Xiao Mingzhu and his party traveled north for more than twenty miles. The snow had stopped and the sky was getting dark.
The setting sun cast its scarlet rays on the white snow covering everything, and the world seemed to turn red. It was very magnificent. Xiao Mingzhu reined in the horse's head and couldn't help but admire the snow scene at dusk, which was really intoxicating.
Gong Ming said to Xiao Mingzhu: "Hurry up and hurry up, but we still have to rush to nowhere. Fortunately, we brought dry food, wine and meat. As long as we find a sheltered place, we can make do with it for one night. We will wait until dawn.
Keep on your way."
Xiao Mingzhu said: "It doesn't matter where I rest, as long as I don't run into anyone from the Northern Demon."
Gong Ming ordered several people to look for suitable camping places in several directions.
After a while, several people came back one after another.
One person said to Gong Ming: "Steward Gong, there is a large abandoned brick kiln at the foot of the hillside more than two miles east. I also saw a few businessmen and two Jianghu people resting there. They said they could only stay here tonight.
It’s just fine for one night there.”
Gong Ming said: "We will go too."
So the group turned their horses and headed east.
When we got to the bottom of the hillside, we found a broken brick kiln.
There are seven or eight horses tied under a wall in front of the kiln.
Several fur merchants and two Jianghu people were warming themselves in the kiln and drinking wine. In order to avoid the cold, several of them were wearing a piece of skin.
Gong Ming led people into the broken kiln and explained the situation to those people.
They were both from Tianya, so they treated each other warmly and allowed them to come in and spend the night.
Gong Ming brought so many people with him, these businessmen also felt safe.
Gong Ming and the others built two more fires and sat around them to warm themselves up and eat. They also gave some of the food they brought to those people. In return, the fur traders lent them some skins.
Xiao Mingzhu spread a piece of skin on the ground and another one, and sat by the fire to eat.
Although it was freezing cold, the kiln was broken to take shelter from the wind, and there was fire to roast wine and drink, so everyone didn't suffer too much.
Xiao Mingzhu ate and drank some wine to drive away the cold.
After all the hard work, she was tired, so she lay down beside the fire covered with animal skins and fell asleep slowly.
Gong Ming and the others continued to drink, chatting about interesting things in the world.
After another hour of drinking, everyone felt drunk. They each found a place to lie down or upright to sleep. Four people were assigned to watch the night.
The four men were wrapped in furs and guarded in front of the two kiln doors.
In the kiln, there was a loud sound of snoring.
Outside the kiln, the cold wind whistled.
The horses outside the kiln made one or two neighing sounds from time to time.
At three quarters of the hour, a sudden burst of music came along with the cold wind.
The sound of the piano is passionate and full of the sound of swords.
One of the two people on duty at the kiln gate on the left was familiar with some music. He stood up and praised: "This is the pipa sonar, and it plays 'Ambush from Flying Daggers'. It's really good."
The other one was a reckless man. He cursed: "The sound played is worse than the screams of ghosts."
Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, the sound of the pipa suddenly stopped. Then a woman's charming voice sounded.
"What I play is worse than a ghost's scream, so does my voice sound good? Is it as ugly as a ghost's scream?"
As the sound rang out, a white shadow suddenly appeared a few feet in front of the kiln door.
I really don't know where she came from.
The white shadow gradually came closer, and the night watcher saw that it was a woman dressed in white. The woman had a graceful figure. She held a shining silver pipa in her arms.
The woman walked to the kiln door two feet away with a cool air and stopped.
The two men guarding the kiln door on the other side also stood in front of the kiln door, looking at the woman with curiosity.
The woman wears a gauze hat on her head, so her true appearance cannot be seen.
However, the four night watchmen thought that with such a good figure and such a beautiful voice, this woman must be a great beauty.
At this time Xiao Mingzhu woke up.
She got up and wrapped herself in animal skins and came to the kiln door.
Xiao Mingzhu also looked at this woman.
She felt that this slim woman dressed in white and holding a pipa in her arms, standing in the snow, really looked like a fairy descending from the earth.
The rude man looked at the woman with a look of lust, and said "hehe": "I just said the wrong thing, the girl played so beautifully. The girl must be as beautiful as a fairy."
The woman glanced at Xiao Mingzhu, feeling secretly happy.
Finally found her!
The woman holding the pipa is none other than the "Tianyin Witch" Liu Ruyan.
After receiving Qin Dingfang's magical order, Liu Ruyan also brought people here.
The men tracked Xiao Mingzhu's whereabouts, and she came over.
At this time, the man who knew music said: "Girl, I see you are a wanderer. Are you lost or looking for a place to stay? You might as well go into the kiln to avoid the cold wind. We have wine and meat."
Liu Ruyan also ignored the invitation of this man who knew rhythm. She said sweetly to the rough man: "Of course I am beautiful. I am the most beautiful woman in the world. I am so beautiful that I can't find anything in it. I am so beautiful that I don't even dare to look in the mirror."
, because once I saw it, I was fascinated.”
Xiao Mingzhu immediately laughed when she heard this. She mocked: "No wonder there are fewer and fewer cows these days, and more and more people brag. They are all blown to death."
The reckless man said: "Miss Xiao, maybe she is really that beautiful, otherwise why would she cover her face with a veil?"
Xiao Mingzhu said: "Idiot, not all those who are veiled are beauties, maybe they are ugly ones."
The reckless man said: "I don't believe it."
Xiao Mingzhu said: "If you don't believe it, just lift her veil and have a look."
Liu Ruyan also said: "This sister is right, won't you know if you come over and take a look? It's not like a ghost can eat you. When you see my face, you will definitely fall in love with me."
The reckless man walked towards Liu Ruyan.
Liu Ruyan still stood there motionless.
The reckless man walked up to Liu Ruyan and stopped. He smelled the fragrance coming from Liu Ruyan's body. He took a deep sniff. Then he reached out to lift Liu Ruyan's veil.
Liu Ruyan remained still and let him lift the veil.
The moment the mangy man lifted Liu Ruyan's veil, he was shocked.
Because the rude man stood in front of Liu Ruyan and was tall, he blocked Xiao Mingzhu's line of sight and did not see the appearance of the woman in white at all.
Several people were curious about whether the woman in white was beautiful or ugly. Xiao Mingzhu said anxiously: "Get out of the way and let us take a look."
But the reckless man didn't bite.
Not moving either.
A look of horror froze on his face.
Suddenly, streams of blood spurted out from his neck.
Streams of blood steamed in the cold, splattering like that.
Then his head detached from his neck and flew up, spurting blood.
Liu Ruyan's veil also fell. The man's headless body also fell to the ground with a "thud".
Xiao Mingzhu and the night watchers were shocked.
They also suddenly understood that this woman in white was not lost, nor was she looking for a place to stay in this bad weather. This woman in white came just for them.
Liu Ruyan smiled sweetly and said, "You see, my beauty made his head fly up in shock. Do you want to see me? Are your heads still there..."
Xiao Mingzhu subconsciously touched her head, and she was so frightened that she quickly turned around and ran away.