The worst is the next cousin

Thinking of Ye Jintian's words, Mao Xiaofei asked Jin Su while leading the horse: "When can we leave this ghostly place? Although there are no dangerous animals. But everyone has been walking around for a day and a night without sleep. Look at it right away." The people are all stumbling around and falling to the ground." Thinking of the wolves that Ye Jintian mentioned, Mao Xiaofei paused, still feeling a little terrified. If there really were wolves, they would be strutting in this unsheltered area. On the snow field, isn't that just like a soft and docile deer waiting for someone to shoot arrows in the paddock?

"Four more days." Jin Su gave shorter time than Ye Jintian said.

"Four days?!" Mao Xiaofei yelled, "One day and one night is already unbearable for many people, won't we go to the town for these four days?"

"En." Jin Su said in a deep voice.

Mao Xiaofei didn't realize that after he got on the horse, because he was talking to Jin Su, he got closer and closer to him. Their conversation was not loud and no one else could hear him.

The sound of the wind filled the ears, and even Mao Xiaofei, who was the closest to Jin Su, couldn't hear it very clearly.

Jin Su wore a thick felt hat, Mao Xiaofei glanced enviously, and asked him if he still had such a hat.

Jin Su rolled his eyes, asked his subordinates to get it, and gave Mao Xiaofei three tops.After Mao Xiaofei put on one of the hats, he heard Jin Su say in a cold tone: "Don't die so early, it's a waste of a good hat. It's always uncomfortable to wear things worn by dead people."

Mao Xiaofei shouted unconvinced: "I won't die, just wait and see." Having said that, when he returned to Xu Qi's side, Mao Xiaofei gave them the hats, but kept silent and didn't want to say anything.

Mao Xiaofei had a felt hat to keep out the cold wind, and Mao Xiaofei's head didn't hurt so much. He sucked his nose twice, and felt that his hands and feet were still numb from the cold, so he lowered his body, put his chest on the horse's neck, and wrapped his hands in the thick hair in front of him. In the horse's mane, he rubbed his hands.

"It's too cold, isn't it? You come on my horse, it's warmer for the two of you to be together." Xu Qi stretched out a hand, signaling Mao Xiaofei to turn over directly from the horse's back.

Suddenly, Cheng Yaojin came from the middle of the road and slapped Xu Qi's hand away. Jin Chen sat on the horse with his arms folded, not afraid of falling off.

"It's not as warm as the three of us riding a horse and huddling together."

Mao Xiaofei no longer has the strength to argue with Jin Chen, and he doesn't want to ride a horse with Xu Qi, no one is much better than the other in such a cold day, and Xu Qi's face is also gray.

"Three people will crush the horse, let's go, talk less, the body can consume less heat." Mao Xiaofei touched the pancake on the inside and outside of his chest, and the body temperature baked it a little warmer, but it still tasted the same dry , but better than being cold and dry.After two rough chews, Mao Xiaofei stretched his neck and swallowed with difficulty. He lifted the water bladder hanging on the side of the saddle. It felt like an ice marble, but it was not an ice marble. The water bladder was made of animal skin and had already frozen into a hard lump. .

Mao Xiaofei got off the horse, grabbed two handfuls of snow and stuffed it into his mouth, got back on the horse, shook off the reins and continued to drive the horse as if no one else was there.Everyone was a little preoccupied, except for Lazar who had to get off the horse, so he ate, drank and slept on the horse's back.

On the second night, Jin Su saw that many people couldn't hold on anymore, and there were already more than ten injured patients in the team.One of them had a frozen ear.

Jin Su said that his ears had been frozen for at least ten hours, but he didn't know it, so he dozed off on the horse's back, accidentally fell asleep, and fell off the horse. Everyone was very careful when sleeping. He tied himself to the horse, and when he fell, the rope quickly slid down from his waist and caught his ankle. The horse was frightened, and ran forward with the last bit of strength, dragging the man over the snow for more than ten meters. Leaves a red line that is not noticeable at all.

Everyone rushed to untie him from the horse, only to find that the man's ear had been knocked off in the snow.

At that time, he fell asleep, and when he woke up, he was already in a carriage loaded with goods. The severe pain woke him up, and the scream of pain kept lingering in everyone's ears.

Most of the rest had frostbite, and some in poor health had developed high fevers.

Mao Xiaofei's body swayed from side to side on the horse, and he was supported by a palm in the vest.

Mao Xiaofei woke up immediately. He shook his head, stared back at Xu Qi with lingering fear, "Brother Xu," he breathed a sigh of relief, stepped on his stirrups, and firmly grasped his thick mane, "I actually fell asleep. I'm asleep." Mao Xiaofei said shyly, and forced himself to be 12 energized, implying to himself that he must not fall asleep again.

Even at night, it was still bright in the snow, and the snow had stopped.

Jin Su ordered the troops to camp here, unload a barrel of oil from the carts, and remove the wood from one of the carriages to start a fire.

A rough man with a stubbled face walked up to the horse in the carriage, stroked the horse's back with his big palm, and the horse's eyes were like two shining gems, looking at him docilely.

The man held a handful of horse grass in his hand, and he slowly fed the grass to the horse. The big horse couldn't wait to chew the little amount of grass, and ate it up in two or three mouthfuls.

"What are you still dawdling about?" Jin Su was clearly standing far away, and under his command, more than ten tents had already been set up.Compared with the previous days, tonight's style is extra gentle.

The big man flipped his wrist.

He held a cold dagger in the palm of his hand, and then, there was an earth-shattering neigh and scattered in the vast open space. The horse fell heavily to the ground, its neck stretched long, and its four hooves kicked helplessly. Several times, I no longer have the strength to stand up.

Everyone turned their heads to look at the dead horse, and another five or six people went up to help, and the air was filled with blood.Soon, the blazing flames licked the bottom of the pot red, the snow water melted in the pot, the smell of spices and salt spread, and the mouth-watering smell of meat.

When the broth was divided into bowls, no one cared about the dead horse anymore.

Everyone silently and orderly passed the bowls in their hands to those who were farther away from the fire. There was only one fire, and more than ten people sat around the fire, and the rest scattered outwards.

The wounded were still in the carriage, and all the carriages were loaded with goods, and a carriage could only squeeze four or five people.

In the horse-less carriage, a head stuck out. It was a lifeless face. One eye was tightly closed, and the other eye could not be fully opened. He narrowed his eyes and glanced at the situation outside. , coughing for a long time before covering his chest and asking: "Is there anything to eat?"

No one answered him, and one gave him a bowl of horse broth.

Only then did he see the remains of the horse on the ground, the moon illuminated the snow, and the blood of the horse was like a huge red flower, blooming on the snow field that was not human.

"You killed the horse?" After a while, the man came to his senses. He turned to look at Jinsu. Jinsu had just finished drinking the soup. He picked up a piece of meat from the bowl with his teeth and tore it apart with his hands and teeth. He had no expression but chewed the horse meat vigorously. .

"You killed the horse... what about this car? What about us?" The man got off the car tremblingly with a trembling voice. He didn't dare to spill the soup in the bowl. With a stomach full of doubts, he couldn't take care of it, and the moment his lips touched the broth, he started to gobble it up. Before the soup was finished, he scooped up the meat with his hands, and bared his white teeth to bite the pieces of meat.After eating, the young man's face was distorted for a moment.

One look at Mao Xiaofei and he knew that he was too anxious to eat, and he had been hungry for too long, and he might feel uncomfortable in his stomach.

"Don't kill the horse, do you want to eat human flesh?" Jin Su picked up the second bowl of soup, "Try to eat as much as possible, you won't be so lucky tomorrow night."

"Then what about this car?" The young man's face softened.

"Stay here."

Hearing this, the young man's eyes widened, "What about the people in the car?"

"Those who can walk follow the team, and those who can't walk squeeze into other carriages." Jin Su didn't look at him at all, as if he was thinking about something.

"That's good, that's good..." The young man murmured to himself.

"Wake up everyone in the carriage and have something to eat." Mao Xiaofei said.

Everyone sat motionless.

Mao Xiaofei had no choice but to call for it by himself, and as soon as he opened the door curtain of the carriage where the horse had been unloaded, an unspeakable stench came over his face.

In the carriage, one person was leaning on the cargo box, two were lying on the cargo box, and the other seemed to be standing and sitting. Among them, the one without ears was leaning on the carriage, with his eyes closed, his face had become Cyan purple.

The horse broth that had just been eaten screamed and almost spewed out. Mao Xiaofei pinched his nose tightly and yelled in a panic: "Jinsu, come and have a look!"

"Don't worry about it, we only take away the living." Jin Su said coldly.

The wounded man who was standing blankly on the edge of the crowd suddenly came to his senses, and hastily handed the bowl to the ladle next to the cauldron, "Give me another bowl, I want to eat another bowl! Quick, give me another bowl, I don't want it!" Die, I don't want to die, I want to eat more..."

The crazy words like sleepwalking made many people stand up involuntarily, asking for another bowl of horse meat soup from the chef.

"Let's have another bowl too." Xu Qi took Jin Chen's bowl and said to Mao Xiaofei.

Jin Chen's face was very ugly, and the scars on his face seemed to burst open at any time. He clenched one hand into a fist against his chest and abdomen, and waved his hand, "I can't eat anymore, I'm full."

"No, you must eat." Xu Qi looked serious, and Mao Xiaofei obediently followed behind him with his eyes that could not be refused.

No one knows where the next meal will be after one meal is full, at least he has the strength to resist the severe cold, now Mao Xiaofei is also a little uncertain, Jin Su's attitude is ambiguous, and his expressionless look is both confident and confident. Like I didn't want to say it at all so as not to distract people.

The only reassurance is Ye Jintian, who is still in the team.

Jin Su personally brought two bowls of horse meat to the cart.

"After so many people died, it's really cold-blooded for Ye Jintian not to come out and say a few words." Jin Chen took a sip of the soup and his throat bulged.

"Stop talking, swallow it." Xu Qi said sternly.

Jin Chen curled his lips and gave him a gouged look.

Mao Xiaofei held the bowl in both hands, trying to warm his hands as much as possible, this bowl of hot soup almost made him cry.Mao Xiaofei himself is in charge of the spoon, and he has eaten a lot of delicacies from mountains and seas in restaurants and palaces. Now he feels that he has never tasted anything better than this bowl of horse broth with star anise, pepper and salt.Although the food was about to pour into his throat, Mao Xiaofei still straightened his neck to let himself swallow more meat.