The door of the wooden house is not high, and the highest point can only reach Liu Ruyi's chest, so Liu Ruyi has to deliberately lower her head to enter!

The space in the wooden house is not large, about seven or eight square meters. In order to resist the cold wind, the window has been sealed with dilapidated bedding. The light in the house is a bit dark. The fire on the side has been extinguished for a long time. In addition, due to heavy snowfall, water droplets dripped on the roof, and the air inside is particularly humid and cold.

On the innermost wooden bed in the house, Huolang was holding a woman's body tightly and cried endlessly!

"Huolang? What happened?" Liu Ruyi walked gently to Huolang and asked in a low voice.

Huolang seemed to wake up suddenly, pulled Liu Ruyi's arm like crazy, pointed at the woman on the bed and cried loudly, "Brother, look! My mother is not dead yet, right? She is not dead yet!"

"Mom, wake up? Mom, don't leave me alone!" Huolang shook the woman's body desperately, hoping that she could open her eyes again, but after a long time, she still did not receive any response.

"Huolang, calm down! Calm down!"

Liu Ruyi hugged Huo Lang's body from behind, hoping to stop him from doing self-harm. However, although Huo Lang is not old and is very thin, his strength is quite strong, like a crazy calf, desperately consuming the energy in his body.

Helplessly, Liu Ruyi had to stretch out some legs from behind and put the kid down on the ground, while his body was pressing heavily on him, making him unable to move!

"Huolang, calm down! Stop hurting yourself anymore! Let's see if your mother is still saved!" Liu Ruyi shouted loudly.

"Ah? Brother, please save my mother! As long as you can save my mother's life, I will repay your kindness even if I do a cow or a horse!" Huo Lang seemed to have grabbed the last life-saving straw, knelt on the ground, and kept kowtowing to Liu Ruyi.

Liu Ruyi could understand Huo Lang's mood, but just made a gesture of silence at him and began to carefully look at the woman on the bed.

This woman is not old, at most forty years old. Her expression is very painful, her face is ashen, her lips are purple from cold, and there are traces of being pinched by her fingers in her throat! Liu Ruyi reached out to test her body temperature on her neck and forehead. She was already cold and her body was very stiff. She was obviously dead for a long time!

"Huoro, when did you leave here?"

"Uh?" Huolang was stunned, then patted his forehead hard, "It seems that it was yesterday afternoon! There was really no food at home. I added firewood to my mother, closed the door, and then went out!"

Liu Ruyi sighed slowly and could roughly guess the cause of the woman's death!

The wooden house is well sealed and it is difficult to circulate. When the firewood in the stove reaches a certain level, too much carbon dioxide in the house will soon cause people to breathe. If there is nothing on weekdays, but the heavy snow has been falling in the past few days, blocking the thick chimney on the roof! The woman is originally weak and has a serious illness. In addition, the weather is severe and cold, and various reasons have led to the tragedy.

"Huolang, your mother has gone! Let's mourn!" Liu Ruyi patted Huolang on the shoulder weakly, but did not inform Huolang of the real cause of her mother's death.

After all, the deceased is gone. If you save another life for this, it would be a real sin!

Born in troubled times, human life is like grass, and it is really not easy to live well!

"No! I don't believe it, I don't believe it! Brother, you lied to me, you must be lying to me!" Huo Lang whistled to the sky, and punched his chest with both fists!

Suddenly, Huo Lang screamed and spit out a large pool of black blood in one mouthful. His body was even more shaking, and he was about to fall to the ground!

Liu Ruyi hurriedly supported his body and dragged him to the open space outside the house with force!

In fact, when Liu Ruyi saw Huo Lang for the first time, she could roughly guess that this child might have some tracheal diseases. Now it seems that it is true.

At this time, Zou and Uncle Fu also led two old horses and walked slowly here.

"Ruyi, is this?" Zou pointed to Huo Lang beside him and said in confusion.

Liu Ruyi did not answer, but just shook her head gently.

There was a lot of firewood stored in the courtyard in front of the wooden house. Liu Ruyi did not choose to go to the wooden house, but set up a fire in the dry place on the side of the courtyard. She also brought an iron pot from the wooden house, took some clean snow on the roof, and burned a pot of hot water.

It has been more than a day since I escaped from the Liu family mansion last night. Liu Ruyi and his friends haven't had a sip of water at all. Now that there is a place to settle down, the nerves of the few people finally relaxed a little, gathered next to the fire to keep warm.

Huolang also slowly recovered. He took a few clean dead branches, cut them into thin wooden strips with his waist knife, and then cut off a few pieces of the roe deer, strung them on the wooden strips, and distributed them to Liu Ruyi and others for barbecue. However, his mood was still very low, and he didn't say a word, staring blankly at the snowflakes floating in the air.

Liu Ruyi also knew Huo Lang's knot, but she didn't say much, so she silently handed the small wine pot to Huo Lang!

After drinking some hot water and eating a few pieces of roasted roe deer meat, Liu Ruyi and others finally recovered. Unfortunately, Xiao Liu'er's injury still did not improve. Although she had eaten a little, her high fever had not subsided and her mind was still not clear.

Fortunately, there was a lot of golden sore medicine left by Huolang's father. Liu Ruyi and Xiao Liuer applied a lot of them to the wound, took some silk from Zou, cut it into thin strips with a steel knife, and bandaged it as a simple bandage on the wound, and then felt better.

After resting for a while, Liu Ruyi helped Huolang dig a simple tomb in the woods on the side of the wooden house and buried Huolang's mother. Liu Ruyi also kowtowed her grave for a few times, which surprised Huolang.

"Brother, thank you!" Huo Lang bowed deeply to Liu Ruyi and said.

"What are you thanking? Huo Lang! We should be thanking you! If it weren't for you, my mother and I, and my servants, we would all die by the small river at the foot of the mountain!"

Liu Ruyi patted Huolang's shoulder hard and said, "Life is full of life, and plants are springing. Perhaps, everyone's destiny is determined! Your mother has gone, but she doesn't want to live in grief forever! Live well, this is the best way for you to repay your mother!"

Huo Lang didn't say anything, just nodded heavily.

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The afternoon passed quickly, but the heavy snow showed no sign of stopping. Liu Ruyi had no choice but to give up her plan to travel overnight and rested at Huolang's house for a night.

However, the snowflakes that fluttered in turn helped Liu Ruyi a little bit!

The heavy snow covered all traces in the world, causing Qi's minions to quickly find the footprints of Liu Ruyi and his group.

But early the next morning, Liu Ruyi had just woken up from her sleep, Uncle Fu ran over from outside with a nervous look, approached Liu Ruyi's ear, and whispered: "Young Master, it's not good, they may have chased me! I just saw more than a dozen figures at the foot of the mountain, and they were holding hunting dogs!"

Liu Ruyi's expression changed drastically and she cursed in her heart: "This evil woman is really evil with her intentions! Do you have to kill herself?"

"Uncle Fu, don't panic! Go and call Huo Lang!" Liu Ruyi ordered in a deep voice.

Uncle Fu left with a response.

"Ruyi, what's wrong?" Zou was already sleeping uneasy, and when he heard a little noise, he woke up.

"It's okay, mom! We have to change places!" Liu Ruyi whispered comforting without feeling worried about her mother.

"Brother, what happened?" Huo Lang ran over in the small wooden house next to him.

Liu Ruyi looked at Huo Lang's eyes and said in a deep voice: "Huo Lang, I'm sorry, my brother lied to you! We were not robbed by bandits, but were chased by enemies! Now they are at the foot of the mountain. Can brother trust you?"

Huo Lang was stunned at first, then he slowly breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Brother, although we haven't been together for a long time, I can feel that you are a good person! I believe in you!"

"Okay! Good brother!" Liu Ruyi patted Huolang's shoulder heavily, and the hand that was originally holding the hilt of the knife around her waist slowly relaxed.

"Huolang, the enemy I want to kill is at the foot of the mountain now, and they have hunting dogs! Is there any good way for you?" Liu Ruyi said.

Huolang pondered for a moment, "Brother, there is a hidden cave behind this mountain. We can go there to hide first! As for the hunting dog?" Huolang smiled softly, "Brother, don't worry, I have a way to deal with it then!"

Liu Ruyi nodded, "Good brother, please give me everything!"

The few people quickly packed up without stopping. They followed Huo Lang's back and rushed to the top of the mountain with the bitter wind and snow.

The mountain is very high, and the more you climb, the steeper the mountain is! Soon, the two old horses were already out of breath and it was difficult to continue!

"Huolang, how long will it take to get there? These horses are afraid they can't hold on!" Liu Ruyi was also very tired, but she just held her breath in her heart and insisted on herself!

"Brother, don't worry! Bypass the big stone in front, you're about to arrive!" Huo Lang said, pointing to a natural giant stone more than ten steps ahead.

This huge stone is three stories high, and is located in the middle of the crack between the two mountains. Standing here, Liu Ruyi can vaguely see that a narrow hole appears above the huge stone! If there is no Huo Lang to remind you, it would take a lot of effort for ordinary people to discover this hole!

"Work harder, we're resting after entering the cave!" Liu Ruyi said, gritting her teeth, holding back her body's fatigue.

At this moment, Uncle Fu tightly grabbed Liu Ruyi's clothes, and his face quickly turned blue, as if full of great fear!

"What's wrong? Uncle Fu?" Liu Ruyi asked softly, and his right hand had already pulled out the steel knife from the scabbard!

Over the past few days, Liu Ruyi has also known Uncle Fu better. This kind-hearted old man can't help but be loyal to his mother and son, and his life experience is quite rich. Things that can make him discolored must be unusual!

Uncle Fu didn't say anything, but just quietly winked at Liu Ruyi!

Liu Ruyi turned her head gently and saw a tall giant wolf standing next to a stone more than ten steps away, looking at her group of people with a bad expression!

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