"Dad, when are we going home? ”

"Yanzhou will be your and my home from now on. ”

In the west of Yanzhou, downstairs in Baiyan Guancheng, a lean man held the hand of a five or six-year-old girl, and looked at the city tower not far away with his eyes full of hope.

In front of them, two long lines led to the gates.

The man had rough skin, a dark face, a scruffy beard, his hair was simply tied with hemp rope, a horizontal knife with a severely broken scabbard hung from his waist, his lower trouser legs rolled up, and only a pair of straw sandals on his feet. Through the ragged clothes, you can vaguely see the thin and bony body, as well as the scarred wounds.

The little girl he was holding was not injured, but her red cheeks were covered with chilblains, and her lips were a little purple from the cold, but only a pair of eyes were still clear.

In front of the city gate, the crowd in these two columns was almost all homeless people like father and daughter.

On the castle tower.

Looking at the long line below, the two Yanzhou guards couldn't help frowning.

"Recently, there have been more and more refugees. ”

"I have a relative who just escaped from Liuzhou, and told me that Liuzhou has become a purgatory on earth, and the city guards and monks only care about grabbing land and mineral veins, and don't care about the lives of the people at all. Now the city is plagued by demons and plagues, and the streets are littered with unclaimed corpses. It is said that there is also a strange disease called madness that spreads in the city, and after suffering from this disease, both cultivators and poor people are like crazy, sucking human blood and eating human flesh, and finally turning into monsters. Among them, it is particularly powerful, it is said that even the monks of the real human realm can't deal with it, and it is more powerful than ordinary demons. ”

"This disease can't be transmitted to our Liuzhou. ”

"Don't worry, the head of the Xiaoman family has already thought of a countermeasure, now every refugee who enters the city has to take a blood test, and the blood in the body of the person who has that strange disease is alive, and it will swim on its own when it is placed in the water, but as long as the sun shines, it will turn into purple smoke. ”

"But what if those powerful monsters are mixed in with the refugees and suddenly break into the door when the time comes?"

"The visible monster can't pass the Cloud Whale Array, and if it can't pass the Cloud Whale Array, it will naturally not be able to reach the front of our city tower. Besides, our Baiyan Pass has two inner and outer gates, once a monster or a monk with bad intentions breaks in, the Yanyan talisman buried in the middle of the gate will be activated by itself, turning into a wall of fire to block them out, this Yanyan real fire talisman is a five-grade talisman, and the fire can burn for three days and three nights. When the time comes, we will have enough time to deal with these people. ”

"The head of the Xiaoman family is really thoughtful. ”

"Of course, the head of the family had already predicted the chaos in these ten states more than three months ago. ”

"But I think it's better for these people to be let in less, if this continues, the entire ten states that have fled will run to our Yanzhou. ”

"The head of the family will definitely not think of this, but don't forget our Sang family motto, 'Those who seek the crowd live, and those who seek the widow will perish'. ”

"What do you mean?"

"The more chaotic the world, the more we have to work together to make a living, if everyone only thinks about themselves, even if the Sang family is the pillar, Yanzhou will not last long. ”

"Let's go, it's time to open the gates. ”

The two Sang family guards chatted here, and then walked down the city tower together.

"Squeak......

With the sound of two heavy door shafts turning, the gate of Baiyan City gradually fell open.

The two long queues of refugees were in a commotion.

"Give me a quiet lineup, whoever dares to talk to each other and walk around indiscriminately will be killed!"

There was a loud shout at the gates.

Two city guards who were tightly wrapped in bright armor lined up on both sides of the city gate, one on the left and one on the right, and in the long passage of the city gate behind them, there were two columns of city guards who were also tightly wrapped, leaving only two eyes.

After this sound, the originally tumultuous refugee team immediately fell silent.

"One by one, they came to cut their fingers and get blood tests. ”

The city guard shouted again, and this time the team of refugees moved slowly and stepped forward in turn.

At the gate of the city gate were two simple tables, on which there was a large white porcelain water tank, filled with water, and beside the water tank was placed a wine jar, in which seven or eight daggers were neatly inserted.

Every time a refugee came by, one of the city guards would pick up a dagger and make a small cut in its hand, and then ask him to drop a drop of blood into the white porcelain water tank, and only let it go when he was sure that the blood in the water tank was correct.

"Dad, when will it be to us, Nan Nan is so cold. ”

Looking at the long queue in front of him, he pulled the little girl who was standing with the man's hand, and said with a weak cry.

"It's coming, it's coming, Nan Nan is good. The man squatted down, put the little girl's hand in his palm and rubbed it, and then sighed, "When we enter the city, we can drink hot porridge, and there is hot water for Nan Nan to soak her feet." ”

"Good. The little girl nodded obediently, "Can I eat another piece of steamed cake, Dad?"

"Yes. The man wiped the snot of the little girl with the corner of his clothes, and said with a gentle smile.

"No, no, I didn't, I didn't, you must be mistaken!"

At this moment, a scream broke the peace in front of the city gates.

The man pressed his hand on the hilt of the knife with a vigilant expression, and the other hand instinctively protected the little girl in his arms and hugged her.

After standing up, he finally saw that at the gate of the city, a man was trying to explain something to the soldiers guarding the city in front of him.

"Don't look at it, it must be infected with crazy blood. ”

"That's over. ”

At the front of the two lines of father and daughter, the two homeless people in line exchanged words.

Hearing this, the man couldn't help but hug the female doll in his arms tighter.

"Get out of the way, get out of the way, I'm not bloody, let me in!"

At this time, at the gate of the city, the man who was still begging suddenly picked up the dagger on the table, and while waving it wildly, he rushed towards the city gate.

However, he didn't take a few steps before his head was cut off by a Mo knife in the hand of a city guard next to him.

Then the city guard, who was wrapped in armor, threw a talisman at the severed middle-aged man, and the moment the talisman fell on the corpse, with a "boom", a cyan flame rose from the body, and in the blink of an eye, the corpse had been burned to only a cloud of flying ashes.

"Next!"

As if he had done something very ordinary, the city guard silently turned his head without any fluctuation in his emotions, and looked back at the two long columns of homeless people in front of the city gate.

And after watching the scene just now, the crowd that would have whispered a few words was already silent, for fear of making a little noise.

After about a stick of incense, the father and daughter finally arrived at the table with the water tank and dagger.

The heavily armed city guard at the table didn't say anything, just stood there silently.

The man already knew what to do, he hugged the little girl, and then took the dagger and lightly swiped it on the little girl's fingertips, and a drop of blood instantly fell.

I don't know if I was too afraid of the city guard standing opposite, the little girl didn't say a word when she cut her fingers, just bit her lip tightly.

When he saw that the drop of blood in the water tank was not unusual, the man immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

The city guard on the other side, who couldn't see clearly, also nodded, and then pointed to the man himself.

The man nodded again and again, then put down the little girl, picked up the dagger and cut it on his fingertips.

The red blood flowed down the fingertips in an instant, and the thick snow dripped into the white porcelain water tank, sinking down little by little, until it sank to the bottom of the tank without any movement.

But just as the man was about to breathe a long sigh of relief, the blood droplets that had been stationary at the bottom of the tank suddenly trembled violently, turning into blood thorns and trying to rush out of the water tank, but in the blink of an eye, the blood burned at the bottom of the water tank, and finally disappeared cleanly.

When the man saw this, his whole face froze.

The heavily armed city guard in front of him pressed a hand on the hilt of his sword at his waist and watched him silently.

"Dad, Dad, can we go? Nan Nan is hungry. ”

At this time, the little doll suddenly pulled the man's trouser leg.

The man's stiff face twitched, but finally squeezed out a smile.

He bent down and picked up the little girl, and then handed her to the soldier in front of him, and said:

"Let this uncle take you there first, and Daddy will be there soon. ”

As he spoke, he looked at the guard covered in armor with a pleading gaze.

After being stunned, the city guard finally stretched out two cold arms covered with armor, took the little girl, didn't say anything, and walked straight towards the long passage of the city gate.

"Uncle, wait for my daddy. ”

was held by the city guard and leaned on the chest of the little girl, raising her head to look at the city guard.

"Don't worry, your dad is doing what he has to do, and he'll come to you when he's done. ”

Cheng Wei Yu said calmly as he pressed a big hand on the little girl's head, letting her lean against her chest, and inadvertently covered her ears.

Almost as soon as they walked out of the city gate, a raging flame rose again at the city gate, but the city guard did not stop until the strong sunlight shone on his and the little girl's faces again.

"Take her to the place where we put the children. ”

The city guard, who was wrapped in armor, handed over the little girl to the city guard in civilian clothes at the city gate.

"Uncle, when is my father coming to me?" the little girl, who was being held by another city guard, tried to turn her head to look at the city guard who was wrapped in armor.

"Quick...... It's almost there. ”

"Thank you, uncle!"

The little girl who got the answer turned around.

And the city guard, who was fully armored, stood in place in a daze.

"Beidou, why are you standing here stupidly. ”

Just then a young girl walked up to the soldier.

"Sister Qingluo. ”

The soldier took off his helmet, revealing a slightly green face.

Three heads