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The cold wind blew, and Xiao Yingzhu's crane cloak rustled in the wind.

There were people stationed guarding the military camp ahead from time to time, and the firelight at night illuminated the silent night.

The followers and secret guards who followed stood behind Xiao Yingzhu, quietly watching the situation ahead.

The ground was all smooth, and in a few days a battle would begin between the military camps of the two countries.

The Donglan army could not delay any longer, and Meng Hao on the other side had already finished all the tasks at hand. He would not give Donglan any more room to delay the war and was about to adjust his formation and move forward.

And he had to find Jiang Nian from this military camp within the next few days.

The cold wind at the border makes people's cheeks red, and no matter how many clothes you wear, you can't resist the extreme cold.

The secret guard standing beside Xiao Yingzhu observed his master's expression. In the dim night, he could only see Xiao Yingzhu's pale face.

He just reported that Meng Hao had sent someone to follow him, but the master did not say anything, and even his expression did not change.

This is how the master always does things.

People who never cause any waves in whatever they do and who just chop down mercilessly like a sharp blade always hide their emotions deep in their hearts, making it difficult for others to notice them.

His black hair was blown up by the biting wind from the border. His crow eyelashes and distinct profile looked more like an ice painting in the bitter winter. Just by looking at him, one could feel the overwhelming coldness rising from the bottom of his heart.

Even in his pale face, the secret guard could not find any sign of relaxation in Xiao Yingzhu's eyes.

It seemed as if nothing in the world could be accommodated in his inky pupils. As for what he saw, it was just dust that happened to enter his eyes and could not attract his attention at all. He would forget it in just a moment.

The secret guard couldn't guess what his master was feeling at the moment.

He was not a secret guard stationed in Pingzhou, so he knew very little about the changes in Xiao Yingzhu's body in the past few months. The only thing he knew at the moment was that his master had a private matter that had to be completed this time.

In this mission, what they can accomplish is to stay in the military camp, observe the changes in the surroundings at any time, and after a specific "event" occurs, open a "passage" for him so that he will not be hurt by others.

Simply put, it means to erect a human wall or to resist the attacks of others on the master.

But Xiao Yingzhu did not tell them when or under what circumstances.

What is the master thinking? They cannot guess. Even if they try, they can’t figure it out and may even risk being punished.

Therefore, these secret guards chose to listen to their master's orders honestly and do their jobs seriously and perfectly.

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In the opposite military camp, the sentries on duty handed over the fire, and the red light illuminated half the sky. It was extremely dazzling in the dark and cold winter night, but from a distance, one could feel a sense of warmth.

The firelight shone into their deep black pupils, and the dim light passed through their eyes for a moment, like a fleeting and fragile life.

Xiao Yingzhu called the follower standing not far away over. After listening for a moment, he received the order and headed towards the front of the military camp.

The secret guard looked up at the follower walking forward, and exchanged glances with his companions beside him with some confusion. Receiving the same gaze from the other party, they all turned their heads to look forward.

Not long after, the follower's figure disappeared in the endless darkness ahead, and no trace could be seen anymore.

Some of the secret guards didn't understand and asked Xiao Yingzhu: "Master, why did you let him go..."

Their current location is the closest to the enemy camp and the place where they will not be discovered. If they go any further, they may be detected by the enemy.

Xiao Yingzhu's gaze shifted slightly away from the military camp and fell on the secret guard who asked the question curiously. The other party shuddered at his cold gaze, even though he mustered up the courage to look him in the eye.

"We need to hand over the personnel."

"...manpower?"

The secret guard was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously glanced at the outline of the military camp within his sight. He looked at Xiao Yingzhu tentatively, but was rejected by his distant gaze, which showed that he didn't want to fight anymore.

He had no choice but to swallow the words that were about to come out of his mouth back into his stomach with a bitter look on his face.

Since their master didn't answer, they could only guess. But guessing didn't provide any clues to help them figure out the reason, so they finally gave up.

After a while, the attendant who had gone away came back from the military camp in front, holding a letter in his hand. He looked hurried, as if he was afraid that the burning fire behind him would lick the corner of his clothes.

The white breath exhaled by the other party could only be vaguely seen in the dark night. Xiao Yingzhu reached out to take the letter handed to him, even turning around and raising his head slightly towards the back.

"Go back first."

Keep your troops in place.

Zhou Jinyu in the military camp had already written him information related to Jiang Nian. Although he rushed all the way, he was still two months late.

In this era, extremely long distances are like a mountain that cannot be crossed, and the sects that can shorten the extremely long distances are not stationed here.

Therefore, all the energy and time were spent on these plains and mountains that were difficult to cross directly.

—

Jiang Nian took his eyes off You's hands. The other party stopped answering and was about to go out with the sword in hand, but was frozen by her next sentence.

"...She is buried in Xiaoxiang. After she dies, you can go there to see her."

Both Yu He and Xi Zhen have deviated from the normal track in matters related to Jian Shijun. If You is an important person to Jian Shijun, perhaps they can be given a break.

Otherwise, she really couldn't have imagined that You went to such great lengths to avoid the other pursuers from Cang County and risk his life just to kill Lu.

When this long revenge was over, looking back, there was nothing but emptiness, not even a place to rest and look for her trace.

Jiang Nian thought that must be a very sad thing.

You did unforgivable things, but at the same time, these unforgivable things indirectly helped her.

As for the person who worries about whether this is black or white, Jiang Nian does not have much right to judge him and can only give him this way.

As for whether to choose or not, it is up to him.

The boy's hand on the door suddenly stopped, and the window paper of the sliding door reflected the boy's sharp outline. In the hazy light, his expression was like an old painting. Even if you look at it carefully, it still cannot be engraved in your mind.

Jiang Nian stared at his face, then looked at his pursed lips, which opened indifferently and uttered a few words up and down.

"Understood. If nothing happens, we will meet again in a few days."

The sliding door in front of him was closed with worry. A sentry happened to be walking towards this side. A second before the other party spoke, the light of a knife shone through the extremely thin window paper and appeared on Jiang Nian's face.

Thick scarlet liquid splashed on the door, and the sound of the sticky liquid sticking to the window paper rang clearly in Jiang Nian's ears.

Her pale pupils quietly watched what was happening in front of her. Jiang Nian suddenly realized that she could no longer empathize with such things that took human lives lightly. She wanted to vomit, feel dizzy, or have difficulty breathing.

These things were like an old video recorder, and her eyes were just the screen that recorded all of this and played it back in her mind.

She stood outside the screen and watched the development of the plot indifferently, her heart unmoved. Her emotions seemed to be frozen by the cold weather, and she could not feel the slightest change.

You stood in the dim corridor, sheathed the knife, and the light footsteps faded away, leaving no trace.

“…”

Jiang Nian was distracted for a moment, and his curled fingertips touched the note in his sleeve. His falling heart stabilized again.

She sighed softly for a moment, and before anyone else came here following the sound, she rushed back to the room where she had just taken care of the woman.

At the end of the corridor was a dark place. In the rooms passed by, flickering candles were already lit, swaying in the cold wind.

In the winter at Donglan Military Camp, it always gets dark quickly.

Jiang Nian walked forward as lightly as possible, and stopped at a corner.

There seemed to be someone else in the place where the woman was resting. The dark shadow cast by the candlelight was faintly reflected on the window paper, and low voices were talking intermittently in the room.

The voice was unclear. Jiang Nian hesitated for a moment, but the door on the side was suddenly opened.

The person who came out turned around and noticed Jiang Nian, and asked her, "Did you just go and help that important person with his business? You still have some unwashed clothes by the stream, go wash them quickly."

Jiang Nian was about to speak in response, but fell silent when he heard the previous sentence. After listening, he nodded lightly.

"Okay, I understand. Thanks for the reminder."

The man nodded and walked towards another place. Jiang Nian raised her hand to block his movement, and carefully tucked her sleeves down to prevent the notes Zhou Jinyu wrote to her from falling out of her sleeve pockets. Then she walked towards the place where she had washed clothes.

Even in the military camp, it was pitch black at night. The stream was so dark that her shadow could not be seen. Apart from the steps that could be barely seen clearly, there was nothing else to see.

Jiang Nian groped in the dark and found the clothes that needed to be washed. After washing them several times, he remembered that even if these clothes were washed, they would have to wait for several days before they could be dried and distributed to the soldiers in need.

But from the information I heard from You, he will cause unrest here in a few days.

Now, it would be chilling to stay in this deserted stream for too long.

After rubbing his hands, which had become red and numb, for a while, Jiang Nian swiftly moved all the remaining clothes in the bucket to another place.

After pouring the water into the stream and carrying the empty bucket, she pretended to have washed and dried the clothes, and returned to the big bunk bed where she rested every day before the lights were turned off in the rest area.

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There are already many people resting in the rest area, but during this period of time, the soldiers in the barracks will go to one place to gather and count the number of people, and then they will search room by room to see if there is anyone who wants to escape from the barracks, and then guard the place all night.

During this time period, and only at this time, can you do something that belongs to you without being disturbed.

But it was a large bunk bed after all, and there might be countless pairs of eyes staring at her in secret.

After washing up, Jiang Nian returned to bed and first touched the place where he usually kept small self-defense items. After making sure that everything was there, he felt relieved and pulled up the quilt, pretending to be asleep.

She closed her eyes, holding the note she had brought out from a secret place today. After the breathing of the person next to her gradually stabilized, she crawled into the quilt and unfolded the note. With the help of the candlelight outside the door, she slowly read the contents of the note.

The contents of the notes above were as short as usual, and Jiang Nian finished reading all of them in a short while.

Compared with the previous cold military intelligence, this intelligence obviously made Jiang Nian, who had been in the military camp for a long time, feel a little warm.

The note said that Xiao Yingzhu would arrive near the military camp in the next few days, and asked her to take the opportunity to escape from the camp when there was unrest in the camp.

Zhou Jinyu was extremely careful in his work. Afraid that Jiang Nian didn't know the route to the military camp, he attached a simplified route map of the military camp at the bottom of the note.

In the dim light, her eyes lingered on the note for a moment before moving away.

Whether it is Zhou Jinyu or Xiao Yingzhu.

None of them forced any tasks on her.

And You's idea was also very clear. After she, who was an extremely tempting hook for Ru, took the bait, he would kill Ru and let her escape.

Otherwise, I wouldn't have deliberately found her to say these words.

Jiang Nian silently put the note into his sleeve, turned around and emerged from the quilt, listened to the sound of the sentry approaching outside, and closed his eyes again.

But she still had one thing she had to do.