Chapter 184: Wolf Township
King Li and Cai Yan hurriedly passed, and an otherwise unremarkable incident made King Li frown a little. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Cai Yan's guard is so arrogant and domineering, Yang Zaixing's nature is impossible to send such a person to take care of him, and looking at the guard's attitude towards Cai Yan, it is not like the respect of his subordinates to his master, then that person should have approached Cai Yan for a purpose, but King Li used the creation system to detect that person's various values are not outstanding, and it is not like someone deliberately did it.
Besides, Wang Li used the sentence 'I have an old relationship with Yang Zaixing' to wake up Cai Yan before, but she didn't ask for help, but defended him a little, which is a bit intriguing.
After King Li walked away, his eyes narrowed slightly: "Chengdu, you wait and let Zhang Yan send someone to keep an eye on Cai Yan for me, it's really not okay to let the Blue Sword guards interfere, I want to see what is hidden here." ā
Yuwen Chengdu hurried to be and silently remembered it in his heart.
King Li went straight to the county guard mansion to find Zhang Yan, and did not stay too long, and after inquiring about the route, he went out of the city again, and politely rejected Zhang Yan's intention to lead the army to follow, and led the ten horsemen to go away.
After two consecutive days of traveling, King Li and his entourage finally crossed the Fenshui and entered the edge of the Gobi.
The wind and sand were very strong, and King Li took off the veil covering his mouth and nose, squinted his eyes and said, "What kind of boundary is this?" ā
Yuwen Chengdu looked at the faint sun that had not yet set, and after calculating the direction, he said: "We have entered the scope of Shang County, look at the direction, this should be under the jurisdiction of Baitu County." ā
King Li nodded, the scope of this upper county is not small, larger than many counties, but it is the topography that causes the sparse population here, and even those smugglers who can endure hardship and loneliness are unwilling to set foot in it.
"Who is the county warden of this upper county?"
Yuwen Chengdu replied: "I heard that it was a young man named Zhou Xiang, and Mr. Zhang personally promoted and appointed him during the civil and military competition, but I remember that he was only an agent, and there were two other people who assisted him. ā
Li Wang nodded, the promotion of newcomers in these important positions requires his personal instructions, although Zhou Xiang has not inquired about the value, but Zhang Juzheng wrote in the approval that although this person is young, he is better than steady, and delicate, although there will not be much improvement in guarding a county, but steady development can also be done, it is precisely because of this that Li Wang made an exception to approve this person to temporarily take the post of county guard.
King Li closed the veil again and said, "The scorching sun will also set, so let's find a nearby village pavilion to rest for the night." ā
"Yes."
In fact, until now, Yuwen Chengdu didn't know what King Li wanted to do, he remembered that King Li was patrolling Jinyang under the guise of inspecting Jinyang, but he didn't expect him to stay in Jinyang, but went straight to the Gobi, and he couldn't understand it.
Climbing over a low mountain is like crossing a world, and the afterglow of the setting sun is sprinkled with gold.
Li Wang took a deep breath and sighed the magic of nature, this is the Gobi Desert, thousands of miles flat, thousands of miles of low hills, beauty is beautiful, but under the different appearance is a cannibalistic no man's land, in the late Eastern Han Dynasty with lack of transportation facilities, going deep into the Gobi Desert is equivalent to throwing into the arms of death.
On the endless Gobi, there are mottled cracks, like the wounds of the earth, very eye-catching, not far away a small piece of earth city stands, lying on the vast earth, it looks small.
Yuwen Chengdu took a deep breath and said, "This small city should be a township under the jurisdiction of Baitu City, but I don't know what it is called. ā
King Li's eyes were deep, and he said in a low voice: "Just go in and ask." ā
The group of people carried a horse in their hands, and they were particularly conspicuous in the earthen city, and in front of some simple houses, there were even children of three or five years old staring at them curiously, looking at a few people.
King Li felt bitter in his heart, these children were only a few years old, but they were full of the wind and frost of the Gobi, their faces were sallow, and their teeth were a little yellow.
King Li sent the reins to Yuwen Chengdu's hand, walked over and held a little boy in his arms, and asked, "Little brother, are your parents at home?" ā
The little boy was five or six years old, but he was suddenly held in the arms of a stranger, but he did not feel afraid, but said innocently: "Grandma and Auntie went out to sell some handicrafts (selling some handmade things), and they will come back after sunset." ā
King Li smiled simply, what a simple place, there seem to be few people doing evil here, after all, most people are natives, and the foreign population is not seen all year round.
King Li continued to ask, "Then what is this place?" ā
The little boy was curious: "I don't know, but Grandma said that this is a place where the gods take care of it, and the Gobi Desert in the sky is only the gods who have sinned against us, so that the loess is overturned." ā
King Li nodded, it seemed that he couldn't ask anything, so he simply put the child on the ground and said with a smile: "Have you ever seen a war horse?" Uncle will take you to see it? ā
"Okay."
King Li smiled softly, and was about to turn around, but heard a shout in the distance: "Brother, brother." ā
Li Wang followed the prestige, and a girl less than twenty years old ran over, with a beautiful face, sweating profusely, and her hair was not taken care of, hanging down on her shoulders, and the end was slightly yellow, obviously malnourished.
The girl had a circle of linen cloth around her head, and quickly took the boy from King Li's hand, and said hurriedly: "My lord, my brother is not sensible, and I ask for forgiveness if I disturb my lord." ā
Li Wang smiled: "The little boy is very cute, I like it very much, and I don't mean to blame." ā
The girl glanced deeply at Li Wang and the others, seemed to be a little afraid, didn't speak, turned around and wanted to enter the house.
King Li hurriedly stopped him and arched his hand: "Forgive me for being rude, can you please make it convenient for the young lady to let me wait here for a night?" ā
The girl was a little hesitant, after all, her own situation was not good, and the three of them depended on each other for their lives, and there was no extra rations.
Wang Li knew her consideration, and hurriedly said: "Don't worry, Miss, I brought our own dry food, I just want to find a place to shelter from the wind and rain, there is no inn in this town, and please make it convenient for Miss." "King Li did not tempt with money, even if these simple people are poor and can't open the pot, they will not accept the windfall that flies.
The girl gritted her teeth and said, "Come in with me, and when Grandma comes back, I'll ask for her opinion." ā
King Li smiled and beckoned back, and Lan Jianwei walked towards the earthen house under the leadership of Yuwen Chengdu.
Leaving two soldiers to take care of the war horse, King Li sat on the spot, not afraid of dirty, and said with a smile: "Miss, I don't know what the name of this town is." ā
The girl grinned, as if she had her own pride: "This is the blessed place of the wolf god, and it is called the wolf town." ā
King Li's heart moved, the little boy had mentioned the god of heaven before, and then he talked about the wolf god, could it be that these are all related to the bloody night demon wolf?
"Can you tell me the story of the wolf?"
The girl didn't recognize her life, so she scooped a scoop of water in the vat with a scoop of water and put it on the ground to signal King Li to eat, which told the story of the wolf.