CHAPTER XXIS—The City of Zhige

The desert is desolate, the yellow sand is reckless every day, boundless, looking up at the sky, there is no cloud shadow in the sky, no grass and trees, it should be a land of no people. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info the depths of the desert, covered by yellow sand, through the slightest slit, you can vaguely see the outline of a city, the city presents a thick copper yellow, standing in the wind and sand, receiving sand and dust washing every day, as if smelling its legend with the wind.

Take a closer look, you can only see the city wall of nearly ten zhang high, look at the city wall, the wall is covered with sharp blades, it looks hideous and terrifying, there is no door around to enter, like a huge mountain abyss blocking the way, making people stop. On the city wall, one person stood at each step, and several people were covered with giant crossbows one after another. Above the city wall, several giant eagles circled, chirping from time to time.

Several people were communicating on the city wall, and one of them looked at the city and said: "Tsk, I don't know what the city lord thinks, such a high city wall, who can enter, and they have to be stationed day and night." A few people next to him responded to him and said, "Yes, yes, I let my mother-in-law stay alone last night." As he spoke, a few people laughed.

When a few people didn't pay attention, a shirtless man walked behind him, and the big man smiled after listening to the conversation between several people, and whipped the person in front of him: "Chew your tongue, hurry back to find your mother-in-law, inform everyone to change the guard and rest, there is a caravan coming at noon today, take a look carefully while accepting new companions, don't let people who shouldn't come in get in." ”

When a few people saw the comer, they said respectfully: "Commander, let's go and inform the brothers." "After that, go and tell the people who stood guard last night to rest.

After seeing a few people leaving, Dahan turned around and looked at the desert in the distance, looking at the almost unchanged scenery every day, except for the yellow sand or yellow sand, his mind had drifted to the end of the yellow sand, and he whispered: "I don't know when I can go back." After thinking about it, the long whip in his hand was about to fall off, and the big man came back to his senses, grabbed the long whip and touched the long whip and said: "Old friend, old friend, people are old, and they are always sentimental." Then he continued to look into the distance.

At the beginning of the sun, bidding farewell to the desert of the cold and dark night, the temperature suddenly rose rapidly, like a furnace, and the big man's bare body slowly accumulated beads of sweat, and suddenly heard the big man say: "No! How do you seem to have someone, this is different from the time set by the caravan." Then he whistled, and when he heard the whistle, one of the great eagles in the sky sped away towards the man who came in the distance. Then the big man twitched the lazy person next to him: "Don't be sleepy, inform you, there may be an enemy." ”

Following the giant eagle to find, I saw that under the giant eagle circling, an old horse led the team, followed by two camels, a young man and a girl on the camel, followed by a carriage, these people were Ye Xiao and his party.

I saw Ye Xiao say to Ye Xiaoyi: "Xiaoyi, after a night of walking, you go and rest first, with the old horse leading the way, I don't think you will go wrong." Then he got up and got off the camel to help Ye Xiaoyi.

Ye Xiaoyi whispered "Okay", and just as she was about to get off the camel, she heard an eagle chirping, and then looked up and saw the giant eagle in the sky, and instantly became happy, pulling Ye Xiao's finger to the sky and saying: "Brother Ye, look fast, eagle, it's the eagle of Zhige City, we have arrived, we have arrived." Saying that, the whole person threw himself into Ye Xiao's arms and sobbed softly.

Ye Xiao looked at the person in his arms, he knew that although she had been very strong and optimistic along the way, how could a person who had lost her relatives and family members hide her sadness, not to mention that she was only a fifteen-year-old girl. hugged Ye Xiaoyi tightly with both hands, and said silently in her heart, "From now on, I will be her dependent." “

After a while, Ye Xiaoyi stopped crying, only to find that she was in Ye Xiao's arms, blushing shyly, and hurriedly left Ye Xiao's arms, and hurriedly said, "Hug ..... Sorry, Brother Ye, it's just.... Before she finished speaking, she saw Ye Xiao gently helping her wipe away her tears, and heard her eldest brother Ye say: "Fool, I will guard your cry from now on." “

Ye Xiao helped Ye Xiaoyi into the carriage and flew onto the camel: "Xiaoyi, do a good job, let's go." “

The big man of the city wall watched the giant eagle flying out and flew back quickly, the giant eagle slowly circled down, landed on the city wall, the size of nearly two people, with a few chirps of the giant eagle, and flew into the air.

After listening to the sound of the eagle, the big man instructed the people next to him: "Someone is indeed coming, not a caravan, prepare crossbow arrows." "With the command of the great man, on the city wall, the giant crossbow was wound, and the people guarding the city waited for the people to come, if it was an enemy, ten thousand arrows would be torn apart in an instant.

The sun shone on the defenders of the city, and the sweat beads were scattered on the ground one by one, and as the eyes slowly saw the people who came, they only saw a young man sitting on a camel, and the young man slowly approached the range of crossbow arrows, and the person next to the big man asked: "Commander, do you want to shoot and kill." “

Dahan replied, "It doesn't seem to be an enemy, wait until he gets closer and ask for clarification." ”

Ye Xiao looked at the city wall from a distance, looking at the city wall being high and towering, covered with sharp blades, and couldn't help but exclaim: "The work of creation." "Slowly approaching the city wall, I saw some places on the city wall with blood stains, blood stains that could not be covered up in this daily wind and sand washing, and people longed to hear its legend.

As the old horse moved forward step by step, Ye Xiao was about to approach the city wall, when he heard a "whoosh", an arrow suddenly shot in front of the old horse, an arrow pierced the ground, and the startled old horse was restless and frightened, seeing this scene, Ye Xiao held the Mingfeng sword tightly. Then I heard a voice from the city wall: "Stop, young man, if you go any further, you will die." “

Ye Xiao looked up, and could only see the figure on the city wall, but the giant crossbow around the figure was clearly visible, and the cold light was cold, as if responding to the words in front of him, and going forward was the way to death.

The eyes of the big man on the city wall have been staring at the young man under the city, and the moment they met his eyes, he asked, "Young new face, who are you?" If it's a newcomer, you should come with the caravan, if not, how did you find this place, and alone?" After saying that, he used a gesture to order the people around the city to defend the city, and if the people under the city were the slightest mistake, shoot them immediately.

The sun gradually climbed out of the mountain, slowly walking into the clouds, lazily bringing warmth to the earth. Ye Xiao, who was under the sun, looked at the people on the city wall and the crossbow arrows, the crossbow arrows were intensely illuminated by the sun, and Ye Xiao, who reflected the light and thorns, had to squint.

Ye Xiao slightly let go of the Mingfeng Sword in his hand, and said with a slight teasing: "I heard that this place is called Zhige City, and it is forbidden to use force, the city is a good city, but this person is it? “

When the people guarding the city heard this ridiculous and questioning tone, several people couldn't help but scold: "Hairy boy, who are you talking about, why is your uncle in your way." ”

Ye Xiao hurriedly replied: "Haha, whoever just answered, that is, who is it." This remark attracted a crowd of miscellaneous scolding from the city.

The big man looked at the people who were defending the city in chaos and shouted, "What a noise! He said to Ye Xiao again: "Young man, if you don't explain your identity and purpose, you're welcome." “