It was a cold morning in the wild, but luckily it didn't snow last night.
Even so, Xie Tao was still very cold, he woke up several times in one night, his whole body was trembling, except for the feet that were huddled in Shen Junshan's arms.
Just dozed off for a while, Xie Tao's eyelashes were already stained with the morning mist, trembling slightly, each eyelash was long and moist, opened his eyes, there was a man squatting on the trap looking at them curiously.
The man was wearing a thick black cloth jacket and a lambswool vest, with a cloth bag on his back and a shotgun slung over his shoulder.
Judging by his attire, he should be a hunter.
The cold wind blew on his face, making Orion's face very red. He has thick eyebrows and big eyes, and his nose is a bit sunken. The years have drawn deep grooves on his face, adding a bit of roughness.
Xie Tao was a little surprised, and hurried to take pictures of Shen Junshan, only to find that he had already woken up.
Shen Junshan's eyes were extremely deep, Xie Tao didn't dare to look at him, his feet were still held tightly by him, the heat made people panic. With a slight movement, he wanted to pull his foot out of his arms, but it was held even tighter. Xie Tao's face also became hot, and he stretched out his hand to push him, and said in a low voice: "Someone is here, you can Let go."
In the eyes of Orion, this behavior was no different from flirting. He looked like he was watching a show, "Are you awake? Look at my luck, I didn't catch a pheasant and a roe deer, but I caught a young couple!"
Xie Tao was even more embarrassed when he heard it. He raised his head and said in a low voice, "What kind of young couple? I, I am a man."
Then he twitched his foot again, this time Shen Junshan let go, and turned to get the shoes. Xie Tao knew that someone like Shen Junshan who was selfless to his friends would even help her put on her shoes, so she hurriedly snatched the shoes and turned around to put them on by herself.
Seeing her reaction so fiercely, Shen Junshan was slightly taken aback, but he didn't say anything else. He raised his head and said to Orion: "Brother, can you do me a favor and pull us up?"
"Of course, how can I hunt if I leave you guys down there." The Orion was also very happy, and he threw a rope from above, and pulled the two of them up one by one.
The two thanked Orion, and Orion waved his hands again and again. Seeing that they were well-dressed and polite, and they claimed to be students, he would take them back to his home to rest without saying a word.
Shen Junshan and Xie Tao couldn't wait for it, so they quickly followed him.
The hunter, surnamed Wei, was very enthusiastic. He led the two of them through the forest, and told them a lot of interesting things about the mountains along the way. When they found a wolf lying inside, they began to lament how lucky the two of them were that they didn't even meet a wolf.
Xie Tao glanced at the shotgun on his back, smiled and patted the pistol on his waist, and said: "We have guns, we are not afraid of wolves."
The hunter is a person who touches guns all the year round, so he doesn't care when he sees this, "That's because you haven't seen a pack of wolves, the real pack of wolves is here, just the two of you two guns, it doesn't matter at all."
Xie Tao nodded, "Since there are so many wolves, why don't you move to the mountains?"
Orion sighed, "Under the mountain is the world of the official, and there are so many little Japanese and Russians, too many people have the final say, but the only one who has the final say, it's better to stay on the mountain. Besides, I My wife is on the mountain, and I can't leave even if I want to."
Xie Tao looked puzzled, "You can take her with you!"
The hunter smiled slightly, as if he was thinking about something, and then said in a low voice: "Her, she can't go."
There was a hint of imperceptible tenderness on his rough face, Xie Tao saw it, secretly surprised, and forgot to pursue the meaning behind what he said.
On the contrary, Shen Junshan remained silent for a while, thoughtful.
After walking for a while, the three of them stopped until there was fine snow in the sky.
Orion pointed to the front and said, "Here, that's my home."
His voice was a little higher, and looking along his fingertips, a small wooden house was covered in heavy snow, surrounded by a fence as a yard. The snow inside the fence was swept clean, and a small path was swept out in front of the door. The three walked into the yard along the path, without any snow on their shoes.
Orion walked to the yard and stopped, and said softly to a grave in the yard, "Guizhi, I'm back, these two are guests who got lost in the mountains."
The huge gap made Xie Tao unable to react, her eyes widened, her shoulder was bumped, and she hurriedly followed Shen Junshan to bow and salute, and said in a deep voice, "Hello, sister-in-law."
Orion laughed loudly, and invited the two of them into the house even more enthusiastically.
The house is even smaller than it looks from the outside, there are only two rooms, the one on the left is a small room, the door is closed, and the furnishings inside cannot be seen. The room on the right where they were standing was slightly larger, but it was full of piles. There was a big wooden bed in the innermost part.
There was a brazier in the middle of the room, and it was burning with flames. It was glowing red and looked very warm. Beside the brazier, a five or six-year-old girl was sitting on a stool, holding a snow-white puppy in her arms.
"This is my daughter Bell."
Xie Tao immediately felt a little relieved. His wife passed away, but luckily he left Orion with a child. With the child's company, he would not be too lonely in this deep mountain.
"Bell, hello."
Xie Tao greeted the little girl with a gentle tone, but the little girl seemed to have not heard it, and still lowered her head and petted the puppy.
"She has been like this since she was a child, she doesn't talk or pay attention to people." Orion's tone was very flat, as if he didn't care about this matter anymore.
"Didn't you go to the hospital?"
"I have been there, and I have also been to the hospital in the provincial capital. The doctor can't tell what's wrong. Fortunately, she doesn't cry or fuss. She can eat and sleep. After a long time, I'm used to it. Sit down." Hunter pointed out. Pointing to the stool, "I'll get you something to eat, and you can stay with me for a day. I think it will snow heavily tonight. It's too dangerous for you to go out at this time. Wait for the weather to improve tomorrow." Now, I'll take you out again."
Xie Tao was a little embarrassed, originally he was planning to let him show him a way to go down the mountain, but he didn't expect to eat and live in someone else's house.
Shen Junshan said a few words politely, then touched his pocket, it was empty.
"It's okay, don't bother, anyway, I'm going to the town to buy some things tomorrow." The hunter walked out of the house while talking.
The room fell silent again. Xie Tao looked at the bell beside him, and slowly stretched out his hand to caress the puppy. The bell seemed to be frightened, and turned around suddenly. She looked very nervous, even the hair on her head The fine strands of hair were shaking uncomfortably.
"Don't be afraid, I just touch it, you see, puppies are not afraid."
The puppy under him squinted his eyes contentedly, sticking out his tongue and licking the back of Xie Tao's hand.
Seeing the reaction of the puppy, Ling Ding slowly relaxed her stiff body, allowing Xie Tao to stroke her puppy. Xie Tao tried to put his hand on the top of Bell's hair and stroked her disheveled hair , this time the bell didn't react too much.
"Who braided your hair, let me braid it for you again."
Ling Dang still hung her head and said nothing, Xie Tao sat behind Ling Dang, broke up her tangled hair and divided it into two strands.
Fingers shuttled back and forth between the hair, very proficient, Shen Junshan was a little surprised when he saw this: "You know this?"
"I, don't I have a younger sister?" Xie Tao explained uncomfortably, and after a while, two delicate shofar braids were finished.
Bell's hair no longer covered his face in a mess, and his appearance was revealed. She has a pair of round almond eyes, and her eyebrows are very similar to his father's. They are black and thick, making her eyes very lively. The only shortcoming is that she does not have the vigor and vigor of children of the same age.
Xie Zhen sighed inwardly, without revealing on his face, he just smiled softly at her: "Wow! Ling Dang, you are so beautiful, let me show you a mirror."
Picking up her backpack and flipping through it, she saw the bright yellow bag, which she almost forgot, Xie Tao took it out of the bag.
Opening the bag, a gold seal rolled out of the bag, picked it up and looked up and down, the seal was very heavy in the hand, like an old thing from the past.
"what is this?"
Shen Junshan came over, took the gold seal and looked at it carefully, then pressed the gold seal on the back of Xie Tao's hand, red marks appeared on the delicate skin, and the marks disappeared quickly, but those few The word was clearly branded on the eye mask.
The hearts of both of them sank following the imprint.
If this seal is real, it is... the emperor's golden seal...
No wonder the group of Japanese persisted in chasing and killing them!
Xie Tao shivered nervously, and then carefully recalled everything that happened before. Because there was a wig in the bag, she was afraid that the yellow pine would be turned around, so she carried the bag on her back all the way, and never left for half a day. step. Therefore, this golden seal could only have been stuffed into her schoolbag by a young man she met in front of the carriage door. If her schoolbag hadn’t been accidentally knocked off, the golden seal fell out and attracted the Japanese. Yin Bacheng had been brought back to Shunyuan without anyone noticing.
The young man's smiling face and the sentence: "Student, I'm sorry."
No matter what the young man's purpose was, the golden seal did not fall into the hands of the Japanese, and she and Shen Junshan finally did not take risks in vain.
But... thinking of all the hardships she has suffered, if she meets that young man next time, she must not let him go easily!
Shen Junshan thought about it for a long time, and obviously his heart was quite shaken, "Put it in the bag first, and hand it over to Instructor Lu when you go back, and he will take care of it."
Xie Tao carefully put the gold seal back into the bag. His mood was very complicated, and his worry was mixed with anger. Since the emperor stepped down, some court ladies and eunuchs in the Forbidden City were out of control. Their hands and feet became more and more unclean, and they often guarded themselves. Although many treasures have been leaked out, they are so bold that they even dare to steal the emperor's golden seal... What did the Japanese use to lure them, even ignoring their national integrity
"Eat!"
Just as the sound came, the scent had already drifted over through the thick curtain. Orion brought a large bowl of meat porridge and put it on the table. Xie Tao quickly stopped his thoughts and quickly put away the bag.
Bell was still sitting there without moving, just holding the puppy in a daze, Xie Tao asked her, "Aren't you going to eat?"
"It's not time for her to eat yet. She is very regular every day, and she will never eat before the time." Orion took the words, probably because no one can talk to him in this deep mountain for a long time, so he is very special today. I was so happy that I even took out the old brew that had been buried for a long time to greet the two of them. Shen Junshan and Xie Tao were thinking about the golden seal in their hearts, so they dared not drink, and Orion drank by himself, but he drank happily.
The puppy seemed to be hungry, barked a few times, nestled in the bell's arms, whimpered pitifully for a while, after all, just licked the back of the little master's hand, and lay down again.
The night is getting darker, the snowflakes are falling gradually, and I don't know what will happen tomorrow.