In many people's images, the desert is a forbidden place for living beings, the water is inaccessible, there is no greenery, and at a glance, there is only endless yellow sand under the scorching sun. Desolation and death seem to have become the unique symbols of the land.

A desert yellow lizard lay quietly, a gust of wind swept by, the yellow lizard seemed to sense something, climbed up a small hill, two fat hind legs propped forward, poked out a flat and pointed head to look into the distance, the long tongue that kept sucking looked extremely terrifying.

In the two bulging eyes of the yellow lizard, a fast horse galloped into the ancient city standing in the desert on the dust and sand.

The city state of Mokokarna, established at the southernmost tip of the Ghost Dunes, is one of the 24 kingdoms in the Western Regions, with a history of nearly 100 years. The city of Mokomna is the only and most powerful country at the southern end of the Ghost Dunes.

Because of the proximity to Liangzhou, the western part of the country, Mokokana has been friendly with Daguang from the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, and if you want to go to the extreme west, you must enter the ghost sand dunes through the Mokokana country, and then pass through the yellow sand to reach the western countries.

Because of this, the country of Mokokarna has always been protected by the great light, until more than ten years ago, when people were unwilling to mention it, the relationship between the two countries became rusty, even hostile.

The people of light are very unpopular here, and even if the relationship between the country of Mokokarna and Daguang has eased in recent years, the caravan travelers of Daguang pass by in a hurry, and they dare not stay for long.

It was noon, and the desert sun was so hot that merchants and travelers would not choose to hurry at this time, and even the Mokokana who had lived in the desert for a long time would hide in their houses or find a tavern to avoid the scorching sun outside.

There is a wine shop next to the city gate of the eastern city of Mokokarna, because the geographical location is good, passers-by like to repair here, and when the high temperature passes, they will immediately go out of the city to rush away, so the wine shop is already overcrowded at this time.

There was a lot of noise in the wine shop, some chanted poems and songs, some talked about business, and some rolled up their sleeves to brag to everyone about what they had seen and heard in the desert, but no one dared to sleep and rest. There are countless strongmen here, if you don't work very energetically, I am afraid that you will be targeted by thieves, and it will be difficult to get out of the desert.

"Bang!"

Suddenly, the door of the liquor store opened, and the scorching wind blew in countless grains of sand, and then a figure appeared at the door. Many people were blown into the sand, scolded and turned their heads to look, but they were stunned, and the whole wine shop suddenly fell silent.

I saw a beautiful woman dressed in purple standing at the door of the wine shop, the woman was in her forties at the end of the month, dressed in purple, and her face was covered with a thin veil covering the wind and sand.

Most of the people in the wine shop are business travelers, and there are also desert strongmen hidden in them, who have been accompanied by the vast yellow sand for a long time, and have hardly tasted the taste of women for several months.

The shopkeeper of the wine shop greeted him, first closed the door of the store behind the purple-clothed beauty and closed the wind and sand, and then looked back at the purple-clothed beauty, and said, "You are a person from Daguang?" ”

The beautiful woman in purple glanced at the shopkeeper and said with a smile: "So what?" Isn't it? ”

The shopkeeper of the wine shop paused, frowned a little worriedly, and said, "If the guest officer wants to stay in the hotel and rest, he can stay in the prosperous place in the city, where there are many inns. ”

Since the relationship between the Mokokarna country and the Daguang country deteriorated more than ten years ago, although the trade between the two countries has not been interrupted, but when the Daguang merchants pass through the Mokokarna country, they usually do not dare to stay for a long time, if there is really no way to avoid the wind and sand, they will also change the Daguang clothes on their bodies, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble.

The shopkeeper of the wine shop is not kind, but thinks that more is better than less, and if something happens to this big light woman here, it may affect his business.

I don't know if the beautiful woman in purple didn't hear the shopkeeper's reminder, and said with a smile: "What's the matter?" Afraid I won't give you money? ”

As she spoke, the purple-clothed beauty raised her right hand slightly, and an ingot of five taels of silver had already fallen into the hands of the shopkeeper.

The shopkeeper's eyes lit up, and he very skillfully put this into his arms and asked, "What does the guest officer need?" “

If you don't make money, you are a fool, and as for whether others are afraid of death, then it is not something that the shopkeeper should care about.

The beautiful woman in purple said, "First bring me some light wine and food, and then prepare a good room for me." ”

The shopkeeper nodded and said no more, led the beautiful woman in purple to a dining table and sat down, then turned around and went back to the back kitchen to make arrangements.

The hall was still quiet and terrible, and the beautiful woman in purple didn't seem to pay attention to the many malicious eyes around her, and went straight to the table and sat down, her head bowed as if thinking about something.

Soon some people couldn't wait, only to see two men whose skin was tanned by the scorching sun, and at a glance, many men who had been walking in the desert all the year round came to the table next to the beautiful woman in purple, and one of them smiled and said, "I don't know what this lady is doing in Mokokarna?" But alone? ”

The beautiful woman in purple raised her head, but smiled: "I'm just here to look for someone." ”

The smile of the beautiful woman in purple was even more beautiful, and the hungry man in the hall swallowed a few mouthfuls of saliva.

The swarthy man stared at the beautiful woman with two eyes, staring straight at the beautiful woman, without hiding the longing in his eyes, and said with a stunned smile: "The desert is thousands of miles long, looking for people is like the sea looking for a formation, and the desert is very dangerous, if no one takes care of it, I'm afraid that Mrs. will meet the gangsters, when the time comes..."

The beautiful woman in purple nodded and said with a smile: "Then what do you mean?" ”

The swarthy man swallowed his saliva and said with a smile: "My two brothers are famous swordsmen in the desert, but anyone who has been to Mokokarna, we can recognize it, and if Madame is in need, we can help you find someone." ”

The purple-clothed beauty smiled, raised her hand and picked up the teacup on the table, took a sip and said, "Then how should I repay the two?" ”

"Well..." The two big men looked at each other, and the swarthy man who spoke before raised his eyebrows and smiled: "Madame is so beautiful, naturally we can't let Madame be tired, we just need Madame to accompany us to find a place to talk and chat, we will definitely treat Madame well." ”

As he spoke, the swarthy man reached out and slowly touched the white right hand of the beautiful woman in purple on the table.

"Ah!!h

A heart-rending roar came from the liquor store, and the more than 30 people in the liquor store woke up from their beautiful fantasies.

Everyone looked in amazement, only to see that the pottery tea bowl that was still held up to the mouth of the purple-clothed beauty Sakura was drinking lightly, at this time it was pressing on the back of the hand stretched out by the swarthy man, the palm of the hand was sinking, and four of the five fingers were bent upwards in the opposite direction, and the metacarpal bone was smashed by the porcelain bend.