After a moment, a boy who was only about fourteen or fifteen years old walked out from behind the big tree on the other side!
This young man is thin and thin. He is wearing a tattered cotton-padded jacket made of coarse cloth. A piece of fur from an unknown animal is tied around his waist. He is holding a stiff bow that is slightly smaller than a normal bow and arrow in his hand. Although his face is a bit expressionless.
Pale, but in great spirits!
"I've been following this roe deer for a long time, but since you hunted it first, I'll give it to you! I'll go find some other prey!" The young man coughed several times and hugged Liu Ruyi with a fist.
Turn around and leave.
"Brother, wait a minute!" Liu Ruyi hurriedly chased after him and stopped in front of the young man.
The young man glanced at Liu Ruyi warily, and his hand touched the short knife hanging on his waist, "What? What else can't this big brother do? I have to rush home to cook for my mother?"
Liu Ruyi hurriedly inserted the steel knife in her hand back into her waist, showed a kind smile to the young man, cupped her fist and said: "Brother, you and I hunted this roe deer at the same time. You gave it all to me like this.
What's the matter? I, Liu, am not an unreasonable person! Let's see, this roe deer is not too small, and I can't eat that much. How about we share it half and half equally?"
The young man was stunned and stared at Liu Ruyi's eyes for a long time. Seeing that Liu Ruyi's smile was sincere and not fake, he returned a faint smile and said: "Okay! Thank you so much, big brother! Let's do it now.
Let it be divided!”
Liu Ruyi smiled and nodded, making a gesture of invitation.
Without any hesitation, the young man quickly walked up to the roe deer, pulled out the short knife from his waist, and cut off the roe deer's scalp!
Although he was young, he was extremely agile and his techniques were extremely skillful! After a while, he peeled off the skin of the roe deer and split it into two halves! Then, the young man took out two roe deer from his arms.
The two pieces of robe meat were strung together with hemp ropes as thick as your little finger.
Ignoring the blood stains on the flesh of the robe, the young man first carried the smaller piece on his back, and then moved the larger piece in front of Liu Ruyi, but when he looked at the roe deer skin
, the young man's expression became a little nervous.
"Brother, can you give me all this roe deer skin? My mother is weak and I want to use this roe deer skin to make a cotton-padded jacket for my mother!" the young man begged softly.
Liu Ruyi was stunned for a moment, but a smile appeared on her face, and her tone became a little more friendly! After all, filial children are always more lovable!
"Of course, little brother! This roe deer skin is yours now!"
"Thank you, brother!" The young man glanced at Liu Ruyi gratefully, with two shallow dimples showing at the corners of his mouth, and then he returned to his boyish nature.
"By the way, little brother! Brother, I want to ask you something?" Liu Ru asked with a smile, seeing that the young man was no longer as defensive about him as before.
"Brother, if you have something to say, just say it!" The young man only had eyes for this roe deer skin now, and he held it tightly in his arms, as if he was afraid that Liu Ruyi would regret it.
"That's it, little brother! Brother, I originally wanted to go to Jinan City to visit my relatives, but I never thought that I would be robbed just after I reached the foot of this mountain! Fortunately, my servants fought to the death to protect me, and I was able to escape with my life! But right now, I
One of our servants has been seriously injured. If he doesn't receive medical treatment, he may lose his life! Little brother, do you know where Zhuangzi is nearby? I can take him there quickly and ask for medical treatment!" After Liu Ruyi finished speaking, he pointed to a nearby place.
Xiao Liu'er.
The young man's face changed when he heard this. He looked at Xiao Liu'er and others not far away, then at Liu Ruyi in front of him, slowly shook his head and said: "Brother, walk three miles further from here. Originally,
There is a village, but unfortunately, it was massacred by bandits two years ago! Now, except for a small town fifty miles to the southwest, there are probably no other houses within a few dozen miles!"
The young man sighed and said: "Brother, you must have met the group from Erlong Mountain, right? They are killing people these days. When I grow up, I will definitely kill them all!"
"It seems that God really wants to kill me Liu!" Liu Ruyi looked up to the sky and sighed, patting the young man's shoulder gently, "In that case, little brother, I will give you the remaining half! We
I’m afraid I won’t be able to get out of this ice and snow!”
After saying that, Liu Ruyi walked lonely in the direction of Xiao Liuer and the others.
"Brother, wait a minute!" The young man hurriedly threw the roe deer meat on his back to the ground, and rushed in front of Liu Ruyi and the others in a few quick steps!
Liu Ruyi glanced at the young man doubtfully, "Little brother, what else can I do?"
The young man did not answer, but moved closer to Xiao Liu'er, carefully inspected his injuries, and then carefully looked at the wounds on Liu Ruyi's chest and said: "Brother, don't be anxious!
Just listen to what I have to say first! Maybe things aren’t that bad yet!”
The young man coughed a few more times, "Brother, you all suffered stab wounds. As long as you can apply some golden sore medicine, you should be able to get through it with luck!"
"It's freezing cold here, and there's no one around. Where can I go to find the golden sore medicine?" Liu Ruyi said with a bitter smile.
"Brother, when my father was in the army, he left some golden sore medicine at home. If eldest brother doesn't mind it, you can come to my house to rest for some time!" the young man said, holding Liu Ruyi's hand.
"What, how can this be so embarrassing?" Liu Ruyi said hurriedly.
"Brother, I can see that you are a good person! My mother said that good people should be rewarded!" The young man pointed to a high mountain not far away and said, "My home is on the hillside of that mountain.
If you give this strong man some medicine, maybe he can survive?"
"Thank you so much, little brother! Liu will definitely repay you generously for your life-saving grace in the future!" Liu Ruyi bowed deeply to the young man, but there was a faint smile on his lips.
At this time, Zou also woke up.
Liu Ruyi hurriedly explained her intention to her mother, asked Uncle Fu to pack her things, and with the young man leading the way, the group slowly climbed up the mountain not far away...
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This mountain is very high, but not particularly steep. It should be a branch of the Taishan Mountains.
But because there had been no human habitation for many years, there were no roads on the mountain. Fortunately, the young man was very familiar with the surrounding terrain, and even two old horses could climb up some gentle slopes.
But the luck of these people was obviously bad. Just after climbing a few hundred meters along the hillside, heavy goose-like snow began to fall in the sky again, which added a lot of difficulty to the road ahead for them.
After getting along with each other for a period of time, Liu Ruyi and this young man gradually became familiar with each other.
This young man’s surname is Han. Perhaps because he lacks fire in his life, his nickname is Huolang!
Huolang's father was originally a military householder at the guard station in Dengzhou. In the fifth year of Chongzhen's reign, Kong Youde rebelled and he couldn't live any longer. Huolang's father fled inland with his family and children and lived in seclusion in the mountains.
Get up! With good archery skills, although life is poor, the family can still barely make ends meet.
But the sky has no eyes, fate plays tricks on people!
Last winter, Huo Lang's father took some fine furs and wanted to exchange for some daily necessities such as firewood, rice, oil, and salt in Caishi Town, fifty miles away. Unexpectedly, he encountered bandits on Erlong Mountain halfway! Huo Lang's father
Although he had some martial arts skills, he could not defeat the four hands with his two fists. Everything on his body was robbed, and even his body was thrown into the mountains and eaten by unknown beasts. Only Huolang was left.
With her seriously ill mother, mother and son depend on each other for life!
"Huo Lang, there are abundant water systems here and the terrain on both sides of the river is fairly flat. Why is there no village?" Liu Ruyi pointed to the small river at the foot of the mountain and said to Huo Lang.
In fact, Liu Ruyi still has some impressions of the scenery here. There is no other reason. In later generations, this place belonged to central Shandong, which was densely populated, and there were many highways passing through the mountains here. Liu Ruyi also passed by here several times in his previous life, so
That's why I asked.
"Brother, there used to be several villages here! It's just that there have been famines in succession in the past few years, and there are so many bandits. The people in these villages have either starved to death or been dragged into gangs by bandits. The rest can survive.
Most of them have moved their families to other places!" Huo Lang said helplessly.
Liu Ruyi nodded slightly!
Indeed, it is already the ninth year of Chongzhen, and the Ming Dynasty, which lasted for nearly three hundred years, is already riddled with holes! There are thieves inside, the officials and gentry are cruel and unkind, and there are foreign races outside who are eyeing them. Lord Chongzhen has no ambition to govern the country, but...
There is no such thing as a thunderbolt! In another seven or eight years, the capital city was destroyed, the Ming Dynasty was destroyed, and Li Chuang and his like were even more helpless, and gave this great country to the Manchu Tatars in vain! Chinese history
The darkest three hundred years in the world are coming!
Climbing a mountain takes quite a lot of energy. Liu Ruyi was already injured and didn't have much strength to speak. She just carefully led the horse carrying her mother, followed Huo Lang, and continued walking into the mountains.
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Speechless all the way!
After walking for about two hours, at noon, they finally arrived at a forest on the mountainside!
After walking dozens of steps along the path on the edge of the woods, several small wooden houses embedded in the edge of the rocks appeared in front of several people.
"Brother, this is it. Please wait a moment. I'll go and talk to my mother first!" After Huo Lang finished speaking, he picked up the two rabbits he had just shot on the road and ran towards the small wooden house in the middle.
"Mom, we're here, come down and rest for a while!" Liu Ruyi carefully helped her mother, Zou, off the horse, and gently patted the snowflakes off her mother's body.
"Ruyi! It's all useless to my mother. I'm really wronging you!" Mrs. Zou stretched out her hands and gently warmed her precious son's cold face, and two lines of clear tears couldn't help but fall.
"Mom, everything is over! We will be fine!" Liu Ruyi put the cotton-padded jacket that she had taken off from Liu's servant and put it on her mother's thin shoulders, comforting her softly.
Although it is a bit exaggerated to describe the weather at this time as dripping water turning into ice, the biting cold wind mixed with goose feather-like snowflakes, freezing people to death, is absolutely common! Liu Ruyi, Fu Bo and Xiao Liuer are all grown-ups.
Gentlemen, the body is still stronger. With a body as thin as Zou's, Liu Ruyi is really worried that her mother will not be able to survive, so Liu Ruyi is even more careful about her mother and takes good care of her!
Suddenly, a heart-rending scream came from the cabin. Liu Ruyi was startled. She winked at Uncle Fu who was standing aside and ran quickly in the direction of the cabin.
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