The scorching sun was scorching, and a small caravan was struggling to advance on the Gobi Desert in the 800-mile Hanhai Sea, and more than a dozen men were driving three carts and seven or eight vicuñas, and their footsteps were a little heavy.

It is definitely not an ordinary thing to see a caravan in this place, merchants seek profit, and Hanhai Gobi only has death, how can they come here to suffer?

"War, war, war every day, this season Lao Tzu should collect leather goods and mountain ginseng in the Northern Qi, go to the Southern Dynasty to sell it at a good price, and then eat fragrant and drink spicy food, and then build a beautiful girl, how can you use this ghost place to suffer?"

The chubby caravan owner sat on the roof of the car, unbuttoning his jacket, but still sweating profusely and muttering as he fanned the cool breeze with his hands.

"Big shopkeeper, we don't have much water!"

A young man leaned over to the cart on a mule and whispered.

This person's name is Qi Hong, and he is the most trusted partner under the boss.

"When will you get to the next oasis?"

The boss groaned a little and asked.

Qi Hong grabbed his fingers and calculated: "At least three days." ”

The boss frowned: "Can our water last until that time?" ”

Qi Hong said with an embarrassed face: "I'm afraid it's enough." ”

The boss rubbed his chin and muttered, "So you can only rob it when you encounter other caravans?" ”

Qi Hong sighed and said, "Not to mention whether we can meet other caravans, even if we do, can we rob the two big Buddhas you invited?" ”

The boss breathed and said angrily: "I buy it, can't I buy it with others?" ”

Qi Hong rolled her eyes: "Everyone is short of water, will someone sell it to us?" I don't think you should have invited those two Buddhas in the first place! ”

The boss's face changed when he heard this, and he looked left and right like a thief, and his face looked a little better when he saw that no one was paying attention.

"You know what?"

The boss lowered his voice and said: "In the past two years, the eight hundred miles next door has long become a gold rush holy land, in addition to the endless stream of black caravans like ours, there are countless horse bandits and robbers, but there are only no errands and officers.

Here, the sword is the king's law, and the silver is the heavenly principle, except for the New Territories City, which is all hunting grounds, if it weren't for the two of them, just a few of us, maybe even our lives would have been lost a long time ago. ”

Qi Hong said disdainfully: "The big shopkeeper, I have followed you all these years to the north and south, and I have seen a lot of the world, not to mention licking blood on the knife, when the year is bad, we don't do less business without capital, isn't it just killing people and overselling goods, without those two people, we can't do this business?" ”

When the boss heard this, he was so angry that he picked up the horsewhip and gave it to him, hating iron and steel: "What kind of place do you think this is?" It's 800 miles of Gobi here, and it's full of murderous guys who don't blink, how can they be the same as those businessmen who were numbed by you with drugs? Get your pig brain moving! ”

Qi Hong covered her head, still a little indignant, but she didn't dare to say anything more.

"Huh?"

With a turn of his eyes, Qi Hong suddenly saw two small black dots appear on the sand dunes hundreds of meters away, and couldn't help but sigh softly.

"What's wrong again?"

The boss asked impatiently.

Qi Hong hurriedly pointed to the two black dots and said, "Big shopkeeper, look at that, it seems that there are people!" ”

The boss frowned and said: "It's strange, this place doesn't have a store in front of the village or behind it, how can anyone go alone?" Let the brothers cheer up, if the spies of the horse bandits must be killed immediately, we deviate from the safety line, and if we are found by the horse bandits in this place, we will die! ”

Qi Hong nodded, and hurriedly turned the horse's head and ordered the other companions to go.

Hundreds of meters away, Xu Rui helped the pale-faced Princess Qixia to slowly walk towards the caravan.

After separating from Yin Ji, Xu Rui really used the potion left by Yin Ji to wake up Princess Qixia, but after all, she suffered a heavy blow, her body was weak, and she was unable to move.

And the biggest problem in front of them is the shortage of food and water, Xu Rui doesn't want Princess Qixia to suffer with him, he can endure not eating or drinking, and he wants her to eat and drink enough.

In this way, it is natural to talk about how economical, only half a roast rabbit and a bag of water can see the bottom, how to get food and water has become the biggest problem for the two.

In addition, the original clothes of the two were already in tatters, but fortunately, they met a group of robbers on the road and wanted to take the two away as slaves, but they did not expect to be killed by Xu Rui on the spot.

Unfortunately, the robbers did not bring much water or dry food, so they had to strip off the only clothes they had, which were already dirty and smelly, and brought them to protect them from the cold.

Originally, Xu Rui thought that Princess Qixia, who had always loved cleanliness, would probably say that she would not wear such clothes, but she didn't expect that even the clothes she hated, Princess Qixia was stunned and put them on herself without frowning.

Seeing Xu Rui's surprised face, Princess Qixia smiled and said, "As long as you don't dislike it, there is no hardship in the world that Qingwu can't endure." ”

Xu Rui was moved by the words and hugged her into his arms.

He knew that Princess Qixia was sharing his worries, although she might not be able to do much in the eight hundred miles next door, but as long as she could share some for him, Xu Rui's burden would be lighter.

With such a woman, what more can a husband ask for?

"Let's ask for help, remember to be polite when we see others in a while."

Princess Qixia whispered to Xu Rui in her ear.

Xu Rui smiled bitterly: "You also saw the people I met the first two times, the weak eat the strong here, isn't it good for us to directly kill people and rob food and water?" ”

Princess Qixia twisted Xu Rui's waist slightly, and said angrily: "You are the marquis of Great Wei, those are the people of Great Wei, aren't you ashamed of this murderous word coming out of your mouth?" ”

Xu Rui said: "If you don't kill people, it's okay to steal some food and water, it's really troublesome to take a caravan." ”

Princess Qixia smiled: "It's us who troubles others, no one has much food and water here, what is the difference between us stealing someone's life and directly asking for someone else's life?" ”

"What about people who want others to plot against us?"

Xu Rui asked with a smile.

Princess Qixia's face was solemn: "Then we can't suffer a loss, of course we will return a tooth for a tooth." ”

Xu Rui laughed and said: "It's so good, listen to the lady!" ”

"Who...... Who's your lady? ”

Princess Qixia's cheeks suddenly flushed, and she lowered her head shyly.

"Oh? So you're not my lady? That little student said goodbye, I have to go to the lady. ”

Xu Rui said with a wicked smile.

"You!"

Princess Qixia suddenly raised her head, just in time to see Xu Rui's good look, and immediately understood that she was amused by him again, and gently punched Xu Rui's chest in shame, not painful or itchy, but extremely exciting.

"You're so hateful, I won't tell you!"

When Xu Rui saw Princess Qixia's playful appearance, he laughed proudly again.

Princess Qixia glanced at him and said, "Don't laugh, people are coming." ”

Xu Rui gradually stopped laughing when he heard this, and saw seven or eight fast horses jumping out of the caravan and rushing towards Xu Rui and the others.

"Remember what I said."

Princess Qixia seemed to be a little uneasy, and said again.

Xu Rui waved his hand: "Don't worry, everything is in the hands of the lady!" ”

Princess Qixia's cheeks were red again, and she was about to speak, but when she saw that the fast horses had come to her, she quickly closed her mouth.

"Who are you?"

More than a dozen zhang away, Qi Hong stopped the fast horse, shouted loudly, and the rest of the people outflanked Xu Rui behind him, faintly surrounding the two.

This is the usual method on the Gobi, using cavalry to surround people, first, to confirm whether there is an ambush behind the opponent, and second, to never let the other side run away if they disagree.

"What are you going to do?"

Seeing this battle, Xu Rui sneered in his heart, but he pretended to be frightened on his face and protected Princess Qixia behind him.