Chapter 40: Snow

For three days in a row, Su Junbao drove on the endless Northern Plains, leaving Qinghe County, and they really entered the sparsely populated Plains, where there may not be a single figure within a radius of hundreds of squares.

In fact, in the northernmost Mangyuan region, the so-called boundaries are determined by the areas around the city, and the areas where these people gather are often large areas of uninhabited land.

The land here is barren and the climate is cold, and there are no crops to grow, and only a few scattered nomadic tribes live tenaciously on this land.

If Su Junbao wanted to reach the capital of Fenglan Country, he had to pass through these sparsely populated plains.

Here, there was no one chasing them anymore, but Su Junbao found that they didn't live too peacefully because of this.

Here, because of the lack of control, the rules of human society have been greatly weakened, everything has returned to the most primitive state, and the law of the jungle is vividly embodied, and a large number of nomadic bandits have been born to make a living by plundering those nomadic tribes and pedestrians everywhere.

After only three days of walking, Su Junbao and the others encountered two waves of bandits!

Fortunately, they were all small gangs, and their combat effectiveness was not strong, and they were easily sent away by Su Junbao, but he was full of worries about the next journey.

Su Junbao has been a mercenary for a while, and he knows that this is just a small gang of bandits, and if he really encounters those big bandits with hundreds of people, with Su Junbao's strength, even if he can escape, he will definitely not be able to save this group of children.

And these bandits have a characteristic, that is, they come quickly, go fast, and the mounts under the crotch are all used the best, the fastest beasts, ordinary people are targeted by them, unless they are repulsed, it is difficult to get rid of their pursuit.

In the mouth of the small gang in front of him, Su Junbao learned that there was a group of hundreds of bandits in the vicinity, they were only one of them, and this place was at least three days away from the next nearest town, Pingyang Town.

Su Junbao now only hopes that they won't have any more trouble before they reach Pingyang Town!

Su Junbao thought so in his heart, but the sky was not beautiful, and on the afternoon of the fourth day, the temperature plummeted, and it actually snowed heavily in the sky!

The first snow of the year.

Su Junbao knew that winter was coming, but he didn't expect the snow to come so quickly.

In less than two or three hours, the sky and the earth have become white, the thick snow has accumulated, and the march has become slow, the snow is thick, the snow is secondary, the snow spirit is naturally infinite, and can overcome the snow on the ground, Su Junbao is most worried about losing his sense of direction in this kind of snow, he can only try to lock the direction while moving forward.

The children were all dressed in thick clothes and huddled in the car, but they didn't feel cold.

"In the past, whenever it snowed in winter, several people in our village would freeze to death and starve to death!"

Xiaoxi said, and the other children nodded in agreement, in their memories, such a winter was probably only hunger and cold, and now they put on warm and thick leather jackets!

Su Junbao listened to the whispered discussion coming from behind him and smiled, no matter what, if they didn't find a village tonight, they would have to spend the night in the wind and snow.

In this wilderness, there are very few tribes that settle in groups, but there are some camps that are temporarily stationed with nomadic tribes, and they all swim along with the water and grass!

The little guy doesn't like to stay in the car, and often sits in the driver's seat with Su Junbao, or nests in his arms, and now it's freezing, she also wears a thick and warm little leather jacket, wearing a fur hat, and only revealing a small face, that's it, she also feels very happy.

This is the first snow she has come to the world, from time to time from Su Junbao's arms stretched out her hand, wanting to catch the snowflakes falling from the world to play, the little face is frozen red and she doesn't care, everything is full of curiosity.

Su Junbao looked at this self-entertaining little fool and smiled in her heart, her happiness is so simple.

When it was almost dark, Su Junbao finally found a tribal camp.

It seems that the scale is not small, in addition to the large and small camps, there are strong fences outside, which is not only to prevent the sneak attack of wild brute beasts, but also to guard against those nomadic tribes who can survive on this reckless plain, and the combat effectiveness should not be underestimated.

When Su Junbao drove the car closer, it immediately attracted the vigilant eyes of the guards.

"Who?"

The two sturdy men in charge of vigilance carried knives and asked vigilantly.

"Passers-by, it's dark and snowing, can you do well, let's stay here for one night, shelter from the cold, for the sake of these children!"

Su Junbao got out of the car and said forward, the children in the car also pushed the car door, looking at it with their eyes, in the carriage, they were squeezed together against each other, it was quite warm, but as soon as the car door was opened, a cold wind mixed with snowflakes poured straight in, and everyone shivered!

"No way!"

Before Su Junbao finished speaking, the two of them were already a little impatient: "The camp of our Rama tribe will never accept any outsiders after dark!" ”

As he spoke, he waved his hand and motioned for the other party to leave.

"We can pay!"

Su Junbao said, I didn't expect the other party to be a good person!

"Oh? How much can you pay? ”

After hearing this, the two looked at each other and looked at each other carefully.

"It depends on how much you want, as long as it's appropriate! It didn't matter how much, we just wanted to find a place to spend the night. Su Junbao said.

The two of them flickered their eyes and exchanged glances secretly.

"In this way, you stay for one night, give five gold coins, we can provide you with a tent, and food, so that you will not be hungry tonight by the wind and snow, you see such a big snowy day, and it is so late!" One said.

"Yes!"

Su Junbao nodded, five gold coins were actually far more than the cost of ordinary hotel accommodation.

He counted out five gold coins from his pocket, and the man immediately grabbed them, and his eyes lit up!

"That'...... Where are our tents? Su Junbao asked.

"What tent?"

The man had just put the money in his pocket, and when he turned around, he pretended not to understand.

"You just took my money!" Su Junbao frowned, temporarily suppressing the anger in his heart.

"What money?"

The man said again, not only pretending not to understand, but also with a playful expression in his eyes, not looking at the other party at all!

"So...... Are you pretending to be confused? ”

Su Junbao's face was cold, the scene of the scoundrel happened in front of him, and those children of a few years old clenched their fists, revealing expressions of disgust.

"Uncle, I'm just pretending to be confused, what can you do?"

The two men sneered: "This is a hundred miles away, could it be that you can find a place for evaluation?" It's all our people here, and it's worth five gold coins to charge you, hurry up, and don't ink with my uncle, otherwise it's not just a matter of collecting five gold coins from you. ”

As he spoke, he clenched his fist and shook it, signaling to the other party what would happen.