After the Dragon Boat Festival, when we set off from Jiangnan Road, it was the rainy rainy season. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info Before Feng Ling left, her mother took the single silk robe on her body, and said with a smile, this robe can't be worn for a few days, but I'm afraid that after Jincheng, it will be time to change into a jacket robe.

Sure enough, before they reached Jincheng, the west wind began to howl day by day. At this time, the wind spirit had already wrapped in a stone blue sandwiched narrow sleeves and small lapel robe, a curly-brimmed hat wrapped in a hooded cloak, with a horse bridle in her hand, mixed in the middle of the long caravan, unhurriedly swayed forward, a cold wind blowing out of nowhere, swept up the surrounding sand and dust in a disorderly manner, she squinted, and couldn't help but pull the gauze around her neck to her face again, wrapping her whole face until only a pair of moist apricot eyes were exposed.

Behind him, the sound of horses' hooves came from far and near, and a horse caught up from behind the caravan. The wind spirit was not between the tall camel and the strong part, and it was not easy to find, and the sound of the horse's hooves lingered for a while before he recognized her location, and leaned over the horse.

"Auntie, we have passed the boundary of Guazhou, and further forward is the Shazhou Governor's Office." The young man who looked like a servant immediately pressed the gauze to his mouth and nose and reported in a muffled voice.

Feng Ling straightened his waist and glanced forward at the long camel caravan, a little worry flowing from his eyebrows, "Kang family caravan...... Is that the sand bandit you met here? The world is clear, although there are sand bandits, they are not rampant, how can even the Kang family's caravan dare to rob? ”

The man looked around, a little nervous, and turned sideways to her on the horse and said, "I've heard people say that they are just one or two bandits, and they can't be defeated. After the last year, a remnant of the army escaped, and they were fierce soldiers, plundering everywhere, and the merchants had nothing to do, but prayed that they would rather meet the sand bandits than those rakshasas. ”

When Feng Ling lowered his eyes and muttered for a while, the man smiled slightly and said with relief: "The first time the eldest lady is alone with the goods, but the villain is bluffing?" Those words, you don't have to take them very seriously, how can there be bandits in our family who are not cowardly? At present, you just need to be more careful, and after this section, Dunhuang City is not far away. ”

Feng Ling nodded, her eyes turned on her own tightly bundled goods, if it was just ordinary goods, the ones she brought were all soft silk and white silk with the price of gold cakes, which had always made the bandits salivate, she looked back and forth at the long and determined caravan, and raised her hand to the man, "Buddha, you go and inform those leaders to explore the way, so that they must be vigilant, and when they enter Dunhuang City, they will have their own rewards." ”

The man who had been called the Buddha replied, shook off the reins, grabbed the horse's belly, and went to the front of the procession.

After walking for about half a moment, there seemed to be only such a caravan in the vast land of flying sand and rocks, the wind spirit felt lonely for no reason, the wind whimpered, like a ghost crying, and the mountains in the distance were shaped like beasts waiting to move, making the sound of the wind full of ears even more strange and cold, and people could hear the cold air from the bottom of their hearts.

The team in front of them gradually slowed down, and several subordinates looked at each other blankly, their expressions became nervous for a moment, and they involuntarily put their hands on the long hilt of the knife at their waists. The wind spirit stepped on the stirrup and almost stood up, but could not see any movement in front of him, so he simply turned the horse's head and galloped towards the front of the team with a few urges.

"Lady ......" approached the leader of the team, and the Buddha Nu turned back in a panic to meet him, "Ahead...... I don't know what startled him so ...... he stuttered, and he couldn't spit out a whole sentence for a while, only tremblingly stretched out a finger to point behind him.

Feng Ling's mind froze, and he urged the horse to run forward a few more steps, but seeing that the camels at the head of the team were frozen in place, refusing to take another step, several leaders were against the wind and sand, trying their best to restrain the camels that were about to retreat. The wind spirit was about to raise his voice to ask, when the big black horse, who suddenly sat down, raised his front hooves, and leaped back in fright, almost throwing her off the horse.

When she restrained the big black horse, the horse was like a camel that hesitated, and it was going to retreat. The wind spirit knew that he could not stay here, so he simply turned over and jumped off the horse, and stepped forward to inspect the situation of the camels.

The black leather boots under her feet were a little bulky, and she only took less than ten steps, and suddenly tripped over something, and stumbled forward, and rushed forward. She frowned, and subconsciously went down to the ground to look at her things, this glance was like being drenched in the meltwater of a snowy mountain, making her pores all over her body stand upside down, and she couldn't help lowering her voice and exclaiming.

I saw that by the side of her black leather boots, a withered and half-rotten human hand was quietly half-buried in the sand and stones, and the fingers were desperately bent and stretched out, and the rotten skin showed a withered and dark yellow color, blending with the sand and soil underground.

Looking up at the horrible human hand, her scalp suddenly felt cold and numb, and no less than fifty corpses were half-buried and half-buried in the sand and gravel in front of her. I don't know how many days the corpses have been dead, so the ground is extremely dry, but there are no white bones exposed, and the skin and flesh have not had time to decay and detach before they have been dried, and they are tightly wrapped around the bones, becoming a stiff and hideous dried corpse.

The Wind Spirit took a few steps back, complaining that the big animals were unwilling to go any further, and through the thick veil on her mouth and nose, she seemed to be able to smell the disgusting smell of corpses. "Buddha slave ......" she pressed the gauze on her mouth and nose with one hand, and grabbed it behind her with the other hand, but she grabbed it empty, and then raised her voice a little, showing more and more tremors in her voice, "Buddha slave...... Where do you get so many...... Corpses? ”

A gust of wind with a rough gravel swallowed her voice, and she hurriedly closed her mouth, squinting her eyes, and before she could say the next word, a sharp whistle in the distance cut through the wind and sand, and came in the air. In a moment, the earth trembled slightly, with a low, rumbling sound.

The wind spirit and the leading few tribes looked up and followed the voice, and a large cloud of earthy yellow smoke rose from the horizon about a hundred meters to the west, like a huge ball of earth, slowly rolling towards their caravan.

"Sand bandits!" A gruff voice in the part exclaimed.

In such a vast flat land, there is nowhere to hide, and these camels loaded with heavy loads will definitely not be able to outrun the bandits' horses, not to mention that there are dry corpses in front of them, and there is only a fight, or some hope. Feng Ling clenched his back molars, resisting the uncontrollable trembling of his body, and almost squeezed out the words between his teeth: "Quick! Breegon crossbow! Each person protects two camels. ”

The subordinates glanced at each other, their faces showed a little timidity, walking on this trade road all the year round, the sand bandits have not seen it once or twice, such a momentum, but it is the first time they have seen it, it is not that the sand bandits have experienced something, they are anxious, and they will pounce out like wolves.

In a hurry, she calmed down, turned around and stepped onto the horse, pulled out the long knife on the saddle, pointed at the camels and said loudly: "The goods that everyone is protecting will be divided into Dunhuang City, and they will be divided into three tenths!" ”

"Auntie......" Buddha Nu gasped, ignoring the wind and sand and astringent eyes, his eyes widened, and his dissent was not out, and he was swallowed up by the echoes of excitement and determination from the tribes. Fang Cai's hesitation and scruples were swept away, and everyone tightened the loincloth on the short brown cloth, clenched the blade in their hands, and stared at the smoke and dust approaching to the west.