Three hundred and eight, defeated

"No, but I'm still worried about what to do if I don't succeed in the temporary cramming, but I have been studying hard for many years in the white cold window, and it will become a soup, you look at my face, if I don't take advantage of my youth to be admitted, where will so many little girls and daughters-in-law come out to see me, even if I can't waste my face in vain."

"Brother Bai, do you think that Your Majesty will deliberately give me an example or a flower because of my good face, just to put it in the Jinluan Palace to raise my eyes, after all, it is very good to think that a young junior official like me looks good."

And if she didn't get into the ranking, she suspected that she didn't need to continue to hug her thighs to brush her favorability, and she would just go down with a glass of poisoned wine and clean up.

Who knows if she doesn't follow the plot, will Dao Lei come in the next second and chop her to the outside, spit black smoke in her mouth, her spirit flies into the sky, and she goes directly to the underworld to drink Meng Po soup.

"Brother Lin, don't be presumptuous, you must know that Brother Lin's knowledge has always been the best." Bai Qingxing held back a smile, it was really interesting to see her little expression of narcissism for a while and a sad face, it was the first time he knew that Lin Chaoge didn't want to think about those scientific expeditions, but planned to brush his face, it was really unprecedented.

"Yes, that's right, in case Your Majesty really gave birth to me, and then I accidentally stepped on shit luck." Lin proudly and confidently straightened his small chest.

Lin was instigated by Lin who was confident but was beaten back to the prototype in three seconds; "But I'm still worried, after all, there are people outside the world, isn't there a saying that the back wave pushes the front wave, and the front wave dies on the beach." Annoyed and sad words followed.

"No, Brother Lin has to believe in himself." No, it's so uncomfortable to hold back a smile.

"Forget it, I told you that you don't understand, I still think about when I will return to Chang'an, and it is better to study hard behind closed doors."

Yuan Bao and Cha Ge, who were following behind, glanced at each other, and then moved away, frantically wanting to say something in their hearts.

Lin Gongzi, as long as you hold the thighs in front of you, what official position do you want is not just to be captured, and you still brush your face, you don't know if you brush it every day now.

But they didn't dare to say it, so they could only complain silently in their hearts.

Their team roosted at noon, and when the temperature was not so hot, they continued to get on their horses and hurry, the so-called night walk of the hundred ghosts was nothing more than that.

Because they were worried that the number of people in the group was too large and it would be easy for people to find clues, they divided their troops into two groups, scattered and left.

Bai Qingxing, Lin Chaoge, Yuanbao Cha Ge and Zhenjun Xiaohei, plus a guide, continued to walk deeper for six days, while the other people and horses turned back to another way, meaning to confuse them, plus they were wearing the clothes of the soldiers of the Great Zhou Dynasty, even if they saw the army of the Great Liang State, there would be no danger.

If they are added, it will be dangerous, and Bai Qingxing's identity may be exposed, implicating the peace dispute between the two countries.

They had been in the desert for five days and had run out of food and water, and a mouthful of water had been held in their mouths for a long time, and they had to swallow it only after moistening their mouths and chapped lips, and they were so thirsty that they almost wanted to lick the sweat stains that came out of the sun on their bodies.

If there is less food in the desert, it is not a big problem, but if the water is gone, it is a dead end.

"Master, do you want to drink some water, your lips are dry." Zhenjun, who had not finished dripping water for a day, held up his cowhide bag and water bladder that had already dried up and handed it to Lin Chaoge's mouth, it was already dark, but it was even darker after entering the desert, if he didn't laugh in the night, I am afraid he would not be able to find out where the others were.

He saved water, and most of it was secretly poured to Lin Chaoge, endured it himself, or gave it to Xiao Hei.

"I'm not very thirsty, you keep that little bit of water yourself, it's easy to get heat stroke if you don't drink water in hot weather." Lin Chaoge shook his head and refused, there was already excess saliva in his mouth, but he always habitually licked/dried his chapped lips subconsciously.

It's as if you can deceive yourself a little better.

Xiao Hei couldn't raise a little strength, Lin Chaoge already had a pitiful amount of water, in addition to eating it for himself, he also wanted to give Xiao Hei a little food, but Zhenjun always endured not drinking water and secretly poured water into her water bladder.

Xiao Hei is well-behaved, except that he is really thirsty and can't stand it, otherwise he won't easily ask for it, and the others have already defaulted to such a terrifying black cat in the team.

"Brother Bai, you need to drink some water, I see that you haven't drunk water from yesterday to this afternoon." Lin Chaoge untied the water bladder he tied around his waist and handed it over.

"No, I'm not very thirsty." Shaking his head and refusing, his whole situation looked worse than hers.

"Your lips are more peeling than mine, you see that your voice has changed, even if you don't drink, if you wait a long time, my water is about to evaporate." Lin Chaoge had already advised them not to drink water at noon, because even if they drank a lot of water at that time, the water loss would be very fast, and it still could not solve the fundamental problem of thirst, especially in the desert.

It is better to drink water in the morning, at least to ensure that you will not be thirsty so quickly, but it is useless to say anything now, because after the second day of the fast, the water will also be cut off.

"Drink, or you won't treat me as a brother." Lin Chaoge saw that he still wanted to shake his head, so without saying a word, he directly stuffed the water bladder into his hand, and in a forced tone, he licked his chapped lips and walked forward.

The others were in a similar situation to her, because the water on the road was running out, so that they now spent the rest of their time on the road except for a midday break.

No one knew how long it would be before they left the desert, so they could only keep walking, and the guide had a fever the day and night, and if they couldn't find their way out of the desert, it would be very lucky.

"Brother Lin, you can still hold it." After drinking the last sip of water in the water bladder, Bai Qingxing, whose throat was a little better than the front, drove his horse left and right.

"If we can't stay up, we have to stay up, if we can't get out of the desert after tonight, we can only kill horses and eat, otherwise we will all die here." Lin Chaoge looked into the distance, his eyes were fierce, and even Xiao Hei cried out in agreement.

None of the people present doubted the credibility of her words.

Ma Tong's human nature, especially the war horse, when he heard that he was going to kill the horse and eat it, even the tea Ge who talked the most on weekdays stopped talking, just quietly stroked the horse under him, and his eyes showed unbearable expression.

Their food and grass were all gone as early as last evening, and so was the food, and now even the water was gone, and there was no other choice but to kill the horses, and if they encountered a large wolf pack in the middle of the night, they would not be killed in the belly of the wolf according to their current situation.

The small number is not enough to be afraid, I am afraid that it is a large group, wolves are social animals, Lin Chaoge and Xiao Yuzi were lucky to meet a few last time, if it was twenty or thirty, I am afraid that they would have been gnawed to the point that there is not even a scum.

Even if they were lucky enough not to die in the wolf's belly, and they could hold out for up to three days without water or food, how long could the horses under them last?

Horse blood quenches thirst, horse meat quenches hunger, and now just thinking about it is a temptation for them, but everything is so cruel that none of them dares to say it.

Lin Chaoge had already prepared for the worst before, but the result was not as good as encountering a team of sand thieves with only more than 20 people at ten o'clock in the evening.

Their first reaction when they encountered the sand thieves was that they didn't need to kill the horses, and their eyes were full of gold, just like the wolves in the desert that only came out in the middle of the night to hunt.

"I thought we were going to die, I didn't think there was no place for heaven." Cha Ge stroked the sword at his waist, and smiled with a chilling face, and his voice that had not been in water for a long time was as thick and hoarse as a fingernail scraping on glass, harsh and unpleasant.

"I thought I'd be sacrificing my baby tonight, my boy, they're just in time." Lin Chaoge licked the corners of her chapped and skinny mouth, smiled brightly and brightly, and matched her words to give people a sense of extraordinary/cold.

The other days were gearing up for a try.

After staying in the desert for a long time, especially when there is no food or water, and even the war horses under him have to be sacrificed, people are either driven crazy early, or on the way to madness.

Apparently, they are the latter.

The twenty sand thieves seemed to be gathered together at random in the desert, scattered like a plate of sand, leaving only one alive to lead the way, and the others were humanely destroyed.

After robbing the sand thieves, they solved the food and water crisis, walked in the desert for two days, and finally came out of the desert on the morning of the third day.

They left the guide in an inn, gave enough medical expenses and rich honorarium, and immediately rushed back to the Great Zhou Dynasty without stopping.

In the Great Zhou Dynasty, Luoyang peony flowers moved the capital when they bloomed.

In June, Luoyang has a lot of rain, the fish is fat and the flowers are beautiful, the wet bluestone alley that has just rained is sprinkled with crimson, the flowers do not leave the petals, the petals do not leave the stamen, and the scholar holding the rain blue oil paper umbrella gently pushes open the closed door.

"What are you talking about, Lin Yan is really missing, the person is not in Chang'an now, and his whereabouts are unknown." The sudden news shocked his whole body, his eyes turned black, and his throat was fishy.

Kankan held on to the handle of the small rosewood Taishi chair so as not to fall to the ground, the whole set of blue and white porcelain on the table did not have such good luck, and fell to the ground in response, and the silver-white carpet of moire flowers, birds and beasts was dirty.

"Back to the young master, now Lin Gongzi is indeed no longer in Chang'an, I heard them say that they have been missing for more than a month, and now their whereabouts are unknown, and I don't know where the person is." Liu Yang, who was some distance away, lowered his head and considered the words, how to say it without stimulating Wang Xifeng to the greatest extent.

Fortunately, there was no small opening on the forehead, but it was red and swollen, but it was a mess under his feet, allowing the light brown tea to slide down his clothes.

Obviously, this matter is being said softly and appropriately worded anyway. The beautiful words can't change the fact that Lin Chaoge has been missing for many days, and he actually ignores this matter.