Being fooled by fierce beasts to travel through the beginning is fleeing famine

Chou Chou saw what was going on outside with his spiritual consciousness, and did not withdraw his spiritual consciousness until those people had left safely.

They were not in a hurry to consolidate the formation. They had to do this after they got out, otherwise they would be trapped inside.

They went to that valley together now. Those people left, and all the things that belonged to them, Chou Chou, were taken out by them. Now, except for some traces of life, there is nothing else inside.

Chou Chou said to Qing Yan: "There are a lot of medicinal herbs in this valley, but they are covered with snow now, so it is not easy to dig them out."

Qingyan asked with interest: "What medicinal materials? It can't be ginseng and Ganoderma lucidum, right?"

Chou Chou shook his head, "No, there is no such thing in this valley. There are some Gastrodia elata, Eucommia ulmoides, Angelica sinensis, Codonopsis pilosula, wolfberry, etc. These are all medicinal materials produced in the northwest. No one has come in this valley before. There are many .”

Qingyan: "Don't you know those people? These things can be sold for money, right?"

Chou Chou: "Not necessarily. Most of those people are helping people deliver goods. It's hard to know them if you're not in the medicine business. Besides, even if you know them, they may not be able to go out. Who is in the mood to do this."

"Yes." Qingyan nodded in agreement.

Since she wouldn't be going out for a while, she unloaded the big bear from the car. Jin Yuanbao had already started jumping up and down on his adventure.

Anyway, there is no one else here except them, so they can relax and unwind.

Qingyan and Chou Chou also began to wander in the valley. They also wanted to explore in case there was anything they didn't notice.

They also went in to take a look at several caves that had been inhabited before. It had to be said that these people all had experience in surviving in the wild.

The cave is not big, but they have made it suitable for people to live in.

The door is a door made of branches and straw ropes. Inside is a straw curtain and some relatively small animal skins, all of which are rabbit skins.

There is a lot of hay around it, which has been pressed flat. There are straw mats on it, and there should be bedding before.

Except for a few locals, most of the missing people were traveling long distances, and they would carry daily necessities with them, such as pots, pans, bedding, and other essential items.

Coupled with the fact that there are people transporting grain and the wild vegetables, pheasants, and rabbits here, there will really be no problem in a few months.

There are four caves in total, some large and some small. It looks like there are more than a dozen people living in the big one, and there should be five or six people living in the small one.

It seems that they get along quite harmoniously, otherwise it would not be easy for so many people to eat and drink together.

The two of them looked through several caves and found nothing new. After confirming that there was nothing to explore here, they found an open space and took out the previous house, planning to live in it tonight.

This house has a formation that makes it warm without lighting a fire, making it more comfortable to live in.

The boxes inside were placed in the space, and the charcoal stove, bedding, and some pots and pans were brought out. No furniture or anything else was taken out. This house will not be used frequently outside in the future.

The main reason is that it is too high to hide, and it is easy to be seen. The sudden appearance of such an expensive building in an open space is too abrupt, so in the future they will still have to use their own wooden houses or directly on the carriage.

If there is anything missing in this house, it is that there are no kitchen utensils. I don’t know if the previous owner has gone off grain and doesn’t need to eat at all.

Anyway, they didn't see any kitchen utensils in the house, but there were teacups and teapots on the table. It seemed that the other party still knew how to drink tea or water.

Let Chou Chou put the kitchen utensils directly in the cave next to him, so as to avoid smoke when lighting a fire and oil smoke when cooking.

Originally, the house was clean and smelled of vegetation, but when it was smoked by oil fumes and carbon smoke, the smell changed after a while, so we simply used the cave next to it as a kitchen.

Qingyan moved the tables, chairs and benches from the outer room into the inner room, leaving the entire outer room empty, allowing Big Bear to live in it for a while.

Moreover, this house does not use doors at all. Because of the formation, the temperature in the house immediately rises as soon as you enter the house. Even if the door is open and the window is open, no cold air comes in. It is really amazing.

Then the big bear can come in and out at any time without worrying about the heat inside the house escaping.

Qingyan looked at her watch. It was past twelve o'clock in the evening, and she didn't go out to hang out anymore.

Using the spirit stone to illuminate it, they stewed a piece of meat and fried a piece of cabbage in the cave using their previous fire pit and charcoal stove. The staple food was still the sesame cake from the previous space.

Because of the fire, the temperature inside the cave was not bad. It was warm in winter and cool in summer. Plus there were two fires, so there was no problem eating in it, so they finished eating here before returning. Go inside and go to bed.

Because the temperature inside the house was high and there was no heated bed, I didn’t feel cold even on the bed. I even slept warmly and even kicked off the quilt in the middle of the night.

There were three people sharing a bed. They slept until dawn and then simply washed up. After eating a midnight snack last night, they were still not hungry, so they simply skipped breakfast and went out for a walk.

Qingyan was going to find the medicinal materials that Chou Chou mentioned. It was not that she was getting those medicinal materials to sell them for money, but that Chou Chou said that those medicinal materials had been here for a long time and were more effective than those found elsewhere.

Of course, it does not mean that the older the medicinal materials are, the better. After all, some grow every season, but there are also some that become more effective as they grow older, so be prepared to dig them out and put them in the space when the time comes. Bring back.

Later generations don't have good medicinal materials that have grown for so many years, and they are purely natural. And in this formation, they are somewhat better than those outside.

She, Chou Chou and Yuan Bao started treasure hunting in the depths of the valley. According to the position Chou Chou pointed to, she first cleared the snow and then dug it out with a small shovel.

After digging all morning, several large baskets were dug, and then Chou Chou took them into the space and kept them in a special place.

There is no other way, and they don't know how to cook it, so they can only put it away first. Anyway, the space can keep it fresh, and when the time comes, it will be the same as the one they just dug out.

I looked at my watch and saw that it was already 11:30 noon. It was time to make lunch.

Chou Chou directly used his spiritual consciousness to catch two pheasants and two hares. He was tired of eating mutton and wanted to change his taste.

The dried mushrooms and rabbits given by Mrs. Zhang before the pheasant meal were directly made into spicy ones, and a radish was mixed with it to make it a vegetarian dish. The soup was also made into egg soup, which was a change of taste.

I deliberately made both chicken and rabbit to leave more space for easy eating at any time.

After eating, I went to pick the wolfberries that were still hanging on the tree. They were all dried on the tree. I could pick them off and dry them for a while before putting them away.

You can eat it directly or drink it by soaking it in water. You can also put some in it when making chicken soup.

In the afternoon, I picked two more big baskets of wolfberries, and didn’t do anything else. I went to bed after dinner.

They left the next day, and there was no fun in there.

After the formation was completed, he called out the Black Bird's soul bead and asked it how to strengthen the formation. Chou Chou moved some rocks and trees slightly according to what it said, and buried two more spiritual stones underneath.The position of those trees and rocks should be the key. There were two times when Chou Chou moved a lot, and the entire formation was a bit turbulent until they were placed in the correct position.

Then they discovered that they really couldn't get in under that big tree.

The spiritual stones are from the box, as I am afraid that there is not enough spiritual energy in the storage bag and I will not be able to hold on for long.

The next step was to go straight down the mountain. To be honest, it was quite dangerous with thick snow. They saw a lot of skidding marks on the road. They should have belonged to the people before. They must have skidded.

Fortunately, there are no cliffs on both sides of the mountain, and there are many trees. A section of the skid will be blocked by trees, so life will not be in danger.

Suddenly, Chou Chou said to her: "We'd better stay in a town not far down the mountain for a while. There are officers and soldiers coming from the county town, probably to check the formation."

Qingyan raised her eyebrows, "Those people are going back now? Isn't it not far from the county seat? Even if the mountain road is not easy to walk, they should have arrived yesterday. Why did they send people here today?"

Chou Chou: "Do you think those people will report to the police as soon as possible after they get out of trouble?"

Qingyan blinked, "Probably not. Those who are local to the county will definitely go home as soon as possible, and those who are far away will go to the inn to rest first. It will be good if they can remember it the next day."

Chou Chou nodded, "So, the officers and soldiers who came today can be regarded as a quick response. In addition, the road is not easy to walk. These officers and soldiers are willing to come here. They are dedicated."

Qingyan nodded in agreement, it was true.

They walked for more than an hour before reaching the foot of the mountain. They walked another three miles and found a small town. There was a stone tablet at the entrance of the town that said Sanli Town.

It seems to be named after the distance from Hepingliang Mountain. The town is smaller than the previous Zhangji Town. Zhangji Town also has a main street, at least 500 meters long, while Sanli Town is only about 300 meters long.

There are only shops, no homes, and there are many surrounding villages. This town is mainly convenient for nearby villagers and passers-by.

It's just that there is no inn in this town. It should be because it is close to the county seat. Some passing businessmen would rather walk a few more miles than live in the town. The county town has a government office and garrison, which is much safer than the town.

As a result, Qingyan could only go to the only restaurant to have lunch.

Just miss the officers and soldiers, so as not to be seen by the other party as someone who has just come down from the mountain and be questioned by them.

After all, if you go down the mountain at this time, you can only go up the mountain at night, otherwise there will not be enough time.

He drove the carriage directly to the door of the restaurant. This small restaurant did not have a parking lot in the backyard, so it had to park next to it.

Qingyan got out of the car and walked in. Unexpectedly, the business of this small restaurant was quite good.

There are a total of six tables inside, only one is empty, and the others are full.

After looking at the menu hanging on the wall, Qingyan directly ordered mutton noodle soup. She looked at the one on the table next to her and saw that it looked quite appetizing.

The noodles should have been rolled out before, and just pouring the marinade on them will be faster. They will be served in a short while.

Qingyan ate slowly while listening to the conversation at the next table. It wasn't about the formation. There should be rumors in the county. It couldn't be so fast here.

They were talking about the imperial court's military recruitment. This year's snowfall was heavy and the border would definitely be more unstable, so various places started recruiting troops again, especially the nearby state capitals, which had rigid targets.

The magistrate of Pingliang County is considered a good official, and the people here live a good life, so they don't want to go to the battlefield to go through life and death.

However, there is nothing the county magistrate can do about this. If he cannot complete the tasks assigned by his superiors, he himself will suffer the consequences.

Therefore, it was stipulated that if there were three or more sons in the family, one of them must go to the army. Those with two sons did not need to go, but they had to pay five taels of silver. This money was the settlement allowance for those families who went to the army.

Of course, families with three or more sons can also pay without going, but it’s not five taels, but 50 taels, so rich families don’t have to worry, most ordinary people’s families can’t afford so much money.

Qingyan frowned when she heard it. Sure enough, no matter what dynasty you are in, only those with money and power can live a good life.

However, this method is already good, at least she can't think of a better method.

Thinking of what they had just said about the heavy snowfall this year, she sent a message to Chou Chou: "Chou Chou, can you still see the other side of the border now?"

Chou Chou: "I can't see it anymore. The distance is too far. I can only see the side of Qinian Village now. What's wrong?"

Qingyan: "It's nothing. The table next door just said that there is heavy snow this year and the border is more unstable. I just want you to see if there is chaos over there."

Chou Chou replied: "Probably not. Qinian Village is not far from the border. If there is chaos, it will not be so peaceful over there. At least there should be someone in Yunling County to discuss it.

It was calm over there and there was no sound of any wind, probably not yet. "

Qingyan nodded inwardly. Maybe they had foiled the opponent's beast-controlling sneak attack plan before, and it was not certain that the opponent was not the opponent of the general here.

Although the history here is a bit inconsistent, the military aspect of the early Song Dynasty was still good, and it would not be so easy for people to break through.

After finishing her meal, Qingyan sat for a while. When Chou Chou said that the officers and soldiers had passed, she paid and left.

She also used her spiritual sense to look over and see that the number of officers and soldiers in the team was not large, only about 30 or [-] people. There was a middle-aged man in front leading the way.

Chou Chou: "The middle-aged man in front is the one who was trapped in the formation before. He is a native of Pingliang County, and he was also trapped in it for the shortest time. He was only trapped for less than a month.

It was also because his family reported to the police to look for him that everyone knew that someone would go missing in Pingliang Mountain at night. It was considered a lucky one. "

Qingyan saw that he was in good spirits, and it seemed that he had not suffered much in the past month.

As he walked, he told the officers and soldiers about the scene inside. Fortunately, they were only active in the valley and didn't know there was a house that was warm in winter and cool in summer.

So he talked about the scene in the valley, and how he suddenly left while sleeping yesterday and strangely appeared directly on the mountain road.

He also guessed that the gods were eager to return home, so they didn't want to keep them, and even sent them out without leaving any luggage behind.

What he said was so certain. If it wasn't them who did it, Qingyan wanted to believe it.

(End of this chapter)