The blue sky is getting higher and higher, and the jade dragon is enchanting. The boundless green and green are herded by sheep, and a horse flies and sings drunk and blue night. Only if you have been to the Northern Desert in person, can you deeply feel the vastness of the prairie, the snow-capped mountains on the horizon seem to be in front of you, and the charcoal has been galloping westward for two days, and the mountains are still far away in the sky.

Out of Hejiao, Jiang Anyi did not go south directly, but went all the way to the west, looking for the Yuyan Department that Tizhu said. The Yuyan tribe is a large tribe, and there are no less than 40,000 warriors who control the strings, and there should be caravans to do business in the tribe. Jiang Anyi planned to find a caravan to go south and return to Dazheng quietly.

There were few people along the way, and Jiang Anyi met a grazing deserter, so he changed some food and continued on the road. In the face of the enthusiasm of the shepherd, Jiang Anyi can't kill him no matter what, and there are some principles that he still has to adhere to.

Xiong Zhen's death letter had been transmitted back to the royal court two days ago, and he went to hunt down Jiang Anyi's Venerable, killing one and wounding another. Upon learning of the bad news, Wu Shi sat alone in the tent for a long time, and in the evening summoned Subu Naying and ordered two things: one was to double the offerings to the temple this year; the second is to order all tribes in the northern desert to capture Jiang Anyi, and the captives are 10,000 taels of gold, 10,000 quintals of grain, and 10,000 cattle and sheep; Seventy percent of them were killed; The messenger will be rewarded with a thousand taels of silver. This order is also effective for horse thieves, if any horse thief can kill Jiang Anyi, he will immediately become a strong man who is attached to it, and the leader will be sealed by ten thousand horses.

Horse thieves, bandits on horseback on the grasslands, flourish like flowers on the grasslands. The struggle between the tribes of the Northern Desert has never stopped, some tribes have been destroyed, the defeated defeated soldiers have become horse thieves on the grassland, and some herdsmen have been forced to become horse thieves. Sometimes these horse thieves would form gangs, and the rush of thousands of horse thieves was enough to bring down a medium tribe.

As Zuo Da Fuqu, Su Bu Naying is in charge of the affairs of the royal court, he is very puzzled by the order of the Great Khan, it is really not worth spending such a large amount of material and financial resources for a small deputy envoy of Da Zheng, especially the Great Khan actually wants to recruit horse thieves to contribute to him, what is a horse thief? Strictly speaking, it is the mortal enemy of the royal court, even if these outlaws are tempted by profit to obey the royal court's orders for a while, they will eventually become a trouble for the royal court.

After walking hundreds of miles to the west, Jiang Anyi still didn't find the Yuyan tribe, and the calculation distance had exceeded thousands of miles, Jiang Anyi began to doubt whether the direction that Tizhu said was correct, and he had already exceeded eight hundred miles according to the distance, this little girl was just a fool, and he couldn't believe her all.

Jiang Anyi decided to stop and ask someone for directions, not to believe that the horse had passed by. Looking for a high slope, I vaguely saw a small point in the southwest direction, which should be a tent. Seeing that it was getting late, Jiang Anyi decided to find a shepherd's tent to spend the night.

When he got closer, Jiang Anyi found that it was not a tent, but an abandoned earthen fort, which could be several miles in radius, and most of the earthen enclosure more than one meter high was intact, but the four watchtowers were dilapidated, and burn marks were seen on them. Jiang Anyi knew that such an earthen fort was used exclusively by the tribe for caravans, although the conditions were simple, it could shield the wind on the grassland, and with the earthen wall, it could also resist horse thieves and wolves, so that horse thieves could not give full play to their speed advantage.

Riding a horse into the earthen fort, there are simple huts built in many places in the fort, which can be used to protect from rain and snow, and there is a well in the open space in the middle, and the water is clear and sweet with buckets. There was still cow and horse feces left on the ground, and there must have been a caravan here a few days ago.

When he went out, he didn't pay much attention to it, Jiang Anyi found a leeward place, put down his bags, untied the charcoal, and let it graze on its own. They found some firewood in the fort, lit a bonfire, hunted a hare on the way, skinned and unstained it, and hung it on the fire to roast.

was busy, the caravan came from the west, when the first ten fast horses rushed into the fort, looked around, and when they passed by Jiang Anyi's side, they deliberately slowed down their horse steps and looked at him carefully. Then the men turned their horses and headed toward the caravan. The effort was not great, the hooves of the horses were chaotic, the voices of the people were noisy, and the caravans poured into the earthen fort.

The scale of this caravan is not small, there are nearly 100 large and small vehicles, Jiang Anyi glanced at it casually, and there were no less than 100 guards with swords and bows alone. The caravan was obviously accustomed to the desert, busy but well organized, and in a short time the vehicles and goods were stacked in a circle, and the outside was tied and fastened with cowhide ropes.

Someone took care of the horses, someone was on guard everywhere, there were women in the caravan, and they began to be busy lighting a fire and cooking, and when they passed by Jiang Anyi's side, they all looked at him with curious eyes, and no one stopped talking. Jiang Anyi's identity is embarrassing, so naturally he will not take the initiative to talk to people. However, Jiang Anyi found that this group of people was not Zheng and Beimo, and they looked dressed like merchants from Xifan, and one of the most striking features was that the woman's face was covered with a thin veil.

When the rabbit meat was cooked, Jiang Anyi ate rabbit meat with milk tea, and at this moment, he saw an old man walking towards him with a few people. The old man was over sixty years old, wearing a hooded robe, with a kind smile on his thin face, and an elegant demeanor, like a teaching gentleman, which made people feel close at first sight.

The old man smiled and greeted in a deserted language: "Old Tureb is the leader of the caravan. It was fateful to meet each other, and I took the liberty to come and disturb us. As he spoke, he motioned to the maid behind him to give a gift, which seemed to be a jar of wine.

Jiang Anyi stood up and saluted, his indifferent language was very sparse, he studied for three days when he was holding Ti Zhu second, and the old man's words could probably guess a little meaning, and he responded with a smile in indifferent words: "Thank you, please take a seat." ”

The old man did not care about scruples, and calmly sat down on the ground opposite Jiang Anyi, two guards with knives stood behind him, and the maid with a veil on her face looked at Jiang Anyi curiously. The silver tableware in the bag was not thrown away, Jiang Anyi took out the silver cup and poured milk tea, offered it to the old man with both hands, and said indifferently: "Drink." ”

The old man looked at the silver cup in his hand and praised with a smile: "This silver cup is so exquisite. ”

Jiang Anyi looked dazed, not knowing what the old man said. The old man found out that Jiang Anyi was not familiar with Mo Yu, so he changed several words in a row, and finally asked in Zheng language: "Is it a Zheng person?" ”

It was a matter of life and death, Jiang Anyi didn't dare to admit it, still pretending to be at a loss, and said in an indifferent voice: "Please drink tea." ”

The old man smiled, drank the tea in his hand, thanked him in a silent language, and left with the guards and maids. Jiang Anyi was sweating, and he didn't learn a foreign language well, and sometimes he really delayed things.

When he returned to his residence, the attendant had already set up a tent, and refreshments had already been prepared in the tent, and there were all kinds of beds, tables, and stools. The maid followed the old man into the tent, and obediently poured tea for the old man, which was actually the nectar of Da Zheng Ming's tea Qingshan, and the whole tent was filled with the fragrance of tea.

Slowly sipping the tea, the old man suddenly asked, "Rona, don't you think that person is suspicious?" ”

"Grandpa, this person clearly doesn't understand Mo Yu, and his habit of eating doesn't look like a Mo Ren, I see that when Grandpa said Zheng Yu, that person's eyes flashed, he should have understood Grandpa's words." Luo Na's clear eyes shone with intelligence, and said: "But this person doesn't look like a horse thief, I have never seen a horse thief eat with silverware, and this person eats with a good look, he should be a knowledgeable person." ”

Jiang Anyi didn't know that his pretense was full of loopholes in the eyes of this woman named Luo Na.

Rona squatted down, knelt beside Tulebu, poured tea for her grandfather, and continued: "I just saw the saddle that the man put on the ground, and it looks like Da Zheng's. This man seems to be weak, but his eyebrows are injured, and he walks on the grassland, without a bow and without any blades, which is really suspicious. ”

Seeing that her granddaughter frowned and formed a small pimple, Tulebu patted her granddaughter's head lovingly and said with a smile: "Rona, your habit of thinking too much in trouble can't be changed. As long as that man is not a horse thief, it doesn't matter if he is a desert person or a Zheng person, wait and tell Lang Luo to send someone to watch it. It's almost time to get to Yu Yanbu, don't have an accident. ”

Rona stood up, came behind her grandfather, gently kneaded her shoulders for her grandfather, and said softly: "It's all Rona who is not good, it's better to let grandpa still run back and forth at such an age, it's better to ......"

"Lorna, don't say it." Tulebu patted Luo Na's hand and sneered: "Heten has dirty me for tax evasion, and wants to force you to marry him a stupid son like a pig, just a garrison, and he has not yet been put in the eyes of grandpa." Don't worry, as long as this trip can be exchanged for a good Tianma from Yu Yanbu to my king, after my king is healthy, I want Heten to eat and walk around. ”

A hint of melancholy flashed in Luo Na's eyes, the Tule family was originally a wealthy merchant in the Shasu Kingdom, and he had a good relationship with the second prince. King Shasu suddenly dizzy, and the eldest prince temporarily took charge of the government, and greatly suppressed the connections of the second prince's family. Heten forced himself to marry his son, but it was not at the instigation of the eldest prince.

The second prince asked the Tule family to go to the Northern Desert to find the best Yuntianma to cure the old emperor's illness, and the eldest prince learned the news and detained the Tule family in the name of tax evasion, leaving only the grandfather who had retired to the forest and the ignorant child. Grandpa was forced to be helpless, and took himself to the Northern Desert to find Yu Yanbu to buy Yun Tianma, not to mention the wind and sand along the way, he was attacked by horse thieves many times, and the loss along the way was not too big.

Watching her grandfather rest, Rona quietly came out of the tent, she was already close to the Yuyan tribe, so she didn't want to have an accident at the last moment. Find Luang Lok and ask him to send someone to keep an eye on the homeless man, and Rona personally led people to check around, and when she saw that everything was in order, she went back to the tent to rest.

Luang Lok is an orphan who has been adopted by the Tule family since he was a child, and is loyal to the Tule family. This time, the main family suffered, Lang Luo knew that this action was very important, and whether the main family could get out of danger depended on whether they could buy Yuntianma on this trip. The horse thieves encountered along the way made Lang Luo a little worried, and there were several times when the horse thieves were clearly organized, advanced and retreated properly, and were clearly dressed up by the army. Could it be that the eldest prince sent someone to pretend to be a horse thief all the way to chase and kill?