Chapter 469: Desert
From the Great Zhou to the Tatar capital, in fact, the environment of the best section of the road is not so bad.
It's just that there will always be all kinds of troubles along the way, and I don't know where so many robbers and bandits came from, forcing this team to enter the desert.
Qin Yining was dressed in a coarse cloth cotton jacket and cotton skirt that was so dirty that he couldn't see the color, a coarse cloth scarf wrapped his head and face, and a thick and curved branch in his hand, and followed the team with difficulty.
Her injuries had healed, but her body was a little weaker than before.
It's been ten days since they've been in the desert, and if they hadn't been unlucky enough to catch up with the sandstorm, they wouldn't have been so miserable at all. At least the water brought was enough to eat.
It's a pity that God seems to like to joke with them.
Qin Yining didn't expect that the Tatars would come to Dazhou thousands of miles to look for treasures, and they have been looking for treasures for a long time.
When the heavens and the earth were shaking, she and the others were just about to reach the entrance of the cave when they were intercepted by the people brought by the Tartar horse Siqin.
Siqin looks like a handsome literati, looking polite and polite, he doesn't look like a Tatar man, but in fact he is a ruthless person, and he is not merciless when he kills people.
At that time, the Long Xiang army was all strangled and left alive, and the people brought by Lu Heng, along with her and Mrs. Liao, were brought out.
However, after entering the desert and catching up with the sandstorm, all of Lu Heng's people were abandoned in the desert by Siqin.
Instead of killing them directly, they were driven into the yellow sand of the sky and left to fend for themselves.
Now in this team, it is the Tatar horse Siqin and the twenty dead soldiers brought by Siqin, Mrs. Liao and two followers of the Qingtian League, and then Lu Heng and Qin Yining.
The soles of Qin Yining's feet seemed to be filled with lead, his lips were dry and cracked, and he was thirsty and speechless.
The last time I drank water was early in the morning, and everyone took a sip to moisten their throats. Qin Yining was reluctant to swallow the saliva at that time, but held it in his mouth for a long time, so that he would not feel too dry on the way.
But Rao is so economical that their water is still not enough.
"Stop." Siqin stopped the team.
Qin Yining panted and stood with a branch propped up, wanting to see what Siqin was going to do.
Siqin walked straight to Mrs. Liao and the two Qingtian Alliancemen, and said in a fluent and standard Da Zhou language: "Now we don't have enough water. You must tell me where the treasure is, or I will leave you here. ”
Mrs. Liao was silent.
Those two Blue Sky Alliances had already collapsed and were about to cry.
They were the ones who received the least amount of water. Are you going to leave them here now?
"Tell them, tell them!"
"Yes, it's all this time, what are you still hiding! If you don't say that your life is going to be lost! ”
"Treasure is important or life is important! You've killed so many brothers, and now you want to kill us! ”
The two of them had dry mouths and hoarse voices, but they were still sparing no effort to persuade Mrs. Liao.
Mrs. Liao described it as withered and her cheeks sunken, but she still smiled confidently: "To tell you the truth, only I know the location of the treasure now." If you let me die, I won't have to get the treasure for the rest of my life. ”
Siqin straightened the scarf, and said without raising his eyebrows: "And then?" You mean don't want to say? ”
Mrs. Liao said, "Unless you agree to my conditions, I will not tell you the whereabouts of the treasure." ”
When Siqin heard this, he smiled crookedly, and there was a dimple on his handsome face, which made him very kind and pleasing.
"Treasure, in fact, we are not rare at all, if you want to say, I can let you live, if you don't want to say, then it doesn't matter if we don't want treasure." With a wave of Siqin's hand, two sturdy men pulled the two soft-boned Qingtian Alliance members down, walked a hundred steps, and threw the person on the sand.
The two men ate a mouthful of yellow sand, but they did not dare to stay, they got up with difficulty, and while sucking off the sand in their mouths, they stumbled back again.
Mrs. Liao saw the two return, and her smile became more confident.
"Treasures, Emperor Da Zhou, Emperor Da Yan, all of them are needed, and they all want to keep them for themselves. You say you're not rare, but I don't believe it. How do you prove it to me? ”
Siqin was amused by Mrs. Liao, "You woman is a bit interesting, but there is no treasure, my army is still my army, and I am not the slightest different." If you don't want to say it, then let it be. Go away together, and we will no longer provide you with water and food, but you will be blessed. ”
After saying that, Siqin smiled and bowed to Mrs. Liao, and then turned back and led everyone to set off.
Is it true that you don't plan to ask for treasure?
Qin Yining was suspicious when he saw it.
This treasure is hidden by Mrs. Liao, except for the person who will definitely be wiped out, Mrs. Liao may really be the only one who knows the whereabouts of the treasure, this is to give up Mrs. Liao, is it deliberately scared?
Mrs. Liao thought that she could use the treasure to negotiate conditions, but who knew that now people would be so simply that they don't want it!
Qin Yining has been watching coldly for so many days, Siqin is actually a very strange person.
He looks like a scholar on the outside, but in fact he is strong in martial arts and not weak.
Tianjizi's original calculation, one of the three fierce stars, the greedy wolf fell in Tartary, combined with Siqin's military exploits and rumors in Tartary, I think he is the generalissimo who has been fighting with Ji Zeyu for many years.
The little regent raised by the Tatar princess Anazh died of illness, and Anazh became the female khan of the Tatars, and Siqin was Anazh's concubine.
Even so, Siqin was still in charge of the affairs of the Tatar army, and he made Anari happy every day. You can also do some of your own things in private.
For example, this time I searched for treasure, and I kidnapped so many people by the way.
Therefore, Siqin's behavior of giving up the treasure made Qin Yining feel strange. Shouldn't those who feed the army be able to raise more food?
Qin Yining didn't want to speak, because she had to maintain her physical strength.
And Siqin really did what he said.
Mrs. Liao and the two members of the Blue Sky Alliance chased after the team. Along the way, they have stumbled and may fall at any time.
But Siqin really didn't give them another drop of water, didn't give them a mouthful of food, until the three of them fell behind and never caught up again.
Qin Yining also wanted to save people. But she had no water and no food.
The remaining water, Siqin also impressed Qin Yining when he distributed it.
He will first let the twenty dead soldiers who follow him drink water first, they drink the rest, Siqin will refrain from taking a sip, and then the excess will give them these kidnappings, Lu Heng has the highest status in Siqin's mind, so he gets more, Qin Yining is second.
Now that Mrs. Liao has all three of them left, if she can't get out of the desert again, she should be the next to give up.
Qin Yining had a mirror in his heart, so he was more calm and thought of a way while walking.
Qin Yining, who is quiet and silent, never loses her temper, and is very patient, makes Siqin always can't help but walk beside her.
"You were so badly injured and then followed us into the desert, how did you survive until now?" Siqin asked with a smile.