Meng Sha led the white tiger, which is a spirit animal unique to Jialuo, three times larger than a normal tiger, the whole body is snow-white, only the forehead has a little vermilion, although the white tiger is not particularly rare, but it is very difficult to tame, and the six white tiger detachments stationed in Jialuo are currently only nine.

By this time, the night was already deep, and the cold wind was even more bitter, and even the well-trained soldiers tightened their winter coats one by one, and their faces were blue from the cold.

"Nanjing, Mengsha, you lead the team in front, and I'll break the back. Xiao Qianye looked at the frozen and shivering soldiers, and still didn't feel at ease about the village behind him that was already surrounded by raging fire, he stood in place with his sword, "You guys go first, I'll follow in a while, bring smoke bombs and contact me at any time if there is a situation." ”

"Meng Sha, you go first, I will stay with the young pavilion master. Nanjing led his white tiger to the back of the team, begging, "Let me stay, I am familiar with the terrain of Jialuo." ”

"It's fine. Xiao Qianye nodded, Meng Sha turned over the white tiger, waved his hand and left in the direction of the southern Lalazhai, Nanjing and him stared intently at the fire in front of him, there was a crackling sound from inside, and from time to time there were pieces of meat that were blown up.

Nanjing bent down to pick up the charred carrion burned at his feet, a little disgusting, he had been stationed in Jialuo for eight years, and it was the first time he had seen such a scene.

Xiao Qianye took the piece of carrion from his hand and rubbed it, even if the outer layer was charred black by the fire, the inside was still as cold as ice.

"Let's go, when we get to Lala Village, let people light bonfires around the village, and arrange for the soldiers on night duty to take turns to guard it. Xiao Qianye threw away the carrion, pinched a piece of ice and snow to wash his hands, Nan Jing followed him closely, and asked in a low voice, "Young Pavilion Master, although the Jialuo people are superstitious about ghosts and gods, they have great respect for the deceased, it is unlikely that they will do this kind of thing, could it be that those aliens who made trouble in the Qianji Palace did it again?"

Xiao Qianye pondered, Jia Luo has great respect for his ancestors, the people here firmly believe that the water of the glacier can wash away the sins of a person's life, so that the souls of the deceased relatives become clean and holy, they will dress the deceased in a white longevity robe, and then take the water of the tributaries of the glacier to wash the remains of their relatives, in the past, when the White Sect still existed, they would even go thousands of miles to the Qianji Palace on the Weeping Snow Plateau to kneel down and ask the master to perform the baptism, and later the White Sect was destroyed, and the custom of baptism was held by the elders in the village.

As Nanjing said, it is indeed unlikely that the Jialuo locals who worship their ancestors so much will play the trick of ice corpses, but it should not be done by aliens, most aliens actually look at life and death very lightly, and in their eyes, death is equivalent to returning to nature and coexisting with heaven and earth.

Who could have done it? Xiao Qianye let out a long sigh, and couldn't remember for a while, the realm of magic was unfamiliar to him, and if there was a big brother, he might be able to find out a little frown.

The two of them were silent at the same time, the road to the snow field was not difficult to walk, the snow had long been frozen into ice particles, Xiao Qianye looked around aimlessly, there was only the sound of the whistling wind in the four places, and the Likong Sword had already calmed down, he patrolled back and forth in the four realms all year round, and he was very familiar with everywhere, but in fact, he was not very familiar with anywhere, especially the huge snow field of Jialuo, even if he took the Heavenly Expedition Bird, he had to fly for seven or eight days to complete a week, so the few legions stationed here were actually very scattered, and once something happened, it was very inconvenient to support。

At this time, the people who should have migrated have long gone, and the rest of those who can't walk will stay in the village and not go out, and the origin of the group of ice corpses is unknown, so the daily routine patrol can be suspended at this time to minimize the danger of the legion.

"It's almost there. Nanjing finally breathed a sigh of relief, and pointed to the lantern erected at the entrance of the village in the distance, "That's Lala Village, now most of the villagers are old people, and they should be able to make a lot of room to rest." ”

Meng Sha had been waiting for them at the entrance of the village for a long time, and a few children of five or six years old had been woken up, and they ran out to look curiously in their clothes.

"It's Brother Nanjing!" The children recognized him, and suddenly came to their senses, and several people held hands around Nanjing in the middle and circled around him.

"Young Pavilion Master, I have already arranged for the soldiers on the night shift to go on patrol, and I can notify you as soon as there is any movement. Meng Sha hurriedly grabbed one of the children, bent down and said, "What time is it, if you don't sleep for a while, Grandma Sun will get up and scold you, go back, go back!"

The soldiers and generals of the White Tiger Legion have a harmonious relationship with the people in the surrounding villages, and often distribute their own food to help them, and they are the only legion in the four realms where the soldiers and people are as close as a family, which Xiao Qianye knew for a long time, but seeing that the two subordinates were so popular with children, it was still beyond his expectations.

Without waiting for the children to be coquettish, a trembling old woman came out of the village, she walked on crutches and was not very steady, but as soon as she opened her mouth, she was like a rainbow, and she knocked the ground a few times with her crutches, and scolded: "Sasa, Xiao Jiu, Ah Jin, as soon as I heard the voice, I knew that it was a few of you who came out to make trouble again! The father-in-law and mother-in-law in the village are all asleep, and you have woken up after a while of noisy noise!

"Grandma Sun, Brother Nanjing is here!" Sasa grabbed Grandma Sun's hand and muttered happily, "He hasn't been to the village for a while, we want to talk to him!"

Granny Sun squinted her eyes and leaned over, and her thin hand rubbed Nan Jing's face, and then she laughed, and even her wrinkles stretched a lot: "Nanjing is here, why did you come here so late? Have you eaten, my mother-in-law will cook you some porridge, oops, I don't have pickles at home, you, don't dislike it, Ah Jin, go and call your Mrs. Li up, let her fish some in the jar and send it over......"

"Grandma Sun, I'm not hungry. Nanjing hurriedly helped the old man who was unsteady on his feet, and grabbed Ah Jin, who was about to call someone, "It's just that there are some things on the way to patrol, the village where the fourth detachment is stationed two miles away can't live tonight, and the things stationed in the camp haven't been brought out in time. ”

"What's wrong?" Granny Sun grabbed his hand nervously and tried to keep her eyes open, "Are you hurt? You want to find a place to rest, go to your mother-in-law's house to sleep, and your mother-in-law will make you breakfast tomorrow morning!"

"No, we'll just rest in the living room where no one is around, and we won't touch the villagers' things. Nanjing hurriedly persuaded and winked at the children, "Hurry up and help Grandma Sun go back to rest, and you should go to bed quickly." ”

"Brother Nanjing, I want to play with you!" Xiao Jiu is the only girl among the three, at this time, she was already stalking and dragging Nan Jing's clothes and refused to let go, Meng Sha, who was traveling with her, smiled awkwardly, turned her head and said to Xiao Qianye, "Young Pavilion Master, you don't care about him for now, this guy is especially liked by children, or I'll take you to find a place to rest first." ”

"Young Pavilion Master?" Grandma Sun heard this title, her face that was smiling just now suddenly sank, she stood up suddenly, looked up and down carefully at several people, and suddenly raised her crutches and pointed out of the village tremblingly, "You! This person can't do it! Nan Jing, don't blame your mother-in-law for saying that you were the one who led the troops to slaughter the Bai Sect back then, and he was the enemy of Jia Luo! Lalazhai is a believer in the Bai Sect, and he can't take this person in!"

"Grandma Sun!" Nanjing was startled, Meng Sha was also stunned, and several children heard her mother-in-law's words and quickly hid behind Nanjing.

"Oh, the believers of the White Sect?" Xiao Qianye snorted coldly, his eyes swept over the entire Lala Village, the village is actually not big, you can see the end at a glance, and there are only dozens of households in total, but the doors of every house are depicted with red lotus, which is indeed the flower of the White Sect.

"You go out, and the others can stay. "Granny Sun didn't let it, she was old, her whole body trembled, but she also stretched out her arm to make a gesture of driving, Nanjing hurriedly grabbed her, for fear that she would fall, and explained, "Granny Sun, this is our young pavilion master, usually the military food in the village can only be divided after he allows it, the matter of the White Sect is the order of the imperial capital, and the young pavilion master is just acting according to orders!"

"No!" The old man couldn't listen to him at all, seeing that he couldn't breathe and was already red-faced, Xiao Qianye snorted coldly, and didn't want his subordinates to be embarrassed, "Forget it, I'm not cold anyway, I'll go outside to guard, you go to rest, and follow me back to Qianji Palace tomorrow morning." ”

"Young Pavilion Master!" Nanjing still wanted to call him, Xiao Qianye had already walked out impatiently, Tianzheng Bird followed the master, and when he saw him sitting on the ground next to the boulder outside the village, he actually took the initiative to lean over.

The wings of the Heavenly Expeditionary Bird are actually cold, not only can they not play a role in keeping out the cold, but they rely on him to be even colder.

"You......" Xiao Qianye stretched out his smile, his eyes were full of love, it is a sacred bird from Kunlun Mountain, it is said to be a descendant of the Chongming bird, they are entrenched in the depths of Kunlun Snow Peak all year round, and some will become the mounts of the master, this bird was given to him as a gift when the master came to Feiyuan to see him when he was a child, and since then it has also become his symbol, following him to fight in all directions.

"Are you also coquettish?" Feeling the birds keep squeezing on him, Xiao Qianye touched its wings helplessly, "But I can't understand what you're saying, if she's there, maybe I'll know what you want to say, right?"

Tianzheng Bird blinked, as if he understood his master's words, tilted his head on his shoulder, and spread his wings to wrap around Xiao Qianye's body, as if he was shielding him from the wind.

He never expected that he would be driven out by an old man in such a remote village, and in the end, a bird accompanied him to blow the cold wind.

"Young Pavilion Master. Nanjing ran out of the village, he hugged a quilt, and said embarrassedly, "Young Pavilion Master, don't be like the old man, I took some quilts, you will use it first, the snow field is cold, don't catch a cold, I'll get you some hot soup later." ”

"Don't be busy, go ahead early. Xiao Qianye frowned, didn't care about what the old man did, pointed behind him, and reminded, "Don't you care about me, don't you see that the children are following you?"

"Sasa, Xiao Jiu!" As soon as Nanjing turned around, he saw two little guys catching up with a hippie smile, Xiao Jiu held a wine jar and said mysteriously, "This is the wine that Daddy has buried for several years, I will steal it out for you to taste!"

"I can't drink, put it back. Nanjing reprimanded, Sasa came up and grabbed the wine jar and stuffed it for him, stuck out his tongue at him, and muttered, "Daddy often says that wine can warm up the body, but Auntie is strict and doesn't let him drink, Xiao Jiu and I stole it out for you, if Daddy finds out, I will be scolded! Grandma Sun's temper is bad, she doesn't let that uncle into the village, we will send you some wine to warm up." ”

"Uncle?" Xiao Qianye coughed lightly and looked at Nanjing, "I'm only three years older than you, how can I call your brother and call me an uncle?"

"Because you look fiercer than him!" Xiao Jiu hid behind Nanjing and poked his head out and grimaced at Xiao Qianye.

"Am I fierce?" Xiao Qianye touched his cheek and sneered, Nanjing looked at him in surprise, the young pavilion master has always been unsmiling, how could he be amused by these children?

"Come, have a drink with me. Xiao Qianye took the wine jar from Sasa's hand, and spread his hand to Xiao Jiu again, "Take out the wine glass." ”

"Hey, did you see it?" Xiao Jiu was surprised and took out two wine glasses from his arms, which were made of bamboo and were already very old, Nanjing hurriedly stopped them, and said in a low voice, "Young Pavilion Master, the military pavilion has a military order, and you can't drink alcohol......"

Xiao Qianye directly threw the wine glass to him, opened the lid of the wine jar and poured it full, and said, "What, do you still want to report me if I violate the law?"

"That's not ......" Nanjing scratched his head, and could only sit down opposite him, and the two children pushed Ran Ran and ran home with a smile.

Nanjing followed and took a sip, this wine is his own home-brewed rice wine, the taste is so faint that he can hardly drink the taste, Jia Luo is already very poor, and it is already a luxury to save some rice to make wine, he secretly glanced at Xiao Qianye, and found that the other party just frowned and sipped it, and then put down the wine bowl, Nanjing said embarrassedly: "It's really not delicious, or I'll go get you some hot soup, right?"

"No, I can't drink it anyway. Xiao Qianye waved his hand, he has always disliked drinking, except for some social occasions that can't be pushed away, almost no wine is touched, except for the strong taste, he can't feel any difference between wine and this kind of thing.

He shook the jar, and the jar gushed with a faint aroma of rice, which was very pleasant compared to the bland taste.

Nanjing wrung his hands, his eyes kept rolling, he wanted to say something but didn't know how to speak, Xiao Qianye pushed him, and said with a smile: "Why are you twisting and pinching like a big girl? You shouldn't be the kind of person who pours a cup, right?"

"Young Pavilion Master, do you have something on your mind?" Nan Jing was asked by him, his face turned red and asked directly, "When you come back this time, you have become a little different, are you worried about the resignation of your eldest brother?"

As soon as he opened his mouth, he felt that his question was too direct, so he hurriedly lowered his head and poured another glass in his arms and drank it all.

Nanjing cautiously looked at his immediate boss, the sudden resignation of the eldest brother is undoubtedly a bad thing for the weak Tianzheng Mansion, especially now that the young pavilion master himself has been suspended, he must have a lot of tricky things to deal with, right?

"So you're still worried about this?" Xiao Qianye paused for a moment, his eyes sank, he had only met Nan Jing for a few hours this time, was his emotional change really so obvious, was it seen by his subordinates so quickly?

"Well, even though you don't say it yourself, I'm still a little worried. Nanjing shyly turned the wine glass in his hand and said silently, "I am from a common person in Jialuo, and I have no culture, and I can't help you with those things in the imperial capital, at that time, I was young and arrogant, and I always felt that I would not lose to the nobles of Tianyu City, so ...... So when I saw the announcement of the autumn election, I went in a hurry, and now I think about it, I was really conceited. ”

As he said this, his cheeks flushed slightly with excitement, and he continued: "The White Tiger Legion was the last to choose, and I watched you there for a few days! ”

He thought back to the events of that day, as if it was still yesterday, when Xiao Qianye became famous because of the White Sect, and was directly promoted by Prince Mingxi to become the new military pavilion master, as Nan Jing, who was originally very respectful of the White Sect from Jialuo, was naturally full of resentment and dissatisfaction with the new pavilion master, he took the initiative to sign up for the election as a wasteland, and before that, he also deliberately found some witnesses in the First Battle of the White Sect, trying to find the weakness of the new pavilion master.

But such a simple idea was completely shattered on the first day of the autumn election, when the Blue Bird General was tried to be selected, the first name of the Blue Bird General was one of the three powerful people in the imperial capital, Ye Zhuang's eldest son Ye Zhuofan, born in the God of War Temple, and was the only son of the right minister and Mrs. Ming Qi, originally a well-deserved candidate, but Ye Zhuofan and the young pavilion master seemed to be old acquaintances, and the young pavilion master seemed to simply want to have a few moves with him, and for the first time took the initiative to stand on the competition platform, showing the pure white sword spirit from Kunlun, the empty sword.

Then he saw a scene that was unbelievable so far, the leader of the God of War Temple was under the hands of the new pavilion master, and the weapon was broken in just three moves.

Although there are still people who disdain to say that Major General Ye lost in weapons, he can clearly see that it is undoubtedly a huge gap in strength, even if it is replaced by other divine weapons, it is the same result.

"At the time, I felt like I had come for nothing. Nanjing suddenly raised his eyes and looked at Xiao Qianye, pursed his lips, and asked puzzledly, "After watching the trial selection of the three armies of the Blue Bird, the Three-winged Bird and the Golden Crow Bird on the first day, I felt that I had run for nothing, so I thought I had come to the imperial capital to open my eyes, Young Pavilion Master, why did you, why did you choose me to be the deputy general of the White Tiger? At that time, there were too many people who were better than me, right?"

"A lot of times being good doesn't decide everything, the right one is the best. Reminded of the past by him, Xiao Qianye also remembered the scene of the first time he selected his subordinates as the pavilion master eight years ago, and couldn't help but shake his head, at that time, he was really arrogant and arrogant, regardless of the intricate power relations of the imperial capital, and insisted on replacing all the generals, if it weren't for the fact that Prince Mingxi had already intentionally wooed him, I was afraid that this position would have been driven down before it was hot, right?

"But I can't even take a single move from you......" Nanjing muttered quietly, he hadn't practiced martial arts well at all, the weapons were all picked at random on the scene of the martial arts competition, and he was lucky to win the same wasteland applicant, and then when he faced the official students of the Eighth Hall of the Military Machine, it was already obvious that he was powerless, but several opponents in the imperial capital were tacitly and deliberately released water, and they didn't want to win at all, so they directly sent him to the final of the White Tiger Legion's deputy general.

Now that I think about it, the land of Jialuo is barren, and it is freezing and snowy all year round, how could the children of those rich and noble families in the imperial capital want to come?

Xiao Qianye should have known that those people didn't want to come to the White Tiger Legion, although he defeated Nanjing in just one move, he finally made an exception to stay, and was named the deputy general of the White Tiger together with Xie Changting.

Eight years ago, the last of the autumn election was the White Tiger General, no one wanted to come to the deputy general, and the general was in a similar situation, after all, the White Sect had just been exterminated that year, and the crazy disciples had repeatedly attacked the White Tiger camp, and everyone knew that it was an unstable and even life-threatening position, even in front of Prince Mingxi, it was all kinds of racking their brains to change ways to lose, and the person who was about to win the White Tiger was Xiao Yibai, the twin brother of the young pavilion master.

Nanjing looked at Xiao Qianye curiously, the two brothers really looked exactly the same, but every time he could tell at a glance that the temperament of these two brothers was too different.

Xiao Yibai is another extreme of toughness, even more incredible than the young pavilion master's amazing swordsmanship, that day's trial was forced to stop after the competition platform collapsed, but his heart was bright, if both sides are serious, the young pavilion master will undoubtedly lose at the hands of his brother.

But in the past eight years of getting along, he found that Xiao Yibai was actually a very easy-going person, and he never showed the extreme toughness on the day of the autumn election, so his sudden resignation this time was really strange and completely confusing.

Are you really just tired of this barren snowfield...... Nanjing turned his face and looked into the distance blankly, there was nothing but snow as far as his eyes could see, and the emptiness made people helpless.

"Don't think about it so much. Xiao Qianye woke up his subordinates who were in a daze, resealed the wine jar and threw it back to him, "The wine has also been drunk, and the heart has been discussed, it's time to go back to sleep." ”

"Well, I won't disturb your rest either. Nanjing realized that it was already late at night, he spread the quilt he brought, and said embarrassedly, "I'm really sorry, you have to sleep outside the village after a day's journey, I ......"

"Go to sleep, why are you so verbose!" Xiao Qianye interrupted his subordinates' broken thoughts, and directly lay down and closed his eyes.

Nanjing didn't dare to say more, and returned to the village in a low voice.

After not hearing the voice of his subordinates, Xiao Qianye sat up again and leaned back on the Tianzheng Bird, he didn't have no experience in surviving in the wild, even if there was the Fourth Legion of the White Tiger behind him, he didn't dare to really sleep lightly, he could only close his eyes and take a nap.