Cold Blade

In the last years of Dayan's reign, the world was in ruins. Officials in the court are sold for nobility, military rations are withheld at the border, and the world is in a state of collusion. The barbarian cavalry from the north went south every year, and the imperial court's response was to close the city gates and collect the refugees, pretending not to notice. Three years ago, in the battle of Yingchou Gorge, guard Shen Yue led 3,000 remaining soldiers to cut off the rear, and the entire army was wiped out. The court did not pursue the title or provide compensation. Instead, it labeled him as a man who had lost his land and ransacked his house to investigate. Seventeen-year-old Shen Zheng was lucky enough to survive and became a refugee. He wants to live, but there are always people who won't let him live. A cult that massacred villages, a veteran who crawled out from the dead, a suicide note hidden in a sword manual, and an old minister who was demoted to Lingnan. Shen Zheng embarked on the road south, not knowing that he had walked from a mess into a bigger mess. He only knows three things: My mother did not die of illness. My father did not die in battle. In this world, someone has to do something. He doesn't want to be a hero, nor does he want to be one. He just wants to guard the people who should be guarded and the things that should be guarded. Even if the knife is broken, the person is useless. This novel and its characters are purely fictitious. Any similarity is purely coincidental and should not be imitated.