In the dead of winter, a thin boy was walking among the snow in the mountains.
He left a long string of footprints behind him, and in front of him, even he himself didn't know where he would go.
"I don't even have a sketch. Where have I ended up?"
The young man was Deng Fang. After making arrangements for Sui Xinghe's funeral, he set out on the road alone. This journey lasted two days.
Deng Fang was not worried about wild beasts hurting people as the mountains were closed by heavy snow. However, everything was withered and not a single wild fruit could be found. This made Deng Fang very hungry.
The only reason he was able to survive until now was that he discovered a hibernating squirrel nest, fought with the squirrel, and snatched two handfuls of pine cones.
Deng Fang's original intention was to go to the Shaolin Temple in Zhongzhou. On the one hand, he wanted to inform the Shaolin Temple of the death of the monk Huiqing. On the other hand, he wanted to ask the eminent monks of the Shaolin Temple to clear his name and resolve the misunderstanding about the Beitian Sword Jue.
But he has never been to Zhongzhou, and now he just wants to find a city and get a map of the nine states in the world.
Walking alone in silence, Deng Fang was already unbearably hungry.
The world in front of him began to appear with several layers of superimposed phantoms, and his footsteps became heavier and heavier.
Gradually, Deng Fang's vision went dark and she fainted.
However, Deng Fang himself did not know that the place where he fainted was a hillside. After he fell, his body rolled down the hillside!
Fortunately, it was covered with heavy snow, otherwise Deng Fang would have been seriously injured.
Deng Fang lay on the snow, not knowing how long it had been.
Gradually, Deng Fang opened his eyes. He was still unbearably hungry and was so weak that he could only stand up with difficulty.
After finally standing up, Deng Fang looked up, hoping to find signs of human presence.
What a coincidence, Deng Fang actually saw a long line of smoke rising into the sky not far away.
Deng Fang was overjoyed. She had strength again and walked towards the long smoke.
Walking closer, Deng Fang only saw a pile of burned fires still smoking. Although the fires had turned into ashes, it seemed that they must have been set ablaze.
In addition, Deng Fang also found a lot of food on the side.
Steamed buns, roasted meat, dishes, and even a bottle of wine!
Deng Fang was overjoyed and pounced on him like a hungry wolf.
He just picked up the steamed buns to eat, but found that these dishes were not ordinary items, but sacrifices.
In front of Deng Fang, there was a tombstone erected. The tombstone was not exquisite and seemed to be purchased by ordinary people.
And on the tombstone, there was a row of words carved on it.
"The tomb of our late ancestor Xia Gongchuan."
Deng Fang saw the words on the tombstone and immediately understood that the food and fire were prepared by this descendant named Xia Gongchuan.
Deng Fang swallowed. Although it was taboo to touch the sacrifices without permission, Deng Fang couldn't care less at the moment.
What's more, the fire has been extinguished, which means that the descendants of the Xia family have also paid their respects. The food is now ownerless.
Rather than letting it go to waste, it is better to eat it yourself and accumulate some merit for the Xia family.
Thinking of this, Deng Fang no longer had any worries, sat down and started eating with her hands.
These things are still warm, and since she has been hungry for a long time, Deng Fang eats extremely ferociously at this moment.
After a few sips of wine, I felt extremely happy.
But at this moment, the shouts of several people suddenly came from behind Deng Fang.
"Hey, what are you doing?"
"Where did this coward come from to steal my family's sacrifice?"
Deng Fang turned around and saw that there was an old man running towards him with two young men behind him, and he kept yelling and cursing.
Deng Fang was startled and knew something was wrong, so he had to run away.
Under the heavy snow, there seemed to be no difference between the world and the world. Deng Fang didn't know the direction and could only rush in one direction.
Just like that, the breathing and yelling of the four people rippled in the snow.
"Huh...huh, if I had known earlier, I should have asked the old monk to teach me Qinggong Kung Fu!"
Deng Fang was tired from running, and thought of those people using Qinggong.
Suddenly, Deng Fang felt that his feet were empty, and only half of his feet touched the ground. His body suddenly fell forward and fell.
Deng Fang was startled and had to use his hands to block the situation in front of him, trying to prop up his body.
However, when his hands came into contact with the white snow on the ground, he continued to fall down.
"Ouch!"
Deng Fang bared his teeth and shouted. It turned out that this place was a big pit with a lot of loose firewood and some hay. It was covered with heavy snow and looked like flat ground.
Deng Fang fell into the pit, and when he touched his body, he found that there were a large number of cabbages piled underneath, which were frozen hard by the ice and snow. He fell on these vegetables.
The hole was dug extremely deep. Deng Fang stood up and took a look, feeling that he really wouldn't be able to climb up for a while.
Just when Deng Fang was worried, the old man behind led two men to the edge of the pit and looked down at Deng Fang.
The old man cursed breathlessly: "What kind of wild boy did you come from? You stole my ancestor's sacrifice and ruined my dishes. You have to pay me for it!"
The two young men also cursed together with the old man. From what they said, it can be known that these two men are the sons of the old man.
Deng Fang stood in the pit, very speechless, but fortunately these people were not from the Jianghu and could not recognize him, otherwise it would be even more troublesome.
Finally, after the three men yelled and cursed for a while, they pulled Deng Fang out of the pit.
As soon as Deng Fang came out, he was picked up by these two young men, shouting that Deng Fang must pay for their things.
But Deng Fang didn't have any silver at this time, so he had no choice but to explain to the two of them.
When the old man saw Deng Fang saying that he had no money, he was so angry that he pointed at Deng Fang and said, "Hit me! Beat me!"
The two young men immediately started to attack Deng Fang's face and body.
Deng Fang originally wanted to use his inner strength to deal with these two people, but he remembered Sui Xinghe's words in his heart, so he gave up and was able to protect himself with both hands.
After all, these two young men were not martial arts practitioners, and their hands were light, so Deng Fang was not seriously injured.
After a while, the old man lost a lot of his anger and said, "Since you have no money, go back and work for me for three days, and then I will let you go."
Hearing the old man relent, Deng Fang immediately agreed. He could find a place to stay first, and he could eat and drink for free for three days, which was considered a good place to go.
The old man asked his two sons to hold Deng Fang, then turned and walked back.
Deng Fang was held by these two men. No matter how he tried to explain that he would not escape, the two men refused to let go. Deng Fang had no choice but to follow them.
After walking for about half an hour, Deng Fang saw a small village in the distance.
The village is very small, with only a dozen or so households.
After entering the village, the old man began to talk loudly, attracting the surrounding villagers to watch.
"Come on, everyone, come and take a look. This little thief stole the food I used to worship my ancestors and trampled on my vegetables. He still says he has no money to compensate!"
The old man shouted loudly, attracting many people. They looked at Deng Fang and kept pointing their fingers and yelling.
Several village women among them scolded Deng Fang quite vehemently and threw the vegetable leaves in their hands towards Deng Fang.
In this way, Deng Fang was held up by the two men, yelled at by everyone, and slowly entered the village.
