Chapter 140: That Night, That Man, That Dog
On the night of the desert, the cold wind is howling, and the sharply dropped temperature makes the people in the desert feel cold. The empty desert www.biquge.info the pen, the fun, and the pavilion, and there is only the sound of the wind......
The distant firelight was particularly dazzling in the quiet desert.
The camels had slept peacefully, and only the crowd around the fire was very merry, singing, dancing, drinking and laughing.
They are the business team from the Song Kingdom to Mongolia, and they will enter Mongolia tomorrow, and tonight is the last night before they return to China.
However, off the other side of the crowd, the five of them reflected the crimson flames, looked at each other, and did not say a word. The flames, like everyone's thoughts, jumped slowly......
After a long time, a middle-aged man finally broke the peace, and he said in a low voice: "Tomorrow will enter Mongolia, and then you will each disperse." According to the agreement, today after three months, I will wait for you to meet and return to China after completing the task, if the agreed time is not enough, I will not wait! ”
Silence, silence, silence again.
The three men and one woman listened to the middle-aged man's words, as if they hadn't heard it in their ears, and seemed to be chewing something. For a moment, the only woman among the four raised her eyes that were looking down at the flames, her moving pupils contracted slightly, and she asked softly, "If you don't complete the task, can you still come back?" ”
Yes, the other three young men looked up at the middle-aged man at the same time, looking at him, can they reunite again if they don't complete their task......
The middle-aged man's deep eyes glanced at the four of them, and then slowly got up, turning his back to the four of them and walking towards the crowd of revelers. A deep and deep voice sounded slowly: "I'll wait for you to complete the task......"
The four of them closed their eyes slightly, and the cold wind blew across everyone's helpless faces. Didn't stop, paddled into the distance......
"Hey, what are you talking about hiding over there, come here! It was our last night of drinking before we returned home! A man who didn't know whether it was red from the light of the fire, or because of the alcohol on his face, his face had become unusually ruddy, holding the wine bottle, swayed towards the five people.
"It's okay, it's the first time that the four young people went to Mongolia, and I was so panicked about the Turks in my heart that I enlightened them." The middle-aged man climbed on his shoulder, and without stopping, led the drunk man into the crowd.
"Huh...... Hiccup......" The drunken man hiccuped with a smile and shook his left index finger from side to side, pointing at the crowd. Then he turned his head to the four young people who were already walking towards him and said, "Hehe, don't be afraid, that group of boys came out with me for the first time, which one is not nervous to death...... said, the man waved his left palm and said simply: "It's okay!" With my brother here, you can put a hundred hearts! Well...... It's like playing! ”
"Thank you, Brother Liu." The woman bowed slightly and thanked the drunk man.
"My own sister, thank you!" The drunken man seemed to be even more drunk, his smiling eyes staring at the woman.
At this time, a young man next to the woman took a step lightly, blocking the woman's whole person behind him, and he said lightly: "It's hard work." ”……
The laughter continued, and the woman crossed her legs and looked at the roaring fire in a daze. She sat quietly in the crowd, looking very lonely.
"Yu Man, are you still thinking about what happened just now?" On the side, the young man turned his head and asked softly.
The woman named Yu Man raised her head slightly, her fair face smiled faintly, but the worry in her eyes could not fade away after all, she shook her head: "I'm fine, Tiancong." ”
"But ......"
Footsteps in the desert, figures in the night......
As a few people in the trade team with good martial arts stood up, everyone was aware of the pace from far to near.
The singing stopped, the laughter stopped, and even the breathing became heavy.
A man, a dog, gradually came out of the night, towards everyone.
The handsome young man, the snow-white puppy, looked at everyone lightly.
The people stopped what they were doing and looked at the man, the dog.
The flames were still jumping, and the flames were still strong. The cold wind hit, and the man's robe was raised, and the corners of the man's mouth opened lightly: "Everyone, can you borrow a fire...... The person who came was Si Nian and his pet Yibei.
No one on this frontier will let their guard down, not even the drinkers. They get drunk quickly and wake up faster. This is the instinct of these merchants who have been walking on the border all year round. Otherwise, if the Ming Dynasty is drunk today, the Ming Dynasty may have nowhere to find its head.
"How could Your Excellency appear alone at this time?" The leader of the caravan was a rugged-looking man, and he took a few steps forward and stood in front of Si Nian.
Si Nian glanced sideways, and finally stopped his gaze on the small fire where the five of Yuman had gathered just now.
"The firewood over there can last until dawn, can you let it be given to me?" Si Nian didn't answer the caravan leader's words, and said lightly again.
"You! - "Behind the leader, a man did not seem to have fully sobered up, and he picked up the big sword in his hand and wanted to rush away.
"Stop!" The leader stretched out his right arm to block his subordinates, and said in a low voice: "Sit back!" ”
The low shout hit the man's head like a fist, and he finally retreated reluctantly after being slightly stunned.
The leader of the caravan frowned at Si Nian after retreating from his subordinates. After a long time, the cold sweat on his back finally drooped a drop. In the darkness of the night, even under the flames, no one would notice the throbbing in the heart of the caravan leader.
He took a few more steps forward, approaching Si Nian, and lowered his voice so low that only the two of them could hear: "The fire can be lent to Your Excellency, and I hope Your Excellency can abide by the rules of the desert." "Anyone who has been walking in the desert all year round knows an unwritten rule: when a certain caravan takes you in, even if you are a river thief, even if the caravan has countless wealth, you cannot attack the caravan.
Si Nian smiled faintly, and then he suddenly remembered that he used to be the companion who often played treasure - the second thousand-year-old man of the Kunlun faction, the second rising sun, and the extraordinary light skill "Cloud Dragon Three Folds" will always be a sharp weapon for picking up girls. Back then, when they went to the desert to find the Supreme Order, it was the rising sun that told him the only rules of the desert in his ear.
The upward arc of the corners of Si Nian's mouth dissipated in an instant: "Let's go, Yibei." ”
He and Ibey walked sideways to the uninhabited fire, and the crowd was still looking at the indifferent back.
"Boss ......"
"Needless to say, go and rest!" The leader of the caravan put his left hand in his trouser pocket and quietly wiped the cold sweat from his palm......
"Yuman, you should rest early." Tiancong patted the sand on his pants, gave Si Nian a strange look, and then got into his tent.
"Hmm......" Yu Man muttered softly, frowning slightly as he stared at the man beside the fire. She was the highest martial artist among the four, and she faintly felt that this man was extraordinary.
Next to him, there was another person, the middle-aged man who led the four of Yuman, his eyes were lowered, and his whole body was trembling unconsciously. I don't know if it's fear or excitement......