Except for the five people who took turns to watch the night shift, the rest of the workers were asleep.
The large and small bonfires in the company camp have been extinguished, and several wind lanterns are fixed on wooden frames outside the tents, swaying gently with the tents in the cold wind.
Xia Zhaoyi and Shen Lie walked through the company camp. They said good night silently. Shen Lie watched the girl enter the camp. He looked away and returned to the main tent.
The exhausted secret guards had all gone to sleep, and the faint light in the tent came from the wind lamp outside.
Shen Lie stood in formation, turned around and went out again.
The strong wind and flying snow were dancing on the ground. Shen Lie stood on the hillside outside the company camp, looking down at the long road stretching all the way to the south.
In the dim light, his vision was blocked and everything was blurred, but the impressions of the day remained in his mind. With his excellent memory, he could even remember the direction of the dry branches on the roadside during Qingming.
Throughout the night, he had no outward emotions, and in this silent and dark night, he became turbulent again.
Ever since she mentioned the hardships of life and when the troubled times will end, countless undercurrents collided in his chest.
Those wanton whirlpools, filled with desire and killing, grow savagely in the bottomless darkness.
In fact, I once had the thought that only by holding the whole world in front of her can she be worthy of her unparalleledness.
The world, the common people, the common people.
These distant and unreachable words, he suddenly wondered what it would be like to reach out and touch them.
The deep black eyes narrowed slightly, and their gaze became deep.
This road right in front of us was the result of her leading people along it bit by bit, digging it out, and renovating it.
Everyone was frostbitten, and her hands were covered with frostbite. She didn't have a single word of bitterness. When she mentioned it, there was a bright and yearning light in her eyes, which was more dazzling than the stars.
When we first met on Panyun Road, the little girl selling snakes with a red face and shabby clothes walked all the way to the capital, causing a storm in the capital, and then chased her to Longdan Mountain, where she fell seriously ill. She seemed to have never stopped.
Maybe the old man allowed her to live in seclusion all these years because he wanted her to grow up well and give her a rest.
She was too tired. Even in her previous life, she was only sixteen years old.
Du Xuan wrapped himself in his big robe, ran out of the company camp and looked around, and finally saw the tall and thin young man with a back as straight as bamboo. He stood there silently, as if he was about to melt into the darkness.
"Master!" Du Xuan ran over and shouted in a hoarse voice.
Shen Lie glanced at him: "I just woke up and ran out. Isn't it cold?"
"I thought where did the young master go? Master, what are you thinking about? Do you miss Ah Li?"
"I'm watching the road."
Du Xuan looked down, it was pitch black.
Shen Lie's voice was cold and calm: "In troubled times, everyone is seeking their own way. Du Xuan, I also want to build a way."
"Where to go?"
"Let her run freely and run rampant," Shen Lie said, smiling himself. Facing the cold wind, his handsome face was white and there was a slight smile on his lips, "I want to give everything the best in the world. she."
Du Xuan looked at him and suddenly felt a surge of blood: "Then, young master, we will give it to her!"
Shen Lie stretched out his hand, and snowflakes fell on his palm. The smile on his lips gradually faded, and his dark jade-like eyes became firm and powerful.
The next day, when Shen Lie woke up, the girl was gone.
Wu Shaoning handed over a note.
"I'll be back before noon. I'll give you a ride - Ah Li."
Shen Lie put it away and asked Wu Shaoning: "How far can she go?"
"It's far, a full six miles."
"Prepare your horse." Shen Lie looked at Xu Li.
When Xu Li went to fetch the horse, Shen Lie asked Kang Jian to accompany him to pack his bags, then got on the horse, and Wu Shaoning led the way to find Xia Zhaoyi.
"Ahead is Haian Ridge," Wu Shaoning introduced along the way. "When we reached the north ridge of Haian Ridge, we quickly connected with another team. Miss Ali calculated every section of the road very well, so that the road could be built faster. Finally, The sections of road that were difficult to repair were all led by Miss Ali herself. Once this section was repaired, she would go to Xu Yinjun's team. Although Xu Yinjun was a refugee, before the accident in Weiping Mansion, he had been a shipbuilder in Weiping Mansion. The chief steward of the workshop is now one of our supervisors."
Going north along the long road, I finally saw hundreds of people busy in the wind and snow.
Shen Lie reined in his horse and stopped without passing by. The horse stood in the wind of the strong wind. He looked at the girl who was looking at the drawings down the slope from a distance.
Three or five men surrounded her, standing very close to each other while maintaining a very basic polite distance.
They didn't know what they were talking about, so they looked up and looked towards the road to the north. There was a man pointing with his fingers, and he was very involved in the discussion.
The wind became stronger and stronger, and the cold eyes were deep and focused, staring at her for a long time.
"Wu Shaoning." Shen Lie whispered.
"Master."
"When she is ready to go back, tell her that I have left and let her have a good rest."
"yes."
Shen Lie took another deep look at her, reined in his horse, turned around, and left with Xu Li.
ยท
The strong winds and heavy snow blowing from the north swept through the mountains and rivers, traveling thousands of miles, and swayed to the south.
The corpses that were not collected in time were bitten by wild dogs in the wilderness, and the bones buried in the snow were dug out one by one.
Mu Tingyu and Qian Yuandeng stood in the wind-watching pavilion on the mountain ridge, overlooking the scene in the wilderness from a distance. Occasionally, when there was a strong wind, they had to raise their hands to cover their eyes.
After waiting for a long time, no one came at the end.
When the kettle in Qian Yuandeng's hand ran out of charcoal, he handed it aside, and the maid in rich and splendid clothes handed over a new one at the right time.
"Will Li Xiao come?" Qian Yuandeng said with a frown.
"I don't know," Mu Tingyu said lightly, "Whether he comes or not, we have to wait for these three days."
"He'd better come quickly." Qian Yuandeng's voice was filled with anger.
Just as he finished speaking, a long queue finally appeared at the end of the sky.
As the team approached, the wild dogs looked around one after another.
The long team of people wore cold armor, held long spears, and were covered in frost and cold weather.
Several people held torches high in their hands. The torches in the wind and snow all had their own pride, dancing violently in the fire.
The leading men were riding on horses, and the one at the forefront was a young man in his early twenties, handsome in appearance, dressed in silver armor, carrying a broadsword, and carrying a majestic weapon.
"Here we come." Mu Tingyu said.
At the same time, the crowd at the bottom of the mountain also looked up and saw them.
Lin Zongqi said: "Young Master, you are just waiting there."
Li Xiao's face was expressionless and he looked up.
They looked at each other almost five years ago.
Across the vast wilderness, you can't even see the faces clearly, but you can definitely imagine how unfriendly each other's eyes are.
Four years ago, Li Xiao had a fight with Zhao Tang in the street and seriously injured Zhao Tang. He fled the capital for fear of being settled by Zheng Guogong's government.
When he left Beijing, he still couldn't get rid of his arrogance, so he shot an arrow in front of Xunyun Tower, and the arrow was nailed to the window of Madam Zhao, who was not yet famous in the world at that time.
Since then, Li Xiao took people back to Guihe and has not been seen in these years.
A few months ago, Li Ju issued the imperial edict to Guihe, which was exactly Mu Tingyu's suggestion.
Mu Tingyu has been searching for all the princes and grandsons in the capital over the years.
And Li Xiao was a jackal that Mu Tingyu recognized before Da Qian's accident.
