It's a burden
"rest!"
The team stopped, finally stopped.
The people who had been walking forward with their heads down could finally take a breath. Li Bin breathed a sigh of relief and rested his hand on the stone wall.
Wen Jingzhao was also leaning against the stone wall, half closing his eyes and opening his mouth. Before he could say anything, he fell headfirst into the snow. He had already reached his limit.
He Yingchun shook his heavy head, his ears buzzed, his eyes went dark and he lost consciousness.
When I woke up, I was already in a cave. The deep cave was filled with a damp and cold atmosphere. Dim light barely shone through the cave entrance onto the ground. Several yamen runners were gathered together, discussing something.
The cave walls were covered with jagged rocks, seemingly bearing the marks of many years. From within the cave came the faint sound of dripping water, the drops falling slowly and steadily.
There were only a dozen people in the cave, huddled together in groups of three or four for warmth. Some drank the water with their mouths, and others scrambled to drink it when they saw it.
A yamen runner saw this and sneered, "Drink if you want to die."
Another yamen runner, who looked more approachable, said, "Don't drink the water here casually. It can be poisonous if you're not careful."
The people who were trying to grab the water immediately vomited when they saw it. The person who drank the water first went back to squat and asked cautiously:
"Brother Yamen Runner, how many days do we have to go?"
Before the bailiff could speak, the bailiff next to him said with a cold face, "Fuck! I also want to know how many more days it will take!" He raised his whip and said, "Stop talking nonsense! If you say anything more, you will be whipped!!"
This journey was extremely dangerous and a real torture, and the yamen runners were all in a very bad mood.
No one dared to speak again, and everyone lowered their heads like quails.
He Yingchun and a few others gathered in a small corner. Wen Jingzhao's life or death was unknown. Li Bin still had some strength left, while Mum, with a pale face, snuggled up to Xiaozhi.
Li Bin whispered, "The cave is too small to accommodate them. We were divided into three teams and each team made their own repairs."
He Yingchun nodded. She was so hungry that her stomach was about to sour. With a thought, a warm pancake appeared in her arms.
There were many people around, so she secretly broke the cake into several pieces and gave one piece to each person.
Xiaozhi's face lit up with joy, and she said in surprise, "Sister Yingchun, you still have cakes!"
Mom hushed them, and the two of them turned their backs and ate slowly. Fortunately, the pancakes had no taste, so no one noticed.
In fact, they all wanted to stuff it into their mouths and devour it quickly, but now they just put it into their mouths and sip it bit by bit.
Li Bin shook his head, "I'm not hungry yet, you guys eat."
How could he not be hungry when he was carrying so much on his back? Li Bin helped them when they were in trouble. He Yingchun always remembered that he insisted on stuffing the cake into his hand.
"Save your strength, there is still a long way to go."
Li Bin hesitated for a moment, but still put it in his arms carefully.
Wen Jingzhao woke up. There was blood on his face, and new wounds appeared on top of the wounds. The bones in his hands were bleeding continuously, and the skin all over his body was swollen and red.
They had to find a way to bandage the wound. The prison uniform was too hard, so He Yingchun tore the inner clothes into strips and carefully bandaged the wound. The bleeding had stopped, but it was easy to get infected if it was exposed to the outside for a long time.
Her bandage was not very nice. Wen Jingzhao leaned his head against the rock wall, his clothes disheveled and stained with mud and blood into colorful colors. He had the most wounds on his body, some exposed and some under his clothes, but he got used to the pain in just a few days.
Numb and powerless, he clearly felt as if he had reached the end of his life, like a dead tree on a cliff, swaying in the desolate wind, and would fall down with just the slightest breeze.
After bandaging it, He Yingchun stuffed the cake into his hand and said, "Master, eat it secretly."
Wen Jingzhao pursed his lips, his eyes unfocused, "No need to call me Master anymore."
He Yingchun still stuffed the cake into his hand.
He insisted, "I say, there's no need to call me Young Master anymore. I can't protect you. It would be a burden if you always have me with you."
As if leaving a last will, he said, "Li Bin, please take good care of them. I'm afraid I can't go on any further."
He Yingchun didn't want to hear him say that. "I don't need anyone else's care. Uncle Zhang and Sister Su He told you to live. Master, you will definitely survive."
Wen Jingzhao placed his hands on her arms and said, "It's not Young Master. There is no Young Master here now! The General's Mansion is gone! Do you understand?" He looked like he was crying and wailing, and said in a begging manner.
His black hair was now scattered on his shoulders. After several days of wind and sun, his face was still fair. Under the dim light, it looked like a dark painting, exuding a sense of lonely and broken beauty.
"...I understand, Wen Jingzhao." He Yingchun nodded, her eyes sore.
Mum and Xiaozhi cried. That was the omnipotent young master. They looked at this man whom they once respected so much, and felt deep fear in their hearts.
Can you really survive? Can you really live?
Li Bin said, "I will. I will take good care of everyone."
He choked up, his expression solemn and serious.
"Okay, I..."
He Yingchun felt strange when she saw the look in his eyes when he spoke. She stretched out her hand suspiciously and waved it in front of Wen Jingzhao's eyes.
Sudden,
The earth shook, and a terrifying roar echoed in the cave, accompanied by a deafening roar.
“BOOM BOOM!!”
“BOOM BOOM BOOM!!!”
The unique terrain makes this place like a huge trumpet, and every earthquake is deafening.
Several yamen runners were the first to react and ran out of the cave frantically, and the others also ran out screaming.
However, countless snowflakes came in from the cave entrance like a galaxy, carrying rolling stones and broken ice and snow, hitting people's bodies, making crackling sounds, causing their internal organs to shift position.
The cave instantly turned into a dark world, accompanied by the howling of the wind, and the air in the cave instantly solidified.
He Yingchun only looked back for a moment and was stunned by the rolling snow waves. The power of nature was infinite and brought irresistible fear.
The air was filled with the scent of snow, cold, damp, and suffocating, a chill that penetrated from the soles of my feet to my heart. The roar of the avalanche was like the roar of a giant beast, stirring up gusts of cold wind.
“BOOM BOOM!!”
“BOOM BOOM!!”
There were a few more loud noises, and the tense people were like ants. Some screamed and looked for a place to hide, while others lay down in despair and were buried in the snow.
The ice and snow rolled,
First, it drowned out the people's cries for help, and finally, it completely swallowed up the cave.
After a long, long time,
"Ding ding, it shows that you are near death. Would you like to exchange for the elixir?"
Silence.
"Ding ding, it shows that you are near death. Would you like to exchange for the elixir?"
"The system is in self-rescue mode. Aou, your points are insufficient. I am redeeming you for spiritual spring water. Your points are -3."
He Yingchun was the first to wake up. Everything in front of her eyes was dark and she could only hear her own breathing. However, her body felt very light. She felt that the wounds on her body no longer hurt and she was no longer hungry. She felt better than ever.
She glanced at her hand, which was still tightly holding the cake. It was a little dirty, but still edible, so she put it back in her arms.
Her fingers were frozen as she struggled against the heavy snow and pulled her feet out from under it.
Oh, I lost a shoe.
Fortunately, he was still alive. He Yingchun looked around and saw a large stone slab slanting down from above, which just separated a small space.
She touched her chest and thanked him again.
The surroundings were silent. She curled up in a corner and could only hear her own rapid breathing and the beating of her heart.
She reached out to try to feel her surroundings, but her hand touched the cold and slippery snow.
Anxiety is coming.
My chest has been feeling slightly hot, Wen Jingzhao is definitely not dead yet.
"Wen Jingzhao! Wen Jingzhao!" She was responded by the sound of snow.
"Mom! Mom! Xiaozhi!! Li Bin!!"
"Is there anyone? Is there anyone? Is anyone still alive?"
The sound echoed in the darkness, but there was no other response except the echo.
I struggled to get up, but because the space was small, I could only walk with my back hunched, groping my way forward.
Suddenly, she touched something hard, and the warmth and texture from her fingers made her heart tremble.
She dug the snow layer eagerly. The cold snow made her fingers bleed quickly. Finally, she dug a small gap.
I saw Wen Jingzhao through the gap.
His legs were pressed under a thick layer of snow, his body was wrapped tightly, there were transparent ice crystals on his hair and face, his clothes were soaked through with ice and snow, tightly sticking to his body, outlining his thin figure.
He Yingchun's eyes instantly became moist, "Wen Jingzhao! Wen Jingzhao! Wake up!"
Wen Jingzhao didn't move.
Oh no! He Yingchun dug up the snow, and the snow on top fell down again, making a loud noise.
She shuddered with fear.
After a while, there was no sound. He Yingchun dug tentatively and found a hole in front of her that was neither too big nor too small, just big enough for her. She crawled over carefully.
The space here is much larger than hers, and it happens to be the corner of the cave, so she was not flooded. She is lucky.
He Yingchun sniffed Jing Zhao's breath and found it was very weak.
There's no hope. Just wait to die.
He Yingchun lay flat on the snow, thinking desperately.
“Therefore, when Heaven is about to confer a great responsibility on a man, it must first make his heart and mind suffer, his muscles and bones tired, his body hungry and empty, and his actions frustrated. This is to stimulate his heart and harden his nature, and to increase his ability to do what he was not capable of before…”
She took another deep breath and recited the text she learned in middle school: Born in adversity, die in comfort. He Yingchun did not believe in fate, but only in herself.
Thinking back to Zhang Bo and Su He,
As long as you are alive, you will definitely be alive.
Wen Jingzhao was seriously injured and had been trapped under the snow for a long time, causing him to suffer from hypothermia. His skin was cold, his limbs were stiff, and he exuded coldness all over.
He Yingchun pulled him out of the snow little by little, took out the water bag from her waist, and with a thought, hot road vegetables appeared in the water bag. She took a sip, it was hot, and the warmth flowed to every part of her body.
She put the water bag into Wen Jingzhao's mouth and was about to pour the liquid in, but stopped.
I remember chatting with my nerdy deskmate on a snowy day. He said that if your hands are frozen in the snow, you can't wash them with warm water, otherwise you will get frostbite. He said that he saw a news report about an old soldier who got frostbite when he breathed on his frozen hands, while another old soldier wiped his hands with snow and saved his hands.
Wen Jingzhao's body was getting colder and colder, and he felt like a zombie.
"Let's try it out." She said as she took off Wen Jingzhao's shirt.
Her eyes involuntarily stopped at Wen Jingzhao's abdomen. She always thought that Wen Jingzhao was quite thin, but under those thin lines, there were actually six solid abdominal muscles.
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