In early April, the river began to melt, and the earth gradually broke free from the white overlord's arms, revealing his original black, yellow, and brown.

A sudden sleet broke the footsteps of spring and let the cold cover everything again.

An amazing news was spreading rapidly in Perm.

The 16-year-old Great Shaman Gala, who was pregnant with the Sixteen-year-old Perm tribe, disappeared. What's more, the only scholar in the squad led by His Highness, the crown prince of the Great Qin State and Sun Zhaoshi, the eldest son of the great poet Cen Shen, was also missing.

The Suiye Jun camp at the intersection of the three rivers.

Gao Juren and Bayan both knelt in front of Sun Zhaoxi, and Bayan, who also served as Ren Yong, seemed to have a trembling voice.

"Your Highness, the investigation was clear. Last night, it was the middle of sleet. Thousands of households in Perm were shacked in shacks, and no one went out, but someone still found that Gala had gone out..."

"Who is it?"

"Gala's apprentice, that girl who is only twelve years old"

"What did she say?"

Although Sun Zhaoxi was a little angry, his voice was still calm. Gao Juren and Bayan admired this very much. It was completely irrelevant to just Gala die or escape, but it was a big deal that the son of Cen Shen, the governor of Hainan Prefecture, disappeared. Whether he escaped or died, it would definitely cause storms in the country, which Sun Zhaoxi did not want to see.

"In the past few days, Gala has been blaming himself... According to the little girl, in the tradition of the Comey people, if the great shaman in the tribe fails to fulfill his obligation to protect his tribe, he must stop himself..."

"Self-break?"

"Yes, of course, their tradition is very strange. They walk into the dense forest alone without carrying any weapons or food, and walk into the depths of the forest, allowing them to starve to death and freeze to death, and they will not avoid them when they encounter ferocious beasts. In their opinion, in this way, in the end, they will eventually merge into the forest, return to the arms of the forest god Davi, whom they believe, and get rescued."

"Galao has eaten very little these days, and she is drowsy all day long. The girl is busy serving inside and outside. She is extremely tired at night. When she wakes up, Gala is gone."

"What's going on with Mr. Cenzo? Didn't he live in the camp?"

"Your Highness, he has always lived in the camp, but in addition to being the only civil servant and observer of our team, he is also the only military doctor. In addition to participating in the affairs of our team in the past few months, he is keen on treating the wild people. He also runs alone to the dense forest to collect herbs."

"After a while, he has gained a lot of reputation in the Perm tribe in the past few months. For the Perm tribe, although many men have died, women are more important to them. Therefore, although there is some resentment, under the deterrence of our team and the cavalry of the Tielli tribe, and with the performance of Cenzo, their attitude gradually improved."

"Last evening, the chief of the Comey tribe who came from the north fell ill. By the way, Your Highness, this chief cooperated with us the most, so he sent someone to come and beg Mr. Cenzo to come and see him..."

"Hmph! Are they usually treated by shamans? Why did they fall in love with Mr. Cenzo again?"

"Your Highness, the shaman's approach..."

Bayan originally wanted to say, "It's all fooling people." Suddenly, he thought that the king and the prince were proficient in shaman rituals. When he spoke, he urgently took it back. "Although it also has some effect, it depends on whether the sick person really offended a great god. Compared with the two, it is more effective in our country's doctors. They generally do not believe in shamans, so it is natural that they don't care about whether they offend or not."

"Then the treatment effect was far better than that of the shaman. According to the chief, Mr. Cenzo arrived at his shack before dark. After he cured his illness, it was probably because the camp had been closed and he rested in the shack nearby."

"It happened that night that someone saw Mr. Cen Zuo. It was midnight. Mr. Cen Zuo probably had eaten too much frozen meat and had a little stomachache. He had to endure the cold and go out for convenience. He was seen by the people on duty in the tribe. However, Mr. Cen Zuo really looked anxious to find a place to facilitate his convenience when he went out. He was wearing only a cotton robe, not even a short sheepskin jacket, and just rushed towards the place far away from the shack."

Sun Zhao nodded, and he naturally knew this. Since he came to Perm, the people in the squad built toilets in the camp, and they were naturally in the toilets with convenience in size. However, the natives would not pay attention to this many things. Both men and women would solve the problem on the spot near the shack. After that, they would cover it up with snow or soil.

Before coming here, except for himself and Cen Zuogong, the rest of the people were similar. He had a noble status and was naturally a bit particular. Cen Zuogong was a literati, so it was no surprise.

"But Mr. Cen Zuo didn't come back once he left."

Sun Zhaoxi felt a little nervous, but he did not express it.

When Bayan saw this, he said carefully: "Your Highness, that dense forest is only a few hundred meters away from the shack area. If Gala was about to act according to the tradition of the tribe, he happened to meet Duke Cen Zuo, and Xiao Cen was also a very anxious and righteous person, he would definitely stop her. Kala was born in a shaman and his mind would definitely be extremely firm, so he naturally refused."

"So, considering that Gala was still pregnant with His Highness's child, he naturally had to stop it with all his might. The two of them were entangled and kept walking into the deep forest. When God Cenzo realized that he had gone far, he was either lost or felt that he should follow Gala to protect her mother and son, so as to live up to your highness..."

"Lost?" Sun Zhaoxi shook his head. He believed Bayan's later judgment. "He is the second only to me in the team. He also has a compass with astrogram. How could he get lost? Even if he gets lost at night, he can tell it during the day, and he probably followed him to the depths."

"Your Highness, I have already scattered Ren Yong and the people of the Sai Ye Army. With Perm as the center, I scattered ten people in each direction in four directions. If you wait for another half a day, news will come."

"That's all that's the case"

......

Half a day passed quickly, and the team members quickly found traces in the jungle, which were two strings of footprints in the snow. However, since this jungle was surrounded by rivers, except for this jungle, the footprints completely disappeared. When they crossed the river to the jungle further away, no trace was found.

However, news came in the end.

"Your Highness, I found an ice hole that had just been covered on the ice surface of the small river about five miles north. I didn't pay attention to it at first, but in the end I was discovered by the people of Renyongdu, because the footprints disappeared there. The ice layer on the river surface of various places began to melt a few days ago, but after the rain and snow, the weather became colder again, and the ice layer mostly returned to its original state."

"But although this ice hole has frozen, its thickness is obviously not as thick as other places."

Although Gala did not have much weight in Sun Zhaoxi's heart, he had a skin relationship with her for several months. Thinking of this, he sighed and said leisurely: "It's probably Gala who insisted on going north over the ice surface. The ice surface just broke, so he fell in. Chen Zuogong was a real person, so he went to save her and then fell into the ice hole."

"Mr. Cenzo is a scholar, only fifteen years old, and his body is not as strong as Gala. How can he save her? So..., Alas, after all, I am careless."

Bayan is a smart man, don't he know what he really means, and quickly said, "What Your Highness said is, I will send someone to partly talk about this to Perm.

After he went down, he thought to himself: "No matter whether they fell into the ice hole or not, they are all dead and must die."

Not long after, the people who had just returned to the camp went out again. This time, each of them had a group of people of a hundred people, and in addition to the small team, there were also cavalry from the Tielli Division.

They crossed the ice everywhere and continued to search further away.

......

When the team set out again, it had been a day and a half since Gala and Cenzogong disappeared.

A few dozen miles downstream of the Kama River, two people are walking towards the north bank from the ice surface of the Kama River.

These two are naturally Gala and Cenzo.

Just like what Sun Zhaoren thought, although Mr. Cen Zuo was a little dissatisfied with what Sun Zhaoren did, he never dared to disobey his wishes. He did get upset that night, and in the dense forest, he happened to meet Gala, who was preparing to sacrifice to the god of the forest according to the tradition of the Comey.

Cen Zuogong naturally dissuaded, and Gala was also determined. The two were stalemate there for a while. Finally, Cen Zuogong asked: "What if you keep walking north and don't encounter any beasts on the way?"

Galo said: "I did not carry frozen meat. According to the tradition of the tribe, if I keep walking without food, I can last for three days. Spring is coming, and the black bear in the dense forest is gradually awakening. In the legend of our tribe for generations, the black bear is one of the incarnations of the gods of the forest."

"It is the best ending to let the black bear eat it. Even if I don't meet the black bear, I'm tired and hungry, and I will eventually lie down on the ground. I will find a swamp and jump into it, which can be considered as being integrated with the God of Forest."

Mr. Cen Zuo said: "It's not appropriate. Even if you are guilty of the tribe, how innocent the child in your belly is? You will naturally atone for your sins when you die, but if you indirectly kill the child, there will be an extra sin. How can you make up for it?"

At this time, most of those who believe in primitive shamanism believe in perfection and causal cycle. After hearing what Kara said, hesitated.

Mr. Cenzo struck while the iron was hot, "When I was practicing medicine, I was often busy until very late, so I couldn't return to the camp. The tribesmen of your tribe built a shack on the bank of the Kama River according to my request. Every time I couldn't return to the camp in time, I lived there."

"Since you are leaving, I will not stop you. But since you are going to enter the dense forest, why do you have to go to the north? Why do you have to go to the west?"

"West?"

"Yes, I will accompany you, don't worry, I will only accompany you, and it will not prevent you from completing the tradition of atonement."

"Why is it the west?"

"It's very simple. There is a mountain to the east, and you can't get through it. Besides, it's the jurisdiction of the mountain god. There are also scattered Comey tribes in the north, and there are no need to say that to the south. If you can't encounter beasts, you will reach the territory of the Bulgarians."

"Only to the west, the Tirning tribe closest to the Perm tribe, has all migrated here, and there is no one in the area of ​​nearly a hundred miles."

Gala looked at him in a daze, and after a while, he said, "It's okay, I'll follow you."

Mr. Cen Zuo said again: "Since it is for atonement, it should not be known to others. If it is known by His Highness or your tribe, you will definitely send someone to search everywhere. That would be a bad idea. We went north first, and when we met the small river in the north, we stepped on the ice, and then walked along the ice to the Kama River, and finally came to my shack, and I took the things and walked down with you."

"At this time, the footprints disappeared. They had no idea and could only search for the dense forests. When I got the things, they continued to walk down the ice."

In the shack, Mr. Cenzo took out a deerskin coat given to him by the Perm, then changed into a horse boot that he had put on a nail cover, and finally took out a pair of sleds, let Garo sit on the sled, and pulled the sled downwards.
Chapter completed!