Mr. Han, Happy New Year! Happy Chinese New Year! It's been a long time since I've seen you get more and more energetic! ”

"Haha, thanks to you, my old bones are quite tough, come on, come on, please! Inside, please! ”

Walking through the corridor walkway, the sudden opening up of the scenery makes you even pause to breathe. It's not pretty, but it's absolutely magnificent! The towering platform and the wide flat land look like a miniature version of the ancestral hall at first glance, but the momentum is obviously very different, one is majestic; The other is towering.

As far as the eye can see, ten columns of thousand-foot-long cases on the flat ground are facing each other, and each column has a hundred seats, and one seat is from the second servant. On the case, fruits, snacks, tea, tea and wine are readily available, sweet and mellow blend in the air between heaven and earth, making people intoxicated; And the sunshine pouring into the notes of birdsong makes people feel the comfort of warm spring.

"Manager Han, your City Lord's Mansion is really generous, every year there are new tricks, there are surprises every year, wonderful! Wonderful! ”

"Hey, where did the owner of the Jin Zhuang say, it is precisely because there are shopkeepers like the owner of the Jin Zhuang that the Ice and Snow Avenue is becoming more and more prosperous, and the City Lord's Mansion is also touching everyone's light. Come on, you still have to walk forward in your seat, and I'll take you there. ”

"Okay, I'm tired!"

Time passed under the feet of pedestrians, and the two places of convergence in the ice and snow city quickly became hot. In contrast, due to the fact that there is a group that has jumped out of the law to join today, the popularity of the City Lord's Mansion is finally on par with the ancestral hall, and even more so in terms of density. After all, there are quite a lot of buildings in the City Lord's Mansion, and it can't compare to the vastness of the ancestral hall after all.

"Ice and snow iron shop! Zhao Feng! There are 1,000 iron spears and 100 black iron swords! ”

"Ice and Snow Embroidery Workshop! Ruan Qianxiu! There are thousands of ceremonial uniforms, thousands of ice and snow city flags, and hundreds of cold blood armbands! ”

"Ice and Snow Medicine Hall! Mu Baiyi! 100 bottles of Rite Qi and Blood Pill, 100 bottles of Replenish Yuan Pill, 100 bottles of Replenish God Pill! ”

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The shouts one after another shouted one after another at the end of the Ice and Snow Avenue, and the shouts that resounded in the sky could be said to be wonderful in the hearts of many guests. Those who have already entered are constantly comparing their own gifts, and those who are waiting to enter are also weighing whether their gifts are enough. In short, it is clear to them that this is an excellent opportunity to show their strength, and the best in this battle will be put on an eye-catching halo, and then immersed in the pursuit of the distressed exchange, laughing, and looking up into the house.

However, such episodes are over after listening. In terms of the real benefits, it is nothing more than a few goals for those who are drunk and do not want to drink.

Under such an orderly rhythm, the progress of the process was extremely smooth, and now most of the people and horses on the ice and snow avenue like a long dragon had already entered the mansion. On the other hand, the floor of the house swept away the cold before, nearly a thousand guests scattered in the open space between the long cases on both sides, they used their respective networks of contacts to form one circle after another to talk to each other, the music played at the right time in the field became the best harmony here, the haunting sound replaced the noise from other circles, and the volume was not light or heavy, which can be said to both soothe the mood and do not affect the thoughts of the conversation.

As far as the eye can see, in this generally crowded social circle, there is only one man and one woman, the man is nearly six feet tall, with an iron tower-like body, with neat short hair, a sleeveless black shirt, and two strong arms exposed; The woman's face is beautiful and pink, and she doesn't feel arrogant at all. The long black hair was tied into a fishtail and hung down from the back of his head. A set of dark red close-fitting soft armor wrapped around the tall and fiery jade body under the snow-white jade neck, and the fullness of the chest was squeezed out of a deep furrow. It's a pity that the decisiveness that shines between her eyebrows, even the extremely oppressive man next to her doesn't dare to take a second look, and he looks quite restrained.

"Qianxiu, this year is your fourth year in the barracks, and I have watched you step by step from a sentry to a commander in the past three years. In the barracks, you command, I execute; Outside the camp, I am a few years older, and there are some things I hope you can listen to, you are a woman, you should have lived a life of weaving flowers and embroidering birds, and brocade as a companion; But now? All day long, Jin Ge iron horse, swords rely on each other. You have to look forward, the pressure you are under is getting heavier and heavier, and one day you will break down! ”

"Brother Zhao Feng, you understand your concern for Qianxiu. But I'm afraid, I'm afraid that my heart will be idle, and even for a second that depressing image will come to mind. The pain like ten thousand arrows piercing the heart can only be relieved by the busyness in the military! ”

Zhao Feng was unwilling to say, "Do you think he is willing to see you now?" You've pushed yourself to the point where there's no way out! ”

"The pain of losing my husband is also my heart... If you don't take revenge, you won't die! Ruan Qianxiu said resolutely.

Zhao Feng sighed and said with a wry smile, "Although I thought of your answer, I can't help but feel melancholy when I hear it with my own ears." In this case, I, Zhao Feng, can only do my best to help the commander blade the enemy. ”

"Thank you!" Moving away, Ruan Qianxiu ran her fingers across her chin and muttered, "Come on, that day...... It's not far off. ”

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"Ice and Snow City, Han Mansion, Han Wu Desire"

"Ice City, Xiao Mansion, Xiao He"

"Ice and Snow City, Wangfu, Wang Tieshan"

"The head of the three mansions, let's go!"

Suddenly, the three reports caused most of the guests to turn around, and after waiting for so long, the big man finally came.