Xiuxian: I have a dream space

Chapter 7 The Road

Li Qingxuan dressed neatly, brought dry food and water, carried the package containing copper coins and broken silver on his back, picked up the sachet that was left in the corner last night, and after making sure that nothing was missing, he grabbed a wooden stick and walked out of the shed door.

The slightly bright sky is cloudless, without the gloom of yesterday.

"The weather is fine today."

He took two deep breaths of cool air, a smile appeared on his face, and his depressed mood improved a lot.

Just when he arrived at the entrance of the village, the smile on his face slowly disappeared.

There are many plum blossom footprints interlaced at the entrance of the village, spreading to the depths of the village.

The two charred corpses left in the burnt pavilion were also pulled out, leaving only some bones with tooth marks scattered on the ground.

"I'm afraid the corpses in the Zongsi are also filled with wolves. They are full, so they didn't pay attention to me last night."

Can't stay here for a moment!

The mountains and forests of this era are too dangerous, you must enter the county today!

Li Qingxuan turned around and took a last look at the village, then walked down the mountain without looking back.

The county seat closest to Lijia Village is called Nanzhou County. It is located tens of miles south of Lijia Village. Because it is on the edge of the official road, there are often caravans, so it is relatively prosperous.

These are all known from the chatter of the villagers in the previous life, but he has never been out of the village.

Lijia Village was far away from the official road, went down the mountain, crossed a slope, and a new hill appeared in front of it.

The mountain roads are difficult and there are many potholes.

Fortunately, the villagers of Lijia Village often go to the county town to sell the prey they catch and buy some daily necessities. They usually follow a fixed route. If there are too many trips, they will leave traces on the mountain road.

Li Qingxuan followed these traces, crossed mountains and ridges, explored the road with a stick in his hand, and gradually drifted away.

Before he knew it, a deserted road with few weeds appeared in front of him.

"This should be the official way."

Li Qingxuan took a heavy breath, wiped the sweat from his brow, and slid down the slope onto the deserted road.

He looked up at the sky and found that the sun was already in the middle, so he continued to walk south regardless of the weakness of his legs and feet.

time does not wait.

The traces of wild wolves discovered today made Li Qingxuan aware of the dangers of the wild in this era.

He has short legs and poor physical strength. If he doesn't hurry up, he will be miserable if he sleeps in the wild.

The setting sun is setting, and the afterimage of the setting sun.

On the barren road, a small figure supported a small wooden stick, walked slowly, and his figure swayed forward. He looked quite young, as if he was exhausted, and he didn't know how far he had walked.

crunch.

Suddenly, there was the sound of trampling branches in the dry forest by the roadside.

The bowed body of the little man straightened up suddenly, and after scanning the surrounding terrain vigilantly, he turned over and rolled into the withered grass beside him to hide.

"It turned out to be an old farmer who cut firewood."

Li Qingxuan lay on his back in the half-person-high withered yellow grass, and heaved a sigh of relief as he watched the people go away.

The official road connects many small roads, and the further south you go, the more villages and towns there are.

Along the way, he also encountered convoys, farmers driving donkey carts, and travellers, but he didn't make contact with any of them.

no way.

His body is too small, and there are no adults around him. Traveling alone is more likely to arouse the curiosity of others. He has no power to protect himself, and he doesn't want to gamble his life on humanity.

Li Qingxuan crawled out of the dry grass until the old firewood cutter went away: "The frequency of encountering passers-by is getting higher and higher, and the surrounding farmlands are also increasing. It should be Nanzhou County."

He glanced at the gloomy sky, then lowered his head and glanced at the blood-soaked cloth shoes, with a wry smile on his face.

At this time, even if you get to the county seat, you can't get in. It's better to find a safe place to spend the night before it's completely dark.

This area is always much safer than the barren mountains in Lijia Village.

Li Qingxuan continued to walk south enduring the pain in his feet.

Before the sky completely darkened, he was lucky enough to see a shed made of wood and thatch.

The shed was a bit crude, and there was a piece of cloth hanging from the eaves, with a large character on it, but Li Qingxuan couldn't read it.

"It's next to the official road, so it should be a tea stall or something."

Li Qingxuan glanced at the sundries dumped in the grass beside him, feeling a little lucky that he was lucky.

Pull open the wooden door tied with straw rope, push the door open and enter.

The inside is empty, not even a table and chair can be seen, but there is an earthen stove inside, and you can feel the residual heat when you get close.

The owner here should not have been away for a long time, and should be someone from a nearby village.

"Spend the night here tonight."

Li Qingxuan dragged his tired body, picked up some dead plants and branches from the outside, closed the door from the inside, and lit a fire.

After simply eating something, he frowned and tore the shoe off his foot enduring the pain.

"Sigh~"

He didn't dare to rest all the way, the soles of his feet were already torn, and the flesh and blood were sticking to the soles. His feet were already numb and tolerable, but now that they were torn apart, he gasped in pain.

Looking at the bloody soles of his feet, Li Qingxuan sighed, rinsed briefly with the little salt water in his bamboo tube, and closed his eyes against the earthen stove.

He was so tired that even though the soles of his feet were tingling, he fell into a deep sleep after a while.

The moon and stars are scarce, and everything is lonely.

kaka~
In a daze, Li Qingxuan seemed to hear some friction sound around him.

He suddenly opened his eyes, the right hand holding the skinning knife was first protected in front of his chest, and then he glanced around.

kaka~
The ear-piercing sound of rubbing and pulling came from outside the shed.

Something wants to come in!

Li Qingxuan's pupils shrank.

At this time, I don't know when, the fire has been extinguished, but the remaining temperature is still there, only a few pieces of shapeless moonlight shot into the shed from the gaps in the shed.

Li Qingxuan did not rekindle the fire immediately, but suppressed the panic in his heart, stood up enduring the stinging pain from the soles of his feet, grabbed the wooden stick and knife, and carefully walked to the side of the door to listen to the movement outside.

Amidst the ear-piercing sound of pawing, heavy breathing could be faintly heard, but it could be seen that the strength was not strong, and the position was at the lower edge of the door.

"It should be a wolf or a wild dog."

Li Qingxuan breathed a sigh of relief.

Although the shed is simple and crude, the wooden door is also solid, and simple wolves or wild dogs cannot easily break through it.

After thinking about it, he took two steps back, grabbed the wooden stick with both hands, and knocked hard on the side of the door.

There was a snapping sound.

There was a pawing sound outside the shed, followed by whimpers and howls that quickly moved away, mixed with barking dogs that lacked breath. It was obvious that the wild dogs outside the shed were frightened by Li Qingxuan's sudden movement.

The wild dog was not very courageous, and fled. Li Qingxuan lost sleepiness, so he had to light the fire again, and took out the talisman he got before to play with it and study it.

When he was on his way during the day, he deliberately hung this thing under his backpack so that it would not touch his body, so he didn't find anything wrong.

"This talisman seems to be much colder than the daytime."

Regardless of whether it was an illusion or not, Li Qingxuan quickly put the talisman back into the sachet, put it a little farther away from him, and then stared at the fire in a daze
The autumn morning is cloudy and cold.

A little bit of light penetrates into the shed from outside the shed.

Its daybreak.

Li Qingxuan wrapped up his clothes, held a skinning knife in his hand, and carefully opened the wooden door to look at the outside environment.

Peaceful.

It's just that there are many claw marks and sawdust outside the wooden door, which should be left by the wild dog last night.

"Dog thing, disturbing people's dreams."

Li Qingxuan cursed with a smile, simply cleaned up the traces in the shed, and continued to head towards Nanzhou County with a little expectation.

(End of this chapter)