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    In the cold and windy mountains, a team of dozens of people was walking along the mountain road.  The weather today is particularly bad. The entire sky is leaden gray and looks gloomy. With such a strong wind, it is expected to snow soon.

    "Sir, it's almost dark now, and the weather is bad. It's expected that there will be heavy snow tonight. Let's find a place to stay early!" A burly man suggested to a young man in the middle of the team.  road.  This young man looks to be only in his twenties, but his clothes are obviously much better than the others, and he is very handsome. At a glance, he can tell that he is the leader of the entire team.

    I saw this handsome young man looking up at the sky, and agreed to the burly man's suggestion: "Well, Xiao Wu, you can arrange it and see if there is a place to stay nearby. If it doesn't work, you can only find a shelter from the wind."  Let¡¯s camp somewhere!¡±

    "Yes, sir!" Xiao Wu agreed and immediately ran forward to find a place to stay. However, they were in a barren mountain and it didn't look like a place where people lived.

    All the people in this team came from Prince Qi's Mansion. The young man at the head was Li Min's uncle Xiao Lin. He originally served as an official in Nugang, but this time he was transferred back to serve as an immigration officer. Now he is mainly responsible for  Regarding the immigration issues in the Jianzhou area, a total of fifty immigration officers like him were dispatched from Prince Qi's palace, each of whom was responsible for at least one state.  Under these immigration officers, there are more than ten to twenty teams in charge. These teams are assigned to their respective areas of responsibility and are responsible for persuading and organizing fleeing refugees to Taiwan.

    When Xiao Lin and his team reached the top of the mountain, the burly man named Xiao Wu climbed up and looked far away.  He even took out a very expensive telescope, and he finally discovered it.  Not far away, halfway up the mountain, there was a dark cave.  And it seems to be quite large, so it should be enough for them to rest for a night.

    Xiao Lin was also very happy when he learned that there was a cave below.  He has a total of fifteen teams, which are distributed in various refugee gathering areas around Jianzhou. The one he leads is also one of the teams. In addition to being responsible for persuading and organizing the migration of refugees, he also has to make statistics and estimate the number of refugees in Jianzhou.  Number of refugees.

    The sky was getting gloomier, and Xiao Lin and the others were worried that it would snow suddenly, so they all quickened their pace.  I want to get to that cave as soon as possible.  It is worth mentioning that Xiao Lin's team consisted of fifty-one people in total. In addition to Xiao Lin, there were thirty guards and twenty officials responsible for immigration, all of whom were Xiao Lin's subordinates.  Xiao Wu is a general brought by Xiao Lin from home. He is not only brave, but also very loyal. He now serves as the guard commander of the entire team.

    Anyone who has climbed a mountain knows this.  In fact, going up a mountain is much easier than going down. Especially when the mountain road is difficult to walk, you are even more worried for fear of accidentally rolling down.  This is the situation for Xiao Lin and the others now.  Originally, as Xiao Lin, there were horses to ride wherever he went, but it was a pity that there was no horse riding on the mountain road here.  Being able to walk is already very good.

    Xiao Lin has been a pampered young man since he was a child. Although he has always liked horseback riding and archery since he was a child.  My body is relatively strong, but during my time as an immigration officer.  But he suffered a lot.  Because the places where refugees live are generally very remote, mostly in mountainous areas, and some places don¡¯t even have roads, they have to run around in the mountains to deliver the news of Taiwanese immigrants to one refugee settlement after another.  .

    It is precisely because of this that Xiao Lin is now darker and thinner than before. Although he is still a very handsome young man, the femininity in his body in the past is much less, but more masculine. This  It made him look much more capable. He looked less like a civil servant and more like a military general.

    Xiao Lin endured the stinging pain in his feet and followed the team forward. From the beginning when he entered the mountain, he had a lot of blisters on his feet. Although he later pricked them with a needle, they still remained.  It still went up and down, and the first thing before going to bed every night, he would pop the blisters.  Now his feet were worn out again, and every step he took was painful.

    After finally arriving in front of the cave, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. When they were about to go in to clean up and have a good rest, they didn't expect that three people suddenly rushed out of the cave.  The three of them were one old and two young. The older one looked to be in his fifties or sixties. His hair and beard were all gray. Their big square faces were full of wrinkles. They were wearing jackets made of animal skins. They carried hunting bows on their backs and held a hunting bow in their hands.  He was carrying a hunting fork, and he seemed to be an old hunter.  As for the two young ones, they were dressed similarly to the old hunter, and they also looked somewhat similar to the old hunter. They both had square faces and tall and thin bodies. They looked like they were father and son.

    Seeing the three people rushing out, Xiao Wu and some of the guards in front immediately drew their knives and were on guard. After all, not all the refugees were good people. Some of them were forced by life to engage in robbing homes and houses. Before,On the way, they encountered some such refugees. Fortunately, Xiao Wu and the others were specially selected soldiers, so they were not in danger.

    The old hunter was very nervous when he saw so many people on the other side and there were many guards with knives, but he still said: "We are hunters nearby. Who are you and why are you here?"

    Seeing that there were only three people on the other side, and they didn't look like robbers, Xiao Lin asked Xiao Wu and the others to put down their knives, and then came forward and said: "Hello, old man, we are officials of Prince Qi's Mansion. The reason for entering the mountain this time is  Looking for refugees, I heard that there are a lot of refugees in this mountain, so we came here."

    ???????????????????????????????????????????? By Xiao Lin: These hunters must also be fugitives, and he came just for them, so he didn't hide the slightest and directly stated the purpose of his visit.

    However, after hearing what Xiao Lin said, the old hunter immediately showed an unfriendly attitude and said: "You are from the government, do you want to capture the fugitives and send them back to their place of origin?"

    Xiao Lin guessed that the other party would have this reaction. They had encountered it many times along the way, so he was not in a hurry, but patiently explained his identity to the other party, and also explained it in great detail.  Regarding the treatment of immigrants in Taiwan, he finally took out the notice with the seal of the Jianzhou government office. This time he finally made the other party dubious. Although he had not completely let down his guard, his attitude was much better than before. At least the old hunter showed a  Smiling face and welcomed them into the cave.

    After entering the cave, Xiao Lin and the others discovered that this cave was indeed a good place. The entire cave was not too deep, only a few dozen meters. However, when they were at the innermost point, they suddenly turned a corner and found something similar to a hall.  There are obvious signs of repairs around this hall, and there are also a lot of firewood stored. It seems that the old hunter and the others should often live here. In addition, the wind can't blow in here, and it can't be seen from the outside when lighting a fire. Indeed  It's a great place to camp.

    After the old hunter told Xiao Lin to sit down, he smiled and said: "This cave is where our father and son rest when we go hunting, so we have prepared some things. If you don't mind, you can rest here. I'll let you  The children boil water and cook for the adults!"

    "You're welcome, old man. We all brought dry food, but we need to borrow your firewood to boil some hot water for cooking!" Xiao Lin said immediately after hearing what the old hunter said.  He knew that these refugees usually didn't even have enough to eat, so there was no extra food to serve them, so he refused the other party's kindness in cooking.  The old hunter did not store much food in the cave. He was just polite just now, but now that he heard what Xiao Lin said, he stopped insisting and asked his two sons to help him enthusiastically.

    Taking this opportunity, Xiao Lin took a look at the cave and found that there were several beddings placed in the innermost part of the cave. In addition, there were several frozen animal meats hung into popsicles and dry and hard animal skins hanging on the walls.  In addition, Xiao Lin also saw an iron pot and a few broken bowls placed on a piece of bluestone. The pot was steaming and looked dark. He didn't know what was being boiled. There were also half a bowl.  pickles and three black and gray steamed buns, but they have not been touched yet. It seems that the father and son are preparing to eat.

    The people Xiao Lin brought were used to spending the night in the wild, so they all carried a lot of dry food on their backs. Now there was firewood in the cave, and under the leadership of the old hunter's son, they also fetched a lot of water from the stream not far from the cave.  .  Because the old hunter only had one pot here, and there was their rice in it, Xiao Lin and the others couldn't borrow it.  But it doesn't matter. The guards like Xiao Wu all wore military helmets. If they were taken to the water and rinsed clean, it would be a good iron pot.

    After this period of experience, Xiao Lin has already become accustomed to this kind of outdoor life, and he has no airs, so he also helps out. What they bring with them are some military food, such as the brick-like Qianjin cake.  , they carry a lot of it with them. As long as they knock off a small piece from it and boil it in a pot, they will quickly make a pot of soup that tastes weird but is extremely nutritious.

    After the soup was cooked, Xiao Wu and the others took out the flour cakes from their bags and put them on the fire to heat them. They also took out a few bamboo tubes with cans in them. They learned this from the army and ordinary people  People who want to go out will open the cans of glass bottles and put them in bamboo tubes, so they don't have to worry about breaking the glass bottles.  However, this method can only be used in cold winter. If it were used in other seasons, everything in the bamboo tube would smell bad within a few days.

    The old hunter and the others saw that Xiao Lin and the others had prepared the meals very quickly, and everything was something they had never seen before. Especially when they smelled the aroma of the meals and looked at the black corn they were eating, the hunters and his son felt a little sad.  .  But at this time, Xiao Lin said with a smile: "Old man, thank you for letting us live here. If you don't mind, pleaseCome and eat with us, two big brothers. In addition, I also have a few questions that I would like to ask.  "
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