The moonlight shone on the grassy road, and no one knew how long it had been untouched. However, this wide road can still vaguely distinguish the boundary, enough for two horses and carriages to gallop side by side, although it is deserted, but still silently in the cold night wind to prove the glory of its existence.

"Brother Chen, how is it eerie here." Li Qiu stretched out his hand and pulled the sleeve of Li Xinchen's shirt in front of him, the moonlight sprinkled on the two of them, and since the moon was already in the west, he could see a long shadow pulling out of the road.

Li Xinchen chuckled: "Are you afraid? ”

Li Qiu snorted at the barren grass on both sides of the road in front of him and the broken walls and ruins among the barren grass: "Look at this deserted village, who knows what happened here before, plus the wind blows at night, how can you not panic." ”

"You're really real," Li Xinchen smiled even more, stretched out his hand and patted him on the shoulder, "Let's go, even if there is a ghost, we have to walk over today, not to mention ······"

After a pause, Li Xinchen looked around: "As you said, the deserted village, the moonlight, and the night breeze are a little abnormal if they don't make people panic." ”

I don't know if Li Xinchen's words comforted Li Qiu, or if Li Qiu himself knew that it was useless to say anything, in short, this kid kept quiet, just swept around the surrounding darkness with a vigilant gaze, as if he was on guard against the enemy who might pop up at any time.

"We made a fuss for most of the night before, and we walked so far, and now it's almost dawn, and it is estimated that there will be no other villages further on, so let's rest here for a while." Li Xinchen said in a low voice, in fact, like Li Qiu, his hand was pressed on the short knife on his waist from beginning to end, this short knife that had drunk the blood of several bandits was ready to be unsheathed at any time.

The head of the gun that once belonged to Chen Qingzhi was cold, which made Li Xinchen subconsciously shiver. He knew that as long as he had the gun with him for a day, he would have to bear the burden of protecting the village for one day.

Li Cheng believed in him, and he had no choice even if he didn't believe in himself.

Just when Li Xinchen looked around, Li Qiu had already found a house that had not collapsed in the ruins of the broken wall with his hands and feet, this kid was still a little brainy, and kicked a few times with his foot outside, and saw that the wall was not moving, so he beckoned to Li Cheng: "Brother Chen, this place is clean, come and rest." ”

Li Xinchen nodded, and just wanted to take a step, when suddenly the grass on one side shook violently, and a black shadow suddenly burst out. Li Xinchen let out a low snort, the short knife in his hand was unsheathed, and he stabbed through the moonlight and cold wind, the previous fight with the bandits and the habit he had developed from years of hunting in the mountains made him react most quickly and correctly at the first moment of the attack.

"Whew!" The black shadow screamed, dodging the cold light, and disappeared into the grass in an instant.

"It's a dog!" Li Qiu, who heard the sound, strode over, slashing a few times with a knife in his hand, obviously startling this kid just now.

"I know," Li Xinchen frowned, "This dog suddenly rushed out, I'm afraid I saw that there was no sound just now." ”

"What do you mean?" Li Qiu was stunned for a moment.

Li Xinchen sighed and said what he didn't want to think about but probably the most true speculation: "This dog thought that so-and-so was dead, so he rushed over to eat meat." I just saw that so-and-so was alive, and I knew that it was not easy to provoke, so I went in an instant. ”

"This ······" Li Qiu's face changed drastically, and the sparse sound in the grass in the distance became more and more obvious, and he didn't know how many wild dogs were gathering, but it was obvious that their target was not the two big living people here.

Even if Li Xinchen is more courageous than Li Qiu, he has a chill down his spine at this time. In his previous life and present life, he had never seen such a fierce wild dog, and as for why these wild dogs were like this, it was needless to say.

Eating too much human flesh and seeing too much killing, it is impossible for this dog to be wild.

And just now it was not so much that they were afraid of Li Xinchen, but that they were afraid of the blade in Li Xinchen's hand, obviously these guys also knew that their food was killed by such a blade, so for people who had such a guy, they would be vigilant subconsciously.

"These wild dogs are not stupid, and the people around here should be looking for people who have died recently." Li Xinchen lowered his voice and said, "Then it means that this place has just been sacked by bandits or someone else we don't know has visited." ”

Li Qiu barely squeezed out a smile, if Li Xinchen had a torch in his hand at this time, he would find that his face was already pale and pale. In fact, Li Xinchen's situation is not much better than him. This was the first time for both of them.

And Li Qiu also knew that Li Xinchen was actually just looking for a reason to reassure the two of them. After all, these wild dogs around them are now eating corpses, so they will avoid them, but who knows if once these corpses around them are eaten clean, it will be the two of them who will be reduced to a meal next to the plate.

"Brother Chen, why don't we hurry up." Li Qiu's voice seemed to be squeezed out between his teeth, for fear that if he was louder, he would attract the attention of these wild dogs.

"You can't go any further." Li Xinchen exhaled softly, "It's not dawn yet, neither you nor I know what's ahead, at least these wild dogs don't care about us now, and even if they are in trouble, we can hide in the house, which can be regarded as having a support, and when we encounter a crazy wild dog in the wilderness, how can we stop it?" ”

Li Qiu had long been out of shape at this time, and since Li Xinchen said so, he just nodded mechanically. It's better to have someone come up with an idea than to wander around.

While cleaning up a clean place in the corner of the wall, Li Xinchen made a gesture at Li Qiu, asking him to take out the flint and set fire to the pile of firewood and grass that Li Xinchen had put together. Li Qiu didn't hesitate this time, at least this fire might be able to make the wild dogs go to fear.

And Li Xinchen's fire was burned in the middle of the house, and there were walls on both sides to shield it, which could avoid being discovered to a certain extent.

"We've been going back and forth all night, let's take turns to keep watch and rest for a while." Li Xinchen patted Li Qiu's shoulder, "I'll watch first, you go to sleep." ”

"Brother Chen······" Li Qiu obviously couldn't put his mind at ease.

Li Xinchen smiled slightly: "Gather enough strength to continue on the road." I don't know what we'll encounter tomorrow, but we can't let it go when we can rest. I'm here to watch you rest assured, I'll wake you up in a while. ”

After running in the mountains and fields with Li Xinchen for a long time, Li Qiu was already exhausted, and when he heard what Li Xinchen said, he breathed a sigh of relief slightly, leaned against the wall and fell asleep unconsciously.

And Li Xinchen shook his head vigorously to keep himself awake, quietly listening to the rustling of grass in the distance. What are those wild dogs still gnawing on······

"There are frozen bones on the road······" Li Xinchen sighed.