The temperature in the wooden house was just right. Even if she slept in the wilderness, Qingyan slept soundly. Because of Chou Chou's presence, she was not afraid of any ferocious beasts coming around, such as wolves.
It's even better now. Not only is Chou Chou, but there is also the monster of money, which can also exert the same effect.
Moreover, it has just merged with the bloodline, and it still doesn't know how to control the monster aura on its body. At least it is not so easy to control and release, and it will spread out unconsciously, which saves Chou Chou from releasing the pressure.
However, Rich is still young after all, and the range of breath release is much smaller, so there are still wild animals moving outside the range.
This place is not very far from the mountain. It was fine before. Suddenly, in the middle of the night, there was a series of howls of wolves. Qingyan's hearing was already sharp, and she was suddenly awakened.
He opened his eyes drowsily and looked into the darkness of the room, almost forgetting where he was for a moment.
Still having money rubbed her neck, and she remembered that she was in the wild, and heard the howling sounds coming from time to time, and suddenly she woke up.
She stretched out her hand from the quilt and touched her face. Well, it was a little cold. It seemed that the charcoal stove had gone out. If it weren't for the rich little stove, she would have woken up from the cold.
She didn't get up, but touched the other side. She didn't touch Chou Chou, so she sent a message to find it. When she heard that it was practicing in the space, she felt relieved and told it about the wolf howling outside.
"It sounds like there aren't one or two wolves. I just looked out with my spiritual sense, and there are no traces of wolves around. They should be farther away."
To be honest, this was the first time she heard the howl of a wolf after being in this world for so long. She was not scared at all, but she was just a little curious about what was going on.
Chou Chou did not come out of the space, but directly probed out with his spiritual consciousness. After some exploration, he said to Qingyan: "It's in the mountains to the north, about five or six miles away from here. Those wolves In that mountain.”
Qingyan listened to the howling sound getting louder and louder. She must be approaching in this direction, "They are not coming, are they?"
For the first time, she felt that her poor hearing was a problem. Listening to those sounds, she found that she couldn't lie down.
He reached out and took out the spirit stone, and the cabin suddenly lit up.
I looked at the watch and saw that it was almost three o'clock in the middle of the night, almost four o'clock. I couldn't blame the charcoal stove for going out. It was good after burning for a few hours.
Four or five o'clock is the deepest time of night here. It gets late in the northwest and doesn't get full light until eight or nine o'clock in the morning, so there are still four or five hours left.
She got up from the bed, put on her cotton-padded jacket, lifted the bed curtain and came down to take a look. Sure enough, there were no sparks in the stove.
Light the stove with hay and pine cones, and open the windows a little to avoid smoke in the house.
She specially asked Chou Chou to put a basket of pine cones and charcoal in the wooden house, so as to save the trouble of burning some and carrying them.
Pine cone burns quickly, with only a little smoke when burning, and a faint pine scent, which is not unpleasant.
Wait until the fire is burning before adding charcoal, then buckle the chimney on top and let the smoke go out along the chimney.
After waiting for a while, when there was no more smoke, she closed the window and glanced at the big bear with her spiritual consciousness. He was sleeping standing up outside. It seemed that he was not awakened by the howls of the wolves.
Those wolf howls weren't actually loud when they came here, and the sounds weren't that clear. After all, the big bears didn't have as good ears as hers, so it was normal not to hear them.
You Qian also jumped out of bed and was now wandering around her.
The stove burned for a while before the temperature inside the room rose. Then I returned to the bed and got into the warm quilt again.
She thought that when she got to Fucheng, she would see if she could customize a coal stove at the blacksmith shop. It would be better to burn coal for heating. Not only would the temperature be higher, the burning time would be longer.
If it doesn't work, just use fire bricks to build one. She still remembers that when she and her mother went to poor mountainous areas to support, they saw the kind of stove that was connected to the fire pit, which was made of bricks.
The stove can be directly connected to the fire bed, and once it is burning, both rooms will be warm at the same time.
However, she only knew the general principle, and she had to study the specific methods.
Now this small carbon stove is fine for cooking in an emergency, but it is a bit small if it is really used for heating.
When the time comes, just put a few more layers of stone bricks or adobe underneath this house to separate the wooden floor below, and it should be no problem.
Alas, it’s really time to use books now. I wish I had learned more survival skills when I went out with my parents.
If it weren't for Chou Chou by her side, she would probably starve or freeze to death.
When she was sitting on the bed and thinking wildly, Chou Chou came out of the space.
Seeing the light in the cabin, he asked doubtfully: "Why are you not sleeping? Does anyone think those wolves are noisy? I will drive them away and let them go farther away."
Qingyan shook her head, "No, I'm thinking about the heating problem in the future. The stove just went out. This stove is a bit small, and the charcoal burning time is also a bit short. It would be better if it was a coal stove."
The wolves no longer howl much, and I don’t know if they have left.
After hearing what she said, Chou Chou thought for a moment and said, "Then we'll have to wait until we get to Fucheng and have a look. If it doesn't work, we can customize a stove at the blacksmith shop."
Qingyan: "I think so too. I've also seen the kind built with bricks. If that doesn't work, you can try it.
By the way, what happened to those wolves? Why are ghosts roaring and screaming in the middle of the night? What happened? "
Isn't it said that animals are more sensitive than people? She was afraid that some natural disaster was coming, so those wolves were restless.
"Let me take a look." Chou Chou probed her consciousness and said to her after a while: "It was a group of people who entered the mountain. It looked like they killed one of the wolves. The wolf's body was still on the fire. It's roasting.
Now the man is in the tree, surrounded by wolves below. He must have been grudged by the wolf, and now the alpha wolf has brought the pack to seek revenge.
Qingyan perked up as soon as she heard this, "Who stayed up all night and ran into the mountains? Wasn't he going hunting?"
Chou Chou's spiritual consciousness looked at the person on the tree carefully and said with a smile: "Hey! Guess what? They are actually acquaintances!"
Qingyan quickly asked: "What acquaintance? Could it be Yin Keqin and the others? No, they shouldn't come so far to hunt."
Chou Chou didn't show off, and said directly: "No, it's those bandits in Qingfeng Town, they should be one of them, only about ten of them.
From the looks of it, they probably wanted to come here from the mountains. They didn't want to enter Yunling County from here and surprise those who were still searching for them, right? "
Qingyan frowned and said, "They haven't given up yet and want to go to the prison to rescue their accomplices, right?"
Chou Chou: "Who knows, if I listen to what they say, I might be able to hear their purpose."
Qingyan nodded, "I think they have other purposes. We have been wandering around the county town these days and have not heard anything about bandits. I also used my spiritual sense to explore the county jail out of curiosity, and there was no trace of them at all. Prisoners who looked like bandits were seen inside.
It is estimated that those people have either been beheaded or have been transferred away long ago. The most likely thing is that they were transferred away. If they were beheaded, there would be so many bandits and it would be impossible not to discuss them in the county.
So these people went around the mountains, not necessarily to the county town. Could it be that they knew the whereabouts of those people who had been transferred, and that they were going around the county town to save people elsewhere? "
"It's possible what you said."
While Chou Chou was paying attention to the movements of those people to see if he could find any clues from their conversations, he climbed onto the bed and got under the covers.
It’s still comfortable in bed~
One person and two beasts were lying on the bed. Just when Qianqian was snoring and Qingyan was about to fall asleep, Chou Chou suddenly said: "The reason why these people go to the mountains at night is not because they want to go around the mountains, but They want to go back to their previous village."
Qingyan suddenly woke up, "The previous cottage? Is their cottage in this mountain?"
Chou Chou shook his head and nodded, "It's not the copycat that the officers and soldiers encircled and suppressed this time. This was one they joined later. What they were talking about was even earlier.
The original village of this group of people was called Wild Wolf Village. The reason why it was called Wild Wolf Village was probably because there were many wild wolves on this mountain, so it was named after it.
It was also a coincidence this time. When they went to hunt wild animals to prepare dinner at night, they met a lone wolf. They found that there was only one wolf, so they worked together to kill the wolf, roasted the meat, and Pi was still thinking about it. Take it and sell it for money.
They said that wolves were rarely seen in this area before. They were all on another hilltop. There were more wolves on the side of their village. They thought it was a coincidence that they encountered a lone one or one that had been abandoned by the group and was driven out.
Unexpectedly, they were so unlucky. What they encountered were wolves exploring the road. This group of wolves was preparing to migrate. Several wolves were exploring the road ahead in several directions. Unexpectedly, they were killed by them.
The group of wolves were found by following the scent left by that wolf, and they found that their pathfinder had become someone else's meal.
These wolves are very smart. They first observed these people quietly, and then quietly surrounded them.
Thanks to the fact that these people had often encountered wild wolves before and were familiar with their habits, they climbed up the tree immediately.
Those wolves could only squat down below and howl at them. Now they no longer howl because they are tired now and are lying under the tree waiting for them to come down.
Those wolves still had their shifts to rest in an orderly manner. If no one came to rescue these people, they would probably be in danger. "
Qingyan doesn't care about their life or death, they are not good people anyway.
Chou Chou has said before that the bandits in Qingfeng Town all have the spirit of blood evil in their bodies, and they all have lives on their hands. Death in the mouth of a wolf is considered a worthy death.
What she was more curious about was, under what circumstances would she have to return to that cottage?
There was no way he was thinking of going back to his old business of robbing houses and houses. That place had already been wiped out once, so there was no guarantee it wouldn't happen a second time.
"There must be something inside the stronghold that makes them risk going back. Chou Chou, see if you can find the Wild Wolf Village. Maybe there are some treasures in there."
If you really have any gold, silver or jewelry, you can put it away and save money for these people, so you can help some poor people in the future.
Chou Chou nodded and headed into the mountains to explore. He first looked at the mountain, but found nothing, then looked further into the distance.
After exploring the top of another mountain across the mountain, I found a ruins that had been burned by fire.
Fortunately, its consciousness is relatively strong now, otherwise it would be hard to tell that this was once a village.
The ruins inside are overgrown with weeds and must have been abandoned for a long time.
This appearance also verified their previous guess. It was all in such ruins. They couldn't have come back to live. They didn't even have a complete house. They couldn't have come back to rebuild it, right?
Judging from the appearance of the ruins of this stockade, it must have been burned by fire. Where there were houses before, they have been burned down, leaving only the stone foundations below.
Chou Chou explored some relatively large foundations and found a cellar, but there was nothing in the cellar. It was empty, and the door of the cellar had been destroyed. It should have been inspected by the officers and soldiers who were encircling and suppressing the army. arrive.
A cellar like this can be found by anyone with some common sense. It's so obvious.
Since the bandits are suppressed, they will definitely find some gold, silver and jewelry, otherwise it will not make sense.
Afterwards, Chou Chou explored the underground within the village, but found nothing.
Qingyan thought of what she had seen on TV before and said to Chou Chou: "Look around and see if there are any caves or something like that. Good things may not be in the village, and they may not be safe if they are placed under your nose. Sometimes they are hidden in It’s safer where no one knows.”
Chou Chou thought it was right, so he started searching on the surrounding mountain walls. Not to mention, he actually found a cave on a cliff behind the village.
This cave is under the mountain stronghold. The reason why they built the stronghold here is probably because there is a cliff behind it. If the officers and soldiers want to attack, they cannot sneak attack or outflank them from behind. They can only attack from the front. In this way, they only need to attack from the front. Just arrange for someone to stand guard in front of you, so you can spot it immediately.
But there is also a disadvantage, that is, if the opponent attacks from the front, they also have no way to escape from the back.
"There is a cave on the cliff behind. It should be naturally formed. There is a large platform in front of the cave. If there is no one here, most people probably won't be able to find it.
There are slight signs of wear and tear on the trunk of a tree above. It must have been worn by someone who tied it to the tree with a rope or something like that when someone went down there in the past. "
Qingyan: "What's in the cave?"
Chou Chou: "There are many boxes and bags. Most of the boxes are filled with gold and jewelry. Inside the bags are some medicinal materials and grains. The grains are inedible, and I don't know if the medicinal materials can still be used."
Guess what else I found inside? "
Qingyan's interest was aroused and she looked at it curiously, "What did you find?" (End of Chapter)
