Bai Chun was panting heavily, I don't know when he had quietly approached the place where Li Hong was fighting, one of the only two men in black left, was instantly stunned when he saw Bai Chun's figure, and without waiting for him to remind his companions next to him, Bai Chun raised the swallow-winged crossbow in his hand and swished.

The swift and fast arrow was like a meteor catching the moon, and instantly fixed on the forehead of the man in black, so that he didn't even have time to dodge, and fell straight down.

The rest of the black-clothed people heard the sound of breaking the air behind their heads, and as soon as they turned around, they felt a chill on their necks, and when they saw Bai Chun, they also fell straight down holding their necks.

Li Hongchong, who was a little pale, gave Bai Chun a thumbs up, then stepped forward to take Bai Chun's hand, gasped for a while and said, "We can't go back the way we came, we must continue to move forward." ”

There was not a lot of moonlight in the forest, but it did not affect the two of them looking at each other's eyes, Bai Chun trembled and held Li Hong's hand tightly, this was her first real killing, and she could still hear it, her heart was beating violently.

Smelling the smell of blood that began to emanate from the forest, Bai Chun didn't even have time to rest, so he was pulled by Li Hong and continued to walk forward.

"There's no way to rest here, the smell of blood may attract fierce beasts, and then we will be in big trouble." Li Hong glanced at Bai Chun, who was tired and wanted to collapse to the ground the next moment, said.

I don't know if it's true or not, Bai Chun, after hearing these words, can only grit her teeth and be led forward by Li Hong, she still knows a little about the concealment of wild beasts in the dense forest, if you want to sneak attack them, I'm afraid it will be easy to get nine out of ten.

The two of them shuttled between the dense forests that seemed to have no end, and there were too many towering trees, and their vision was blocked, so they couldn't tell the direction clearly for a while, so they could only identify a direction and move forward firmly.

Tired and helpless after a night of shuttle, especially from time to time to hold, carry, and lead Bai Chun forward, when the two walked out of the dense forest, they found that the sky was already bright, and in the dense forest behind them, there was still a dim and hazy night.

"Where is this?" Bai Chun's helmet had been lifted in his hand, with a red hairband on his forehead, and his beautiful and delicate cheeks were full of exhaustion, and he was tired of hanging his whole body on Li Hong, and asked weakly.

"I don't know, but it's true that we're facing the East." Li Hong looked at the rising sun and said lightly.

"What then? Where do we go now? Have they escaped now? Bai Chun began to remember that lawlessness, as long as they found reinforcements, he and His Highness could be saved.

"Now we don't have to think about them, let's think about what we should do." Li Hong continued to walk along a narrow path that looked like a road but not like a road.

When the two of them were three poles above the sun, they crossed a mountain that did not look very high and not very far away, and stood halfway up the mountain and looked into the distance, and found that there was nothing but a mountain.

The flat land farther away, and the curling smoke rising from the foot of the mountain, still made them feel a little joy and stability.

Three days later, in the innermost part of the small mountain village at the foot of the mountain, a wooden house that had been uninhabited for a long time, abandoned for a long time, leaking wind and rain everywhere, had become completely new.

The hemp paper on the window has also been replaced with a new one, and a newly made door is being opened by Bai Chun at the moment, listening intently to see if there is still any abnormal noise.

In the innermost part of the house, there was a simple bed, on which in addition to the dry grass wool was washed several layers of thick cotton cloth, which had long since lost its original color, and which she used as a sheet.

A quilt is the biggest surprise for Li Hong and Bai Chun for three days, after Bai Chun has been washing it several times in a row in the past few days, at least now in her eyes, it looks like "new".

To the surprise of the two, this quilt turned out to be a thick, fluffy cotton quilt.

This is still the family in the mountain village, who bought cotton after saving for many years, and has been reluctant to use it, ready to wait for the first snow, and then take it out for warmth.

I didn't want to be taken away by a pair of young men and women who suddenly came three days ago and exchanged them for a beautiful earring.

But even so, the villagers were still very happy, and asked the only man who knew how to read and read thirty miles away, and had seen the world.

Mr. said: Don't say it's a pair, it's just that this earring is enough to buy all the people in his family, people only need you a quilt and cotton mattress, you are making a lot of money!

So the villagers happily put this earring into their arms like their own life, and under the leadership of Mr., they entered the city satisfied, planning to sell this earring, and then add some necessary things for the family to spend the winter.

But in Bai Chun's eyes, no matter how beautiful the earrings are, they can't match this warm quilt, not to mention that there is only one left.

And the other one, I was afraid that it had been lost when I was shuttling between the mountains and forests, so the only earring left seemed even more indifferent in her eyes.

Since His Highness said that he would exchange it for some useful daily necessities, it would naturally be the best thing for her.

The tamped loess under the feet was also swept by Bai Chun tirelessly, sprinkling water I don't know how many times, until the sweep was about to make the tamped loess shine, and then I was satisfied with it.

At this time, looking at the room that was picked up by himself and had a little warm home, Bai Chun's heart was full of a sense of achievement, walking back and forth to look at his achievements, and his demeanor was very proud.

But except for a bed, the whole room could barely fit a table made of tree roots and two simple small benches.

And all this, including the bed, was made by Li Hong in the past two days, going up the mountain to cut wood, with the help of a few villagers.

He looked at the house he had cleaned up with great satisfaction, and then walked to the door again, stepped on the threshold that didn't seem to be too strong, and saw that under his gravity, he didn't waver, and suddenly shook his head and was extremely excited.

Li Hong, who was in the distance, said goodbye to several villagers, and then carried two hares in his hands, carrying a bow and crossbow and a bundle of firewood, looking at Bai Chun who was looking at him at the door, and showed a faint smile.

A trickle of water flowed down from the mountain, straight past the door of Li Hong and Bai Chun's "home", the sky was blue, the white clouds floated quietly like cotton, dotted the sky, and the stream that had not yet been completely frozen continued to flow downwards with a brisk sound.

A gray and white hare skin was completely peeled off by Li Hong, and then hung on a branch of a tree to dry in the sun.

After watching Li Hong's figure from the house and walking to the south wall, and hanging up the hare skin, Bai Chun ran out of the house in a hurry, followed Li Hong to the side of the stream, and watched Li Hong clean the rabbit meat.

I saw these dead rabbits, but I didn't dare to look at the rabbits jumping around, the sad eyes before dying, and the weak dying, so when Li Hong slaughtered the hare just now, Bai Chun quickly hid in the room.

While watching Li Hong skillfully dismember the hare, he looked at the clear stream and asked, "You said that earring...... Will they really take it and sell it in the city? ”

"I guess so." Li Hong stopped what he was doing, asked Bai Chun to wipe off a trace of blood on his nose, and continued to speak: "This small mountain village is less than twenty or thirty households, I have been all over in the past two days, the family is rich, it belongs to the family that changed the quilt, although the people in the mountain village are illiterate, but the male owner of that family is the only one who has followed the people from other villages into the city, seeing that the freezing is about to arrive, I have exchanged this quilt, and they will naturally find a way to sell the earring." ”

Bai Chun nodded silently, and suddenly looked at the clear stream, the free fish floated over, and immediately said excitedly: "Look, there are several small fish." ”

Li Hong looked at Bai Chun, who was as excited as a child, smiled knowingly, and said while busy working on the hare in his hand: "Let's see if I can use the fat of these hares to catch a few of them." ”

"Why don't you just go down and catch it? It looked as if they were frozen in the water, and their movements were slow. Bai Chun looked at Li Hong and asked rhetorically.

Li Hong's face sank, and he wiped his red hands that were frozen by the stream in the stream, and then touched the white cheeks with water droplets, and said angrily: "You go down and show me." ”

"Ah...... Cool. Bai Chun's beautiful cheeks, after feeling the cold temperature on Li Hong's hands, immediately stroked his cheeks and jumped away, looking at Li Hong angrily.

Li Hong looked at the coquettish Bai Chun, and said, "You know that it is cold, and you still let me go down to the river to catch fish?" What is the intention? ”

"Oh, the slave is just talking, haven't you just forgotten that the stream is cold?" Bai Chun raised his beautiful chin high, and then squatted beside Li Hong again, tentatively put his hand into the flowing stream, and then quickly withdrew it like an electric shock, and said in surprise: "So cold? It's just a biting bite. ”

"This is a mountain spring, flowing down from the mountain, how can it be warm? When you thought it was in the palace. Li Hong said angrily, handed the cleaned rabbit meat to Bai Chun, and then after Bai Chun took the rabbit meat with both hands, he wiped his hands on Bai Chun's body casually.

This move immediately provoked Bai Chun, whose hands were occupied, to be coquettish for a while, and stamped her feet to protest against Li Hong wiping her hands with her clothes.

Looking at Bai Chun snorting and putting the fish away, Li Hong, who was basking in the mild sun, suddenly asked: "Xingyang, Dengfeng, including Zhengzhou, can there be a branch of the Royal Bank?" Or is it a pawnshop or something? ”

"Yes, but not much, after Lin Shiling went to Tubo, all these expanding pawnshops and the like have been standardized, but it's not very clear whether there are our pawnshops here." Bai Chun walked out of the house, holding another small bench in his hand, sat beside Li Hong, and said lightly.