Silk Road 1
The maple forest is blood-red, the poplar is vigorous, the yellow sand is long, and the wind is sweeping away people's tears. Writing "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info moving eastward from the mountains and forests with red leaves flying in the sky, the population is gradually barren, and the withered poplar trees are overgrown, Zhiwei looked at the desolate earth, and he asked: "Can the bandits survive here?" I don't think there's even water. ”
Temutu laughed and said, "It's nothing, when you actually walk into the desert, you'll know that this place is really nothing." ”
Hu Feifei nodded and agreed: "Indeed, there is still a water source here, as long as the well is dug a little deeper, then there will still be water coming out, and in the depths of the desert, it is despairing." The sky is full of yellow sand, and it is possible to see the oasis for dozens of days along the way, and if there is no experienced person to lead it, then it is easy to die somewhere. ”
"If it's so dangerous, why would anyone take any risk?" Hu Xiaoyue was puzzled, it was not worth it to lose her life after making a deal.
Temutu said sadly: "Although it is dangerous, it is very profitable, and one transaction is enough for us to eat for a few years." ”
That's right, Zhiwei looked at the long yellow sand, he understood what Temutu was thinking, not that they wanted to do it, but that the Western Regions were too small to accommodate so many people, if they didn't go out, they would die, since waiting for death was death, why not take the risk.
They joked and laughed through the last oasis in the desert, where they had replenished the water they needed for a month, and in that month, they had to find a source of water, or they wouldn't survive to their next destination.
But Zhiwei knows that on the road this month, there are only three water sources that can replenish water, and the distribution of these three water sources is still very open, if they miss it, there will be no more, once there is no water in the desert, they know that there is only a dead end.
Therefore, as soon as they entered the desert, Temutu began to strictly manage the supply of water, and they could only drink water at a certain time of the day, but Zhiwei and the others were not afraid of water shortage, because they were cultivators, and they could not need to replenish water for several days.
At that time, Temutu heard that they did not need to drink much water, and immediately agreed to let them enter the caravan, if a few people could not drink water for a few days, then it was a very good thing for the caravan, because after a few more people, their camels and so on could bring a little more water, and a little more water could save more people.
As soon as the caravan entered the desert, Hu Xiaoyue quarreled.
"Why didn't those bandits show up, Brother Tie, didn't you say that before entering the oasis, there was still a wave of bandits? Why have we all left the oasis and still not appeared. ”
Temutu touched his head and said speechlessly: "Little sister, why do you want to meet bandits so much, bandits can kill." ”
"It's boring." Hu Xiaoyue said with a sigh.
"You can't play with bandits if you're bored, that's going to kill." Temutu once again mentions that bandits kill.
Hu Xiaoyue said: "What are you afraid of, we have killed more people." ’
When Hu Feifei heard her sister's words, she immediately interrupted: "What kills more, if you talk nonsense again, see if I can pump you." ”
Temutu didn't take Hu Xiaoyue's words to heart, a little girl said that she had killed a lot of people, who would believe it.
Although he didn't encounter the bandits, Hu Feifei still asked worriedly: "Brother Tie, where did you say those bandits went?" Why don't they control the entrance? ”
"Wouldn't it be nice to have no bandits?" Zhiwei said, "Who would want to meet bandits, Brother Tie, right?" ”
"Yes, yes, yes. Xiaowei is right. "As a caravan, who wants to meet bandits, every time there is one less bandit, there is one less exploitation, then their profits are a little bigger, the money is more, and they are farther away from the next group.
Hu Xiaoyue was not satisfied, and was about to continue to say something, but her sister pulled her away.
After they left, Zhiwei came to Temutu's side and asked, "Brother Tie, why did you frown after entering the desert?" ”
Timuru smiled bitterly at Zhiwei and said, "You have seen this, yes, although it is a good thing that I didn't meet bandits, I always feel that something is wrong." ”
Zhiwei patted him on the shoulder and said, "It's okay, with us, a few bandits can't make it difficult for us." ”
Temutu looked at Zhiwei speechlessly, why are the three of them like this, bandits can kill.
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Walking on the desert, it is easy to make people feel that time flies very slowly, that is, the sunrise and sunset of the desert are too long, if the normal sunrise and sunset in Chang'an is 6 hours, then there are 8 hours during the day in the desert, so when Zhiwei is looking for a place to build a residence, the sun is still just hanging in the sky.
There are many advantages of the sun hanging high, such as being able to see the surroundings clearly, which is convenient for one's own people, but the same disadvantage of the sun hanging high is that it is convenient for others.
At this time, Zhiwei looked at the person running from a distance, the person was dressed in tattered clothes, and his face was yellow, which was a sign that he hadn't eaten for a long time and hadn't drunk water. When the man came to Zhiwei's camp, someone had already stopped him.
"Who are you and what are you doing here?"
The man immediately knelt down, clasped his head, and said, "Please give me some water and food, I haven't eaten for seven days." ”
When Temutu looked at the man, and saw that the man did not look like a fraud, he immediately called for water and food, and when the man saw the food and water, he immediately began to eat, and when he was full, the man buckled his head several times on Temuru.
Temutu got him up and asked, "Why are you only one person?" ”
After resting for a while, the man sighed and said, "At first, I wasn't alone, but then I met bandits, and I got separated from the others. ”
Temutu nodded and said, "Your life is so big, you can still insist on coming to me even if you are separated." So, where did you meet the bandits? ”
The man thought for a moment and said, "In the first oasis, I remember that our caravan encountered bandits after replenishing the water in the first oasis. ”
What the! The first oasis, wasn't that the one they passed through today? How is this possible, there are no bandits anywhere.
Hearing the man's words, everyone was shocked and immediately became vigilant.
Temuru took a deep breath and asked, "Are you sure you ran into bandits in the first oasis?" Then why did you come from the desert? ”
Yes, if they encounter bandits in the first oasis, then they should not flee to the desert for their lives, and to flee to the desert is to commit suicide.
The man didn't think long before he said, "It's not that we want to flee to the desert, it's that the bandits are driving us to the desert, and as long as we go towards the desert, then they won't kill us." ”
What the! Everyone was shocked again, how could there be such bandits.
No, something is wrong, Temutu feels that something is wrong.