October 8th, outside the Great Wall.
Thick snow has fallen at the foot of Changbai Mountain.
A horse team of more than thirty people was marching along the mountain road in the snow.
"Ye Tou'er, the snow is getting heavier, let's find a place to take shelter!"
"There is no village nearby. Where can we go to avoid the snow?" Ye Changxue frowned when he heard this.
There used to be a small village some places ahead. Although there were only three or four households, it was still a place for the team to rest and have a meal every year.
But when I came here this year, I found that the entire village had disappeared, leaving only a slope of earth. It must have been completely buried by a mudslide.
This incident made Ye Changxue and the old people in the team feel a little depressed.
I don’t know whether those simple and enthusiastic villagers in the village escaped.
Unable to find a village to stay in, Ye Changxue originally decided to stay up all night and continue his journey, trying to reach the next town as soon as possible to stay overnight and rest.
Unexpectedly, it started snowing when it got dark, and it kept getting heavier, with no sign of stopping.
Ye Changxue weighed the pros and cons of stopping to rest or continuing on his way, and finally gritted his teeth and said, "Stopping is too dangerous. Let's hold on a little longer. When we get to town tomorrow, I'll let everyone stay a day longer and take a bath to rest and refresh themselves. How do you think?"
Everyone in the team was already very tired, but after hearing what Ye Changxue said, they all tried to cheer up.
The team had not gone far when the person leading the way shouted, "Oh no! Someone has frozen to death on the road."
When Ye Changxue, who was at the back of the team, heard this, he quickly rode his horse to the front to see what was happening.
At this time, there were already several people gathered there, talking in a flurry.
"It seems he's not dead yet, he just fainted."
"This girl is dressed quite warmly. She must have fainted from hunger."
"Luckily, she's lucky. If we hadn't continued on our journey, no one would have noticed her fainted here. She would have frozen to death after a night like that."
"What happened?" When Ye Changxue dismounted to check, someone had already helped the girl who had fainted in the snow up and poured two mouthfuls of roasted rice into her mouth.
"Cough cough——" The girl started coughing due to choking. She slowly opened her eyes and saw that she was surrounded by a group of big men. Her eyes widened in fear instantly.
"Don't be afraid, young lady. We are all good people." Ye Changxue said, "Where are you going? It's too dangerous to travel alone at night in such heavy snow."
The girl was panicked for a moment, but then she realized that she was fully dressed, and she slowly calmed down. She then mumbled a bunch of words that no one could understand.
Ye Changxue was completely confused by what she said. She turned around and asked the others, "Who can understand what language this is?"
"Looking at the way she's dressed, she seems to be from the Jurchen ethnic group.
"She may not be able to speak the official language of Da Qi, and I don't know if she can understand what we are saying."
Ye Changxue couldn't help but frown. This was really a big trouble.
But since I have encountered it, I can just watch him die without helping.
So he asked someone to get some food for the girl, and then told her with gestures that she could eat and leave, or she could follow them to the next town and then leave.
It took the girl a long time to understand what he meant, and she said she chose the second option.
"Okay, then let's help them to the end and see them off to the west."
While the girl was eating, Ye Changxue asked someone to redistribute the goods on the horses' backs and free up a horse for her to use.
After the girl finished eating, she was obviously in much better spirits than before.
The way she climbed onto the horse showed that she knew how to ride.
But the mountain road was difficult to walk on, and her physical condition was not good, so she almost fell off the horse several times.
Ye Changxue followed behind with a frown on his face. Finally, he simply stepped forward by the horse's belly and jumped off his horse to the girl's horse.
The girl was startled and before she could react, Ye Changxue grabbed her and the reins in her hands were snatched away by the person behind her.
"If you don't want to die, stay still and don't move!" Ye Changxue said coldly without caring whether the other party could understand him or not.
I don’t know if she was frightened by Ye Changxue’s attitude, but the girl actually obediently rode with him all the way.
The group walked until noon the next day and finally reached their destination.
The town is very lively. People who don’t know the situation can’t tell that it was just a dilapidated little village a few years ago.
Because it is close to the official road and is the only way to the Jiapigou gold mine, the village has developed very rapidly and no trace of its original appearance can be found.
There is a Ye family business in this town, so Ye Changxue led the team into the town and went straight to the business.
When the shop assistant saw the group coming out from the wind and snow, he hurried forward to help Ye Changxue lead the horse.
"Second Master, did you travel all night? You arrived really early today!"
As the guy spoke, he glanced at the girl on horseback out of the corner of his eye.
The Second Master has taken over from the First Master for several years, but has there ever been a woman around him?
Is it possible that this iron tree is finally going to bloom?
The man was just thinking about it when he saw Ye Changxue dismount from the horse without hesitation. He didn't even bother with the woman on the horse and simply threw the reins to him, saying, "I found this on the road. Just let her go."
The guy thought to himself after hearing this, it is indeed true, he really is worthy of being called the Second Master who has never been smart!
"Young lady, you... Ouch!" The guy was talking to the girl sitting on horseback. Before he could finish his words, the girl fell off the horse with her whole body stiff.
The waiter was so frightened that he shouted, "Second Master, this is bad! Please come and take a look. Is this young lady unconscious or dead?"
Ye Changxue walked out of the room with an impatient look on his face. He reached out and gently probed under the girl's nose. Finding that she was still breathing, he angrily shouted at the waiter, "What are you yelling about? She's not dead yet!
"Find her a room to settle her down, and then go get a doctor for her.
"Do you need me to teach you such a simple thing? How do you usually do things?"
The guy was just frightened just now, but he didn't dare to provoke Ye Changxue, who was in a bad mood because of being tired and sleepy. He hurriedly called someone to help and settled the girl down for the time being.
Ye Changxue didn't even eat. He went upstairs to his room and fell asleep.
He slept so deeply and for so long that when he opened his eyes again, it was already the next morning.
Ye Changxue washed his face and went downstairs to find something to eat. Suddenly he remembered that he seemed to have picked up a person yesterday, but he didn't know whether he could have saved him.
But this thought only flashed through his mind for a moment.
He looked around and didn't see the waiter from yesterday, so he didn't think any more about it and went straight to the kitchen to find something to eat.
The world is big, but eating is the most important!
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