There are no graves, no tombstones, no mourning music and weeping of loved ones.

Only a sturdy boy like a mud monkey added the last handful of dirt and made some dead grass to cover it.

Finally, the young man hugged his fists, "A few uncles go slowly, maybe one day, we will come down to accompany you, so we can have a companion, don't you say?" ”

After speaking, the young man looked up at the sky, pondered for a long time, felt that there was nothing to say or do, let out a long breath, turned and strode away, turned over and jumped on the war horse.

A clamp on the belly of the horse, the war horse neighed, a man and a horse, galloping towards the south......

In the dark mountains and forests, the light of the bonfire looms.

Li Po sat comfortably next to the bonfire, staring intently at the sizzling rabbit meat roasted on the fire, swallowing saliva from time to time.

After sneaking over the Great Wall, he did not leave the mountains and forests, and traveled all the way south.

Until now, he doesn't know where he has gone or where he belongs now.

To be honest, he is in the mountains and forests, and his life is not bad.

For him, there is plenty of food here, and there are no people who think about killing and killing all day long, and they are kings and hegemons, which belongs to a rare piece of pure land.

If it weren't for the fact that winter was gradually coming, and he didn't have anything to take advantage of, otherwise, it would be good to settle down here and be a wild man in the mountains regardless of the year or month.

But in fact, it was time for him to get out of the mountains and forests as soon as possible.

Otherwise, when the snow covers the mountains, even he will have no good fruit to eat in the mountains.

In the mountains and forests at night, the ugly howls of night owls are heard from time to time, and the howl of wolves is always accompanied by the left and right.

The wolves, the undisputed kings of the northern mountains and wilderness, Li Po rarely lit bonfires because he didn't want to attract the attention of the most difficult hunters in the mountains and forests.

Today, too, his stomach and intestines were really unbearable, so he lit a bonfire and got some hot food to eat.

But this meal, he doesn't seem to be able to eat today.

The strange sound in the surrounding forest made Li Po slowly stand up, and by the way, he also drew the short blade on his waist.

In Suosuo's voice, some dark shadows appeared like ghosts.

They slowly approached the edge of the campfire, lingering.

The shadow was a little distorted in the light of the fire, revealing a bit of horror.

But Li Po breathed a sigh of relief.

They were people, people with sticks or other strange things as weapons.

This is a specialty of the northern mountain forests, the homeless people......

Li Po has seen a lot along the way, and the footsteps of the war at the end of the Sui Dynasty have become clearer and clearer in Li Po's mind after these homeless people appeared.

Not long after crossing the Great Wall, he actually knew the origin of these displaced people hiding in the mountains and forests, most of them came from Mayi, near Yanmen, and hid in the mountains of the Great Sui people in order to escape civil service.

It's hard to say whether they are Hu or Han, from the bloodline, hundreds of years of war make it difficult for today's northerners to tell which ethnic group their ancestors belong to.

These, from their appearance and the details of their lives, can be seen that they are already mixed with Hu and Han, and it is difficult to distinguish each other......

But don't be fooled by the pitiful plight of these homeless people, who become criminals once they enter the mountains and escape from hard labor.

What they did in the mountains, but there was no pity at all.

They looked much like the tribes of the steppes, and the adult men were often rough and fierce, and they would do anything to fight for food.

Cannibalism is very common among homeless people.

Even people dare to eat it, what else can't be done?

Therefore, for the mountain and forest travelers with few people and weak strength, the beasts in the forest are actually not terrible, and the real horror is to encounter these homeless people.

Because the displaced people often lack the skills to survive in the mountains, most of the time, they are in a state of hunger.

This makes them appear crazy and unscrupulous, and in the end, they can only become beasts without any moral bottom line, whether they are men, women, young or old.

This is the prelude to the war at the end of the Sui Dynasty, and Li Po has clearly smelled the ominous smell from these displaced people.

For these hungry and crazy guys, Li Po has always been able to avoid them, like today, he was attracted by the food, and he didn't walk away beforehand, so there was nothing to be afraid of.

And in his dictionary, there is never a lack of words such as pity and sympathy.

"Little brother, can we bake the fire?"

A dark shadow laughed dryly, a voice that was less audible than that of the night owls in the woods, and the sticks they clung to, and the eyes that flashed with infinite malice in the darkness, were a sign that such a request merely showed that they barely had some sanity.

And when they are sure that Li Po is the only one here, what they will do, only God knows.

There are also dark shadows coming out of the surroundings, most of them are women and children, they are not clothed, and they are black and thin as if a gust of wind is coming, and it can blow them away.

But their hungry and greedy gazes are chilling.

Li Po didn't have any nonsense, and rushed out directly like a leopard.

With a single knife, he knocked the man who had just spoken to the ground and slit his throat with his hand.

The two men shouted in panic, but they rushed up, and the sticks struck down with the sound of the wind.

Li Po grabbed it sideways, plunged a knife into one person's chest, snorted, and lifted the screaming person with one hand, threw it out, and knocked the other person to the ground.

After taking two steps, he stepped on the chest of the man who was struggling to get up, and with a creak, the crisp cracking sound of bones resounded clearly in the forest.

In the dark, Li Po accurately stabbed the other party's neck, ending his pain.

Killing three people in a row in an instant, in the dark, Li Po raised the knife in his hand, smelled the faint smell of blood, and frowned.

The cries of women and children made the place noisy in an instant.

But the deterrent effect of death was extremely strong, and several other adult men did not dare to step forward, but they were tormented by cold and hunger for a long time, but they were reluctant to leave.

Li Po gave them the final blow.

He grabbed three corpses one after another, threw them in front of them, and yelled, "Get out." ”

The homeless people quickly dispersed and re-disappeared into the dark mountain forest, they took with them three corpses, and it was likely that there would be no funeral, and the fresh meat would keep them alive for a while.

After that, it may be a child, a woman, and this will continue until they die or gradually adapt to life in the mountains.

That's not something Li Po needs to care about, along the way, he has witnessed a lot of tragedies in the world, as long as he doesn't get out of this mountain forest, he will see a lot.

In fact, he is now a member of this jungle, but he can barely control his own destiny.

(A few more chapters today, tomorrow I will go to the starting point author salon, and I will break off the change for about a week, please forgive me.) ）