In the twelfth year of Tianfu, at the beginning of July.

Uncle Fenglei, the owner of Fenglei Village, led five thousand elite Fengleizhai warriors and five hundred beast riders, defeated Zhangtongzhai, and the Shufeng Thunder Array beheaded Zhang Tongyu in Zhangtongwa, Wang Fang chose to return to Shunfeng Leizhai after weighing the pros and cons, and many Zhangtongzhai warriors finally joined the camp of Fengleizhai.

So far, Shu Fenglei has successfully recovered Zhangtongzhai.

And to the east of Yunzhou, closest to the Yunhao Mountain Range, Su Jingchen and Xie Chao were walking through the dim and damp dense forest.

Xie Chao scratched his greasy hair, and looked up at the Yunhao Mountain that went straight into the sky, it seemed to be close at hand, but when he really set foot on the road to the Yunhao Mountain, he couldn't go to the end.

Many roads in this world are probably like this, when you think that you are only one step away from the end of the road, the distance of that step, the tribulations in the middle will be countless.

Su Jingchen walked silently behind Xie Chao, except when necessary, Su Jingchen rarely took the initiative to speak, but Xie Chao chattered all the way, and the words kept on and on, as if his mouth would never dry.

"Lao Xie, are we coming?" Su Jingchen suddenly asked.

"It's almost there," Xie Chao agreed impatiently, waving his knife to cut through the huge fern leaves that were blocking in front of him, "It seems that there are still five miles at most, and we will really reach the first stockade under the Cloud Mountains." ”

"But I remember...... That's what you said an hour ago. Su Jingchen raised his hand to wipe off the fine beads of sweat on his forehead, the hot and humid rainforest in Yunzhou was tormenting their body and mind all the time, coupled with the long journey, the physical strength of the two of them was about to reach the limit, they must quickly find a place to rest, but they must not stay in the forest, the best choice is to find the nearest village, go there and rest, and the worst, also find a slightly higher place in the forest and make a fire to prevent insects and snakes from attacking.

"Don't worry, this time it must be." Xie Chao turned around and smiled at Su Jingchen, with a confident look.

"I hope so." Su Jingchen said angrily.

"Speaking of which, what about the little leopard?" Xie Chao suddenly asked again.

"You say Xiaobai?" Su Jingchen quickened his pace and followed behind Xie Chao, "I don't know, I haven't seen him since I saw him once the day I woke up." ”

"Hey, that's really a little cub with no conscience," Xie Chao couldn't help laughing, "Anyway, you also saved it, they all said that this wind and thunder leopard was born with spirits, why didn't I see it when I came to you." ”

"That's not a rescue," although Su Jingchen looked indifferent, he was still a little lost in his heart, I don't know why, he always regarded the wind thunder leopard he called Xiaobai as his friend, "Aren't these creatures in Yunzhou supposed to like freedom?" If he had followed me, or if I had forced him with me, he would probably not have been happy. ”

Xie Chao was stunned for a moment, and smiled dumbly, the person selected by Mr. is really different.

The two of them were silent, listening to the rustle of the leaves blown by the wind and the chirping of insects at their feet all the way forward, about another hour passed, a deep ravine suddenly appeared in front of them, this ravine about three zhang deep and ten zhang wide extended from the foot of Yunhao Mountain to the hinterland of Yunzhou, the ravine was covered with gravel and mud around it, but the strange thing is that although there is a ravine, there is no water inside, according to the weather in Yunzhou, the rain should soon be able to fill this ravine.

Thanks to the blessing of this ravine, their vision is final

It became more open, and they were finally able to really see the foot of the Cloud Mountain.

"It's faster than expected," Xie said with a big laugh, "but to get to Yunhao Mountain, the distance is estimated to be more than ten miles." ”

"I wonder if there are a few rooms there?" Su Jingchen pointed to the end of the ravine and said in the direction of Yunhao Mountain.

Xie Chao narrowed his eyes and looked carefully for a long time before he vaguely recognized the outlines of two similar wooden houses, "It should be, I remember that there is a small village around here." ”

As he spoke, Xie Chao turned around again and asked, "Can you see so far away?" Your eyesight is so good? ”

"It's okay, I just caught a casual glimpse, and I thought it looked like it, so I told you."

"Then let's go," Xie Chao looked up at the sky, dark clouds were sweeping from the south, and after a while, it was estimated that it would be another heavy rain, "try to get to that village before the rain falls." ”

Romance

"Well, let's go."

The two were about to leave, when suddenly there was a strange movement in the bushes behind them, and they were getting closer and closer to them.

"Not good!" Xie Chao's face turned pale, he dragged Su Jingchen and took him out of the forest, and then the two of them stood on the edge of the ravine, watching the thing approach them little by little.

Su Jingchen silently took off his bow and put on the arrow, while Xie Chao raised his scimitar to chop the fern leaves, and kept on guard together.

A white shadow flashed between the gaps in the bushes, and Su Jingchen suddenly smiled and put down his bow.

"What's wrong?" Xie Chao was puzzled.

"It's Xiaobai!" Su Jingchen turned his head and smiled at Xie Chao.

"Are you sure?" Xie Chao still didn't dare to put down the knife in his hand.

Su Jingchen put away his bow unhurriedly, "I don't believe you." ”

As soon as the words fell, the little wind thunder leopard suddenly burrowed out of the bushes, it was like a white lightning, the speed was unbelievably fast, it rushed to Su Jingchen's side, and roared at him twice, probably to express its dissatisfaction.

Su Jingchen squatted down, smiled and touched its little head, it seemed to have grown up a little since the last time we met.

"You've grown up again." Su Jingchen picked it up, its white fur was not stained with a little dirt because of shuttling in the forest, and its almost transparent long beard was swinging gently, and then, it suddenly broke free of Su Jingchen's hand, skillfully crawled along his arm to his shoulder, glanced at Xie Chao there, and then got into Su Jingchen's arms.

Su Jingchen smiled bitterly, turned to Xie Chao and said, "Let's go." ”

......

Half an hour later, the two finally arrived at the small village built on the edge of the ravine, the village is not big, there are more than a dozen families in total, the scattered bamboo buildings and wooden houses are hidden among the trees, far away, Su Jingchen saw the smoke curling in the village, the hunters who returned late were full of loads, and the children who had been waiting in front of the house saw their father, happily threw themselves into their father's arms, hugged their father's thighs, and the father handed the prey in his hands to the children, let them take them into the house, and let their mother deal with it.

This small village, quiet and peaceful, seems to have been rubbed down from the picture scroll, Su Jingchen watched from a distance, and was not even willing to step forward, afraid that his sudden intrusion would break this beautiful picture.

Xie Chao was unceremoniously, he pushed Su Jingchen's shoulder, motioned to him, and then went straight forward, as if he was going to talk to the hunter, Su Jingchen had no choice but to follow.

As soon as he opened his mouth, Xie Chao said it smoothly

He explained his intention to the hunter and asked him if he could spend the night in the stockade.

"You two are from Zhongzhou?" The hunter looked at Su Jingchen and Xie Chao as he spoke, but it was not surprising that Xie Chao would speak Yunzhou Yayan.

"Yes," Xie Chao replied with a smile, "I came to Yunzhou with this friend to travel and see the customs of Yunzhou." ”

The hunter nodded, not doubting what Xie Chao said, he pondered for a moment and said, "Then you come with me." ”

Xie Chao thanked him, dragged Su Jingchen, and kept up with the hunter's footsteps.

The hunter arranged them in his own utility room, the utility room hung air-dried fur, and firewood of different sizes, of course, even the utility room, there was no lack of fire, the hunter said, there is no extra room in the village, and the utility room is the largest in his own home, so he had to wronged them to stay here for one night, Xie Chao smiled and said that it was okay, and thanked the hunter, and waited for the hunter to leave, they turned around and approached the utility room.

Although it was a utility room, it was not much smaller than the house where they lived, but it was full of things all around, air-dried meat, furs, some common farm tools, and a rusty wood knife. The hostess of the house is probably a person who loves cleanliness, and even this utility room does not have much dust, so she should come to clean it regularly.

Xie Chao put down his bag, took two pieces of firewood, walked to the fire pond and planned to start a fire, Su Jingchen also unburdened himself, sat down on the ground, and breathed a long sigh of relief.

"I can finally take a break."

"You can rest, Lao Tzu still has to make a fire," Xie Chao scolded and said, "Take out the air-dried chicken in the baggage first, and roast it later." ”

Su Jingchen moved his body a little reluctantly, opened Xie Chao's baggage, and took out the only remaining pound of chicken.

At this time, Xiaobai suddenly came out, walked up to the chicken that Su Jingchen opened, sniffed it gently, and opened its mouth to bite.

"Hey......" Su Jingchen wanted to stop it, but it was still a step too late, but looking at its appearance, it was probably really hungry, otherwise it probably wouldn't be able to look at this bit of air-dried chicken.

Then eat as you want, it's a big deal let's eat less tonight, get hungry, Su Jingchen thought.

When Xiaobai had eaten most of the chicken, Xie Chao had just lit the fire, he turned his head and said, "Hand over the chicken." ”

Su Jingchen had no choice but to bite the bullet and hand over the palm-sized chicken that was eaten by Xiaobai, Xie Chao took it and looked at it, and scolded, "Damn, why is there only so much left?" ”

Su Jingchen pointed to Xiao Bai beside him, smiled bitterly and didn't speak, Xie Chao had no choice but to sigh, before he could say anything, Xiao Bai suddenly ran out of the door and disappeared into the dense forest.

Xie Chao looked at the figure of the little wind thunder leopard that disappeared immediately, and said with a wry smile, "You dare to love you, you're just hungry to eat, right?" ”

"Then I'll have to wronged you tonight." Su Jingchen's voice was slightly apologetic.

"Alas, then I have to grieve myself." Xie Chao shook his head, skewered the remaining chicken with wooden sticks, and roasted it on the fire, looking at the flames that were gradually getting bigger, he suddenly began to hum the mountain song of Yunzhou again:

Lang is in the high mountains to look at Luo feeding

Sister is in the yo river

Lover's sister

......

At this time, a sudden knock on the door suddenly interrupted Xie Chao's singing.