The night turned from Molan to deep black, the moon was like a disc sandwiched between distant snowy peaks, and countless stars hung like jewels on the canopy of the sky. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Yao Xitong was roasting snake meat, and when he saw that the meat was about to be cooked, he took out the bottle that Xiao Bao'er thought was moisturizing cream that day, and evenly smeared the white paste inside on the snake meat from the knife, but after a while, he smelled a strange fragrance.

"Oh my God, what is this? You can eat it if you wipe your face?"

"Who told you it was a face-wiping?"

"What's that?"

"Secret," as he spoke, Yao Xitong handed the snake meat to Xiao Bao'er, "Taste it, how does it taste." ”

Xiao Bao'er chewed the snake meat slowly, feeling that the meat was soft, and the juice could be chewed out in the mouth instantly, and the mellow and slightly sweet feeling was not like barbecue meat at all. "What you smeared on was honey?"

The thing that Yao Xitong smeared on the snake meat is indeed honey, but it is not ordinary honey, and the special medicine made on the basis of honey can be sold for thousands of gold in the bun shop.

It is not appropriate to say this, he only said, "Even if you have a good mouth, this thing is called medicinal honey." I have a garden dedicated to the cultivation of precious herbs, and I have a box of bees in it, and I can only make this amount of honey every year. This kind of honey not only nourishes yin and moisturizes dryness, nourishes deficiency and moisturizes the lungs, but also rejuvenates the skin and regulates the inner body. The bee venom in it can also detoxify and dispel stasis, relieve asthma and relieve cough. ”

Xiao Bao'er lowered her head and continued to eat snake meat.

Yao Xitong came to his senses at the same time and said that he had leaked his mouth, how could the son of a squire have the money to raise a medicine garden? Fortunately, Xiao Bao'er did not hear anything wrong, if this person was suspicious, he should have been suspicious from the moment he imitated the handwriting of the Empress Dowager. But for now, Xiao Bao'er never seemed to question all this, maybe she was stupid enough, or she didn't understand what was going on with the son of the squire of Great Xia.

The lizard meat hanging above the fire dripped grease into the fire, and he poked the lizard meat with a wooden stick, and said in disgust, "This thing has more bones and less meat, if it weren't for the fact that I was in the Gobi and food was scarce, I wouldn't have bothered to get it." ”

Xiao Bao'er remembered something, put down the snake meat and ran to Doc to tidy up the water bladder, and asked, "Why is this water bladder empty?"

"Take it and wash your hands. ”

"What!" Xiao Bao'er exclaimed, "I killed the snake, and so did the lizard, why are you washing your hands?"

Yao Xitong said very indifferently, "You don't know that I am happy by nature?"

Xiao Bao'er glared at him angrily, and threw one of the remaining two bags of water to him, "From now on, we will each use our own, it's your business to love cleanliness, don't drag me down." ”

Yao Xitong was amused by her nervous appearance, and said, "There are so many shrubs here, you just need to dig a pit under the bushes, put a tile, and wait until the day will have water vapor condensed on the tile." It's not much, but the thirst doesn't kill you. ”

"I know, it's already been done. ”

Yao Xitong raised his eyebrows and smiled, he didn't expect that this stupid princess had quite a lot of survival experience in the Gobi. He asked, "Where did you come from?"

"Last time I smashed the pot you used to make pigeon soup. ”

"How can you do that? That's what I had the craftsman ...... fire."

Xiao Bao'er led Doc away and came back for a long time. Yao Xitong saw that she still had a stinky face, and couldn't help but say, "Why did you go, why did it smell of urine?"

"Dock peeed. ”

"Are you standing in the wind and getting all over? I can't stand the smell of being away from me these days. Yao Xitong not only had a cheap mouth, but also covered his nose with his hands. Xiao Bao'er glared at him, originally wanted to shoot back, but hesitated for a moment but sat aside.

He asked again, "You don't eat snake meat?"

Xiao Baoer's words are like gold.

Yao Xitong picked up the leftover half of the snake meat she ate and began to gnaw on it, which made Xiao Bao'er a little surprised. A person who has to wash his hands carefully when he has a little mud on his hands, but doesn't mind eating other people's leftovers, really can't understand what this person is thinking.

After eating and drinking, Yao Xitong comfortably pillowed on the firewood pile that Xiao Baoer had picked up, looking at the stars in the sky.

"Xiaoxiao, this is the most beautiful night sky I have ever seen, such a beautiful day, you can sing me a song!"

"No, it won't. ”

"Doesn't it mean that the grassland people can sing and dance well? How can you not sing?" I saw him take out a palm-sized wine jug from his waist, raise his head and take a sip, the rich aroma of wine overshadowing all the flavors on the Gobi Desert.

Xiao Bao'er ran to him excitedly, "Why do you still have wine hidden on you, give me a sip." ”

"Okay, sing. This guy must have done it on purpose, Xiao Bao'er was helpless, and said: "Growing so big, I only listen to songs, I haven't sung to anyone, why don't you give me a sip of wine first, and then sing to you?"

Yao Xitong poured the wine into the lid very stingily, "It's just a sip that I said, and I'll give it when I'm done." After taking a sip of wine, Xiao Bao'er felt warm all over her body, and her mouth was full of fragrance, "What kind of wine is this?" ”

"This wine is good, first of all, the raw materials for sake making are not ordinary, and the process of making sake is even different. If you want to know more, you might as well sing a song first. Xiao Bao'er sat and heard being asked to sing, and two blushes crept up her cheeks. Yao Xitong had seen many expressions of Xiao Bao'er, but he didn't have the appearance of blushing, just for a moment, he felt that what was more beautiful than the night sky was Xiao Bao'er's face.

"Why are you blushing? I am still embarrassed to sing when I find that I am good-looking. ”

"Sing it, you can't laugh if you don't sing well. ”

"Am I the kind of person who has no culture?"

Xiao Baoer sang.

Opening his voice made Yao Xitong think that a certain donkey was caught by the door and screamed, he was shocked at first, and then laughed.

The singing stopped abruptly, and Xiao Bao'er kicked the gravel on the ground hatefully, "I won't sing anymore, you are an uneducated person." ”

"Haha...... Ha ha...... Xiaoxiao, I was wrong, in the middle of the night, I was scared, really scared. ”

It's good that Yao Xitong didn't explain, this explanation made Xiao Bao'er more and more angry, what kind of singing can scare people into laughing instead of crying?" "All the wine is given to you, dissipate your anger?" Xiao Bao'er took the wine jug and poured a few sips, carefully hiding the wine jug in her arms, her face was slightly pale.

"Hum your tune again, and I'll sing it to you?"

"Don't. ”

"Xiaoxiao, hum it once, just repeat it, the song you remember in your heart must be a good song. ”

Yao Xitong coaxed and deceived for a while, Xiao Baoer reluctantly snorted a few times, this guy asked her the lyrics again, and she had no choice but to hum again. After singing and teaching twice, Yao Xitong completely understood, and saw him sit up straight, sing and sing, and his high-pitched voice penetrated the deserted Gobi and hit Xiao Baoer's heart.

Thousands of miles of wolf smoke mass graves,

Lonely souls in troubled times are unvisited.

Speechless, the sky is cold,

The pen knife is compensated with blood in the spring and autumn.

Talk about love and hate, you can't scribble, the drums of war beat and beat, with trust, make an oath and I will boil.

This fate, like a bridge, the flag flutters and floats, if you want to go, please draw the knife immediately and love to write it off.

Talking about love and hate, you can't scribble, the red dust burns and burns, and you are worthy of life and death to prove who is important.

This fate is like a bridge, take a look at the story, go to the end of the world, you and I take off our robes and dream of returning to the grassland.

Flesh and blood build a city and ten thousand arrows pierce,

Armor stained with blood and moonlight.

The distant beard is urging the intestines to break the bowels,

The wolf howled and shook the border.

Talk about love and hate, you can't scribble, the drums of war beat and beat, with trust, make an oath and I will boil.

This fate, like a bridge, the flag flutters and floats, if you want to go, please draw the knife immediately and love to write it off.

Talking about love and hate, you can't scribble, the red dust burns and burns, and you are worthy of life and death to prove who is important.

This fate is like a bridge, take a look at the story, go to the end of the world, you and I take off our robes and dream of returning to the grassland.

Yao Xitong only cared about the song at first, but after one time, he felt that the words were not bad, such a song was definitely not a grassland song, and he couldn't help asking: "Who taught you to sing?" I thought it would be Qingshan Jun, but Xiao Baoer replied that it was Wu Zu.

Wu Zu, Yao Xitong repeated, a little puzzled that this man in the power center of Northern Liao would sing such a song. When he first heard Xiao Bao'er humming, he felt that this song was graceful, and the love, hatred, and determination in the lyrics were very similar to the style of the Northern Liao people.

When it was his turn to sing, he suddenly found that what this song wanted to express was not a simple love between men and women, but more about comradeship, national hatred, iron-blooded oath, and the kind of open-mindedness and chic after being betrayed.

He asked, "Why do you like this song?"

Xiao Bao'er pondered for a while before saying, "I keep my word, and I swear more, promising that I will never go back once I exit." I hate hypocrisy and dishonesty, and I hate the way of getting along with people who smile in front of me and draw a knife behind their backs. The lyrics say that keeping promises and swearing are like torment, and they also say that as long as you are worthy of your heart, meeting again is to break off your righteousness and draw a knife to each other. ”

Yao Xitong felt a chill in his back, Xiao Bao'er had a meaning in and out of his words, could it be that he was implying that once the change of life was not successful, the two would become rivals in life and death? He lay down on the firewood again, secretly hating himself for ruining such a beautiful night, and he had nothing to do to find trouble, so he did everything he could.

Seeing that he was about to sleep, Xiao Bao'er took out the wine jug and took a sip, then clasped his arms and curled himself up in a ball to resist the endless cold wind on the Gobi.

In the second half of the night, when Xiao Baoer was about to wake up from freezing, she suddenly felt very warm, as if she had returned to her mother's arms. She smiled and fell asleep completely. Yao Xitong saw her smiling, and the corners of her mouth curled up inexplicably, it was no surprise that a coat could bring Xiao Baoer a good night's sleep.

Before dawn, Xiao Baoer was awakened by the cold. Seeing that Yao Xitong slept well, she carefully ran to the side and began to punch, and then looked around for anything to eat. It wasn't until the cold dissipated that Yao Xitong on the firewood pile woke up.

On this day, there was basically no dialogue between the two.

Yao Xitong was still lamenting the beautiful scenery of the Gobi Desert yesterday, and now he finally experienced the cruelty of no man's land, when the scorching sun is overhead, the never-ending wind and sand and the boundless wilderness can completely drive people crazy. Seeing that there was less and less vegetation, he asked, "Can we get out of the Gobi tomorrow?"

"The Gobi is the predecessor of the desert, and tomorrow it will enter the desert. ”

Hearing this, Yao Xitong was so shocked that he almost fell off his horse.

"Princess, you said that the desert is even more dangerous than the Gobi, is it really good for us to venture into it so recklessly?"

"Not good. ”

"And you're going inside?"

"I don't know the road, I only know that this direction is definitely right, and I guess I should be able to get out. ”

Yao Xitong's fair skin became whiter, and he raised his voice and asked, "You don't know the road?"

"Yes, I don't even know the ancient road you said, and I certainly won't know that there is the Gobi Desert next to the ancient road. ”

This answer was so brilliant that Yao Xitong asked with great expectations: "Then how do you know that we can go out? What if we can't get to the end?"

Xiao Bao'er said seriously, "As long as we are in Beiliao, we can go out, and no one has told me that there is a desert in my country that cannot be completed in two days." ”

Yao Xitong had the urge to jump off the horse and strangle Xiao Bao'er, before that he wanted to strangle himself to death.

What princess is jade, he is tile, jade is not afraid of death, tile should not be afraid. What kind of absurd theory is this? Xiao Bao'er is a master who is not afraid of death, if he had known that he had encountered such a rare piece of jade, he would have saved himself in this piece of tile no matter what, and pulled the jade to live together, instead of looking for death together.

After secretly frantic for a while, he quickly regained his composure, "How long can our water last?"

"You didn't use that bag of water yesterday, we can still make it back to the forest. Today can only go forward, and hope to see the oasis soon. ”

Yao Xitong finally knew why Xiao Bao'er was angry last night, and he asked in a low voice, "Is it okay to save some drink?"

Xiao Bao'er looked at him with an idiot look, and then pointed to the sky, "In this climate, the speed at which we go back can't be compared with the speed at which we come in, and we can only walk half the distance at most today, what do you think?"

Yao Xitong has asked himself countless times why he trusts Xiao Baoer, but the answer is that he doesn't know. Maybe Xiao Baoer is born to belong to the kind of person who can make people feel at ease and trust, and as she said, she swears and keeps her promises.

The desert is more beautiful than the Gobi, the yellow sand falls from the blue sky in the distance like rolling mist, and the undulating sand dunes are endless. A few years ago, he was shocked by the long river that runs through the Central Plains, and now, this yellow sand that has accumulated for thousands of years gives him the same feeling. Another civilization was born here, a civilization that was despised by the Central Plains, barbaric, murderous, and lacking in etiquette and cultivation.

He once secretly ridiculed Xiao Bao'er for being inferior to the noblewoman of the Central Plains, but can the noblewoman of the Central Plains walk alone on the yellow sand with her back straight like her? In order to survive in this land where there is no grass, you must have a desire to survive that is more fervent than the yellow sand, a behavior that is more savage than the wind, and a temperament as tenacious as that of Populus euphratica.

Nature is the real master here, and those who fear nature will become the rulers here, and the imperial power of the Central Plains will be torn to pieces by the wind and sand in an instant. Xiao Baoer didn't learn the etiquette of the Central Plains, not because she couldn't learn it, but because she disdained it from the bottom of her heart.

After getting to know Xiao Bao'er again, Yao Xitong licked her chapped lips, hid the little remaining water bag in her arms, and asked softly: "Xiaoxiao, you see that there is no grass here, what should I do if there is a lack of water?"

Xiao Bao'er patted Doc and said casually, "I stored horse urine in a water bag last night. ”

Yao Xitong decided to dismount and walk, he was worried that sooner or later he would be frightened by Xiao Bao'er's astonishing words and fall off his horse. Drinking horse urine, is this thing drunk by people? Just thinking about the smell is already sick to the extreme, I don't dare to continue thinking about it.

"The ......"

Xiao Bao'er interrupted Yao Xitong and said comfortingly, "I know the smell is not good, you can take a sip to moisten your lips first, and wait until it is boiled at night before drinking." ”

"I didn't mean that, I just ...... Is there really no other way?"