In the third month after the stone tablet engraved with the ancient Khitan script was discovered, the fourth prince Wan Yan Su had already set off with a mighty team, starting with a team of hard-trained cavalry, which was rewarded to him by the Great Khan of Beidi, Wan Yan Su put this team of cavalry at the forefront, not only majestic, but also used to open the road at a critical time, in the words of the road, is to sweep mines.

"Minesweeping, that is, if there is danger, let this group of people die first, and wake up the people behind." Leng Changxi carefully explained the terminology to Qin Yunuan, in order to reflect that Leng Changxi and Qin Yunuan were distinguished guests, Wan Yansu originally prepared an extremely comfortable carriage for the two, but Qin Yunuan refused, and a woman with white veils in her eyes rode a tall horse on the street, which attracted people's attention.

Qin Yunuan didn't care, she listened carefully to Leng Changxi's description of the team.

"There are about one hundred and seventy people, including Yaqi who was sent to take care of you, there are only seven female Xing."

"Seven female xing?" Qin Yunuan's tone raised slightly, as if he was a little surprised, this amount was really a lot for a team that went to such a dangerous place.

Yaqi is here to take care of herself, and she must be, so what about the other six?

"The other six were all sent by the head of the palace, saying that they were servant maids serving the queue along the road."

Handmaid? Qin Yunuan knew very well in his heart, but it was just me to satisfy the vigorous and infinite shou'yu of these young men, Qin Yunuan couldn't say anything, because this kind of situation was very normal in Beidi, and this arrangement was also very intimate for these soldiers who risked their lives to find treasures for Beidi.

All the way to the wind and sand, Qin Yunuan wrapped a thick white veil on his body, so that he could barely escape the attack of the mung bean-sized sand and gravel, and in the evening, it was not too early, and the leading soldiers said to the silhouette of the house in front of him in the yellow sand: "Your Highness, there is a village in front of you, you can rest for a while." ”

Wan Yan Su also felt a little caught off guard by the yellow sand in the sky, and he gave the order to move towards the village at full speed.

Qin Yunuan was about to drive her horse, and happened to see a palace maid walking in front of her accidentally falling, fortunately she was supported by a soldier beside her, but not only did she not thank her, but instead showed a look of extreme disgust, pushed the soldier away, and even patted the place where the soldier had helped her with disgust.

Qin Yunuan kept an eye on it, and continued to follow the team towards the village in the distance, when he arrived at the entrance of the village, although the wind and sand had stopped, the sun had already set, and only the two lonely stone tablets still standing at the entrance of the village stood as a milestone existence;

"The village of Tamur." Wan Yansu looked at the somewhat blurry handwriting and said, "It seems that our march is going very smoothly, at this speed, we can reach the Savage Valley the day after tomorrow." ”

The Savage Valley is not far from Beidida, but there are quite few post stations and villages along the way, plus the terrifying legend about this Savage Valley, few people dare to set foot in that place, this village is already the closest village across the Savage Valley, and there is no other place to live.

"Savage Valley? Are you going to the Savage Valley? After hearing Yan Su's words, a small old man in a gray cloth cotton coat suddenly sat down from behind the stone tablet, he appeared so suddenly, lifeless, always people wondered if he was glued to this stone tablet before.

"Old man." Wan Yansu dismounted and picked up the old man who fell to the ground.

But the old man pushed Yan Su away without appreciation, stepped back three feet and said, "Go away, go away, you crazy people, how could you want to go to such a terrible place." ”

Wan Yansu smiled slightly, trying to make a gentle smile: "Old man, we are here on the order of the Great Khan, just to ask, is there any place in your village where we can rest for a while?" ”

The old man waved his hand and spat on the ground. Phlegm: "No, no, our village has a small population, there is no inn at all, just you are more than the people in our village, where can accommodate you, where you come from, go where, don't come to this ghost place." ”

Wan Yansu stretched out his hand to stop and said with a smile: "It's such an old man, we don't want to disturb the rest of the village, it's just that we came all the way, and the water in the kettle is gone, and we want to buy some water in the village, so we can save people's lives, do you think this is good?" ”

The old man wanted to shake his head and refuse, but a young man suddenly jumped out from behind the old man, not tall, lean and lean, with a pair of dark eyes, revealing charm, such a figure is rare in Beidi, Beidi male rén'dà is born with five big and three thick, tall and brave.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry," the young man hurriedly explained, "My father is a little confused, and he has abruptly surprised the nobles, so let's do it, there is a well in our village, but at this time, some people have already rested, in order not to disturb the rest of the people in the village, I also asked the nobles to send two people to carry water with me, if I don't dislike it, I still have some hoarded buns at home." ”

"It's fine." Wan Yansu turned around and asked the party to set up camp five miles from the village, where a sparse poplar forest could shelter from the wind, sand and scorching sun, and in the darkening darkness of the night, it looked a little strange and indescribably afraid.

More than 170 people camped on the spot, and the two strong men selected by Wan Yansu watched the two soldiers who were quite clever follow the young man in the village to carry water, and gave the two of them a color before leaving, which meant that the two of them should be clever, act in the village, and try to obtain some favorable information.

Qin Yunuan sat next to an old poplar tree root, took the horn kettle handed by Leng Changxi, and Yaqi beside him was sorting out the tightly wrapped scones, breaking them into small pieces for Qin Yunuan, putting them on the white handkerchief and handing them to Qin Yunuan.

Qin Yunuan chewed the somewhat hard scones, and her nose had already sensitively picked up the information coming from the air.

"There's something wrong with this poplar forest." Qin Yunuan lowered his head and bit the still crispy edge of the scone, and said softly, as if he was not surprised.

Leng Changxi sat down and poured it. Water: "I also think so, after a day of exposure, the roots of the poplar forest here are still wet, it can only show that someone has watered the poplar forest, the nearest village here is the case, the poplar tree does not need to be watered when it grows naturally, if someone has to work hard to carry water from five miles away to water, it can only mean that the poplar forest here is just planted;

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"I think so too," Qin Yunuan continued, "But it's not because of this poplar forest, it's the village itself," Qin Yunuan looked at Leng Changxi and said, "Any place where people live will have a smell, the smell of oil smoke, but the air in this Tamur village is very pure." ”

"Maybe the wind blew the smell away?" Yaqi chimed in.

"Yaqi, you have to trust my nose, it can never be wrong."

Yaqi shrunk her neck and took a piece of scone cake handed over by Qin Yunuan, and at the same time, a loud shout and coaxing of men suddenly came from the other side of the camp, speaking in Beidi with swear words, which made Qin Yunuan, who had gradually become proficient in this language, frown slightly.

The cheering people over there also noticed this side, they glanced at Qin Yunuan cautiously, and then pulled these palace maids who were surrounded by them into the woods, it seemed that they were going to do something, Qin Yunuan did not stop it, but just turned sideways to avoid hearing the movement from the forest, once the usual palace maids came out with the army, they probably knew that their mission was to make this group of men happy, but only one of them resisted and left, she used her hands and feet together, lowered her head and resisted stubbornly with a soldier dragging her.

"Fuck off, do you pickled things deserve to touch me?" This woman has a big breath.

But immediately after, this seemingly chaste words were immediately greeted by a slap from the soldier, and the red palm print didn't seem to be enough to make him angry, he pulled the woman's hair and shouted: "It's just a biǎo'zi, and what kind of clear height." ”

When all the broken hair on this woman's forehead was pulled behind her ears, and her delicate and tranquil face was completely exposed to the air, Qin Yunuan and Leng Changxi couldn't help but chuckle in their hearts.

"Stop, what are you doing?" Wan Yansu appeared in time, he hugged this bèi'nuè woman, and stroked the hot five finger prints on her face distressedly, "Yasu, why are you here?" ”

That's right, this soldier who was helped because of wrestling when she set off, but disliked the soldier who helped her, and thus attracted Qin Yunuan's attention was none other than Yasu, the side concubine of the Four Princes' Mansion.

The personal guard of the Four Princes immediately reprimanded the soldier and said: "This is the side concubine of our Four Princes' Mansion, you are dirty hands and feet one by one, even if you are an entourage given by the Great Khan, but if you collide with the side concubine, it is not that you can afford to pay for it just by paying for your life." ”

The soldier knelt down with trembling knees, Wan Yansu hurriedly pulled the trembling Yasu aside and sat down, Qin Yunuan handed over the half-pot of horn kettle, and heard the intermittent conversation between the two.

"Why are you here? Still hiding in the team, dressed as a palace maid, look at this face drawn, I don't even recognize you. ”

"Your Highness, I figured it out, instead of stopping you from letting you go to the Savage Valley, it would be better to go with you, in case you have a ...... There are three long and two short, and I also have a bottom in my heart. ”

The two of them were just saying yes, and the personal guard came over to ask for instructions on how to deal with the soldier who was rude to the concubine, Wan Yansu hesitated a little, after all, this was rewarded by the Great Khan, and he was not good at being heavy-handed.

"What else can be done? Naturally, it was cut on the spot. Leng Changxi's voice was very thin, so clear that there was no human affection.