When he got back on the road, Inepu was gone.

Le Ya put down her hand to lift the curtain, and asked Ye Lingyi when she felt strange: "Why is that big brother Hu gone?" ”

Ye Lingyi shrugged and said that she didn't know, maybe it was because she really didn't have that much use value, and it wasn't worth his chase at all.

The car was long, and before I knew it, I had walked for nearly a month and a half, until the prosperity in front of me slowly faded away, and the group finally got out of the last checkpoint of the Western Dynasty - Jiayong Pass, and came to the Heishui realm.

This place is not as full of flowers as Ye Lingyi imagined, the green grass is like grass, cattle and sheep are everywhere, there is only the wind and sand that covers the sky and the sun, and there is nothing else, compared with the peace and tranquility in the Jiayong Pass behind him, the land of Heishui is too manic.

In a moment of silence and movement, it is clear that there is only a wall of Jiayong Pass, but it is clearly to a strange point.

The wind carried the sand and gravel, and scraped the skin like a knife, even in the carriage, and the head, shoulders, instep, and even breath were all invaded by the sand.

Inside the carriage, everyone could only wrap all their facial features with a scarf, revealing only a pair of eyes, to ensure that the yellow sand would not be sucked into the five internal organs.

However, even so, when the carriage and horses walk in the wind and sand, the hub is very easy to fall into the loose sand and gravel and becomes difficult to walk, which still makes the people in the car feel like a year.

The point is that there is bad news, there are still more than twenty miles from Jiayong Pass to the nearest town in Heishui, and they must fight against this harsh environment and arrive in the town before dark.

But the carriage was too slow, and it was almost impossible to get to the town before dark according to the speed of the three steps and two stops, and in the end there was no way, so everyone had to abandon the cart and ride the horse.

The three attendants in the south and northwest each had horses, so they brought Le Ya, Ye Cheng and Ah Dong respectively, and left a horse with good foot strength, so Wan Yan Naqi took Ye Lingyi.

The group galloped through the long wind and sand, and when they arrived at the town, it was really dark.

A few people found an inconspicuous post station and sat around the table.

The owner of the inn, an old woman over sixty years old, greeted a few people warmly, first served a large pot of baked buns, and then sent hot goat milk, and said with a smile: "A few starry nights, you must be hungry now, right?" There is no kitchen in the shop, this thing is made by the old woman herself, although it is vulgar, but it can finally fill the stomach, and a few will be the first. ”

"Thank you, boss!" Ye Lingyi smiled politely.

The old woman may be because of her age, her figure is slightly rickety, and after hearing Ye Lingyi's thanks, she immediately grabbed the corner of her rough clothes, and was a little embarrassed: "The girl is serious, the small land on the border is all worthless things, just don't dislike it!" ”

"Don't dislike it, don't dislike it, I haven't eaten for a day, I've been hungry for a long time!" Le Ya was unceremoniously, reached out and grabbed a piece of baked bun, took a bite of it, and picked up the hot goat's milk and drank it.

The old woman was very happy to see it, and when she saw the kind appearance of these shopkeepers, she couldn't help but ask more: "How many of them are from the Western Dynasty?" ”

Wanyan Naqi's master and servant looked at each other, exchanged glances with each other, and finally Wanyan Naqi smiled and said: "Amu has sharp eyes, you can see it at a glance!" In fact, we are cloth merchants, this time we are going to the Western Dynasty to discuss a pen deal, the matter is over, this is not about to return to Heilan City! ”

"So you're a merchant from Heilan City!" When the old woman heard this, she became excited and couldn't help but say a few more words.

While eating something in a big gulp, Le Ya looked at the master and servant who were chatting with the old woman suspiciously, covered her lips with one hand and asked Ye Lingyi in a whisper: "What are they talking about?" Why can't I understand it? Also, how can this Wanyan Naqi be called the boss Amu? Is this the name of the boss? Do they know each other? ”

Like a machine gun filled with 100,000 whys, Le Bud asks a series of questions.

In fact, Ye Lingyi didn't know exactly what they were talking about, but vaguely felt that Wan Yan Naqi's deliberate concealment of his identity must have some other reason besides avoiding unnecessary trouble.

But Ye Cheng, this kid, after listening to Le Ya's words, showed a mocking smile mercilessly and said, "What are you doing with a lonely wild girl asking so much?" Even if Sister tells you, you won't understand! ”

"You kid!" Le Ya pretended to be unhappy, pouted, "I don't understand, so do you understand?" ”

"Of course I do! Amu is a respectful call for elders! We have a mother-in-law in Yuqing Palace who is from Heishui, and the master calls her Amu! ”

"Hey, aren't you also hearsay!" Leya rolled her eyes widely.

The two of you argued with me.

Ye Lingyi focused his attention on the owner of the post station.

"You are from the Western Dynasty, you must have seen the 60,000 troops of the Western Dynasty, right?" The old woman looked excited.

Wan Yan Naqi's face changed slightly, and he glanced in the direction of Ye Lingyi intentionally or unintentionally, and laughed at the corners of his mouth: "Amu is saying that we will fight against the Western Dynasty army of the Gulan people together with our black water?" ”

"Exactly!" When the old woman mentioned the army of the Western Dynasty, her face was full of gratitude, "But thanks to them!" If it weren't for them, we would have suffered a big loss this time! I heard that the commander of the 60,000 army was still a young offspring, and after the victory, King Khan was happy and said that he would give him all the beauties of Heishui as a thank you gift! ”

Wan Yan Naqi smiled quietly: "What do you mean by this? As far as I know, the Western Dynasty only sent 1,000 people from the border province to fight with us against foreign enemies, and defeated the Gulans, where did they suffer a big loss? And 60,000 troops have won? ”

"You don't know yet?" The old woman was slightly surprised, and then relieved, "Yes, after all, it happened in the past two days." At the beginning, the border province did only send a thousand people, and it did defeat the Gulan, but then somehow, the originally defeated Gulan army suddenly regained its strength and killed it back, and this time it was different from the last time, the Gulan people were destroyed all the way, and they attacked the royal capital of Heilan City like a bamboo. ”

"Is there such a thing?" Wan Yan was surprised, then turned his face slightly, and asked Ah Dong beside him in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "Why don't I know these things?" ”

Ah Dong replied: "The spies only said that the Western Dynasty sent Helian Che to come, and the army marched day and night, and we arrived at Heishui a few days earlier, I thought that the Western Dynasty just wanted to force the Gulan people to retreat from the homeland forever, but did not say that the Guran people killed it again, I am afraid that the second prince will make a hindrance from it, trying to drag the third prince by blocking the news, so that he can take advantage of this battle with the Gulan people to win people's hearts and show off in front of the Khan King." ”

Wanyan's eyes were contemplative.

After a moment, he suddenly smiled, got up and said to the shopkeeper: "Amu, I'm so disturbed this time!" ”

After that, he took out the money bag and handed it to the old woman.

"That's just the money for this meal!"

The old woman was slightly stunned, and when she woke up, she wanted to return the money bag to Wan Yan Naqi: "This can't be helped, these are worthless things, they should all be the thoughts of the small shop!" ”

"Amu, you can take it!" Wan Yan Naqi pushed the money bag back into the old woman's hand, and did not allow her to send it back: "This place is barren, if it weren't for Amu, we would have to go hungry and continue to hurry." ”

Saying this, the old woman was shocked: "How many of you are planning to go overnight?" ”

Before Yan Naqi could speak, Le Ya let out a wail: "Isn't it? Don't live in the store? We've just stopped! ”

Turning his eyes to look at Ye Lingyi, seeing his unfazed expression, he said with a smile: "We have rested long enough, and we have something to do when we go back, so we won't delay it anymore." ”

After speaking, Ye Lingyi and the attendants all got up and walked out of the door.

Seeing this, Ye Cheng hurriedly followed Ye Lingyi.

The rest of Le Ya and the old woman who was holding the money bag and didn't know what to do looked at each other, and finally had to accept their fate and follow everyone with a bitter face.

Pegasus rushes in the night.

Wanyan Naqi and Ye Lingyi rode together.

Thinking of the situation just now when Ye Lingyi followed him without saying a word, Wan Yan couldn't help but ask: "Why aren't you curious at all why I suddenly decided to leave?" ”

Ye Lingyi sat behind him, the sound of the violent wind whistling in his ears, and the cold of winter went straight to his bones, as if his whole body was frozen.

Her face was also red from the cold, but she smiled faintly: "I said, you saved me, I will listen to you in the future, and I will never break my word!" As for where you go, it doesn't matter at all. ”

Hearing this, Wan Yan Naqi couldn't help but smile heartily, slightly raised her body to shield her from the cold wind, and shouted: "Drive!" ”

The group galloped in the dark night, through the sand, and through the dry plains.

However, just as he passed through a narrow canyon, there was a sudden movement overhead.

Several boulders seemed to have been ambushed here a long time ago and descended from the sky, and without waiting for people to react, they perfectly separated the southeast, northwest, and northwest of Pegasus from Wanyan Naqi.

The boulder slammed to the ground, causing a frenzied storm of dust.

Wan Yan Naqi urgently tightened the reins and shouted: "Hold on to me!" ”

Ye Lingyi subconsciously reached out and hugged Wan Yan Naqi's waist.

Then I felt that the sky was spinning in front of me, and the overwhelming sand and dirt went straight into my mouth and eyes.

Ye Lingyi was choked and coughed.

When I came back to my senses, I realized that at this moment, the horse actually stood up on its hind legs like a human, and looked up to the sky and neighed a few times.

When the horses lowered their front hooves, the smoke and dust cleared, and by the natural glimmer of the night, a huge pile of stones stood at a distance, blocking the front and back of the canyon like a high wall, and completely blocking the road before and after.

If it hadn't been for Wan Yan Naqi to rein in the horses in time just now, even if they hadn't been stoned to death at this time, they would have broken their necks on this "high wall".

"Are you alright?" Wanyan Naqi twisted his eyebrows, and his expression was unprecedentedly dignified.

It's just that he wants to rush back to the royal capital, and when something like this happens, he doesn't have to think about it, it must be his "supernatural" second brother Wanyan Zhuntai who received a secret report and knew that he was back, so he wanted to wait for an opportunity to create some "accidents" so as to take the opportunity to kill him.

Of course, Ye Lingyi also guessed that this matter was unusual, shook his head and said, "It's okay." ”

The two dismounted from their horses.

Look at the stone behind him that blocked the back road.

Ye Lingyi frowned: "This is a dilemma. Even if we had claws to get out, the horses couldn't. ”

After Yan Naqi's frowning, he suddenly saw a few "meteors" suddenly flashing in the dark canyon, falling to the ground and splashing a few golden flowers.

"Be careful!"

Wan Yan pulled Ye Lingyi away.

Just where she was standing, the spark that fell like water instantly ignited a flame.

There was a pungent smell in the air.

"What is this?" Ye Lingyi really couldn't stand the smell and covered her nose.

Wanyan Naqi narrowed his eyes slightly, watched the flame gradually burn the withered grass in the canyon, gritted his teeth and said two words calmly: "Fire oil!" ”

Before the words fell, the two sides of the dark canyon suddenly lit up, and the firelight spread rapidly along the canyon cliff wall, swooping down, under the raging fire was the continuous rolling and dripping fire oil, and from a distance, the cliffs on both sides were like waterfalls on fire, and they were coming towards the two of them with a vicious attitude that devoured everything.

"It seems that some of you in Blackwater don't really welcome you back!" Ye Lingyi bent the corners of his mouth and aimed his arm at the mouth of the canyon.

Look at the grim face of Wan Yan Naqi, and put his arms around the man's strong waist.

Wan Yan Naqi was immersed in thoughts, and suddenly felt a tightness in his waist.

Lowering her eyes and looking closely at the woman with confidence on her face, a trace of consternation welled up in the depths of her dark eyes.

Before he could speak, the two of them were pulled by a huge force and bounced towards the cliff, and they were pulled out of the fire like a gust of wind.

Landing safely.

Ye Lingyi let go of Yan Naqi, and didn't pay attention to his stunned eyes at all, but looked at the claws on his arms, and sighed secretly: Fortunately, he left the pair of claws that Li Yuanlin gave him at the beginning.

At that time, the four people from the south, east, west, and northwest who were also wearing claws also came up with Le Ya and Ye Cheng.

As soon as he came up, he saw that Yan Naqi and Ye Lingyi were also there, and immediately stepped forward to look at the two worriedly.

"Third Prince, are you alright?" Ah Dong asked.

Wan Yan Naqi shook his head, his eyes solemnly looking at a dumped half-human-high copper vat at the mouth of the cliff, and there was still a little burning oil in it.

Further afield, there are traces of the rolling boulder and the lever that boulders bouncing.

However, there was no one around.

"It seems that Wanyan Zhun Tai really took great pains to get rid of me!" Wanyan Naqi was not angry and laughed.

"It's a pity that those horses are gone...... Ye Lingyi looked under the canyon that was engulfed in fire, and the firelight illuminated the look of pity on that delicate face.

Wan Yan Naqi looked at her quietly, and a little softness appeared on her handsome face.