Chapter 585: Night Walking
The old man's answer made Gu Yunjin breathe a sigh of relief. ~with~dream~small~say~ั~suimะตng~lฤ
Sorting out information is a time-consuming and energy-consuming task, and it is by no means something that can be done in a few hours, and it is better for the old man to follow them back to Yumen Pass.
Gu Yunjin said with a smile: "I'll tell you the truth, if you don't agree, I can only take paper notes here." โ
The old man also smiled.
Zhu glanced at the sky.
The clouds were very low, and the snow was all over the sky, a little bigger than when they came.
"Let's go back now," Zhu said, "Look at the sky, there are no stars at night, and it's not even easy to tell the direction, so it's not easy to walk halfway." โ
The old man raised his head and squinted his eyes: "The old man can see the general direction, hurry up while it is still bright, and walk slower behind, and it will be there." โ
The group returned.
The old man rode the same horse with Yuan Er.
He naturally knew it when he was young, but he broke his leg and never touched it again, and now he can't get on the back of a tall horse, and Yuan Er is holding him up.
Sitting on horseback, the old man shook his head and sighed: "I didn't expect that the old man would have this day." โ
Yuan Er said: "The old man looks so thin that he is skinny, I helped you just now, this bone really has some weight, you practiced when you were young, right?" โ
"Half a bucket of water," said the old man, "otherwise, I wouldn't have been wheezing to this day, but now I can't do it, and I'm waiting for the dead." โ
"Don't say that," Yuan Er explained, "When the map is sorted out, I want to go to the Western Regions to open my eyes." โ
"Little brother isn't from the North, is he? The accent doesn't sound like it. The old man followed.
Yuan Er's head bowed: "The first one is back." โ
"That's a pity, the first time I came back and saw such an empty city."
The horses came out of the south gate and headed south.
The old man turned his head on the horse, looked at the northland that was getting a little bit away, and said: "The former northland city is interesting, if it is autumn, this hour, the afterglow of the sunset, it is as beautiful as a painting."
The desert is lonely, and the sun sets over the long river! โ
This is Wang Wei's poem.
Yuan Er is a rough man, that is, after following the fifth master, he has gained some knowledge.
This poem is what he once learned, but his vision is not enough, he has never seen the sunset in the desert, and he can't imagine it at all with ten words.
Now, there is no sunset, and the desert is still some distance from the Northland City, but he suddenly understands that artistic conception a little.
Yuan Er looked at Gu Yunjin, Zhu and Nian Xia who were riding horses on the side, and he thought that the women who had lived in such an artistic conception, their words and deeds were naturally different from the girls who grew up in Jiangnan.
Although it was not against the wind, the strong wind did hinder the progress until it was dark, and it was only halfway the way.
After insisting on walking for half an hour, Zhu took the reins of the horse and proposed to eat some dry food to fill his stomach first.
It's winter, and it's night again, and if you don't eat, the whole person is getting colder and colder.
After a brief rest, relying on the old man to distinguish the direction, Gu Yunjin and the others continued to move towards Yumenguan, but the speed slowed down a lot.
Yuan Er wanted to ask the old man how to tell the difference, but in the storm, he only heard the word "experience".
After doing this for another while, Gu Yunjin rode the chasing clouds but refused to go, slowed down, and even stepped on the spot.
Gu Yunjin couldn't call it, and frowned: "It's strange, Chaiyun has always been obedient, why did he suddenly lose his temper at this time." โ
Zhu leaned over and patted the horse's neck: "I'll change it with you to see if it listens to me." โ
Gu Yunjin responded, and the two sisters-in-law dismounted, and as soon as she stood still, she saw that Chaiyun was still anxiously stepping on the snow.
"Fourth sister-in-law......" Gu Yunjin hesitated.
As soon as Zhu was about to speak, he saw Yuan Er stretch out his hand and stop her.
Yuan Er gestured to them and motioned to them, he seemed to have heard something.
Everyone was stunned, but they didn't say anything, but pricked up their ears to listen.
It's just that, apart from the wind, Gu Yunjin couldn't hear any other movements.
And Yuan Er, his brows furrowed deeper and deeper, and he even squatted down, dug up the thick snow, and put his ears to the ground.
"Galloping horses!" Yuan Er listened for a while, stood up with a calm face, and pointed diagonally ahead, "In that direction, let's hide back a little." โ
Nian Xia subconsciously took a few steps back, and suddenly her feet slipped and fell to the ground, and the horse was pulled by her and staggered.
She was not afraid, rolled the snow, and said: "This is a gentle slope, we avoid here, as long as they don't rub our scalps, they can't see it." โ
The group led the horse to the bottom of the gentle wave, and at this moment, even the Zhu family could vaguely hear the movement.
"It won't be our people," Zhu twisted his eyebrows, "who could it be?" Horse thieves? Di people? โ
Nian Xia said: "The horse thief is said not to come to this area, but the Di people are guarding the mountain pass and Hecheng, and they will not be here......"
Gu Yunjin's heart was beating fast, and while comforting Chasing Yun, he muttered: "The Di people can cross the grassland and attack the northern land in winter, there will be the first batch, and there will be the second batch." Previously, they did not appear when they were all on the ground, and now that the army is pressing forward, their follow-up sneak attack on our rear? โ
Zhu stomped his feet and said, "What's the point of this?" raided Yumen Pass, even if it succeeded, it would be counterattacked by the army that got the news to rescue. โ
"Grab a wave and run, hasn't the Di people always been like this?" Gu Yunjin said, "Maybe we can surround Wei to save Zhao and ease the pressure on Shankou Pass a little." โ
The expressions of the group froze, after all, only Yumen was the most likely to sneak attack.
The sound was getting closer and closer, and everyone could hear it clearly, it was the movement of the cavalry galloping by, listening to the direction, it was indeed Yumen.
"Don't guess, you'll know if you catch one." After speaking, Yuan Er turned over and went up the gentle slope.
The army was not far in front of him, but the night was too dark and the march was fast enough for the other party to notice them.
Yuan Er's ear power is excellent, listening to the sound to distinguish, and when the first few horses have passed, only the last few horses, he jumped, flew out of the horse rope, and hooked one.
Although the neighing of the horses was loud, it was not piercing in the galloping caravan, and no one noticed that a single person had been dragged off his horse and captured.
Yuan Er dragged the man to the gentle wave and unloaded the other party's arm neatly.
Zhu Shi took a closer look: "Di people! โ
She understood Di and immediately asked, "How many people?" โ
The captives stared at them and did not speak.
Zhu asked again: "Where are you going?" โ
The captive still didn't answer, he couldn't raise his two hands, but he raised his feet and kicked on the legs of Gu Yunjin who was standing on the side.
Gu Yunjin had been paying attention to the movements of the captives, even if she couldn't see it really well in the night, but she reacted sharply, dodged sideways, and smashed Di Ren with a backhand.
Her hand strength has grown now, but it is impossible to say that a punch can smash a tall and tall person's eyes.
Therefore, Gu Yunjin's punch was not aimed at the chest, but smashed directly into the opponent's face.