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Not everyone can become a camel driver, and if you want to become a camel driver, you must not only have the physique to withstand the scorching heat and cold of the desert, but also have extremely skilled equestrian skills, as well as the necessary kung fu to be a camel driver.

The so-called kung fu, in addition to the sword skills of fighting with people, the most important one is archery.

The population of Luoyan Town is far more than 1,000 people, but not all of them are camel passengers, the Qiu family and the Ma family are the two strongest camel passengers, but there are no more than 30 camel riders under their hands, and there are 17 camel guests in Luoyan Town, and the smallest one is only four people.

The camel riders of the entire town combined, less than three hundred.

But these 300 people, all of them are excellent at riding and archery, and riding shè and standing shè are also common to everyone, but it is not common to see people like wolf babies.

The wolf baby rode shè, standing shè at this time, he didn't hesitate too much, let go of shè arrows, and this time it didn't disappoint, although the distance was far away, but it still hit the earth and stone on Ma Zhengyi's head.

From beginning to end, Ma Zhengyi's expression was very gloomy, but his eyes seemed very calm, and he seemed to trust the wolf baby's arrows very much, even if the arrow broke through the air, his eyes did not blink.

Qiu Mingdao was helpless, he also stepped back and bent the bow and arrow, everyone waited for a long time, he shè out of this arrow, this arrow shè out, Qiu Mingdao himself was slightly changed, but fortunately this arrow was also in the middle of the earth and stone, he was relieved, but the nervousness in the depths of his eyes, as long as he observed a little, he could see it.

Qiu Yinghao laughed and said, "Mingdao, shè is good!" ”

The wolf baby saw that Qiu Mingdao was also shè, lying down expressionlessly, supporting the bow with both feet, pulling the string with arrows, his body was lying on the ground, only his feet were slightly raised, and his head was also raised, the posture of this shè arrow was very weird, Xue Huai'an and the others were amazed, and they couldn't help but get nervous, they only felt that such a strange action was difficult for ordinary people to make, although this wolf baby did it, but the difficulty of shè arrows was obviously far beyond the previous archery.

This time, the wolf baby didn't immediately shè arrows, and Ma Zhengyi over there had already said loudly: "Wolf baby, you don't want a mother-in-law, come over quickly!" ”

As soon as the words fell, the wolf baby had already taken off the arrow, the arrow was like a meteor, even Chu Huan's eyes widened, there was silence in all directions, and he could even hear the sound of the arrow breaking through the wind.

"Poof"!

In the middle of the earth and rocks, there was a quiet moment in all directions, and then thunderous cheers broke out in all directions, and other camel riders also applauded.

The wolf baby moved quickly, turned over, turned his head to look at Ma Xiulian, and saw that Ma Xiulian was staring at him fiercely, and immediately grinned, revealing an incomparably honest smile.

Ma Xiulian turned her head, looking angry.

Qiu Mingdao gritted his teeth and glanced at the wolf baby, the muscles on his face twitched, and he slowly lay down, also like a wolf baby, he set up the bow and arrow, and saw his father standing like a stone pillar over there, motionless, slowly pulling the bow, the bowstring was tight, and there was silence in all directions, after waiting for a long time, he didn't see Qiu Mingdao release the arrow, and suddenly saw Qiu Mingdao slowly let go, he actually threw away the bow and arrow in his hand, stood up, shook his head and said: "I can't do it!" ”

As soon as his four words came out, he was waiting to admit defeat.

Qiu Yinghao's face had darkened, and he shouted angrily: "What are you doing? Come here, you must not lose to anyone! ”

Qiu Mingdao looked at his father, shook his head and said, "I can't do it, Dad, if you kill me, I can't do this arrow!" ”

Qiu Yinghao was extremely angry, raised his hand to take the soil and stone above his head, and smashed it on the ground, like a leopard rushing over at a glance, kicking Qiu Mingdao's chest, Qiu Mingdao "ouch", was kicked to the ground, Qiu Yinghao had already angrily pointed to the bow and arrow: "Pick up the bow and arrow, even if you come over, you are dead, I don't blame you!" ”

Qiu Mingdao struggled to sit up, his face was pale, and he shook his head and said, "Dad, you can kill me, I'm ...... I can't go out of this arrow......! ”

Qiu Yinghao snatched the horsewhip of a person next to him, frantically slapped Qiu Mingdao's body, and roared angrily: "The Qiu family's face has been lost by you, and I will kill you today......!" "It looks like he's angry to the extreme.

Seeing this, several camel riders of the Qiu family had already run forward, some hugged Qiu Yinghao's waist, and some grabbed Qiu Yinghao's arm, and persuaded one after another: "If you are in charge, don't fight, if you fight again, you will be broken and less in charge!" ”

People are talking about it.

"It's not like Qiu Dangjia has lost." Someone said in a low voice: "Qiu Dangjia's courage is extraordinary, but it's a pity that the young master's heart is softer, and his courage is still not as good as Qiu Dangjia!" ”

"Less in charge of the previous two arrows, Qiu Dangjia does not change his face, stands like a pine, and does not lose to Ma Dangjia." Someone said: "Ma Dangjia and Qiu Dangjia are our two heroes in Luoyan Town, there is no distinction between high and low skills, and there is also between Zhong Bo in terms of courage, but the courage of the young master is still smaller than that of the wolf baby." ”

"Nonsense." Someone was unconvinced: "Being less in charge is called heavy affection." Who is the wolf baby? It was the baby that the horse master picked up from the wolf's mouth. This kid was raised by a coyote for a while and drank wolf nǎi...... You look at him shè arrows, and his eyes don't blink, and he is really ruthless. ”

"That's right." Someone chimed in: "I heard the elders say that those who have drunk wolf nǎi are all ruthless, and the wolf baby shè his master, his eyes do not blink, his hands do not tremble, but they are not necessarily better than the young masters." The archery skills of the young master are already very ......! ”

People have a lot of discussions, different attitudes, some feel that the wolf baby is calm and relaxed, is a real archer, and some say that the wolf baby is ruthless and is a heartless person.

The wolf baby stood there, already putting away her bow and arrows, her face expressionless.

Qiu Yinghao was pulled away after all, Qiu Mingdao was also helped up and retreated to the side, Ma Zhengyi had come slowly at this moment, Qiu Yinghao took a deep breath, and finally said to Ma Zhengyi: "Senior brother, you won, this trip to the desert, you can take thirty percent of the commission and go on the road, but in front of you, everything on the road is what my Qiu family says." ”

His face is a little ugly, this time the Ma family camel won the bid, although after that, the Ma family will take out three of the commissions from the desert to the Qiu family, and the Qiu family will lose a lot of money, but now the Ma family's limelight has overshadowed the Qiu family, for this kind of camel rider who values his face more than his life, the silver doesn't matter, but this loss of face makes him feel very ashamed.

After rì in Luoyan Town, the Ma family was naturally nominally the number one camel guest.

Chu Huan and Xue Huai'an glanced at each other, and finally coughed twice, Qiu Yinghao turned around and arched his hand: "Uncle Chu, in this job, both of us will have people, but you don't need to give an extra penny, nothing has changed, just a few more people to escort you." ”

Xue Huai'an saw that this was the result, no casualties, and he didn't need to spend more money to get another group of people and horses, he immediately smiled, in his opinion, the more camel passengers, the safer the trip, and he didn't look at Chu Huan's eyes, he already smiled and said: "So very good, so very good!" Xiang Ma said righteously: "The horse is in charge, there is work!" ”

Ma Zhengyi still had a gloomy face, approached Qiu Yinghao, and said lightly: "You are very good at choosing people!" Without further ado, he turned around and turned over his horse, and galloped away first.

Ma Xiulian was about to get on the horse, Qiu Mingdao had already approached the past, and said a little worriedly: "Xiulian ......!" ”

Ma Xiulian ignored him, turned over and got on the horse, Qiu Mingdao had already grabbed her horse reins, Ma Xiulian's face turned cold, "What are you doing?" Still not letting go? ”

"Xiulian, tell me, why did my uncle win the bid?" Qiu Mingdao smiled bitterly: "What did our Qiu family do wrong? You don't have a good face for me, I don't blame you, but ...... But why did my uncle do this to my father, and what the hell was going on? ”

"What does my dad do, I don't know." Ma Xiulian said coldly: "I don't give you a good face, just because I hate you, it's that simple." With a flick of the horse's reins, "Release!" ”

She said this in public, which made Qiu Mingdao extremely embarrassed, and helpless, let go of her hand with a wry smile, Ma Xiulian glanced at the wolf baby, and said angrily: "What are you still standing there stupidly for?" Don't go yet! With a shake of the reins and galloping away, the wolf baby looked at Ma Xiulian's back, grinned, turned over on the horse, and followed.

The people also slowly dispersed, Qiu Yinghao looked at Ma Zhengyi's distant back, his face was uncertain, his eyes were shining, as if he was thinking about something, and after a while, he said to Chu Huan and the others: "Everyone, let's go into the town!" ”

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It was also a day of leisure, as the horses of the mission had to be selected and reloaded.

The carriage into the desert has been determined by the camel riders to be absolutely impossible, of course, because the carriage travels very slowly in the sand, the most important reason is also because there are no horses to pull the cart, according to the camel riders, as long as they enter the desert, they will not last for two days, and the lobes of the lungs will crack.

In fact, in the north of the town, over two hillsides, there is a rare pasture in the Gobi, there is also a small lake, the grassland is not small, in addition to grazing some cattle, sheep and horses, the most are the camels raised there.

There were a lot of goods in the convoy, and the Qiu family had twenty-six camels, all of which were still not enough, so eleven camels were transferred from the Ma family, adding up to thirty-seven camels, so that they could barely load all the goods.

When they saw a camel for the first time, Xue Huaian and the others were very surprised, they really had never seen a camel before, and they were all amazed when they saw that the camel had a double peak on its back.

The carriages of the mission team and the horses that could not enter the desert could only stay in Luoyan Town for the time being, but there was still one carriage that had to enter the desert throughout the group, and that was the carriage guarded by Chu Baihu and several other god-clothed guards.

The situation was special, the carriage was going into the desert, but the horses couldn't drag the carriage, so Chu Huan came up with a way to hire two camels and use two camels to pull the carriage instead.

By the time everything was ready, it was already nightfall.

The two sides have already decided, the next rì will set off early in the morning, the mission rested outside Luoyan Town for the night, the next rì early in the morning, Qiu Yinghao has already brought fifteen camel riders to the outside of the town, these people are scimitars with bows, fully armed, each with a water bag hanging from their waists, the young master Qiu Mingdao is also among the fifteen people brought by Qiu Yinghao, these people plus Qiu Yinghao, exactly sixteen people.

The Qiu family only had twenty-six camels, and all of these twenty-six camels were hired by the mission, but the camel riders themselves had to bring some necessary items, so they found three camels from the town, full of the necessary things that the Qiu family camel riders needed.

The sky had just dawned, the air was still very cold, the mission and the Qiu family camel riders had already prepared, but the Ma family camel riders had not yet appeared immediately, Chu Huan accompanied Qiu Yinghao to the hillside, waited for a while, and saw three fast horses galloping over the town, Chu Huan thought at first that it was the Ma family camel riders rushing over, and then the light of the morning light took a closer look, but found that the three people who galloped over did not seem to be camel riders.

These three people, the first one wore a green sè brocade robe inside, but the outside was covered with a fur shoulder, and a hat was worn on his head, and the edge of the hat was hung with a black veil, and this person was followed by two horses, one on the left was dressed in a gray robe, and a hat was also worn on his head, and the one on the right was wearing a fur coat, with a burly figure, a leather felt hat, and a scimitar at the waist.

Chu Huan was puzzled, and Qiu Yinghao had already explained: "Uncle Chu, I almost forgot to tell you. These three people are also going to cross the desert, and they happen to be walking together, Uncle Chu shouldn't mind, right? ”

Chu Huan let out an "oh" and asked, "Who are they?" ”

"They're going to Xiliang to find someone." Qiu Yinghao pointed to the first one and said: "This girl's father went to Xiliang a year ago and has never returned, so this time she has to cross the desert to Xiliang to find it." ”

"It turned out to be a woman!" Chu Huan's brows were slightly locked, and in a moment, the three horsemen had already galloped up the hillside, and Qiu Yinghao had already introduced to Chu Huan: "Uncle Chu, this is Miss Liu!" ”

Liu Meiniang was wearing a hat on her head and a black veil covering her face, Chu Huan could vaguely see through the black veil that she was wearing half of the mask, and her eyes seemed to be looking at herself.

Chu Huan arched his hand, smiled faintly, and didn't speak, but Liu Meiniang had already chuckled and said: "This adult, the little woman wants to cross the desert and walk with you along the way, don't dislike it, take care of it!" ”

Chu Huan smiled indifferently and said, "I can't talk about taking care of you, since it was the Qiu family who took you across the desert, the Qiu family will naturally take good care of you!" In his heart, he was still somewhat dissatisfied with Qiu Yinghao's move.

If it weren't for the camel rider to take him across the desert, Chu Huan wouldn't even want to get involved with the camel rider, after all, the road was very difficult, he didn't want too many people to get involved, one more person, and there would be a little more uncertain factor, first Ma Zhengyi's Ma family camel rider won the bid inexplicably, and then rolled in, and now there are three more people of unknown origin, but Chu Huan has begun to be vigilant.

Liu Meiniang chuckled: "Qiu Dangjia naturally wants to take care of it, but since she is with her, the little woman also hopes that this adult can take care of it more, without your care, the little woman's weak willow body will never be able to get out of the desert." ”

She was wearing sheepskin shoulders, which was very thick and bloated, but it covered up her fiery figure, but the charming face under the black veil was still charming and charming.

Chu Huan didn't pay much attention to it, and when he heard the sound of horses' hooves at the entrance of the town, he saw seven or eight horsemen galloping over this time, knowing that this time it was really the camel riders of the Ma family who arrived, and they came to ride quickly, and it didn't take long for them to go up the hillside, and they were all fully armed, except for Ma Zhengyi, he also brought his famous Ma family camel rider over, Chu Huan glanced at it, Ma Xiulian and the wolf baby were not among them.

Qiu Yinghao saw that the camel riders of the Ma family had also arrived, so he finally turned his horse's head, went down the hill, and when he arrived at the team, he shouted loudly: "Let's go!" ”

The team had already been prepared, Chu Huan, Liu Meiniang and others also galloped down the hillside, Qiu Yinghao took the lead, the first to lead the way in front, and the long team began to squirm and headed north.

Xuanyuan Shengcai still divided the team into four teams, front and back, left and right, and protected the camel team and the only carriage in the middle, because more than a hundred horses were picked out, so there were more than 100 guards soldiers who could only walk on foot, these more than 100 people, divided into the front team, and the cavalry were divided into the two wings and the rear of the palace.

The camel riders all led the way in front, a short distance from the mission team, and Liu Meiniang and the three of them followed the camel riders, and could not get close to the camel team of the mission.

The air was still a little cold, and the procession was like a long snake, slowly moving forward in the Gobi under the sky, and by the time the sun rose, the team had already climbed several hillsides.

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