When I woke up, it was completely white outside, and the entire mountain was covered with snow.
There is a fire burning all the time in the cave, and you can feel the coldness.
Shen Xingwan put his frozen hands on the fire to warm them up, and then his body gradually warmed up.
Mo Beichen took his people out early in the morning to find food and survey the terrain, and Fat Meow was not there either.
Shen Ruoyan yawned and called Mingyi, preparing to go to the stream to catch fish.
Shen Xingwan stood up holding on to the wall, "I'll go out and take a look too."
Shen Ruoyan, "I'll help you."
Shen Xingwan said, "No, it's the shoulder that's injured, not the leg. I can walk on my own."
The three of us and I walked together in the snow for a long time when we heard the sound of running water.
There is a clear stream in front, which does not freeze even in such a cold weather in the mountains.
There were fish in the depths of the stream, so the two men chopped bamboo and sharpened the bamboo tips to insert the fish.
Shen Xingwan was distracted looking at the cheerful stream.
It doesn't freeze because it is a living water, which also means it has a source.
Shen Xingwan even discovered precious orchids while walking along the stream.
They are blooming in the snow, very beautiful.
Soon the two of them had speared more than a dozen fish, and Shen Ruoyan waved to her, indicating that it was time for her to go back.
Back in the cave, Fat Cat was already waiting for him by the fire.
Fat Cat, "I went out to check on the enemy before dawn. What do you think I discovered?"
Seeing that he was still useful, Shen Xingwan gently pinched his destiny's neck, gently scratched his chin, "Say quickly."
The fat cat's tail suddenly stood up, "Just say it, don't smile so charmingly, it will scare the cat to death."
"I found animal footprints more than ten miles away. They should be from dogs. It looks like they almost came here."
Shen Xingwan raised his head and glanced at the heavy snow outside, which was a foot deep.
Thank you to the snow for covering up all traces and smells, otherwise they would have been found last night.
Dog? Shen Xingwan's mind moved and he asked Shen Ruoyan, "Has my aunt ever said what method the Yulong Guard used to track the enemy?"
Shen Ruoyan thought for a while, "It is said to be a very rare hunting dog brought back from a mysterious small country. It is invincible in tracking."
"I know what it is." Shen Xingwan said.
Who knows that she is usually a lover of essays and wild journals, and as the Shen family is a clan that has been passed down for generations, the Shen family's study room has all kinds of books.
On countless boring nights, what Shen Xingwan liked to do most was to pick out an interesting miscellaneous book to pass the time.
There is a travel notebook written by a talented man from the Shen family who loved traveling. He spent almost all of his life traveling for decades.
I have been to many strange places, little-known tribes, and small countries located on the edge.
One of the articles records that in a tribe hidden deep in the mountains, the people there make a living by hunting. There is a multi-blooded hound that can track scents for more than half a month, and can continuously track scents for more than two hundred kilometers. .
While watching everyone cooking fish, Shen Xingwan recounted the travelogue he had read.
Mo Beichen frowned, "No wonder, it is said that as long as they are targeted, they will not be able to hide from the ends of the earth. With such a strong tracking ability, no matter how they escape, they will be found."
Judging from the footprints found by Fat Meow, they had already found the area because the sudden heavy snow covered the smell and traces, allowing them to escape.
The place chosen by Fat Meow is indeed very secretive.
Mingyi said worriedly, "Wouldn't it be that as soon as we go out, or as soon as the snow melts, we will be tracked for a long time?"
This is indeed the biggest trouble they need to solve to escape.
Everyone fell into deep thought.
While Shen Xingwan was eating fish, he was communicating with Fat Meow in his mind, "You have a system that doesn't taste good, right?"
Fat Meow, "Of course I can make it colorless and odorless."
Shen Xingwan said, "Haha, eat more, it's your turn to do your part next."
After eating, there was heavy snow falling in the sky again. Although it was very cold, it was a good thing for them for the time being.
Shen Xingwan stood at the entrance of the cave and looked at the heavy snow. Mo Beichen stood side by side with her, "What do you think?"
Shen Xingwan, "Hitting in the east and attacking in the west disrupts the tracking dog's ability to judge."
Mo Beichen raised his head to observe the sky, "This snow won't stop for a while, we have to hurry up."
Mo Beichen called everyone together, "Your current mission, no matter what method you use, catch as many living animals as possible today."
"Remember you must live!"
"clear!"
The secret guards accepted the order and left. They were people who had received the most rigorous professional training. This request was not difficult for them.
Mo Beichen told Bai Yu, "Don't let anyone run out of this canyon."
Now that this canyon has not been discovered, it is the safest.
He took a look at Shen Xingwan's figure and then went to hunt animals.
Shen Xingwan took Shen Ruoyan and Mingyi to the stream.
I found the thousand orchids I encountered this morning, "leave a few of them untouched and dig up the rest."
Mingyi stayed behind to dig flowers.
Shen Xingwan took Shen Ruoyan to continue walking along the stream, and then gave Fat Cat a new task, to find if there were any cedars in the valley.
She and Shen Ruoyan walked for a long time, and the stream got bigger and bigger the further they walked.
Shen Xingwan breathed a sigh of relief, "It seems that God has left us a glimmer of hope."
By the time the two of them walked back, it was already dark.
Fat Meow found the cedar, and Shen Xingwan asked Shen Ruoyan to follow him, cut the bark of the tree with a knife and get the oil in the cedar.
He returned to the cave, hid in the innermost part, took off the outsider, and then took off the second layer of clothes.
Fortunately it is winter, so I wear a lot of clothes to keep warm.
Shen Xingwan divided the smell of his clothes into dozens of strips with a knife.
In the evening, everyone came back.
Someone caught a rabbit, someone caught a squirrel, someone caught a deer...
In total, more than 20 live prey were caught alive.
Everyone started to tie cloth strips on the bodies of these animals.
Shen Xingwan, "Get these animals out of the canyon and release them all over the mountains, hoping to disturb the tracking of the hounds."
After Shen Ruoyan retrieved a bamboo tube of grease, Shen Xingwan distributed the grease to the people responsible for releasing the animals and asked them to apply it on their bodies.
This kind of oil can effectively cover the body odor. Another person stuffed orchids into their arms.
There are not many scented flowers that can be found in winter, so I had to try them.
Bai Yu and three people took all the prey to the entrance of the cave and prepared to release the animals.
Shen Xingwan, "I hope we have good luck and don't want to be discovered."
Shen Ruoyan and others continued to get the grease, while Shen Xingwan and Mo Beichen discussed the follow-up.
We'll leave at first light tomorrow and follow the stream.
In fact, the best way to cover up the smell is to walk through the water.
The hounds cannot track in the water, but it is winter now, and if they go into the water, they will probably freeze to death first.