Chapter 130: Bizarre
Chapter 130 is bizarre
According to the security regulations, Shang Hu and several other field workers scattered into several groups to check the surrounding terrain, recognize the access route, choose the route that can be evacuated in case of emergency and the temporary hiding place, Zhao Xin took the three internal guards to carefully check the various rooms in the courtyard, and only after making sure that it was safe did he let the prince enter the courtyard.
It doesn't look big from the outside, but the area in the yard is not small. A row of houses was built on the south side of the beacon tower, which should have been the houses of the former pawns, the doors were still there, and only a few black holes remained in the windows; On the left-hand side is a shed, which has not yet collapsed, and it is estimated that the bandits once used this fort as a stronghold and renovated it; On the right-hand side are two separate houses, with chimneys on the roof, apparently kitchens, and a spring in the corner of the yard gushes out of the water, which flows down the stone sink to the kitchen, forming a clear stream, which solves the problem of water for the kitchen and relieves the fort of water supply when it is besieged.
The men drove the camels and carts into the fort, unloaded the packers and placed them in the shed, and the camels and horses rushed outside the fort to graze and drink, some gathered firewood and grass, cleaned up the room, and others prepared dinner. Zhao Ta climbed up the beacon tower along the earth steps, and the wooden planks on it were still there, but there were already traces of breakage, and it was estimated that he could not bear much weight. From the platform, the scene of the surrounding miles is clear at a glance, and the every move of the people in the fort can be seen clearly.
When it was getting dark, all the people were gathered together in the fort, and the camels and horses were tied to the backyard, and the gate of the fort was broken, so they tied the holes in the door with the severed poles, and put them to death. A fire was lit in the middle of the yard, and the busy packers gathered together to drink and chat, waiting for the meal to begin. Zhao Ta drank too much last night, and after riding a horse for another day today, he was tired, so he washed up with the stream in the courtyard and went back to his room.
The door frame is made of bricks, and when you open the heavy door, it is a large house that has not been divided, how can there be more than 20 square meters, the center is a fire pit, the walls and ceilings are smoked and pitch black, the climate here is dry and rainy, although it has been uninhabited for a long time, but there is no peculiar smell. The house has been cleaned, the windows are covered with a white veil to shield the mosquitoes from everywhere, and a blanket is hung on it, which can be put down at night. A low clay kang took up almost half of the room, already covered with felt mats and his sleeping bag. Although the conditions are not good, I have a room to myself, which is luxurious compared to others.
In order to hurry, it is impossible for them to stop on the road to make a fire to cook, they only eat two meals a day, and they eat some dry food for lunch, so they must make a hearty dinner, otherwise their physical strength will not be able to keep up. But it is located outside the plug, and far away from the settlement, the main food is not easy to carry ** dry meat and hard dry food, tonight is boiled broth and roasted hot Hu cakes, these things are nutritious and can be topped.
"Second master, why did you eat less today, is it not to your taste?" Zhao Tan only drank a bowl of broth for dinner, ate a Hu cake, and put down the bowl, Zhao Xin asked with concern, the prince has always been not picky about eating, and the good and bad can eat a stomach, and eat a lot.
"No, I may be tired today, I want to rest early!" Zhao Ta shook his head and said.
"I must have drunk too much wine last night!" Zhao Xin hurriedly cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks, lit the candle and said, "Second master, wait a minute, I'll go get some hot water to scald my feet to relieve my fatigue!" ”
"Second master, you can't be sick, right?" When Zhao Xin came back, he found that the prince was even more depressed, his face was flushed, and he was lying on the kang, but he had dropped the cover, with his head facing in and his feet facing out.
"Maybe it's a cold, some fever, nothing happens, just rest for the night!" Zhao Ta squeezed out a smile, sat up with difficulty, removed his shoes and socks and soaked his feet in hot water, the heat rose from the soles of his feet little by little, and he felt a little more comfortable. …,
"Second master, why don't we go back, if the old disease recurs, it will be bad!" Zhao Xin squatted down and said while washing the feet of the prince, he knew that the weak wind of the prince when he was a child could blow down, and then gradually got better, but he went to the capital to run for a funeral, and he was 'sick' for three years. Although he has not committed it in these years, the 'old man' in the house knows this allusion and has been on guard.
"Where is there so squeamishness, and this matter cannot be delayed in the slightest!" Zhao Ta said with a reluctant smile.
"That's... Then rest early and wait until tomorrow when you get to the market to find a doctor! Zhao Xin knew that it was difficult to change what the prince had decided, and this matter was indeed a big deal, and no one could replace it, so he compromised, wiped the water on his feet for him, and put on a pair of dry socks.
"Don't move, if something unexpected happens, you can respond quickly!" Seeing that Zhao Xin was about to turn the cover around, he hurriedly stopped. During the war years, the troops often operated in enemy-occupied areas, and when they camped at people's homes at night, in order to prevent the enemy from sneaking up, they slept on the kang with their clothes inside and out.
"Oh, second master, if you're not feeling well, just rest early and don't read!" Zhao Tan only took off his robe and clothes and lay down, put the pistol and dagger in his hand, reached out and went to the bookcase to get the book, Zhao Xin snatched the book and said.
"Okay, then you pinch my head, why is my head so heavy!" Zhao Ta pointed to his head and said, Zhao Xin nodded and rubbed it on the kang and rubbed it for the prince...
Although separated by only one mountain range, there are two climates inside and outside the Great Wall, and the wind blows at night, and it blows harder and stronger. The whistling wind monsters whipped at the lonely fort in the wilderness, the rolled up sand and stones knocked on the doors and windows, and a layer of yellow mist floated in the clear night sky. Zhao Ta seemed to be asleep, as if he was awake but not awake, as if he had entered a chaos.
Through the fog, Zhao suddenly saw high-rise buildings, airplanes passing in the air, and speeding trains..."I'm home!" He was pleasantly surprised to find himself back in the 21st century, to see his parents, and when he stepped forward to hug them, these disappeared in a blink of an eye, and he returned to the classroom and training ground in his military uniform, and the sound of the automatic rifle's 'click...' took him into the life of the special forces, lurking, assassinating, jumping from a helicopter, tracking terrorists in a crowd, slitting the throat of a criminal with a dagger, shooting a bullet through the heart of the target...
After an explosion, it was dark, and how did I go back to the office of that remote farm? He seemed to smell the aroma of rape flowers again, and what made people wonder was that it was Zhao Xin who was standing at the window, and suddenly a white light appeared in the sky, "Comet!" Zhao Ta exclaimed in surprise and opened his eyes.
"Get out of the way, don't stand at the window!" He jumped up suddenly, ran over in two steps, knocked down Zhao Xin who was standing at the window, and then looked at it when he saw that it was just the wind blowing off the felt curtain hanging from the window, and a miserable white moonlight shone into the house from the window, it turned out to be a dream just now, but it was so clear.
"Second master, what's wrong with you?" Zhao Xin was suddenly attacked, instinctively grabbed the attacker's arm, twisted and turned over to press him under him, but from the breath of the attacker, it was determined that the person who came was the prince.
'Whoosh...' Before Zhao Xin's words fell, a throwing gun shot in from the window with the sound of the wind, and stuck it on the ground.
"Stick to the wall, don't move!" Zhao Xin was startled, and wanted to get up to check the situation, but he tripped over the prince, his body was hugged, and he rolled under the corner, he wanted to break free, and the whisper of the prince came from his ears, and his body was soft and relaxed.
"Don't get out of the house!" Zhao Ta shouted loudly out of the window, but he was still a step late, and there was a sound of arrows breaking through the air in the air, mixed with the miserable cries of people, thinking that the person who went out to check the situation was hit by an arrow. …,
'Bang' Another throwing gun hit the door, the thick wooden door was hit with a basin-sized hole, Zhao Tan hugged Zhao Xin and moved to the corner of the wall, hugged him tightly and curled up into a ball, arrows kept shooting in through the window, falling under their feet.
"Second master, it's on fire!" Several rockets shot in and landed at their feet, whirring with flames, Zhao Xin exclaimed.
"Don't move, the enemy is trying to force us out of the city with rockets and shoot again!" Zhao Ta kicked away the rocket that fell at his feet, dragged the felt that blocked the window, shook off the body that covered them, leaving only a crack to check the movement, he knocked on the wall hard, and made a dull sound, "Damn, this wall is made of rammed earth, and it can't be smashed through!" "Don't think about digging a hole to escape, the rammed earth wall is two feet thick.
"Second master, are we going to die here?" Zhao Xin shrank in the prince's arms and asked in a trembling voice.
"Hehe, don't you want to follow me up the sword mountain and down the sea of fire, now follow your wishes, maybe we will really die together in this ruined castle today!" Zhao Ta patted him on the back and said with a smile.
"Second master, if I can't escape this catastrophe, I want to follow you in the next life, but I want to be yours..."
"Shhhh There's movement outside! Zhao Tan shushed and interrupted Zhao Xin's words, and then the arrow suddenly stopped, and there was a chaotic sound of horses' hooves outside. Zhao Ta was a little confused, it is said that after the long-range attack, he should have taken the opportunity to break the village and catch turtles in the urn, but why did these attackers suddenly flee away?
'Is it a lack of troops?' 'No, Zhao Ta quickly rejected this hypothesis, judging from the density of falling arrows, their number was at least equal to his own; 'That's a swindle?' Then attack again while they come out to check on the situation! This is the most likely, but there is no need to run that far, unless the people in the fort are so stupid that they don't even set up a guard; Could it be a warning? Let yourself retreat from the difficulties and stop going to meet with Yeli! 'Then who sent these people, Zhilu Dao himself will not have more than five people in this caravan, even if the people on Yeli's side know that Lu Dao is coming, they will not know their itinerary so clearly; And what about that dream? Is it a coincidence, or is it hinting at something, it's too bizarre to not suspect it...