Xuan Qi stopped the horse and took out an oil-paper bag from his arms, and when he opened it, there was a small half of the roast lamb leg that had been cold.

"Let's have a bite to eat! I don't know when I'll be able to eat the next meal. Xuan Qi handed the oil paper bag to Helian Yu'er.

Helian Yu'er nodded, she was indeed tired and hungry after tossing for half the night, even if this roast leg of lamb was as cold as ice. After biting and eating a few bites casually, Helian Yu'er handed the oiled paper bag back to Xuan Qi, and after Xuan Qi took two bites, he rewrapped the roast leg of lamb and put it in his arms.

After a little rest, the horse also regained some strength, and was able to speed up a little and run forward. In this snowflake, the two of them could only pass the direction of the wind and chose to go north temporarily, because the royal court cavalry behind them must have surrounded the two directions of west and south. In Xuan Qi's opinion, the other party would definitely think that the two of them had turned to the east, and if they did the opposite, the north might be the safest. Xuan Qi didn't know if his conjecture was accurate, but he could only choose according to his intuition.

The wind and snow are getting stronger and stronger, blowing a little pain on the hands and faces, and the speed of the war horse is also much slower, and the two can only hope that the wind and snow can smooth out the traces left behind, so that the pursuers behind them can not find the direction of the two.

The farther north went, the deeper the snow became, and the two horses had fallen into the snow several times, but fortunately the snow on the ground was thick enough not to hurt Helian Yu'er. Xuan Qi simply dismounted, holding the reins of the horse with one hand and Helian Yu'er's hand with the other, and trekked forward with one foot deep and one foot shallow.

I don't know how long it was, but a towering mountain lay in front of me.

"This should be Kent Mountain, the road to the west, there will definitely be a lot of cavalry, continue to the north, I'm afraid that if you don't starve to death, you will freeze to death. ”

"That's only to the east, what's the place to the east?"

"Four hundred miles to the east is the Hulunbuir Prairie. There should be herdsmen on the grassland who have spent the winter, and they can ask for something to eat. ”

"Then it's decided, to the east!"

"But there will be pursuers to the east. ”

"Let's go! ”

The two of them walked eastward along the southern foot of Mount Kent, sometimes on horseback, sometimes on foot, until it was getting dark, and there was really no way to see the road. In this plateau and mountainous area, bottomless cracks will appear at any time, and the two have to start looking for a place to spend the night.

I don't know how long I searched, but I finally found a leeward place under a cliff, just a small area that would not be eroded by the wind and snow. The two war horses occupied a large area, and the two could only be separated by a stone, with their backs to the cliff, leaning tightly together to keep each other warm. Although Helian Yu'er still had some resistance in her heart, she also knew that she could only rely on this man at the moment.

Xuan Qi took out two fur coats from the baggage that had been prepared a long time ago and tightly covered the bodies of the two of them. Although the wind and snow couldn't blow this place, the temperature at night was still extremely low, and Xuan Qi naturally hugged Helian Yu'er tightly in his arms, Helian Yu'er only struggled slightly, and leaned motionless in Xuan Qi's arms. The two, who had been tired for a day and night, soon fell asleep.

The warmth in Xuan Qi's arms made Helian Yu'er sleep comfortably for a long time, and she didn't wake up until the sky was bright. Helian Yu'er slowly opened her eyes, felt Xuan Qi's snort in her hair, and raised her head slightly, but saw Xuan Qi with her eyes open, looking at herself softly. Helian Yu'er was flustered for no reason, hurriedly got up from Xuan Qi's arms, and said with some disgust: "Why didn't you wake up Yu'er earlier?"

"I can't bear to wake you up when I see you're sleeping soundly. Xuan Qi replied as he got up and began to pack his things.

Helian Yu'er didn't say anything more, the two of them took two bites of roast lamb leg casually, but they didn't dare to eat more, for fear that once they had eaten one-third of the roast lamb leg, they would starve to death in this ice and snow. After grabbing a few handfuls of snow and putting them in their mouths and wiping the grease on their hands, the two got on their horses and continued eastward.

For the whole day that followed, the two did not encounter the pursuers or the felt bags of the Xiongnu herdsmen. It wasn't until the next morning that Xuan Qi suddenly stopped and listened carefully into the distance on the horse. In the whistling north wind, Xuan Qi still felt a slight vibration on the ground, and it seemed that there were many horses stepping on the snow at the same time to produce such a movement.

Xuan Qi knew that the pursuers were finally coming, and after judging the direction, he took Helian Yu'er and walked around a mountain col lightly. Xuan Qi pressed his ears to the mountain wall, and from the shock, he could tell that a group of cavalry had rushed over from the other side of the high ground. The two pulled out their war horses, and Xuan Qi immediately decided, followed behind the pursuers, and continued to go east. First, there were messy horseshoe prints in front of them, which could just cover up the whereabouts of the two, and second, if there was really nothing to eat, they could only rob the pursuers of food.

The two of them followed the pursuers from a distance, but the pursuers were unaware, in this heavy snowstorm, it was difficult to see even a few feet in front of them, let alone find two people who were moving at any time. The pursuers stopped at noon, began to eat, and began to curse the hellish weather, complaining about why they had been sent out to search for the two abominable men.

Xuan Qi didn't dare to get too close, so he asked Helian Yu'er to wait in place, and he touched the vicinity of the pursuers and secretly checked it. But seeing that there were only about twenty horsemen in the pursuers, he thought that he should have been scattered into such a team, searching for himself and Helian Yu'er everywhere.

Seeing that the pursuers continued to move forward, Xuan Qifang turned back and continued on the road with Helian Yu'er. After walking for a short time, he saw a frozen river in front of him, but Helian Yuer was overjoyed, saying that this is the Krulun River, and to the east along the river, it leads to the Hulunbuir grassland, and on both sides of the river, there are many market towns.

Xuan Qi smiled bitterly, he really didn't know what Helian Yu'er was happy about. With these market towns, although the problem of food and clothing can be solved, the point is that there will definitely be a lot of Hun pursuers, if you go east along the river, it is almost equivalent to personally sending the two of them into the tiger's mouth.

Xuan Qi naturally also knew that Helian Yu'er, who had been pampered since childhood, must have forgotten the fact that the two were fleeing at this moment, and immediately reminded: "Dear county lord, don't you know that you are on the run now?"

Helian Yu'er was stunned for a moment, and suddenly thought about it, and said with some embarrassment: "Mr. Bai, it's Yu'er who is reckless!"

Actually, it's not impossible to walk along the river. It's just that you still have to stay away from the market town, and don't go in until you have to. Looking at Helian Yu'er, who was a little stunned, Xuan Qi continued: "Let's go!" As he spoke, he had already moved forward first, and Helian Yu'er had to follow closely behind. ()