Throwing off the pursuers, Liu Wei and Guan Qing turned around and marched all the way to the north.

The sun climbed higher and higher, and the coolness of the early morning was gradually dispelled by the sun, walking side by side with Guan Qing towards the north, Liu Wei raised his eyes and looked forward.

A phantom of a small village appeared in the distance, and seeing that phantom, Liu Wei turned his head to look at Guan Qing and asked her, "Are you hungry?" ”

Fighting with the Yellow Turban Army in the middle of the night, and running for many distances in a row, Guan Qing was already empty-stomached, hearing Liu Wei ask, she nodded subconsciously and said "um" softly.

"There's a village up ahead!" Raising his hand and pointing in the direction of the small village, Liu Wei said to Guan Qing: "The two of us will go into the village to have a look, maybe we can ask the people in the village for some food." ”

"Your Highness and the little girl are covered in blood, if there are people in the village, won't it frighten them?" While following Liu Biao in the direction of the village, Guan Qing looked down at the blood stains on his body, and said to Liu Bian with some trepidation.

......Looking at the small village in front of him, Liu Wei slowly shook his head and said to Guan Qing: "The most difficult thing in the war is not the soldiers who fight on the battlefield, nor the people in power who make war decisions, but the common people......"

"Even if there is no war, the life of the people will not be easy!" Walking side by side with Liu Wei, Guan Qing sighed lightly and said to him: "The farmer in the countryside lives all day facing the loess with his back to the sky, and finally survives until the autumn to harvest the grain, but he has to face all kinds of taxes and exploitation, and the whole family has worked hard for a year, and he can't even fill his stomach......

"Evil officials are rampant, and the gentry are too greedy!" Liu Wei's eyes narrowed slightly, his facial muscles twitched twice, and he gritted his teeth and said: "If the court is clear, it can still be suppressed, and if the court is mediocre, the people will be even more miserable......"

"Your Highness seems to know the life of the people very well!" As soon as Liu Wei said this, Guan Qing couldn't help but glance at him more, and said faintly: "If His Royal Highness hadn't been ...... by Dong Zhuo."

Having said this, Guan Qing felt as if he had said something wrong, and hurriedly closed his mouth, and when he looked at Liu Wei, his eyes showed a little apology.

Liu Wei didn't speak again, just turned his head to look at Guan Qing, and smiled at him very generously.

The village is getting closer and closer, and a few houses at the entrance of the village can be seen clearly.

Seeing that he was about to reach the village, Guan Qing's steps couldn't help but speed up a little, and he walked in front of Liu Wei.

"Wait!" As soon as she walked past Liu Bian, Liu Bian hurriedly stretched out his hand and grabbed her, led him to squat on the ground, and looked towards the small village that was already very close.

Pulled by Liu Wei and squatting on the ground, Guan Qing turned his head to look at him blankly, not knowing why he suddenly stopped his pace.

"There are no villagers in the village!" Looking at the village, Liu Wei lowered his voice and said to Guan Qing: "It's almost lunch time now, and there is no smoke rising in the village. Not only that, but if the villagers have to work in the fields on weekdays, even if it is not time to eat, there will be people coming and going to the entrance of the village......"

"Let's go!" Staring at the village for a while, he always felt that the village not far ahead was strange, Liu Wei beckoned to Guan Qing, and jumped to the west with his waist bent.

Liu Wei had already jumped out, and although Guan Qing was still a little puzzled that he didn't enter the village, he didn't ask too much, and followed him quickly to the west.

"Your Highness!" After running for nearly a mile, Guan Qing, who was following Liu Bian, turned his head to look at the small village that was far away, and shouted to Liu Bian: "Since there is no one in the village, why don't you go in and take a look?" There may also be some grains left behind by the villagers. ”

"No one is deserted, what else is left?" Liu Wei slowed down his pace, and while walking forward, he said to Guan Qing: "If the villagers leave on their own, they will definitely bring enough rations." Food is so expensive, who would be willing to throw it away? If the village is looted by yellow turbans or officers and soldiers, it will be looted, and there will be nothing else in the village except empty houses! ”

After Liu Wei said this, thinking of the past incident of following the Yellow Turban Army to sack the village, Guan Qing suddenly realized, nodded in agreement, and didn't say anything more.

When I saw the small village, I thought I could ask for some food, but I didn't expect that the village had already been empty. Liu Wei and Guan Qing couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.

Far away from the village, what appeared in front of Liu Wei and Guan Qing along the way was an empty field with no end in sight.

The wilderness here is different from the wilderness that Liu Wei has walked in the past, the wilderness he has walked in is full of weeds, and it is easy to find a place to hide.

But here, it is a barren place, except for the occasional patch of wasteland with weeds, and only a piece of loess is left in front of the two of them.

The warm fumigated wind blew on Liu Wei and Guan Qing's faces, making both of them feel hot and dry.

"Yikes!" As he was walking, Guan Qing beside Liu Wei suddenly let out a scream, jumped behind Liu Wei, and tugged at his shirt tightly with both hands, as if he saw something particularly terrible, and he couldn't stop trembling.

Fighting on the battlefield, Guan Qing was not as afraid as this. Liu Wei has always thought that she is a woman who is not afraid of heaven and earth, but her reaction at this moment really made Liu Wei feel confused, and he couldn't figure out what scared her like this.

"Snake!" Just when Liu Wei was about to open his mouth to ask her what he saw, Guan Qing hid behind him, stretched out his hand and pointed forward, trembling and said, "There is a snake in front!" ”

Knowing that it was a snake that scared Guan Qing into this appearance, Liu Wei suddenly had black lines on his head, turned his head to look at her, and said softly: "From the night to the present, the belly is empty, isn't there a snake on the road a delicacy sent by God?" Take care of the girl and wait, and the king will go and catch it and share it with the girl. ”

"Your Royal Highness, that's a snake ......" Obviously, Guan Qing has a fear of snakes from the bottom of his bones, Liu Bian said that he was going to catch a snake, she opened her eyes in horror, and said to Liu Bian with trembling: "If you are bitten......

"Will die!" Liu Wei smiled slightly, grabbed Guan Qing's little hand, gently pulled her hand away from the placket, turned his head and glanced in the direction that Guan Qing was pointing just now, and sure enough, he saw a snake lying in the field in a ball, and then said to her: "Don't worry, there is not a car of snakes caught by this king, at least two or three baskets, and I will never let it bite." ”

After reassuring Guan Qing, Liu Wei turned around and walked towards the snake.

The sound of Liu Bian's walking alarm the snake lying on the field, and when Liu Bian walked to a place only four or five steps away from it, it suddenly raised its head, its small triangular head was facing Liu Bian, and a pair of eyes the size of mung beans but as black as black ink stared at Liu Bian who was approaching it.

Coiled on the ground is a venomous snake that is relatively short and thick compared to other snake species, and has an earthy yellow color all over its body.

Liu Wei, who has experienced survival in the wild countless times, is very familiar with this snake. This snake is called the short-tailed pit pit and is distributed everywhere, and because it is similar to the sharp-nosed pit commonly known as the five-step snake, there are many places where people mistake it for the five-step snake.

The short-tailed pit is not as venomous as its close relative, the sharp-nosed pitper, and it is no fun to bite into it.

Seeing the poisonous snake raise its head towards him, Liu Wei slowed down and slowly approached the poisonous snake.

Every time Liu Wei got closer to the poisonous snake, Guan Qing, who was watching from afar, would tremble and violent. She is not afraid of fighting on the battlefield, and she is not even afraid of facing blood and death, but she has an innate fear of all kinds of snakes, which is extremely difficult to overcome deep in the bone marrow, even if it appears in front of her, it is just a non-venomous water snake, which will make her tremble and her legs weak.

Seeing that Liu Wei was only two steps away from the poisonous snake, Guan Qing was already soaked with sweat, and the sweat was mixed with the dried blood stains on his clothes, and the blood stains were soaked in dampness, which made Guan Qing feel sticky and uncomfortable.

But she didn't have much energy to pay attention to the feeling of glue on her body, and her beautiful eyes stared at Liu Wei who was about to catch a snake.

Squatting in front of the pit viper, Liu Wei slowly raised his right hand, stretched out his index finger and slowly circled in front of the pit viper's eyes.

At first his index finger circled slowly, but later, it became faster and faster, and the triangular head of the pit viper swayed in circles with the movement of his fingers.

Suddenly, the pit viper seemed to react that it had been teased by Liu Bian, Xinzi spit out, and the snake's head jumped up like lightning towards Liu Bian's rapidly circling fingers.

At this moment, Liu Wei hooked his wrist, and the index finger and thumb of his right hand were clamped below the pit viper's head.

As Liu Bian's two fingers slammed into force, the pit viper's head jumped forward like lightning and suddenly stopped its momentum, and Liu Wei pinched less than an inch below the snake's head.

pinched the snake's head, Liu Wei did not delay at all, pressed the snake's head to the ground, pulled out the short sword at his waist with his left hand, and stabbed the blade into the snake's head.

The sharp blade stabbed into the triangular snake's head, making a bone-splitting sound.

The dagger pierced through the snake's head and plunged deep into the dirt. The head was nailed to the ground by the short sword, the poisonous snake did not die for a while, and its body was still writhing, but its writhing force was still very strong at first, but later, it gradually lost much strength.

Looking at the poisonous snake that was writhing and becoming more and more powerless, Liu Wei licked his lips, as if he was looking at a plate of extremely delicious food.

And Guan Qing, who was standing not far away and watched the entire snake catching process, was still trembling, and wanted to walk towards Liu Wei, but when he saw the poisonous snake that was nailed to the head of the snake and writhing on the ground with a short sword, he couldn't muster up the courage to take a step.

"It doesn't bite anymore!" Turning his head and smiling at Guan Qing, Liu Wei beckoned to her and said to her: "The pit viper has a lot of oil, if it is boiled and eaten, the taste is really not very good, and it does not taste as good as the red snake." But at the moment, the two of us have nothing else to eat, so we have to make do with it to fill our stomachs! ”

"Snake ...... Can I eat it? Slowly rubbing in front of Liu Bian, Guan Qing looked frightened, dodged behind Liu Bian, looked at the pit viper that was nailed to the ground by the short sword, and the tail was still weakly whipping, and asked him timidly.

"Of course you can eat it!" With a smile on his face, Liu Wei squatted down, stretched out his hand and pulled out the short sword, cut off the snake's head, and said to Guan Qing while peeling the snake's skin: "If there is a casserole, it would be good to stew and eat." It's just that there is no casserole right now, so it seems that it can only be baked......"