The snow drifted for about two hours before it stopped, and since it was still August, the snowflakes had just landed and melted.

But it didn't matter, Jiang Guo's students had already seen snowflakes flying in the air, and the snowflakes moved along a specific trajectory, drawing the shape of a horse's head in the air, and the direction of the horse's head was where Yang Ming and them were.

When they understood the implied meaning of the snowflakes, the Jiang Guo students could set off and gather as fast as they could......

In order to use the snowflakes to transmit information, Xin'er released all of her Wu Yao, and finally, the girl couldn't hold on, Wu Yao ran out and collapsed in Yang Ming's arms.

"Did you succeed...... Everyone's coming......" Xin'er snuggled weakly on Yang Ming's shoulder, her little face was pale, and her voice was very small, as if the wind would blow away her weak voice.

Yang Ming looked at the girl distressedly, he nodded, and then pointed in the direction not far away with his gaze, "Look at ......"

Xin'er used the last of her strength, raised her eyelids, and saw more than a dozen Jiang Guo students standing not far away, when Xin'er looked over, they immediately knelt down, saluted respectfully, and said:

"We see the county lord, let the county lord wait for a long time, our crimes deserve death......"

"You're here......" Xin'er smiled with relief, after saying this, her eyelids couldn't hold on anymore, and the girl closed her eyes, but the corners of her mouth were still smiling.

"County Lord......"

"Shh......h Xin'er has consumed too much Wu Yao, and she needs to rest now. Yang Ming made a silent gesture, and then gently picked up the girl's body, more than a dozen Jiang Guo students, all took off their coats, spread them under the big tree, and made a "clothes" bed, Yang Ming carefully put Xin'er on the bed.

"Xin'er, you are worthy of being the county lord of Jiang Country. ”

Because of seeing Xin'er's flying snow, the Jiang Guo students gathered one after another, the first to come was the east and north teams, because they were relatively close, the students who came later, on the road also met two Rongguo teams, and fought, although they paid some costs, they still defeated each other, and got two east maps from them.

Towards the end of the evening, several Jiang Guo teams from the south also rushed over, but their situation was not optimistic, these teams were scattered, most of them were damaged, and everyone was injured to varying degrees.

"What's going on in the south?" Yang Ming asked eagerly after letting them breathe a sigh of relief.

"Rongguo's troops took the water source, they cut off the river, and forced us to fight them. We united with the students of the southern Jiang country in the upper reaches of the river, a total of eight teams, forty people, we planned to storm and take the water source, but we lost......" one of the students hit the ground with a heavy fist, and said unwillingly.

Yang Ming took the map of the south from their hands and checked it, the river in the south was located at the junction of the south and west, and the source of the river was on the top of the mountain in the south.

"How many Rongguo students are there in the south?" Liu Qianyu immediately asked.

"About thirty people. ”

"Can't you beat thirty of you?" Hearing this, Liu Qianyu's face sank, and his tone was obviously reproachful.

"The strength of those Rongguo people is actually about the same as ours, at the beginning, we had the upper hand, and they were about to lose, but later, the two brothers Gao Li and Gao He joined the battle, the two of them are simply monsters, twenty of us besieged the two of them together, and they were still not the opponents of their two brothers, and in the end we were defeated, forty people, and only eighteen of us escaped. The Jiang Guo student who spoke lowered his head, tears couldn't help but flow from the corners of his eyes, and when he talked about the battle with Gao Li and Gao He, his tone was obviously a little trembling, which showed the horror of the two brothers.

"When we were helpless, we happened to see the snow from the county lord, so we rushed over at once. Another student added.

"Gao Li and Gao He, ah......" After listening to each other's words, Yang Ming and Liu Qianyu glanced at each other, they had fought with these two brothers once, and they knew that these two people were powerful. It's no wonder that the Jiang Guo team in the south is so embarrassed.

"Okay, don't be sad, everyone's hungry, let's eat first. At this time, Wang Shi came over with his pot, which was filled with fragrant "stone" rice.

Wang Shi's mental image is a kind of utensils, tools, pots, anything as long as it is put into his pot and steamed by Wu Yao, it can be cooked into rice.

"Yes, when we have a full meal, we have the strength to fight back. Lin Dong said encouragingly.

Everyone looked at a pot of stones with a suspicious face, and there were a few leaves on it, although everyone had been on the road for a long time, and they were already hungry, but they didn't dare to say anything about such a "food" that was not even as simple.

"Are you kidding, it's obviously a stone?" one of the students couldn't help but ask.

"We are nobles, how can we eat such things?" said another student, in a very arrogant tone.

However, as soon as he finished speaking, a chubby palm immediately slapped him on the forehead, "Stinky boy, why can't the nobles eat? ”

"I'm so hungry, I'll eat first, do you like to eat or not. After that, Ye Zhanfei rolled up his sleeves, Wang Shi's stone rice, he had long been addicted to it, he tore off a stone, like tearing a chicken leg, and then put it in his mouth, while chewing beautifully, he stretched out his thumb and praised: "Well, it's delicious." ”

Seeing Ye Zhanfei's gluttonous appearance, everyone couldn't help it, and no longer doubted it, so they just started directly and devoured it.

What nobles, what manners, when hunger meets food, these are all left behind, and they are so embarrassed to eat, even inferior to commoners.

"It's delicious, I didn't expect the stone to be so delicious. ”

"How do you do this......"

The crowd asked curiously as they chewed on stones and dirt in their mouths.

"Of course it's delicious, Brother Wang Shi is a good man who can go to the battlefield and the kitchen. Lin Dong praised Wang Shi as if he was praising himself. "Let me tell you, this is Brother Wang Shi's good stone rice......

Lin Dong was originally a chatterbox, once he opened it, he couldn't stop, he just talked with other people, and for a while, these noble students of the Shangcai Academy seemed to have forgotten their identities, and they became Lin Dong's listeners, and everyone was happy.

Yang Ming didn't have the heart to eat because he was worried about Xin'er, and he stayed by Xin'er's side all the time.

Maybe the sound of their eating was too noisy, or maybe the girl was attracted by the aroma of rice, Xin'er slowly opened her eyes, but her little face was still a little pale and weak.

"Xin'er, you're awake. Yang Ming saw Xin'er wake up, his eyebrows immediately stretched, the corners of his mouth pursed a warm smile, and said, "You have been asleep for several hours." ”

Xin'er leaned on Yang Ming's shoulder, frowned slightly, and said, "Why is it so noisy?"

The young man smiled faintly, pointed at Lin Dong with his right hand, and said with a smile: "Well, they are eating." ”

Xin'er followed the direction of Yang Ming's finger, and saw a group of students, regardless of their status, all gathered together, eating the stone rice in Wang Shi's pot while listening to Lin Dong's loud talk.

Looking at this scene, a smile appeared on the corner of Xin'er's mouth, she was not amused by Lin Dong's words, but moved by the scene in front of her: the noble students of the Shangcai Academy actually ate in the same pot as the civilian students of the Xia Cai Academy. Once the two houses were like fire and water, but now they were tightly together, shoulder to shoulder, eating the same pot of rice, talking to each other, and the chasm-like gap between the two houses disappeared.

Is there really a difference between nobles and commoners?

No.

In this barren mountain, everyone has returned to the most primitive appearance, and the clothes on everyone's body, because of the days of fighting and running, have long been stained with mud, and they can't see the luxury and simplicity, and everyone's face is a mud mark, a scar, and everyone looks the same.

"Yang Ming, do you believe that the students of the upper and lower academies are actually sitting together and eating rice in the same pot?"

"Two months ago, I would never have believed it, but now I have to. ”

Yang Ming and Xin'er glanced at each other and smiled.

The upper and lower houses live in peace, which has always been Xin'er's wish. Now the girl's wish has come true.

Suffering will unite people tightly, regardless of status and wealth.

"Xin'er, are you hungry?"

"Mm-hmm, I'm starving. Xin'er nodded heavily.

Yang Ming smiled indulgently, then walked between Lin Dong and them, and it took half a day to squeeze in.

"Enough, Ye Zhanfei, you dead fat man, eat less. Xin'er is hungry too......"

......

After Xin'er had eaten, her face improved a lot, and at this time, everyone had already eaten and gathered around Xin'er.

Yang Ming counted the number of people, and then reported to Xin'er:

"From the east, north, and south, there are fifty-six students in all,"

"Fifty-six. Xin'er's eyebrows furrowed slightly, thinking that there were more than a hundred students taking the exam, and this was less than half, "What about the people from the west?"

Yang Ming shook his head, "There are no students from the west at the moment. ”

"Nothing will happen to the west, right?" Xin'er said worriedly.

"Xin'er, don't worry too much, maybe they're still on their way. Yang Ming comforted. But in fact, the young man had a bad premonition in his heart, Yang Ming remembered that Zhu Lianying's team was in the west.

Yang Ming briefly analyzed the situation on the map, and now they had collected three maps in their hands: east, north and south. "The two brothers, Gao Li and Gao He, are in the south, and they occupy the river that borders the south and the west, if I guess correctly, the river at the junction of the west and the north should be occupied by the Rongguo students led by Zhu Lianying, and we occupy the river at the junction of the north and the east. ”

After listening to Yang Ming's words, everyone was solemn, and the situation was very unfavorable for Jiang Guo.

"Now that everyone has finally gathered together, we will act together to find a way to deal with Rongguo. ”

"Hmm. Hearing this, everyone nodded.

At this time, Xin'er proposed again: "Since everyone is acting together, we must have a leader and unified command, I propose ......"

When Xin'er was about to propose that Yang Ming lead the team, the young man took the lead, he walked up to Xin'er, then knelt down solemnly, and said, "I think we should all obey the orders of the county lord. ”

"Please give the county lord orders, we all obey the orders of the county lord. ”

Everyone knelt down with Yang and chanted in unison.

"Hey, Yang Ming, how can I lead the team?" Xin'er leaned down and whispered to Yang Ming.

"Xin'er, it was you who gathered the team of Jiang Country, and it should be led by you, don't worry, I will help you, you are the county lord of our Jiang Country." Yang Ming smiled at Xin'er and said.

Seeing the young man's serious appearance, Xin'er had no choice but to respond, "Okay, I understand." ”

"Listen, everyone, from now on, I hope that everyone can put aside their previous suspicions and work together to deal with the Rongguo people. ”

"Yes. ”

......

When the Jiang Guo students gathered together and were about to discuss their next plan, they didn't know that at this time, two gloomy figures were watching them in the distance.

"Oh, I found it. In addition to Yang Ming, I didn't expect there to be so many people from Jiang Guo, hahaha, madam, we have caught a school of fish. Looking at the Jiang Guo students gathered in the distance, Li Qingshan licked the corners of his mouth and said with a cold smile.

Compared with the wind at night, his cold black eyes are even more chilling.