Xu Mingzhu and the hundred soldiers escorting her were walking with difficulty and staggering in the unknown depths of the desert.

Everyone walked very slowly, the food and water had all been exhausted, and the group walked towards the unknown ahead in despair.

Food and water were gone, people were almost hopeless in the desert, panic gradually spread among the soldiers, the team became more and more sluggish as they walked, no one wanted to say a word, the whole team seemed to become a team of thoughtless walking corpses, walking slowly in the vast desert, slowly waiting for death to come.

Five camels were killed, there was no way, a knife stabbed the camel in the neck, seeing it let out the last cry before dying, pulled out the knife, blood gushed out like a fountain, the soldiers each took it with a water bladder, and then cut off the delicious hump meat, relying on the blood and flesh of these five camels, the team without water and food was supported in the desert for three more days.

Xu Mingzhu is going crazy, and her spirit is on the verge of collapse.

She really wanted to fall down, buried in the yellow sand and couldn't wake up, the fishy, smelly and a little smelly camel blood, every time she drank it, it seemed to cost her half her life, a woman like a flower and jade, but in the desert she lived like an ant and stole her life, Xu Mingzhu really couldn't bear it.

If it weren't for the fact that her husband was in a desperate situation in the distant Xizhou, waiting for her to be rescued, perhaps she would have pulled out her dagger and plunged it into her chest.

In a desperate situation, what people are afraid of and suffer is not the lack of food and water, but walking in the endless desert, completely losing hope, not knowing how long they will have to walk, and not knowing that the end of this road is the end of their own reach, or the place where they are buried. Death is always shrouded in the bleak road, and it can be devoured at any time.

Xu Mingzhu wants to die, but she can't die, because she has a mission, and her husband's life is her mission.

In fact. She is only seventeen years old this year, a flower season who is ignorant of love affairs, and when she is sensible, she has received the education of her husband and children after marrying someone in the future, and after marrying Li Su, whether she flatters or serves Li Su, everything is due to her education since childhood, because that is women's morality.

There was a female historian named Ban Zhao in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and this female historian was not good at studying historiography. But not serious wrote a book "Female Commandments", to warn their daughters of the so-called three from the four virtues, this book for the next thousand years of men and women opened the door to a new world, male superiority and inferiority began with this book, and "Female Commandments" has also become the most basic and classic women's virtues in the boudoir of women in all dynasties, by the way, this female historian who has harmed Chinese women for thousands of years, her brother is to open up the Silk Road. Dingding the Western Regions, and built the Banchao of Xizhou City in the desert.

Xu Mingzhu. Undoubtedly, he is also one of the victims of the "Female Commandment".

In general, the relationship between her and Li Su is very weak, but the concept of a woman marrying and obeying her husband has been deeply rooted in her heart, even if her husband still has other women in his heart. But she still regards Li Su as her sky, her backbone, the sky can't collapse, and the backbone can't be broken, so asking for troops to rush to Xizhou to save her husband's life has become an instinctive choice for her. It's like saving your own life.

As for whether there is affection for her husband in your heart, it is obvious to all,...... Through the vast desert, enduring hunger and thirst, going through thousands of hardships and dangers, just to rescue her husband, a woman does this step for her husband, if she says that she has no affection for her husband, how can she pay so much for her husband without regrets?

The future is unpredictable, the future is bleak, and the future is bleak.

Xu Mingzhu rode on a camel, her body was a little shaky, and the long-term lack of water made her pretty face lose her blood, and her haggard appearance was similar to the beautiful lady who was charming at the beginning.

Fang Lao Wu was very close to Xu Mingzhu, he almost stared at her back all the way, he was very worried that Xu Mingzhu would suddenly fall to the ground, because he could see that Xu Mingzhu's spirit and body were getting worse and worse in the past few days, and the whole person had languished to the point that he couldn't do it, if it weren't for the belief that supported her in her small body, I am afraid that she would have fallen down and not woken up.

A weak woman, who has experienced unimaginable hardships and hardships all the way, gritted her teeth to get to this day, even a rough man like Fang Lao Wu can't help but secretly admire her tenacity. What kind of extraordinary thoughts can make a weak woman willing to pay such a price, Fang Lao Wu doesn't understand, but he can't help but admire.

Seeing that Xu Mingzhu's back on the camel was getting more and more rickety, and seeing that he was in danger of falling, Fang Lao Wu hurriedly rushed forward and called softly: "Madam, Madam......"

Xu Mingzhu turned his head to look at him, his face was covered in a black gauze hat, and he couldn't see his eyebrows and expression clearly.

Fang Lao Wu smiled and said, "Madame has not eaten a drop of water since she was on the road this morning, and the villain seems to be unable to hold it when he sees you, so let's drink two sips of moisturizing first." ”

As he spoke, Fang Lao Wu took off the water bladder on his waist and handed it to Xu Mingzhu.

Xu Mingzhu suddenly showed a disgusted gaze.

Walking in the desert, which was already in a desperate situation, she shouldn't have been so picky, but she really hated this fishy and nasty camel blood, and she would rather be thirsty than drink another sip.

Xu Mingzhu shook his head, still showing a smile very politely, and said, "Thank you Fang Huochang, I'm not thirsty, you can keep it for the thirsty soldiers." ”

Fang Lao Wu knew that she didn't like camel blood, and she was not reluctant, so she took back the water bladder, and then said with a smile: "Camel blood tastes fishy, but it's not good for Mrs. to not drink water for a long time, the villain knows a way, and he can barely get a little water, but this method is very dirty......"

Xu Mingzhu's throat squirmed a few times, she was indeed very thirsty, but there was a way other than camel blood, and she didn't mind no matter how dirty it was.

"What's the method?"

Fang Lao Wu said with a smile: "Later, let's find a sand dune with a back to the sun, choose to dig a hole at the foot of the dune, keep digging, about half a zhang deep, the sand inside will have a little watery smell, but it can't get out of the real water, at most the sand is a little wet, at that time the lady put her mouth up and sucked the wet sand, although it is a little dirty, and it can't quench your thirst, but it is still okay to moisten your mouth and throat...... The villain listened to what a Hu businessman said in Xizhou City, and he didn't know if it was true or not, so let's try it later. ”

Xu Mingzhu suddenly showed a look of gratitude, and sighed: "Thank you Fang Huochang, if there is no you along the way, I am afraid that we will all ...... Captain Fang Huo, I'm really sorry for the soldiers, everyone has been affected by me......"

Fang Lao Wu waved his hand: "Madame, don't say such things, I waited to escort Madame back to Chang'an, it was in accordance with the military orders of Li Beijia and General Jiang, the military orders are like mountains, even if the sword mountain and the sea of fire have to be trampled over, but the villain can't keep up the spirit when he sees his wife all the way, it really makes the villain worried, or ...... The villain will yell you a few words of slang songs in our guanzhong to relieve boredom? ”

Xu Mingzhu smiled and shook his head.

The mission is in her body, she is anxious, and she is in a desperate situation, she doesn't know if she can support her to walk to Yumen Pass, and many thoughts are pressed in her heart, where is she in the mood to listen to any slang songs?

Seeing that Xu Mingzhu was still depressed, Fang Lao Wu was also out of options, and was thinking about how to make this weak woman happy in his mind, when he suddenly heard a burst of surprised cheers from the soldiers in front of him, and even accompanied by the whimpering sound of some soldiers crying with joy.

"Madam, Fang Huochang, ten miles ahead, there is a city tower faintly visible, probably the jade gate is closed!"

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PS: Three more tired dogs...... Ask for a commuter pass to praise it...... (To be continued......)