After a short rest, Di Renjie's breath finally stabilized, sat up, looked at Chang Ping in the distance on the sand dunes, and asked, "Chang Ping, what are you looking at?" ”

Chang Ping pointed to the distance, and said in a trembling voice: "Big, my lord, you, look!" ”

Di Renjie stood up, slowly walked up to the sand dune, looked in the direction of Chang Ping's finger, Chang Ping said: "My lord, we just ran from there, why can't we see anything!" ”

Di Renjie sighed with emotion: "It seems that they have been buried in the yellow sand again!" ”

"My lord, brother, look at it!" Suddenly, Chang An pointed to the distance under the sand dunes and shouted!

Di Renjie and Chang Ping stood on the sand dunes, looking in the direction of Chang An's finger, there was a city in the distance, although the distance was very far, but they could still distinguish the lights of thousands of homes in the city at this time!

"My lord, it seems to be the realm of our Great Zhou!" Chang Ping said excitedly!

Di Renjie twisted his hair and smiled, "It seems that we were taken care of by God, and we encountered quicksand, but we were washed back to Da Zhou, hahaha!" ”

At this time, the wind rose in the desert, and it couldn't help but feel a little cool on the face, and the three of them raised their heads one after another, and there were snowflakes floating in the desert!

"It seems that we can't rest any longer, if we freeze overnight in this bare desert, I'm afraid we will all freeze to death here!" Di Renjie smiled bitterly!

Chang Ping walked down the sand dune with Di Renjie in his arms, and the three of them walked together in the direction of the city in the distance, perhaps the sudden appearance of the city brought hope to the three of them, or they were afraid of the power of the desert wind and snow, and the three of them ignored their exhaustion and walked in the wind and snow!

Until dawn, the three of them still couldn't walk to the city, but fortunately, after five watches, the wind and snow stopped, and at this time, the sun was in the sky, and the sun was warm!

Di Renjie saw that there was a mound in front of him, and stopped, "Let's go behind the mound and rest!" Di Renjie proposed!

Chang Ping and Chang An were also tired of walking, and they didn't sleep all night, listening to Di Renjie say to rest, they naturally readily agreed, and the three of them came to the back of the mound, sat on the ground, and the water had already been drunk, and the food and fresh water they brought when they left were also lost with the two camels!

Hungry in his stomach and chapped lips, Di Renjie couldn't help but smile bitterly, the dignified Zhou Zaifu and Qianniuwei, who were the royal guards, had ended up in such a field!

Suddenly, a figure appeared in the distance, not tall, as if carrying a bundle of firewood on his back, Chang Ping said excitedly: "My lord, look, there is someone!" ”

Di Renjie looked up, and sure enough, there was a person walking in the distance, and when he got closer, he found that it was a young man chopping wood, about ten years old!

Di Renjie got up and said: "Let's go, let's go to him for help, he is chopping wood here, there should be people nearby!" ”

After speaking, the three of them walked towards the young man who was chopping wood, the young man was carrying a bundle of firewood, and when he saw three people walking towards him, he couldn't help but be a little timid, and flashed to the side with firewood on his back, and got out of the way!

Di Renjie and the three of them walked in front of the young man and stopped, "This little brother, dare to ask you if you are a child of someone in the neighborhood?" ”

The young man looked at the three of them, and saw that although the three of them were disgraced, the old man in front of him was still amiable, not like a bad person, but the young man still asked with a vigilant face, "What are you doing?" Why do you ask this? ”

Di Renjie smiled and said: "Little brother, don't be afraid, we are passing by, we lost our horses and camels when we were rushing in the desert, and now we are tired and thirsty, let's see if my little brother can make it convenient for us, so that we can rest our feet and beg for a bowl of water to drink?" ”

The young man looked the old man who was talking up and down again, thought for a moment, and said, "Okay, my house is near here, you can come with me!" ”

When the three of them heard this, they were overjoyed, and Di Renjie hurriedly said: "Thank you, little brother, Chang Ping, help this little brother carry the firewood on his back!" ”

"Hey!" Chang Ping happily responded, wanting to help the young man carry firewood, but the young man turned around and said with a childlike smile: "No need, I carry it every day, I'm used to it!" Come with me! ”

Chang Ping looked at Di Renjie, the two looked at each other and smiled, Di Renjie raised his hand, and the three of them followed the young man and walked under a mountain beam!

After walking for about half an hour, the group came to a small village, which is a small village in the middle of a mountain col, surrounded by mountain beams, which also happens to form a natural barrier, isolating the wind and sand in the desert for this small village!

The wood-chopping boy took Di Renjie and the three of them to a small courtyard, and the young man pushed open the door with a familiar car, put a bundle of firewood on his body at the door of the side room, and shouted into the house with his throat: "Grandpa, grandpa, someone is here at home!" ”

It didn't take much time, an old man of the same age as Di Renjie walked out of the room on crutches, the old man's legs were a little lame, and he walked out of the door, the young man hurriedly stepped forward to help, the old man saw Di Renjie and the three of them, he was slightly stunned, and asked, "How many are you?" ”

Di Renjie stepped forward and gave a salute, "The court duke, bother, we are passing by, just because we lost the horse luggage in the desert, so we have fallen here, I want to ask the court to reward the bowl of water to drink, if there is food to give us some together, the court man can rest assured, we will give silver taels!" ”

As he spoke, Di Renjie took out a silver ingot from his arms and handed it over, but the old man waved his hand, "A few people from the desert, I'm afraid they have suffered a lot, right?" Come on in, forget this, I'm so old, I don't need this thing! The old man pointed to the silver in Di Renjie's hand and said!

Di Renjie was a little surprised, but he still followed the old man to the house, the house was not big, but it was very tidy, there was a bow hanging on the earthen wall, and a few feather arrows were inserted in the quiver, whether it was a bow or a quiver, it was spotless!

In the middle of the room was a stone trough with firewood burning, and a copper kettle was sitting!

The old man pointed to the copper kettle and said, "O captive, pour water for the guests!" ”

The young man answered, took off the copper kettle, and poured it into the teapot on the table, "A few gentlemen, there is no good tea at home, don't dislike it!" The boy said as he poured water!

Di Renjie smiled and thanked him, drank some water, and Di Renjie said, "Dare to ask the surname of the court?" ”

The old man waved his hand and said: "Country horseman, how can I have any honorable surname, my surname is Zhang, and everyone in the village calls me Zhang Laohan, dare to ask this gentleman what do you call him?" ”

"In Xia Huaiying, and the people of the state, it is a Fang Langzhong! Brother Zhang must have been born in the army before, right? Di Renjie suddenly asked!

"Oh? Isn't Mr. Huai still able to look at faces? Zhang Laohan looked at Di Renjie and asked curiously!

"Hehe, how good at observation are medical practitioners, it is not difficult to see from the furnishings in Brother Zhang's house that there is still the demeanor of my court, and what confirms my judgment is your grandson's name, expelling prisoners! I guess it means to expel the Hulu, right? From this, I conclude that Brother Zhang must have been born in the army! Di Renjie smiled!

"What Mr. Huai said is not bad, Xiao Lao'er was indeed born in the army, not only that, but my son is also a person in the army, but his luck is not good, and he has already died on the battlefield!" Although Zhang Laohan is a little sentimental, he is proud between his eyebrows!