In the small northern city of Taoguan, every November, the sky is gray, snowflakes fall from the gloomy lead clouds, and pedestrians walk a little slowly, and a layer of silver frost can be applied to their heads.

In the past, pedestrians often rushed by, or locked the door to keep warm, or gathered in a room to chat, although it was quiet but had a unique smoke and dust. But this year's heavy snow is as old as in old age, but compared with the previous city-full cooking smoke, it is much rarer, and occasionally the cooking smoke floats alone, mixed with the vast snow, and there is too much vitality.

It turned out that a month ago, according to the secret report, it was learned that the northern country was reckless, and the three major tribes of the grassland, which were originally fighting separately, would ally in the wolf mountain of the Uton Department, and the three tribes swore to be connected as one, looking at the south and singing, and the beacon fire was lit for three days without extinguishing, and the intention of invading the south was clearly revealed.

Chu State, Shouchun. The lights of the main hall in the city are still bright, and you can see it from afar. Occasionally, a passing foreigner would be stunned when he looked at the bright lights, and sighed softly for a long time, with pity in his eyes.

In the glorious palace, the lights were lit as usual, and the soft lights fluttered slightly, setting off ripples in the house. The old men in gorgeous clothes and high jade crowns walked back and forth, their gloomy faces were as dark as the lights in the room. There was a fierce argument in the room, and then there was a deathly silence, and there was no more. Every time the roars of the city rang out, the quarrels became louder.

Outside the palace, rows of armor soldiers stood with their hands shining. Like the hazy stars in the sky, if you are a little farther away, you will quietly float out of sight. The armor stood quietly, wind and rain silent.

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Taoguan, the high mountains stand majestically everywhere, the clouds and mist are ethereal, and it is like clouds and smoke. Occasionally, birds pass by in flocks, leaving behind bursts of chirping. You can come from far and near, you will see, the pass under the fence well ravine, Jia Ge everywhere, silver lining brilliance, the edge of the slight shimmer is like the rapid change of heaven and earth, the golden soup iron casting, it is really dangerous.

Qinglian, a village in the corner of Taoguan, the land is barren, saline-alkaline, the villagers are difficult to cultivate in spring, so the land is mostly barren, even if the trees occasionally pull out new shoots, into this vast wilderness, there is not the slightest bright color. Pedestrians come and go, looking at this vast wilderness living in the border and locking the country, carrying the weight of a country, but the heavens have no mercy, and the north is full of salt and alkali for thousands of miles. And the gentle Jiangnan and Central Plains fertile soil of the water town are thousands of miles, and the rich Jia is a generation of people who spend money like soil, and the silk is connected to the road, and the sky is not merciful to Taoguan.

The reason why the name of Taoguan is famous all over the world, in addition to its cold and narrow, and its danger and distance, there is also the great poet Li Qinglian who passed by here more than ten years ago and left "the snow is bright and far away, and the cold city locks the spring." "Two sentences, the singer and the dancer learn this poem more, the rich and noble people in the capital listen to it every time, they don't return for a long time, and the lyricists who have fallen through it have sung several times, and there are many recitations in the capital. Jiangnan tourists can listen to the drama of the slight groaning, babbling soft words, about an endless stream of comes, although there are a few sighs to the bitter cold, but more are the feathers away, just lost a sentence "the old man is not in good health, let me return in the future" and then brushed his sleeves back, after all, the bitter cold is in the north, a little prosperous.

It is said that Li Zhijin's family in Qinglian Village is very happy this day, although the heavy snow has been falling for several days and nights, and the sky has been hazy and hazy, and the scenery boss is unhappy, but looking at his wife's belly bulging day by day, the haze that has been pressing his heart for a long time is swept away like the rare sunshine in Taoguan, but he looks at his wife every day, and his eyes are full of tenderness. But as soon as he saw the neat and solemn armor soldiers on the street, his festive face became like the Qinglian Village that had never been opened.

Let's say that the northern Utun tribe, as the New Year approaches, the northern soldiers who have always been inseparable from their bodies and never leave their bodies are also a little more lax. Because the New Year is approaching, no matter how solemn and cautious the Chu people are, how can they not be homesick. And the elegant people of Chu also once read "Red medicine by the bridge, I know who is born every year." "This kind of lovesickness is only accompanied by the ancient city of Qingwa, how can there be no trace of grievances in my heart!

Thousands of miles of grassland, snowflakes. A man in his fifties walked leisurely, occasionally snowflakes drifting in the gloomy sky, but as soon as he approached the man, it was like this volatile wind and clouds, and suddenly there was no trace. The man was silent, the sky was overcast, everything stood quietly, only the yellowed reins of the horse in the man's hand trembled gently, leaving a trail of imprints on the silver-covered earth.

The Wutun tribe has been one of the three major tribes of the grassland since ancient times, although there have been occasional replacements, but after thousands of years, the king sitting in the central royal tent will always be the strong man belonging to the Murong clan, just like the majestic and solemn black royal tent in the center, it has never changed color for a hundred years.

Outside the tent, snowflakes are swollen, and inside the tent, the wine is fragrant.

"Murong Tao, are you sure he will come?" The man sitting on the high case spoke softly, a pair of Danfeng eyes opened and closed slightly, and his drunken face was full of a different charm in the bright lights. The man from the north is tall and martial, galloping on horseback, but the drunk man has more roundness of the man in the south of the Yangtze River, and a pair of phoenix eyes make him more and more dusty. The sword-wielding young man below was still standing quietly, only the long sword in his hand occasionally made a slight hum.

Speaking of Qinglian Village, due to the confrontation between the two armies, there were many fewer merchants who originally peddled the specialties of the two countries, only the shops opened by the people of the village were softly lit, and the wide streets were long gone.

At the beginning of the founding of the Great Chu State, it was at odds with the three northern kingdoms, and both countries were in a pass. Due to the bitter cold on the border, the materials are difficult to turnover, the Emperor of Great Chu personally issued a decree, Taoguan guards will open a large army of 100,000 to dig the earth to make the city, reclamation of the border to expand the road, and because the capital and Taoguan road is far away, this is to build a hundred miles of a post, widen the horse road, so there is Taoguan Street is wider than the usual road, Taoguan War Horse is more dead on the way.

In the Chu State, in the city of Shouchun, the old man lying on the high collapse let out a faint snoring sound, and his withered yellow fingers occasionally stroked the gray hair, but the snoring became louder and louder. Outside the window, there was silence, only the cold wind was blowing, and the dead wood was rustling.

The night is dark, pedestrians come and go, and the empty streets are only shaded by yellow lights. In the distance, the sound of horses' hooves sounded slowly, and a man came slowly outside the dark street.

The man's long hair covered his face, and he couldn't really see it from a distance, but when he heard the sound of the horse's hooves, he knew that there was a pedestrian approaching in the distance. However, the voice was far away and sometimes near, and suddenly he disappeared.

Shouchun City was originally the capital of Chu State, and the degree of prosperity is needless to say. But over the years, the Great Chu and the Northern Dynasties have been in full decline, and most of the taxes collected have flowed into the northern and southern borders, and the imperial court has mostly supported the two places. To the south of Shouchun, it was originally an official market chartered by the previous emperor, and there was a curfew every night. But if the wind and clouds are rolling today, business travel and barter for wealth are repeatedly banned even at night.

In front of a post station fifty miles outside Shouchun City, a horse galloped quickly, and a man on horseback lowered his body and lay on the horseback. The man's face was flushed, showing that he had been tired from a long journey. Although he was tired, the horse's pace did not slow down for half a minute, and it was still as fast as the wind, and it had crossed more than ten meters in an instant.

In an instant, lightning swept across the sky, followed by thunder, and for a while the rain poured down and the north wind whistled. The raindrops were so tight that the man on horseback inevitably covered the raindrops with his hands. Just as he was about to raise his hand to urge the reins, a snowy green peak seemed to come from nine days, the man opened his eyes wide, raised his hand to block, only to feel a warm feeling flowing through his neck, and fell straight down. The horses neighed and walked wildly, and in an instant they were more than ten meters away.

In Shouchun City, the old man who was sleeping slowly opened his eyes, looked out the window with a pair of cloudy eyes, coughed slightly, and a woman with heavy makeup dragged a long skirt into the house. The two looked at each other without saying a word, and the raindrops hit the window, leaving a murmuring sound.

"Brother Liu, don't come to harm" A man spoke slowly, the robe on his body was windless and automatic, although there were raindrops falling, the man's clothes were not touched, and there was no wind automatic.

But the man in front of him didn't answer, and a pair of drunken eyes looked ahead in a daze, as if he was looking at the person in front of him again.

The person who spoke before was not angry, as if he understood the temperament of the person in front of him, took out a jade pendant from his arms, and played with it boringly. The jade pendant is exquisitely carved, and it looks like a swallow from a distance, but when you look closely, it looks like a word.

When the man surnamed Liu saw the jade pendant, his originally drunken eyes became clear in an instant, and his fingers trembled slightly when he looked up. Leaning forward, the soles of the feet are raised, and the person shoots straight out. The person who spoke before did not dodge, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, he gently threw up the jade pendant, turned his palm into a claw, and his thumb and index finger were slightly bent, like an eagle's claw, and he buckled the wrist of the man surnamed Liu. The man surnamed Liu did not retreat but advanced, his body swept by, his five fingers were closed, and he punched straight at the person in front of him.

The man holding the jade pendant saw that the fist of the man surnamed Liu had arrived, but he still stood straight and straight, and when the fist wind was approaching, his hands were hooked, his body was slightly swinging, and his feet were pushed up, and he gently crossed the figure of the man surnamed Liu like a carp jumping over the dragon gate, and his fingers were pointed down, one hand was on the lungs of the man surnamed Liu, and the other hand was on the shoulder well point. The fingers were tapped, not to kill, but to break the qi of the man surnamed Liu. The man surnamed Liu still didn't hide at all, his eyes looked directly at the jade pendant that was about to land, raised up with one hand, supported the ground with the other, and raised his body slightly. Behind him, the man's eyes lit up, he turned his fingers into palms, and hit the man surnamed Liu directly with one palm.

The rain fell lightly, scattering patches of red, the man surnamed Liu shook his sleeve robe, his left hand was strong, and he also fought back with a punch, ignoring his own vital points, not seeking to hurt himself, only to kill. The man's eyes rolled slightly, his palm was slightly retracted, one palm protected his chest, and the other palm gently bypassed his fists and feet, all of which unloaded the palm power of the man surnamed Liu. But although he unloaded the opponent's palm power this time, the man surnamed Liu was very powerful, and when he punched over, he felt that the opponent's fist was endless, and he was shocked at the moment, and his body quickly retreated. The man surnamed Liu was also unforgiving, and quickly retreated back and disappeared into the drizzle.