It was dark and the fire was raging. The wind blew, the firelight swayed, and the sparks floated up like swarms of fireflies, and in an instant, it seemed that midwinter had returned to summer.

The wind was cold, mad and unforgiving. However, no matter how it roared, it could not stop the prolonged sleepiness brought by the snoring, and it could not stop the silence of the night.

The snow began to fall, like sand and cotton, covering the ground, and the coldness became even more prominent.

Ghost Cry and Elder Qian hid in a half-collapsed room, avoiding part of the wind and snow.

They lit a fire and sat opposite each other, listening to the soft and warm singing, and couldn't help but squint their eyes and tap their fingers on their knees.

And then. The sound of the ghost crying came into Elder Qian's ears, and Elder Qian raised his hand to catch the flying gourd.

When he opened his mouth, a mouthful of hot liquid poured into his mouth, not wine, but spicy soup, but at this moment, it was better than wine.

The temperature surged, and Elder Qian's face turned red, as if he was already drunk.

"When?" asked Elder Qian after taking a sip.

Oni cried off the snow from his hat and looked at the sky through the broken roof, the sky was deep and dark, and the snow was white and translucent.

He said, "It should be the hour." ”

"Chenshi, so to speak, it's almost dawn!"

"Hmm. ”

Elder Qian stretched his waist, and his bones cracked: "She's been playing all night, don't her fingers hurt?"

"Maybe it will hurt later, but now, it shouldn't hurt. ”

As he spoke, Ghost Cry moved his arm as well, feeling that his arm was about to rust.

"It's cold. Elder Qian couldn't help but shudder, it was not pleasant to stay here at this time, although there was a part of the wall that covered the wind and snow, the cold still couldn't stop pouring in. Despite the fire, the heat emitted by the fire can only radiate in a small range, beyond which you can only feel the bitter cold.

It's too hot by the fire, it's too cold outside the fire, and when it's not far away, it's ice and fire, and it's even more uncomfortable.

Elder Qian stood up, and he decided to get closer to the fire.

Inadvertently, looking outside, his moving steps stopped, he froze in place, and then said, "It's on fire." ”

Oni Cry also stood up and looked over there, and it was the direction where the mother and son lived, and a fire was raging.

"It seems that we have come at a bad time. ”

"Yes!" Elder Qian sighed with emotion, and threw the gourd to Ghost Cry, Ghost Cry raised his head and took a sip, in the light of the fire, the face under the hat was uncertain.

The sound of the piano faded away, and the flames gradually went out. Before you know it, the darkness fades a little, and the dim light shoots out, and the sky and the earth are gray, just like the picture of an old TV set.

The two of them came to their senses, looked at each other, and walked towards the charred place.

A warm home is gone, turned into a scorched earth.

A blank piece of paper, pressed by a stone, was placed outside the scorched earth.

Devil Cry bent down to remove the piece of paper that was pressed under the stone, and looked at the handwriting on it.

"What's written on it?" asked Elder Qian.

"She's gone, it's a farewell letter, and by the way, it says she left us a gift. ”

"Gifts?" Elder Qian was a little puzzled.

"Let's go. Ghost Cry smiled and walked into the ruins, and in the ruins, there was still a little emberfire that was still there, making a crackling sound.

"It's a little quirky. Elder Qian said, the strangeness in his mouth refers to a pot, everything in the house has been burned, but this pot is still intact.

"That's what she gave us. Ghost Cry stepped forward and lifted the lid of the pot, and then a strong smell of medicine came through. It was pitch black inside, and it was a pot of black thick pulp.

Elder Qian was slightly stunned, walked over quickly, tapped a little with his fingers, and then put it in his mouth to taste, frowned slightly, nodded a little more, and applied it to his lips, and suddenly, he felt that the pain on his chapped lips was reduced a lot.

"What a great gift!" Elder Qian sighed: "This medicine, applied externally, can resist and even treat frostbite. ”

"It's a great gift indeed. "The ghost cries the head, the frostbite caused by the north wind is really helpless, with such medicine, it will undoubtedly reduce the losses of the pioneer battalion a lot.

As for these medicinal herbs, Linglong must have prepared them for his son, but unfortunately her son couldn't survive and couldn't use up these herbs.

"The important thing is not this medicine, but the prescription hidden under this medicine, this is a brand-new newly developed prescription, it seems that this six-tailed Qingqiu fox has great talent, it's a pity, it's a pity......" Elder Qian shook his head and sighed, regretting that he couldn't let Linglong join Shushan.

The soldiers in the pioneer camp woke up, and had a good night's sleep, both physically and mentally, and it was as if they had climbed up again after swimming in a dung pit and washed away the filth on their bodies.

Elder Qian and Ghost Cry kept one for themselves, and then handed a pot of medicine to Chen Hutou, who put these medicinal vials in small bottles and distributed them to the soldiers below.

The soldiers smeared some with their fingers and applied it to their bare skin, and in the face of the cold wind, it was no longer as painful as before.

After breakfast, it was already completely dawning.

The sun was shining brightly, and the snow covering the ground was also shooting a miserable white light.

People either put on hats or tulles in front of their eyes, supported each other, and walked up the river.

The ice on the surface of the river is thick and smooth, and if you are not careful, you will fall and make it difficult to walk.

People are moving slowly on it, like black maggots, ridiculous and respectable.

Ghost Cry dragged the rope and carried a stake to the other side first, and then he nailed the stake to the ground as hard as iron and wrapped it tightly with the rope.

The other end of the rope was also tied to a stake nailed to the ground, so that the soldiers had something to support.

They dragged the rope and slipped step by step, and after a long time they all crossed the river.

There was no accident, Chen Hutou was very happy, and beckoned the soldiers to rest for a while and hurry on the road.

And the ghost cried, but inadvertently saw a white shadow on the other side of the river. It was a white fox, holding a black box in her mouth, and she glanced this way, then turned her head and disappeared into the white world.

"Big brother ghost, big brother ghost......" Cai Wei woke up the ghost cry: "What's wrong?"

"Nothing. The ghost cried and came back to his senses.

"Oh, that's good, it's time to hit the road. Cai Wei breathed a sigh of relief and looked across the river, her eyes slightly puzzled.

"Then let's go. ”

The ghost cried, turned his head, and walked in the direction away from the river bank, and walked among Nangong Dalang and them.

"Husband. Nangong Ghost cried beside him and said, "Can you tell me about last night's incident, I heard that it was a fox girl, I am curious?"

"She!" Ghost Cry said with a little emotion in his tone, "What about a wonderful mother......