Minced meat...
Baitao saw the dagger next to him.
There were two pieces of dried meat left in the sack next to the dagger, as well as some bark with tooth marks. Behind her was the stone wall.
This is a natural cave entrance.
There are hairs from other animals left inside, as well as some messy straw and dead branches, which should be where the hunters settled.
The entrance to the cave was narrow and most of it was blocked with snowballs.
But this kind of cave door made of snow cannot stop the hungry beasts in the mountains looking for food everywhere. Zhao Zheng kept her inside like this, which was a completely protective gesture.
Feed her meat and protect her.
Baitao gently wrapped her three tails around his waist. Seeing that he was sick from hunger, even her happiness was diluted.
The snow outside was still sobbing miserably, but only his arms were warm.
Baitao: "Zhao Zheng."
Still no response.
She carefully broke away from his arms and saw dried blood on his stomach and arms.
But there were no wounds on his stomach or arms. When I touched his stomach with my paw, it was hard, as if I was touching a piece of iron.
It must be because I have eaten too much bark.
The tip of Bai Tao's nose was sour and astringent, and big tears fell from her eyes, and the falling tear stains seemed to be shining with the starlight at night.
What an idiot, she is a goblin, and it is difficult for goblins to starve to death.
He is a human being, and people who are so fragile should learn to survive, but he is lucky enough to rush to save the goblin.
After sniffing, Baitao rubbed his cheek, which was a cub's way of expressing intimacy.
Unexpectedly, Zhao Zheng woke up at this moment. The moment he opened his eyes, there was a darkness in his eyes due to the thinness of his cheeks, like the light of a knife, which could pierce people's hearts.
Seeing that there was no danger, he relaxed: "Taotao..."
Inside the pitch-black cave entrance, mortals are invisible.
But Bai Tao still had an inexplicable mood and immediately hid the exposed fox ears and three tails, "Did you...did you see it?"
"What did I see...?" Zhao Zheng coughed muffledly.
Didn’t see it?
Baitao said: "See me, my...if I were..." Fairy, are you still willing to be good friends with me?
The last two words were rolled up by her uvula and rolled back into her mouth.
"When did you wake up, cough cough cough... I was in a coma for a few more days."
Zhao Zheng closed his eyes, and he really had no strength to speak or move.
When Baitao heard this, he knew that his fox skin had not fallen off.
Because no matter how courageous a mortal is, when he sees a beast turned into a spirit, he will be so frightened that he will close his eyes, kick his legs, and fall unconscious.
How can you still be so calm?
Baitao said: "I just woke up."
"It's okay." Zhao Zheng groped for her head.
Baitao felt as if his soul was about to leave his body now. He was really frighteningly sick.
Just after thinking this, Zhao Zheng coughed again, and his body couldn't help but tremble slightly.
Baitao patted his back: "Zhao Zheng, don't be afraid, I'm here."
Zhao Zheng chuckled lightly: "It's like learning."
He couldn't see, he could only look at a certain point in the void, but he could feel her temperature and imagine her movements.
Zhao Zheng curled his lips, maybe this moment was his luck.
But afterwards I felt a lingering sense of desolation and deep sadness.
The mountains are blocked by heavy snow, and the fate of death will eventually befall them. He just wants Baitao to be able to escape.
He held the remaining dried meat next to him and stuffed it into Bai Taotao's mouth. "Taotao... staying here is nothing but a dead end. You have to conserve your strength... wait until the snow stops." , so that we can escape."
The dried meat was frozen hard.
Very bad.
When he goes outside to dig tree bark to wrap his belly, does he also feel that the bark is very hard and woody?
Tears welled up in Bai Tao's eyes, and she couldn't chew the dried meat in her mouth. She reached out to cover his eyes and choked with sobs: "Zhao Zheng, you also need to conserve your strength and get a good sleep."
"good."
Zhao Zheng smiled softly, which was a sign of relief. He was conveying his upward emotions to her, "Taotao must escape if she wants."
"good."
He was lying on his side on a pile of straw. His chin was too thin, and his hands were covered with new scabs. He probably lost strength when he was peeling bark from behind, and he couldn't hold the dagger firmly and hurt himself.
Baitao's throat seemed to be blocked by something, and it ached with depression.
She waited slowly for his weak breathing to become even.
Transforming into a monster, Baitao ran out of the cave. On the snow that was hit by the blizzard, a fire fox with three tails was running hard. Its brown fox eyes were wet, and it was still wailing: "Squeak——"
My brother said he grew up.
What does it mean to grow up?
Bai Tao dug up the hay outside the rabbit hole and brought a nest of rabbits.
She was thinking in her heart: is it her brother's departure or her current sadness. Is this how you grow up? Then she doesn't want to feel sad, and she doesn't want to grow up.
She pinched the long ears of the two rabbits and looked at their uneasiness and fear. She also saw several little rabbits huddled together in the rabbit nest, shivering when exposed to the cold air.
She returned one rabbit in her paws, slapped the other rabbit to death, picked it up and walked away.
She was going to feed Zhao Zheng.
When asked, he said that the rabbit crashed into a hole and died. Isn't there a saying that says wait for the rabbit?
There is little food in the snow, and this rabbit hole is hard to find.
Baitao was delayed for a while, and the snowstorm stopped temporarily. When she went back with the rabbit in her mouth, she bumped into a pack of wolves dragging the dead body. The sharp teeth were like bright silver, and there were still wet drippings on them. Dah saliva.
The skinny skeleton shows the hardship of winter, but the bulging belly proves that they have had a good meal.
There are seven or eight of them in total, and their shiny fur has become mottled, but they are still good material for hunters to survive the winter.
Bai Tao held a rabbit in his mouth and walked around them.
"Gululu——"
The leading wolf with its tail raised stopped her and said in wolf language: "You smell like a living person. Are you the human being protected by the mountain ghost?"
Mountain ghost is the mountain god who controls all beasts.
Because he has never been officially canonized by the Emperor of Heaven, he is still called Mountain Ghost.
Baitao's thoughts were all about Zhao Zheng, who was about to starve to death. She still wanted to talk to the Wolf King, "I don't know him."
"If you don't know him, you don't know him." The Wolf King licked the blood on the corner of his mouth. "Mountain ghosts will not come to our Snow Wolf Mountain for nothing. That human must have something special about him."
"What do you want?"
Baitao was extremely vigilant. She found that she always spoke a bit forcefully, "If you dare to try to trick him, don't blame me for robbing you of your skin."
"Don't dare to anger the mountain ghost."
The wolf king had a sense of respect. He lowered his wolf ears and said, "We also want to be protected by mountain ghosts. Over the years, humans have coveted our furs and have killed us all."
"So, we want to get lucky."
The wolf brothers around the Wolf King took out the things they looted from the corpses and presented them to Baitao.
"Huozhezi, medicine for injuries, a bag of dry food, and some money we hate."
The wolf king and the wolf brother who returned home with a full load formed a diagonal snow line and walked past Baitao.
Before leaving, the Wolf King's pointed head turned around, stared at her and said: "There is a path down the mountain next to your cave. Go southeast to the mortal village. Pray, the mountain ghost will protect you."
"..."
Baitao stuffed the rabbit into a dry food bag, put other things in it, and carried it away.
Mountain ghosts will not protect us.
Baitao thought.
My brother once said that he could blow away three mountain ghosts with just one fan blow.
Baitao returned to the cave, transformed into a human form, tiptoed into the cave, and blocked up the snow at the door, leaving only a few vents.
The wind and snow are still raging outside.
Baitao was almost choked. He picked up the sack and Zhao Zheng's voice suddenly came from the black hole, "Taotao."
She had gone out secretly, but now she was suddenly startled.
The bag in his hand shook, and the silver coins inside made a jingling sound, which was extremely harsh due to the long windy and snowy night.
"What's wrong? Ahem, is the wolf outside coming in?"
Zhao Zheng held the dagger and propped himself up to get up.
"No, there isn't."
Baitao shook his head, gathered up the dead branches in the hunter's cave, pulled some straw, and lit it with a fire stick.
The firelight instantly spread through the hole as thick as ink, and also illuminated the dead rabbit holding two rabbit ears in her hand.
Zhao Zheng's pupils shrank: "Taotao, you..."
Baitao lowered his head and used his dagger to peel off the rabbit skin in his way, not daring to look into his eyes. "I just went out and found many people dead outside, so I plundered some of their things and returned them." There’s this stupid rabbit that bumped into me.”
The girl probably couldn't lie. Her eyelashes trembled, casting arc shadows on her eyelids.
The cheeks were illuminated by the orange fire and looked even cuter, like a ghost or a New Year doll painted by a deity.
But no matter what, the firelight shone on him and dispelled the coldness on his body. Zhao Zheng looked at her for a long time and then withdrew his gaze: "Taotao is so amazing."
"oh."
The white peach was skewered with rabbit meat, and she turned it a few times. She heard the sizzling sound of the oil and felt the eyes on her again. She also looked over, blinked and said, "Why are you always staring at me? My face Is there anything on there?”
Zhao Zheng said softly: "It's good to be alive."
Yes, it's good to be alive.
Baitao's acupuncture points were originally sealed by her brother, but now it was not only a blessing in disguise, the acupoints were opened, but she also grew two more tails.
Originally, she didn't dare to speak too loudly with the group of wolves she met just now, but now her long tail means she is more capable and can threaten them.
From this, it can be seen that the demon level has become higher and his words are tough.
From now on, other monsters will no longer call her "Alas, that little vixen." Instead, they will say, "Alas, Sister Three-Tails is good, Sister Three-Tails is strong, Sister Three-Tails can shoot thirty people with three tails."
Baitao's heart bubbling when she thought about it, and the corners of her mouth grinned involuntarily.
Zhao Zheng ate some of the dry food she brought over, but did not dare to eat too much. He saw the girl smiling like honey in front of the fire, and the smell of roasted rabbits floated in the air.
He took it and said, "Just wait and eat. I'll do this."
"oh."
Baitao was lost in her thoughts and agreed smoothly, not daring to blink and react. Zhao Zheng's hand was still injured. How could he worry about these things? She flatly objected: "No, you have to rest well and don't move around. It's just a roast rabbit." That’s it, I can bake it.”
"....good."
Baitao was serious about what she said, and Zhao Zheng didn't interfere. She just turned over the things she had collected. There were two Huozhezi and some Qin Banliang, which could last for two days of dry food.
There is no token.
Now the lives of the remaining six dead soldiers and their mothers are uncertain.
Qin general Fan Yuqi was also in trouble, and his chances were slim.
How can we take Baitao out of the snowstorm, survive the cold winter when food is scarce, and finally travel back to Qin through mountains and rivers?
This is an urgent problem.
Zhao Zheng found that he was not worried about his mother's safety at this time. All he was thinking about was Baitao.
It's too cold-blooded.
But he would rather continue to be so cold-blooded. Without expectations, he would not be seriously injured. Once upon a time, he was also a child seeking comfort from his mother, just like most ordinary children in Zhao country.
But what he received in exchange was not gentle words of comfort, but a rush to drive away the god of plague.
After a long time, you get used to it, just like you are used to pain, so you don’t care too much.
