In the snow-dyed canyon, Li Maicheng and Wu Shitong rode horses and gradually arrived at the snow-dyed jackal cave.

Li Maicheng got off the horse and knocked on the stone door of the demon cave with the Zhuying sword, and after a while, the jackal spirit demon inside opened the stone door, and also untied the captured mission soldiers from the demon cave to the entrance of the cave.

Li Maicheng saw that the soldiers of the mission were released, but he thought that there were still many people who were captured by those little demons, and said loudly to one of the jackal spirit demons: "Quickly release all the people who were arrested before, otherwise, I will dismantle your demon cave and kill all of you little demons." ”

The little demon was very frightened when he heard this, so he ordered the other little demons to release all the people who had been arrested before, and saw that there were dozens of people who were released, and they all looked thin, covered in wounds, and their clothes were in tatters.

Li Maicheng took the people who were released out of the demon cave, and then those people left the snow-stained jackal cave one by one, walked in different directions of the canyon, and went home one by one, while Li Maicheng and they rode horses, and gradually came out of the snow-stained canyon, and when they arrived outside the canyon, they found that the king had left here with a large army and returned to Shengyue City.

Seeing this, Li Maicheng said to his junior brothers and sisters: "Senior brothers and sisters, let's set off back to Shengyue City." ”

The junior brothers and sisters said in unison, "Okay, senior brother. ”

Then Li Maicheng and Wu Shitong rode their horses and continued to hurry, rushing to the Shengyue City.

They traveled all the way, crossing rivers, climbing mountains, passing through small towns, and finally returning to Shengyue City.

Back in Shengyue City, Li Maicheng joined his master Zhang Qian and other soldiers of the mission.

Li Maicheng said to his master, Zhang Qian, "Master, Wu Shitong is your new apprentice, and he will follow us on an envoy to the Western Regions. ”

Zhang Qian looked at Wu Shidao: "Shitong, you will be my eighth apprentice in the future, if you don't understand anything in the future, you can ask your senior brother and sister more." ”

Wu Shidao: "Okay, Master, I will definitely ask them for advice, and I will also protect your safety in the future." ”

Zhang Qian said: "Okay, Shitong, I have wronged you, you are the king of the gladiatorial arena, go west with us all the way, and go to the Western Regions, the road will be full of ups and downs, and it will be very difficult." ”

Wu Shidao: "Don't hide it from Master, I am a rhinoceros spirit, and when I used to cultivate, I didn't suffer less. ”

After Wu Shitong finished speaking, his head changed from a human form to a rhinoceros head, and then said: "Master, here, I don't need to disguise myself as an adult, I can be myself well, and I can freely show the appearance of my rhinoceros head." ”

Zhang Qian said: "Yes, Shitong, you can show your rhinoceros head like this in the future, it's okay, your senior brother Koi Monster and Giant Ape Monster have the appearance of beasts, and Su Chengxuan has two dragon horns on his head?"

Wu Shitong said, "Okay, Master. ”

Then Zhang Qian said: "It's getting dark, let's have something to eat for dinner, and then go back to the room to rest, and we will leave Shengyue City early tomorrow morning and continue to travel west." ”

Li Maicheng said, "Okay, Master." ”

Then Zhang Qian and Li Maicheng had a sumptuous dinner, and then went back to the wing room one by one to sleep.

After a night, at the beginning of a new day, Li Maicheng and the others got up, and after having some breakfast, they went into the main hall of Shengyue Palace in the snow with Master Zhang Qian to change the customs clearance documents.

In that hall, Zhang Qian said to the king of Xu: "Your Royal Highness, we are going to set off today and continue to travel west, and I hope that the king can help us exchange customs clearance documents." ”

And the guards in the palace took Zhang Qian's submission of the Han customs clearance documents, handed over to the king, the king looked at the Han Dynasty's customs clearance documents and said: "Zhang Han envoy, the Han is a big country in the East, I was also a Chinese people, since Qin destroyed Zhao, unified the six countries, my ancestors fled to this Shengyue City, as the lord of Shengyue City, in the future, my Shengyue City will definitely establish a good friendship with the Han Dynasty, in the future, the merchants of the Han Dynasty can do business with peace of mind in my Shengyue City, silk, ceramics, tea, Fruits can be sold casually, and I also hope that in the future, we in Shengyue City can have more business contacts with the Han family. ”

Zhang Qian said: "Thank you, Your Royal Highness, when I return to the Han Dynasty, I will definitely inform the Han Emperor Liu Che of your wishes, and also suggest that the Han Emperor send more caravans to your Shengyue City to do business." ”

The king said happily: "That's great, I'll order someone to help you prepare the customs clearance papers." ”

After a while, the customs clearance document of Shengyue City was ready, and Zhang Qian took the customs clearance document and said, "Thank you, King Xu, then I and my mission soldiers will set off to continue westward." ”

The king said, "Well, I will send for you to prepare good horses, as well as some dry food, water, and gold and silver for your journey." ”

Zhang Qian said: "That's good, thank you His Royal Highness." ”

Then Li Maicheng and Zhang Qian rode their horses, brought those dry foods, said goodbye to the officials of Shengyue City, and then continued to set foot on the road to the west.

Li Maicheng rode a horse and walked in front, Bai Ruoxue rode a horse to follow, and the soldiers of the mission rode behind, they trekked through mountains and rivers, climbed over mountains, walked through dense forests, and gradually went out of the boundary of Shengyue City, into an open field, there were some bright flowers in the field, Li Maicheng rode a horse, while picking wild flowers, and then gave the bouquet of flowers to Bai Ruoxue.

Bai Ruoxue took the bouquet of flowers, smelled it, it was very fragrant, and said to Li Maicheng: "Maicheng, this flower is so fragrant, I like it so much." ”

Li Maicheng said: "Ruoxue, this flower represents my love for you." ”

Bai Ruoxue's heart melted when she heard this, and said: "Maicheng, this field is so beautiful, I really want to wander in this field all the time." ”

Li Maicheng said: "Yes, I want to too." ”

The two of them were talking, when Zhang Qian shouted to Li Maicheng: "Maicheng, where are we here, you go and inquire, and find something to eat by the way." ”

Li Maicheng said, "Okay, Master." ”

Then Li Maicheng flew away alone, and while flying, he looked forward, only to see a desert suddenly appear in front of him, where the land was very barren, and there was nothing growing in the crops.

Li Maicheng felt very strange when he saw this, how could this be like this, he felt that there was a drought here, and the soil of the land was blown apart, and it was very dry.

Li Maicheng looked ahead, and gradually saw a house, where there were several small earthen houses, and the chimneys of the earthen houses were emitting white smoke. Sister Literature Network

Li Maicheng flew to the courtyard of the house, and then fell, knocking on the door of the house.

After a while, an old man opened the door, and as soon as he opened the door, he saw Li Maicheng and said to him, "Guest officer, is there anything wrong?"

Li Maicheng said: "Old man, we are the envoy of the Han Dynasty to the Western Regions, passing by here, looking for something to eat, and then find a place to live for one night, I have silver taels." ”

The old man thought for a moment and said, "How many of you are there?"

Li Maicheng said: "Old uncle, there are more than 20 people in our mission, do you live here?"

The old man said, "It's a little hard to live, but it can be squeezed." ”

Li Maicheng said: "Okay, then I'll go and call all the people from our mission now." ”

Then Li Maicheng left here and flew away.

At this time, the sun is slowly setting, and the sky is gradually getting dark.

Li Maicheng flew back to the field where the mission was waiting and joined Zhang Qian.

Li Maicheng said to Master Zhang Qian: "Master, I found a family in front of me where I can live. ”

Zhang Qian said: "That's great, then let's go over together now." ”

Then Li Maicheng led the soldiers of the mission to the old man's house, and they gradually left the field and entered the desert, only to see that the soil of the land was so barren.

Zhang Qian saw that the land was very dry, and asked Li Maicheng: "Maicheng, is there a drought here, why is the soil bursting?" ”

Li Maicheng looked at the large exploding soil and said, "Master, there should be a great drought here, and there are no crops growing in the field." ”

Zhang Qian said: "Yes, the people here are really suffering. ”

At this time, Su Cheng said: "Master, this drought is a lack of rainfall, tomorrow I will go to my uncle Beihai Dragon King, and ask him to find the Dragon King who is responsible for the rain here, and that's it." ”

Zhang Qian said: "That's great, Chengxuan, tomorrow you will go back to Beihai and call your uncle Beihai Dragon King to help." ”

Su Cheng said, "Okay, Master." ”

Li Maicheng and the others rode their horses and walked gradually to the old man's house.

Li Maicheng and the soldiers of the mission tied up their horses and entered the old man's house.

The old man said to Li Maicheng: "In the next week, the soldiers of your mission will not be polite, just live in their own home." ”

Li Maicheng said: "Okay, thank you, uncle." There are a lot of people in Xia Li Mai City, thank you for keeping us here. ”

Zhou Yijian said: "You all sit down first, and I'll pour you tea." ”

Then the old man went to the kitchen to pour tea.

It may be that there are a lot of soldiers in the mission this time, and the old uncle does not bring much water, which is not enough for them to drink.

The old uncle poured tea for them and said, "Little brothers, I'm sorry, I don't have much water at home, so let's drink some for each of you." ”

Li Maicheng said: "It's okay, old uncle, we're not too thirsty, just drink some." ”

The old uncle said: "Ladies and gentlemen, I can't hide it, my Suping Town has suffered a major drought for several years, and the water in the well has long dried up, and this water is still bought from the nearby Mingxiu Mountain. ”

Li Maicheng said: "I see, uncle, it's okay, we brought some dry food and water, let's go get it." ”

Then Li Maicheng, Wu Shitong, and Zhou Xiaotian went to get dry food and water, which were still sent by the king of Shengyue City.

Li Maicheng and the others brought dry food and water from the boxes they carried on horseback, and distributed them to the soldiers of the mission, and they also gave some to the old man.

The old uncle took the dry food and water, and prepared to cook.

Li Maicheng said: "Old uncle, let's not cook the meal, let's eat some dry food tonight first, and then cook it tomorrow." ”

The old uncle said, "Okay then." ”

Li Maicheng asked the old uncle, "Old uncle, why are you at home alone?"

The old uncle said: "My daughter-in-law went to live at her son's house, and she went to see her son a few days ago to help take her grandson. My son is a fast arrester in the Yamen of Suping Town, and is responsible for investigating the case. ”

Li Maicheng said: "That's pretty good. ”

Li Maicheng and the soldiers of the mission, after eating the dry food and drinking the water, ate and drank enough, they slept on the floor in the room one by one.