Yunyang carried a huge burden on her back and walked with difficulty on the dry and cracked riverbed, a row of lonely footprints winding behind her. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Without the protection of Shengheng, the attitude of the Akatani magnates towards Yunyang took a sharp turn. Before dawn today, someone broke into Yunyang's tent, wrapped her clothes and supplies into a large list, and pushed her outside without saying anything.

Then the leader yelled at her for a long time, although Yunyang didn't understand, but from his tone and movements, he could guess that he was saying that he would store water for the Luoya River earlier, so he asked Yunyang to hurry up and cross the river to the stargazing tower.

But this burden is too heavy, and Yunyang is recovering from a serious illness after all, so he walks somewhat slowly. How could the escort give her a good face, scolded, took a horsewhip and pulled it in Yunyang's ear crisply, and almost slapped it on Yunyang's back.

Gritting his teeth and holding back his tears, Yunyang used all his strength to walk as fast as he could, and even when he reached the riverbank, he didn't dare to slow down, and his body staggered down almost uncontrollably. Seeing Yoon-yang get down the riverbed, the escort rushed upstream non-stop, informing the Akaya soldiers who were waiting there that they could chisel through the broken ice.

Of course, Yunyang knew that these people would not kindly leave her time to spend in the riverbed, so she would never dare to stop and rest for a while, even if she dragged a big burden forward. The moment he climbed to the other side, Yunyang only felt that the world was spinning, and he was almost so tired that he lost his breath.

But when she finally dragged her big burden up the river embankment, the scene in front of her made her body sway like dead leaves in the raging north wind.

If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Yunyang would never have believed that at this time, there would still be such a building made of granite stones of different lengths and shapes. If she hadn't known that this building was a stargazing tower, she would have thought that she had mistakenly broken into the house of a group of wild people who drank blood.

Then I saw that on both sides of the path leading to this stargazing tower, there were dozens of wooden stakes of all sizes. On each stake hangs a white skeleton dressed in colorful wizard clothes. They are the former prostration of the Akatani tribe. After death, the corpses are counted as hanging around the tower, indicating that their bodies have passed away with time, and their souls are forever guarded around the tower.

The clouds on the Gobi were ravaged by the north wind, and they were like a huge milky white spinning top, slowly spinning above Yunyang's head. She looked at everything in front of her silently, as if looking at a fold in time. Everything in front of me should have disappeared a long time ago, but perhaps because of the carelessness of time, they were rolled up in a fold and thus preserved.

"That's good, too." Yunyang was fortunate to see the former barbaric era: "At least I know that people at that time also had a place to shelter from the wind and rain." ”

She straightened her hair, straightened her clothes, and was about to walk forward when she heard an old voice behind her: "Noble, noble, you go slowly, wait for me." ”

Yun Yang was surprised: "Why are there still people coming, are there two prostration sacrifices?" ”

But when she turned her head, she saw that the old woman who had been taking care of her for the past few days was carrying a large basket and struggling to climb up the riverbed to the shore.

Yun Yang hurriedly walked a few steps, went over to help her up, and said, "How did you get here?" ”

Although the old woman was tired and out of breath, she still smiled and said, "Your lord, it was the Great Khan who asked me to come and take care of you." You see, he also asked me to bring you these. ”

As she spoke, she took off the back and showed the contents to Yunyang: "Your noble, please see, there are two plain silks, one white and one pink, both soft and clean, and a box of soap and a box of needlework." The Great Khan said you need this. ”

Yunyang's heart, which she thought would not make waves again, involuntarily rose and fell again, she forced herself to lower her eyelids, and said in a distant tone: "Let the Great Khan bother, I can actually live any kind of life." ”

The old woman looked at Yunyang's haggard face and delicate fingers, and shook her head lovingly: "The noble man is different from us. These **** are serving beside you, and I found that if you drink a few sips of water one day, the beautiful color on your face will be a little lighter. With a body like yours, how can you cope with the days here by yourself, even if the Great Khan doesn't tell me, I still want to come over to accompany you. ”

Because she knew that the people of Akatani had always hated foreign women, and what happened this morning, Yunyang didn't know if she was telling the truth at the moment, and she was just polite. Yunyang didn't want to tell the truth, so he smiled noncommittally.

Although she didn't get an answer from Yunyang, the old woman was gossiping with her kind eyes, and at that moment, there was a muffled thunderous sound from the upper reaches of the river, followed by a stream of water with layers of snow-white spray.

The old woman had never seen such clear water after this winter, and she couldn't help but lean up to the river bank curiously. Yun Yang is a person who has experienced floods, and she stopped the old woman: "Don't go over, it's dangerous there!" ”

The old woman looked at the shallow layer of snow on the river, and said in surprise, "The noble man is too worried, look at the ...... of this water."

Before she could finish speaking, she heard the loud sound of a landslide cracking again, and in a moment a huge wave rushed down the mountain, and the water level rose nearly a foot in the blink of an eye. A huge current crashed against the riverbank, raising a thin mist.

The sun shines on the mist, and naturally forms a rainbow bridge across the banks of the Loa River, which is extremely magnificent and magnificent, attracting a burst of cheers from the herdsmen watching the lively scenery on the shore.

Although the scenery is rare at the moment, how can Yunyang have the heart to see it? She just looked down and sorted out some loose baggage, thinking in her heart how she could live a normal life in the stargazing tower made of stones.

But no matter how much she tried to cheer herself up, she felt that the road ahead was extremely difficult......

"Noble, come and see! Come and see! The old woman called out to her.

Yun Yang didn't raise his head and said, "Look, I still have something to do......"

"The Great Khan is on the other side of the river!" The old woman is humane.

Her words made Yun Yang's hand suffocate suddenly, and she straightened up and asked, "Impossible!" He's not coming......"

The old woman smiled and said, "It's impossible, you better see for yourself!" ”

Yun Yang took a deep breath and turned around, and sure enough, he saw Shengheng's burly figure standing among the onlookers, looking here with an unpredictable expression.

Yunyang immediately lowered his head and turned around to leave, but was pushed back by the old woman: "Noble, don't worry!" The river has not yet been discharged, what are we in a hurry to go back to? When the water is finished, we can also put it in a water bladder and take it to the stargazing platform! ”

Yunyang knew that what she said was reasonable, and she couldn't insist too much, so she was a little embarrassed and stood on the shore with her head down and the old woman.

Shengheng looked at Yunyang across the water like this, and there was a rainbow of steaming water between them.

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