Thirty people were too conspicuous, and they went to Shuobei separately. Xia Houlin was afraid that Chiyan would be abducted halfway, and let him and himself join Shen Jue. All the way to the north, the further north you go, the colder it gets. In April, the weather in Shuobei still seems to be frozen. The pedestrians on the road are pale, as if they are not alive. In order to hide their traces, they could not stay in the official inn, for fear of being smuggled by the underworld, and they could not stay in the countryside, they could only sleep in the wilderness all the way.
He arrived at a deserted village and stayed in a dilapidated courtyard. There was a big hole in the top of the main room, and the wind was blowing into it, and the south wall collapsed in half. The five factory guards accompanying them are all young people, young and strong, but they are not afraid of freezing. Xia Houlin and a few factory guards removed the cobwebs from the table and stool dustpan and chopped it into firewood. Two people were left to keep vigil at the entrance of the village, and the rest stayed in the main room. Xia Houlin and Chiyan went to the woods to catch a few wild rabbits and came back to roast them. The group gathered around the fire and roasted them. Shen Jue sat on the side and studied the kalan knife score. He wanted to find the twelve empty doors.
After the rabbit was cooked, Xiahou Rin wrapped the meat in a handkerchief and handed it to Shen Jue.
"I'm a vegetarian." Shen Jue said, taking the veil and eating the buns from the bag.
Xiahou Rin took it to Chi Yan, and the rest was distributed to everyone, even at the entrance of the village. At night, Shuobei is surprisingly quiet, the world is like a desert, it seems that except for the fire here, all the fields are immersed in the airtight darkness. Someone pulled out the knife and waved it a few times. The steel balls in the blood tank rolled and collided.
The firewood crackled, and Xia Houlin was on fire, and said, "Why do you want to come to Shuobei with you?"
A black-faced man threw a twig into the fire and said, "I'm doing it for revenge. Xi Zhong, who was beheaded by a machine thread on the Lutan Ancient Road, was my elder brother. His parents died young, and he was raised by his elder brother. I was able to work in the Dongchang factory because of my brother’s recommendation. In the 24th year of Qianyuan, the capital was in trouble with a fox demon. I was ordered to investigate it, but I had no clue for a long time. Wei thief was so angry that he wanted to behead me. The Wei thief only let go of my life. I hate that the Wei thief is vicious, saying that if I want to live, my brother will be given forty-eight lashes."
"Forty-eight whips, did your brother take all of it?" Xia Houlin asked.
Xi Xuan tucked his sleeves into the corners of his eyes, "It's all suffered. My brother was bedridden for a month, and he almost didn't make it. I'm sorry that my brother finally survived Weide to death, but he still didn't escape Garan."
A factory guard next to Xi Xuan patted him on the shoulder and said, "Sorry, brother. Your brother is so good, you will definitely have a good baby in your next life."
"What about you?" Xia Houlin raised his chin towards him.
The man sighed, "I'm homeless and tired. Anyway, I'm alone. No one cares about me when I die. If I go to Shuobei, I can still earn a hero. ."
Xia Houlin shook his head, "When you reach the snowy mountain, you stay at the foot of the mountain to meet you, you don't have to follow us up the mountain."
The man was stunned for a moment, then stammered: "Big... Sir."
"It's not worth fighting for a name." Xia Houlin looked at him.
In the light of the fire, Xia Houlin's eyes were deep, and the man wanted to say something, but finally closed his mouth.
"What about you?" Xia Houlin looked at the last person, who he recognized was one of the few survivors on the Lutan Ancient Road, named Yunxiu.
The man sat a little far away from the fire. He pulled out a few elderberries on the ground and said in a low voice, "I'm here for Lord Situ."
The room was quiet for a while, and Shen Jue raised his head from the knife book. Xia Houlin subconsciously looked at Chi Yan, but Chi Yan didn't respond, leaning against the pillar with his eyes closed, breathing long.
Probably fell asleep, but I didn't hear it. Xia Houlin thought.
"I remember when I first entered the yamen, it happened to be my turn to be on duty at night. I was a single man, and I was so hungry that no one could deliver food. Lord Situ came through the hall and happened to meet me. I thought I was the only one who just came in. Captain Situ, someone like Master Situ would definitely not recognize me. Who knew he would call my name, hear me screaming from hunger, and invite me to dinner. That wonton stall on Deshengmen Street, we We go there most often, the stuffing is thick and the skin is thin, and we like it the most." Yunxiu said, "Later Lord Situ left, and the wonton stall also collapsed."
"There are more than 1,000 people in Dongchang, and Lord Situ remembers everyone. Even if he can't tell his name, he still remembers the number." Xi Xuan sighed, "I'm a rude, grumpy, and I often offend people. I offended Shangfeng, and the fox demon case came to my head. But since the adults came, this kind of thing has never happened again. Later I learned that I had told Shangfeng several times that I would go to Yunnan, but the adults never came back. never agreed."
Everyone was silent, only the sound of firewood was heard. Shen Jue wanted to say something, but Xiahou Rin held him down and said, "Chiyan is my brother, and his debt is my debt. Before going to the snowy mountains, you can come to me for revenge at any time."
Yunxiu shook her head, "This matter has nothing to do with Lord Xiaoshen. In fact, we also know that Mr. Chiyan is trapped in Jialan, and he can't help himself. However, I have a question, and I want to ask Mr. Chiyan in person." Looking at Chiyan behind Xia Houlin, the man was as quiet as a rock, as if isolated from the world, "Young Master Chiyan, when you killed Lord Situ, did you ever hesitate, did you ever... regret? "
The wind was silent, and Chi Chi's flames swayed in the darkness.
Chi Yan opened his eyes on the edge of the fire, and said, "No."
There was silence in the house. In the silence, Yunxiu opened her mouth, whether her voice was admiration or ridicule, "Young Master Chiyan is indeed magnanimous."
"He's a respectable opponent," Chi Yan turned his head, his big black eyes glowing with orange fire, "His wind and snow blade is unique in the world, I respect him, so I will do my best. "
Yunxiu stared at him dazedly, the man closed his eyes again, held the knife, and restrained his voice.
"I understand." Yunxiu said softly.
Ten days later they joined the other teams and entered the snow field. Only Chi Yan walked this road, Shen Jue let Chi Yan lead the way, and the three formed a team to explore the road ahead. Shen Jue guessed that there might be a sentry post. When approaching the snow-capped mountain, it was changed to marching in the dark at night. Sure enough, lights were found at the foot of the snow-capped mountain.
All sounds are silent. The weather has been very good these days, no wind and no snow, but it is also freezing. The night is dark, the sky is dense with stars, and the Milky Way as long as Jinlian flows quietly. Xiahou Rin and Chi Yan were crawling forward in the snow. The lights on the surrounding snowfield were scattered like a chessboard, and they approached one of them silently.
Xia Houlin exhaled a breath of white smoke, his fingers froze and painful. In the silent darkness, they heard a few solitary barks.
Xiahou Rin and Chiyan looked at each other, and Chiyan threw a dead weasel from the bag.
The bark drew nearer and nearer, and the night watchman ran over with the dog on a leash. The black mask is a Garan dress.
The black dog stopped in front of the weasel and sniffed. The night watchman took a look at the lamp and said with a smile, "It turned out to be Wong Tai Sin."
Just as he was about to go back, a sharp pain came from the back of his head, and two short arrows pierced through his and the black dog's heads at the same time. He knelt down with his eyes wide open, and two tall black figures behind him stood up covered in snow. Xia Houlin put on his mask, patted the snow and sand on his body, and swaggered into the sentry's wooden house, then dragged out a corpse, and the remaining two were tied alive in the snow. After Chian buried the body, Xia Houlin extinguished and lit the candle in the room, repeating it twice.
In the dark night, a group of men and horses entered the yard quietly, Shen Jue dismounted, Xiahou Tong brought an official hat chair, Shen Jue lifted his cloak, and sat firmly on it. Shen Jue was very thickly dressed, with a snow-white fox fur wrapped around his neck, which made his face pale as snow.
The two night watchmen were trembling in the snow and looked up. Shen Jue looked at them with stubborn eyes, the tips of his eyes were red with freezing, and they flew up obliquely, with an indescribable beauty.
"It's you, Shen Jue! Why are you in Shuobei!" The night watchman gritted his teeth, "You kill us, we won't say anything."
"Do you know why I want to keep two people?" Shen Jue raised his right hand in a false way, "Let them see."
The fans took shovels and started shoveling the snow. The frozen soil was hard, and it took a full hour to dig out two deep holes. Fanzi buried two people, only one head was exposed. The two stared at each other, terrified.
"I heard of a person who froze for a night in a snowy night, and his face was pale, then blue, and then red, because at this time, blood rushed to his head to keep warm, and finally he was frozen back and turned purple. Wait. When your face turns purple, you're dead." Shen Jue stood up and walked inside, "You two, please help me to see if that's the case. I'm tired, so let's rest first."
The two panicked, their faces flushed with fright, and they hurriedly said, "I said! I said everything! What do you want to know?"
Shen Jue turned around and said word by word, "The Hou residence is on defense, and there are passwords for each checkpoint."
The two were still dead, and Shen Jue gave them a treat, cutting their throats with a knife, and the bodies were buried outside the courtyard.
Twenty fans plunged into the dark night, and the lights of the sentry at the foot of the snowy mountain flickered one after another, like intermittently connected stars. Shen Jue spread out the defense map he had just copied according to the night watchman's description in the room, and said, "There are ten guards at the corner gate in the south, every hour, and fifteen guards outside the gate. It is exactly one stick of incense when we go back and forth. We are patrolling. Start at the farthest place from the Hou Mansion, replace all the patrol posts at the Nanjiao Gate at the same time, replace the entrance guards when returning to the mansion, and then I, Chiyan and Xiahou Rin enter the Mansion to assassinate. But we must return to the corner gate within an hour, otherwise Our men will be replaced by assassins who come to take over."
Xia Houlin nodded and asked, "Are we going to assassinate during the day or at night?"
"The north slope is steep and there are no sentries. Once you go up the mountain, except for the terrain, it is unobstructed. I estimated that if you climb fast, you can reach the mountainside by noon. Although there is darkness at night, their patrols will be doubled. Our people Not dominant." Shen Jue pondered, "So let's do it during the day."
"You can't check the map at any time in Hou's mansion," Xiahou Ran asked Chi Yan, "Do you remember how to get there?"
Chi Yan said: "Remember."
"Okay, don't say anything when you meet someone, I will deal with the young master."
Shen Jue glanced at Xia Houlin and said, "Don't talk, I'll just do it."
Xia Houlin muttered, "Oh."
"Once your identity is exposed, retreat immediately. The people left behind at the corner gate set fire everywhere to cover us." Shen Jue said.
Zhu Fanzi clasped their fists: "Yes!"
Chi Yan looked at Shen Jue silently, Shen Jue rolled up the defense map and said, "Are you trying to say that you don't plan to leave alive, even if you reveal your identity, you will kill Bailiyuan."
Nodding in disgust.
"Okay," Shen Jue said coolly, "If you don't obey my orders, I will castrate your brother when I turn around. You can do it yourself."
Tired of staying.
Xia Houlin: "..."
The fans sighed and patted Xia Houlin on the shoulder one after another, and went out one by one.