I rely on Qin Shihuang to enshrine the gods

Chapter 15 Strange Old Man
"I'm done baking!"

The girl beside her held up the steaming rabbit meat, her eyes were shining brightly, as if she was asking for credit.

Zhao Zheng broke away from the past and looked at her: "It's baked. It's not cooked."

Baitao looked at the rabbit meat in disbelief, "How could it be undercooked, it's burnt on the sides."

Zhao Zheng took it, and slashed it a few times with the dagger: "The outside will be burnt, and the flesh inside will be tightened. It would be best if the oil doesn't drip."

"Ok."

He's good when he bakes it.Baitao handed it to him, and watched his movements with her chin resting beside her.

It feels like Zhao Zhengming looks sick and weak, but it is like a weed gnashing its teeth to maintain the last hope. Under the adversity of wind and snow erosion, it takes root, sprouts, grows wildly, and gradually grows into a towering tree.

Baitao said: "What if I can't learn how to barbecue in the future."

"Then I'll bake it for you."

Zhao Zheng moved the roasted rabbit meat away, it was already half-cooled in a short while, he tore a piece of meat to feed Baitao.

Baitao refused: "You are sick, you eat. I am not hungry."

How could she not be hungry? The jerky was only enough for three or four days, but she had survived on that bag of jerky for seven or eight days, maybe not including the days when he was unconscious.

There was a kind of stubbornness in Zhao Zheng's tightly pursed lips, "I will only eat after you eat."

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Baitao opened her mouth obediently, and shared the rabbit meat with him. She found that Zhao Zheng was keeping the burnt side for herself, so she asked, "Do you think you are older than me and I am younger than you? Just let me."

Zhao Zheng: "Yes."

Baitao was thinking, what would happen if Zhao Zheng knew that he was over a hundred years old, would he be scared to death?
He would still blame her for asking so much favor from him, all of which were to deceive his feelings.

cheat feelings.

Whether you are a grown-up man or not, deceiving others' feelings is what bad foxes do in the gang.

After eating the last bite of meat, Baitaowo was still thinking about it while warming in Zhao Zheng's arms, and getting a little excited thinking about it.

Grandma Daji is a well-known big monster in the monster clan, and what she does is also to deceive feelings.

Then can he also cheat his reputation?

The more Baitao thought about it, the more excited she became, she couldn't help rolling, but suddenly bumped into the ribs on Zhao Zheng's chest, she reached out her hand to hold down the pain, so that Zhao Zheng wouldn't wake up from the pain.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Zheng didn't fall asleep at all. His chest vibrated, coughed a few times, and pressed her head into his arms with his hands: "Taotao, go to sleep."

Baitao: "."

Sleepless all night, eyes open until dawn.

Maybe the mountain ghost was really protecting him, which played a role.

The blizzard that had been blowing for a long time finally stopped whistling, and the world was blindingly white. Baitao led Zhao Zheng's hand out of the hole, and a crow shivered with its head curled up on the branch.

Zhao Zheng's body hasn't recovered yet, and he feels weak like he's about to be blown away by the cold wind.

But he said there was no longer any delay.

Going out of the cave this time is very risky, maybe you will freeze to death outside.

Baitao was a little worried about him.

Sensing her worried gaze, Zhao Zheng took her hand and shook it, without saying a word.

His face was too pale, even a little cold, Baitao couldn't read his expression, couldn't read his mood, but felt that he was only 11 years old, so he was too calm.

"Zhao Zheng, I'm not afraid."

Bai Taomai walked in the snow, walking with one foot deep and one foot shallow, muttering in his mouth: "Did you think about it all night yesterday and didn't sleep? People can't think too much, and there is white snow outside. Don't keep looking around, it hurts your eyes, we will go out."

"it is good."

Baitao guided him to the side intentionally or unintentionally, and she found a path.

She and Zhao Zheng cuddled each other to keep each other warm. They crossed the vast plain and found a village in the southwest.

This village is quite secretive, with its back against the cliff, if it wasn't for the guidance of the wolf king, it might have been overlooked.

This is the junction of the lands of Qin and Zhao. The Qin and Zhao countries would pinch each other when they meet, so this border is the line of defense for sending troops.

However, due to the cessation of troops in recent years, the villagers have nostalgia for their homeland, so the residents who moved away have returned, and the village has regained its popularity.

It's lucky.

Baitao supported Zhao Zheng and knocked on the chaimen that was smoking.

"Boom boom boom——"

Listening to the movement, there was someone inside, and the breathing of that person was a bit rapid, and there was even the sound of weapons clanging.

Could it be Zhao Bing?
Baitao was a little nervous, but she knew that this was Qin's territory, and there would never be people from Zhao.

What's more, Zhao Zheng's state is very bad. If he is still outside in the snow, he will probably freeze hard.

The courage to fight against mortals emerges from the bottom of my heart.

If you dare to bully Zhao Zheng.

She just sucked up their blood, leaving no one behind.

"Squeak-"

The chai gate opened, and an old man with white sideburns came out from inside, holding a sharp sickle in his hand.

Seeing a girl and a boy at the door, he gasped, and white mist sprayed from his nostrils; "I thought Hu Bing was coming again."

But the sickle was not released, because the old man saw the thin boy.

The dagger tightly held in the boy's hand made people feel cruel for no reason, not much different from the beasts looking for food in the snow.

Zhao Zheng put away the dagger, "Old man, you are bothering me so much, I hope you can give me some hot water."

"come in."

It can be seen that what he said is the authentic Zhao Guo accent, the old man may be a weather-beaten person, as can be seen from the long and wide forehead lines on his forehead, he took the crutch from the side and held it in his hand.

"clatter."

"Da da da."

The crutches fell to the ground, and the old man led them into the house.

This is a simple wooden house, which looks very poor, but the wooden floor shows a bit of luxury.

"Dried meat is still hanging on the beam. You can do whatever you want. The old man doesn't entertain guests."

"Thank you, old man." Bai Tao's voice was crunchy, as if she was biting a carrot.

She helped Zhao Zheng to sit on the soft felt cushion, and covered him with a woolen blanket.

He was really too thin from starvation. When he was not speaking, his pale cheeks and crow-feather eyelashes were lined by the soft wool blanket, which made him look a bit clear, but the color at the end of his eyes was darker. There is also an exotic taste.

After Baitao settled him down, she went to set up the tin pot and started boiling water.

"Grumble."

After the water boiled, Baitao blew and fed it to him. Zhao Zheng's throat rolled and his body recovered some temperature. He lifted his heavy eyelids, "Taotao."

"Don't talk."

Baitao tore the jerky and stuffed it into his mouth again. She was a vixen, so she thought it was okay, but it took a tenacious willpower for a mortal to support his sickly body in the snow and walk for so long without stopping.

Zhao Zheng didn't hold back anymore, and devoured her food little by little.

"cough cough"

During this period, his cough happened again, Baitao hurriedly patted him on the back, "Is it choking, then I'll feed it slowly, it's also my first time feeding someone, I'm a bit inexperienced."

"No problem."

His voice was weak, and he slowly closed his eyes again.

"Are you brothers and sisters?" The old man sat beside him and began to ask.

"No."

Bai Tao stuffed the jerky into her mouth, chewed and mumbled, "We are friends, and he even swore that he would be my good friend for life."

Zhao Zheng's eyelashes moved slightly, but he still looked sluggish, like wilted withered grass.

Baitao moved towards him, watching him and protecting him.

The old man said: "You seem to be in a good relationship."

"It's very good."

"It must have escaped."

"That's right."

The creases on the old man's eyelids were pressed, "It's not easy in this world. Not long ago, Qin's new monarch, Ying Zichu, came to power and started a conquest. First, he destroyed Chenggao and Xingyang, and changed it to Sanchuan County. Now we are preparing to send troops to attack Zhao, and the flames of war are about to ignite again."

He sighed heavily, his eyes were moist, "I have a son, and a little granddaughter who is as big as you, who looks just like you, and they are all melted in my heart and held in the palm of my hand. Unfortunately, the one who was killed by that day, damned."

The old man wiped his tears with his cuff, Baitao didn't know how to comfort him.

Zhao Zheng was still resting and seemed not to hear.

The old man sitting opposite got up tremblingly, "Old man, half of his body is buried in the ground, seeing you two dolls, he started to feel hurt."

The old man kept talking, and went out with a cane, "My granddaughter loves to eat bitter vegetables, so I'm going to ask my neighbors for some."

"Da, da, da, da."

The crutches hit the floor with a regular rhythmic sound.

Where does the bitter vegetable come from in the winter.

Baitao felt that the old man was confused when he missed his granddaughter.

Zhao Zheng next to him opened his eyelids, as if the cold porcelain had become fresh, he pulled the wool on his body, and he was no longer weak just now, "The old man has a problem, and it is very likely that he colluded with Zhao Guo and Hu Bing at the same time. Work carefully."

Baitao's heart skipped a beat: "How do you know?"

"He just said that Hu Bing is coming again. Just imagine a village that is often plundered by Hu Bing. Why does his family have no strong men and can still have ample food surplus? Moreover, what he said later to find his granddaughter to ask for bitter vegetables is to see I am dying, and you are pure and immature, and do not have the ability to escape, so he made a clumsy excuse, but in fact he went to inform Hu Bing."

"What should I do?"

Baitao was a little flustered, maybe she turned into a disguise and ran away with Zhao Zheng in her mouth.

"Trust me, Taotao."

With the danger approaching, Zhao Zheng was able to stuff the dried meat on the table into his arms. He drank the warm water that Baitao had boiled just now, wiped his mouth, and said, "Let's follow and find Hu Bing."

(End of this chapter)