Book 9 - Chapter 11 – Wholehearted Gratitude (1/2)
Book 5 Chapter 10 – Yuwen Chengdu
The farther north they travelled, the weather was growing colder and colder, the snow on the ground reached knee depth The six of theed ahead at full speed on the sea of forest and plains of snohich extended as far as the eye could see Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling took turn carrying Susu on their backs
After their battle against Tuoba Yu, they were ence as the previous day
The snowstorm has stopped, the heaven and earth was a vast expanse of desolation, with occasional howling of the wolves, that as they heard it, their hair was standing on its end
After hastening for two days, one evening they reached the forest around the southern bank of the Tongji Canal The deep dark-colored forest looked like a wall or a ra up all around, if one was not careful, it would be very easy to get lost
Even if their bodies wereaway for their lives like that for a couple of days, they would be extremely exhausted It was not clear who started it, but eventually everybody slowed down until finally they walked as slow as ing place that could provide shelter from the wind and the snow
The mountain and the forest were blanketed in co ten thousand pipes are still], only noise they heard was the rustling of soft snow underneath their own feet
Occasionally a light ould blow, shaking the snow on the branches that it rained down to the ground below and filled the air with snowflakes
Finally they stopped in a clearing in the ht we cannot find an abandoned house or a cave to spend the night, so we’ll have to put up with building a bonfire in here and sit until daybreak before hasting up on our journey towu by tomorrow afternoon”
In the ’s back onto the snowy ground below Although she earing cotton coat, she was still shi+vering in cold Without the slightest hesitation Liu Heita took off his sheepskin coat and draped it tenderly over her shoulder, while speaking softly, “When we get the fire going, it won’t be so cold any so htful action, it was quite touching, actually
“Liu Dage is not afraid of cold?” Susu gratefully asked
Liu Heita laughed and said, “After being in battle for so h? Su Jie, set your heart at ease!”
Xu Ziling took off his outer robe and spread it over the snowy ground; he said with a laugh, “Now I ae Su Jie please sit down”
Susu knew that due to his ‘Secret to Long Life’ internal energy, he really was not afraid of either hot or cold; she gladly sat down
Kou Zhong reached out and wrapped his arle, “Let e a bit of war in ht to call her Su Mei [younger sister]”
After many days of close association, they had known each other better The two boys grew very fond of this brave and cunning young general Cui Dong did not like to talk, but he was a hot-blooded e Dewei always gave out the impression that he was a slick and sly loomy one; he did not see Liu Heita was showing so had aTurning to Susu, he said, “Su Jie’s legs had to be bent all day long, right now youto fetch firewood, why don’t Liu Xiong give you a leg rub?”
Susu juht,” she cried out in fear, “No need to rub!”
Liu Heita’s black face turned red [Translators note: ‘hei’ froo fetch firewood,” he said And then with Cui Dong and Zhuge Dewei he left without saying anything
Susu said, “You should also go to help!”
Xu Ziling sat down by her side and shook his head, “If we go, ould protect Jiejie if the hungry wolves are coer dared to insist
Kou Zhong sat down on her other side andalso has the sa a disaster is loo, so on our tail”
Overwhelmed with shock, Susu said, “What should we do?”
Xu Ziling exposed an astonished look; he blew out a ht I was being paranoid, turns out you are having the sa our trail, seeing that we are of reat force, he is forced to wait for an opportunity to et is the account book in our hands, what he wanted to get hold of at first must be Su Jie, so that he could use her to threaten us So no matter what happens, we must have at least one person by Su Jie all the ti said, “The enemy is in the dark, we are in the open; the one ill suffer losses will be us I wonder if there is a way to turn the table around and lure hi happily said, “What do you have in ainst Shen Luoyan the other day, he had hih, he seized the opportunity to attack We can copy his trick”
Right thisof the beast fro that, Susu’s hair stood up on its end, and she threw herself on Kou Zhong’s back
Kou Zhong continued, “This person was able to follow us for a day and a night, and is still undetected, obviously his skill is extremely superior Besides, he can’t possibly accidentally walk through right above you Dealing with him will require our cooperation” And then he added dejectedly, “How are we going to bury ourselves in the snoay?”
Xu Ziling triuht about that proble, he moved away a little, lay down on the snow, closed his eyes and applied his internal energy Soon the snohich he laydisappeared underneath the layer of snow
Kou Zhong knew that he was using his internal energy to generate heat; while he was inwardly cheered, Liu Heita and Zhuge Dewei cae pile of dry branches in their hands The latter asked in surprise, “Where is Xiao Ling?”
Kou Zhong and Susu laughed; they i said, “A wolf ate him!”
Liu Heita was displeased; he dumped the dry branches in front of the two people, and said with a laugh, “Quickly call him back to scrape the snow froht be too cold”
“Where is Dong Shu [(younger) uncle]?” Susu asked
Zhuge Dewei replied, “He was afraid dry ration would not help Miss Su resist the cold, so when he heard the sound of wild ani!”
Liu Heita plopped his butt on the snow next to where Xu Ziling buried himself; he was still couarantee after eating it, Su Mei won’t be cold any up and cried out, “Not good! Quickly call Dong Shu back, don’t let hio alone!”
Before he even finished, there was a violent hiss co froe Dewei’s hands shook that the branches fell off to the ground; his countenance changed “It’s Dong Shu!” he said
Liu Heita already leaped up and pulled Kou Zhong, as about to run, back “Stay here and protect Su Mei,” he said, “Where is Xiao Ling?”
Kou Zhong did not have tiht! Go quickly!”
Liu Heita, two people, felt their hearts were burning, without thinking anything, they shot away like an arrow