After walking on this road for many days, Bai Dazhuang and his party had never even encountered a bird, let alone a person.

Seeing the sudden appearance of human smoke on the snow and the snow foam raised by the horses' hooves, the young men of Shenshu Village were all as energetic as Zhao Xiaogui.

"Brother Bai, you tell them to be careful, don't leak the food in our car." Shopkeeper Ren has always been very vigilant, he often walks outside, and knows that many things are not as simple as they seem.

In addition, the border is mixed with a lot of Rong country details, so it is better to be careful.

He was afraid that the people of Shenshu Village had never gone out, especially those young men who were frozen by the cold and had no time to think, and it was rare to see living creatures in the deserted snow.

"Thank you Brother Ren for reminding me."

Bai Dazhuang was very grateful for the reminder of the shopkeeper.

Not to mention those young men who didn't have anything to do, even Bai Dazhuang was always excited when he saw the horse team coming from the opposite side.

The reminder of the shopkeeper calmed him down.

He came to the border to deliver food, and he got a lot of hearts.

So facing the young men who came to the spirit, Bai Dazhuang admonished: "Everyone remember what we are here for, and be careful when you speak." ”

Zhao Dazhu, the son of the village chief, strictly implemented Bai Dazhuang's instructions and said to Zhao Xiaogui: "Xiaogui, be careful, let everyone be careful." ”

"Don't worry, big strong brother."

"Don't worry, Uncle Zhuang."

"Don't worry, Dad."

Everyone kept in mind what Bai Dazhuang had repeatedly told along the way, they couldn't dig their hearts into strangers, they couldn't say where they came from, and they couldn't say that there was food in the car.

The identity of their group is a merchant from the Central Plains, who came to the border to do fur business.

In order to confirm this identity, the grain was covered with woolen gloves and cotton clothes, which were all produced by the Bai family embroidery workshop and transported to the border army.

A group of six people on the opposite side, riding a horse-drawn cart.

Seeing Bai Dazhuang's group, he stopped.

"Brother, where are you going?" One of them, with a long beard, like the leader of the six, turned over and dismounted, and walked straight towards Bai Dazhuang.

Bai Dazhuang was nervous for a while.

The beard cracked his mouth and smiled, and said heartily: "Don't be nervous, big brother, look at you are businessmen, and so are we." ”

Bai Dazhuang relaxed.

"We came from Huaicheng, sold furs and furs in Ningcheng and sold them to Guannei, and poured silk from Guannei and sold them to Ningcheng." Bai Dazhuang has said this all the way, and this time is no exception.

Ningcheng is the most important border city on the border, and the main force of General Meng Da is stationed there.

Their trip was also to transport grain to Ningcheng.

"We're pretty much the same." The bearded man glanced at the dozen or two cars beside Bai Dazhuang, and said in an envious tone, "But we are a small business, and those who sell Chinese medicinal materials are not as big as your business." ”

"It's just a breadwinner." Bai Dazhuang said.

The shopkeeper Ren walked over and asked the beard quietly, "You guys came out of Ningcheng?" How's it going over there? ”

The bearded man sighed and said, "We are about to rush to Ningcheng, and the shortcut road we used to take in the past is blocked by heavy snow, so we have to go back here and take a different path." ”

The shopkeeper looked at the other party a few times quietly, if the other party said the truth, then they would have to go another way.

“…… We heard that there was a war going on in Ningcheng, and the entrance and exit gates were very strict, so we were afraid that there would be a careful work. I can't help it, I have to rush there to make ends meet. The bearded man muttered to himself, "Otherwise, who would want to go to this hellish place on a cold day." ”

This sentence touched Bai Dazhuang.

He thought of his third brother, who had originally traveled north and south like this.

The five people standing behind the bearded man rubbed their hands under the horse, looking cold.

"The road ahead is blocked, and you plan to take that road." Bai Dazhuang asked.

He rubbed his hands and said, "I'll walk through this road on the left, try my luck." ”

Soon, everyone became enthusiastic and decided to go together.

Bai Dazhuang learned that the bearded man's surname was Jin, and his name was Jin Cheng, but he looked old when he was attacked by the wind and snow outside, and his actual age was three years younger than Bai Dazhuang.

The other party shouted cordially at Bai Dazhuang, Bai Da Brother, and Bai Da Zhuang's guard was relieved by half.

Knowing that the other party's dry food was gone, and the water and rice had not been eaten for two days and one night, Bai Dazhuang relented and distributed the dry food he brought with him to the other party.

It is not easy for anyone to go out, if his third brother is out of business and encounters heavy snow and road closures to eat up dry food, he also hopes that someone can pull it.

I continued to walk twenty miles with difficulty, and when it was completely dark, I saw a small village.

It's just that there is no one in the village.

"Where have all the people gone?" Bai Dazhuang couldn't help but ask.

"Where else can I go? They were all slaughtered by the Hu people. Jin Cheng said with a sad face.

The young adults of Shenshu Village were shocked, they only knew that the Hu people were barbaric, but they didn't expect to slaughter the entire village.

Along the way, everyone's thinking has been completely turned upside down. In the past, they only envied Bai Zhaomei for fighting on the border and making contributions, but they didn't expect to fight in such a harsh climate. The harsh climate had already made them frightened, and when they heard the brutality of the Hu people, they became more and more frightened, and lost more than half of their bloody heroism.

"But don't worry, this village was slaughtered three months ago, and we won't meet the Hu people tonight." Jin Cheng said with a smile.

This made everyone relax a little.

If the Hu people are killed, everyone doesn't know how to deal with it.

Although each of them carried a knife, as well as the people from the dart bureau and the people with kung fu sent by the prefect, the Hu people who thought of slaughtering the village were still afraid.

After all, cutting people is not the same as cutting crops, and besides, except for You Qingya, none of them have ever cut people!

Although there are no people in this village, there are ready-made houses, and some even have water and food in them.

They followed Jin Cheng to find a few empty houses and lit a fire.

The frozen body quickly warmed up in front of the fire.

He took out meat and grain, cooked a meal on the spot, and everyone was full of food and drink, and soon forgot about the wind and snow outside.

The young man's physical strength recovered quickly, and Zhao Xiaogui and a few half-sized men quickly mingled with the people of the Jin Cheng caravan, and everyone chattered non-stop.

Bai Dazhuang, Bai Erzhuang and Zhao Dazhui, who were a little older, took off their shoes and roasted their frozen feet against the fire, and the warmth came up, with an unprecedented comfort.

"Brother Jin, thank you, if it weren't for you, we wouldn't have found this way." Bai Dazhuang said sincerely.

"Thank you, if you want to thank you, we will thank you, without you we would starve to death on the road." Jin Cheng waved his hand and said.

After feeding the cattle and horses, thinking that he would have to hurry the next day, Bai Dazhuang asked Zhao Xiaogui and the other young men to rest quickly.

And he and Bai Erzhuang and Zhao Dazhui took turns watching the fire to ensure that the room was warm.

For many days, they slept in the wind and snow, and at this time in the house, in the warm firelight, everyone was comfortable, and soon fell asleep.

But they didn't know that danger was coming.

(End of chapter)