Chapter 163: Run

After running for a while, seeing that Qi Ya was going more and more into the desert, He Jue was also a little afraid, this back and forth, he fully understood that the desert was terrible, and entering it so rashly was no different from dying in vain.

Fortunately, she didn't run too far, Qi Ya just got off the horse, walked up to the sand dunes with the leader in her arms, and sat silently for a while, looking like she was crying, and she didn't know how long, she suddenly stood up and pulled out her scimitar and slashed the leader's face more than a dozen times, and then pushed it violently under the sand dune.

The corpse rolled a few times, and when it stopped, almost half of the gravel was covered under the yellow sand, spreading dark red blood all the way, which was particularly shocking to look at.

He Jue looked a little unbearable, and just opened his mouth to say something, Ning Liang hurriedly covered his mouth and whispered: "This is the custom of horse bandits, Ah Jue, don't talk too much." ”

Whether it is the Great Zhou or the Sara Kingdom, people are to be buried after death, He Jue is the first time to see such a bloody burial method, he only feels that he is going to force people to a dead end, and there is nowhere to go, and he is also a little frightened at the moment, and he is unexpectedly silent.

Under Qi Ya's leadership, this group of people ran in the desert for a long time, He Jue had already been confused, unable to distinguish between the southeast and the northwest, looking at Qi Ya running in front with a sullen head, without any intention of stopping, He Jue couldn't help but start muttering to himself, always thinking about whether Qi Ya should be thinking about where to take them to sell and sell them at a high price.

Thinking so, He Jue deliberately let go of his hand, pretended to be exhausted, fell off the horse, and rolled on the yellow sand several times before stopping, and suddenly felt that his whole body was like falling apart, and it took him half a day to move.

Seeing that He Jue had fallen from the horse, Ning Liang and Ah You hurriedly turned around, Qi Ya thought about chasing the fleeing horse, but it happened to be blocked from the way, and she couldn't reach it for a while, so she could only watch the horse go away, and only scolded distressedly: "Do you do your best in Da Zhou, if you ride a horse well, it will fall off, it can be useful!" ”

Ning Liang was helping He Jue check his injuries, not only was he hit by a small stone a few times when he rolled down, he was soft-skinned and not used to riding a horse, and the inside of his legs was red and swollen, and he almost couldn't stand up. Ning Liang was distressed, and when he heard Qi Ya say such a thing, he immediately became angry, and replied coldly, saying, "Your eldest lady is not bad, why don't you treat your father yourself?" ”

Qi Ya's face turned blue all of a sudden, and she bit a bite of silver teeth, so she couldn't help but feel the whip, snorted, and turned to the side without speaking.

He Jue took the opportunity to grab Ning Liang and whispered his worries to him, Ning Liang also smiled bitterly and said: "It's too late to regret it now, except for her, we don't know the way." ”

In this vast desert, just thinking about He Jue is also a little helpless, the more I think about it, the more frightened and scared I become, just thinking that I was really dying of thirst and dying here, even if I am a ghost, I can't even find my way home, I don't think I just want to cry.

Ning Liang patted his head, sighed and said, "It's better to save some tears, I don't know if I can find a water source in this place." ”

After this incident, everyone's mood was a little low, and Qi Ya didn't speak again, only led the horse and walked hard in front.

Until the evening, Qi Yacai took them out of the desert, to the Gobi, walked along a small hill for a while, turned around, and actually saw a pool, although it is not big, but it has just been baptized by the wind and sand, and even such a small sparkling wave is extraordinarily precious.

This is just an ordinary place to stay, and when He Jue and the others arrived, several tents had been set up on the edge of this pool, and there were also many people walking around in it, looking dressed up, it should be a caravan coming and going nearby.

He Jue thought that Qi Ya was fierce and was going to rob, so he couldn't help but be surprised, and quickly looked at it, weighing that someone here could stop her, how did he know that Qi Ya just walked over like an ordinary person, said some words to those merchants, and then slowly exchanged some food, and came back very calmly.

Sitting carefully in the corner, Ning Liang couldn't help but look at Qi Ya a little strangely, but he still didn't hold back for a long time, and said, "I thought you would rob it, those people look like just ordinary people, they can't beat you." ”

Kia only said, "We weren't born robbers either. ”

Ning Liang was a little unimpressed, but he felt that there was nothing to argue about this kind of topic, so he didn't speak, went to fill the water, took the dry food and ate it slowly.

He Jue, this kid just can't sit still, a little better is to forget the pain, running around and looking, and after a while, he actually mixed with those vendors, talking and laughing, just like a friend who hasn't seen him for many years, Qi Ya was stunned for a while, and muttered, maybe this kid is really a talent.

Of course, He Jue couldn't guess what Qi Ya was thinking, he had been worried that Qi Ya had played tricks, and he was afraid that these people were also pretending to be those horse bandits, so he specially talked to those people. He is young, has a sweet mouth, and is very well-behaved and pleasant when he laughs, but he quickly became familiar with people, listening to their conversation is not abnormal compared with ordinary businessmen, and gradually He Jue put his mind at ease, and he also has the heart to eat.

At this time, he suddenly heard the words of the border pass and defeat, He Jue pricked up his ears and listened carefully, and his face was suddenly frightened.

On that day, He Jinbao chased He Jue out of the customs, but he didn't expect to be ambushed instead, losing a lot of manpower, but the back road was blocked again, so he could only pack up the remnants and evacuate to the desert in a roundabout way. And on the side of Tiger Roaring Pass, Ying Lanping soon knew the news that He Jinbao had stolen out of the customs, but He Jinbao had already confessed, Mr. Wen Youlin helped, Wu Youguo suppressed it without words, Ying Lanping couldn't bargain too much, he could only spread rumors that He Jinbao had defected to the enemy, and on the other hand, he wrote a book to denounce it.

For a while, He Jinbao was attacked inside and outside, and he was miserable, so he could only go more and more to the hinterland of the desert.

Hearing about these situations, He Jue's tears came down at that time, and he only felt extremely regretful, he never thought that it was just because of his impulsiveness that it would bring so many consequences, not only Ning Liang and Ah You, but even He Jinbao, as well as Chen Shuangchuan He Kitten, who was far away in the capital, could be killed because of this.

This is said well, why did he suddenly cry, which caused the group of businessmen to hesitate, and one of them had the courage to grab He Jue's shoulders and asked hard: "This kid is crying!" ”

The border is bitterly cold, and the horse bandits are rampant, and the businessmen who can walk here safely do not have too many loyal and patriotic thoughts, most of them have something to do with the horse bandits, sometimes they are even partial to the horse bandits, and sometimes they are quite a headache for the government.

Ning Liang was clear about these situations, and when he saw that this matter was going to be bad, he hurriedly came over to relieve the siege, grabbed He Jue's arm and squeezed it hard, and then said with a smile: "This kid has a relative who is a soldier over there, and he is worried." I had already persuaded him not to go, was it worth dying for the money? ”

I don't know if He Jue heard it, just crying, I didn't see an answer, Ah You half understood and half didn't understand, but he was obedient, seeing Ning Liang ask him to take He Jue down, he didn't ask, just helped He Jue to sit on the side.

The merchant also smiled and said, "People are motivated, thinking about paying homage to the prime minister." ”

Ning Liang sighed and said, "Then you have to have a life to enjoy it." ”

The merchant nodded sympathetically, looking at it as if his doubts had been dispelled, Ning Liang said some gossip to them again, this is the turn around, and he is also a little worried, and said in a low voice: "It seems that it is not good to return to the customs for the time being." ”

In this case, no one thought of it, but he felt that the road ahead was vast and he didn't know what to do for a while, sighed and said a few words, and didn't discuss a charter, so he could only fall asleep stupidly.

He Jue felt uncomfortable, ashamed and ashamed, he only felt like he had pressed a big stone, he couldn't sleep steadily, he turned over and got up, sat for a long time, and suddenly remembered that when chatting just now, those businessmen said that this place is called Chi Guangling because of this small pool. I didn't pay much attention to it before, but now that I think about it, I quickly took out the map from the leader's tent from my sleeve, spread it out and looked carefully, he really found it, and I didn't know what I was thinking about when I looked at it fixedly.

When it was dawn, He Jue went to those people to inquire about He Jinbao's news, and some people really saw a team of people dressed up by Zhou Bing, as for whether it was He Jinbao or not, they just didn't know, they only knew that they went in the direction of Shangqiu.

Open the map and look carefully, I feel that Shangqiu is not far from here, but it is more to the west, and it is more and more away from the Tiger Roar Pass, but it is impossible for them to follow the caravan, how not to get lost in the desert, this is the biggest problem.

In this group, the only one who is most familiar with the desert is Qi Ya, although He Jue doesn't believe her, he can only take a map and ask her if she knows how to go to Shangqiu.

Qi Ya only lazily stretched out her hand and pointed in the direction, and said casually: "Ride a horse and walk this way for three or four days, and you can get there." ”

He Jue asked: "Didn't the sun rise from this side, and the southwest should be here." ”

"When you are born and set in the east and west, I really don't know which way to deviate from you!" Qi Ya said disdainfully, and suddenly felt strange again, and asked, "You are a son-in-law, how do you know about Shangqiu?" ”

He Jue said: "There are not some marked on the map. ”

Qi Ya leaned over and looked at it, her face changed, she stretched out her hand and pointed to several places and asked where it was, He Jue was a little strange, but he still answered honestly, and finally he was really impatient, and replied: "You yourself are not good-looking, why do you keep asking me?" ”

Qi Ya glared at him angrily and said, "I want to be literate, why do I ask you!" It seems familiar, this is my father's thing, and it's coming! ”

He Jue was a thief with a weak heart, as soon as he saw Qi Ya's face change, before she could stretch out her hand, she jumped up a long time ago, and jumped behind Ah You to hide, while poking her head out and saying: "Anyway, you don't know how to read, it's useless to take it, if you want to know where, I'll tell you." ”

Qi Ya grabbed it twice and didn't grab it, and had to admit depressedly that what He Jue said was also very reasonable, this map has been in the hands of the leader for a long time, but none of the horse bandits can read, the government has always been strict with the map, and it is difficult for ordinary people to have the opportunity to see it, and the horse bandits don't know it, and they thought it was a strange painting, and they didn't look at it, and they just treated the treasure as grass, and finally it was cheaper He Jue.

The desert is vast, even if it is a horse bandit who was born and grew up here and died here, it is difficult to say that all of them have been there, Qi Ya, a horse bandit, can be regarded as a well-informed person who has traveled south and north, and when she looked at the map, she also admired it for a long time, and said: "It turns out that there is such a big place here, if I had known ...... earlier"

Since Tiger Roar Pass couldn't go back, He Jue just proposed to go to Shangqiu to meet He Jinbao, Ning Liang and Ah You naturally had no opinion, and Qi Ya also abandoned the horse bandits and didn't want to go back, so she nodded and agreed.

I picked a jade pendant and exchanged dry food and water bags with the merchant, and after rectifying it, I went to Shangqiu.

Shangqiu's Lu Qiya also recognized, but people just saw He Jinbao walking in the direction of Shangqiu, not really going to Shangqiu, He Jue They searched all the way and asked all the way, and gradually deflected the road, even Qi Ya has never been to these places, fortunately, the map in He Jue's hand is still relatively accurate, Qi Ya has a strong sense of direction, and he is not lost in this vast desert.

It's just that when He Jue and the others went to Shangqiu, they lost the traces of He Jinbao and them, and this side is no longer the edge of the desert, and no one can be found to ask.

He Jinbao couldn't find anyone, and the most anxious person was He Jue, he only licked his chapped lips and took out the map again and again, trying to guess where He Jinbao went.

Following He Jue to look at the map so many times, Qi Ya has learned a little bit, and seeing that He Jue is concentrating on looking, she also came over to look at it for a while, and suddenly stretched out her hand to point at a place and said, "If I choose this place, the terrain is complicated, it is easy to hide, and it is close to the water source." ”

The place Qi Ya pointed to is called the Red Clay Valley, and the water source cannot be seen from the map, but Qi Ya said that there was a stronghold of horse bandits not long ago in this vicinity, and Qi Ya also went to the past, and there was indeed a water source, but at that time they didn't know that there was such a Red Clay Valley nearby.

Although it was just a guess, it was just this time, and it was only a matter of luck, packing up their things, and the group left Shangqiu and headed for the Red Earth Valley.

There is quite a distance from Shangqiu to the Red Clay Valley, and the luck is also a little bad, when I walked halfway, I encountered a sandstorm, fortunately Qiya warned in time, and the person was fine, just ate a mouth full of sand, but it was a loss of two horses, after digging them out of the yellow sand, they were not able to stand up, even the water bag was lost in the sandstorm, and I don't know where to find it.

After three days of hard work on the only remaining horse, the horse could not bear the thirst, and soon fell to the ground and died, and Kia reluctantly combed its mane, and then drew her knife and cut the horse's neck, and carefully filled it with blood.

After walking for seven days, I was almost dry, and I saw a rock, although it was a little different from the appearance on the map, but it was undoubtedly the Red Clay Valley.

He Jue was cheering, but suddenly a feathered arrow flew out and landed directly in front of his feet, revealing several figures from behind the rock, full of bows and arrows, and aiming at this side in a strict formation.

Looking at the dress, it should be Zhou Bing, and it is indeed He Jinbao's team.

After so many days, He Jue was like a dried loach, black and thin, very different from before, fortunately, when he was in the pass, he was familiar with those soldiers, and if you look closely, there are still people who can recognize him, and this is what brought him in.

That time he was ambushed, He Jinbao also injured his leg, he didn't have a good look, and his movement was not very convenient, and when he got the news, he limped out quickly, and saw He Jue was angry and distressed, and he was stunned for a long time, and suddenly slapped him fiercely, scolding: "You kid, he has a good ability!" ”

He Jue also knew that he had done something wrong, and he didn't dare to hide, so he was beaten obediently, seeing that He Jinbao's anger was almost gone, he asked cautiously: "Dad, what should I do after that, it is rumored that you are collaborating with the enemy and treason?" ”

He Jinbao gritted his teeth and asked, "You say?" ”

He Jue didn't know much about this matter, so he could only tell the hearsay news in detail.

Since he left the customs, He Jinbao has been biting his tail by horse bandits and chasing after him, and he has no time to send a message back to the customs, and he still knows for the first time that he has been charged with such a crime on his head, treason is a big crime that will involve the nine clans, and he suddenly felt that his whole body was like being soaked in ice water, and his hands and feet were cold.

He Jue was still asking stupidly: "Dad, what should we do, my mother hasn't been to the letter for a long time......"

It's okay not to mention Chen Shuangchuan, as soon as Chen Shuangchuan is mentioned, He Jinbao's anger suddenly came up, thinking about how much Chen Shuangchuan suffered for such a muddy boy, and finally stopped for a few days, if he was really convicted of this crime, the first unlucky ones were not the mother and daughter in the capital.

kicked He Xuan to the ground, and said coldly: "Get over and kneel!" ”

He Jue had just crawled out of the desert, where did he still have the strength, he was kicked by He Jinbao, and he almost fell to the ground, but he also knew that he had done something wrong, gritted his teeth and straightened his waist, and knelt down in the center of the field without saying a word.

Ning Liang looked a little unbearable.

It's just that He Jinbao and his son didn't avoid people when they spoke just now, and the news that He Jue brought back, whether it was true or not, had already spread, only causing an uproar and shaking the army's heart.

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