Li Xu jumped up quickly, it was snowing, and he had to find a place to stay before the snow fell heavily. Hei Feng heard his master's voice, stopped his breakfast, and trotted towards Li Xu. One person and one horse followed the path left by the swan geese.
The shadow flew at high speed, leaving a trail of mud on the grass wet by the first snow.
Not long after riding the horse, a tribe appeared in sight. It was the former camp of the Suotouxi people, and now belongs to the Suchuo tribe. Most of the public livestock of the Suchuo tribe are herded nearby, and there are specialized warriors and
The herd slaves were responsible for reproduction. Heifeng let out an excited neigh and galloped towards the camp. However, Li Xu held the reins tightly and forcibly pulled Heifeng away from the direction.
"Xi luo luo!" Hei Feng raised his front legs in the air and protested loudly to his master. The clouds were so dark, and the snow would only get heavier and heavier. If we braved such heavy snow and forced our way forward, both the man and the horse might freeze on the way! Hurry to save up.
The fat wild wolf that has spent the winter doesn't care who has the backbone and who has no dignity. As long as you don't have the strength to resist, it will rush up and bite your throat as fast as possible.
"Heifeng, let's go!" Li Xu ordered loudly and forcibly turned the horse's head. He saw warriors from the Su Chuan tribe coming out of the camp. Black Wind's neighing alarmed them, and the warriors strictly went out to perform their duties.
responsibilities.
"Xi Liu Liu!" Black Wind let out another mournful hiss, and was forced by Li Xu to run south. The warriors who rushed out in a hurry saw Li Xu's back in the wind and snow, and they were all stunned with shock.
"It's Mr. Fuli. I'm not blind. How did he get here?" someone shouted loudly.
"It snowed so heavily, but he still kept on going!"
"He would rather freeze to death than touch any of the plants and trees of our tribe!" Some warriors who knew the details sighed and shook their heads. The elders had gone too far. It's no wonder that Master Fu Li didn't even go into the tent to warm himself by the fire.
Ken. But how far can he go in such a cold weather? The warrior looked at the blue-black clouds and murmured a prayer.
"Changshengtian, please bless Master Fuli!"
"Changshengtian, please make it snow harder! Bigger!" Several slaves of the Xi tribe with leather ropes around their ankles prayed in a low voice. There will not be another tribe within hundreds of miles, that one
The lone wolf who ruined Suotou Xi's tribe, may Changsheng God give him the most severe punishment.
The snow melted as it fell, and the ground was covered with mud. The mud was quickly frozen into ice slag, and the porridge was mixed with the falling snowflakes. Several old elm trees that had not had time to drop their leaves were covered with ice, which kept blowing in the wind.
Shrinking. Finally, a branch couldn't bear such a heavy load and broke into two pieces with a crack.
The branches were entangled with each other and rolling in the wind. The snow that had gradually accumulated was picked up and wrapped into a big ice ball. The ice ball rolled bigger and bigger, and pressed a heavy line in the snowy field.
Traces. Finally, in front of a slope, the ice mass could no longer roll and was frozen on the ground. The snowflakes picked up by the wind swirled around the ice mass, and gradually piled up into towers and mounds, as tall as the ones in front of them.
The slopes are indistinguishable from each other.
A pair of big feet stepped up and sank with a "plop". The black wind covered in "white hair" neighed miserably, struggled to retreat, and used the reins to slowly drag the owner out of the snow pit. Li Xu struggled to
He stood up straight and was about to give Hei Feng a grateful smile when his foot slipped and fell into the snow pit again. He climbed a few steps forward, grabbed a handful of withered grass, and slowly gathered his body. He squatted and stood up.
, hugged Heifeng's neck, turned his face to the south, and stumbled forward.
"There are two small mounds ahead, and there is a shelter from the wind between them!" Li Xu lay next to the war horse's ear and whispered to cheer him up. I don't know if Black Wind understood it, but he raised his neck with difficulty
, accompanying the master, moving forward step by step.
There should be two small mounds ahead, and a tent can be placed in the birch forest in the middle. Li Xu kept encouraging himself in his heart. The cold wind made him numb all over. Last winter, when Xu Dayan talked about the nearby terrain,
This birch forest was mentioned in particular. If the Allied Forces of Zhuxi failed to attack the Xi people's camp, or encountered wind and snow, the birch forest sandwiched between two mounds would be the best place to camp.
I climbed over one mound and rolled over another, but the birch forest that Xu Dayan had mentioned never appeared. The wind no longer felt cold on my body, but the snow melting on my face brought a slight warmth.
"Brother Hei, I'm dragging you down!" Li Xu knew that his road had come to an end and said apologetically to Hei Feng. Hei Feng struggled to lower his neck and tried to warm his face with his tongue. That was the last time Hei Feng could
His whole body was covered in snow and water, and the only thing that remained warm was his tongue.
"Don't make trouble, Tao Kuo takes off his silk, don't make trouble!" Li Xu shouted in a daze, rolling down the snow slope. Is this at Crescent Lake? Tao Kuo took off his silk and kept pouring cold water on himself. Gan Luo
Well, why did Gan Luo jump into the wind? What does it smell like? Is the roasted hare burnt?
"Hey!" Heifeng roared loudly, knelt down on his front legs, and pushed Li Xu down the hillside with his head. After a few pushes, he couldn't push anymore, and big tears fell down his eyes.
In the snow.
Suddenly, a burning smell blew into Li Xu's nose along the wind. His energy suddenly lifted, and he opened his eyes with difficulty in the wind and snow. He saw Hei Feng's desperate eyes, and saw the snow and wind in the sky.
Then, he saw a thick plume of smoke rising high in front of him to his left. The wind swept the snowflakes and blew them down the smoke column, but it was still unable to swallow up the thick blackness of hope.
"Someone is camping there!" Li Xu shouted hoarsely, and the black wind also let out a long and shrill scream. The man and horse gathered the last bit of strength and rolled down the hillside one after another, rolling like snowballs towards the thick smoke.
The place to start.
It's a birch forest, a tree unique to the North. Its outer skin is as white as snow. Between the layers of white snow and forest trees, a tent made of cowhide stands tall. Outside the tent, a huge fire is puffing out clouds and glowing red.
The tongues of fire rolled, licking all the wind and snow approaching the camp into steam.
Next to the fire, a young man stood holding a tree. His tall figure and cunning smile, together with the birch forest, became the warmest scenery in the world.
"Why are you?" Li Xu blurted out and asked, hearing the same question at the same time. He stumbled and rushed over, and met the person who was rushing towards him. The person who came hit him hard, knocking out all his senses bit by bit.
back to his body.
"Why are you walking so slowly?" Xu Dayan asked while dragging Li Xu into the leather tent.
"Why did you come here?" Li Xu rubbed his almost frozen face and ears vigorously and asked loudly. Heifeng, who felt he had been left out, snorted several times in succession to express his dissatisfaction with the unloyal owner.
Then he pushed away the other horses in front of the tent and started circling around the fire.
"Aslan sent someone to tell me with a fast horse, and then I took a straight road to chase you. There was a snowstorm this morning, and I was too lazy to go into Linren's village, so I pitched a tent here! I thought that this time
I definitely couldn't catch up with you, but I didn't expect that you would walk behind me after leaving for so many days." After closing the tent, Xu Dayan described the reason for his appearance in the most concise language.
"When we get to the Central Plains, I'll treat you to a drink!" Li Xu said as he took off his wet clothes near the charcoal basin. He felt sour in his nose, but couldn't find better words to express his gratitude. Since he left Su
It had only been six days since Chuobu arrived. Xu Dayan suddenly heard the news and rushed from the Xinkai River to here in such a short period of time. He must have been sleepless on the way. There was no quarrel between him and Su Chuobu.
He had to endure hardships and freeze in the birch forest without entering the camp gate...
"Let's wait until we get back to the Central Plains! You idiot, you shouldn't have left Gan Luo to them before leaving!" Xu Dayan found a set of mink fur from his package and threw it to Li Xu. "You don't go out much.
Bringing a few horses with you, is this not the way to die?"
"A Yun and Zhang Ji are still staying in the Su Chuanbu!" Li Xu said nonchalantly. He knew that this reason could not fool Xu Dayan, and a few beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.
"You are so infatuated! I'm afraid that others may not appreciate it! Alas, people say that you can choose any one of the beauties from your country, but it's better for you. If you don't have your country, your beauty will be given to others!" Xu Dayan shook his head helplessly and let out a long sigh.
. He knew that his good friend's character was so broad-minded, and because of this, he cared very much about this kind and upright friend. When he heard the news of his departure, he immediately chased after him regardless of the consequences.
"Whether I appreciate it or not, it doesn't matter. Anyway, I did what I wanted to do, and I won't feel any guilt when I think about it from now on!" Li Xu struggled to stand up, as if explaining to Xu Dayan, and also like
It's self-comfort.
Aunt Qing's cold temperament may not be worthy of the coppersmith master searching half of the grassland for her. But the coppersmith master still went through all the hardships to find her, and stayed with her for half his life without any regrets. Among them, I am afraid there are more
It was for his own promise rather than for his youthful feelings. On that day rolling in the wind and snow, Li Xu understood many things. Especially at the critical moment of life and death just now, he found that he had no hatred for Tao Kuo Tuosi and Su Chubu.
What I gained more was the good times we had together.
"Human bone scum and wolf dung will never know what guilt is!" Xu Maogong rolled his big eyes and sneered disdainfully. "Don't stand there stupidly and punch twice around the charcoal basin. Otherwise, you will catch the wind and cold."
I'll take care of you!"
"Can you take care of people?" Li Xu smiled and retorted. Xu Dayan's clothes were a little tight on him, and it was extremely uncomfortable to stretch out his hands and kick his legs. But for six consecutive days, this was the most relaxed moment for him.
.
The flames in the charcoal basin jumped, illuminating the two sincere faces. Xu Dayan smiled and punched Li Xu on the shoulder. Li Xu turned sideways to remove most of the force on his fist, but had no strength to fight back.
Xu Dayan raised his palms and slapped every part of Li Xu's body until the flesh on Li Xu's neck was still red, and then he gasped and put away his palms.
"When you leave the army, who will take care of the warriors of the Su Chuan tribe?" Li Xu asked while flexing his muscles around the fire. Fortunately, the black smoke appeared in time. If he had been frozen for half an hour more,
It is estimated that when Hua Tuo was alive, he himself would be disabled.
"Take care of whoever you love. Anyway, I have already practiced in all the places where I should practice my hands, and I can't find a reason to escape!" Xu Dayan smiled and cursed, as if he didn't care about the consequences of his departure at all.
"Actually, the elders still value you very much!" Li Xu felt a little sorry for his good friend. For his own affairs, there is no need to involve Xu Dayan. The conscription in the Central Plains may not be over. If Xu Dayan joins him,
Going back would probably violate the Xu family's original intention of sending him away.
"It's not a good plan. If you stay in the tribe, you will be killed by these guys sooner or later!" Xu Dayan shook his head and said angrily. Li Xu's experience made him lose all good impressions of Su Chuobu. There is naturally something in this.
The more reason for the brotherly loyalty factor is that the elders' vision is so short-sighted. (To be continued)
