Above the Seven Towers

In Li Jia's previous imagination, being able to live in an ancient castle is definitely a different kind of enjoyment. However, he now knew that he was wrong.

Although a wooden window without glass can cover the hole, the cold will still seep through the gaps around it. The bed board is very hard, and the mattress is just a layer of felt. Although the blanket is made of wool, it is rough and has a faint smell.

Li Jia woke up more than once because of discomfort and realized in a trance that he was in a different world. Perhaps it was because of lying alone in this strange and cold castle, or perhaps because of leaving the familiar and warm world in the dream, Li Jia, who had not cried since then, even shed tears.

Loneliness is cowardly.

Waking up and sleeping, sleeping and waking up again, Li Jia ushered in another morning in his tiredness. He saw a glimmer of light in the crack of the wooden window.

Light may not give people hope, sometimes it just tells you that another difficult day is about to begin.

With this light, Li Jia opened the notepad and started writing slowly:

"Your Shadow"

I'm in a dream,

Looking for happiness.

Your shadow,

Sing with me.

When the sun rises,

I am worried again.

Revisit again and again,

This is the moment of separation.

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The reality is too far,

The mountains and rivers are separated.

Your shadow,

Look forward to,

At that time the light was flowing,

I tossed and turned.

Hope for a day

The moment of reunion.

After finishing the last stroke, Li Jia sat staring blankly on the bed, not noticing that the nib had melted ink.

A familiar "robbing sound" came from outside. He put on his clothes, wrapped his wool blanket around him, and pushed open the window of the room. A cold wind completely awakened his tiredness, and also blew away the sourness of his eyes.

The sun has not yet risen, and the sky is white and dark cyan. However, compared to the dark bedroom, this kind of sky is also gratifying, not to mention there is a sword-wielding female knight in the courtyard downstairs, fighting alone in the dim morning light.

It has been three days since I lived here. Every morning, Li Jia can see this slender, heavily armed female knight practicing martial arts in the courtyard.

She always practiced only one movement. I saw her slightly bowed again, and her right hand quickly pulled out the long sword from the scabbard in her waist, pierced a wooden pile in front, poked off some wood chips, and then the long sword returned to the sheath. There was no sound to draw and close the sword, so only the sound of the stakes echoed in the yard.

Li Jia likes to see her vigorous posture, and even more like her red ponytail beating behind her head. This color reminds him involuntarily of the shadow in the poem. However, he knew this was impossible, maybe Celinda was just a lovely and gentle country girl, maybe she was someone else, but she did not have the tough temperament of the person in front of her anyway. That is the difference between lions and sheep. However, some thoughts are always good.

Therefore, she practiced tirelessly, he saw tirelessly.

I heard that this man is the knight who will lead the team back to the school. In fact, Viscount Ruiz agreed to the request to send troops on the first day. Li Jia felt that the thick gift list and trading catalog must have played a big role. But according to the Viscount, he must recruit and gather vassals. So Li Jia and his party were arranged to wait for the team to leave.

During these three days, Li Jia spent nothing while doing nothing, and Shi Hao, who was interested in the school, asked him if he would go back to school first. However, Li Jia said that he could not leave without receiving reinforcements, and the plan of the Viscount must be prevented.

But Li Jia knows that there is another reason that there is a voice in his heart that may be able to meet that figure here? Since there are no villages and towns around Floro, the greatest possibility is the Viscount's territory?

People. Still so easily dominated by emotions, easily succumbed to desire.

Li Jia smiled softly.

The female knight seemed to hear Li Jia's soft hum. This time when she drew her sword, her sword was a little too strong, but she didn't hit the stake. She took the sword back into the scabbard and turned to look at Li Jia's window.

auzw.com Li Jia ’s bedroom is on the second floor, the two are not more than ten meters apart, he can clearly see the female knight ’s face with a helmet covering most of his face, metal texture The face armor and the scale armor on her body set off against each other, and there is a kind of cold temperament.

Li Jia said a little embarrassedly: "Sorry, bother you to practice sword."

"I was distracted." The horsewoman's voice was a little rough, and her tone and accent were completely different from her. "I met you at the Viscount banquet, the messenger who asked for help. It's anxious to see you often frown ?"

"Yes, my friends have always been in great danger, but the Viscount has been quiet for a few days."

"Don't be anxious, my sword will wipe out the danger for you. But before that, we must gather enough strength."

"Thank you." Li Jia showed her gratitude and bowed slightly.

"Is that a talisman?" Asked the female knight as she pointed to Li Jia and bent over, a shell pendant falling from the collar of the shirt.

"This?" Li Jia gently rubbed the shell in his hand. "I don't know, this is a gift."

"You don't even know what this is, it seems that it is not important to you." The knight said roughly, "However, it is very similar to the amulet I lost when I was a child. I am willing to exchange it with you for a ruby ​​bracelet. ,how about it?"

"Ruby for this?"

"Yes." The knight took off her handguards, took off a string of ruby ​​silver chains on her wrists, and lifted them in the air. "Look, this is a treasure worth ten gold coins."

Li Jia felt that the female knight ’s voice sounded a little agitated, and he seemed to want to change the string of shells, but he still shook his head without hesitation: "Sorry, I can't change, this is a very important and important person for me Something for me. "

"Don't you want to make a fortune? Can you still get me, the friendship of a magic knight." The knight increased her tone.

"Something is always priceless. Sorry!" Li Jia put the pendant into the neckline, bowed to the other person again, and then closed the window.

He did not see that the knight stood silently for a long time after he closed the window.

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In a mountain forest not too far from Li Jia's castle, a group of people are trekking hard.

"How far?" Chen Hansheng wiped off a few drops of dew on his face and asked Calanda in front of him.

The sky was already bright, and the mountains were filled with dense mist. In the fog, there was only a faint shadow of the people who were five steps away. The team of more than 20 people could only see seven or eight people in front and back. Everything is looming in the pure white curtain. The colorful leaves in autumn are like embellishment on the painting paper, making people feel walking in a fairyland. But Chen Hansheng hated this kind of beauty, which made them greatly reduce the speed of going forward.

"As Monica said, if you turn over the mountain in front, there will be a valley with a small mountain village in it, which should be their meeting place," she replied.

The distant mountain only showed a dark blue tip, and the rest were hidden in the fog. Chen Hansheng looked at the mountain peak and estimated that he had touched it for a while. He could not help walking in three or four hours, and could not help worrying anymore. Yesterday they found Matisse's body in the mountains, following the footprints, and found fragments of Xiao Chen's clothes nearby.

There are so many evils.

The fog also moistened the ground, and Li Tianrui slipped and nearly fell down the slope. Fortunately, the mercenary behind helped him. He scolded with fear, "These dog-day guys are really thieves. There is a way out in this deep mountain."

"Maes, Ruth, and Monica have been horse thieves for more than ten years, and have traveled in many places. There is no place they are not familiar with here. This mountain village is where they were stationed before. Relationship. "Kalanda said," Our mercenaries call this place a thief village, and sometimes they can be given the task of destroying the thief village. "

"How do you deal with them in general?" Li Tianrui asked.

"The way they treat our brothers, we treat their pups." The mercenary who had just helped him replied. He made a gesture of wiping his neck as he spoke.

"The old man, the woman and the child ..." Li Tianrui did not dare to imagine such a scene.

"Huh, most of the old people were also horse thieves who didn't blink. Those women and children also picked up weapons. I have a good brother who died in the hands of a horse thief less than ten years old. Heart. "The mercenary said with a cold face." I personally cut that small thing into several sections. "

Li Tianrui felt sullen, but was speechless.

"As long as we are armed against us, we will not be polite." Kalanda saw his thoughts. "But, if you surrender surrendered, then tie it to the nearby lord."

"What about handing over to the lord? It's not like the slaves were exhausted and starved to death, so it's better to go down with a knife, a hundred." The mercenary revealed the truth mercilessly.

Li Tianrui's face became more and more ugly, he thought off the topic and said: "What happened to the woman yesterday?"

Kalanda glanced at him. "It's broken. If we can find Master Xiao, we will give her a happy heart. If Master Xiao has any accident ... hum."

Li Tianrui understood what he meant after humming, and bowed his head without saying a word.

"They are all very sinful guys, and their hands are full of human lives. It's not too much to die. Those old people, women and children also enjoy the benefits of their robbery and killing, so naturally they cannot escape that fate." Chen Hansheng He interjected, "A person, half of his life is always sorted out by himself."

"Fate? Do you believe this?" Li Tianrui wondered.

Chen Hansheng seemed to think of something, and smiled a little self-deprecatingly, "Whatever you do, you should have a life. I think we are fair to that Monica." He slapped it on Li Tianrui's shoulder, almost putting The other party shoved the mud, "Hey, wouldn't it be okay to look at her beautiful face? If she is an ugly monster, would you still have such a tangle?"

"It's not the same," Li Tianrui argued. "I'm not soft-hearted. When I kill the goblin, I haven't been a bad girl!"

"Oh, the Goblin can compare with the elves? Boy, I want to do two things on the battlefield, kill the enemy and save the life. The rest of the ideas are thrown away. This is a little life experience given to you by a veteran."