When a cold feeling began to come from her face, Yu Ling smoothed a wisp of green silk hanging from her fur hat, tightened the deerskin jacket on her body, and she raised her head.

It's snowing again.

White snow particles fluttered all over the sky, like countless beating white insects in the cold wind.

The carriage stopped steadily, Yu Ling sat on the yellow-brown oil-paper-covered goods, the winter in Wushu County was terriblely cold, and Guxi County was far warmer and warmer than here.

Every time at this time, Yu Ling would start to resent, she hated the grassland here, hated the snow here, and hated the people here.

Not far away came the voice that she hated and was extremely vulgar:

"Boss, you have to pay a little more for your brothers' wages. ”

The tall warrior warrior was unscrupulously holding his father's shoulder, his eyes full of playful smiles.

This is one of Yu Ling's most feared warriors, he wears a rough coat made of white sheepskin, with clumps of wool and mud, at first Yu Ling thought it was gray or black sheepskin.

Unkempt, with a curly beard on his face, and only a pair of fierce eyes could be seen, standing with his father, half a head taller than his father, and was the leader of that group of hateful warriors.

The father's smile was unnatural, and his tone was as kind as a sheep:

"This ...... It's so cold, and if a horse pulling a cart freezes to death, I'll have to buy horses along the way, and I'm afraid there's nothing to spare—"

"Boss Yu, don't worry! Look at my feet. The tall warrior patted his father's shoulder violently, and from the clear voice, Yu Ling knew that he was slapping very hard.

Yu Ling didn't understand why this crude warrior didn't wear shoes, allowing his bare soles to freeze black and purple in the ice and snow, and the other warriors who were with him were wearing leather boots.

The tall warrior pointed to the soles of his feet and said:

"The previous winter, I lost three toes in the biting snow and ice, last year I lost two, and this year I didn't lose a toe. This shows that this year is a rare warm winter. What's more, it's already the coldest time of winter. ”

On the soles of his feet covered with sludge, not only were toes missing, but there were also several cracks that had been frozen, and dark red muscles could be seen in the cracks, and Yu Ling could afford goosebumps.

The tall warrior didn't seem to feel the pain in the soles of his feet, and he still hooked his arms around his father's shoulders:

"Boss Yu, whether to support or not, give a happy word. ”

The father looked at the soles of the warrior's feet, and his voice became weaker and weaker:

"This ...... Okay, I'll support you again...... One month's wages ......"

The burly warrior laughed, patted his father on the shoulder and said aloud:

"This is called a happy man!"

The rest of the warriors laughed loudly at the words, and they rode around the burly warrior and cheered, while at the same time throwing fake praises at their father with a hippie smile.

My father's smile was even more forced, and his head hung lower.

Yu Ling hated even more in her heart, not only hating this group of warriors whose wages were paid until next year, but also hating her father's weakness.

She set her eyes on the caravan, next to Xiao Wu, the young man who was driving the car, a circle of fluff had just grown from his mouth, and at this time there was still the bold words he boasted when he first entered the grassland, he pretended to be calm, but his eyes were evasive, and even when a warrior galloped past him, he was so frightened that the horsewhip in his hand almost fell off.

Yu Ling didn't look at him, she looked at the first carriage, where there was Uncle Li Shan who had been following her father, Uncle Li Shan was old, but he was always full of energy like a young man, but Yu Ling only now found out that Uncle Li Shan was really old, and the whole person was hunched down in a cotton jacket, as if everything around him had nothing to do with him.

Yu Ling sighed in her heart, she looked at the last car, the men in the carriage Shi Mao and Fang Ping, the carriage driven by the two fell behind, Yu Ling knew that they wanted to stay away from this group of warriors, from their eyes Yu Ling knew that they were even more afraid than themselves.

Yu Ling understood that she couldn't count on anyone, she should have understood a long time ago, from the first day this group of martial artists appeared.

It was also snowing that day, and the vast wilderness was divided into countless fragments of yellow and white, yellow fragments of dried alkaline grass and white fragments of snow grains.

Seven warriors appeared in the snow in this way, carrying surprisingly large swords on their backs, and riding tall horses under their crotches, larger than the plough horses of the caravans.

The men and guards in the caravan were terrified, and they thought they had encountered a marauding horse bandit.

The warriors rode around the caravan and asked their father to join the caravan as a bodyguard. Yu Ling felt that they didn't rob at that time, it must have been because there were many people in the caravan and it was relatively close to the town at that time, but Yu Ling didn't expect that her father would agree to the warrior's request for fear of conflict.

Since then, Yu Ling has lived in fear every day.

On the second day of their journey into the wilderness, the only two guards in the caravan asked his father to resign, and it was useless for him to keep him.

One of the guards had a broken leg, and the other had bruises on his face, and they only said that he had fallen while riding a horse at night, but Yu Ling knew that it must have been done by these warriors.

Without guards in the caravan, the warriors became more and more unscrupulous. On the fourth day, due to a disagreement, the seven warriors beat up the gang Shi Mao and Fang Ping, causing the two to still have scars on their bodies.

"Little lady, do you want my brother to sing you a song sung by the man of the Giant Sword Gate? Anyway, the little lady's kick last night made my brother's face still hurt now. ”

A yin and yang strange voice sounded, Yu Ling followed the prestige, it was a deep-eyed, extremely ugly warrior, his whole face was like a bumpy brown stone exposed in the snow, he was riding on a horse, staring at himself with a smile.

This is one of the martial artists that Yu Ling hates the most, he always looks at himself with obscene eyes on weekdays, and the most hateful thing is that last night, he actually wanted to get into his felt tent, if he hadn't kicked him in the face and screamed loudly, attracting his father and other guys, otherwise I don't know what would have happened.

Yu Ling only felt that she wanted to kill this ugly martial artist, she glared at him viciously, and said coldly: "Get out!"

The ugly warrior only laughed uncontrollably when he heard something funny, which made Yu Ling only feel that he was getting more and more ugly.

The other warriors gathered together on horseback, shouting teasing or whistling sharply, all of which seemed to them to be just a fun show.

The father hurried to him and protected himself behind him, he wanted to make his expression look fierce, but his eyes were full of horror.

Yu Ling only felt that she was so aggrieved that she wanted to cry, the Acropolis suffered a catastrophe, her family was also affected, and her father's years of accumulation were ruined. Heavily in debt and forced to desperation, he ventured this caravan into Dan County.

But I didn't expect that fate seemed to always love to torture people, and not long after entering Dan County, I met such a group of vicious warriors.

My father kept holding his hand tightly, and after the warriors calmed down and dispersed, he whispered to himself: "Don't be afraid, Ling'er, we will arrive at Gengjiabao in two days, and when we can enter the dock fort, I will hire a few more guards, and then I will not be afraid of them." ”

Yu Ling was a little puzzled:

"Dad, can't we just drive these warriors away? Or, we can also report to the officials! Let the people from the government clean them up!"

The father shook his head and said:

"It's useless, this place has gone deep into Dan County, although it is the land of Xue Kingdom, but it is an unofficial land. What's more, the world is so chaotic now...... Ling'er, listen to Dad, we can't offend these warriors, let alone drive them away, they all carry swords! Ling'er, Dad knows that you feel uncomfortable, bear with it first, and wait for Dad to hire a few swordsmen, and then you won't be afraid. ”

Yu Ling didn't believe her father in her heart, so she asked:

"What if the guards you hired were also afraid of these warriors, or what if the guards were as bad as these warriors?"

Yu Ling waited for her father's answer, but her father did not speak, and Yu Ling keenly heard her father sigh secretly.

This made Yu Ling's heart sink, she turned her head, and the ugly warrior with deep eyes was still sweeping over her with that disgusting gaze.

The light around us was getting dimmer, and night was about to fall.

My father's face was full of anxiety, and his eyes searched the snow for the trail.

The snow on the ground was very thick, and my father was unfamiliar with this area, so there was no trace of the road at this time.

If you can't get back on the road, you won't be able to reach safety before dark. Without the shelter of a safe place, who knows what horrors will happen on a night like this.

The snowflakes drifted for a while before stopping, and as the night wore on, the temperature was even lower.

Soon it was pitch black, and it was impossible to see. Although it did not reach the safety of the road, the caravan did not continue to move forward, otherwise it would be easy to go in the wrong direction on this gloomy night, without the stars and moon to distinguish the way.

The men took the felt cloth from the truck, began to set up the felt tent with their hands, and then scattered around, gathered some dry wood and dry grass, and lit a bonfire.

The group of warriors gathered around the fire, and they kept talking about the Star Demon Sea and revenge. Yu Ling overheard some, but she wasn't interested in it.

The men of the caravan had already been frightened by the group of warriors, and after they were busy, they got into the tent, and they didn't dare to come out.

Father came to Yu Ling's side at this time, he glanced vigilantly at the warrior who was still drinking and chatting by the fire, and then lowered his voice and said to Ling:

"Ling'er, help Dad take a look, are there any demons around here?"

Yu Ling didn't want to watch it, she knew that she had been different since she was a child...... She was extremely disgusted by this kind of difference from others.

But it was her father's request, and she had to say yes. She nodded, and sat down on top of the cargo, her eyes looking out over the snow-shrouded wilderness.

Her large eyes gradually began to change, the color of her pupils gradually changed from jet black to a faint blue, and the round pupils were gradually deformed, quickly stretched and narrowed, like some kind of nocturnal animal.