A hazy light pierced through the distant sky.

After washing her hair, the woman in a single dress sat on a rock in front of the wooden house and pulled up a simple bun with a simple wooden hairpin.

Her smooth and neat hair was scattered on her somewhat thin shoulders, a soft face, and a pair of clear eyes that were as warm as ever.

She is pure and elegant, as if she has changed from a wandering chivalrous man to a worldly and gentle woman.

But it is different, her back sitting on the mountain rock reflecting the morning light is still as tall as a sword, her body wearing a single dress to face the cold wind of winter is not the slightest bit cold and shrunk, and her warm eyes are too calm and firm.

She is like a plum blossom in the snow, although it is the most beautiful and fragile flower in the world, it is elegantly placed in the snow, and no amount of snow can stop her from blooming quietly and completing her life.

Ye Mingke looked at the woman who reflected the white earth in the distance, half of her body was immersed in the glow, admired and admired, and smiled softly.

Liu Xi turned his head and noticed Ye Mingke's gaze, turned his head a little embarrassed, pursed his lips, and looked ahead with a smile.

"Aren't you used to it?"

"Not used to it. But good-looking, but like. Ye Mingke smiled and said his heart concisely.

"Thank you. You're the first person in years to compliment me on my good looks. Liu Xi looked at him seriously and smiled seriously.

"But ......" Liu Xi remembered something important, and the smile on his face faded a little, "I changed my outfit, not just for a moment. After another day's walk, we will be near Yangjing. There will be people around, and we all need to change our appearance and clothing. ”

"Yangjing. Ye Mingke repeated this beautiful name in a daze.

This seems to be a name with magical power, because it represents the capital of this vast imperial dynasty, and contains the proudest and most painful emotions of many people like Li Han.

Ye Mingke lowered his head and suddenly said loudly.

"I'm going to Yangjing. We all know that Yangjing is dangerous, especially after we killed the Twelve County Guards and the Great Xia Sitian. The forces of the Duty Division will definitely unite with the forces of the East China Sea Wonderland to fight back frantically. ”

"I had to go to Yangjing because I promised Aru's father to take Aru to Yangjing to find her mother. But why are you going too?"

"I'm already sure it's not a human emperor body, so I can't accept that human emperor secret. I'm not the person you're looking for. ”

He looked up at Liu Xi's warm pupils that were staring at him, took a deep breath, smiled, and said some words hidden in his heart.

"If it's just because of our friendship with each other, then send you a thousand miles, and there will be a farewell. I am very grateful and touched that you have sent it here. I'll just walk alone for the next little stretch. I'll be careful, maybe safer than if we all went in together. ”

Liu Xi's eyelids drooped and looked at the ground.

She shook her head: "I went to Yangjing, not only because of you, I also have my own things to do." ”

She looked up into the distance, at the fiery red capital that had been visible from a few days ago, and whispered.

"Let's discuss, how can we change some of our outfits and hide ourselves?"

Ye Mingke could feel the firmness in Liu Xi's words, and he vaguely guessed what Liu Xi went to Yangjing for.

He still remembered the old beggar's heroic words in the firelight.

"I haven't been back for 10 years. Then my old beggar will accompany you bastard boy to Yangjing again. I'm going to see if they didn't keep me ten years ago, and ten years later, will they be able to keep me this time?"

"My old fellow, on the wall of the Suzaku Gate in Yangjing, it has been exposed to the wind and sun for so many years, and it is time for me to get it back. ”

Although Ye Mingke had never seen the old beggar use a sword, Ye Mingke always remembered that the old beggar was once a bearded swordsman.

The first time he knew about the old beggar was in the anecdote that Li Han told him about the Yangjing sacrifice sword. In that story, he was a great swordsman.

It's just that his sword has been left in Yangjing ten years ago, so he hasn't used a sword since then.

Now the swordsman is dead, the monument has been erected, and the sword has not yet been returned.

"The others are easy to say, but the goal of the human sword is too big. ”

Ye Mingke didn't try to persuade Liu Xi anymore, but began to think about the change of appearance, his eyes suddenly lit up, his right hand hit the palm of his left hand hard, and smiled.

"I'm dizzy, the strange sword box I brought out from my hometown can hide a lot of things, and we can put the human sword in it. ”

"That's a good idea. Liu Xi also had some understanding of Ye Mingke's sword box, and also agreed with him.

However, when Liu Xi took the sword in the world and Ye Mingke opened the sword box, the sword in the world, which had been silent on weekdays, suddenly trembled violently after feeling the sword box, jumped out directly from Liu Xi's hand, and fell to the ground with a bang, still trembling, as if a person was trembling with fear.

"What are you doing?"

Ye Mingke squatted down angrily, rolled his eyes at the human sword that was still complaining and trembling.

"It seems to be afraid of being put in your sword case. Liu Xi also squatted down and said.

In the words of the two of them, there was no worship for this so-called human emperor heavy sword, but only regarded it as a sword.

They are not old beggars who have pinned all their hopes on the prophecy of the human emperor, but two young people who are full of vigor. Moreover, they don't have any admiration for an evil sword that will trade for the sake of sucking human blood.

"Hey, if you don't want to be put in the sword case, be quiet for me, and lower your own weight, or I'll shove you into my sword case in a moment. ”

Ye Mingke's eyes flashed with a thoughtful color, he stretched out his hand and pressed the hilt of the human sword, and asked tentatively in his tone.

He already knew that with every breath of this heavy sword, it would gain ten pounds, and eventually it would stack up to a thousand pounds. So along the way, only Liu Xi, who has a superb martial arts realm and has practiced carrying a sword for ten years, can carry that sword.

As soon as Ye Mingke's words fell, the sword in the world suddenly quieted down. Ye Mingke felt that he had touched a hazy consciousness, and that consciousness seemed to answer him.

"When it is close to Yangjing, I will carry the sword box and the sword of the world, and you will carry Aru. I would wrap the sword case and the sword in a cloth. Someone's house, a few of us will find a few more sets of clothes and a simple look. Ye Mingke said.

"Good. Liu Xi nodded.

With the great release of the morning light between heaven and earth, Ah Ru and Xu Zixian, who were resting in the broken house, also woke up one after another. The group stepped on the snow covered with sunset, reflecting the morning light, and walked forward step by step again.

The majestic capital city ahead was shrouded in the vast splendid sun wheel that slowly rose on the horizon

Vast and beautiful.

Aru, who was still being carried by Ye Mingke for the time being, rested her little head on Ye Mingke's shoulder, staring at the beautiful city in front of her without blinking.

She muttered a little sadly.

"Wood, Abba...... Is he waiting for me in that city? Will he be waiting for me with his mother?"

Ye Mingke walked forward in silence, he didn't know how to answer, how long could this white lie be hidden?

But he still smiled and changed the subject: "Aru, I may be able to see your mother soon." I haven't met your mother yet, can you tell me what she's like?"

Hearing Ye Mingke's question, Aru didn't answer immediately, but tightened his brows and thought seriously.

Finally, she whispered.

"But...... Aru has never seen her mother. ”

"I've only heard Abba. My mother lives in the most beautiful high-rise building in Yangjing, and she is the most beautiful woman in the world. ”

"But there are very bad bad people who refuse to let her be with Abba, and after Abba goes to Beijing to take the exam to become a big official, get rid of those bad people, and we can meet. ”

"When that day comes, my mother will definitely wait for Abba and Aru at the archway under the highest building in the capital. ”

Aru's immature and crisp voice echoed in the wind and snow, with a long and long memory.

Heavy snow began to fall in the sky again.

Ye Mingke walked deep and shallow in the snow, and as Aru's thoughts traced in his mind the beautiful woman, the woman standing under the bright light tower, waiting for her hero to return, did she know that her hero might never come back......

Sure enough, as they went, the road gradually became uninhabited for thousands of miles, and sporadic pedestrians began to appear.

Ye Mingke and Liu Xi exchanged some of their outfits, covering up the most obvious features, and a few people made a simple disguise, and then took another step, continuing to march towards the capital that seemed to be within reach but had not yet arrived.

There is still a long way to go from the capital, but the road is gradually becoming densely populated, but most of this dense crowd are ragged refugees.

These refugees, huddled in the wind and snow in twos and threes, struggling to move their sluggish and stiff bodies, and also walked towards the magnificent capital in front of them step by step, but their swaying bodies could fall at any time and place, and they would freeze to death in the wind and snow.

"Where are they going? Why?" Ye Mingke couldn't help but ask softly as he walked on the road, looking at a corpse in front of him, and humble as an ant.

"Heavy snowfall. After the heavy snowfall, Longling came out to find food for the winter. There were also harsh taxes, and families who lost their breadwinners in various forms of forced labor. Every year when the summer comes, countless new refugees are generated. ”

Xu Zixian also looked at the refugees in front of him who were winding like dragons, and replied softly.

"Only a big city like Great Xia has walls to withstand blizzards and demon beasts, and a group of high-class people who can give them food for the winter. ”

But only one in a hundred refugees Yangjing is willing to accept, and most of them either freeze to death on the road or die outside the closed city gates. ”

But even so, there are still many hopeless people who still set foot on the road to Yangjing. ”