Sparrow said: "Chang Fa, forget it, since An Zhai is so responsible, let him be the deputy captain." Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info "She still focuses on the overall situation, since she chooses to cooperate with Luo Lie, she might as well have more respect and trust in him, An Zhai is Luo Lie's best friend, and the concession to An Zhai is actually to give Luo Lie face.

Arnold said: "I don't care, it's just that the most important thing in the team is unity...... But if you do, it will be difficult to convince the public, and how can you unite. ”

The blind man is not a fool, seeing that none of these people are convinced of him, he shouted: "I don't want to be it, forget it, I won't do it if you beg me now!" He also saw that he was unpopular with the people, and he wanted to rub off on the majesty of the vice-captain, but now in this situation, even if he is reluctant to become a person, no one is convinced, so don't be ashamed.

Luo Lie said: "The so-called captain is just a name, since we are a team, since it is for a common purpose, then everyone must unite and cooperate seamlessly, everyone is equal, no one is high or low, I am right, everyone listens, if it is wrong, everyone can object." ”

The sparrow nodded, and Arnold picked up his wine glass and said, "Come, let's make this glass together, and wish the Wind Hunter Death Squad success and smooth sailing!"

There was no railway from Fengtian to Cangbai Mountain, so they chose to drive there, passing through Fushun, Tonghua and Baishan, a journey of about 500 kilometers.

It was already snowing when the car passed through Tonghua, the road was slippery and difficult to navigate, and the vehicle broke down on the way, but fortunately Arnold, a clever pilot, was present, but the bad weather and road conditions forced them to slow down their travel, and the journey that was supposed to be completed in one day took them two days. After a day of repairing in Hakusan, they left their car in Hakusan, bought five healthy horses locally, and chose to ride them into the mountain.

It has been snowing for two days and two nights, and there is a white scene everywhere as far as the eye can see, Luo Lie is riding on a black high-headed horse, with a lofty spirit, taking the lead, followed by the blind man, the blind man wraps himself in a sheepskin jacket like a round ball, and a special cotton pocket hangs on his chest, and the little dog An Datou exposes his head from it, and his black eyes are full of novelty looking at the white world, and from time to time he makes a few excited barks. The jujube red horse, which carried the blind man, snorted and panted, obviously tormented by the heavy weight of the blind man.

Arnold and the blind man walked side by side, he rode a red horse, carrying the reins of the horse in one hand and the military kettle in the other, and poured a mouthful of vodka after walking a few steps, using alcohol to warm his body, and this guy was basically in a drunken state when he didn't sleep. According to him, wine is the best gift God has given to mankind, both to keep warm and to help sleep.

Sparrow and Chang Fa two in the end, the two of their mounts are white and gray, all the horses are carefully selected by Chang Fa, although the speed is not first-class, but the emphasis is on hardship and hard work, especially good at load-bearing, in fact, speed in the mountains is often not useful, endurance is the most critical.

On the way to Pale Mountain, from time to time I saw mule carts pulling timber passing by, and most of those mule carts belonged to the Badaojiang Branch of the Yalu River Timber Mining Company, which was jointly established by China and Japan. It is called a Sino-Japanese joint venture, but the actual control is in the hands of the Japanese. A large amount of timber was continuously cut down from the forests of the Pale Mountains, and then transported to the three forks of the White Mountains by climbing plows carried by mules and horses, and then rafted down the Hunjiang River and sent to Dandong through Tonghua. At present, the light railway from Mengjiang Paizi to Sanchazi has been partially completed, and the transportation of timber has become more convenient.

In Luo Lie's eyes, this is Japan's plundering of China's wealth, although the Manchu Qing Dynasty collapsed, the Republic of China failed to bring China rejuvenation and rise as originally expected, all they saw was warlords killing each other for power and profit, they only saw the devastated rivers and mountains, and only saw the displaced people.

The sparrow rushed to Luo Lie's side from behind, and she dressed up as a bearded man again, her face was red, and her eyes were unusually bright. Probably accustomed to the disguise of sparrows, Luo Lie could actually see the feminine softness from the beard on his face, and smiled: "Like a man!"

The sparrow smiled, and smiled beautifully, with a pair of eyes blinking and blinking like stars in the sky, and the lips under the beard were pursed reservedly, and the smile was toothless, but such a smile appeared on such a bearded face.

Luo Lie said: "You'd better not laugh, otherwise you'll be exposed." ”

Sparrow said: "Not everyone is as thief as your eyes. ”

Luo Lie smiled: "I'm not an eye thief, I'm a nose spirit!"

The sparrow suddenly remembered that when they first met, Luo Lie had found out about his daughter's body, and his face suddenly became hot, and this guy was wilted. She pretended not to understand, and diverted the topic: "We should be able to go to Majiatun this afternoon." On the map found under the church, Majiatun is one of the marked locations, and her father's diary also specifically mentions Majiatun, where they had settled when they entered the Pale Mountains for their expedition.

Luo Lie looked up at the sky and said softly, "I don't know when this snow will fall." ”

Chang Fa's words sounded behind him: "No one can say, if this kind of snow falls for another two days, I'm afraid that the mountain will be closed by heavy snow, and we are afraid that we will not be able to find the way up the mountain." ”

Luo Lie said: "When we get to Majiatun, let's find a local guide and strive to enter the mountain as soon as possible." ”

In the afternoon, instead of getting lighter, the snow turned into goose feathers, and the wind increased significantly, and the northwest wind mixed with large snowflakes slapped on their faces, and the speed of the horses' march slowed down markedly, and one by one they wrapped themselves tightly, and Rao's eyebrows and beard were also dyed white by snowflakes, and each one looked like old men with crane hair and childish faces.

An Datou shrank his head into the specially made sleeping bag for him, and the blind man began to mumble and complain about the bad weather, but soon realized that this would only cause the heat in his body to lose faster, so he closed his mouth decisively.

The group marched in the wind and snow for a whole day, and finally arrived at their intended place of stay, Majiatun, when it was close to dark.

Majiatun is located at the foot of the west foot of Niutouling in Cangbai Mountain, most of the peaks of Cangbai Mountain are named after shapes, and the local mountaineers give vivid names according to the shape of the mountain, but the weather conditions are bad now, even the blind people can not see the whole picture of Niutouling through the snowflakes in the sky.

Majiatun is not big, there are dozens of families living in it, most of these villagers make a living by cutting wood and collecting ginseng, there is an open mountain land in the south of Tunzi, the ice and snow melt every spring, you can plant a season of bud rice. In the past, although Majiatun was not wealthy, the villagers were basically self-sufficient, and it was very rare to be able to eat enough in such troubled times.

There is a Tianfu inn at the entrance of Majiatun Village, the visitors who come to the inn to stay are some visitors who enter the mountain, every year in August and September is the best time for the inn business, hundreds of visitors come with the psychology of getting rich overnight, enter the pale mountains and forests covered by ancient trees to look for ginseng, wait until September after the frost falls and the red fruit of ginseng falls, the ginseng is no longer easy to find, the visitors also begin to leave one after another, even if they choose to continue to stay will not exceed the end of October, once the snow begins, the whole pale mountain has become a dangerous place, few people will risk their lives。

It is already the end of December, and it is the coldest season of the year in Pale Mountain, Tianfu Inn is already closed, except for the boss Zhao Tianfu and his family are still looking at the store, and the guys have been sent home temporarily.

The arrival of Luo Lie and his party obviously made Zhao Tianfu a little surprised, but it is good to have guests to take care of the business after all, and they invited everyone into the inn with lanterns in the heavy snow.

Of course, Zhao Tianfu and his family couldn't recognize the sparrow dressed as a man, and thought that it would be okay for the five big men to squeeze it. After asking the sparrow, he was sure that there was no extra room, and he died of heart, secretly thinking that it would be a big deal to sit all night, and he would not be able to sleep in the same bed with these four big men. In fact, there are a lot of guest rooms in the inn, but because the business is light, most of them don't burn the ondol.

Luo Lie quietly called the sparrow aside and whispered, "It's going to be one night, everyone can take care of it in one room." ”

Sparrow said, "I didn't say anything. ”

The blind man had already asked Zhao Tianfu and his family to cook.

Zhao Tianfu and his family also recognized this guy as a foreigner when Arnold took off the dogskin hat on his head, and inevitably took a few more looks, Zhao Tianfu came to Luo Lie's side and asked curiously: "There is still a hairy?" The most common people in Manchuria are Russians, and the common people are used to making them hairy.

Luo Lie smiled: "It's not Maozi, it's British, priest." ”