Back to the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

Chapter 611

It was quiet in the woods, and it was also quiet in the wooden house.

"Master, what should we do?" Xu Chu asked in a daze.

"Master?" Xia Houbo also cast a questioning look.

"What else can we do? I think our attire may make people misunderstand that we are soldiers!" Yuan Yao said.

"Ah! If I had known, I would have taken off this armor. I was so bored that I couldn't sweat!" Xu Chu depressedly tapped the fine chain mail on his body.

Xia Houbo rolled his eyes, turned his head away, did not look at Xu Chu, and said contemptuously: "Elder Xu, you are a chain mail!! Please, the chain mail is still called airtight, so I am wearing leather armor and the light armor of the leader. Isn't that like a steamer?"

"Haha! Haha!!" Xu Chu smiled embarrassedly and rubbed his head, "But I'm the fattest, and I can't help it even if I'm fat and hot!"

"Then you were still yelling about being cold?" Xiahou Bo said.

Yuan Yao smiled slightly, walked over, and patted the shoulders of both of them. The two of them often played tricks along the way, but they were not lonely. After sailing farther and farther, the weather became colder and colder. Naturally, they were not afraid of the cold, but Xu Chu and Xia Houbo began to shiver.

In desperation, Yuan Yao had no choice but to take out the last bottle of potion he treasured, and gave the two of them another drop, and Xu Chu asked for an extra drop because of his large size, so Xia Houbo often used this to talk to Xu Chu and Xu Fatty. play mouth.

Fortunately, although the two of them play tricks from time to time, they will not be moved because of this. Sometimes they hug each other's shoulders and lament about life together.

"Okay! When we successfully complete the mission of the gods, we will have more unimaginable benefits. The most important thing now is to integrate into the lives of the local people, mingle with the local people, and develop our religion of sentient beings!" Yuan said. Yao patted the shoulders of the two, encouraging.

"Yes!! Master!!" The eyes of the two were filled with boundless fighting spirit.

"Elder Xiahou, check around a hundred feet away to see if there are other people. Elder Xu, follow me into the wooden house to check!" Yuan Yao ordered.

Xia Houbo nodded and bowed, turned around and began to scout around.

Yuan Yao drew out his sword, raised his shield, and walked towards the wooden house on the creaking snow.

When he walked to the entrance of the wooden house, Yuan Yao realized that the wooden house was really short. The distance from the highest part of the roof to the ground was only one zhang, just big enough for a person to walk inside without bumping into it. There was a high threshold at the entrance. It should be used to block the snow and snow water outside the door.

Through the half-open wooden door, there is a wooden staircase going down obliquely inside. The space below looks much larger, and the lowest place is also one and a half feet high (about 3 meters). No one was found in the house for the time being.

"It turned out to be a half-ground, half-cave wooden house, no wonder it looks very low from the outside!" Yuan Yao immediately understood the reason.

It is impossible for these local people living here to have physical potions like Yuan Yao, and they want to resist the low temperature of tens of degrees below zero all year round. The house with this structure can indeed prevent wind and cold well.

After Yuan Yao understood, he immediately ordered Xu Chu to look outside to see if there was any place to store food. According to Yuan Yao's guess, the outside of the upper ground, where the temperature is lower, should be the place to store tools and food. The snow pulled by the dog just now The pry also didn't look like it had been punched out of the half-floor of the basement.

Xu Chu obeyed, while Yuan Yao pushed open the wooden door and went down the stairs.

After getting down to the bottom layer, it was obvious that the surrounding air warmed up, and the ice and snow on his body began to melt slowly.

In the middle of the room, there is a pile of charcoal fire burning slowly!

Surrounding the charcoal fire are the furs of some animals. These should be the places where the local residents who were still here just now sat.

Yuan Yao checked the house again. Around the living room, there were several small caves with beds. There was another cave that was opened and connected to the ground. This should be where the dogs and sleds were before.

At this time, Xu Chu came in with a few pieces of meat, and said happily, "Master, my subordinates found these. This is venison, which is just right for our dinner!"

"Elder Xu, have you seen Elder Xiahou? Tell him to come back and eat meat together. The locals are scared away, and they should come back soon to check on the movement. Let's rest for a while, and then set up a few traps around. It would be great if I could catch one of them!" Yuan Yao nodded.

Yuan Yao has now given up the way of communicating directly with the local people. What he wants most now is to master the other party's language as soon as possible, and then use the local people's language to tell them why they are here. It is the most direct and most direct way to capture a local person first. The easy way.

"Master, my subordinates just saw Elder Xiahou walking around in the forest on the left to check the terrain, and he should be back soon! Let's grill the meat first, these venison must be very delicious!" Xu Chu approached the charcoal fire and raised his hand. said the venison.

"Well, that's the only way to go!" Yuan Yao nodded, took off his shoes and armor, and sat on the fur beside the charcoal fire.

Xia Houbo soon came to the house, and the smell of venison soon wafted from the cabin...

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This place is at the junction of the Pingyin Peninsula and the Yinzhou mainland. Although the Pingyin Islands are still at the same latitude, the temperature is warmer than that of the islands. This may be the reason why these locals live here and not on the islands.

The venison found by Yuan Yao and the others is a relatively common animal no matter here or in the Pingyin Islands. These deer usually become one of the favorite foods of the snow wolves, and may also be the favorite food of the local people One, the original owner of the wooden house ran away in a panic, and did not even have time to take a piece of venison. Yuan Yao was very sure that the original owner of the wooden house would definitely return again.

Several traps have already been laid in the necessary places of the wooden house, but these traps are not deep pits dug, but nooses and trip ropes. was pulled into the cabin.

The reason for not digging a deep pit is because in such a cold state, the soil under the snow has already frozen extremely hard, and it is difficult to complete it in a short time with the tools left by these locals.

midnight

Yuan Yao, who was resting in the wooden house, was awakened by a loud noise, sat up abruptly, and erected his shield.

Xu Chu was sound asleep, but after hearing the sound, he jumped up and stood in front of Yuan Yao.

At this time, there was a chaotic sound and a scream, coming towards the wooden house.

Xia Houbo, who was on duty at night, didn't have time to explain too much, his body swayed, and he quickly captured a local who had been caught in a trap, and brought him to Yuan Yao.

"Don't be alarmed, leader, the subordinates have already captured an enemy! Another enemy has already escaped after hearing the news!" Xia Houbo knelt down and said.

Yuan Yao breathed a sigh of relief, and ordered Xu Chu to light the oil lamp, and monitor the movement outside by the door and window.

After the oil lamp was turned on, the face of the captured enemy became clear. It was one of the men who showed up during the day. The leather cap on his head was nowhere to be found. It may have fallen off when he was pulled by the noose in the snow. , some snow covered his hair.

(End of this chapter)