The northern grassland in the golden autumn, the sky is high and the water is cool, Yang Hao and Xiaoyu have been walking on this endless grassland for a whole month, since they were rescued by the flag army in Yanzhou, Yang Hao swore a poisonous oath, he will never step into the land of the Tang Dynasty again in this life and this life, although the homeland is close, but there is no nostalgia, the abandonment of the boss, the betrayal of the subordinates, the death of the allies, these are really nothing, what really hurts Yang Hao's heart is the betrayal of Guan Suo and Qing'er at the same time,

When Meng Ming, Yu Yanlu, Cheng Keling and others would rather unload their armor and return to the field than cooperate with Wen Shimao, when the teachers and students of the Fengzhou Economic and Military Colleges burned the school buildings and fled into Yinshan for Kou, when the inner temple swore to defend the city to the last soldier, Guan Suo took Qing'er and left Fengzhou to Chang'an without saying goodbye, with the help of Guan Suo, Xiao Mingyue found out the details of Yang Hao in just half a month, and the camp was empty for many years, and the gold and silver that Baoli Society scavenged from Fengzhou was no less than three million taels, and Mao Fulin only got two hundred thousand taels of gold and silver with all his efforts，

Fengzhou is ruined, everything is like a dream, this dream is extremely hard, waking up may be a relief, Yang Hao after waking up is often tormented by a nightmare, in the dream he learned the art of flying, as long as he silently recites the mantra can fly off the ground four or five feet high, as long as the two feet swing gently like walking, you can walk in the air,

You can cross the mist-shrouded mountains, cross the rushing rivers, and wander over the flowery city, but every time it doesn't take long, a black dog will bark at you on the ground, loud as a lion's roar, and the black dog will suddenly fly up and pounce on him with a grin......

Yang Hao kept screaming and woke up from the dream, in a cold sweat, and then sat for a long time and was speechless, whenever this time, Xiaoyu would twist a wet towel to wipe his sweat, she would never say more in this situation, she was so silently by Yang Hao's side, never abandoned, and finally one day, Yang Hao said to her: "I am now a prisoner of the imperial court, I can't stay in the Tang Dynasty, I want to go to Beihai to live in seclusion, are you willing to go with me." ”

Xiaoyu asked, "Will you take me there?" ”

Yang Hao smiled: "What else do I have besides you, I would like you to go." ”

Xiao Yu also smiled and said, "Now I have nowhere to go except you, so let's follow you." ”

In this way, Yang Hao and Xiaoyu appeared on the prairie in disguise, along the way they chose a deserted and uninhabited place to walk, although they suffered a lot, but also caused a lot of trouble, at the last moment of leaving the Tang Dynasty, Yang Hao went to a small market town to spend all the gold and silver, and bought some necessities for a secluded life:

one bow, fifty feathered arrows; axes for chopping wood, knives for chopping wood; a few boning knives; two scimitars for self-defense; two daggers, one for himself and one for the small fish; two shovel heads of different sizes; a bundle of hemp rope; a few pieces of linen; a pair of tents, blankets; two iron pots; fire sickles for ignition; a pot of lamp oil; Thirty pounds of salt, and four mules and horses, two horses to ride, two horses to carry things, and Xiaoyu also bought some things she thought were necessary, needlework, hairpins, rouge powder, tooth cleaning powder, and some things for women,

The two of them seemed to be walking aimlessly north, and they also encountered some nomadic tribes along the way, some were friendly and hospitable, and some were rude and even hostile, and several times those fierce knights wanted to turn the two into their slaves, but they were all resolved by Yang Hao with skill, and there was finally no danger.

After walking on the grassland for a whole month, I finally arrived at a grassland that is inaccessible, and walked for more than ten days and never saw any traces of human activity around, here is full of dense turns of woods that can lead to the sky, there are some savanna sandwiched between the woods, the grass on the grassland is waist-deep, and in the grass are flocks of wild sheep, elk, white rabbits and all kinds of wild birds that cannot be named, the overlord here is the tiger and black bear that do not come out of the woods, but according to Yang Hao's observation, their number is very scarce,

Xiao Yu saw that the sky was getting bluer and bluer, and the night was getting longer and longer, and asked Yang Hao in surprise: "Aren't we going to the edge of the sky?" Yang Hao said with a smile: "Nonsense again, where is the edge of the sky, this is only three or four thousand miles away from Chang'an, and it should not be far from the Beihai where Su Wu shepherds." ”

Xiao Yu had heard the story of Su Wu shepherding sheep in the burlesque, and had long known that Beihai was a very distant place, but now that he heard that he was near Beihai, he was both excited and nervous.

In fact, Yang Hao didn't know the exact location he was in, he mobilized his limited geographical knowledge, according to the analysis of the vegetation along the way, and came to the conclusion that he was already on the northern edge of the Mongolian Plateau, and then it should be the ancient and uninhabited Siberia, thinking that millions of kilometers away from the deserted and deserted without a person, Yang Hao's heart trembled, there was holy and quiet, no one disturbed, no one had all the troubles of the world, but that was a place where people could stay,

The cold cold, the most terrible enemy of mankind, is waiting for him in that eternal wasteland, as long as he steps into his clutches, he will have no physiology, Yang Hao decided to stop here,

He wants to find a suitable place to build a crypt, easy to get water, easy to find fuel, leeward and sunny, of course, the winter around the polar region is forever dark night, the day here will be very short, and the sunshine will be very little, this Yang Hao gave Xiaoyu a preventive injection in advance, so as not to make a fuss when she comes,

After seven days of searching, Yang Hao decided to settle down on a grassland backed by a forest, this grassland is located in the middle of two forests, the area is two kilometers long from east to west, one kilometer wide from north to south, the center of the grassland is a small river more than ten meters wide, the river water is very clear, you can often see fat fish swimming in groups, there is a mound of two or three zhang high half a mile north of the small river, the soil slope is surrounded by thorns, the soil here is very dry, and the texture is also good, it is very suitable for digging caves here,

Backed by the forest can solve the problem of firewood, the forest can also block a part of the cold wind, facing the river, easy to get water, when the food is insufficient, you can also break the ice to catch fish, the soil of the soil slope is very suitable for digging burrows, the surrounding thorn bushes can block the invasion of fierce beasts, the grassland, the forest is very rich in prey, and they have not seen people, it is very easy to hunt,

Food, drink, and shelter are available, and safety is also guaranteed, this is a good place to live in seclusion, but Yang Hao knows very well that his biggest enemies now are not these, but the severe cold, the cold of Siberia, and people with a little common sense know what is going on.

It is less than a month before the harsh winter comes, Yang Hao must prepare everything before this, first he must dig a crypt that can survive the winter, Xiaoyu is very puzzled about digging the crypt, according to her idea, it is better to build a small cabin with wood at her fingertips, which is both beautiful and practical, Yang Hao patiently explained to her: the time is too tight, and he is not sure that he will create a wooden house in a month, and the wind here in winter is very strong, and the wooden house is easy to be blown down by the wind, which is one, second, the winter here is long and cold, Wooden houses are not good for keeping warm, and in the end, the wild beasts of the forest may come to visit at any time, and wooden houses are not suitable for defense against predators.

Xiaoyu was soon convinced, Yang Hao's excavation work was immediately launched, before that, Yang Hao hunted a fat sheep, skinned it and handed it to Xiaoyu, who was responsible for handcuffing the mutton and cooking haggis soup, Yang Hao began to dig day and night, the work progressed very quickly, three or four days of work, the soil bag Chaoyang side dug out a long two zhang five, two zhang wide, eight feet deep pit, the big pit is divided into four parts, and the parts are separated by an earthen wall,

The largest of the four parts is the bedroom and living room, next to the storage room is the storage room, the opposite side of the storage room is the firewood room and toilet, the outermost one is the courtyard, you can climb out of the basement along the soil steps, Yang Hao dug a fire pit in the center of the bedroom, let it dry naturally, but unfortunately failed, the kang hole collapsed after the air dried, Yang Hao had to dig the fireplace on the soil wall, because the soil was a little loose, and it took three in a row to succeed,

In the outer room, Yang Hao originally left steps with soil, which was used as a ladder to enter the hole from the ground, but later thought that the soil steps took up too much space, so he changed it to a wooden ladder, and the saved space was used to stack dry firewood and hang air-dried prey.

When the crypt was dug and waiting for the shade to dry, Yang Hao went to the forest to cut wood, and used straight cedar as the pillars and beams to support the roof, he soaked the peeled bark in the small river, and after a period of time, the bark was fished out and dried and softened to make a rope, and the pillars and beams were tied firmly, and then a small piece of wood was stacked layer by layer to form the roof of the basement, and then a thick layer of bark was covered on the roof to prevent the ash from falling.

After the bark is paved, pour a layer of thin mud, when the thin mud will be dry and not dry, spread a thick layer of white thatch on it, the thatch is used to keep warm, the white thatch is paved and then poured a layer of thin mud, the thin mud is covered with a layer of fine pine branches, the pine branches are fixed and flattened and then poured with thin mud, and finally the thatch is covered on the thin mud, sprinkled with fine sand, and the roof of the whole basement is more than a foot thick.

In order to shelter from the wind and snow, a wooden triangular roof was built at the exit of the basement house.

The project of the basement house was finally completed before the first heavy snowfall, Yang Hao tried, it is quite convenient to climb in and out, the only drawback is that the light in the house is too dim, after everything is ready, Yang Hao made a flag with a bright red cloth and inserted it in the back of the basement house, which is used as a sign, so as not to find the way home when going out hunting,

After the problem of living was solved, Yang Hao began to store food for the winter, fat sheep and deer were constantly carried back from the forest, Yang Hao peeled off the skin and handed it to Xiaoyu, who was responsible for cutting the meat into one by one, hanging it on the wooden frame in front of the house into jerky,

Unless you hunt right under your nose, Xiaoyu must go with you, the edge of the big forest is in crisis, Yang Hao naturally doesn't worry about leaving her alone, on the other hand, although the two of them can't say a few words all day long, but no one can do without anyone, their relationship has gone beyond the bond of love, and has become a lifelong companion who depends on each other,