Tang Dizhihua

Womb cabbage is the most common vegetable for residents of the Northland in winter. It is easy to grow, has a high yield, and is delicious, whether it is stewed or steamed.

Womb cabbage matures in winter, and residents of the Northland like to store the freshly harvested cabbage cabbage for winter rations.

It was dark in the cellar, Li Yi lit a small fire, then bent down and got in.He held a vegetable and handed it out. Just as he was about to go out, the flames in his hand flickered twice suddenly, and a tall figure suddenly appeared on the ground.

Li Yi's pupils shrank suddenly.He didn't look back, but he clenched his fists and slammed an elbow back. He only heard the sound of a heavy object falling to the ground behind him, followed by heavy groans and gasps.

He turned his head, and only by the faint light of the small flame in his hand, he saw a big man in coarse cloth lying on the open space of the cellar, clutching his chest.

All this happened in the blink of an eye. Hearing the heavy breathing in the cellar, the old man seemed to remember something, and shouted inside: "Dahan, are you in? Come out to eat!"

Li Yi: "..."

So, why is this man hiding in the cellar where he can't see his fingers? Just now, he thought there was a ghost behind him. That elbow was extremely fierce. It is estimated that this big brother will have to wait a while before he can stand up.

The big man was supported by him, grinning his teeth for a while, then suddenly broke away from his support in aggrieved manner, found a corner and squatted down.

Outside the cellar, the old man yelled again several times.Only then did the big man agree, and deftly passed the steps of the cellar aisle, turned around and disappeared.Li Yi looked back at the lampstand placed in the corner, feeling speechless.

There was such a misunderstanding, and the old man told the two of his deeds: "Dahan was picked up by Xiao Lao in the mountains, although he is a bit stupid, but very capable, Xiao Lao treats him like his nephew. But Dahan is afraid of strangers, Xu Shike frightened him, so he hid in the cellar."

Li Yi: ...Obviously I was the one who was scared.

But forget it, he doesn't care about like a fool.

Although the new year has just passed, the winter cold is still there, and it gets dark early.Villagers prepare their morning meal while it is still bright, so that they can rest early after dark.

Pei Jia deliberately showed her hand, and drove Li Yi aside after lighting the fire, and performed the operation herself.He took out some dried meat and put it into the pot to cook together. The aroma of wild beast meat and the fragrance of cabbage were mixed together, giving it a special taste.

Li Yi sat on the millstone doing nothing, so he had to polish his sword.His sword is not fancy at all, it has an ordinary appearance and a hilt wrapped with a piece of cloth, and it is different from the horizontal knife with a slightly wider sword frame.Make people have no desire to take a look.

But when you pull out the sword, you can feel that the sword is extraordinary.It adopts the most advanced smelting technology today, and uses steel similar to military horizontal knives, with a hard and sharp tip.However, the edge is only an inch adjacent to the tip of the sword, and the remaining inch and a half has no edge, only a slight curvature.

Because the blade is slightly thick and most of it has no front, his sword can make saber moves.It was like this when we fought against those purple-clothed men before.

Suddenly there was a darkness above his head, it turned out that it was Dahan who came forward, staring at his sword with curiosity on his face.

He stretched out a finger, wanting to touch the sword, but when he saw Li Yi suddenly raised his head, he quickly withdrew his hand in fright, with a bit of aggrieved expression on his face.

Li Yi put the sword back into its sheath, held it in his arms seriously, and then looked up at him.

Dahan squatted beside him in aggrieved manner, clutching the hem of his clothes with both hands, looking at his expression from time to time.

Li Yi couldn't bear the description of a man who was taller and stronger than him, so he sighed and said: "You can only look outside, and you are not allowed to touch the sword."

Dahan showed him a silly smile, and stretched out his hand to receive the sword he handed over.The hands that looked calloused brushed against his skin, making him shudder.

Li Yi didn't pay attention, but just stared at this man who was fiddling with the cloth strip on his sword hilt with great interest, for fear that if he made a wrong eye, this man could cut himself.

Fortunately, this big fool was stupid, but he could understand the words and didn't draw his sword.

They finished their meal in the afterglow of the setting sun, and the child was already sleepy as soon as it got dark.Dahan went into the cellar again, and the old man said to them: "That room is where the daughter-in-law and grandson live, so you can sleep in the old man's room."

"Trouble old man."

After feeding the horses, Li Yi went to rest and had nothing to say all night.

After eating the court food the next day, Pei Jia and Li Yi bid farewell to the old man and asked him about the way to Chongzhou.

"When you go out of the town, follow this mountain road to the north and then to the east, you will meet a line of Tiangukou, from there you can lead to Chongzhou. This road is often used to go to the market on weekdays. It is very wide. You will definitely make out."

Li Yi thanked the old man and led the horse. He didn't plan to spend the night in the mountains this time. It was best to enter Chongzhou City before the curfew.

The two walked along the road guided by the old man.Just after the New Year's Eve, most people in the mountains stay at home, and few people go to the city to go to the market.The two walked for a long time, Pei Jia frowned suddenly, rolled her hands into a tube shape, and lay down to feel the vibration of the ground.

Li Yi also realized something, secretly vigilant around.After listening for a while, Pei Jia frowned and said in a deep voice, "There is the sound of horseshoes, about a hundred people are coming from the front."

The two hurriedly searched for a cover, and managed to hide their horses. A large number of horses came running on the mountain road. These people wore sabers, but they were dressed as bandits. Judging from the direction they roared, it seemed to be the town they had just left.

After the smoke and dust they ran past cleared away, Li Yi dared to say: "Who is this..."

Pei Jia frowned, holding the handle of the knife tightly, and said in a deep voice, "Go back!"

The two mounted their horses and headed straight for the road they came from.When they saw the quiet town in the distance, the sky was no longer filled with cooking smoke, but there were screams instead.

Pei Jia said: "Brother, have you ever taught you how to ride and shoot?"

Li Yi agreed.

Pei Jia said: "Okay, let me kill you!"

Li Yi gritted his teeth, drew out his sword, and aimed at the black-clothed bandits who were watching the situation outside the town, the sword light cut down like a rainbow—blood spattered everywhere.

Li Yi's short sword is not suitable for horse battles. Pei Jia's weapon is a knife, and his advantage when charging immediately explodes. The head immediately became a ball far away in the sky.

At this moment, the men in black had already reacted. The leader in front did not expect that there would be a sneak attack behind him. Seeing this scene, he shouted: "Kill them!"

However, the distance was too close, and the horses of the men in black couldn't turn around, so they chopped up a group like melons and vegetables.The leader's eyes were tearing apart: "Get off the horse!"

The man in black who was in front of the horse team immediately rolled off the saddle and charged in the direction of the two.Li Yi jumped on the horse's back, jumped onto the opponent's horse's lightly, drew half an arc with his arm, and beheaded a person condescendingly.Immediately, he jumped onto the back of another horse, and with a thrust, ended the life of the other man.

At this moment, he was very anxious, the dagger seemed to be frozen, and his body was moving between the horses. Every sword was very powerful. The martial arts of those men in black were not as good as his, and they were knocked down by his strength. They couldn't make any effective moves at all. fight back.

Seeing this situation, the leader of the men in black yelled: "Come on!", riding his horse into the town to call for his subordinates who entered the town to kill.After a while, a group of people filed out from the western entrance and fled towards the vast mountain.

Seeing him fleeing from a distance, the morale of the army here was slackened, and the two of them slashed one by one with a knife, and their hearts were chilled.

Pei Jia said: "You go there first, I'll look for you after I'm done."

Li Yi hurried into the town, but what he saw was blood soaring to the sky—all the villagers, regardless of men, women, and children, had their heads chopped off, and the blood soaked the stone slabs and porch, dripping down.

Li Yi jumped onto the eaves, thinking of the only old man he knew and ran to the house. When he got there, he saw several corpses in the house stacked together, and the old man and the woman could be vaguely distinguished by the clothes.

The woman's body was holding something tightly, Li Yi turned her body over and found the child's bruised face.

His hands trembled violently.

He stood up abruptly, looked around, and suddenly frowned: "Where's Dahan?" He backed out the door, just in time to see Dahan carefully removing the cellar bricks.

Dahan was stunned when he saw him suddenly, and then in a deep panic, he raised a brick and threw it at him.

However, the opening of the hole was too small, and the stone bricks were only thrown a short distance, and a cloud of dust was thrown up when it landed.

Li Yi took a deep look at him, then climbed up to the roof to check if there were any survivors in the other houses.

At this time Pei Jia also rushed over, seeing the scene was also very angry: "A group of beasts, I shouldn't have stabbed them one by one just now, I should have hacked them into pieces!"

"Those people escaped." Li Yi said, "We are not familiar with the terrain in the mountains, so I didn't follow them."

"You did the right thing." Pei Jia said, "First find out if there are any survivors, and then talk about other things."

Li Yi suddenly thought of Dahan in the cellar: "That idiot Dahan is not dead, he hid in the cellar."

"It was lucky for him to escape unharmed."

Li Yi's face was sullen, and he always felt that the way Dahan looked at him didn't look like a crazy person.

"Master, this should be Dongliulin Town."

Not far away, Di Renjie, who had already left the large army and visited incognito, pointed to this seemingly populated town, and said to his entourage: "Hurry up, hurry up to the town before dark and find someone to stay in."