In the night, on both sides of the official road, several roe deer worked hard to dig through the thick snow with their hooves, burying their heads to eat the grass roots buried by more than a foot of snow.
Suddenly, a roe deer raised its head and turned its ears vigilantly, and there was a faint sound that had never been heard in the distance. The roe deer called Aao Aao several times, and its companions immediately raised their heads and looked into the distance.
Not long after, a beam of light flashed past, and a moment later a three-wheeled motorcycle jumped out from the top of the slope, jumped a few meters, swayed left and right after landing, and then let out a roar and roared directly towards the group of roe deer.
Several roe deer turned around and ran away. The third wheel could not stop slipping and suddenly lost control as it swayed left and right. Fei Jingting, who was driving, grabbed Zhang Leyao in the sidecar and shouted "let's go", and the two jumped up.
The motorcycle rolled and hit a bare poplar tree.
The two of them landed lightly. Fei Jingting looked at the overturned motorcycle and sighed. It was hard to go on the road now.
He stepped forward and inspected it. There was nothing wrong with the motorcycle. The sidecar was dented, so he should be able to continue riding. The problem was that it was completely white here, with an average of more than a foot of snow. If he caught up with the snow puddles, he would be able to continue riding.
It’s not surprising if someone is buried.
Fei Jingting turned off the motorcycle and put it back into the space with a wave of his hand. He turned around and was about to say something to Zhang Leyao when he saw several silly roe deer running back and standing less than ten meters away.
Fei Jingting screamed stupidly at Aao Aao.
So this guy was eaten as a protected animal just to seek his own death!
Fei Jingting chose the most majestic one. He raised his hand and flew a flying knife at the roe deer, hitting the roe deer's neck. The roe deer screamed and turned around and ran away.
He fell down in the snow in the forest.
Fei Jingting smiled and said to Zhang Leyao: "How about barbecue later?"
"Okay." Zhang Leyao responded, went straight to a forest with thin snow, swept out a clean area with her shoes, shook the three silver coins in her hand and threw them down repeatedly. After doing this six times, she said softly: "The direction is not clear.
Wrong, it’s still Northeast.”
Fei Jingting nodded and went to look for the dead roe deer. He dragged the roe deer back, found a knife and disemboweled it, looked for the hindquarters, and cut off some good meat from the tenderloin. He waved his hand to the tent, sleeping bag, and barbecue.
With everything in place, Zhang Leyao came over and started preparing dinner with him.
After coming out of Jinmen, in order to save time, the two of them rode a three-wheeler all the way north. It snowed a lot this year, and it was okay inside the pass. It was barely possible, but it was really difficult to walk outside Shanhaiguan.
The snow was so thick that it was easy for a motorcycle to get stuck. The surrounding area was completely white, and it was impossible to tell where was the official road and where was the depression. The only thing that allowed Fei Jingting to identify the route was the sparse trees on both sides of the road.
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After moving forward with such difficulty, today is exactly January 1, 1920 according to the Gregorian calendar.
The charcoal fire was raised, and a pot of mineral water was boiled with a kettle. Fei Jingting was responsible for roasting the roe deer meat, while Zhang Leyao stewed the vegetables and meat into a pot of soup.
There is no fat all over the roe deer meat, so it needs to be brushed with extra oil when grilled. The dripping oil falls on the red charcoal fire, making a sizzling sound, and the aroma spreads everywhere in an instant along with the northwest wind.
The two of them are like an old married couple, no need for extra words, they seem to be busy separately, but they are busy with the same thing.
Fei Jingting suddenly said: "Speaking of which, today is New Year's Day."
Zhang Leyao has lived in Longhu Mountain for a long time and is used to the lunar calendar but not the solar calendar. Hearing this, he raised his head and glanced at Fei Jingting inexplicably.
Fei Jingting seemed to be talking to himself: "Suddenly I remembered a sentence... 1919 has passed, and I miss it very much."
This year has been exciting for Fei Jingting. He came here inexplicably, and he suddenly became a Taoist cultivating Taoism and seeking immortality from a code farmer in 1996.
After experiencing the initial discomfort, hesitation, and depression, I met some respectable, lovely and even hateful people, worshiped my master, and picked up the jade slips of the Nangong Sect. I was confused and stumbled, and my cultivation level improved all the way from the foundation building.
It’s time to refine and transform Qi.
Shen Tongqi Kung Fu is domineering, the true energy is strong, and the analogy is in the same realm, Fei Jingting is simply a crushing existence.
Accompanying Fu Yunzhao all the way, going south and going north, I have long been accustomed to this crazy woman, but I never thought that one day I might lose her.
Zhang Leyao said leisurely: "What you miss is not this year, but the experience of this year."
Fei Jingting nodded 'yes'. The past year was not a good year for ordinary people. There were fierce fighting between the north and the south, constant wars in Qin, international diplomatic failures, and domestic turmoil.
Maybe in a few years, ordinary people will miss this year as much as Fei Jingting did, and they will find that compared to this year, the next ten years will only be more chaotic.
A whole piece of roe deer meat was cut into thin slices, grilled and placed on a stainless steel tray. Fei Jingting tasted a piece by himself and smacked his lips and said: "It's okay, but the fried roe deer meat is still delicious."
Zhang Leyao frowned after taking a sip: "It smells earthy, not very tasty." After thinking about it, she found the vinegar bottle and poured half a bottle of vinegar into the broth.
After picking up the spoon and taking a bite, Zhang Leyao smacked his lips and said, "This is enough, do you want to try it?"
Fei Jingting took the spoon, tasted it from side to side, and then gave a thumbs up. Zhang Leyao laughed.
The barbecue was put aside. Fei Jingting found the barbecue he bought at Shanhaiguan from the space, broke it into small pieces with his fingernails, and threw it into the broth. After the broth was rolled again, each person filled a bowl.
A bowl of broth was soaked in the fire and burned down. Fei Jingting put the bowl aside, moved a few steps away, and started smoking against a tree.
Zhang Leyao sipped the broth, raised her head and said, "I've never seen you smoking before."
Fei Jingting smiled, played with the half-cut cigarette on his fingertips, and said, "I used to smoke a lot, but I haven't smoked much since I entered Taoism."
"Then why did you pick it up again?"
"Maybe I want to recall the feeling of smoking... although I don't feel anything when I smoke now."
Since Shaoyin's lung meridian was unobstructed, Fei Jingting could only smoke in solitude. When the smoke entered his lungs, it was immediately taken away by the true energy that penetrated the lungs, and then expelled from the body. He felt nothing.
Zhang Leyao was silent for a moment and suddenly said: "Have you ever thought that Miss Fu has..."
Fei Jingting nodded, exhaled a puff of smoke, and squinted at the winding official road submerged in the white snow. He said, "I think I have thought about it, but since there is still hope, I have to do something."
Her arms were surging, and the little white snake came out from the collar, spitting out the letter and hissing. Well, the little white snake was definitely speaking ill of Zhang Leyao.
Fei Jingting glared at the little white snake, then lightly nodded the little white snake's head, and the little white snake shrank back again.
Although the little white snake has achieved success in cultivation, it has not broken away from the nature of a snake. When encountering the ice and snow, it cannot help but hibernate. Fei Jingting did not dare to put it into the portable space for fear that it would become a dead snake when he took it out again, so he put it away
Stuffed into my arms.
"What happens after that? If the result is not good, what will happen to you?"
"What can I do?" Fei Jingting said: "At least I can live up to my feelings, and the rest is just nostalgia and regret. Isn't that what life is like?"
"You are open-minded."
"I'm just being open-minded. I don't know what will happen in the future." Fei Jingting said with a wry smile: "Maybe I will become depressed."
After smoking a cigarette, the butt made a parabola and fell into the snow. Fei Jingting turned back to the tent, took out the map and looked at it for a long time, and then said: "We just passed by Jinzhou. Logically speaking, there should be people here."
Leaving the map behind, Fei Jingting found the tallest poplar tree, climbed up and landed on a branch, causing squirrels to squeak and run around. Fei Jingting looked towards the north for a moment.
After jumping down, he sighed and said: "There are people in the area only three miles ahead. We are lucky. We don't have to sleep in a tent today."
"Is it a village?"
"It's bigger than a village."
Fei Jingting's high-definition map comes from later generations, and is naturally very different from what it was a hundred years ago. But if that place had not been moved, it should be called Goubangzi. Well, Goubangzi roast chicken comes from this place.
At this time, the administrative division is hard to say. It is neither a village nor a town. This place is located in the Liaoxi Corridor, which is an important customs clearance route and must pass through here when traveling from north to south.
If Fei Jingting remembers it correctly, Goubangzi is a small station on the Beijing-Fenghuang Railway. There is a vast expanse of white outside the pass, so don't think about continuing to travel by motorcycle. You can only take a horse-drawn sledge or take a train by land.
He thought about it and took the train to Fengtian first, and then calculated the direction.
After packing up their things and extinguishing the charcoal fire, the two returned to the official road and walked toward Goubangzi, three miles away.
After passing a slope, you can see lights in the distance.
Zhang Leyao breathed a sigh of relief. Being able to stay where there are people around is better than camping in the wild. Fei Jingting had a magic in his sleeve and could conjure up anything, but it was still inconvenient for a man and a woman to be crowded together.
After walking a mile, Fei Jingting suddenly paused, touched Zhang Leyao slightly, and pointed to the woods beside the road.
In the forest, a short figure was hiding furtively next to a pine tree. Zhang Leyao became alert and held the transverse flute in his hand.
After walking for more than ten steps, the short figure suddenly jumped out and blocked the middle of the road. The thing was only more than a foot tall, wearing a broken straw hat on its head. It stood upright, opened its mouth and said in a high-pitched voice: "Young couple,
Do you two see me as a human being?"
The two stopped and looked at each other. Zhang Leyao whispered: "Monster?"
Fei Jingting said: "It seems to be yellow leather."
"It doesn't seem to mean any harm. Let it go?"
"Well, just ignore it."
With the same opinion, the two completely ignored Huang Pizi, who was asking for a seal, and continued towards Goubangzi after crossing him.
Huang Pizi became anxious and jumped up to catch up: "Hey? I want to ask you a question, why are you leaving?"
Zhang Leyao waved his hand and a yellow talisman hit him. Huang Pizi was so frightened that he jumped all the way away. After waiting for a long time, he didn't see the yellow talisman taking effect. Then he carefully came over, picked up the yellow talisman and took a look. It turned out to be an ordinary
Peace Talisman.
The yellow man blinked and cursed, "It's bad luck! You've been practicing for more than two hundred years. Why did you meet a Taoist priest when you just came out to ask for a title?"