Chapter Forty-Eight: Hiding in the Snow
In the desert north, the cold wind is biting, and the ice and snow are cold. It's the spring equinox, and you can't feel any warmth.
On the way south, under the cover of snow and ice, there are no pedestrians, which adds a touch of desolation to this place. The sparse footprints left on the snow seem to tell passers-by that there is a thoroughfare.
The morning sun, the seemingly warm sunlight shining on the earth, did not bring any warmth to the place. On the southbound avenue, a young man, dressed in a white robe, blended with the snow, and if you didn't look closely, it was difficult to find that it was a pedestrian heading south.
The young man was seven feet tall, with a cloak on his head and a few strands of exposed hair, swaying back and forth in the cold wind. Under the sword-like eyebrows, the eyes are as bright as the stars. Under the high bridge of the nose, a thin lip is slightly upturned, and a smile appears on the delicate forehead. On the broad shoulders of the young man, he carried a blue baggage. Arms intersected, as if to block the cold.
"It's a bit cold after a night of walking. Tang Xi rubbed his hands, took out a fleece jacket from his baggage, put it on, and continued south.
An hour later, Tang Creek encountered the first wave of pedestrians at the intersection on the roadway. It seemed to be a convoy heading south, and on each of the three empty carriages sat men in coarse cotton jackets. Tang Xi waved his hand, but the three of them ignored it and whipped away directly from Tang Xi.
"I have money. Tang Xi saw the carriage passing, and a few pieces of broken silver escaped from his clothes and shouted. The southbound convoy did not stop at all, only leaving a snow mark in front of Tang Xi.
Tang Xi sighed and continued to walk. Looking at the endless snow, Tang Xi was confused, and he couldn't even see the direction. Tang Xi quickly packed up the complexity in his heart, took out dry food and water from the baggage, and walked forward while eating.
Half an hour later, Tang Xi smelled a trace of blood on the road. Tang Xi showed vigilance and continued to move forward. At a distance of less than five zhang from Tangxi, three empty carriages stopped in place, and there were no horses in sight, and three corpses lay under the carriages. Tang Xi could see at a glance that these three people were the convoy that had rushed in front of him before.
"Running so fast, it turned out to be to send you to death. Tang Xi muttered to himself.
Tang Xi didn't stop and continued to walk forward.
Just before Tang Xi walked out of the three miles, he saw a mess of footprints on the snow not far away, and the footprints were of different sizes. Tang Xi, who was curious, stood in the center of the footprints and looked around. Tang Xi found at a glance that there seemed to be people hiding under the snow, and there was more than one person.
"I said buddy, are you cold?" Tang Xi walked to the nearest snow, squatted down, looked at the shaking snow, and said softly. Tang Xi saw that the people under the snow did not reply, and the speed of shaking was getting faster and faster, as if he was frozen, and as if he was frightened.
"What are you doing hiding in the snow on a cold day, I'm just asking for directions, how to get to that Taiyuan Mansion?" Tang Xi saw that no one answered, so he continued to ask.
After ten breaths, he still didn't hear a response, and Tang Xi could only choose to leave.
As soon as Tang Xi walked half a mile, he heard the sound of horses' hooves trampling on the snow. Tang Xi turned his head and looked towards the sound of horses' hooves, only to see a line of iron horsemen, about twenty people. A strong body, dressed in armor, holding a crescent-like scimitar, and screaming "oh oh" in his mouth.
"Golden soldiers, cannibalistic golden soldiers. Tang Xi took a few steps back and exclaimed.
Tang Xi still remembered the cannibalistic Jin Bing in the mouth of the old liar ten years ago. Tang Xi did not stop, and hurriedly continued to move forward, extremely fast, hiding behind a mountain.
As soon as Tang Xi hid, he heard the sound of fighting behind him, as well as the shouts for help. Tang Xi bared his head and looked at the voice. I saw more than 20 golden soldiers and iron horsemen on the snow, holding scimitars and killing people hiding under the snow. As soon as the killing began, some of the people hiding in the snow seemed to be frightened and got up from the snow and ran desperately in all directions.
"It turned out that he was hiding from the gold, he was a fool, he left so many footprints on the ground, and it was strange that he was not discovered!" Tang Xi retracted his body, leaned against the hill, and said in a regretful tone.
Less than half a cup of tea, all the people hiding under the snow died. Then Tang Xi heard that the iron riders seemed to be discussing something, and then the twenty iron horses scattered around, looking for something in the snow, and Tang Xi also saw two people with bleeding scimitars walking in his direction.
"It's a big deal, Jin Bing is also a human being, and I am also a human being. I've even killed the snow armor and silver bear, are you still afraid of the cannibalistic golden soldiers? Tang Xi grabbed a handful of snow from his side and said firmly.
Tang Xi grabbed it, and felt that there seemed to be an extra thing in his hand. Tang Xi turned his head to see that there was an extra ribbon of clothes in the snow in his hand. Tang Xi, who was curious, pulled out the exposed ribbon, revealing a child's body. Due to the unstable force of the pulled ribbon, a lot of snow fell on the child's body, and it was difficult to see any face.
"Ah, it turned out to be a corpse, a sin ......," Tang Xi said apologetically.
"Forget it, let's change places. Tang Xi stood up and was about to change places when he heard the sound of his stomach "growling".
"I remember that I didn't eat just now, why am I hungry again, but I don't feel hungry!" Tang Xi said to himself, thinking that he had heard it wrong, and he really wanted to listen carefully, but he didn't hear anything.
"When people die, corpses starve? After Tang Xi made an expression of disbelief, he continued: "If those golden soldiers came over and heard their stomachs growling, what would be their reactions. ”
Tang Xi sat next to the corpse, with a playful expression, took out a shortbread from the package road, and opened his mouth to take a bite. Then he said, "If you are hungry, you must eat, or you will become a starving ghost." ”
After eating a piece of shortbread, Tang Xi took a sip of water and burped.
"I'm going to kill you. The motionless corpse lying on the ground sat on the ground and shouted angrily at Tang Xi.
"Wow, that's a corpse. Tang Xi showed playfulness, and watched the child sit up without any surprise, as if he had already known that the child was playing dead.
The voices of Tang Xi and the child alarmed the two Jin soldiers who were rushing over. Jin Bing took the scimitar and walked towards Tang Xi with an evil smile on his face.
"It's all your fault, and I won't let you go. The child looked at the golden soldiers who came from afar and stood up. Patting the snow on his body, revealing a cute face.
I saw that the child had fine skin and tender meat, no more than ten years old, and a few snowflakes on his long hair wrapped in a silk scarf. Under the willow-like eyebrows, a pair of clear big eyes. Under the bridge of the delicate little nose, a purple and bloodless lip pouted, and two small mouth sockets were exposed. The body wrapped in a gray coarse cloth cotton jacket could not wrap the noble temperament of the child.
"It turned out to be a little girl. Tang Xi walked up to the little girl, looked at it and said.
Tang Xi turned to look at the two golden soldiers holding their scimitars high, running towards him and the little girl. The little girl didn't show any fear, her eyes stared at Jin Bing, revealing hatred.