The north wind is howling and the snow is shaking. Daochan wore a snow felt hat and a mink jacket, and carried a wine gourd in his hand, which was wrapped in fur, and took a sip of it himself, and just stuffed it into the leather jacket. Fortunately, I have lived in the north for three years, and I already know that it is the snow season in the north this month. Naturally, Daozen did not come to the north to "remember the bitter and sweet". He's looking for the first person on the roster.

"Half stunned, I'm pitting the master again. Daozen spat out. According to Murong Yiwen's roster, he should be in a small town now. But now the town has turned into an empty city. Stepping on a broken piece of wood charred by fire, his eyes were sharp.

This can't be blamed on Murong Yiwen, Dao Chan knows. After three years of northern expeditions, although the northern barbarians were beaten in scattered places, they fled in all directions. But the Northern Barbarians still have a breath. Now it's a cold winter, and the remnants of the Northern Barbarians are doing evil everywhere, and there is no way, they can't, just because a group of barbarians of twenty or thirty people will send troops to conscript.

Moreover, heavy snow has fallen for a long time. Those northern barbarians used to live as nomads, but now they have no food rations, and they have been driven into a desperate situation in order to survive. The wicked are not dangerous, but the wicked who are cornered. The same is true of Beimang now. They are a people on horseback, when their homeland was leveled by the army of the Great Feng Dynasty, and now it is a cold winter, this group of people who are still safe has become a group of wild wolves that are roaming around, hungry, and nothing can stop them. And these southerners living in the frontier have become a flock of lambs to the slaughter, and they can only be reduced to such an end.

Looking around, the smell of blood was still spreading in the cold air, and I thought that this incident had happened for two days, and I could still catch up with the blood stains in the snow.

Daozen pulled his clothes, covered his mouth and nose, and resisted the biting cold wind. He crouched down, picked up the snow, and then looked in one direction and buried his head forward.

On the other side, a group of barbarians was driving a group of slaves forward. Looking at the clothes, those slaves were a group of southerners, and everyone was embarrassed, like livestock.

A man, dressed in a white robe, saw a crying little doll, walked up to it, and picked up the child. Night is near, and it is dangerous and foolish to brave the wind and snow in the dark, but these reckless people know the pros and cons. They built bonfires on the spot, tied all the southerners with ropes, and watched over them like sheep.

And Daozen had to take the risk and continue to move forward in the snowy night, he needed to catch up with this group of northern barbarians and find the middle-aged southerner who was holding the child.

Fortunately, the wind and snow gradually became lighter, and looking into the distance, I could already faintly see the fire, and the group of barbarians drinking and celebrating. Having been an assassin for many years, Daozen has become familiar with stealth. He crouched behind a cedar tree, closed his eyes, listened to the sounds, and estimated the number of barbarians.

"Nineteen, it's not much, if there are no masters. It shouldn't be difficult to deal with. I'm afraid that they will jump over the wall in a hurry and threaten to kill, forget it, they won't just happen to kill the person I'm looking for. Dao Chan took out a short knife from his waist, which was given to him by Lu Qigui, although he had not used it yet, but looking at the cold light it was bubbling with, Dao Chan knew that this knife was abnormally sharp.

Half-squatting in the snow, slowing down his pace as much as possible, looking at the already drunk barbarian in front of him, shaking his head: "What about the wind? Daozen rolled over, came to the barbarian, and plunged a knife into his neck, and the attack was clean. The reckless man stared and wanted to scream, but the sweet blood in his throat kept him from making a sound.

Daochan hugged the barbarian, slowly put him down, took out the dagger, and wiped it on the barbarian's leather jacket: "This dagger is really good." ”

There was a drunk barbarian next to him, pulling out his pants and was unraveling, Daozen hid behind the tree, picked up the arm of the reckless man he killed and waved it twice, and his mouth made a gurgling sound. The barbarian looked at the place and walked over laughing. As he crouched down, Daozen grinned at him and swung his dagger, ending his life.

"It seems easier than expected. He stood up, having killed two of them himself. Although he was quick and careful, he was still undetected, indicating that there was no high-level martial artist in this group of reckless people, and Dao Chan stretched his waist: "Since this is the case, the master doesn't need to be sneaky." ”

He lifted his hat, and then shouted: "Barbarians, the master is going to kill!"

On the cedars, the branches shook and the snow fell. Shocked, the barbarians picked up their sabers and surrounded Daochan. Dao Chan smiled, ran forward, grabbed a handful of snow casually, sprinkled it on the five northern barbarians in front, and took advantage of the barbarians' squinting eyes to cut the throats of the five people with one sword.

Daozen rolled backwards, dodging a few white feathers. Soaring into the air, kicking his feet on the trunk of the tree, he rushed to several people on the other side, and in the stunned gaze of the Northern Barbarian, he showed a cruel smile and kicked the head of the flying barbarian, whose head was like a blood-red hydrangea, rolling in the air and flying into the hands of another barbarian.

"Is it pretty?"

Beiman looked at the "hydrangea" in his hand, shocked, and when he looked up, he saw Daochan smiling and said to him. Then he shouted and raised his knife to slash, Daochan grabbed his hand, waved his horizontal arm, and the reckless man covered his throat and fell to the ground. Dao Chan picked up the saber that the man had dropped, held it up gently, and with a glance of his eyes, the saber flew in the air, and blood flowers bloomed above the snow, and all the Northern Barbarians fell to the ground.

Daochan patted the snow on his body: "Happy." ”

Although the southerners in the distance heard the sound of killing, they did not know what was happening, and they were frightened and trembling one by one, and no one dared to act rashly, lest they would be killed. This is a flock of lambs dominated by fear, and even in the face of the danger of death, they will only be cut off.

Daozen slowly walked in front of them and looked at the group of frightened southerners. Shaking his head, if he had managed to escape for his life just now, how could he do nothing and wait for death obediently?

Daozen said: "I'm looking for the south screen. ”

None of the crowd answered, and Daozen sighed: "Could it be that he has already been killed?"

Dao Chan thought for a moment, then held a saber in his hand and pointed to the crowd: "Nan Pingfeng, if you want this group of people to bury you, then I will do what you wish." ”

He slowly walked up to a child who was staring at Daozen and crying in fright.

"Stop. The man with the child in his arms stood up.

Daochan glanced at the man: "You are the South Screen?"

"I need a little proof. Daozen stared at the man, using his saber to pick up the chin of the weeping child.

The man was wary of Daozen, but when he saw the young child, he whispered, "I used to work in the Shang Pharmacy. ”

Daochan nodded with satisfaction, and he grinned: "If you don't say it earlier, it's over, and you have to let me pretend to be a villain." He swung his knife.

Nan Pingfeng's heart tightened, and he hurriedly shouted: "Don't." ”

Daochan cut off the hemp rope on the hands and feet of a southerner, he looked at the angry southern, and carried a knife: "Why don't you come?"

Nan Pingfeng originally thought that Daochan was going to raise a knife to kill people, but he didn't expect it to loosen the tie on them, and his face returned to calm: "No." ”

Daochan shook his head disapprovingly, cut off the hemp ropes one by one, and then said to the group of southerners: "Now you can go wherever you want." And you, come with me. Daozen pointed to the south screen.

The group of southerners hurriedly thanked Daozen: "Thank you Shaoxia for coming to the rescue, thank you Shaoxia for rescuing." ”

Daochan scratched his head, he just came to find the south screen, and it was just a matter of saving others, but that's all, Daochan would not do anything to save the living Bodhisattva.

Nan Ping made his way through the crowd and walked over to Daozen and sat down. Daochan sat by the bonfire, and was about to ask Nan Ping, but seeing that none of the southerners left, Daochan tilted his head and said: "I said everyone, please move around, I have something to talk to this person, and I don't want anyone to disturb me." ”

Nan Pingfeng glanced at the crowd, and he said to Dao Chan: "It's late at night, although the wind and snow are getting lighter and the town is being destroyed, where do you think they can go now?"

"I've done my best, and they don't matter to me. Daozen felt a headache. He ran to the icy north, but he didn't come to save people and be a hero. If it weren't for the South Screen, I'm afraid I wouldn't have the leisure to save these people. What he was looking for was the south screen, and that was it.

"I know that you will come sooner or later, whether you are here to kill me or to ask me about the past, but you will grant me a request. ”

"What if I don't agree? Nan Pingfeng, your current situation doesn't have the capital to bargain with me. Daozen scoffed.

Nan Ping nodded, but said, "Your Excellency is right. But if you don't agree, then I have nothing to say. ”

"Aren't you afraid that I'll kill them all?" Daozen pointed to the group of southerners.

Nan Ping shook his head: "If I wasn't worried about their lives, how could I do this." But even if you don't kill them, if you encounter barbarians on the way, they will die too. Rather than that, let me talk to Your Excellency. ”

"It seems that I have really become a good deed, say, what conditions. ”

"There is a small town to the east, you = Your Excellency only need to escort these people there safely, and afterwards, what you want to do with me is up to Your Excellency. ”

"How far?"

"Thirty miles. ”

"Deal. But I'd like to warn you that nothing unpleasant will happen. If you want to escape, or if you want to kill yourself by poisoning. Although I try it, you can see that you care about the safety of these people, and although I don't like to kill, I will kill one or two if necessary. ”

Nan Ping Feng sat by the fire: "Your Excellency, rest assured, since Your Excellency has agreed to the next request, then even if you die, you will have to wait until all these people have arrived safely in the town." ”

Daochan nodded with satisfaction, and shouted to the group of southerners: "All of you come here, you should have heard my conversation with this person just now, stay alive, I will escort you to a safe place tomorrow." ”

Looking at Dao Chan, they had no choice, but they were afraid of Dao Chan's words just now, so they had to gather around the other fires, not daring to speak out. Everyone originally regarded Daozen as a righteous man, but now they know that Daochan does not care about their life or death, but may be angry for a while, take their lives, and dare not approach one by one.

Only the toddler came over and patted Daozen.

"I'm scary. Daozen grimaced at the doll, and the child giggled, reached out and placed a bamboo dragonfly in Daozen's hand, and trotted back into the crowd.

Nan Ping Feng looked at Dao Chan and smiled slightly.

Dao Chan stared at the bamboo dragonfly in his hand and said to Nan Pingfeng: "Don't think that I don't dare to kill people like this, what I said just now was not made up to scare people." ”

"Your Excellency easily slaughtered the four Northern Barbarians with just one person, and I don't think I'm joking. If Your Excellency really kills people now, you will also be bent on death, this is not a joke, let alone a scare Your Excellency. ”

"Aren't you afraid that I'll kill them?" Daozen looked at the bonfire, his face calm.

Nan Pingfeng said with a smile: "As a doctor, you only need to collect medicine to treat the disease, and you can't save people." As the saying goes, medicine is three parts poison, if a person gets sick, if I heal, I will definitely use medicine, although he cures his disease, but also poisons him, maybe one day he will be sick again, it is because of taking my medicine. But if I don't get a doctor, then he may be sick for a long time, and his life will not be guaranteed. So in the next medicine or not?"

Dao Chan laughed: "It's the first time I've seen a doctor like you." ”

"Your Excellency smiled. Besides, he is just a doctor, just a mortal with the naked eye, and he is not a god enshrined in the temple. I can heal one person, a hundred, or a thousand people, but I can't heal the people of the world. This is when manpower is poor. A doctor or patient came to seek treatment, and he prescribed the right medicine to treat him. When he found a sick man below, he healed him. It is not the duty of the lower to save everyone, and it is not the duty of the lower to save the lives of all people. All you can do is try your best to save as many people as you can, that's all. Just as now, for these people, I have negotiated the conditions with Your Excellency and done what you should do, whether Your Excellency kills or releases people, it is Your Excellency's business, and these people's destiny. Under a clear conscience. Therefore, whether these people live or die, that is not something that needs to be considered, but Your Excellency. ”

Looking at the south screen pointing at him, Daozen said, "This is not like what a doctor should say. But according to what you said, then I really can't kill people, otherwise I will be a great sin. ”

"Zai Zao is no longer a doctor, although he is still treating patients and saving people, but he no longer has the face to call himself a doctor. Nan Ping smiled bitterly.

"Okay. ”

"Besides......"

Hearing that Nan Ping wanted to speak and stopped, Dao Chan asked, "What's more?"

"Besides, Your Excellency wouldn't have killed these people, would you?"

Daozen just smiled and didn't answer.