The wind of the winter night whined and blew through the field, and a little spark in the distance was clearly extinguished in the black.

The swaying figure stepped on the hard ground, swaying towards the direction of the open flame, occasionally the wind blew, the woman's unique voice came intermittently from that side, the staggering pace increased slightly, and the voice became clearer, but only the other party could understand.

"Imperial Chief, why don't we stay in Dawan for a few more days, you see that the soles of my feet are blistered."

"......Don't disturb the Imperial Chief, don't you see what you're thinking, you don't have eyesight."

"When will it go, it's either a beast or a dead corpse all the way over....... that governor is really there, and there won't be a few living mouths, which makes people dazzle......."

When the girl named Hongjin stretched out her hand to break the branch and throw it into the fire, in the afterglow, a white shadow curled up on a stone looked at it with half-open wolf eyes, and the outstretched hand stiffened, and quickly retracted it, with a pale face: "...... I didn't say you were a beast." ”

"Ha ....."

The white wolf lying on his stomach yawned, raised the wolf's paw behind the stone, and pressed back the probe towards the little white wolf who was grinning with the girl's teeth, and glanced at the opposite side of the fire with cold eyes, the woman sat there cross-legged, holding the handle of the knife in one hand and leaning on the ground, a wisp of green silk hanging down in front of her forehead, her thin eyebrows were bent, and the water dew in the early morning stood on her face, as if shining.

While the flickering firelight illuminated the beautiful side face, a coldness that repelled people and thousands of miles also emanated from her.

A group of four people and two wolves passed through the Western Regions, and then followed the last batch of Han caravans this year over the green mountains, and saw the slaughtered Dawan Yu Chengcheng, when they arrived in Guishan, the weather was already in winter, and bought some warm clothes from their own Han traders, and food, water, non-stop through the territory of Guishan, only halfway through, the news of the destruction of Margiana has come, and then speed up the foot, if it is not for the two wolves around, sometimes catch some prey to satisfy hunger, four women are likely to starve to death on this Gobi, Of course, sometimes dragging back one or two mutilated corpses can only starve you twice.

However, on this night...... Eventually, they found themselves lost.

"This time, it's my fault, I should have grabbed a businessman who knew the way to be a guide before setting off." Some dry and peeling red lips opened lightly, Ren Hongchang opened her eyes, the original cold feeling disappeared from her body in an instant, the firelight flickered in the bottom of her eyes, and there was a hint of spring, and some calloused hands took the dry wood on the ground and threw it into the fire: "...... However, there are corpses everywhere, so it shouldn't be wrong to follow the corpses, and you don't have to worry about the plague in cold weather. ”

"Mm-hmm, I think the Captain is right." Hong Jin somehow turned out half a piece of dry cake and stuffed it into his mouth, poured a sip of water, and choked: "When the ..... arrives, there will be food and drink with the army, and there will be many generals." She hurriedly snapped her fingers and bent them down one by one, "General Yan is righteous and majestic, General Zhao is cold..... but it looks good, and!" and Wen Hou is also ...... There are tall and family-oriented, I heard that Xiliang Horse is super long and good-looking, majestic and majestic....... Imperial Chief, after you see the governor, can you bring the red brocade with you, in case General ....... Zhao, or Wenhou, and General Ma take a fancy to me? No matter how bad General Pan is, it can be counted...... I heard that it was a blessed one. ”

"All of them are generals of the unified army..... how can they take a fancy to you." The older woman next to her reached out and knocked on the head of the girl with a scarlet cheek, "Si. Chun doesn't look at when, let's get out of here first and then talk about it......" withdrew his hand and rubbed it embarrassedly: "..... but the imperial commander is indeed smarter than us, if the three of us can marry the general, we don't have to work hard in the back." ”

Ren Hongchang stretched his slightly numb legs, the cloth around his waist was tight, his full and towering chest was more conspicuous, revealing a bumpy figure, and the corners of his lips outlined a smile: "Then why don't you three marry Gongsun with me?" ”

"Not bad, either!"

"The Imperial Commander is so smart!"

“…… Not bad. ”

"You ..... beautiful" Ren Hongchang glanced at them, inserted the knife in his hand back into his waist, and halfway through his words, he frowned slightly and looked into the distance, the white wolf on the rock over there trembled his ears slightly, raised his head and opened his eyes, and even the little white wolf with his fluffy head with his palms folded jumped up.

The surroundings of the bonfire instantly quieted down, the three maids led by Hongjin got up together, held the handle of the knife, Ren Hongchang walked to the front with a scimitar of the bearded people, his good-looking eyes gradually became serious, and he shouted softly: "Come out!" ”

Smack-

In the distance in the black, the sand and gravel creaked and squeezed, and a shaky, staggering figure gradually revealed its outline.

The little white wolf dragged the little tail and jumped forward, just "wow" a roar of teeth, was slapped to the back by the bigger white wolf, the limbs gracefully stepped away, when the wolf's mane stroked, the long snout slowly lifted up to reveal the sharp yellow fangs, staring at the figure walking over, the hind limbs bent slightly, making an attack posture. And the hilt of the knife in the hands of the four women also revealed half of the cold light at the same time, and the afterglow was vigilant around.

"Water ......"

The weak voice uttered words that they didn't understand, and the moment a mottled and bloodstained foot stepped into the range of the firelight, the figure swooped forward and fell to the ground with a thud, looking at his face and figure as a man. Hongjin stabbed the sister in front of him with the hilt of his knife: "That one is very badly injured...... Could it be the resting man who was killed all the way by my Han army and escaped by luck? ”

The little white wolf sprang out, ran to the fainting figure, tore a few times, took a piece of linen cloth in his mouth and ran to the white wolf to put it down, rolled and coquettishly as if he was invited, and then another wolf paw covered it and flew behind the stone.

"It should be, then kill him, it just so happens that the white wolf has no rations." A female guard drew her knife and walked over.

Ren Hongchang put the knife back into the sheath and shook his head: "Don't kill it first, we just need a guide to get out of it, you bring him over, pour some water, put some medicine on the wound, and he should be saved." ”

This was the first living person they had encountered in the more than ten days they had been in Rest, and most of the villages where they had met had been destroyed, and the bodies of men, women, old people, and children were buried under earthen walls and gravel. At first, they were excited and proud of the three armies' prestige in foreign lands, but as time went by, they saw more, and gradually became numb, especially in deserted places, which seemed even more lonely, and there was an illusion that there were only a few of them in the world.

The night gradually deepened, and then the east was faintly blue, and the cold wind that had been blowing finally stopped for a moment, and the multiple knife wounds on the resting man by the fire had stopped the bleeding, and then, gradually turned around, and saw the four women, he was surprised at first, and then sat up and saluted them: "The women of ...... Celes are more commendable than your men. ”

"Do you speak Chinese?" Ren Hongchang fiddled with the fire, and when the crackling spark bounced up, he looked over.

"My name is Mani..... a believer in the gods who learned the language of the Eastern kingdom through divine revelation."