Shi Ming followed everyone in the forest, this trail was very remote, and no one walked around on weekdays.

Only at the end of each month, the soldiers escorted truckloads of coal to Jielingkou on time.

It was the middle of the month, and the snow had accumulated heavily on the trail, and the trail was littered with branches and scattered dead leaves.

There seems to be no sign of movement on the road, not even the footprints of animals.

Shi Ming walked in the middle of the group, leading a tall horse and mule.

Each horse and mule carried five or six sacks of grain, and the snow on the trail was so thick that it was quite difficult to walk.

The whole team was not moving very fast, and the noses of the horses and mules burst out of white mist, and then disappeared into the air.

The team left footprints on the trail, but these marks were soon covered in fresh snow, just as the team had before they left.

In recent years, there has been a shortage of wars, and the big forces have divided one side, and the small forces will also occupy the mountains as kings and rob passers-by.

All localities are only concerned with foreign conquests, and they cannot threaten the ruling forces, and those powerful gate lords have no intention of caring at all.

This caused Luo Qingshan bandits to bloom everywhere, and it was extremely dangerous to walk in remote places.

Years of conscription have led to the abandonment of many farmlands.

Whenever a dynasty is about to run out of gas, there will always be natural disasters and man-made disasters, Beiliang may be exhausted, many places have been dry for several years, plus locust plagues, grain harvest is poor every year, and many people are starved to death.

Fortunately, Luo Qingshan Mountain is towering, intercepting the clouds coming from the south, and the rain is abundant.

In addition, Luo Qingshan has a lot of products, so the people living in Luo Qingshan will not go out to escape the famine.

But in this cold winter, the only food that can be eaten is potatoes and cabbage, and a basket of hard dough baked in autumn, which is now as hard as a stone.

But these can fill the stomachs of the people in the mines and give them the strength to dig for coal in the mines.

Shi Ming looked at Li Weizhou, who was walking in front of the team, and the leash in his hand subconsciously tightened a little.

It was after this man came to the village that the third uncle lost his life inexplicably, and he beat himself for stealing. His current situation, this cold environment, is also inseparable from this man. The broom star that Mr. Kong talked about is like this, Shi Ming thought viciously.

Li Weizhou seemed to sense something, and turned his head to glance at Shi Ming.

Shi Ming subconsciously looked away, and there was a hint of disgust in his eyes.

Li Weizhou touched his chin, not knowing what he was thinking, still pulling the mule and walking in front.

Although it was just past noon, the sky was still overcast, and the snowflakes accumulated on the trees fell from time to time. From morning to now, the team has not stopped. Li Weizhou stopped and turned his head to look at the team behind him.

"Let's rest our feet first, why don't we walk for two hours. Li Weizhou tied the rope to the tree, and the people behind him also stopped, and kept complaining while tying the rope.

"Drink?" Li Weizhou threw the wine jug in his hand at Shi Ming, but Shi Ming didn't catch it, and the wine jug fell into the snow.

"I don't drink. Shi Ming took the dry cake in his hand and took a bite hard, but it seemed to be a tooth, and his expression was very painful.

The pancake left only two rows of tooth marks, and it was so cold that the cake was frozen harder than a stone.

"Hahaha..."Li Weizhou looked at Shi Ming's distorted face and couldn't help laughing twice. He leaned over and picked up the flask, patted the snowflakes, and took two more sips.

"Boy, in this life, there are too many broken things, if you want to open up, people always have to live. Li Weizhou handed over the wine jug again, "Come on, this is forget about worrying water, and you won't have to worry if you drink it." ”

"You know a fart!" Shi Ming subconsciously shouted, and everyone in the team looked over.

"What are you yelling at?!" Li Weizhou was slightly stunned, and when he saw that the people around him were looking here, he straightened his face and looked serious.

"It was after you came to the village that my third uncle died, and it must have something to do with you! Maybe you killed my uncle!" Shi Ming gasped, his face turned red without knowing whether it was frozen or bloody.

Li Weizhou grabbed Shi Ming's collar and smashed it on the tree, shaking off a snowflake, "You fucking let the mule kick me? I'm a soldier, will I kill people for no reason!"

"Then you tell me how the third uncle died!" Shi Ming's voice was already a little choked, and he didn't know whether he remembered the dead third uncle or was afraid.

"I can't explain it to you, but it has nothing to do with me. Li Weizhou's tense face seemed to loosen for a moment, and then let go of his hand.

Shi Ming slipped under the tree and shed tears to himself.

At this moment, there was a sudden rustling sound around, and I could only see the snow falling from the canopy not far away, and something must be approaching!

Li Weizhou pulled out the war knife on his waist, "Alert! Alert!"

The newcomers to the camp all looked very flustered, and the soldiers of several guards did not look relaxed, holding their swords tightly and looking around.

Shi Ming didn't care about wiping away the tears on his face, and hurriedly stood up against the tree, the knife in his hand was very heavy, Shi Ming could only hold it in front of his chest, giving himself a defensive belief.

Shi Ming saw that suddenly a white shadow fell from the sky and landed next to a person.

The man's throat suddenly spurted a stream of blood, steaming hot.

Shi Ming saw that half of the man's neck had been torn off, his head had lost support, and he hung down, and fell to the ground with his entire body.

Such a large beast approached silently, and no one would have noticed it if it weren't for the large snowflakes falling from the canopy.

The crowd became more and more panicked, and the mules were also frightened, desperately breaking free from the leashes tied to the trees.

Shi Ming's head went blank when he saw this scene. His hands trembled, and the knife almost fell to the ground.

The white shadow was somewhat similar to that of an ape, covered in snow-white hair and stained with many snowflakes.

This white beast was larger than the apes seen in the mountains and forests on a daily basis, and it must have been crawling and jumping on the canopy earlier, and it was not really visible.

At this time, the ape-like beast fell to the ground, its face was stained with blood, its mouth was open, and it was steaming hot, looking particularly hideous.

The strange beast glanced at the place where Shi Ming was slumped, but he didn't know if it was Shi Ming or the knife in Shi Ming's hand.

Shi Ming only saw that the eyes of the strange beast were clear blue, like a clear summer sky.

The nervousness and panic in Shi Ming's heart disappeared all at once.

The beast only glanced at it, then turned its head and bit the unfortunate cooking camp guy on the ground, this guy had just arrived at the mouth of the boundary ridge just like Shi Ming.

The man from Beiliang was going to serve in the military when he reached fifteen, and this man's family spent some money to help him arrange to be a husband, but he never thought that he would lose his life here in a daze.

"Don't panic! Don't panic!" Li Weizhou tensed, and the knife in his hand emitted a faint cyan light.

Several of the accompanying soldiers also came to their senses, staring closely at the white beast's every move.

The beast ignored the people around it, and tore at the people under it.

For a moment, both the man and the mule fell silent, and the harsh wind seemed to have stopped.

Except for the sound of the strange beast biting, it was unusually quiet, which seemed very weird.

Those soldiers looked at Li Weizhou, Li Weizhou was the leader, and more importantly, Li Weizhou's martial arts were the strongest, and he had cultivated his vitality.

Li Weizhou glanced at the soldiers, then roared and rushed over.

The white beast ignored it, and Li Weizhou slashed at the white beast with a strong sword.

The white beast didn't move at all, and Li Weizhou's eyes were full of surprise. With all his strength, with one-third of the vitality in his body, he couldn't even break the fur of this strange beast.

The white beast turned its head abruptly and swung it with one claw, exuding cyan vitality.

Li Weizhou didn't have time to dodge, and was slapped down on the snow by a huge force.

Li Weizhou felt that his chest was hot, as if a stove was stuffed in his chest, and his right arm also lost sensation, but there was no trace of pain.

Li Weizhou's heart was full of discouragement.

I thought in my heart that this fate was set up here, but how good it would be if I lay on the battlefield, and what a great honor it would be to do my part for the Li family! I was also worthy of my surname, but I was killed by a wild beast in the mountains and forests, and it would be a bit embarrassing if it was passed on to my hometown. However, no one here will leave alive.

Li Weizhou smiled self-deprecatingly, his eyes staring directly at the gray sky.

Those soldiers only took care of the transportation of coal on weekdays, and had never been on the battlefield, where had they seen such a situation, their feet could not help but be a little weak, and they were all stunned in place, not daring to move.

Shi Ming only felt that the bracer of his arm shook violently when the strange beast used its vitality.

After Shi Ming arrived at the mysterious clearing, it lost its voice.

As if sensing something, the white beast bit the mutilated corpse and quickly climbed up the tree and disappeared without a trace. Just as the white beast had just arrived, only the snow on the canopy of the trees fell in large flakes and squirted.

A group of people were stunned and ran to Li Weizhou's side, the armor on Li Weizhou's chest had five claw marks, and the wound was not very deep, but the flesh was turned outward, and the entire chest was soaked with blood.

The right arm, on the other hand, has become a strip, and the flesh and bones are red and white, soaking the surrounding snow in red.

"Let's go..."Li Weizhou gasped and opened his eyes, he did not lose consciousness, but his breath was already very weak. Did he survive? Li Weizhou suddenly became conscious, and his body seemed to have regained consciousness.

The pain quickly occupied Li Weizhou's mind, and Li Weizhou snorted lightly and fainted.

Everyone hurriedly bandaged with strips of cloth, lifted Li Weizhou to a mule, and hurriedly left this land of right and wrong.

It was dark as always, and everyone walked in the forest with torches, although there was the light of the moonlight and torches, but it was still dark in the distance, and it was not real.

Everyone felt a little furious in their hearts, and when they looked at the distance, they felt more and more that there were fierce beasts and terrifying ghosts hidden inside, and even the white beast seemed to come out and bite their throats in the next moment.

Fortunately, a few soldiers who followed it often took this path, so as not to get lost in the forest.

The crowd arrived at the mine three hours later.