It was a winter several years ago.

Snow is falling in a torrent. In a snow country where it snows for 12 months or 6 months of the year, it is not uncommon for snow spirits to fall to the earth. Just as you are born to eat and sleep, the sky in the snow country should be covered with snow from time to time.

It was cold.

However, once you get used to this climate, you don't feel uncomfortable living in it.

In the Immaculate Palace, the house where the princess lived got more than a dozen rue incense charcoal, and the maids who served the princess took the brazier specially prepared by the king, put some charcoal into it, and then lit it. After a while, the room was warm and warm, and there was a faint aroma of rue wood.

The maids were very happy. Although it is very adaptable to the bitter cold weather, it is very comfortable to feel warm in the middle of winter.

Mingyu, the most favored maid, said to Princess Mo Xueji: "Princess, princess, this brazier and charcoal fire are really good." ”

Mo Xueji, the princess of the Snow Country, is only fourteen years old, with a face as white and crystal as snow, eyebrows as distant mountains, and big eyes as beautiful as stars in the sky. The high nose makes the already flawless face more vivid. No matter how you look at it, this girl who is about to become an adult is invincible in beauty. There is a saying that has spread far and wide: the princess of the snow country is the most beautiful woman in the world. This rumor passed through the snow country, and also reached neighboring countries, and even the nomads with many soldiers and horses also knew about it. Some people in the farther Xi Dynasty have heard of such a thing, however, between the strength of the Xi Dynasty is really strong, and the king of the Xi Dynasty is confident that the barren land is a small barbarian country, and he will never be able to give birth to a beautiful woman who has competed with the women of the Xi Dynasty.

Stretching her hand on the steaming warm cage, Mo Xueji enjoyed it for a moment, then turned her head and asked, "Do the father and queen mother also have them?"

Ming Yu shook his head and said, "That's all, or Your Majesty used a lot of methods to get a lot of ice from the Han merchants on the border of Lang Teng Kingdom. ”

Ice is a unique mineral deposit in the snow country, because of the long-buried snow mountain, accumulated far-reaching cold, after excavation, put in the house, a small one, it is worth a large tank of ice, and can be used for four or five days in a row. The midsummer in the snow country will not be very hot, and the king and queen will naturally not need it. And the Xi Dynasty, it is said, is very hot in the summer. Therefore, the ice spirit, which looks worthless in the eyes of the people of the Snow Country, is in the hands of the Han people of the Xi Dynasty, but the treasure is tight.

Mingyu, a little girl, has been in the Flawless Palace since she was a child, and she doesn't care about the warmth and coldness of the world. I didn't understand the difference in value between Bingluo and Rue Charcoal, nor did I understand the difference in national strength between the Snow Country and the Xi Dynasty, and after finishing speaking, the corners of my mouth were still smiling, and I didn't have any worries at all.

It was Mo Xueji who couldn't help but sigh lightly.

Mingyu was a little strange, and the maid Fuxiang, who had not spoken, asked: "Princess, do you feel sorry for Your Majesty and Niangniang?"

Mo Xueji said "um" and said to Fuxiang: "You still know me best." When she came to the treasury and saw more than a dozen Lou Ruxiang charcoal piled there, Mo Xueji said, "Give them back to my father." I've been suffering from the cold since I was a child, and it doesn't matter at all. ”

The maid took her heart and promised to bring the fox fur cloak and the hat to keep the snow out for the princess. I just came out of the warm house, and I really didn't feel right. Mingyu took the cloak and put it on for Mo Xueji, and Fuxiang then tied a hat to the princess.

In addition to Mo Xueji's beautiful face, her slender and tall body is also as charming as possible. Even if she put on a thick fox fur cloak and a hat, her glamorous appearance still made the maids unconsciously admire it. Walking on the snow, Fuxiang said to her: "Princess, what do I think, you are a beauty that can no longer be found in this world." Mingyu said with a smile: "As soon as the New Year is over tomorrow, the princess will be fifteen, and the person who said goodbye to His Majesty will step through the threshold of our Flawless Palace." ”

Fuxiang looked at the snowflakes that kept falling in the sky, thought about it carefully, and said to Mo Xueji for a moment: "Princess, do you like the prime minister's son, or the general's son?"

Ming Yu smiled and said: "Huo Manting, the son of Prime Minister Huo Xin, is a talent. I heard that there are many mothers who like him. ”

When Mo Xueji heard this, she couldn't stop laughing.

Mingyu looked at Fuxiang, Fuxiang also looked at Mingyu, both of them secretly pondered, and in the end, Fuxiang asked: "Princess, do you like Zhai Xinxin, the young general of the Zhai Gu family?" ”

Zhai Xinxin is the only son of General Zhai, eight feet tall, not yet eighteen years old, he has a beard and a full face, and he has a tiger's back and a bear's waist. Snow Princess is such a pure and flawless delicate and beautiful person, how can she be worthy of being his wife? Just thinking about it, it makes people goosebumps all over their bodies!

Mo Xueji said: "Of course I won't like Zhai Xinli. As soon as Mingyu and Fuxiang's eyes lit up, she continued: "Naturally, I can't like Hall's son Huo Manting. ”

Mingyu and Fuxiang were immediately confused.

Mo Xueji laughed, and after a while, she frowned slightly and sighed softly.

The two little girls looked at each other, and after thinking for a long time, they vaguely guessed the princess's thoughts. Mingyu said: "Princess, it can't be, you don't have a favorite person at all, right?" Fuxiang followed closely behind and asked: "If Your Majesty asks the princess, what kind of husband do you want to choose when you become an adult?"

Mo Xueji sighed again and said, "Even if Helian is in the air, it is not enough to realize the wish in his heart. ”

As soon as these words came out, the two little girls were suddenly shocked.

Mo Xueji laughed quickly and said, "I'm kidding." As he spoke, he quickened his pace and walked towards the main hall where Mo Kun, the king of the Snow Country, lived.

In the palace, it was as cold as ever. The rue charcoal and brazier exchanged for ice spirit were all given to his daughter by Mo Kun. For the sake of their daughters, both the king and the queen are willing to endure the bitter cold of the middle of winter, which they have long been accustomed to.

As soon as Mo Xueji walked in, she let Mingyu and Fuxiang burn the charcoal in the charcoal basin.

After a while, it was already warm within a three-foot radius.

Queen Dejasmine said to Xue Ji, "Cher, this is what your father has prepared for you, you can keep it for yourself." ”

Xue Ji pulled her mother's arm, shaking it while smiling and coquettish: "Queen Mother, let's enjoy it together as a family of three-" Muttered for a while, Mo Kun and Dai Jasmine couldn't help it, and both smiled and agreed: "Okay, well, enjoy together, enjoy together." ”

During the fire, Mo Kun and Dai Jasmine really mentioned that Xue Ji was about to become an adult. Mo Kun looked at Dai Jasmine, Dai Jasmine thought about it, and said to Xue Ji: "Xue'er, you will be fifteen years old next year, when you are fifteen years old, have you thought about what you should think?"

Mingyu and Fuxiang were standing beside the princess, and when they heard this, they immediately squeezed their eyes at Xue Ji together. Xue Ji knew what they thought, and she also knew that what the queen mother said was exactly what the two little girls had just said to herself. Xue Jiqiao's face was flushed, her expression was twisted, and she said after a while: "Queen Mother, aren't there many days......? The child didn't think about anything yet. ”

Mo Kun sat on the side and said, "The sons of Zuo Xiang and General Zhai are both of the right age, and you know beforehand, so you might as well consider it." ”

Dai Jasmine also said: "Sven, the son of Zuo Xiang, and Yingwei, the son of General Zhai, are very good choices for us Snow Country women." ”

Mo Xueji had already denied these two people in front of the two little girls, and at this moment, facing her father and queen mother, she had nothing else to say except to be silent to express her protest.

Mo Kun understood at a glance, sighed and said, "Xue'er, my father knows what is on your mind. Snow Country is a small country, even if young men like Huo Manting and Zhai Xin are already considered powerful in our Snow Country, but when it comes to other countries, it is not invincible-" Speaking of this, the King of Snow Country paused slightly. As a father, he is really unwilling to force his daughter on such a big matter, but as a king, although the country is small, the safety is still expected to be defended by those civil servants and military generals under him. Hall is an important minister among the civil ministers, Huo Gu led 8,000 soldiers and horses in the Snow Country, if they are not won over from the perspective of marriage, Mo Kun's throne will not be stable, and the safety of Mo Kun's wife and daughter cannot be guaranteed.

Mo Kun and Dai Jasmine both looked at their daughter together, hoping that Xue Ji could start from the overall situation and choose rationally.

The pressure of the eyes of the father and queen mother made Xue Ji overwhelmed. After being silent for a long time, Mo Xueji suddenly stood up and said loudly: "Father, queen mother, the charcoal is too hot, I'm not used to it, I'm going out first." Ignoring Mo Kun and Dai Jasmine's obstruction, he hurried out of the hall.

Mo Kun and Dai Jasmine stood up together and chased after them, and when they reached the door, they saw their daughter flying like a white snowflake.

Mo Xueji kept running on the snow-covered ground, and only stopped when she turned around and couldn't see her father and mother anymore.

At this time, she had already left the Immaculate Palace and was a little far away from the palace gate.

In the past, Mingyu and Fuxiang were accompanied, but today because of the annoying matter of being forced to marry, Xue Ji heard Mingyu Fuxiang shouting in her ears, and her steps sped up again.

She doesn't want anyone to follow her. If someone follows, it is as if he has lost his freedom, and he will definitely be forced to marry one of Huo Manting or Zhai Xin. Whether it is Huo Manting or Zhai Xinxin, neither Xue Ji likes it at all. The men of the Snow Country, whether they are Sven or Yingwei, are difficult to show their majestic temperament. Xue Ji is a princess, she has seen the men of Ye Feng Country, and she has also seen the warriors of Lang Teng Country, not to mention the famous Helian Lingkong Lord of Snow Country, Ye Feng Country and Lang Teng Country - this is a famous warrior in the brave Northern Khan Kingdom, although she has only heard of it, she also knows that it is always the man of Ye Feng Country and the warrior of Lang Teng Country that cannot compare with the majesty and majesty of this person.

Even so, it can't be made for Xue Ji to be willing to entrust her for life.

What's more, are the men of the Snow Country who are born to look timid than men in other countries?

The thought of living with one of such men makes Yukihime's noble heart so uncomfortable that she wants to cry.

Avoiding the countrymen, Xue Ji walked in the snow with one foot deep and one shallow foot. I don't know how long it took, the streets were gone, and the houses were gone. Yukihime's angry mood unconsciously calmed down at this time, and she looked around, but she couldn't see anything except snow.

At this time, she suddenly became nervous, and ran for more than a dozen steps in the snow, still white and nothing.

"Where have I been?Where are the streets of Snow Country?Where are the houses of the Immaculate Palace?" Xue Ji couldn't help but be frightened, and shouted, "Is there anyone??" After shouting for a while, she began to call the names of Mingyu and Fuxiang: "Mingyu, am I here?Fuxiang, do you hear my voice?"

The howl of the snow wolf came to my ears: "Whoa-whoa-" "Whoa-whoa-"

Yukihime's already anxious heart suddenly skipped a beat.

Intense horror crept up on her beautiful face, and her eyes, swarthy as two black crystals, were not moving, and she was stunned for a moment.

Three or two black shadows appeared on the snow in the distance, although they were short, but they moved quickly.

Yukihime grew up in Snow Country and knows the Snow Country wolf that makes adult Snow Country men palpitate. In the cold winter, the wolves of the Snow Country are all dispatched collectively, and three or two black shadows should just be the outpost of the wolves, right?

The thought in Yukihime's mind turned here, and her feet, which were already tired, along with her calves, couldn't help but tremble one after another.

She immediately turned around and tried to run, but the nervousness and fear caused her to fall on the snow. The snow wolves had already seen their prey and were running upside down.

A strong fishy wind swept behind her head, and Yukihime was frightened and leaned down. The snow wolf that pounced on the snow wolf changed its movements dexterously, and when it landed at a turn, it jumped on the back of the snow her.

The hot mouth will bite down.

Yukihime was stunned.

The vague heart-rending pain stretched from the neck to the shoulders.

At the last moment when her consciousness had not completely dissipated, Yukihime even thought that her neck was so beautiful, and that a person like herself had not had time to show the world the beauty of nature, and that the blood was actually drenched and turned into food in the mouth of a hungry wolf, what a sad thing it was.

In the drowsiness, the sharp stabbing sound of the weapon came into my ears from time to time. Yukihime listened hard, and her senses gradually returned.

Just as she was trying to open her eyes to really see, a huge snow wolf's body suddenly jumped out of her field of vision and pounced in front of her.

Yukihime subconsciously closed her eyes and screamed with all her strength!

After waiting for a long time, there was no pain from the wolf's claws scratching him.

Yukihime slowly opened her eyes-

I saw that a young man kept a posture of flying from mid-air and slashing hard at the same time, and fell to the ground. In his hand, there was a long sword, and the long sword had split the wolf she had just seen in half.

The huge snow wolf, at first glance, is the king of the wolf pack, twice as tall as an ordinary snow wolf, and has strong muscles, and was actually split in half with a sword. This kind of bravery shocked Yukihime too much.

At this time, she regained her senses and took a serious look at herself and the situation around her.

Anything that was bitten by a wolf was just a hallucination produced by himself in a hurry. She raised her hand and touched her face and neck, and there were no scars. The fox fur cloak is also very complete, and not even the tooth marks of a snow wolf can be found. Instead, it was the snow wolves who suffered a heavy blow. The wolf corpses were scattered all over the place, polluting the white snow into a mess. Except for the wolf king, who was cut off by a sword, the rest were bloodied in the neck, ran on the ground, and died of blood loss in a few steps. The gray-white fur was mixed with the snow that turned red after being stained with wolf blood, and Mo Xueji felt very disgusted after watching the whole scene.

She didn't bother to thank her, she covered her mouth and ran to the side, retching.

With a sharp bird's call, when Yukihime turned her head to look, a white handkerchief was suddenly handed in front of her. Of all the fabrics in Snow Country, the best is woven from hemp extracted from plants in the middle of summer. Yukihime had never seen such good material. It was just a handkerchief, but the delicate color and soft texture were like a small cloud cut from the sky.

Shifting his gaze to the side, the hand holding the handkerchief was slender and slender, not the size of a woman, but the smooth lines from the fingers to the palm and the clean and rounded nails of the thumb pressed on the handkerchief were far more than the manual person of a snowpiercer woman.

Looking further up, a handsome face appeared.

Yukihime knows that she is beautiful, but she has never seen her beauty with her own eyes. The most beautiful she had ever seen was her mother, Jasmine. But it was a woman.

Adjectives that modify men, pretty, beautiful, in Xue Ji's heart, that is inappropriate, even if it is her favorite father Mo Kun, Xue Ji loves her father and respects her father, and she will never admit that Mo Kun is very beautiful, or Mo Kun is very beautiful.

However, the face in front of her, Xue Ji thought about it, except for beauty, there are really no words to describe it. The face shape with a sharp chin, long eyebrows flying obliquely into the sideburns, and the eyes are not small, because of the slender shape, it is very seductive. A beautiful man's nose is just as important as a beautiful woman's nose, with a high bridge and just the right angle. In this way, the facial features can be vivid and lively. And a mouth with just the right thickness, the lips are tightly closed, slightly pulled, and the smile is really like the first rays of spring sunshine, which is dazzling.

Yukihime was not only stunned.

The man handed over the handkerchief, but after a long time there was no response, so he called softly: "Girl." But when he didn't reply, he cried out again.

Yukihime just woke up from a big dream.

Her face was suddenly flushed, and she took the handkerchief.

Pretending to wipe the corners of her mouth, Xue Ji thought about how she should explain it, so as not to be embarrassed to a greater extent.

The man chuckled and said, "Are you from Snowpiercer?"

Yukihime let out an "um" and quickly returned the handkerchief.

The man said, "Give it to you, as a souvenir." Because Yukihime always turned his back to him, he didn't say anything anymore.

Yukihime heard the sound of the horse's hooves and quickly turned around, only to see that the man had jumped on a black horse.

The man's clothes are also black, with a black horse, which looks very striking in the white snow. The man who led the horse for him was the young man who had just swung his sword to cut off the wolf king. The young man's horses were also brought in by others. On the snow, eight horses came and went, each of which was wonderful. As for the people on the horse, although in terms of appearance, others are not as good as the man who handed him a handkerchief, but all of them have beautiful facial features, and talents are also very rare.

A huge bird swirled and landed lightly on the shoulder of the man in black. The foot was as black as iron, and the tip of the claw reflected the light, and it was obvious that it was unusually sharp. Behind a beak that is curved like a hook, the bird's eye, no matter which side it refracts, is extraordinary. Birds are scarce in the snowy country, and only a few can be seen during the warmest climates. Whether it's big or small, it's not scary. A bird like this, Yukihime has never seen before. That look was so gripping, projected through the movement of the eyeballs, as timid as her, she almost couldn't help but fall on the spot.

The man in black smiled and picked up the reins to leave.

Xue Ji ignored the shock of the evil bird, and didn't care about the blood stains on the ground, chased two steps forward, and asked loudly: "Who are you? Are you from Ye Feng Country? or someone sent by Lang Tengguo?" Ran to the man who handed him the handkerchief, stopped the white horse and said loudly: "Tell me your name." ”

The man reached out and touched the head of the evil bird, smiled and said, "Yingchu, Bai Yingchu." ”

Yukihime didn't know how to write these three words, but she tried to read them a few times.

The man asked, "What is your name?"

Yukihime blushed and hesitated to answer.

Bai Yingchu didn't force it, and after Xue Ji got out of the way from the horse, he took the reins and beat the horse. The horse had only taken a few paces before speeding up rapidly. The bird on his shoulder took advantage of the situation and flew high, and a loud cry resounded through the sky. The seven people behind Bai Yingchu were well-ridden, chasing the bird's posture and closely following behind the master. Eight horses in a line soon turned into tiny black dots in the field of vision.

In the wind, the cry of "princess, princess" was faintly heard.

Xue Ji turned her head to follow the call and looked, and the people in the Immaculate Palace were finally found. She felt a sense of relief in her heart at first, but looking back at the direction in which the eight horsemen had disappeared, the sense of loss invaded again.

Mingyu and Fuxiang found this place in the company of the palace guards, and they were naturally surprised and delighted to see the princess. They were surprised by the wolf corpses all over the ground, but when asked at this time, Xue Jiduan didn't want to say anything.