The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

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A team of more than a dozen riders quietly left Qinzhou and headed northwest, circled the bare foot of the eastern slope of Longshan, crossed the border between the two countries, and turned west. A few days later, they came to this desolate Gobi in the southwest of Liangzhou.

From a distance, there is no sign of human habitation in the Gobi wilderness as far as the eye can see, the thin snow that has not yet melted covers the wilderness, and the northwest wind blows like a knife, making it difficult for people to walk.

On the afternoon when I set foot on the wasteland, cloudy clouds gathered in the sky, and after a while, hailstones and heavy snow fell down, and the whole wasteland suddenly fell into a vast expanse of whiteness; Down the simple sidewalk, Su Jin, Ye Li Duanyun and others followed such footprints, but as soon as the snow and hail fell, the whole wasteland turned into a vast expanse of whiteness in a short while, and it was impossible to distinguish the direction. Not to mention seeing traces.

Su Jin scolded his mother anxiously. Originally, he should be able to reach the first post station [-] miles away in the evening, but under the current situation, it is impossible to tell the difference between southeast and north, let alone reach the post station. Su Jin watched Ye Li Duanyun was hunched on his horseback, poor Mo Zang who was hit by the snow, hail and cold wind. He decided to find a place to shelter from the wind and camp for a while to avoid the wind and snow. He asked Ye Li Duanyun for advice. Su Jin ordered. [

Su Jin looked around, there was a small hill not far away, and several dwarf trees were trembling in the wind and snow, Su Jin ordered to rush to the south side of the hill to take shelter from the wind.

The crowd dismounted and led the horses to trot all the way, and finally reached the south side of the hill, but they were disappointed when they got there. The hill was too small to block the wind and snow, but there was a depression, which seemed to be a cave; a soldier Stretching out the weeds at the entrance of the cave, looking inside, suddenly screamed and stepped back a few steps to sit on the snow.

"What's the matter?" Su Jin asked.

"There's something inside... with green eyes, it's scary." The soldier stammered.

Su Jin was taken aback, and Ye Li Duanyun said: "It's a wild wolf. Most of the hills on the wasteland have wolf caves."

Su Jin said: "The entrance of this cave is able to keep out the wind and rain, so I might as well borrow their territory to use it. Come and shoot it with a bow and arrow. Let's roast wild wolf meat tonight."

Ye Li Duanyun said: "Just drive it away. To it, we are uninvited guests. If the wind and snow were not too strong, we shouldn't bother it."

Su Jin glanced at Ye Li Duanyun in surprise, but he didn't expect that the crazy woman had a kind heart. According to Ye Li Duanyun's richness, all the soldiers screamed and stabbed the hole with the end of their spears, and the inside of the cave shouted. Roaring again and again, after a while a huge wolf jumped out of the cave and fell into the wind and snow, startling the horses and jumping wildly.

The crowd tossed for a long time, but there was no movement in the cave. It was thought that only the lone wolf and other wild animals lived in this cave. Su Jin repeatedly ordered people to dig along the loose soil at the entrance of the cave with swords, and the entrance of the cave was enlarged after a while. At about Zhang Xu, I ordered people to break the twigs and build a roof on the edge of the cave, and spread long grass, so that I could finally avoid the wind and snow.

Everyone lit a big fire at the entrance of the cave and sat around the bonfire. Seeing the vast expanse of whiteness outside, the wind and snow not only did not stop, but was getting bigger and bigger, they all stared outside blankly, secretly worried.

The fur on Yeli Duanyun's body was covered with snow. At the moment, under the baking of the bonfire, white air was steaming, as if a fairy descended from the earth, and his whole body was glowing with white light; but Su Jin found that Yeli Duanyun's face was not quite right, although Fluttering red, but red is very scary.

Yeli Duanyun, who was curled up on the edge of the cave wall, trembled slightly with her hands and feet, and her whole body. Su Jin stretched out his hand to touch her forehead, and was startled. Her forehead was as hot as a coal fire, and she was clearly hairy. High fever; I touched her little hand again, but it was cold and cold, without any heat.

Su Jin knew that it was broken. Being sick at this time was simply worse than the snow mountain, and he was careless. Such a rough road should be followed by Ye Li Duanyun in a carriage. A weak woman like Li Duanyun came from Huizhou official road when she came, and the weather was sunny and sunny a few days ago. How can she bear the wind and snow like now?

Su Jin hurriedly asked everyone if they had any medicine with them, and where did the followers go out with medicine, and if they did, they would have to bring some golden medicine to guard against sword wounds, and Yeli Duanyun was obviously attacked by wind and cold.

A gust of cold wind blew obliquely, causing the flames of the bonfire to burst wildly, while Yeli Duanyun trembled more violently, and the red color on his face became more vivid. Su Jin understood that if no measures were taken, something would happen, and the high fever would burn Dead people, and if they are not rescued in time, they will at least burn their brains. Su Jin ordered people to cut some long grass under the snow and spread them deep in the relatively spacious cave; Nested in the open space of the cave entrance and did not enter the cave.

Su Jin laid Yeli Duanyun flat on the dry grass, moved the fire over and lit a small bonfire in the cave, and at the same time took the cloth towel covering his face and wrapped a pack of snow on Yeli Duanyun's forehead. It is a simple fever-reducing method learned by later generations; the snow was quickly melted by Nori Duanyun's body temperature, and it seemed that the symptoms were slightly relieved by changing a few packs of snow in this way, but Yeli Duanyun's lips had gradually become dry and white, and had already Feeling dehydrated.

Su Jin hurriedly ordered someone to burn some hot water on the bonfire outside, and when the water cooled down a little, he helped her to feed her to drink. Ye Li Duanyun gritted his teeth tightly, and the water flowed down his cheeks, and he couldn't drink it Go down half a mouthful.

Su Jin turned around anxiously, so he could only grit his teeth in Yeli Duanyun's ear and whisper softly: "Miss Yeli, I've offended you. If you can't enter the water, your life will be in danger. I can't help it."

After finishing speaking, he held Ye Li Duanyun's head in his arms, drank a big mouthful of water, and slowly entered it mouth to mouth. Ye Li Duanyun still had a sense of mind, and after taking a sip, he felt dry and smoky throat The eyes and mouth seemed to be nourished by the nectar, and they immediately felt much more comfortable, and they seemed to want to drink with their mouths open. [

Su Jin took another sip and entered her sandalwood mouth. Yeli Duanyun was so hungry and thirsty that he sucked vigorously. After drinking the clear water in Su Jin's mouth, even his tongue was almost sucked out. Su Jin blushed Yes, Yeli Duanyun finally drank comfortably after being fed seven or eight sips of water. After Su Jin changed a few more packs of snow bags, Yeli Duanyun's high fever gradually subsided and he became sober.

Su Jinxi said: "You are awake, you scared me to death."

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Ye Li Duanyun hummed: "What's wrong with me?"

Su Jin said: "Maybe it was hit by the wind and cold. Just now, the high fever persisted and everyone was confused. I helped you apply snow to your forehead to cool down, and fed you a lot of water. Then you got better. Thank God, but it is dangerous."

Yeli Duanyun said gratefully: "Thank you for taking care of me. Why did I fall ill? What the hell? Huh? Why is your mouth bleeding?"

Su Jin was startled, and hurriedly stretched out his hand to wipe it, and sure enough, the back of his hand was red, but it was not blood, but the lipstick that was stained when he was feeding water just now.

Ye Li Duanyun also knew that it wasn't blood. After thinking about it for a while, he realized that he was so angry that he stretched out his hand and gave Su Jin a big mouth. Fortunately, with all his strength, it was as if he reached out and touched Su Jin's face.

"You shameless person, what did you do to me? Taking advantage of others' danger, are you still human?" Yeli Duanyun gasped excitedly.

Su Jin quickly waved his hand and winked: "My aunt, can you stop talking nonsense? How can outsiders tell me apart if they hear me?"

"You dare to do it, but you are afraid that people will hear it, shameless person, disciple!"

Su Jin hurriedly reached out to cover Ye Li Duanyun's mouth and said, "Don't yell, I can't do anything about it. Just now you closed your mouth tightly to keep the water out. I was afraid that your body would be dehydrated and burn your brain. I did this out of desperation. Yes, if I had known this earlier, I should have picked someone out of my companions to feed you just now, and my good intentions were taken as a donkey's liver and lungs."

Yeli Duanyun was taken aback, but fortunately Su Jin didn't ask others to feed him water mouth to mouth, it would be better for others...it might as well be cheaper for the kid in front of him, Ye Li Duanyun was frightened by the thought in his heart After a jump, I didn't really blame this person for taking the opportunity to kiss me, but I felt a little bit of joy in my heart.

Su Jin let go of Ye Li Duanyun's mouth and said: "Okay, you need to rest now, just close your eyes and rest for a while, the wind and snow outside are getting heavier, I'll go out and figure out a way with my followers, if this continues, we will Trapped here."

Yeli Duanyun didn't speak, and his body was really strong. He just let Su Jin hug him on the dry grass beside the fire, covered himself with the dried cloak, turned around and left.

"Hey!" Yeli Duanyun suddenly called out softly.

Su Jin turned his head and said, "What's wrong?"

"Thank you...you!" Yeli Duanyun said softly, "Fortunately, you are here."

Su Jin grinned and said, "That's right, you'd be a fool without me, but there's no need to thank you, we're business partners, and we're trying to make money by doing business with you."

Ye Li Duanyun spat, turned his head and closed his eyes to rest.