At this time of year, in Guning City, every drop of water turns into ice.
Most people have gone home to celebrate the New Year, and the inn seems deserted.
Dried cow dung was burning brightly in the charcoal basin. The room was warm and dry, but it had an indescribable strange smell.
Gu Fenglin sat quietly in front of the charcoal basin, with a sickly blush on his pale face.
The worst happened.
Either don't do anything, or kill him with one blow.
Like this, the consequences are endless.
If Jiang Yun fled back to Qi, Qi would have more reason to massacre the city.
In other words, even if Qi was going to massacre the city, he would be blamed for provoking the war.
Old Man Gu handed him a bowl of thick black soup and said worriedly: "No matter how big the issue is, it is not as important as your body."
Gu Fenglin drank it all in one gulp and almost vomited it out because the soup was unpalatable.
It's been a long time since he took such unpleasant medicine.
Ever since she got together with Mu Yunhan, she has taken good care of him.
More often than not, it is dietary supplements rather than medication.
She made the food light and refreshing, so that every meal was different and nothing was not to his liking.
Doing it once or twice is nothing, but doing it day after day, year after year, is the most difficult thing in the world.
He thought of many things about Mu Yunhan, and thought that she must be thinking of him at the moment, so he raised the corners of his lips and smiled.
Old Man Gu was relieved when he saw him smiling: "No matter who they are, they can always find clues, unless they are heading towards Qi State."
Gu Fenglin moved his hand gently on the sheepskin map, and finally set his hand on Guning City.
"We assume that this person is Gu Yilan, then he will definitely stay here."
The border in the middle of winter is unlike any other place, and living outside alone is a dead end.
If it's just Gu Yilan, that's not necessarily the case, after all, his current abilities are incredible.
But with Jiang Yun being poisoned and dying, he had no choice but to choose Guning City.
Because if you want to detoxify, only Guning City has a pharmacy within a few hundred miles.
What's more, this person has a very high self-esteem and must think that even if he is hiding in Guning City, no one can do anything to him.
Of course, if this person is from Qi, he can only strengthen the city defense and prepare to fight.
But Gu Fenglin had a strong hunch that the black shadow must be Gu Yilan.
The north wind blew all night and the snow finally stopped.
Guning City is covered with thick snow everywhere.
If you are a small child, you can sink your whole body into the snow, up to your head.
Residents organized themselves to clear the snow.
The folk customs in the border towns are cheerful and there are not so many rules to speak of.
The little girls and boys laughed, chasing each other, slapping each other, and squinting.
Adults usually don't care much about it. They are also young, so it would be a good thing if they can get married.
A girl wrapped in a ragged fur coat stood on the ladder, struggling to push the snow off the roof with a rake to prevent the snow from crushing the roof.
Occasionally, she would look up and glance at the young people having fun not far away, showing a bit of yearning.
Whenever this happens, a woman will scream at the bottom of the ladder: "You are so coquettish that you have to take off your pants and sell them!"
She would lower her eyes and rake the snow hard with an expressionless expression.
The woman cursed, no matter how unpleasant she said it.
Finally, a neighbor couldn't stand it anymore: "Ms. Fan, Duo'er is your biological child after all, how could you treat her like this?"
Mrs. Fan shouted loudly and put her hands on her hips: "What does it have to do with you? Are you attracted to it? I'll sell it to you for two taels of silver!"