Chapter 80
On the third day after Shao Suyi and Duan Ziyi lived in the Rongzi City Lord's Mansion, Hoth Parr finally gathered all his men and horses, and with a huge team of two hundred people, they marched towards the desolate and uninhabited area in the northeast of the Kurobna Desert.
Because of the large number of people and the fact that the road ahead was unknown, Hoss Parr and several important people studied and divided the more than 200 people with different levels of martial arts into three teams. Fan Chengsheng and Jin Dehai, known as the first master of the Western Regions, led a team to open the way in front, Jiang Yun, the second disciple of the Changshengmen, Kuang Taichang, the "Soul Breaking Axe" of the Kunshan faction, and Luo Qian, the "Meteor Hammer" of the Lanjiang faction, led a team of people to escort the rear of the baggage hall, while Hoss Parr and Yang Xiujing, the master of the Changshengmen, sat in the middle, and sent the government soldiers to ride fast horses to deliver messages back and forth, which was a bit of a marching leader.
Xu was still wary of Shao Suyi and Duan Ziyi, who came to defect in the name of Yuwen Hongcai in Yuqiang City, and Hoth Parr left him and Duan Ziyi in the middle tent on the grounds that Shao Suyi's martial arts were strong. Nominally, they were asked to help protect them, but in fact, they were to spy on the two of them. Shao Suyi, who disdained to be in the company of others, was happy to be at ease, staying in his carriage with Duan Ziyi every day to pass the time casually, dutifully playing the role of the second generation of a martial arts family in the Central Plains who was above the top.
"Hey, don't play, don't play, it's boring." Seeing that the chess game was about to be lost, Shao Suyi smeared the chessboard recklessly, and the black and white children suddenly became a mess. "What a robbery, what a food, it's too troublesome. Why don't I teach you backgammon? Seeing Duan Ziyi on the other side with his hands in his sleeves and not speaking, Shao Suyi looked at the messy chessboard, and couldn't help but smile with a little weakness: "After a day in the car, my bones are stiff when I sit down." Take advantage of the place to rest, let's also get out of the car and go for a walk, loosen your muscles? ”
Duan Ziyi raised her eyelids when she heard this, got up and walked out of the car around Shao Suyi. Playing against a "stinky chess basket" like Shao Suyi, who has poor chess skills and poor chess quality, is not a kind of "torment" for him. If he didn't think it was interesting for Shao Suyi to scratch his ears and cheeks when he was studying how to fall, he wouldn't have bothered to waste this time.
"Susu! You wait for me! ”
Shao Suyi hurriedly chased Duan Ziyi out of the car and circled around their temporary camp. The rest of the team was busy cooking and packing up their tents to set up camp, but no one paid much attention to the two of them.
"Susu, you said, Old Man Hoth has recruited so many people, even those ordinary people who signed up to follow may promise to distribute gold and silver, and take care of them all the way. Isn't he afraid that he won't be able to find the Devil's City, or that there is nothing in the city, and he will lose all his money? ”
Looking at the bustling and lively team, Shao Suyi held back for a long time, and couldn't help but say the doubts in his heart. In fact, they have discussed this point together since they learned that Hoss Parr had issued a public notice to convene people, but they have not been able to come to a reliable conclusion. made Shao Suyi very unhappy, and especially wanted to arrest Old Man Huo and torture him, and ask him what his intentions were.
Letting Shao Suyi babble endlessly about some of the things that are not there, Duan Ziyi, who is used to Shao Suyi's occasional "chatter", still listens silently, but her mind has long been unaware of where to fly.
According to the mysterious man who guided him, in order to prevent outsiders from breaking in, there are not only countless formations and traps outside the Devil City, but also many rare beasts are sealed, which can be described as difficult and dangerous, and every step needs to be cautious. According to the map provided by the mysterious man, their current location is already very close to the outskirts of the Devil's City, and I am afraid that if I walk forward for a day, I will encounter a mechanism that even the mysterious man is quite afraid of.
Thinking of this, Duan Ziyi couldn't help but take off the silver sheath dagger hanging from his waist and looked at it carefully. Who is the mysterious man who claims to know his origins...... Duan Ziyi was originally engrossed, but when he lowered his eyes, he suddenly saw a little girl of five or six years old not far away, looking at him and Shao Suyi with a curious expression.
"Huh? Are you the little girl from the Immortal Gate? ”
Seeing that Duan Ziyi stopped moving, Shao Suyi, who was still talking to himself, came to his senses, followed Duan Ziyi's line of sight, but saw a little girl wearing Changshengmen-style clothes, the raw pink carved jade was very cute, it was the young child who was taken care of in the arms of the female disciples of Changshengmen in the inn before.
"Fu'er is five years old, not a little girl."
The little girl pursed her lips and snorted unhappily, as if she hated that others were fooling her as a child. "Okay, okay, you're a five-year-old girl, not a little girl." Shao Suyi couldn't help laughing as she took out a bag of raisins from her body, "Five-year-old girl, raisins, can you eat?" ”
Looking at the small paper bag handed in front of her, the little girl hesitated for a moment, looked at the smiling Shao Suyi and the silent Duan Ziyi respectively, then reached out and took it, and whispered embarrassedly: "Thank you, big brother." My big name is Yang Sifu, and my nickname is Fu'er, big brother to remember. ”
"That's good." Listening to the little girl's glutinous voice, and then looking at her soft and cute little appearance, Shao Suyi's mood couldn't help but brighten. I wanted to reach out and touch the top of the little girl's hair, but I felt a little too close, so I had to withdraw my hand, squatted down and continued to tease her. "Aren't you afraid we're bad guys?"
"Senior Brother Liu told Fu'er that Brother Yi and Brother Su are both good people. Senior Brother Liu said that if Fu'er got lost, he would find a place to hide and wait for him. Fu'er hid so well that no one noticed me. If I hadn't seen the two big brothers, I wouldn't have come out. The little girl chatted while sharing the bag of raisins with Shao Suyi. Although she is young, she is naturally precocious and smart. Liu Jiajun just casually said a few words to her about Shao Suyi and Duan Ziyi, and she was remembered by Yang Sifu, a smart little girl. The world of children is simple and simple, so Liu Jiajun said that Shao Suyi and Duan Ziyi are good people, and she decided that the two big brothers in front of her are also "their own people".
Seeing Duan Ziyi sitting on the side and looking at the silver sheath dagger in her hand without speaking, the warm-hearted little girl held back for a long time, and finally took out a tightly wrapped sugar cube from her arms and handed it to Duan Ziyi's hat, "Big brother, Senior Sister Cheng said that when you are unhappy, just eat something sweet." ”
Duan Ziyi, who was in deep thought, had not yet reacted, and a small paper bag was stuffed into his hand, with a soft little hand. "This is Fu'er's candy, for you!"
The little girl who felt that she had done a great good deed and was very happy smiled so much that she couldn't see her teeth, and a pair of deep small pear vortices on her puffy cheeks were a little similar to Shao Suyi who was smirking with her next to her. Ten out of ten are unscrupulous, which is not much better than the sun, but it makes people hate it from the bottom of their hearts.
Looking at the pair of big and small ones who were laughing and rolling around without warning, Duan Ziyi couldn't help but sigh and couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth. I don't know how long the thumb-sized piece of caramel has been carried in the arms of the little girl, it has already melted a little, it looks sticky and greasy, and it doesn't look very good. But Duan Ziyi still thanked the little girl solemnly, broke off a little and put it in her mouth.
"How's it going? Is it delicious? ”
Facing the little girl's expectant gaze, Duan Ziyi, who had not yet tasted the sweetness, nodded in response, "Hmm." Very sweet. ”
The little girl jumped up happily, more excited than she had eaten candy, but before she could speak, a familiar voice sounded behind her:
"Little Fu'er! How did you run out on your own! Master and his brothers and sisters are about to turn the entire camp over in order to find you, and you still have the heart to play here. Come back with me! ”
"Senior Brother Liu......" Looking at Liu Jiajun with a blank face, the little girl who knew that she was at a loss shrank for a moment, and was immediately protected by Shao Suyi. Liu Jiajun, it's normal for children to be playful. It's good that people are fine, why are you so fierce? ”
"You know what! Fu'er, she ......" Liu Jiajun snorted angrily, swallowing back the words that almost rushed out of her mouth, "Thank you for taking care of Fu'er." I'll take them back, and the rest has nothing to do with you. He glared at Yang Sifu as he said and hugged the person up. For the sake of the previous situation, I would like to advise you. Leave early, don't wade into this troubled water. ”
Seeing inexplicably by Liu Jiajun's warning eyes when he left, Shao Suyi was about to catch up and ask clearly, but suddenly heard a chaotic cry for help, and then the whole camp was in chaos, as if something terrible had happened. At that moment, the two of them glanced at each other, and they didn't care about Liu Jiajun's hints, and hurriedly ran towards the city lord's tent with the crowd.