It was indeed Chen Xiaoyi who came back, but it was not alone, there were Li Yingxing and a few people in the back, the courtyard was opened, and the tired Li Yingxing and a few people were welcomed in, and the hot soup that had been prepared for a long time and the food that had been kept warm in the pot were brought out.

"Thank you." After chasing for a day, Li Yingxing was indeed hungry, this time he didn't object, took a bowl of rice and took a few bites, picked up a piece of fish meat and put it in his mouth, and then said to Chen Ping, "It tastes good, no wonder I want to open a store, when will it open, don't forget to say hello to me, I also want to rub some food." ”

Xu Wei and a few people were even more unbearable, they kept picking up rice in their mouths, and grabbed the fish, it was rare to have a meat in the county government on weekdays, and the fish was not so delicious.

"This fish has been caught in the water, it is alive, and it has been kept in the water. The county lieutenant killed a few of you when you left, but I don't know when you came back, and you have always kept it warm in the pot. Chen Pingdao, I didn't see any thieves, except for the scratches on the snow and branches, Li Yingxing and the others were not injured, and they must have been chased and lost.

The fish is stewed, cut some reed pieces and put it in, and then some pepper, sprinkle more than a dozen peppercorns, drip some vinegar, sprinkle some bean paste, numb and fragrant, there is no trace of fishy smell, it is the fish soup, scoop some, you can also eat a few bowls of dry rice.

The oil lamps were lit, and charcoal was added to the brazier.

After eating three bowls of dry rice in a row, there was nothing left in that pot of fish and soup, and Li Yingxing and the others stopped chopsticks.

"It's really enjoyable to eat, but it's a pity that the thief ran away." Li Yingxing patted his stomach, wiped his mouth, and said to Chen Xiaoyi and Liu, "There is a lot of disturbance." ”

"It's just a meal, if the county lieutenant likes to eat, he can come to the village more often." The county lieutenant, that's the official, Chen Xiaoyi hurriedly returned the courtesy, and said with some concern, "The thief is still in the mountains, will he go down the mountain and enter the village?" ”

Chen Xiaoyi just left the village, and on the way down to Tu Village at the foot of Liuhe Mountain, he met Li Yingxing and others. It's also a loss to see the fire, otherwise Li Yingxing and the others may have to take some time to find the direction out of the mountain.

"No, there are only two thieves, not from Liuhe County. They didn't have time to escape, and they dared to come down. Li Yingxing said, thought about it, and reminded again, "But these two people are fierce, it's better to be careful, don't go to the mountains in recent days, and close the doors and windows at night." If you notice an abnormality, be careful. ”

"Okay, okay." Of course, Chen Xiaoyi responded again and again.

"Okay, after coming out for so long, we ran away from the thieves, and we have to go back to the county office." Li Yingxing asked people to lead the horses at the wooden stake, and then nodded to Chen Ping, and led people to the county government at night.

The torch held by Chen Xiaoyi was also borrowed by him and held by Xu Wei.

"It's finally gone, and if they have a little more time, I'm afraid the whole family will have to be moved." When Li Yingxing and the others walked away, Chen Xiaoyi sighed and said to Chen Ping, who was snickering there, "Okay, I heard it just now, the thief hasn't been caught yet." Don't get up so early in the morning, now go and close the courtyard gates. ”

After washing, the family got on the kang and got into the warm quilt. Li Yingxing was just passing by, and he knew Chen Ping, which made Chen Xiaoyi and Liu worried.

"By July and August, I'm afraid the situation will be a hundred times worse than this." Lying on the kang, Chen Ping did not take off his clothes, looked at Chen An, who was sleeping next to him, quietly got off the kang, and tiptoed out of the door.

Chen Ping did not walk through the courtyard gate, but climbed over the fence wall and walked along the corner of the house to the east of the village in the dark.

The snow has long since stopped.

It didn't take long for Chen Ping to reach the place where he had been in front of Tianqu, and when he got closer, he found that the snowmen had been piled up and scattered, and there were still some horseshoe prints on the ground.

"Thankfully, I actually built a snowman." Chen Ping muttered, looked around, it was pitch black, and he couldn't see anything, jumped into the ditch, and dug up to the bottom of the snowman with both hands.

A head was exposed, cold as a dead man, it was Guan Chong, who had been stunned by Chen Ping's stone before.

"I don't know if I'm dead." Chen Ping probed Guan Chong's snort, and after a long time, he felt a trace of warmth on his fingers, "Life is really hard, count yourself lucky." ”

It's okay if you're angry.

Chen Ping then took Guan Chong's whole person out of the snow, did not move immediately, but took a piece of bamboo tube that he was carrying, poured some warm water on Guan Chong's face, and then poured out some for Chen Ping to rub his fingers.

When doing this, Chen Ping looked at Liuhe Mountain from time to time.

After a while, Chen Ping reached out to probe Guan Chong's snort, the breath was more powerful, but the exhaled breath was still cold, and the person was also in a semi-comatose state, that is, Chen Ping deliberately pressed down on the wound on his chest, and Guan Chong only hummed slightly.

Suddenly, Chen Ping stopped his movements and turned his head to stare at a dark spot in the field.

"Zhu Xie? If you don't want your companion to die, don't do anything stupid. Chen Ping said to the darkness, "I can't carry him away alone, he is so seriously injured, I don't know how much blood has been shed, plus the cold weather, he may die at any time." ”

In the field, a leaning figure got up and walked over with a large knife.

"How do you know me?" In the dark, it was not really visible, but Zhu Xie's figure looked taller than Guan Chong, and his voice was rough.

"Guan Chong said." Chen Ping waved his hand and instructed, "Now is not the time to worry about this, we have to change him to another place immediately." He's too heavy, I can't carry it, you come and carry it. ”

Zhu Xie stopped in the dark, as if looking at Chen Ping, Chen Ping didn't care, and continued to rub Guan Chong's body. Since Zhu Xie did not abandon Guan Chong and came back to find Guan Chong at the risk of being discovered, he would not let Guan Chong die here.

Raising his hand, the big knife pointed at Baitu Village in the dark, Zhu Xie said in a low voice: "I know that you are from this village, if I find out that you are lying to me, I will kill all the people in this village." ”

Chen Ping stopped, turned his head to look at Zhu Xie, and replied: "You don't have to wait until you kill the whole village, if I really lied to you, you and Guan Chong would be dead by now." ”

"Hmph." Zhu Xie snorted coldly, went down to the bottom of the ditch, and picked up Guan Chong, "If he dies, I will also slaughter this village." ”

"If you talk nonsense, he'll really die." Chen Ping said coldly, "Follow me." ”

The village must not be able to go back, the grandmother of the family does not know, and they can't let them know about it, and it is also a loss that Chen Ping led the way in front, and Zhu Xie followed, braving the snow into Liuhe Mountain.

Chen Ping was very fast, almost running, which made Zhu Xie, who was carrying a person behind him, tired enough, but he didn't dare to say more. If you delay for a moment, Guan Chong's life will be in danger.

Finally entered Liuhe Mountain, touched the road and walked for a few quarters of an hour, and when he arrived at a small stream, Zhu Xie was sweating profusely, and called out to Chen Ping in front: "Where are you going to take me?" Don't tell me there's someone here who can heal Chong's wounds. ”

"Who told you I was going to find someone to heal him? If you have broken the law, let people know about it, and you will definitely sue the officials, and you will also trouble me. Chen Ping said, "Follow this stream up the mountain, there is a cave in front of it, it is very hidden, let's go there first." ”