Hearing the sound of footsteps, Ji Chou suddenly became alert. He hurriedly reached out to grab Lao San and stuffed him into the wooden box. At the same time, he took out the dagger and hid it in his sleeve. This dagger was found from the body of a counter-blooded guard that day.

, since he didn't have any weapons at his disposal, he always kept this dagger with him.

Not long after, a dark figure appeared at the door. If I looked closely, I saw it was not a human, but a dog.

The dog barked at Ji Chou from outside the cave, and soon a man dressed as a hunter appeared at the entrance of the cave. Seeing someone in the cave, he stopped his hunting dog and walked into the cave.

Ji Chou was originally sitting. When he saw the hunter coming in, he stood up with his arms. Since the hunter was wearing a thick fur coat and a hat on his head, he could not see clearly the hunter's appearance, but he was sure that it was this hunter.

It was a woman, not by observing the breath, but because the hunter had made a female voice when scolding the hounds.

After entering the cave, the female hunter took off her hat and looked at Ji Chou up and down, "Are you injured?"

Ji Chou nodded. This female hunter should be in her forties, with a medium build, many wrinkles on her face, and her hair has turned gray.

"I often rest here, don't be nervous, I will leave after a while after I warm up," the huntress patted the snow on her fur coat.

The female hunter called the hound in. The hound seemed to often follow its owner to rest here. After running into the cave, it lay down at the entrance of the cave. When it smelled the scent of the old man in the wooden box, the hound seemed a little uneasy.

People can pretend, but dogs can't. Seeing that the hound was very familiar with this place, Ji Chou felt relieved and said to the female hunter, "Sister, did you leave the firewood in the cave?"

"Yeah." The huntress nodded.

"I'm injured and can't move easily. All the firewood in the cave was taken away by me..."

Before Ji Chou could say anything, the female hunter interrupted him with a wave of her hand, "It's okay, there are a few dead trees on the back slope. I'll drag one back later."

"Did you just come out or did you never go back last night?" Ji Chou asked.

"It came out last night." The huntress said.

"You live near here?" Ji Chou asked again.

"Well, it's not far from here," the female hunter nodded, then asked, "Young man, how did you get injured?"

"It's hard to put it into words." Ji Chou shook his head and said.

The female hunter knew that Jichou didn't want to say more, so she didn't ask any more questions. She warmed herself by the campfire for a while and then got up and left the cave.

Ji Chou knew that the huntress was going out to chop wood, and wanted to help but was unable to do so. He could only watch the huntress and her hounds go to the back mountain.

His guess was correct. It didn't take long for the female hunter to drag back a dead pine tree with difficulty. She was busy outside the cave, cutting and breaking down the dead tree, and moved it into the cave to build and store it.

After dealing with a dead tree, the female hunter went to the back mountain and dragged back another dead tree. She followed the same method, cut and broke down the pine tree and moved it into the cave.

After doing this, the female hunter returned to the cave, sat by the fire and took out dry food. Her dry food was corn dumplings, which had frozen hard.

The female hunter placed the rice balls next to the bonfire to bake. After thinking about it, she took out another one and placed it next to the bonfire.

When Ji Chou saw this, he knew that the huntress wanted to give him one, so he opened the wooden box and took out the flour cake and handed it to the huntress. The huntress was a little surprised and asked, "Did you bring dry food?"

Ji Chou nodded, then took out a few more pieces of mutton jerky and handed them over.

The huntress was not polite and took over the bread and meat. She broke open the bread and left half of it, and stuffed the remaining half and the meat into the cloth bag she carried with her.

The female hunter gnawed on the bread and noticed the saddle and bridle in the corner of the cave. "Did you let the antlered deer wandering in the forest go?"

"Oh." Ji Qiu responded.

"You don't want it anymore?" the huntress asked.

"Yeah." Ji Chou nodded.

"Can you call it back?" said the huntress. "Dahuang and I chased it all night last night and almost caught it several times."

"It hasn't been with me for long. I don't know if it listens to me." Ji Chou told the truth.

The female hunter said, "Don't worry. I won't kill it even if you find it. The antlered deer can not only act as a leg but also carry heavy loads. It's too late for my treasure."

Ji Chou thought for a while and said, "Sister, I won't hide the truth from you. I have an enemy. The enemy may recognize that horned deer. If you get it, I'm afraid it will bring disaster to you."

The female hunter didn't say anything more, but there was a lot of reluctance in her expression.

Seeing this, Ji Qiu opened his waist bag and took out some silver coins, "Sister, keep these coins to support your family."

"I can't do it, I can't do it, how can this be possible?" The female hunter waved her hands repeatedly.

Ji Chou gave it away again, but the female hunter was resolute and refused to accept it, saying that there was no reason to take someone else's money for no reason.

Ji Qiu pointed back at the firewood piled in the corner of the cave, "You knew that I had difficulty moving, so you deliberately left these firewood for me to light a fire to keep warm. This kind act deserves to be rewarded."

The huntress only wanted to show her hand and could not bear such a heavy thank you. Ji Chou's injury was not yet healed, so if he spoke too much, it would not affect the injury. In the end, he did not give in to the huntress. The huntress refused to answer, so he kept stretching out his hand.

Seeing that he was determined, the female hunter had no choice but to accept it anxiously. The amount of silver that Ji Chou gave her was at least ten taels. Ordinary farmers would not be able to save so much money after half a lifetime of hard work. This amount of money is enough to change the fate of a family.

The female hunter accepted the money, and Ji Chou urged her to leave. He was now a dangerous person, and anyone who got too close to him might be implicated.

The female hunter was very simple and she wanted to do something for Ji Chou after getting the money, but she didn't know what she could do for Ji Chou, so she asked Ji Chou if he needed anything.

Ji Chou didn't need this simple middle-aged woman to do anything for him. She just asked about the way to Liuguang City. When she learned that Ji Chou was going to Liuguang City, the female hunter pointed out a shortcut for him. This was a waterway.

Go west over two mountains here and you will see a river flowing from west to east. After more than ten miles to the east, the river will change its course to the southwest. There is a raft in the woods near the water. It is a female hunter.

It was bundled and made with the same clansmen before. Take a raft and go down the river. You can reach the vicinity of Liuguang City in a few hours. It saves a lot of time than taking the dry road.

After explaining the route, the female hunter was worried that Ji Chou would not be able to control the raft, so she proposed to send him to Flowing Light City. Ji Chou was worried that it would implicate her, so she wanted to refuse, but the female hunter only had a few rapids and dangerous shoals along the way.

If the raft is controlled by hand, it may capsize.

In the end, Ji Chou reluctantly agreed, and the two packed up and set off immediately.

Ji Chou couldn't walk fast, so the female hunter helped him walk. At noon, he finally came to the river and found the raft.

When he saw the raft, Ji Chou became suspicious, because the raft had obviously never been in the water, but the woman should not be a bad person. He had doubts in his heart, so he asked, and the woman's explanation was reasonable, because the waterway was downstream.

On the other hand, rafts can only go down the river and not upstream, so each raft can only be used once.

The raft was not big, but it was enough to carry two people. The woman held the pole and controlled the raft, and the two of them went downstream.

Beilinghuang is very cold. Most rivers will freeze in winter, but this one will not. The reason why it does not freeze is because the water in this river is very fast. Fortunately, there are women holding poles, otherwise there are several dangerous places along the way.

If he had been the one to punt the boat, there was a real chance it would capsize.

The journey was uneventful, and at sunset, we saw the legendary Flowing Light City from a distance.

Arriving at the shore where the current was gentle, Ji Chou once again took out some silver to reward the female hunter. The latter refused and returned on foot with her hounds. It only took a few hours to get here, but it took several days to get back.

Ji Chou took out a piece of gold from his waist bag and grabbed a handful of dried meat. Then he called to the female hunter, chased after him and stuffed the dried meat and gold into her bag, and then watched the female hunter gradually go away.

People in the world are always preoccupied and stingy in giving, but no one knows that no one gets the benefits of others in vain. Being kind to others is being kind to yourself, and being kind to others is also being kind to yourself.
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