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An Jie and the little shadow man rested for one night, and set off the next day when the dew just hung on the treetops.

Relying on the food bought in the city, they spent 29 days in the second forest. On the 30th day, they ran out of food and encountered a heavy snowfall.

"You can't stay here any longer."

An Jie, who was sitting in the cave warming up by the fire, was shivering. The snow outside was like goose feathers, and the humidity was coming up from the ground, making him unable to warm up no matter what.

"The weather is really too cold. We have finished our food, so we have to find a house and find someone to spend the night with."

The little shadow man sitting on An Jie's shoulder hesitated for a long time, and finally said: "I know there is a place to go in the forest, but it is a den of robbers, it is very dangerous. Maybe you will be chopped into several pieces before you approach, Master." part."

"What can I do?" An Jie murmured, he felt extremely cold, no matter how close he was to the flame, his hair was almost burnt, and hunger clenched his stomach tightly, making his stomach ache.

Finally, he had no choice but to make up his mind: "Little Shadow Man, show me the way, this is really not going to work. If I don't freeze to death, I will starve to death."

"Very well then, my master."

So the two braved the heavy snow to leave the cave and found a wooden house in the forest.

An Jie went up and knocked on the door trembling, and an old voice inside asked, "Who, who knocked on the door of the robber's house in a snowy day?"

An Jie replied: "I beg you to be kind, here is a passerby who is about to freeze to death."

The wooden door was quickly opened, and a crooked old woman poked her head out from inside: "Oh, my little poor, why did you stay in such a terrible snowy day? Besides, you should know that this is a den of robbers. You will come back! No matter what, you are going to die!"

An Jie felt that his head was going to be frozen, his teeth chattered, and he stammered: "Please, help me, I would rather die in the warmth than be frozen to death in the heavy snow."

Seeing that he was pitiful, the old woman had to let him in to warm up.

As soon as he entered the house, An Jie felt that he had come alive.

The wooden house was tightly closed, the small gaps were blocked with wheat straw, a raging flame was burning in the stove, the floor was covered with thick animal skins, and the old woman brought him a small cup of hot beer to warm up.

An Jie accepted it gratefully, and after drinking the hot beer, he shuddered all over, feeling that the heat compressed by the cold before was finally released from his body.

—Maybe I can do something to save myself from sitting around.

An Jie thought to himself, and asked, "Good-hearted man, good mother-in-law, can you tell me what troubles the robber has recently? Maybe I can give some help in exchange for my life."

The old woman was sewing, she stopped when she heard what An Jie said, and shook her head: "My poor little girl, maybe you can ask them when they come back, you know I just help them with cooking, sewing clothes, other things Don't ask anything."

An Jie could only nod in disappointment, and thanked him.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for the robbers to come back.

The door was opened, and seven robbers rushed in with bloody smell, filling the wooden house to the brim. They held big knives in their hands, with blood burning on the knives. It was obvious that they had just dealt with something terrible.

An Jie hid behind the stove nervously, hiding the little shadow man in his arms. Fortunately, the robber sat straight in his seat when he entered the house and didn't notice him.

The robbers picked up their wine glasses, poured all the hot beer into their mouths, and let out a heavy breath.

"Why do I feel that there is less beer today?" The bandit leader frowned and asked the old woman, "Did something happen that I don't know?"

"Ours is a little less!" The robber next to him echoed.

The old woman was obviously very afraid of the robbers, so she dared to tell the truth: "A man who was about to freeze to death passed by today. I couldn't bear it, so I let him into the house to warm up, and poured a little of your beer separately." give him."

The bandit leader was furious immediately: "You are so courageous! Aren't you afraid that I will kill you? Where is that man?! I will cut him into eight pieces!" Then, he stood up with a knife in his hand, and searched in the house. An Jie was easily spotted hiding behind the stove.

"Oh... what a delicate young master." The bandit leader glared at An Jie with blood-red eyes, and said through gritted teeth, "Maybe I should put you on the fire and make you a delicious dinner."

"Eat him! Eat him!" cheered the robber next to him!

"Oh, my God, what a terrible thing!" The old woman couldn't bear to see the young man she took in die tragically, so she closed her eyes and plugged her ears, neither seeing nor listening to anything.

——I don’t know if Xiaoyingren can defeat these people.

——No, even if he has great powers, but he is too young, how can he face such a vicious robber?

An Jie made up his mind, suppressed his fear and said, "If you kill me, you will regret it."

He didn't wait for the bandit leader to respond, and immediately continued: "I know everything. If you have any troubles, I can give you some solutions. But if you want to kill me and roast me, I'm just a gangster." The grown-up, skinny wretch, the meat is not fat enough, you eat me and it's just an ordinary meal."

The bandit leader looked An Jie up and down for a long time, as if he was thinking about what he said, and then reluctantly said after a while: "Then I will believe you this time. I do have a trouble that has troubled me for a long time. If you can give me the answer, I will spare you from dying."

"I have a tree that bears golden apples, why doesn't it even grow leaves now?"

An Jie was about to answer, but felt that the little shadow man was secretly pulling his collar, so he swallowed the answer and said calmly: "I can answer this question, but I will tell you when I come back."

"Ha! What a high-sounding excuse is this?" The bandit leader sneered, threatening to arrest An Jie, "You are just a guy trying to gain fame, how dare you play me in front of me!"

An Jie stood up quickly to avoid the capture of the bandit leader. He picked up the tongs placed by the wall to fend off the bandit's knife.

The poker has already been burned red by the charcoal fire, and it is a very good defensive tool, so that the robbers will not dare to act rashly after a single blow.

"Why don't you try to trust me once? I'm just a useless pauper. Even if you plan to eat me, you only have one meal. Since I said that I can give you the answer when I come back, I will definitely give you the answer , think of your golden apple tree, do you think it will never grow a leaf? Besides, to deceive you can only irritate you, and what good is it to me?"

The bandit leader stopped, hesitated for a long time, finally put down the knife in his hand, and said viciously: "Then I will believe you once, when the snow stops, you will get out immediately! And if you don't come back and tell me the answer, even if you are the sun and the end of the moon, I will find you!"

"Of course I will come back, I swear to God." An Jie calmly said without any psychological burden.

The bandit leader snorted coldly and sat back in his seat.

Only then did An Jie heave a sigh of relief, and continued to stay by the stove to warm up.

The next day, the heavy snow finally stopped, and An Jie was driven out by the bandit leader. Fortunately, the kind old woman secretly gave him some hot pies, which saved him from starving to death in the forest.

When the pies were just finished eating, An Jie also luckily walked out of the forest and came to the second city.

The gatekeeper of the second city was not strict, he walked into the city smoothly, and arrived at a duke's mansion under the guidance of the little shadow man.

This city was twice the size of the previous one, and Anjie walked for almost a day before arriving at the Duke's mansion.

The Duke's mansion is completely like a palace, and a grand banquet is being held inside, and anyone can attend.

Under the leadership of the servants, An Jie passed through one door after another. His eyes were dazzled by the exquisite wallpaper and gold wall lamps. The servants were busy running around holding all kinds of utensils made of gold. , to send the delicious food to the golden table at the ball in the garden, and they don't have to worry about the wine, because the water sprayed from the fountain in the middle of the garden is the fragrant wine, and the guests only need to take the wine glass to pick it up.

It turns out that the long-ill lady of the Duke's family has recovered and is celebrating!

Seeing An Jie walk in, a young girl happily greets him and wants to dance with him.

An Jie was very embarrassed and said, "Sorry, I have something urgent to do and I can't dance with you."

The kind girl asked, "What's your hurry? Maybe I can help you."

An Jie thought for a while and asked, "Do you know if the doctor who treated the Duke's lady is still there? I need his help very much."

"Oh, what a coincidence." The girl said, "He was still dancing here just now, and he just left. If you run faster, you might be able to stop him at the gate."

"Thank you!" An Jie hurriedly turned around and chased after him, almost bumping into the dancing people. He grabbed his hat and ran all the way to apologize. The servants of the Duke's mansion saw him so flustered, so they quickly opened the doors one after another. , so that this anxious young man who was about to cry would not be disturbed.

An Jie finally ran out of the gate of the duke's mansion. It was dark now, and there was no one similar to Helmut on the road.

He was going mad and shouted: "Helmut! Doctor! Are you still there? Please answer me!"

But no one responded to him, only the strange and surprised stares of passers-by and the cold light of the moon.

An Jie's mind was in a mess, he stopped his embarrassing yelling, and wandered around the street in a daze.

The little shadow man comforted him in his ear: "My master, things always have twists and turns, maybe the third time, you will be able to find him."

"I hope so." An Jie was almost out of breath. He remembered the appearance of Snow lying in the crystal coffin when he left—if time passed by, would Snow just be like this? really die?

An Jie didn't dare to think about it, he felt extremely cold all over, and with trembling hands, he took out the lock of long hair cut off from Snow's head from the small bag on his chest, and brought it to his lips to kiss it lightly.

——I can't give up yet.

An Jie regained his confidence.