The Western Region of Han Dynasty, near Qingshan County.
In the howling cold wind, a caravan moved forward slowly on the hard frozen soil. A man wrapped in thick clothes squinted and looked into the distance. Under the dim sunset, the outline of a city was getting closer and closer.
"This damn weather... it's so cold." The man couldn't help cursing as he held a heater in his arms.
"Hold on, please! We're reaching Qingshan County just ahead!"
"After this trip, you all will be able to enjoy a few days of happiness, beauties, wine and food, all available in Qingshan County!"
The man shouted and walked towards the city at a faster speed. At this moment, a voice came from beside him:
"Brother, is there someone lying in the snow over there?"
The man was stunned, and he followed his hand and saw that there was indeed a vague figure in the snow not far away. He didn't know whether he was dead or fainted, but he was motionless.
"Where did the beggar come from again? It's such a cold day. How dare you beg outside in such little clothes? You won't be a ghost until you freeze to death." The man snorted coldly, "You guys go over and see if you are alive or dead. If so,
If you still have some breath, you can bring him into the city along the way, which is a sign of good deeds."
Several figures ran quickly into the snow. After one of them took a breath, he carried him behind his back and hurried towards here.
"Brother, he is still alive and he is a woman."
"Her fortune is good, let's throw her into the carriage carrying goods."
Several people immediately threw the figure into the carriage, and followed the bumps of the caravan into Qingshan County.
The caravan passed through the streets in a familiar way, looking for someone to hand over and unload the goods. After a while, the carriage was emptied, leaving only the figure lying alone on the wooden board, as if dead.
"Brother, what should she do?"
The man clicked his tongue, walked up to her holding the heater, and looked at it carefully.
This woman was wearing a shabby blue dress, with wounds frozen into scabs everywhere on her body. Her blood-stained black hair was messy and scattered on her face. Her appearance could not be seen clearly, if not for the traces of white aura.
It floated out of the nose, resembling a corpse in the wild.
The man reached out his hand with some disgust and patted her cheek. The eyelashes covered with ice and snow trembled slightly and opened a gap weakly.
"Hey, can you still move? If you can move, go by yourself." The man took out a few taels of silver from his arms and stuffed it into her hands. "We have done everything we can. If you want to die, don't die here. We are outside.
It’s not easy to do business, so don’t let us get into trouble.”
The woman held the board with both hands, stood up staggeringly, and glanced around blankly:
"Where is this?"
"Qingshan County."
"Qingshan County..." She murmured the name, and a glimmer of clarity appeared in her cloudy eyes, "City-state? You brought me into the city?"
"Yes, you passed out in the snow outside the city. If it weren't for my brother's kindness, you would have frozen to death!" said a figure.
She frowned immediately, gritted her teeth and dragged herself towards the city gate. A few pieces of silver fell from her arms to the ground with a crisp sound. Even so, she never lowered her head to look down.ъìＱＱＧΕtＶ.℃
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"Hey, are you sick? My brother gave you the money because he thought you were pitiful. Why are you so ignorant?"
The man was about to catch up, but the man stopped him with his hand, shook his head and said, "This woman is a lunatic, let her be... Come on, brothers! I'll invite you to the shop for a drink!"
"okay!"
Everyone left in cheers, and when they were completely gone, the woman lowered her head and took out a white elixir pot from her arms, took a look inside, and her expression relaxed.
She glanced at the sky again, gritted her teeth, supported the wall, and walked towards the city gate without looking back.
As she gradually approached the city gate, several figures quickly ran in from the door. As they ran, they said in surprise:
"The Champion is here! The Champion is here from Chang'an!"
The voices of these people immediately attracted the attention of many people on the street. They immediately gathered on both sides of the street and turned to look in the direction of the city gate, as if they all wanted to see what the rumored champion looked like.
"The Champion..." the woman murmured to herself.
She grabbed the old woman passing by and asked doubtfully, "Madam... who is this champion?"
"Oh, don't you know about the champion?" The old woman said with a dance while holding a food basket, "I heard that the champion is the reincarnation of a star, has miraculous power, and led his army to defeat the Huns in the early years.
, I heard that he showed great power in Chang'an a few days ago, killing many evil spirits, and even created a celestial abyss...
In short, he is the most powerful god in the world today!"
Hearing this, the woman's eyes lit up slightly, and then quickly dimmed...
"No...there is that thing in the human world...who knows if he is real?" After struggling for a moment, the woman sighed.
Just when she turned around and was about to leave, two carriages drove into the street from outside the city gate. These carriages were all printed with the words Marquis Mansion. The moment they saw the two carriages, the people on both sides of the street cheered.
But the two carriages seemed to have no intention of stopping. The cold wind blew up the woman's shabby clothes and whizzed past her.
She turned her head and stared at the shadows of the two carriages leaving, shook her head, and continued walking out of the city.
"Hey, girl!" The old woman took her hand and asked with concern, "Looking at you, you haven't eaten for several days, right?"
"……Um."
"Look how pitiful you are... Why don't you come with me? I still have some food at home, and I can share some with you."
The woman stopped and touched her withered belly, seemingly feeling a little moved.
"Forget it, ma'am, I have to get out of the city quickly..."
"It's just something to eat. I won't delay you for too long... Judging from your appearance, you must be on your way, right? What if you don't have enough to eat?"
"Okay then."
Under the old woman's warm invitation, the woman still followed her and turned back towards the city.
"Girl, what do you want to do when you come to Qingshan County?"
"It's okay... I was picked up and brought to the city."
"Then do you have any relatives or friends in this county?"
"No……"
The old woman nodded, "By the way, I haven't asked you yet, what's your name?"
The woman lowered her head, hesitated for a moment, and then said:
"Jalan."
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"After driving for dozens of miles, we finally arrived in Qingshan County before sunset."
In the carriage, Yan Zhong pulled up the curtain on the side of the carriage and breathed a sigh of relief, "This damn weather...if we can't find replacement horses and food supplies, we will have to take the Marquis's 'flying carriage' again."
"If you fly in this weather, even the carriage will be frozen into shards of ice and fall off." Chloe held a ball of fire in her hands, and the warm firelight illuminated the carriage. She glanced at Lin Qiye beside her and asked doubtfully.
He said, "What are you thinking about in a daze here?"
"...It's nothing." Lin Qiye, who was sitting in the middle, shook his head, "It's just that since I entered this city, my causal line seems to have been trembling... I don't know why."