Deep in the night knowing the snow

Mu Tangfeng walked down the mountain with Xie Hanyu on his back. From the halfway up the mountain, there seemed to be a village at the bottom of the mountain. Under the clouds and mist, there were many roofs and bricks and tiles stacked together. There were not many people.

He couldn't tell the direction, so he chose a road that seemed to be the shortest way down the mountain by instinct. He stepped on the dead wood branch with his black boots, and the tree cast shadows, and the branches and leaves swayed slightly in the wind.

"Brother Xie... I don't want to go to Jingzhou anymore."

"The palace test is very important...but it seems more dangerous over there. I don't want Brother Xie to get hurt again..."

"Let's go find a remote town and bring my nanny here. The nanny will definitely like you..."

Mu Tangfeng's mind was in a mess, his tone was a bit incoherent, he stumbled and didn't know what he was talking about, and he didn't see the road ahead, but he just followed his instinct to take Xie Hanyu down the mountain first.

As long as Xie Hanyu can wake up...it doesn't matter whether he goes to Jingzhou or not.His dreams of honor and disgrace, his coveted first place in the imperial examination, all became insignificant at this moment compared to Xie Hanyu's life.

There were many gravels and dead branches on the mountain, and Mu Tangfeng didn't pay attention to his feet, and he was not flexible with his body on his back. There was a stone protruding from the corner halfway up the mountain.

There was the sound of stones falling to the ground, and the thorns in the grass tore the clothes and penetrated into the flesh, and warm blood flowed out.Mu Tangfeng protected Xie Hanyu, rolled a few times in the grass, his back hit the stone tip, and there was a burning pain from his back.

His fingertips were trembling. Compared with the dull pain in his heart, the pain in his body seemed to be numb.

"Thank you, I'm sorry."

Looking at Xie Hanyu's pale face, Mu Tangfeng got up from the ground, supported Xie Hanyu with his arms to help him up, but lost strength when he lifted it up, and put it down several times.He clenched his teeth, his knuckles turned white slightly, and put Xie Hanyu on his back. When he stood up, his figure shook, and he continued walking tremblingly.

The blood on the arm dripped down to the ground along the fingertips, meandering all the way, and condensed into a dull dark color on the ground.

Mu Tangfeng paid attention to his feet this time, afraid of throwing Xie Hanyu down again, he walked more and more slowly until he reached the foot of the mountain, and the sky was dark.

The setting sun in the sky left a smear of afterglow, and the crimson clouds split Ye Mu into two halves, one part was still daytime, and the other part was full of brocade blue.

During the holidays these days, there are still sellers in front of the village, and now they are closing their stalls. Mu Tangfeng saw a seller of fences, and helped Xie Hanyu under the tree.

"Brother Xie, I'll buy you a fence...it's not good for them to see your ears."

Mu Tangfeng walked towards the street vendor, his footsteps were as heavy as lead, he walked to the peddler who was selling fences, took out the money and gave it to the peddler.

When taking the money, he couldn't hold it with his fingers several times, Mu Tangfeng gave the peddler an embarrassed smile, and handed the money over.

He thought he was smiling, but in fact the corners of his lips were stiff and raised slightly, his expression looked uglier than crying.

The peddler looked at him covered in blood and thought of something bad. He looked at him contemptuously and asked him to pick a fence by himself.

Mu Tangfeng picked one at random, held the fence and quickened his pace, worried that Xie Hanyu would slow down a little when he saw it all the way under the tree.

There are many people in the village, and it is easy for them to cause trouble if they stay. Mu Tangfeng looked at a family outside the village in the distance, put the fence on Xie Hanyu, and passed behind his back.

When they arrived at the door of the house, there was oily smoke billowing from the chimney, and Mu Tangfeng knocked on the door with one hand.

He took out the silver ahead of time, and when he heard footsteps, he wiped the blood off his face.The person inside opened the door. It was an old man with sharp eyes. He glanced at him up and down, and said in a bad tone, "Who are you? What's the matter?"

Mu Tangfeng organized the prophecy, forced himself to calm down, and said, "Don't be afraid, I'm carrying my brother on my back. My brother and I were robbed by bandits on the road. He is now seriously injured and his life is uncertain. Passing here, I would like to ask You take us in for one night... We still have some money left, which can be used as rent, and we will leave tomorrow."

He handed over the money, fearing that the old man would disagree, he said again, "It's fine for the two of us to live in the same room, and we will go to the city to seek medical treatment tomorrow morning... we won't stay for long."

Shaken in his heart, the old man looked at Mu Tangfeng for a long time, and finally took the money and made room for him.

"Only for one night."

Mu Tangfeng breathed a sigh of relief, and carefully went in with Xie Hanyu on his back. The old man led him to a room. He thanked the old man and entered the room.

It looked like the guest room inside, so he simply tidied it up. Mu Tangfeng put Xie Hanyu on the bed, glanced at the door, and closed the door.

Sitting on the edge of the bed, he felt a throbbing pain in his calf. He opened his trouser leg and took a look, only to find a long and deep bloodstain on his calf by thorns at some point.

The blood flowed out along the straight lines, soaked the white socks, glued them together, pulled the skin and flesh when they were gently torn apart, as if the tendons were being pulled out.

Mu Tangfeng's forehead was covered with cold sweat, he tore a strip of cloth from his clothes, and wrapped it lightly around his legs.

The candle next to it was burning, and the candle tears dripped down, reflecting Xie Hanyu's side face on the bed, a shadow fell on the eyelids.

Mu Tangfeng cut open Xie Hanyu's clothes with scissors, checked Xie Hanyu's wound, and found that the gold seal was still embedded on Xie Hanyu's heart, and black charms kept protruding densely, bloody and cold breath rushed towards his face.

Even if he didn't understand medical skills and magic arts, he also understood that the most urgent task is to take out the gold seal first.

He took another look at the sky outside, it was already late at night outside, and the doctor didn't know where to look for it.But if he didn't look for him, he was worried that Xie Hanyu's injury would be more serious.

Mu Tangfeng stood up from the side of the bed, there was a knock on the door, and the old man's voice came through the crack of the door.

"Are you going out for something to eat? There's a lot of dinner to cook."

Mu Tangfeng thought it was time to ask the old man if there was a doctor nearby, so he answered and opened the door, thanking him.

There is a big jujube tree planted in the yard, and under the jujube tree is a stone table with white steamed buns, some side dishes and a bowl of porridge.

Sitting next to the table was a little girl with double buns and a round face. She was drinking jujube porridge with a spoon in her hand. When she saw Mu Tangfeng, she stared curiously with her black eyes.

The old man handed over the porridge bowl, put another steamed bun on it, glanced at him and said, "Eat it."

Mu Tangfeng held the spoon, thanked him again, and took a sip of porridge.

He had no appetite, so he put down the spoon after taking a few sips, and asked, "Old man, is there a doctor around here? I think tonight... first let me see my brother's wound."

"Yes, but the doctor is very strange. He doesn't treat foreigners. If you want to see it, you'd better go to the city tomorrow to find another doctor."

Mu Tangfeng frowned, and asked how to get to the city, and the old man told him the truth.

The evening wind was moist and cool. The old man glanced at the sky and muttered, "The clothes of the girl in the backyard have not been confiscated."

Putting down the chopsticks and standing up, he said to Mu Tangfeng, "Remember to finish the porridge, don't waste it. I'll go to the backyard to have a look."

Mu Tangfeng watched the figure of the old man disappear, staring at the porridge in the bowl, feeling his stomach churning, but thinking that he had to maintain his strength, he picked up the bowl and drank it all in one go.

The little girl looked at him with a look of surprise, her big eyes widened, she glanced at the porridge in her bowl again, curled her lips listlessly, and continued to drink spoonful after spoonful.

The sky was covered with overcast clouds, pressing on the top to cover the stars, the wind howled, and the leaves of the jujube trees were blown and shaken.The clouds collided densely, and a silver arc suddenly appeared, illuminating half of the sky, and there was a "boom" thunder.

Mu Tangfeng suddenly heard the sound of something falling on the ground from the direction of his room.

He got a bad premonition in his heart, got up from the stone chair, and quickened his pace. The wound on his calf opened again before healed, and the cloth strip was soaked in blood.

Lightning illuminated half of the side of the door, and he could see clearly what was inside the house from the outside.The fence on Xie Hanyu's hair on the bed fell to the ground, a pair of fox ears were exposed, and the silver-white hair was scattered around her side.Xu Shi was affected by the thunder, and the tail behind him also appeared, and the white fur hung down on the ground. At a glance, he knew it was a fox demon.

The old man took a few steps back, staring intently at the unconscious fox on the bed, tremblingly picked up the ax from behind the door, and walked towards the bed step by step.

"Don't touch him!!!"

Mu Tangfeng's pupils shrank slightly, and he quickly pushed open the door and went in, blocking the bed in front of the bed, preventing the old man from going any further.

The old man stared, pointed at him speechless, and said angrily, "Get out of the way!! Don't be fooled by monsters!! Look clearly!! The one above is the fox demon, not your brother—"

Mu Tangfeng's face turned pale, and he tightened his grip on his cuffs slightly, "He's a fox demon...but he doesn't harm anyone."

"Please don't hurt him."

"So you know he is a fox demon!!?" The old man raised his voice, "Quickly get out of the way!! How can a monster not harm people!! Finish him now before he wakes up!!"

The ax was raised in the air, refracting silvery white blunt light, the old man's tone was undeniable, "Don't move away for a while, I will solve it with you."

The thunder continued outside, the dark clouds collided together, and the thundering lightning reflected light and shadow on the wall, refracting on the old man's face, with a hideous expression on his haggard and wrinkled face.

Mu Tangfeng's heart calmed down a little bit. The corner of his eyes swept to the little girl who was peeking at them from the corner. The silver-white dagger in his sleeve tightened slightly. With a decision in his heart, he rushed towards the little girl.

How is it possible...No one can touch Xie Hanyu's finger.

no matter who.

The silver-white dagger shone coldly in the night, Mu Tangfeng looked cold, and the dagger touched the little girl's delicate neck.

"You dare to touch him and try."