When Qiu Yinghao died, he was still carrying a bow and a sword, which was the standard equipment of camel riders, Qiu Mingdao put him on the ground horizontally, with tears in his eyes, silently untied Qiu Yinghao's saber, and then untied the quiver box and longbow that Qiu Yinghao carried on his back.

Everyone only thought that he was picking up Qiu Yinghao's relics, but they didn't care.

But when he had the longbow in his hand, he suddenly took out an arrow from the quiver box, and then bent his bow with an unimaginable degree, and the arrow was already aimed at the wolf child.

His archery skills may not be as good as the wolf baby, but in the camel guest, he is already a very strong archer, his movements are in one go, very smooth, and when the guards next to him reacted, Qiu Mingdao had shot the arrow without hesitation.

Arrows are like shooting stars.

No one could have imagined that in this situation, Qiu Mingdao would actually shoot this arrow.

Although the reaction of the guards was a step late, it was only a matter of moments, when they were alerted to Qiu Mingdao's sneak attack with arrows, more than a dozen guards soldiers with short stalks had already pulled the mechanism one after another.

"Bump Bump Tu Tu!"

The crossbow arrows were like lightning, and they all shot into Qiu Mingdao's body.

Qiu Mingdao's arrow was as fast as lightning, no one thought that he would shoot this sudden arrow, and this arrow shot straight at the wolf baby with incomparable hatred.

The wolf baby felt Ma Xiulian's touch, and seemed very peaceful, when the sound of "careful" came, the arrow was already close at hand, and the wolf baby was already unavoidable.

"Poof!"

The sound of the arrow penetrating **, the wolf baby can be heard clearly, his pupils contracted, his eyes were full of horror, the arrow did not shoot into his body, at the last moment, Ma Xiulian's body had not hesitated to block in front of the wolf baby, and the arrow shot into her chest and penetrated her heart.

More than a dozen crossbow arrows shot into Qiu Mingdao's body, Qiu Mingdao knelt on the ground, his upper body was straight, looking at his arrow from afar, but it was shot into Ma Xiulian's chest, his pupils contracted sharply, with bitter grief, he even forgot the severe pain caused by the dozen light crossbows to his body, his body shook, and he muttered to himself with his last strength: "You...... You like him, but ...... But I'm going to go to the underworld first...... Accompany you ......! The body was planted forward, fell on Qiu Yinghao's body, and did not move.

There was silence all around.

Chu Huan's brows were locked, even he couldn't have imagined that it would be such a result in the blink of an eye, in fact, he also knew in his heart that Qiu Mingdao had nothing to do with the conspiracy, but at the last moment, Qiu Mingdao shot a fatal arrow, but he also died under the short sword.

The wolf baby knelt on the ground at this time, holding Ma Xiulian, looking sluggish, only feeling that the sky and the earth were colorless.

Ma Xiulian's lips were bloody, her pretty face was pale, and she struggled to raise her hand, but the strength in her body seemed to be being drawn, and she couldn't lift it, and the wolf baby had already held her hand and put her hand on her dark face.

"I know...... Know that you won't hurt Daddy......! Ma Xiulian smiled on her lips, "I'm not going back, I'm going to ...... I'm looking for you, I'm afraid...... I'm afraid they'll hurt you......!" ”

The wolf baby looked at Ma Xiulian blankly.

"Later...... Take care of yourself in the future, me and my dad ...... It's all gone, you...... You're going to be lonely ......! Ma Xiulian's hand gently stroked the wolf baby's face: "I promise to accompany you...... Accompany you for a lifetime, but do ...... If you can't do it, you don't want to ...... Don't blame me for ......! ”

The wolf baby's throat squirmed, and her mouth made a difficult "ahhhhh

"In my arms...... There is a silk scarf ......! The blood on Ma Xiulian's lips overflowed more and more, her body trembled slightly, and her voice became softer and softer: "You help me...... Help me take it out......! ”

The wolf baby stretched out his hand and said to Ma Xiulian's arms, and went to a red silk scarf to come out, and Ma Xiulian had a smile on the corner of her mouth: "Cover it...... Covering my face, I ...... I promise you to be your bride ......! ”

The wolf baby put the red silk scarf on Ma Xiulian's face in a daze, and tears finally flowed out of her eyes.

"Your bride, how about it...... Is it good-looking? Ma Xiulian's voice was extremely weak, and she said with difficulty: "Do you like it...... Like your bride or not? ”

The wolf baby nodded vigorously, and Ma Xiulian sighed lightly: "You will ...... in the future There will be only one person in the future, and I ...... I can't rest assured that you, no one ...... Nobody hurts you...... Hey, you have to take care of ...... Take care of yourself ......! Her voice grew softer and softer, and by the last word her body sank and she was silent.

The wolf baby trembled, lowered her head, put her face against Ma Xiulian's face through a silk scarf, and hugged the woman in her arms tightly, as if she was afraid that she would fly away suddenly.

When everyone around saw it, their hearts were gloomy, and many people shook their heads and sighed softly.

Suddenly, the wolf baby raised her head suddenly, looked at the sky, and let out a terrible roar in her throat, just like a desert wolf howling, hissing, full of desperate pain.

The camel guests of the Ma family all looked gloomy, and someone had already walked to the side and persuaded softly: "Wolf baby, Xiulian has already gone, let's ......!" But when he saw the wolf baby suddenly look over, those eyes were as cold as a thousand years of ice, and the camel rider had never seen the wolf baby show such terrible eyes, and he involuntarily took two steps back.

Xue Huai'an finally came to his senses, approached Chu Huan, and asked softly, "Deputy Envoy Chu, what should we do next?" Glancing at the camel riders, he lowered his voice and said, "Can these people still believe it?" Do you want them to take us to the desert? ”

Chu Huan thought for a while, and finally asked: "My lord, Sun Yi and Wei Liu are both in cahoots with Qiu Yinghao, how should these two be handled, please show me!" ”

Xue Huai'an hurriedly said: "Everything is still handled by Deputy Envoy Chu!" ”

Chu Huan thought for a while, and finally said: "We should have been arrested, and when we go back, we will be handed over to the Criminal Department for punishment, but if we bring these two people to the team, it will consume our energy." Both of these are repeated villains ......! Approaching Xue Huai'an's ear and whispering a few words, Xue Huai'an nodded and said, "Just deal with it like this!" ”

Only then did Chu Huan call Xuanyuan Shengcai, and ordered him to lead people to take Sun Yi and Wei Liu down, and ordered the soldiers to rest and rest.

In today's battle with the sand bandits, although the sand bandits were repulsed, the physical strength of the guards soldiers had also reached the limit, Chu Huan knew that after this battle, the sand bandits had been frightened and would never dare to attack them easily.

Wei Liu was taken down, although he shouted that Qiu Yinghao was forced to do it, but no one from the Qiu family camel guest spoke for him, everyone silently cleaned up the corpses of the Qiu family's father and son, and then sent a camel guest to negotiate with Chu Huan.

Qiu Yinghao's father and son are dead, and the Qiu family's camel guests have actually existed in name only, and the remaining camel guests are actually very worried, and they don't know what to do next.

They didn't know whether to return with the bodies of the Qiu family father and son, or whether they would continue to fulfill their responsibilities as camel riders and continue to cross the desert with the mission.

After this incident, whether the mission would still believe the camel rider or not, in fact, the camel rider had no bottom in his heart.

The camel rider of the Qiu family who negotiated with Chu Huan was called Zhao Cheng, and he seemed to be an honest person, and he was also a little apprehensive when talking to Chu Huan, but Chu Huan said with a smile: "Although Qiu Yinghao has bad intentions, but now that he has been ambushed, this matter will never implicate you." Whether or not to continue to fulfill the agreement, the official will not force it, but if you are willing, the agreement between us will still be valid, and we will pay a lot of money through the desert. ”

Zhao Cheng thought for a while, and finally said: "Uncle Chu, the rules of camel guests, as long as you take the job, even if there is only one person left, you must fulfill your promise." Qiu Dangjia...... Well, although Qiu Yinghao is dead, if Uncle Chu can use it, we will continue to lead the way. ”

Chu Huan smiled: "That's very good. ”

Zhao Cheng thought about it and seemed to have something to say, but he was hesitating, Chu Huan saw that he looked strange and asked, "What do you want to say?" ”

Zhao Cheng finally said, "Uncle Chu, I don't know when your team will be able to set off!" ”

Chu Huan said: "Everyone is exhausted, if they are forced to hurry, their physical strength is lacking, if the sand bandits go and return, it will be difficult to deal with!" ”

Zhao Cheng said with a serious expression: "Uncle Chu, there is a sentence that I don't know whether to say or not!" ”

"You say!"

"It's not a good place to stay long!" Zhao Cheng said seriously: "If you can't pass through the eye of the wind in time, the situation will be very bad." And...... And I've talked to a few of my brothers, and they all think that the sandstorm is coming soon! ”

Chu Huan was stunned, frowned, and asked, "What did you say?" Eye of the storm? Dust storm? "You mean, we didn't go through the eye of the storm?" ”

Zhao Cheng shook his head and said, "Uncle Chu, not only did we not pass through the eye of the storm, but we are in the heart of the eye of the storm at this moment!" ”

Chu Huan's expression became solemn.

In fact, when Qiu Yinghao talked about the eye of the storm, Chu Huan only thought that Qiu Yinghao was alarmist, and only thought that he was using the eye of the storm as an excuse to make the mission rush continuously and consume the physical strength of the mission.

Today, Qiu Yinghao was ambushed, and Chu Huan even ignored the existence of the eye of the storm.

But Zhao Cheng said this at the moment, Chu Huan knew that what Zhao Cheng said was not a lie, and he himself did not expect that the place where Qiu Yinghao had the mission stationed in camp was suddenly the eye of the desert.

Zhao Cheng's expression was very serious, and Chu Huan frowned and said, "Do you think the sandstorm will come?" ”

Zhao Cheng nodded and said, "Uncle Chu, people who are not familiar with the desert can't see it, but we have been going back and forth in the desert all year round, and we have some experience." The weather in these two days is actually very abnormal, it seems that the day is hot and the night is cold, in fact, there is something wrong, and the wind and sand at night are intermittent and lasts for a long time, which is the precursor of the sandstorm. ”

Chu Huan asked again, "Is the sandstorm really terrifying?" Is there a way for us to avoid it? ”

Zhao Cheng thought for a while before he said, "Uncle Chu, I can't say for sure. If the sandstorm is coming, the scope of the sweep is very large, covering the sky and the sun, the wind and sand are all over the sky, if you are in the land of wind and sand, you can't avoid it, the best way is to leave the eye of the wind quickly. If it's terrible...... Zhao Cheng groaned slightly, shook his head and said with a wry smile: "The most terrifying thing in the Great Desert is the sand bandits and the sandstorm, no matter which of these two things you encounter, you will definitely die!" ”

Chu Huan realized that the situation was serious, and he had to discuss the next itinerary with Xue Huai'an, Xue Huai'an had already gone to the tent to escape the scorching sun, Chu Huan went to his tent, but saw that the wolf baby was still holding Ma Xiulian's corpse, motionless over there like a stone, and the camel riders of the Ma family were all standing next to him, and he didn't know what to do.

Chu Huan thought about it and walked over, the camel guests of the Ma family saw Chu Huan coming, they all gave their hands, Chu Huan stood a few steps away from the wolf baby, looking at the dark face, but he also had a little sympathy.

He knows the grief of the wolf baby at this moment, Ma Zhengyi, who treated him like a son, was killed, and the woman he loved died for blocking an arrow for himself, but it can be said that the two people closest to him in the world have left one after another, and the wolf baby is a heart of stone, and it must be broken.

He knew that it was useless to say anything at this time, and he didn't know how to persuade him, so he was silent for a moment, beckoned to the Ma family's camel rider to retreat and rest for the time being, and he went to Xue Huai'an's tent.

Xue Huai'an was actually very sleepy, but at this time, where could he sleep.

When Chu Huan entered his tent, Xue Huai'an had already greeted him, and he asked, "Deputy Envoy Chu, you said earlier that the camel riders plotted against us as an envoy, and someone hired them behind their backs?" This...... Is this true or false? ”

Chu Huan said solemnly: "It is true. This is Ma Zhengyi telling the wolf baby, and the wolf baby relayed the matter to the lower official, and the lower official thought that Ma Zhengyi had no reason to tell the wolf baby a lie, and the wolf baby would not deceive the lower official. ”

Xue Huai'an frowned and said, "That person hired camel riders and sand bandits for that carriage?" ”

"Yes!" Chu Huan nodded and said, "At least that's what the wolf baby said." ”

Xue Huai soothed and said, "Who is that person, do you have some clues in your heart?" ”

Chu Huan thought for a while before he said, "The lower officials don't dare to speculate. Coming to the adults, there is another urgent matter that needs to be discussed with the adults! ”

Xue Huai'an smiled bitterly: "There is nothing good in a hurry, and this road is really not smooth everywhere." Deputy Envoy Chu, what are you talking about urgently? ”

Chu Huan immediately said what Zhao Cheng said, and said: "My lord, if what Zhao Cheng said is true, then the place we are in now is already very dangerous and we can't stay for a long time." ”

Xue Huaian was also a little anxious: "This is okay, should we leave now?" ”

Chu Huan smiled bitterly: "In order to make a plan, it has been two consecutive days of hurrying, and today there is a fierce battle with the sand bandits, even if the sons and daughters are iron-beaten, they can't help but be overdrawn like this!" ”

Xue Huai'an said distressedly: "Deputy Envoy Chu, what should I do then?" At this moment, Xue Huai'an suddenly felt that if it weren't for Chu Huan, the deputy envoy, the consequences would be really unimaginable.

This young man looks unpretentious, but when he does things, he shows an old cunning that is extremely inappropriate for his age.

Chu Huan groaned slightly, and then said, "My lord, it's better to call General Xuanyuan and the camel rider over and discuss this matter well!" ”

Xue Huai'an nodded hurriedly and sent someone to call Xuanyuan Shengcai and the camel guest Zhao Cheng over.

Xuanyuan Sheng arrived at the tent and said to Chu Huan and Xue Huai'an: "Sun Yi and Wei Liu have been executed on the spot, and the last general has also ordered the brothers to hurry up and rest. ”

Chu Huan bowed his head, and when Zhao Cheng came over, Chu Huan asked straight to the point: "Master Zhao, in your opinion, when will the sandstorm come?" ”

Zhao Cheng replied: "I don't dare to determine when it will come, but judging from the previous situation, within twelve hours, there will definitely be a sandstorm in this section of the desert." ”

Chu Huan frowned and said, "So, we only have one day?" ”

"Yes!" Zhao Cheng nodded and said, "With all due respect, the current situation is already very serious. In the past, when we walked in the desert, we would judge the time and avoid sandstorms as much as possible, and the sandstorm-prone areas were in this area, about three days before and after, and now we are in the eye of the storm, and we can't be sure which sandstorm will suddenly start, but once it is launched, the area that will be swept will be very large, and we are in the middle of the area, and we will inevitably encounter storms. ”

Xuanyuan Sheng was shocked, frowned, and said, "Lord Deputy Envoy, in this case, do we want to leave immediately?" It's very embarrassing: "Everyone is already physically exhausted, this time there are really many people retching and unconscious, forcibly setting off, just afraid of ......!" "There was already a look of worry on his face, he was a soldier, he was determined, and if it wasn't for the last resort, there was indeed a situation in the team, and he wouldn't have been so worried.