Outside the cave, the wind and snow were filled, the entourage soldiers did not know when they had braved the wind and snow to find a lot of dwarf trees on the left and near to form a barrier to block the wind, more than a dozen horses gathered aside, the careful soldiers made some grass curtains wrapped around the horse's belly to keep the horses warm, the bonfire burned very strongly, the dry food that had begun to cook on the fire exuded bursts of aroma.

Seeing Su Jin come out, everyone saluted and greeted Miss Yeli, asking how Miss Yeli's illness was, Su Jin said that it was fine, and frowned at the whistling wind and snow.

Only a little more than an hour, the earth has been a white expanse, the snow on the mound next to it has been half a foot thick, the foot stepped on it no more than the ankle, see this wind and snow does not mean to stop for half a minute, if it goes on like this, after a night, can not walk at all, I am afraid that I will be trapped in this place.

Seeing Su Jin's anxious expression, a member of Yeli Duanyun's entourage stepped forward and said: "Lord Su, I haven't seen such a wind and snow for ten years, I'm afraid that this sky won't stop for a while, even if it stops, we won't be able to walk, I'm afraid we will stay here until the sky is clear and the snow melts." ”

Su Jin frowned and said: "How many days will it take, it will take at least half a month for such a thick snow to melt, and it depends on whether God has long eyes, and we don't have so much dry food to bring, so we have to think of a way." ”

The attendant said: "What the lord said is that the villain proposed to send someone out to ask for help, didn't the lord say that the nearest post station is forty miles away?" Let's go to the post station to call for manpower, even if we are sleepy, we must be trapped in the post station, so that we can have a house to shelter from the wind and snow. ”

Su Jin said: "What I said is that if you don't ask for help while the snow is not so thick, you won't be able to walk when the snow is knee-deep." ”

The entourage said: "The small one is not afraid of wind and snow, but in this foggy weather, and I don't know the direction of the post station, once I take a fork in the road, it will definitely die, and it doesn't matter if the small one dies, the adults and my young lady are trapped here without rescuers, so it's troublesome." ”

Su Jin thought for a while and said: "Yes, I waited for the northwest from Longshan, almost straight along the way, the post station is in the northwest direction, as long as the general direction is identified, you should be able to find the post station, in order to be conspicuous, when I built the post station, I ordered someone to erect a flagpole in front of the post station, as long as the direction does not deviate greatly, you can see." ”

The attendant said, "But where is the northwest direction?" The small ones live on the grassland all year round, and the most taboo is the wind, sand, rain and snow weather, but there are cattle, sheep and old horses to know the way when grazing, and it is not possible here. ”

Su Jin thought for a while and said, "Yes, do you have any needlework here?" ”

The companion said: "Needlework and thread are naturally available, and we always have sewing kits when we go out, in case our clothes are torn or the saddle is broken, we can use fur to repair them." ”

Su Jinxi said: "Take a piece of thread and a needle, and then take a small piece of fur." ”

The entourage didn't know where it was, but it was still quickly found, Su Jin picked up the iron needle and rubbed it on the fur for a long time, and then tied it with twine and hung it in the leeward, and everyone didn't know why, they all came up to see what this Lord Su was doing; But after seeing that the steel needle turned a few times, the head and tail stopped in two directions.

"It's done, the needle and the tail of this needle point to the north-south direction, you can verify it again."

Su Jinbian said that he rubbed the iron needle again with his fur, and after the needle stopped, it was still in the same direction as before.

Everyone was surprised and asked the reason, Su Jin only vaguely mentioned that if he explained to them the earth's magnetic field, steel needle friction and other nonsense, Guan Bao This group of people would think of themselves as neurotics.

"But my lord, what is south and what is north?" Someone asked.

Su Jin pointed to the direction where the snowflakes fell and said: "The north wind is basically blowing here in winter, even if it is not the north wind, it is also the northwest or northeast wind, so the direction pointed by the needle tail is the north, and the post station is in the northwest, which can deviate slightly to the west, and it should be found after walking forty miles." ”

Everyone praised, so seven or eight people took the initiative to ask Ying to go to find rescuers, Su Jin looked at the sky and said: "There is still more than an hour I am afraid that it will be dark, although it is not suitable to act at this time, but if it is delayed, the snow will be more inconvenient, so I have to ask you to take risks, let's send eight people to the northwest to search, a group of two, not too far apart, in order to prevent heavy snow covering footprints, you have to plug in branches along the way as road signs, once you reach about forty miles and do not see the post station, you will return the same way, do not wander around." ”

Everyone agreed in unison, and immediately brought dry food and water, and the people who stayed behind took off their leather jackets and put them on for the pathfinders, and wrapped all the heads and abdomen of the horses with a large coat, and wrapped their legs with hay to keep out the cold, and brought the necessary supplies.

Su Jin knew that it was indeed very dangerous to go out to explore the road in such a snowy weather, and it was even more difficult after dark, but fortunately, each group was led by a man from the Dangxiang Yeli tribe, who had rich experience in surviving in the wild, and was a little more reassuring; Another reason why Su Jin wants them to take risks is that although Yeli Duanyun's high fever has subsided, he still has a low-grade fever, in this cold wilderness, it is almost impossible to heal in this environment, the first condition is that he must immediately enter a warm and dry post station, even if there is no medicine to treat, even if he takes a hot hot bath, he can drive away the wind and cold, otherwise he will be trapped here for a day, and Yeli Duanyun will have to worry about his life.

The sky gradually darkened, and the wind was much lighter, but the snow fell in large pieces, as if a big hole had been broken in the sky, and a large piece of white clouds was leaked out.

After dinner, the entourage rested by the bonfire outside, Su Jin took a bowl of gruel into the inner cave, and fed Yeli Duanyun a small spoonful to eat, Yeli Duanyun shook his head after eating a few bites, his face turned from red to white, he already had a cough, and he couldn't stop wheezing.

Su Jin didn't dare to leave for a while, so he spread hay not far away and lay beside him, in the middle of the night, Yeli Duanyun's cough did not stop, Su Jin fell asleep in a daze, but was awakened by Yeli Duanyun's low cry; Su Jin hurriedly got up to check, only to see Yeli Duanyun curled up in a ball, his face full of tears.

Su Jin reached out and touched her forehead and hands and feet, and was suddenly startled, Ye Li Duanyun's body was cold and piercing, and after the fever, he was chilled again.

"Miss Nori, how are you?" Su Jin hurriedly asked.

Ye Li Duanyun's lips were white and trembled, and he cried, "I...... It's cold...... It's cold! ”

Su Jin hurriedly threw a large pile of hay into the bonfire, made the fire a little stronger, and took Yeli Duanyun's hands and feet close to the bonfire to bake and rub them, Yeli Duanyun still screamed coldly, and leaned on Su Jin's body.

Su Jin had to hold her in his arms, but the body temperature could not be transmitted to each other through the clothes, seeing that Yeli Duanyun's expression was getting more and more depressed, Su Jin only whispered in Yeli Duanyun's ear: "Miss Yeli, I have no intention of offending, but if I want to save your life, I can only do this." ”

Ye Li Duanyun didn't answer, just curled up in Su Jin's arms and trembled.

Su Jin stretched out his hand to untie Yeli Duanyun's clothes, and took off the outer leather jacket and leather pants on his body layer by layer, and the middle coat and small coat together, revealing only a small pink belly pocket and a thin pair of obscene pants, and he quickly stripped off his clothes and wore only a pair of underwear, hugged Yeli Duanyun's slippery body into his arms, and then wrapped the clothes and felt blanket around the two of them, leaning on the bonfire and snuggling tightly.

At first, he felt like he was holding a cold ice cube in his arms, and the cold Su Jin almost wanted to suffocate, but soon after, the ice cube in his arms gradually melted, becoming soft and warm, and Yeli Duanyun's face also changed from blue and white to ruddy, and he was tightly attached to Su Jin's chest like an octopus, and after a while, the trembling stopped, and he actually snorted and fell asleep.

Su Jin sniffed the body fragrance of the woman in his arms, felt the firm squeeze on the chest of the woman in his arms, and his heart was full of thoughts, and the little brother below did not fight with his head held high and his chest against Yeli Duanyun's shame, Yeli Duanyun felt uncomfortable, moved his body to sit the thing under his buttocks, and fell asleep again with two mutters.

Su Jin secretly scolded himself for not being a thing, but at this time, he actually had a thought, he was busy biting his tongue, resting his head on Yeli Duanyun's soft shoulder, thinking about it for a while, and finally couldn't resist the feeling of being sleepy, and soon fell asleep.