"Look at the smoke, you'll be in front of you to the small village."

Xu Bao jumped off a big rock, looked ahead and said.

Song Zhi rode on the horse and could clearly see a village on a snowy night not far away, with dozens of thatched houses tightly surrounding each other. There seemed to be a small bonfire in the middle of the village. It was barely burning in this cold night, and white smoke floated out of the village.

It seems to be a very common mountain village.

However, Song Zhi still felt a little incongruity. He had been away from the capital for several days. The suburbs they passed along were usually built next to official roads or streams to facilitate the cultivation of farmland and traveling home.

This village is built in the deep mountains and forests... Could it be that they are hunters...

Song Zhi felt that he was thinking too much, but he just kept a little thought in his heart.

Soon, under Xu Bao's leadership, the group rode to the entrance of the village.

The two guards wearing fur and marten heard the sound of horse hooves from afar. They were originally leaning against the wooden poles casually and saw clearly the outfits of several people on the horse's back through the faint flames. They quickly put down the guy-like style in their hands, and their faces changed slightly.

One of them turned quietly and walked towards the village, while the other man took two steps forward and shouted to Xu Bao who was walking in the front of the team:

"Xu Bao, where did you go on a heavy snowy day?"

Then he looked up at Meng He, who was leading the leader, picked up his fist and said in a complimentary tone: "This official, you are here..."

Xu Bao hurried forward and looked up and introduced:

"Brother Quan, I just went into the mountain to chop wood. Who would have thought that there was a monster in this mountain? Fortunately, these...well, fortunately, I could escape the disaster, so I asked them to come to the village for a night of rest."

"monster?"

The guard surnamed Quan showed a shocked look, and looked at Meng He again and became respectful, saying:

"Since you all saved Xu Bao, it is really dangerous to walk on the night during the snowy day. So let's follow me into the village, this horse?"

Meng He didn't reply from beginning to end, but just raised his right arm to signal everyone to dismount. Then he led the horse and followed the guards to the village.

The guard glanced at Xu Bao, kicked him hard on the butt and reminded him: "What are you doing with me? Why don't you go to see your mother after the firewood is cut?"

Xu Bao quickly repaid a smile and ran in the other direction. However, he stopped and turned around after a few steps. His eyes were a little worried about looking at the figure that had been decorated among the people, and then blinked and walked away.

There were only a few broad alleys in the village, and the horses were tied under the wooden shed at the entrance of the village. The group, led by the guards, walked towards the center of the bonfire.

"Be smart, this village is a bit weird."

Song Zhi looked at the warm and swaying fire in front of him, his fatigue suddenly worsened, and his eyelids were a little sleepy. At this time, Liu Zhengyi's voice suddenly came from his ears.

"What did Brother Liu find?" Song Zhi rubbed his eyes, sobering himself a little.

"In such a small village, there are only a few dozen villagers, and there is no reason to set up a guard post to guard the gate." Liu Zhengyi's eyes were very small and he couldn't see his eyes clearly.

After hearing this, Li Meng interrupted, "This is a deep ridge, and there are even monsters. Maybe these villagers are worried about being attacked by beasts. Could it be that you are too worried?"

Liu Zhengyi didn't comment, but just turned his head and looked around.

"Brother Liu, why don't we exert our spiritual sense to investigate?" Song Zhi asked when Liu Zhengyi felt that Liu Zhengyi's concern was reasonable.

"No, don't take your own initiative before Lao Meng spoke."

In this way, several people were taken to the bonfire to sit for heating, and the guard left on the grounds of asking the village chief to arrange his residence.

After he left, there was only the crackling sound of bonfires left here. Apart from the sound of wind and snow, the empty village was quiet and it seemed that the villagers had rested.

But Song Zhi glanced over and found that there were actually many shadows standing beside the window in the thatched houses on the street. He was probably staring at them, but he didn't say anything.

Song Zhi looked at Meng He and felt that Meng He must have felt these gazes, but Meng He just stared at the bonfire without saying anything, and was silent all the time.

In a thatched hut in the village.

A big man with a beard was pulling down the wooden curtain with his fingers, peeping at the four people sitting in the center of the village from a distance, frowning and looking bad.

"Brother, these guys are probably not a small person. Do we have this vote?"

Beside him was the guard surnamed Quan just now, waiting for his elder brother to speak.

The unkempt man slowly closed the curtain, then suddenly slapped the guard's forehead and cursed in a low voice:

"It's not a small background? Damn, this is a demon-slaying master, how did you find it?"

"It's not me, it's Xu Bao's bastard. Not only did he break a toad, he actually brought back these broom stars." The guard was in pain and explained hurriedly.

Hearing this, the man's expression changed drastically. He grabbed the guard's collar and asked, "Didn't that boy say anything?"

The guard twisted his neck and quickly replied, "No, his mother and sister are in our hands, how dare we?"

Hearing this, the man let go of his hand slightly and pinched his nose with two fingers. His eyes flashed under the candlelight. He didn't know how to deal with these demon-slaying masters who suddenly visited.

"Brother, if you can't do it, please leave them for a night and let them go tomorrow?" said the guard tentatively.

"Tsk,, I'm afraid it's not possible..." The big man in the deep beard put down his hand, shook his head and murmured to himself:

"This year, the snow fell down. It was so heavy as soon as it fell. No one had passed by the mountain for several days. The monsters had long been restless... Tonight Xu Baoneng pulled several monks..."

He seemed to have thought of something and said with a sneer:

"Didn't we also attract monks before? In the end, we are not going to deal with them. A monk is more than ten ordinary people. If he doesn't eat for a long time, he can handle this winter when he is difficult to catch people..."

Speaking of this, the man put on his jacket and pointed to the guard and said, "Go and call the others up, and I'll give these demon-slaying masters some ecstasy soup later, don't eat anything wrong."

"Okay!" The guard immediately went out of the thatched house, quietly bypassed Meng He and his men's eyes, and ran towards the other houses.

As soon as he left, a thin figure appeared outside the thatched house. Xu Bao looked at the guard's back and thoughtfully.

By the bonfire, the hungry Li Meng was taking out dry food for others to share.

Song Zhi took a potato cake, took a bite and chewed it for two minutes before swallowing it. He held it in his hand and weighed it but couldn't take a second bite. It was so dry.

Dry food can be easily stored, but fresh water is prone to deterioration in the storage space. The water Song Zhi received from a stream two days ago has already been seen at the bottom of the bottom.

"Senior sister, do you still have water?"

Li Meng happened to take out her water bag, she shook it gently, and reached out and handed it to Song Zhi.

"There is still a little bit more. If you are thirsty, drink it."

Song Zhi took the water bag and saw that there was only a swaying layer of water. He pushed it back with both hands: "Then you should drink it, senior sister."

"Drink!"

“I won’t drink.”

"Drink!"

"Then I really drink it?"

Da da da da da,

Just as Li Meng and Song Zhi were accommodating each other, a sound of footsteps came from the darkness, which seemed a little hurrying.

Then, under the reflection of the bonfire, several figures walked out.
Chapter completed!