When it was daylight, Song Xin stopped practicing and saw that some civilians and soldiers had gotten up and started packing. The wild boar caught last night has already been dealt with.
Song Xin picked up a large haystack in each hand to help load the truck. The peasants next to him were also quite surprised. Even a strong man had to carry this haystack on his back to move around. The civilian husband next to him was dumbfounded that Song Xin had so much strength at such a young age.
"Little brother, I didn't expect you to be so strong."
Song Xin smiled and didn't explain much. He just loaded the haystacks and other things into the cart.
When he was ready to set off, Wei Qi's bodyguard came again. He said to Song Ya: "My young master said that he has not put makeup on his face, so you should wait another half an hour before setting off."
"Brother, can you please advise the young master? If we delay our trip, we won't be able to reach the inn. Then we will have to sleep in the open air again. It's so cold and freezing now that it's easy to freeze to death. And if we miss our trip, the court will hold us accountable. .”
The guard also smiled bitterly, "I know everything the team leader said, but whoever dares to say anything about the young master's temper should wait."
Song Ya was very helpless and embarrassed.
The guard continued: "How about you send a few people to help move things, we are too busy."
Song Ya saw that the guards over there were sorting out their belongings and weapons, even confiscating tents. At this time, Song Xin came over and said, "Cousin, let me take a few people with me."
"you go?"
"Well, don't worry, I will be careful." Song Xin smiled.
Walking to Wei Qi's tent, the guard pointed to some rolls of bear skins on the ground and said, "Top these bears skins on the car behind you."
Song Xin nodded and walked to the bear skin. At this time, Tuoye came out and met Song Xin's eyes.
Tuoye was stunned for a moment, watching Song Xin lower his head slightly and leave with the bear skin, her eyes followed him.
Only then did Song Xin turn around and asked in a Bingzhou accent: "What are your orders, Miss?"
"Oh, it's nothing." Tuoye looked away.
"This man looks like him...but his accent, body shape, and posture are all different. His appearance is somewhat similar..." Tuoye thought to himself.
Wei Qi waited for more than an hour before he was ready.
As the drums of the motorcade began to beat, the brigade set off and continued westward.
At this time, no one noticed that there were two eyes in the forest staring at the team...
In the next few days, Song Xin traveled during the day and practiced at night. He became more and more skilled in absorbing and refining profound energy, and the spiritual core in his body grew stronger day by day.
He didn't talk to Tuoye anymore, for fear that she would recognize him. And in the past few days, he also felt that there seemed to be a strange aura near the team, following him from far to near. When I looked carefully, I found nothing.
As the large group of people began to turn south, the good weather in the previous few days gradually turned bad, often encountering cold winds and blizzards. Several feet of snow made the team's progress slow and difficult. It was good to be able to cover more than ten miles in one day.
Song Ya was worried about missing the deadline, so he kept urging him and became more strict with his colleagues. Wei Qi also knew the severity of the law, so he put away his fun and followed the team silently.
On this day, the team camped beside a dead wood forest before sunset as usual.
The sky is getting dark, the cold wind is raging, and the snow flakes are constantly impacting these fragile lives. The cold north wind blew the shadows of the trees, and the dead branches and rotten wood on both sides looked like ferocious living creatures, trying to pounce with their teeth and claws.
"Alas, we can't make it to the inn again." Song Ya sighed in a depressed mood. The weather was bad, the road was difficult to travel, and he met this dandy boy who wasted time again. He was in a terrible mood. Not to mention the ordinary soldiers and civilian husbands, even his tone towards Song Xin was not as kind as before.
Seeing that it was impossible to reach the front station, he ordered everyone to form a circle around the cart and set up haystacks on top of the cart.
Song Ya has rich experience in camping in the wild. This kind of circle formed by large vehicles can not only keep out ferocious beasts, but also block the cold wind in winter.
Song Xin helped the peasants set up the haystacks, and then followed a small group of people into the forest to search for firewood. As soon as I entered the forest, I felt something unusual. There seemed to be an indescribable and terrifying feeling in the dark forest. Moreover, there are obvious traces of people in the forest, but they are just broken poles, rusty daggers, broken and rotten wheels, etc.
"What's going on?" He murmured in his mind. This didn't feel good, so he quickly followed the people who entered the forest to pick up enough branches and firewood, and returned to the camp.
He helped light the fire and make rice, then walked to his cousin Song Ya and said softly: "Cousin, I feel something is wrong."
Song Ya was startled, "Cousin, what's wrong?"
"When we went to the forest just now, we felt like something was peeping at us. Please ask my cousin to arrange more manpower to keep watch tonight to prevent any accidents."
"Well, cousin, what did you find?"
"No, but something makes me feel uneasy."
"What did you find?" Wei Qi's voice came from behind.
"Oh, Mr. Wei, it's nothing. This brother said that this is in the wild, so be careful at night."
Wei Qi didn't say anything. He was extremely tired after walking for a day. He pointed at Song Xin and said, "Go and help me with some hot water. I want to boil my feet."
"Me?" Song Xin didn't expect Wei Qi to ask him to boil foot water.
When Song Ya saw Song Xin in a daze, and when he saw Wei Qi's eyes looking evil, he was about to get angry, and quickly touched Song Xin's arm secretly.
"Oh, I'll go right away." Song Xin said hurriedly.
After Song Xin left, Song Ya called the herald to come closer and arranged for a night watch to be placed in the haystacks every fifty steps, with torches inserted. Once there is a situation, the whistle will be blown immediately and a small team will be arranged to patrol along the cart from time to time.
"Boy, what's your name? I think you're quite strong." Wei Qi asked when he saw Song Xin entering the tent with a wooden basin.
"My surname is Song, and my name is ugly. I won't say it out loud to make the young master laugh." Song Xin silently put the water at Wei Qi's feet. He saw Wei Qi wearing a silk dress and a concubine waiting beside him. Strangely, Tuoye and the other concubine were not in the tent.
"This boy is so rude. Don't you know how to take off your boots for the young master?" Qiu'er, the concubine, saw Song Xin being clumsy and scolded him.
Song Xin was not willing to take off Wei Qi's boots. At this moment, Wei Qi smiled and said, "Okay, you mountain boy, you don't understand the rules, don't embarrass him, just do it."
"Humph!" The woman stepped forward and deliberately pushed Song Xin away. This woman didn't feel embarrassed at all, so the embarrassment could only be caused by Song Xin.
"There is really no shortage of people like this at any time." Song Xin laughed secretly.
"There is a sheepskin here. You can take it to keep out the cold at night." Wei Qi seemed to be in a good mood and kicked a sheepskin beside the bed.
Song Xin picked up the sheepskin with a smile and said, "Thank you, sir." He was not polite. Why don't you take it away from me?
By the time we got back to our haystack, it was completely dark. He didn't think that the concubine's provocation would do anything.
After sitting down, he began to close his eyes and relax. Even with his cultivation, the severe cold still made Song Xin feel uncomfortable. Fortunately, there was a campfire in front of us, which provided some warmth.
During this time, he often read "The Theory of Zhou Tian Cycle" in "Yu Qian Lu". These experiences gave Song Xin a new understanding of cultivation.
"Once the spiritual core is planted, it is connected to the heart. Feeling the sorrow, joy and pain in the human world, seeing life and death in the world, and feeling the changes of the ages are all cultivation. If the state of mind is strong, the spiritual core will also be strong. You may even have an epiphany one day while talking to someone. , making the heart channel accessible, it may also lead to a breakthrough in cultivation."
Song Xin is now at the lowest level of an alchemist. Even so, he felt that compared to ordinary people, he was still much stronger. At least this strength, in the eyes of his cousin, was already amazing.
"Cultivation is also a process of tempering one's mind and self-reflection. Everyone is born to be limited to a certain range. People will feel restricted, depressed, and hesitant, and they don't know how to break this restriction. However, they will discover it in the end. , this range is often enough for you to stretch. People who are greedy will not only find it difficult to achieve enlightenment, but will also become possessed. Many practitioners in ancient and modern times died because of the word "greed"."
Song Xin then read this sentence and felt deeply in his heart. I don't know how many people have been harmed by the word "greed". Aren't those Zhai Qianqian and Song Chou who forced him to commit suicide like this...
It was almost three o'clock at night, and the cold wind blew through the gaps in the haystacks, making a shrill sound like a ghost crying, which was terrifying to hear.
The soldiers and civilians who were on duty on the haystacks wrapped their clothes tightly and protected their ears. They stomped their feet and took advantage of the warmth of a nearby campfire to fight off the cold. Despite this, he could not resist the cold that seemed to freeze the fire, and the entire camp was desolate and deserted. Even those who patrol the night have chattering teeth, and their heads, hair tips, and shoulders are all covered in silver.
Song Ya watched as he walked and found some civilians who were wearing thin clothes or did not have sheepskins to keep them warm, so he arranged them near the bonfire. In the past, at this time of year, people would freeze to death while sleeping.
When everyone was sleeping soundly, a person appeared from behind a tent in Wei Qi's camp. It turned out to be Wei Qi's concubine Qiu'er. She looked around and found that no one was paying attention here, and her eyes fell on a guard keeping watch.
