According to Bahar, although there are no horse thieves in the city, local ruffians like Sand Scorpions are also very rampant.

Large caravans are okay, and some small caravans with not very strong escort forces will usually be blackmailed by them, and they will pay a sum of "protective silver" to avoid disasters.

Bahar followed Tang Ning to the door of the inn, looked back, and saw that no one was coming, so he secretly relieved himself, but he still reminded him: "Childe, Shazhou is not as good as your Jingshi, it is very chaotic here, you have to remember, wealth is not exposed, if we are targeted by more powerful people, we will not be able to get out of Shazhou......"

"I see." Tang Ning nodded, handed him two silver tickets with a denomination of one hundred taels, and said, "What supplies do you need to go out of the city, you can prepare it, and we will officially set off in three days." ”

Bahar looked at the silver ticket, his eyes lit up again, and said: "We need to rent a few camels, and prepare food and water, don't worry, these things are all on me, I will definitely help you do it properly......"

In the desert, camels are more suitable for long journeys than horses, and Bahar, a native of the Western Regions, is very familiar with them, and Downing left these chores to him.

In the past three days, he took Xiaoxiao and Tang Yaoyao to visit Shazhou City on the first day, and they were reluctant to come out the next day.

In the past few days, the air quality in Shazhou is really poor, the sky is gray, when the wind rises, it seems that there will be sand on the face, the two women are very concerned about their beautiful faces, they don't want them to be eroded by the wind and sand, so they simply hide in the inn and don't come out.

And the six elders of the Ten Thousand Gu Sect, since the first day, have been staying in the inn, and even the meals are brought in.

They didn't have any words along the way, and they were all studying Gu and poison techniques in their free time, Su Mei taught them some poison Gu techniques on the Ten Thousand Gu Poison Sutra before they left, and several elders were like treasures, and they were not willing to waste even a little bit of study time.

The population of Qiandi is also in the millions, and it is not all luck that they can sit in the position of the top ten elders.

Three days later, when Downing finished breakfast and walked downstairs with them, Bahar was already waiting outside.

He looked at Tang Ning and asked respectfully, "Childe, the camels have been bought, food and water, and tents have all been set up, when will we leave?" ”

Tang Ning didn't ask Bahar if he had any silver left, nodded and said, "If you're ready, let's go now." ”

Bahar carried a big burden on his back and said: "Xiaowan is in the depths of the desert, we are going to Xiaowan City, almost through most of the desert, starting from the west gate, out of Yangguan, all the way to the west......"

After he finished speaking, he looked at Tang Ning again, and said in surprise: "Childe, where are your guards?" ”

The Western Regions are very chaotic, there are horse bandits everywhere, there are no strong enough guards, going deep into the Western Regions is to send them to death, don't look at the little girl yesterday who is fast enough, but if you encounter dozens or hundreds of horse bandits in the desert, one person's skills will not play a role.

Tang Ning shook his head and said, "Let's go out of the city first." ”

Bahar naturally thought that their guards were waiting outside the city, otherwise how could they go deep into the Western Regions, could it be that these old people who even struggled to climb on camels?

Strange to say, he thought that this Tang Gongzi was taking his two wives to see exotic customs, but today he found out that there were also these old people who were traveling with them, and as an interpreter, he had also gone back and forth from the Western Regions several times, and had brought many small caravans, but he had never seen such a strange group of people.

However, these have nothing to do with him, although Xiaowan is a long way away, but this trip is enough for him to live without worrying about food and clothing, and it is worth taking a risk for this.

The place where the camels were rented was just outside the city, and when a few people were walking towards the west gate, on the other side of the street, the man named Sand Scorpion glanced at a few people coldly, and waved his hand: "Follow up!" ”

Counting Bahar, Downing had a total of 12 people on this trip, and Bahar rented fifteen camels, three of which carried water, food, tents and other daily necessities.

Coming out of the place where the camels were rented, Bahar looked at Tang Ning and said, "It's a long way to Xiaowancheng, I have brought half a month's dry food, and when I pass through those countries, I will go into the city to replenish ......."

Bahar was clearly a qualified guide, and in addition to arranging everything in order, he also thoughtfully prepared a cloak for all of them.

The desert wind and sand are strong, and the strong wind carries the sand grains, and the feeling of blowing on the human face is like a knife cut, which is also the reason why the skin of women in the Western Regions is generally not very good, once they relax the protection, the delicate skin will be eroded by the wind and sand in a short time.

Riding a camel, walking in the desert, the scorching sun overhead, just out of Yangguan, Xiaoxiao and Tang Xiaoyao's fresh energy was exhausted, listless, riding on a camel without saying a word.

However, Bahar began to look left and right from just now, his expression became uneasy, and after leaving the Yang Pass, he finally couldn't help but catch up with Tang Ning in front of him, and asked, "Childe, where are your guards?" ”

Tang Ning said: "We don't have guards. ”

Entering the desert without an escort is no different from looking for death, and if you go out of Yangguan less than a hundred miles to the west, you will become a ghost under the knife of a horse thief.

Bahar laughed dryly: "Childe, don't be kidding......"

Tang Ning said seriously: "I'm not kidding. ”

Although he didn't have many people, the overall strength of their squad was stronger than that of any big caravan.

"How can this be!" Bahar urgently stopped his camel and exclaimed, "Without an escort, we will die in the desert in three days!" ”

Seeing that Tang Ning didn't change his mind at all, he immediately jumped off the camel and said, "No, I won't go this time, I'll return the silver ticket to you when I go back......"

Although he likes silver, he cherishes his life even more, and following this group of unguarded old, weak, sick and disabled people into the desert is simply sending him to death.

As soon as he finished speaking, dozens of figures suddenly poured out from behind the ruins not far ahead.

These people rode horses, and soon rushed to Tang Ning and the others, and roughly counted, there were about thirty people.

Bahar saw the man in front, sitting on the sand, and was bounced off the ground by the scald, and said in a trembling voice: "Sand, sand scorpion......"

The sand scorpion rode on the horse, looked at Tang Ning, his face was full of hideousness, and gritted his teeth and said, "Boy, I thought you were hiding in the city and not coming out!" ”

Tang Ning didn't want to bring guards when he traveled, because he didn't want to make a big show, otherwise whether it was the elite of the Beggar Gang or the disciples of the Ten Thousand Gu Sect, he could bring it to the Western Regions.

But Bahar's words reminded him that even if he didn't have to rely on them to protect him, he didn't have to do everything himself if he had a few people under his command.

Tang Ning glanced at Lao Zheng and said, "Lao Zheng, I'm sorry for you." ”

Lao Zheng jumped off the camel, and the man only felt that there was a flower in front of him, and the whole person was dragged off the horse.

Lao Zheng took out the pig-killing knife at his waist, put it on the neck of the sand scorpion, and said expressionlessly: "Let them dismount." ”

"Heroes spare their lives!" The sand scorpion, which was extremely vicious just now, immediately wilted, looked at his subordinates on the horse, and said loudly: "What are you still doing in a daze, don't get off the horse quickly!" ”

"Wait!" Another young man on the horse glanced at him and said disdainfully: "Big brother, you can't be stupid, there are so many of us, are you still afraid of these old guys?" ”

The young man looked at Lao Zheng and said, "Hurry up and let our eldest brother go, or Lao Tzu will chop you all into pulp in a while!" ”

"Bastard!" The sand scorpion felt that the pig-killing knife on his neck was heating up, scolded angrily, and said sharply: "Give Lao Tzu a dismount, he will really kill me!" ”

The young man smiled and said, "Big brother, if you die, the brothers will avenge you!" ”

The sand scorpion said angrily: "Bastard, do you think that if Lao Tzu is dead, you can be the boss?" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he noticed that none of his men on his horse had moved, and his face immediately turned pale.

Lao Zheng glanced at the two of them a little bored, grabbed a handful of sand from the ground, and threw it out casually.

"Ahh

"My eyes!"

"I can't see it!"

……

Everywhere the sand and dust passed, more than ten people fell off the horse, and were knocked out by Lao Zheng with the back of a knife, and when the rest of the people reacted, they opened their eyes and saw that the sky was full of yellow sand.

Bang bang bang!

The yellow sand hit the body of the splasher who was riding on the horse, making a dull sound, and in a moment's effort, no one could still sit on the horse safely.

Bahar couldn't help but stand stunned when he saw that the ordinary yellow sand had exerted such great power in the hands of that man.

Downing looked at Bahar and asked, "Don't you still want to go now?" ”

Bahar swallowed a mouthful of saliva and asked, "Can I choose?" ”

"Of course, I'm not unreasonable." Tang Ning nodded and said, "You can choose to go willingly, or be forced to go......

"You have a quarter of an hour to think about it." Tang Ning glanced at him, and then set his eyes on the sand scorpion and the others again.