It was morning when Lao Luo was awake, and he happened to be on the road.

The first thing to wake up was the perception of the outside world by spiritual power, and in the distance, Alker and Gonzas whispered on horseback, "Gonzas, there is no abnormality in the thirty miles ahead, tell your subordinates to move lightly, don't disturb the master." ”

"No problem, a few of them in the south have been killed, presumably bastards who are probing the truth."

"Be careful and safe, the merciful master will not want our people to lose, may the gods bless the master to wake up quickly, with the master leading us, we are not afraid of many enemies."

"The master is so powerful, there will be no problem, evil spirits and devils dare not approach him."

The corners of Lao Luo's mouth, which was fixed on the camel's back, showed a meaningful smile, these subordinates are really good. There was a faint conversation between Li Zhan and Li Ji behind him: "Siniang, you lie on the back of a camel and rest, I've stayed up for several nights, but I haven't rested well, San Lang woke up and I was the first to call you." ”

"It's okay, Uncle don't worry about me, I'm just worried that someone will disturb the third brother, and the third brother will be fine when he wakes up."

Lao Luo's slightly closed eyes opened suddenly, what's wrong with him? Didn't you take a nap? When he opened his mouth to speak, he realized that his throat was dry, and then he found that his legs and waist were fixed to the back of a camel. What's going on?

Thinking about it again, Lao Luo realized that he had been delirious for several days, but he was just aware of his state, and he didn't notice the passage of time at all. But although it's to organize your thoughts, you still have a sense of everything in the outside world, but you haven't encountered anything worth paying attention to, so you're basically a wooden man. smiled bitterly, fortunately I didn't encounter a large number of horse thieves, otherwise my team would definitely not be able to survive.

When he woke up, the posture of sitting on the back of a camel was different first, and the first reaction was Hua Biao, who was the first to follow Lao Luo, this little thing has been by his side since Lao Luo fell into a state of addiction. Lao Luo was fixed on the back of a camel, and he lay behind Lao Luo.

Lao Luo woke up, and the first thing he noticed was this little thing, no, Hua Biao immediately rushed from Lao Luo's back to his front, and grabbed Lao Luo's arm with his paws and screamed.

Lao Luo held this little thing with his hand, and felt its attachment to its owner, this was the first time he discovered that spiritual power can also perceive the mood and thoughts of animals. Then there was a burst of warmth on the side of the leg, and a huge horse's head slid over and then put it on Lao Luo's lap, it turned out to be the big spiritual guy Heiyun, Lao Luo was addicted to it these days, and he didn't ride on its back, and when he was walking, this big guy had been following Lao Luo to sit down next to the camel.

But at this time, Lao Luo didn't have time to feel Heiyun's thoughts, and his movements here could not be concealed from Li Ji, who had been staring at him from behind.

"The third brother is awake." There was an exclamation, followed by the sound of horses' hooves quickly tapping on the pavement.

Lao Luo turned his head and saw a delicate face, but that face was full of haggard and worried, and it was dark under the bright big eyes.

"Siniang, I'm worried about you." After Lao Luo finished speaking, he couldn't care so much, he reached out and took Li Ji from the horse on his side and put it directly in front of him, anyway, the strength of the camel is enough to carry the weight of two people.

"Third brother, ...... you" Li Ji's words were directly interrupted by Lao Luo's movements, and she couldn't control her mood, so she sat on the back of a camel and cried on Lao Luo's chest. Hua Biao, the serval cat who was sandwiched between the two, had to reluctantly "meow" and continue to return to Lao Luo's back, now that it is big, it can't stay on Lao Luo's shoulders.

"Is Saburo okay?" Li Zhan's voice came from behind.

Before Lao Luo returned, the voices of concern and condolences around him rang out, and they gradually became a chorus.

"I'm worried about everyone, I'm fine, even better than ever!" Lao Luo replied loudly in a somewhat thirsty voice.

"Hello master!" "Hello boss!" "The master is fine!" The sound of celebration became noisy, and the originally dull rush became cheerful, and the mountains on the plateau seemed to echo.

Lao Luo and the people around him coped for a while before they had the opportunity to pay attention to Li Ji who was lying in his arms, and when he looked down, he found that the girl had fallen asleep, and even snored faintly. He looked up a little embarrassed and looked around, and found that Li Zhan, Zhang Lu, and Li Ji's maid Ge Rina were still around, so he had to gesture with his finger to his mouth and whispered, "Siniang is asleep." ”

"Well, let Siniang sleep. You have had problems in the past few days, but she has worked hard, staring at you every day, and she is unwilling to leave for a while. Li Zhan didn't care much and also lowered his voice and said.

"Well, Gerina, get me a blanket." Lao Luo looked around, and felt that the temperature along the way was still a little low, and the top of the mountain in the distance was even covered with snow, so he asked Li Zhan directly after the order, "Uncle Zhan, do you know where we are now?" ”

"I heard Alker, who was exploring the way, that it seemed that not far to the east, there was a military town called Erzurum." Li Zhan was also unclear about this route, although he and Zhang Lu and others had traveled to Constantinople with the caravan, but they did not take this road at the beginning, but the sea route to the north.

"Does Uncle Zhan know how far away it is?" Lao Luo knew about this Erzurum, but even later generations had never been to this place, he had only read the introduction from internal sources. Erzurum is a Persian place name, meaning "the place of the Romans", located at the junction of the Anatolian Plateau and the Armenian Plateau, with towering snow-capped mountains in the north and south, and is the junction point of communication between the East and the West. The world of the Arabs was in decline at this time, but the Romans were still in a period of calm, and Erzurum was supposed to be under the rule of the Romans. In later generations, it was known as the "cold pole" of Turkey, so it's no wonder that it feels cold, knowing that it's late March at this time.

"I'm not sure, but yesterday I heard that it was less than a hundred miles away, and Alker was talking about Rome. No, he's coming, you ask him. Before Li Zhan could finish speaking, he pointed to Alke, who had come over from the previous team.

Lao Luo stretched out his hand to take the blanket handed over by Ge Rina, then wrapped Li Ji in front of him, adjusted her posture to make her sleep as comfortable as possible, and then looked up at Alker and Gonzas who were advancing with the horses next to him.

The first to speak was Alke, and they all knew that it was Li Ji who had been guarding Lao Luo's side, and maybe this woman would be the future hostess. Deliberately lowering his voice, Alke said, "Congratulations to the master for waking up." ”

"Everyone has worked hard these days, and I will keep your efforts for this team in mind." Lao Luo noticed that Alker's face was obviously a little relieved in addition to joy, and as well as Gonzas next to him, he couldn't help but comfort, "But Alke, why do you call me the master again?" ”

"Because...... Because everyone felt that the word "boss" was not enough to show respect for the master, ......" Alker said with some hesitation.

"Hehe, names and titles are just a symbol, what's there to care about, okay, whatever you want." Lao Luo really doesn't care about this, he has seen a lot of politicians with honey and swords, and what he said in his mouth is good, but he is not stabbing a knife in his back. Although these people in front of him are all slaves, they are very simple and loyal, and there is nothing to demand about a title, "How far have you traveled in the past few days?" I saw the snow-capped mountains on both sides, where did this go? ”

"Back to the master, I have traveled about 130 or 40 miles a day in the past few days, and now there is Erzurum almost 60 miles ahead, and there is a military town, which should be the easternmost military town in Rome." It was still Alker who spoke, and Gonzas next to him was a little red, he was really a loud voice, lest he wake up Li Ji in Lao Luo's arms.

"Well, did you encounter horse bandits along the way? Are there any injuries to his brothers? Lao Luo is really a little worried, he has been addicted for several days, and if his people are injured, it is really difficult to treat in this wilderness.

"I met the horse bandits six times, but the number was not large, and they were all scattered by the brothers from afar, and a few times they were suspected of being spies of the horse bandits. The brothers sent out did not lose anything, but many of them were wounded by arrows, and three or five of them were seriously wounded, and now the wounds are not healed, and they are feverish. Gonzhas lowered his voice and spoke with a somewhat amusing expression, but what he said was not funny at all.

"In the fever? Are people sober now? Lao Luo was anxious when he heard this, although these subordinates were slaves, but he never had the idea of not taking human life seriously, the wound was not hot, this was an infection of the wound, and if he didn't get tetanus, it would kill him.

"People are still awake, but they sit on horseback and need someone to take care of them." Gonzas saw that Lao Luo was in a hurry, and hurriedly replied.

At this time, the sky is clear, but the surrounding area is full of rocky mountain roads, not far away is the snow-capped mountains, not even a flat leeward ground, Lao Luo carefully observed, it is not a good place to camp, arbitrarily determine the safety of the camp or something can not be guaranteed, not to say, it is not suitable for the wounded to recuperate, "In this way, tell everyone to hurry up, there are wounded people who need treatment, and strive to go to Erzurum as soon as possible to rest." ”

Gonzhas and Alker knew that Lao Luo never lied, so they went to order people to speed up when they agreed, and Lao Luo hurriedly stopped Alke, "You ordered Helton, just say that it was my order, and let him go to Erzurum to be the leader of the caravan, and say that we are going to the east of the caravan, so don't talk nonsense about anything else, tell everyone to cooperate." ”

Alke nodded, and promised to go, Lao Luo was not worried about any mess, it was just a cover-up, even if it was exposed, it would not be a big deal.

Sixty miles from Erzurum, sixty Roman miles, which is almost equivalent to more than ninety kilometers, according to the accelerated pace of camels, looking at the surrounding terrain that is still easy to walk, it should be possible to arrive in four or five hours, but I don't know what Erzurum is like now.