The wind was cold, the snow was falling, and the sky was gloomy.
The escorts found a cave sheltered from the wind and snow and started a fire.
Wan Jinlan had already developed some frostbite on his hands. Even though he had made preparations in advance and dressed very warmly, he still found it difficult to sleep in the wilderness for several nights in a row, even with a fire.
Xiao Feng took out a warm water bag from his arms, handed it to him, and went to collect dry firewood.
Under normal circumstances, the two of them could only move around under the noses of the escorts. If Wan Jinlan needed to go to the toilet, he could go a little further away.
They were not afraid that they would escape, after all, they were wearing bracelets and anklets that controlled their movements, and one step was a maximum of two feet.
After drinking the water, Wan Jinlan started to light a fire with firewood. There was an ice lake not far away. Xiao Feng took a stone and smashed a hole in it. After some time, he caught some fish.
Since they could eat fish, the escorts naturally would not miss the ice hole they had broken open. Soon, the aroma of fish wafted through the temporary camp.
As night gradually fell, Wan Jinlan, having eaten and drunk his fill, gathered around the fire to warm himself.
The cave that could shelter them from the wind and snow had been occupied by the escorts, so the two could only snuggle together and warm themselves by the fire outside the cave, so that the escorts could see them while protecting them from the wind and snow.
The firewood crackled in the night, and the red flames were imprinted on the faces of the two men. The escort who was on guard outside the cave glanced at Wan Jinlan from time to time.
Xiao Feng's expression became increasingly cold.
A few days were enough for him to find out the origins of the escorts.
Among the thirty-six people, more than a dozen were secret guards like Jiang Huo before, and the rest were escorts who were responsible for escorting prisoners on weekdays.
The general escorts are easy to deal with, but the trouble is those dozen or so.
The dilemma they face now is that they don’t know whether the emperor will allow them to reach Fangling safely. If they do, the difficulty of escaping will probably be no less than it is now.
If an accident happened along the way, how could they escape safely and completely get rid of the emperor?
The naked look in the eyes of the night watchman made Wan Jinlan extremely disgusted.
There was a tearing sound in the forest, like the sound of feet stepping on dead leaves and snow.
Both of them were alert at the same time.
The escort who was on guard in the night was just an ordinary soldier. He did not pay attention to the voices mixed in with the sound of wind and snow, and he kept glancing at Wan Jinlan from time to time.
Suddenly, seeing pairs of eyes glowing in the night, Wan Jinlan shook Xiao Feng's hand.
The two looked at each other in the firelight.
Wan Jinlan suddenly shouted, "The wolves are coming."
The escorts who were resting in the cave woke up instantly, picked up their weapons and went to the cave entrance.
Upon hearing this, the sentry hurried towards the cave.
Xiao Feng pulled Wan Jinlan tightly and moved behind the police officers.
Although the two of them are not completely powerless now, facing this situation, they naturally have to find ways to preserve themselves.
There were more wolves than they had imagined and they had surrounded the entire exit.
The wolves had been hungry for many days and finally couldn't resist the delicious food, so they launched an attack.
The howling of wolves and the painful howls of the bitten escorts.
The escorts in front of Wan Jinlan and Xiao Feng fought with the wolves, and the two of them could not escape the wolves' sharp eyes.
Wan Jinlan was waving a burning stick in his hand. A wolf pounced over, showing its sharp fangs. Xiao Feng used the chain in his hand to throw the wolves away.
The wolves seemed to realize that the two were alone and easily bullied, so they attacked them one after another.
The moment Wan Jinlan was knocked down, she noticed that the leading escort glanced indifferently in the direction of her and Xiao Feng. He didn't care about their life or death at all.
This was all expected, and she didn't even frown. As long as these people didn't stab them in the back, the situation would be fine.
Wan Jinlan raised his shackled legs and kicked the wolf out hard, then rolled over to avoid the next wolf that attacked.
She touched the ground with her feet, exerted force on her abdomen, and jumped up. Then she passed the bracelet around the wolf's head, and the back of her hand barely rubbed against the wolf's fangs. Her blood was boiling hot, her eyes widened, and she pulled hard with both hands. The veins on the back of her hands bulged, and the wolf was killed instantly, falling to the ground with its body tilted.
The chains that bound her became a wolf-killing tool.
Her movements were very agile, and although her moves seemed light, she was actually as powerful as an ox and extremely ruthless.
Wan Jinlan and Xiao Feng stood back to back, staring intently at the wolves. There were three wolf corpses around them, and both of them had blood on their faces.
There were casualties among the escorts. The leading wolf saw that he could not gain any benefit, so he howled to the sky. The wolves in the front attacked more fiercely. The remaining wolves dragged away the escorts who were bitten to death or surrounded by the wolf pack.
This was a very organized pack of wolves, with offensive cover and prey hauled into their mouths.
In less than an incense stick of time, the wolves retreated quickly.
"Boss, save him quickly."
The leading escort shook his head and said, "Even if we rescue him, he won't survive."
He chose to give up, and the ordinary escorts chased him into the mountains and forests, but soon came back angrily.
The atmosphere among the escorts was somewhat tense.
"Are our lives not lives? You're just escorts, so you might be okay with it on normal days, but just now you clearly had enough strength to spare, yet you watched helplessly as they were bitten to death and dragged away."
An escort with blood all over his face asked angrily.
His wife's younger brother was one of those who had just been torn to pieces by the wolves and dragged away.
These strangers sent by the higher-ups were clearly extremely powerful, but they were unwilling to save them.
"If you have the guts, go and rescue them yourself. If you can't survive, you can only blame yourself for being incompetent." The leading escort had a grim expression, and the cold-bloodedness of a secret guard was revealed in an instant.
Wan Jinlan and Xiao Feng stood silently in the corner, watching the confrontation between the two groups and counting the escorts who were still alive.
Originally there were thirty-six people, but now there are twenty-nine.
Most of those who died were ordinary escorts.
Wan Jinlan felt that he was very cold-blooded at this moment, and was still thinking in his heart that the person who deserved to die was not dead.
Xiao Feng tore off a piece of the hem and handed it to her to wipe her face. Feeling the shape of a hard object wrapped in the hem, Wan Jinlan secretly lifted a corner and saw a key.
Xiao Feng's face remained expressionless, but there was a smile in the corner of his eyes.
Wan Jinlan really didn't expect that he could take advantage of the chaos just now to get a key.
There were four chains on the two of them, with a total of four small keys hanging on each of them. This was the result of the two people's observation for several days.
Xiao Feng stroked her hair and whispered, "There's someone else in secret."
Wan Jinlan hid the key and looked alert.
Just as the escorts were confronting each other and everyone thought the crisis was over, a group of masked killers suddenly appeared, and two sharp arrows stabbed towards Wan Jinlan and Xiao Feng in the darkness.
"There's an assassin!"
The escorts were shocked and drew their swords to prepare to fight the enemy, but when they saw that the assassin was going after Wan Jinlan and the other two, they relaxed.
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