Bai Chun was breathing heavily. He didn't know when he had quietly approached the place where Li Hong was fighting. One of the only two men in black was stunned for a moment when he saw Bai Chun's figure. Before he could remind the person next to him, With his companion, Bai Chun raised the Yan-wing crossbow in his hand and made a whoosh sound.
The fast and urgent arrows were like meteors chasing the moon, and they instantly landed on the forehead of the man in black, causing him to fall down straight before he even had time to dodge.
The remaining man in black heard the sound of breaking through the air behind his head. As soon as he turned around, he felt a chill on his neck. When he saw Bai Chun, he straightened up and fell down, clutching his neck.
Li Hong gave a thumbs up to the pale Bai Chun, then stepped forward to hold Bai Chun's hand, breathed for a while and said: "We can't go back the way we came, we must keep going forward."
There was not much moonlight in the forest, but it did not affect the two people's gaze at each other. Bai Chun held Li Hong's hand tightly while trembling. This was her first real murder, and she can still hear it now. My heart was beating violently.
Smelling the smell of blood that began to emanate from the forest, Bai Chun didn't even have time to rest before being pulled by Li Hong to continue walking forward.
"There is no way to rest here. The smell of blood may attract ferocious beasts, and then we will be in big trouble." Li Hong glanced at Bai Chun, who was tired and wanted to collapse to the ground the next moment.
Bai Chun, who didn't know whether it was true or not, could only grit her teeth and let Li Hong lead her forward after hearing these words. She still knew a little about the concealment of wild beasts in the dense forest. If she wanted to sneak attack on them, she would be very sure. easy thing.
The two of them shuttled through the dense forest that seemed to have no end, and there were too many towering trees, which blocked their line of sight. They couldn't tell the direction clearly for a while. They could only look for a direction and move forward resolutely.
It was an exhausting and helpless night of traveling, especially having to hold, carry, and lead Bai Chun forward from time to time. When the two of them walked out of the dense forest, they realized that it was already bright, and in the dense forest behind them, there was still a The dim hazy night.
"Where is this?" Bai Chun's helmet has been lifted in his hand, with a red hairband on his forehead. Exhaustion is written on his beautiful and delicate cheeks. He is so tired that he hangs his whole body on Li Hong. asked feebly.
"I don't know either, but it's true that we are facing the east." Li Hong looked at the rising sun and said calmly.
"Then what should we do? Where are we going now? Have Lawless and the others escaped now?" Bai Chun began to worry about Lawless. As long as they find reinforcements, he and His Highness can be saved.
"We don't have to think about them now, let's think about what we should do." Li Hong continued walking along a narrow path that looked like a road but not like a road.
When the two of them were three poles high in the sun, they climbed over a mountain that didn't look very high or very far away. They stood halfway up the mountain and looked into the distance, and found that there were nothing but mountains.
The flat land further away and the smoke rising from the mountains still made them feel a little joy and stability.
Three days later, in the innermost part of the small mountain village at the foot of the mountain, a wooden house that had been uninhabited for a long time, abandoned for a long time, leaking air and rain, now looked brand new.
The hemp paper on the windows has also been replaced with new ones, and a newly made door is being opened and opened by Bai Chun at the moment, listening carefully to see if there are any strange noises.
There was only a simple bed in the innermost part of this house. In addition to dry grass, there were several layers of thick cotton cloth that had been washed and had lost their original color. She regarded it as Got the sheets.
This quilt was the biggest surprise for Li Hong and Bai Chun in the past three days. After Bai Chun washed it several times in the past few days, at least it seemed "new" to her now.
What the two of them didn't expect was that the quilt turned out to be a thick, soft cotton-filled quilt.
This was made by the family in the mountain village who bought cotton after saving for many years. They were reluctant to use it and planned to wait until after the first snowfall before taking it out for heating.
Unexpectedly, three days ago, a young man and woman came unexpectedly, and gave him away in exchange for a pair of exquisite earrings.
But even so, the villagers were still very happy and asked the only gentleman thirty miles away who could read and see the world to read it.
The husband said: Not to mention a pair, just this one earring is enough to buy his whole family. They only want your quilt and cotton mattress. You are making a lot of money!
So the villagers happily carried the earring in their arms like it was their own life. Under the leadership of their husband, they went into the city contentedly. They planned to sell the earring and buy some necessary items for the winter at home. things.
But in Bai Chun's eyes, no matter how beautiful that earring is, it can't compare to the warmth of this quilt, let alone only one left.
The other one was probably lost when she was traveling through the mountains and forests, so the only remaining earring seemed even more insignificant to her.
Since His Highness said to exchange it for some useful daily items, it was naturally the best thing for her.
The compacted loess underfoot was also swept by Bai Chun tirelessly, sprinkling water countless times, until the sweeping was almost enough to make the compacted loess shine, and then he stopped with satisfaction.
At this time, Bai Chun looked at the room that he had tidied up and made it look like a warm home. Bai Chun was filled with a sense of accomplishment. He walked back and forth to look at his achievements. His expression was very proud, and he felt proud from time to time. Touch here and look there, fearing that there will be no dirty corners left behind.
But apart from a bed, the whole room could barely fit a desk made of tree roots and two simple small benches.
And all of this, including the bed, was made by Li Hong with the help of several villagers after going up the mountain to cut wood in the past two days.
He looked at the house that he had packed up with great satisfaction, then walked to the door again, stepped on the threshold that seemed to be not very strong, and saw that it did not waver under his own gravity, and he shook his head happily. , extremely excited.
In the distance, Li Hong said goodbye to several villagers, then held two hares in his hands, a crossbow and a bundle of firewood on his back, and looked at Bai Chun who was looking at him at the door, showing a faint smile.
A trickling stream flows down from the mountain, passing directly by the door of Li Hong and Bai Chun's "home" today. The sky is blue, and white clouds float quietly like cotton, dotting the sky, and the stream is not completely frozen. It made a light sound and continued to flow down.
One gray and one white hare skin was completely peeled off by Li Hong, and then hung on a tree branch to dry in the sun.
Watching Li Hong from inside the house, he walked to the south wall and hung up the hare skins. Then Bai Chun ran out of the house and followed Li Hong to the stream, watching Li Hong wash the rabbit skins. rabbit.
He saw the dead rabbit meat, but he didn't dare to look at the lively jumping rabbits, the sad eyes before death, and the helpless death struggle. So when Li Hong was slaughtering the rabbits just now, Bai Chun hurriedly hid in the room. .
While watching Li Hong skillfully dismember the hare, he looked at the clear stream and asked: "You said that earring... will they really take it to the city and sell it?"
"I think so." Li Hong stopped what he was doing and asked Bai Chun to wipe away the faint trace of blood on his nose, and then continued: "This small mountain village only has about 20 to less than 30 households. In the past two days, I looked around and found that the rich family was the one who changed the quilt. Although the people in the mountain village were illiterate, the male head of that family was the only one who had followed people from other villages into the city. , Seeing that the freezing is coming, I exchanged this quilt, and they will naturally find a way to sell the earring. "
Bai Chun nodded silently, and suddenly looked at the fish swimming freely in the clear stream, and immediately said excitedly: "Look, there are several small fish."
Li Hong looked at Bai Chun, who was as excited as a child, and smiled knowingly. While busy with the hares in his hands, he said: "We will see if we can use the fat of these hares to catch a few."
"Why don't you just go down and catch them? They seem to be freezing in the water and moving slowly." Bai Chun looked at Li Hong and asked.
Li Hong's face darkened, and he rinsed his red hands that were frozen by the water in the stream, then touched his pure white cheek with water drops, and said angrily: "Go down and show me."
"Ah... cold." After Bai Chun's beautiful cheek felt the cold warmth of Li Hong's hand, she immediately caressed her cheek and jumped away, looking at Li Hong angrily.
Li Hong looked at the coquettish Bai Chun and said hehe, "You know Liang, but you still let me go down to the river to catch fish? What's your intention?"
"Oh, this slave is just talking. Didn't you just forget that the stream is cold?" Bai Chun raised her beautiful chin high, then squatted next to Li Hong again, tentatively putting her hand into the flowing stream. Then he quickly took it back as if he was electrocuted, and said in surprise: "It's so cold? It's bone-chilling."
"This is a mountain spring. It flows down from the mountain. How can it be warm? You thought it was when you were in the palace." Li Hong said angrily, handed the washed rabbit meat to Bai Chun, and then took it in Bai Chun's hands. After eating the rabbit meat, he wiped his hands on Bai Chun casually.
This move immediately made Bai Chun, whose hands were occupied, get angry and stomp her feet to protest Li Hong's use of her clothes to wipe his hands.
Seeing Bai Chunqi put the fish away with a groan, Li Hong, who was basking in the gentle sun, suddenly asked: "Is there a branch of the Royal Bank in Xingyang, Dengfeng, and Zhengzhou? Or is it a pawn shop? some type of?"
"Yes, but not many. After Lin Shiling went to Tubo, all the pawnshops that are expanding have been standardized, but it is not clear whether there is our pawnshop here." Bai Chun walked out of the house, holding in his hand Holding another small bench, he sat next to Li Hong and said calmly.
(End of chapter)