Qianwu came down the hillside and opened her umbrella.
"Miss, it's snowing. Madam sent me to fetch you."
Two figures, one in black and one in red, gradually walked away into the distance, and Yun Mo emerged from the corner.
I gripped the umbrella tightly; my hair and clothes were already covered with a thin layer of snow.
He wondered silently, having shared the snow together, would they grow old together in this life?
The wind blew harder and harder, and the snow fell heavier and heavier.
The blizzard lasted for three days.
During the blizzard, people couldn't go anywhere except stay at home.
Inside the house, people were constantly worried that the heavy snow would collapse the roof, so they had to go up to the roof every few hours to shovel snow from the livestock shed.
The blizzard finally stopped on the evening of the third day.
In the middle of the night, the entire mountain village was awakened by the loud and powerful howls of wolves.
The guards responsible for watching the gate also promptly sent a signal.
"The wolf is coming!"
Fires lit up every house, and strong men and women picked up kitchen knives and hoes, listening alertly to any sounds outside.
Lin Yinan, with her sword clutched to her chest, lay quietly on the kang (a heated brick bed) listening to the sounds outside. She had exceptional hearing and could clearly hear the sounds outside the gate.
Before long, the entire forest was filled with shrill screams.
It was coming from the magistrate's camp; wolves were attacking them.
It had snowed for three days, and the snow outside was knee-deep. She wasn't alone now, and she was afraid of catching a cold, so she didn't dare to run out rashly. You know, catching a cold at this time of year can be fatal.
Soon, some people fled to the entrance of the mountain stronghold and frantically pounded on the gate.
"Wolves are coming! Lots and lots of wolves! Please save us!"
Please, please open the door and let us in!
The Yunye brothers had arrived at the main gate, and the guards watched them, waiting for their orders.
Yun Mo ignored the shouts outside the gate and ordered his guards, "Tell everyone to stay at their posts. If anyone tries to force their way through the gate, kill them!"
One of the simple-minded guards asked, "Don't they care about the women and children outside the door?"
"I don't care!" Yun Mo said coldly. "Remember, we are no longer the Yun family army of the Great Yan Kingdom. If we rescue them, what will they eat? Our granary only has enough food for two months. If we give it to them, what will we eat?"
"I will never stop anyone who is willing to give their life for another's!"
The guard knelt down with a thud, "I was wrong, please punish me, Master!"
Yun Mo stopped him, "Get up. You've been loyal, what wrong have you done? There are over a hundred wolves outside, I can't bear to see my brothers go and die."
Screams filled the air, and Yunye ordered his men to keep all the braziers at the sentry posts burning brightly.
The two brothers sat around the brazier and discussed their plan.
"Second brother, once the wolves have finished eating the people outside, it will be our turn to attack the stronghold. We need to think of a way to lure them away."
Yunye was at his wits' end listening to the shouts outside. "What's your idea?"
Yun Mo spread his palms out over the brazier to warm them, then looked down at the blazing firewood.
"Wolves are afraid of fire, and they are also afraid of the sound of gongs and drums. We can send out more than 200 people ourselves, and gather more than 100 people from Linjia Village to drive the wolves away."
"Are wolves so obedient that you can just chase them away like that?" Yunye glanced at him and said irritably.
After a long silence, Yun Mo said, "I'll go ask Miss Lin for some firecrackers..."
"It would be great if we had those firecrackers."
Yunye had heard Yunmo mention the power of the giant firecracker when he returned last time, and thought it might be a good idea.
As dawn broke, the area outside the mountain stronghold was quiet, with only the heavy stench of blood in the air.
Yun Qi came down from the watchtower with a solemn expression. "Master, there are no survivors in the camp outside."
Yun Mo put his hand on his shoulder. "Come on, we've had a long night, let's go back and rest."
Lin Yinan fell asleep without realizing it last night while listening to the noise outside, and slept soundly all night without even having a dream.
She was woken up early in the morning while she was still asleep.
She yawned repeatedly, tears welling in her eyes, and wiped them away with her sleeve.
Is this person crazy? Waking her up so early in the morning just to stand in the cold wind and watch her yawn?
"Speak, what do you want?" Lin Yinan's tone was unfriendly; she really wanted to go back to bed right now.
"Could I borrow a few of those big firecrackers you set off last time?"
Lin Yinan was instantly wide awake; that thing wasn't something you could just lend out like that.
"No, that's all." She refused decisively, then thought for a moment and added, "What do you want to come for? What?"
"I want to use it to drive away the wolves outside the mountain stronghold. There are so many wolves, it would be best to drive them into the territory of the Hu people."
Despite their personal grudges, Lin Yinan remained clear-headed when it came to matters of principle.
"If you can find the materials, I can make it for you."
Of course, its power cannot be compared to a hand grenade. Although this is a fictional dynasty, we should still avoid using weapons that do not belong to this era.
Yun Mo asked in surprise, "You can do this too?"
"Prepare some sulfur, sand, charcoal..." Lin Yinan, impatient with his nonsense, directly told him what materials she needed.
That's all?
That's all!
Seeing her determined look, Yun Mo raised an eyebrow. "Alright, I'll bring it to you right away, you..."
Before he could finish speaking, the door slammed shut, and Lin Yinan was nowhere to be seen.
I never imagined that Miss Lin was so skilled in martial arts, she even had such abilities.
Yun Mo was very efficient. Lin Yinan had just lay down and dozed off when he had his guards deliver the materials she needed.
Miss Lin's face was gloomy, and her cold eyes made the guards a little scared. "Miss Lin, where should we put these?"
Lin Yinan casually pointed to the empty space by the wall. The guard put down his things, quickly closed the door, and ran away.
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