The original thick snow was covered with a new layer of soft snow. Stepping on it creaks.

As soon as the sky was polished, Song Wushuang and Li Wuhan took all the four eldest disciples—Youyun, Youyue, Youshan, and Youshui—and began to pack up the sleigh, and Li Bing and the three of them also followed to help. Anzi rarely took the initiative to get up so early, and kept begging Li Wuhan to leave quickly. It's a pity that in the end it was a step too late.

As soon as the reins of the wolfdogs were fastened, the ram Wuji had already arrived on the sandbar to look for someone.

"Industry is good at diligence and frolic. When will you be able to play the seven-rank sword again?" After speaking, he picked up Anzi's back collar, and intercepted it back to the Sword Casting Hall like a chicken.

"Hey~!, it's really pitiful" is not only talking about Anzi, but also seems to be talking about himself. Looking at the familiar scene in front of him, Li Bing seemed to recall how he skipped class when he was a child and was caught by his father.

Although it is out to hunt roe deer, it is not very difficult. Half a rush and half play all the way, stop and go, half an hour of the road, more than an hour to arrive.

On the snow-white horizon as far as the eye can see, a half-green and half-white forest slowly rises.

Li Bingyuan thought that such a cold place should be bare, but it wasn't until the woods in front of him appeared that he marveled at the magic of the creation of this world.

A fir forest that is out of sight, the length is excellent, the trunk is straight, more than ten zhang high, thicker than the waist, and it is green branches and green leaves, I am afraid that the trees in many places in the Central Plains cannot catch up with here. It's amazing that everything comes into being.

Seven or eight wolfdogs pulled the sled, and between the jungles, they twisted and turned, and deftly bypassed the scattered trees.

"Wangwang!" Seeing that two backs suddenly appeared in front of them, this group of dogs suddenly became active. However, the sled car did not lose a single inch of speed, and swept past the two men.

"It's snowing, and someone else is going to hunt the roe deer?" Ying Lan'er sat in the car, brushed the windblown hair from the side of her ears, and poked her head out of the sleigh to look back at the two of them.

The two of them looked up at him very vigilantly, with cold faces and fierce eyes.

Li Wuhan glanced at them and happened to look at them as well: "On such a cold day, there is no leather on his body, and he still has weapons in his hands, not like a local family." He muttered in his heart, but he didn't pay much attention to it.

"Drive!" he snapped, and the sleigh moved faster through the woods, leaving two rutted trails and several wolfhound footprints.

It's just that in this short distance in the forest, Li Bing's sleigh actually encountered three groups of people in a row, each time in groups of two or three, wearing the same purple military uniforms and wearing all kinds of blades. That's a little weird!

This forest area is remote, and sometimes there are no living people for several months, but today he saw so many at once, Li Wuhan was a little wary at the moment: "I don't know what those people do." When you fight the roe deer, bring all the blades, and if we go farther, everyone should be careful. ”

The sleigh ran in the forest for a while, and when it reached the depths of the forest, there were no strange martial artists around, Li Wuhan pulled the reins and stopped the sled.

"Is the roe deer here?" Ying Lan'er was playful, jumped out of the car first, held a handful of snow, raised her voice to everyone in the car, and shouted: "The snow here is so thick!"

Youyun Youyue skillfully untied the reins of a group of wolf dogs, and a group of already tired cubs became active again in an instant.

The index finger and middle finger of Li Wuhan's hands reached into his mouth, and he whistled loudly, and more than a dozen wolf dogs rushed out in an instant.

"Don't look stupid at all, these dogs are smart when hunting. They can't catch up with the roe deer, but they will look for it, and by following them they will know where the roe deer is. After Li Wuhan finished speaking, he threw a bow and arrow to Li Bing: "Master Li, how is your archery technique?"

"Hahaha" Li Bing touched the bowstring, scratched his head and smiled awkwardly, and handed the bow back to Li Wuhan: "It's okay to shoot the target, the prey hasn't been hit yet...... Don't be ugly...... Hahahaha......"

The so-called "etiquette, music, archery, royalty, calligraphy, and art" are the six homework of the children of rich families. Shooting is the third, Li Bing naturally wanted to learn when he was young. It's just that he doesn't think about it carefully, and he can only barely use it. There have been a few royal hunts, and I have never won any lottery heads.

A group of wolfhounds gradually dispersed, sniffing as they went, as if they had no energy to chase.

"It seems that this place was not chosen well today, there are no roe deer nearby, and we have to search around with the wolfdogs. Let's look separately, but be careful, maybe there will be a blind bear. Song Wushuang shouted at everyone.

"Okay!" Li Binggang responded, and then looked at Yinglan'er, who was already following the fastest wolf dog, and ran out of ten miles...... "You wait for me~!"

After a while, the wolfhound in front of him seemed to smell something, stopped in place and kept arching the snow with his nose, taking two steps to the left and two steps to the right, making a thick wheezing sound.

Seeing this strange appearance, Ying Lan'er looked back at Li Bing and said excitedly: "Wow! Did you find it?" As soon as she spoke, she was afraid that she would scare away the roe deer, so she hurriedly covered her mouth and closed her voice.

Sure enough, the wolfdog suddenly stopped sniffing the ground, but erected its tail, raised one of its forelimbs, and looked ahead vigilantly.

"Eh, Li Bing, look there, it looks like a roe deer?" Ying Lan'er pointed ahead—a large bag bulged out of the snow, and a piece of fur the size of a brown and yellow palm was exposed outside the snow. The roe deer seemed to be curled up in the snow, and most of its body was buried, except for a little brown buttocks.

Ying Lan'er pointed to Li Bing's left side and said in a low voice: "You go to the left, I go to the right, we will outflank him and scare him." Let's see if his ass will blow up. After saying that, he tiptoed and began to approach.

Li Bing got the order and quietly approached. Seeing that the distance was close enough, even if the roe deer was awakened, he was sure to catch it with his bare hands, so he gave Yinglan'er a look: "Okay, it should be no problem." ”

"Wow!"

Caught off guard, Yinglan'er got up, and suddenly learned two dog barks, the sound was sharp and loud. She wanted to scream a third time, but her saliva stuck in her throat, and she only made half of the sound, and instead choked herself and coughed repeatedly.

The roe deer was not awakened, but the wolf dog, which was already very alert, was shaken twice, looked at Yinglan'er, and took two steps back suddenly.

"Hahahaha~" Looking at Yinglan'er's stupid appearance, Li Bingshi couldn't help laughing.

Ying Lan'er herself felt embarrassed, stuck out her tongue, smiled stupidly, squatted down and reached out to hold a handful of snow, made a snowball, and threw it at Li Bing shyly, and said angrily: "Don't laugh!"

With such a loud noise, the roe deer didn't wake up, it couldn't be frozen to death, right? Thinking of this, Yinglan'er gathered another snowball and threw it on the roe deer.

"Huh, or still?"

She walked up to her, and when she saw that the roe deer was still awake, she simply patted it. It didn't matter, as soon as she dusted off a little snow from her fur, the wolfhound behind her suddenly barked.

"Oh my God! it's a person!" Ying Lan'er reacted as soon as she started, and hurriedly slapped the snow off the rest of the man's body and helped him up.

The man had broad shoulders and strong muscles, and it was quite difficult to push him up. He was dressed in white, and it was hard to distinguish between him and the snow. It turned out that the little roe deer butt just now was the deerskin snow hat that this person was wearing.

Li Binggang was still standing on the side watching the joke, watching Yinglan'er push someone up from the snow, and he couldn't rush up to help.

The man's face was pale, his lips were purple, his eyebrows were full of ice crystals, and the skin on his cheeks was frostbitten and bloodshot.

Li Bing looked at this face, only felt very familiar, and thought for a long time, it was the "Chiren" brother who was drinking with him in Jilu Prefecture.

"Brother Chiren, Brother Chiren!" Li Bing shook his body, seeing that there was no response, he probed his snort again, and stretched out two fingers to press his neck. Fortunately, there is still breathing, and the pulse is weak, so I am afraid that I am frozen.

Li Binggang wanted to arrest him, but saw the wounds on his body. On the right shoulder, there are four holes in a row, all the size of a finger, bottomless, and the blood scab has already formed, which looks like it should have been a few days ago. The white clothes on the back were torn out of the back several times, and the claw marks inside were faintly visible.

Could it be that you have encountered a bear?

Li Bing didn't have time to think about it, grabbed Chiren's arm, put it on his back, and ran back along the way, shouting Li Wuhan while barking with the wolf dog.

He buried his head in the road, and suddenly felt a cold light flashing in front of him, he subconsciously dodged sideways, and a quick knife grazed his face and galloped past, almost hitting it.

Li Bing took a few steps back to stabilize his figure, and before he could see clearly, the person in front of him had already pointed a knife at him and shouted: "Leave the person on your shoulder." We'll let you go. "In terms of clothing, it is not different from the people I met in the woods before.

Only then did Li Bing react, and all the people he met in the forest were coming for Chiren. There are no blind bears, and most of the injuries on Chiren's body are also caused by them. If I had thought of this earlier, I would never have shouted for help just now. It's stupid to bring these people out now.

"Then if I don't pay it, do you want to do it? We've got a lot of people here. Yinglan'er also knew that the comer was not good, so she put on a posture and prepared to fight. I only hate to go out to fight the roe deer in a hurry, and I don't have a well-fitting blade in my hand.

The two men knew that it was useless to talk too much, so they winked at each other and slashed wildly.

Li Bing carried Chiren on his back, kicked one open, and dodged another knife. But this strenuous activity actually tore the wound on his back painfully. Sure enough, it was just the beginning of recovery from a serious illness, and he couldn't move.

Ying Lan'er made a cloud palm, broke the opponent's move, and with three quick punches in a row, she actually forced the man to retreat, but grabbed his blade instead.

Li Bing was carrying Chiren on his back, and he had no weapons, most of which were dodging. Suddenly, he got a gap, put Chiren down, and slapped his palms back. He used the sword to refer to, and he could have knocked this person to the ground with one move "to the moon", but as soon as he used half of this move, he remembered his internal strength. This Yang Yue Sword Technique really doesn't dare to use it anymore. Hurriedly changed his moves, turned around and kicked into the air.

The moves of these two people are really poor, they are just gangsters on one side.

It is important to save people, since he knocked down the comer, Li Bing didn't want to chase anymore, so he picked up Chiren again and ran wildly. When he was about to arrive at the sleigh car, Li Wuhan also rushed back.

Looking at the person on Li Bing's back, he didn't ask much, and hurriedly put a noose on the wolf dog and turned the head of the car.

As soon as the man got on the sleigh, he held the reins on his head, and with a shake of his arms, the two reins collided in the air with a loud bang.

"Horn!"

The sleigh rode by, and before it left the forest, it met a group of purple-clothed warriors. The three of them rushed towards Li Bing's frame, and Song Wushuang picked up his bow and arrows and shot three arrows in a row. Two samurai were shot in the leg and stopped halfway. The man with a little better kung fu dodged the arrow, and with a rabbit leap, he was about to fall on the board.

Li Bing stepped out, jumped up violently, kicked the man in the chest, and just used this force to bounce back into the car.

"Horn!" the reins sounded again, and the wolves ran faster, and the man could no longer catch up.

Without the pursuers, Li Bing dusted the snow off Chiren's body, took off his leather coat, wrapped him, and touched his forehead, which was already hot.

"Master Li Jian, do you know this person?" Song Wushuang looked at Li Bing's heart, and couldn't help asking.

"Before I went to Qianhua Xingfang, I didn't know anyone in Jilu State. I don't know why he's here. He also suffered a lot of external injuries. ”

Song Wushuang looked at the four blood holes on Chiren's shoulder, and reached out to tear the clothes embedded in the wounds: "The four wounds are all two fingers deep, and the wounds are black. It is the fingering of "Eagle Strikes the Sky" in "Black Eagle Pond". ”

She looked at Li Bing puzzled, and said: "Black Eagle Pond is a gang of horse bandits in Hui Xiancao Prefecture. There is no fixed foothold, and they make a living by robbing herdsmen, and the government and even the people of the green forest have encircled and suppressed it several times, but they have run away every time. The person who hurt your friend with a shot is not bad, and he is either the big boss of Black Eagle Pond or the second boss. Your friend is afraid that somewhere has provoked the horse bandits. ”

Li Bing nodded slightly, although Xiancaozhou and Xiaohai both belong to the Hui Dynasty, one is in the central north and the other is in the extreme west, they are far apart, I don't know how they came here.

But he heard Song Wushuang say: "The strange thing is that the purple-clothed warriors we met in the forest just now are not from the Black Eagle Pond. I'm afraid it's not that simple. ”

Came out of the forest and returned all the way back to the Meridian Sect. Li Bing and the others never encountered any obstacles again.

"There are clouds and moons, go and boil some water. Don't be too hot, just the urine temperature. Li Wuhan carried Chiren back to his room, and shouted: "There is a mountain, light the fire in the house, the more prosperous the better, and then go and get some materials! ”

Before he finished speaking, he had already put Chiren cross-legged on the bed, sat behind him, put his palms behind his back, and helped him calm down. No one in the Meridian Sect understands medical skills, so he can only use his internal strength to help him drive away the cold.

"You guys go out for a while!" Li Wuhan felt that it was almost there, so he was ready to give Chiren a wide coat and give him a bath.

"We went to prepare some fish soup, and this man fainted in the snow, and I guess he hadn't eaten a drop of water for a few days. "It's no longer appropriate for Ying Lan'er and Song Wushuang to stay in the room, so go out first.

Before the clothes were taken off, Youyun Youyue brought in a big yellow bucket, two buckets of hot water, mixed with two buckets of cold water, and poured them in together.

Li Bingma helped Li Wuhan to strip Chiren of his essence. With this detachment, the wounds on Chiren's body could not be hidden at all. There were three or four stab wounds, all not serious, on the shoulders, neck, and thighs, and there were three other claw marks on the arms, each of which was the same as the shoulder, a row of four holes, each two fingers deep, and the wounds were all covered with bloody scabs, and the surrounding area was black and the flesh seemed to show signs of decay.

"These injuries should be five or six days old. Your friend's internal skills are good. Otherwise, if you are injured by the 'Eagle Strike in the Sky', such a deep wound, I am afraid that the surrounding flesh will be rotten long ago. After Li Wuhan finished speaking, he examined each wound more carefully, and touched his pulse again: "I don't know how long he fainted in the snow, but fortunately, his muscles and bones are very strong, and his internal strength is not weak, and he can still hang on to his life, otherwise he would have died early." But these wounds have to be treated quickly, and after a long time, it will be really troublesome. ”

"Youshan! go get a knife for cutting meat. Get some more gold sore medicine. ”

Li Wuhan took the candlestick, lit the candle, and after Youshan sent the knife, he roasted the blade on the candle flame again, and cut off the black flesh around the claw marks with a knife. The knife cut on the body, not only did it not bleed, but it gave birth to a foul smell.

He scraped the carrion clean, tore through the original blood scab, squeezed out the black blood, and reapplied some ointment.

After all the wounds were healed, the two carried Chiren into the barrel. Youshan took a horse spoon over, and poured warm water over Chiren's head one by one, and Tie Qing's face finally flashed a hint of pink.

There are clouds and moons, and buckets of hot water are constantly added to the rhubarb bucket, and the original water is only half of the water, but it is about to overflow at this moment.

Simply, without much effort, Chiren finally came to his senses. He suddenly got up from his seat, looked at the person in front of him, and was about to make a move, as if he recognized that something was wrong, and immediately took it back.

"Brother Chiren, it's me!"

Chiren also recognized Li Bing. He shivered twice, goosebumps all over his body, and two or three sneezes in a row, waking up his snot everywhere, it was really embarrassing.

"It's you ......" He tried hard to think about the name of the person in front of him, and then suddenly remembered: "Brother Li Bing...... Is that you? Why are you here?"

Li Bing saw that he was relieved, and he also breathed a sigh of relief: "We went hunting in the woods, and we happened to meet you fainting in the snow." Why are you there? There are so many wounds on your body?"

Chiren didn't answer, looked at the wounds on his body that had been treated, and looked at the layout of the room again, before he lowered his vigilance slightly: "It's a long story...... In short, it is flying and causing trouble. By the way, where is this?"

"This is the Northern Meridian Sect, this is Li Wuhan, Li Sword Master!"

"Meridian Sect, Li Sword Master?" Chi Ren repeated lightly, and let out a long breath. The tense nerves finally eased completely, and his tense muscles relaxed again, and he rested against the wall of the barrel.

The water in Xiaohai was very clear, and Li Bing stood by the wooden barrel and took a thorough look at the Chiren inside.

On the huge and full pectoral muscles, the black chest hair is curled and extends to the lower abdomen. The waist is bearish, the muscles are clear, and there is almost no excess fat. The two can be regarded as having met frankly......

Chiren was very open, even if he knew that he was naked, he didn't bother to move, maybe he was really tired, or maybe the folk customs of Murowei were so fierce.

Since this was Li Bing's friend, Li Wuhan saw that this person was relieved, so he took the initiative to go out of the room and let Li Bing talk to them. Chiren mounted his body and hugged his fists in thanks. When he was gone, he lay down in the barrel again. It's really comfortable to take a bath on this cold day.

"What the hell is going on!" Li Bing always felt that such a face-to-face was too "honest", so he quickly looked away and took a stool and sat on the side.

"I came out of Jilu Prefecture, and I originally wanted to come to this legendary Xiaohai to see it and go back to Murowei. It didn't take long for me to notice that someone was following me, so I deliberately walked around Xiaohai in an attempt to shake them off. ”

Chiren took the horse spoon and kept watering himself: "After two or three days, there was no movement, I thought I had thrown it off and was about to go back to Murowei, but suddenly a very powerful person came on the way, and as a result, he attacked me again and again." I'm in the light, he's in the dark, and the fight is quite a loss. I fought and fled, and then I was wounded and fell in the woods. ”

"I see. Brother Chiren, do you know why they are chasing you? I heard Brother Li say that the person who injured you is the leader of a gang of horse bandits in Hui?"

"I'm not sure, I don't have any enemies in Murowei, and I don't leave Murowei many times. Having said that, Chiren was basically sure in his heart that these people were coming for the "white silk book" in his hand.

However, he and Li Bing met in Pingshui, and this matter has a complicated relationship, and Tuoba Chiren knows a lot about the force of the fusion sect. Since this matter involves a wide range of issues, it is even more difficult to entrust Li Bing into the water.

"But this white silk book is only known to Ji Zihuan. Could it be that he was betrayed? Probably not, Zihuan has known each other for many years, although he is greedy for money, he can stick a knife in his friends, not to mention that he has never liked to care about these disputes. Chiren knew that Ji Zihuan would never betray himself, and suddenly had another thought: "Isn't Zihuan in trouble?

He sat in the bucket and thought about it for a long time, but he didn't have a definite idea, and he was so distracted that he forgot about Li Bing's existence.

"Brother Chiren, you rest first. Call me again for something. Li Bing saw that he was thinking about things, and he didn't want to disturb, so he was about to go out, but was stopped by Chiren again.

"Brother Li?" Chiren suddenly stood up from the barrel: "I won't bother either." Maybe those thieves will chase after them in a moment. It's not good to involve the Meridian Sect in this matter again. With that, he took the towel by the barrel and began to wipe his body. He was not ashamed, standing naked in front of Li Bing and not knowing how to cover it, he was really a little too profligate.

Although Li Bing is also a person who has seen the world, he still feels extremely embarrassed, and after glancing at it, he quickly shifted his gaze and stared at the wall. When he heard that Chiren was leaving, he originally thought about being polite, but he also thought that the other party was a group of horse bandits, and the children of the Meridian Sect were afraid that they would not be able to resist, and they did not dare to do it: "Okay, I'll wait for you outside." The Meridian Sect has prepared food for you, you can use it before leaving. ”

Chiren clasped his fists and said to Li Bing: "Thank you." ”

Li Bing felt even more embarrassed, and didn't even raise his head: "No thanks, no thanks." "Cover the door and go out.