Six doors

The vast expanse of snow is white, and there is hardly a single green grass to be seen. The dry branches are covered with crystal icicles, shining brightly in the sun.The wind and snow fluttered like goose feathers, gently falling on people, seemingly gentle, but with fatal injuries.After the snowflakes melted, they drenched the clothes and made people feel cold to the bone.The north wind was blowing, and it hurt people's faces.The weapons in the hands of the bodyguards are almost unstable, so most of them carry them on their shoulders, and then freeze into ice bars.There is no way out in the distance, and the road behind is soon covered with snowflakes, and it can no longer be seen.

Such weather is really not suitable for traveling. It is best to stay at home, set up a stove, boil two glasses of wine, and chat with friends... But not everyone is so lucky.Involuntarily, many people have to run for their lives.Even if it is painful and dangerous, do it.

Like a caravan.

In a cold place, lack of food, lack of clothing, lack of everything.Therefore, many businessmen look for opportunities to make a fortune with commodities.Danger cannot stop the enthusiasm of businessmen.Many times, you have to convince them that you may not be able to do what they can.

A group of people braved the wind and snow to move forward, each of them wrapped themselves like glutinous rice balls.Leading the way was a middle-aged man leading a horse. He was wearing a fur hat and leather gloves, and all he had was a flushed face.He is the leader of this team, a bodyguard surnamed Liu, who walks here all the year round, escorts them.Behind Lao Liu are some merchants, who are not willing to come down to walk and enjoy the breeze, they sit in the carriage with the goods.

Among the team was a young and handsome man who joined halfway.Originally, the merchants didn't intend to let him follow. Who knows if this person is in danger?But the man has good medical skills, and when he successfully saved several dying people, he was allowed to join him.Holding a cowhide hot water bottle in his hand, he tucked his head into his collar.

"Haha, kid, if you can't stand even this bit of wind and snow, you'd better go home and eat milk!" The bodyguard who escorted laughed loudly, with thick white mist coming out of his mouth.

The young man chuckled, his eyes blurred with exhalation: "Brother, I can't help it. If the Central Plains stay here, I won't come to the frontier. There is nothing here. I heard that it is plundered by the Wala people from time to time. It is very dangerous. ah."

"That's right, damn the Wala people, the court will destroy them sooner or later!" The bodyguards nearby came closer and chatted together.

"I heard that they come as soon as winter comes, right? Then this winter..." The young man frowned, a little worried.

"Boy, is it too late to worry about it now?"

The young man smiled wryly.

Bodyguard A patted the young man on the shoulder and said, "You don't have to worry, kid. The Vala people will rob at most before leaving, and they won't kill innocent people indiscriminately."

The young man blinked, reached out and stroked his eyelashes, letting the ice on them melt and turn into water droplets: "I can't help worrying, everyone says the Walla people are scary..."

"Wala people are indeed scary, but our Binyang guards are not vegetarians. Even if we can't win, we won't let them go out to please them. It's just..."

"Little Huo, don't you want to die?" Old Liu glared at the little bodyguard.

The little bodyguard flattened his mouth and muttered, "Isn't that known to everyone?"

The young man smiled slightly: "It seems good that there are so many people here." The little escort seemed to like to talk a lot, and the young man knew that he couldn't hide things when he saw his eyeballs rolling around.

The little bodyguard shook his head and sighed, feeling like everyone was drunk and the only one sober.

Escort Second asked curiously: "Boy, what crime did you commit?"

The young man said embarrassingly: "Oh, it's really nothing. I'm good at poetry and Fu, my younger brother, and I'm quite famous in the local area, so a big family hired me as a teacher. I didn't expect that young lady who rarely saw a man, but slowly treated me. I developed a love affair... After the big family found out, they naturally couldn't tolerate it, so they framed me for stealing things, and even ordered people to torture me to death in prison... There is no other way, I can only choose to escape."

Bodyguard A looked at the young man sympathetically: "I can't help it, brother, you are too handsome?"

The young man smiled helplessly: "If my performance was a bit worse at the beginning, I wouldn't be like this."

"Since you're here, don't worry, the imperial court can't control this place." The bodyguard said, patting the young man on the shoulder.

The young man frowned: "What do you mean, brother? Isn't this the court's rule? Can the government leave the prisoner alone?"

Bodyguard A waved his hands, giggled, and whispered in his ear: "You don't understand...brother, I'll tell you only because we have a good relationship. The guard here...he doesn't care about court laws at all."

The young man tilted his head and said in a low voice, "Why? He is also an official of the imperial court. The imperial court sends a lot of food, grass and money to Binyang City every year..."

"It's a pity that these things can't reach the common people." Bodyguard Jia laughed softly.

"Then why don't you leave?" The young man was puzzled, "If it were me, I would naturally leave if I couldn't survive."

Bodyguard A looked at the young man helplessly: "You are still too young, Binyang's situation...you can see for yourself."

The young man tilted his head, looked at the vast road ahead, and said in a low voice: "I don't know what happened to Binyang, but it can't be worse than being in jail."

Bodyguard B interrupted: "Maybe."

The young man smiled noncommittally, obviously he didn't take the bodyguard's words to heart.

Maybe it was because the young man was very polite, maybe he told everyone some historical legends along the way, or maybe he used his three-legged cat medical skills to heal some patients. The dangerous situation is very moraleless, so he said: "Brother, listen to me..." First bodyguard first swept around, seeing that no one was paying attention to them, he said in a low voice, "Although Binyang City is still the place of the imperial court, the people in charge It's the guard of Binyang... He controls all resources such as the army, food, money, etc., and has sealed off Binyang City, and everyone is only allowed to enter and not to exit. Didn't you see when you came in that those doing business were just separated from each other? Trade at the city gate? Even us bodyguards can’t leave the city? But... well, you’ve come anyway, and you can’t do without it. Even when the Wala people come, let everyone put food outside the city for them to bring Let's go... the guard's station is in the town ahead, where the management is stricter, so you should not go there."

The young man blinked: "But my only relative is there..."

"Maybe he died in battle long ago? Why bother."

The young man shook his head: "It's okay, anyway, I don't have anything, it's the same everywhere. Thank you brother, I will be careful."

The bodyguard shrugged helplessly, "You decide for yourself."

The thick snow crunched and creaked, and the footprints behind him were soon covered by the heavy snow.The road ahead was boundless, and the young man sighed softly.

As the sky gradually darkened, everyone speeded up.If you can't enter Binyang City before the sky is completely dark, you may freeze to death in the middle of nowhere.

"It's finally here, great." Seeing the city gate from a distance, everyone cheered.

"Old Liu, you're back, what good things did you bring this time?" the soldier guarding the gate asked with a smile.

Old Liu smiled and said, "The merchants from the Central Plains have brought a batch of spirits!"

The soldier smacked his lips and licked his lips with his tongue: "Spirit...I haven't had a drink for a long time, I don't know when I can go back..."

"Meng Zi!" The man in the cold armor and holding the spear in his hand shouted, Meng Zi immediately stopped talking, bowed his head and retreated to the city gate.

Old Liu reluctantly took out a small jar of wine from the trolley, and said with a pained expression: "Master Jun also knows that it is not easy for us to go once. This... this jar of wine is a tribute to Master Jun."

Mengzi's eyes lit up, and just as he was about to stretch out his hand, the armored man coughed lightly, Mengzi immediately withdrew his hand, and smacked his lips reluctantly.

"Old Liu, go in quickly, the city gate will be closed soon." said the armored man.

"Okay, thank you, Mr. Jun." Lao Liu nodded and bowed his thanks, then straightened up and waved his hands back, and said loudly, "Come into the city gate."

Merchants entered the city one after another, with relaxed smiles on their faces—it was finally safe, and they would have money after selling their things, and they would have a good winter.

The young man walked into the city gate sideways, and glanced at the armored man out of the corner of his eye. His resolute face made people feel very safe.

"Boy, where are you going? I'm a coward here." Bodyguard Jia said very friendly.

The young man smiled slightly: "It's okay, I'll go and find my relatives."

"Okay, be careful, if you need help with anything, remember to come to the Four Seas Escort to find us."

"Thank you." The young man cupped his hands.

Bodyguard Jia smiled brightly and said, "My friend."

Seeing the bodyguard armor leaving, the young man glanced thoughtfully at the people on the street, turned and left.

With a sallow complexion, it is obvious that the people in Binyang City are not doing well.It seems that the emperor's relief food and grass did not reach everyone's hands.

thump—

A thin woman in front of the young man fell to the ground, but the people around him seemed to be used to it, and left with meaningless faces.

The young man frowned, walked over, helped the woman up, and stretched out his hand to feel her pulse.Seeing the behavior of the young people, the passers-by just took a second look out of curiosity and walked hurriedly.

The woman really fainted from hunger, and the young man's face darkened.

The young man was lucky for the woman for a while, and the woman woke up and said wearily, "Thank you for saving my life, sir."

The young man shook his head: "It's okay." The young man helped the woman up and asked doubtfully, "Is there nothing to eat, sister?"

Without saying anything, the woman pushed away the young man's hand and walked away quickly.

what happened?The young man watched the woman leave, a little surprised, thought for a while, and followed quietly behind.

The woman hurried home all the way, and the young man saw that her house was dilapidated and very stylish.The two children ran out ignorantly, the little girl threw herself into her mother's arms, and the boy immediately went to rummage through the basket...no, nothing.

"Woooo...Mother, I'm so hungry." The boy whimpered and rubbed his eyes with red and swollen hands.

The woman said helplessly: "Xiao Gang, don't cry, mother is sorry for you."

The little girl was more obedient and filial, and said in a low voice: "Brother, everyone has nothing to eat, so bear with it, and it will be fine in spring."

The little boy flattened his mouth: "Can we live to that time?"

The woman suddenly cursed in a low voice: "Damn Zhou Lie! Damn Walla!"

The young man watched the family of three enter the house and touched his chin.

Zhou Lie... The young man remembered this person's information.

Zhou Lie came here 20 years ago, so he can be said to be the successor of General Ying.His ability is not bad, at least he can stop Vala's attack.But since Zhou Lie was in the frontier, he asked the court for more and more supplies, but the results were mediocre.Every year, Zhou Lie said that Vala called, asking for this and that, but he couldn't drive Vala away.The imperial court is very concerned about the affairs of the frontier, and the current emperor is very talented and general, so he naturally pays more attention to the frontier.Therefore, people in the frontier generally have relief food and grass in winter, and the soldiers' salaries are also very generous, almost double that of soldiers in the Central Plains.

However, people in the frontier can't even afford to eat...how did Zhou Lie do it?The young man frowned and disappeared in a flash.