Chen Xiaoman's method reminded me that the difficulty of not being able to buy vegetables every day due to the long distance would be solved, and we could grow some wheat and rice by ourselves in the future, so that we didn't even have to go out to show our heads.

I was a little excited and quickened my pace, and Chen Xiaoman followed closely and trotted all the way: "Hey, brother, you wait for me." ”

I couldn't wait to go home on the way, so I had to wonder if there was something wrong with the saying that a good man is ambitious, because I always felt that my ambition was at home, and the luxury was to see my daughter-in-law all day long.

After about an hour of travel, I could already see the gate I had made in the distance, and at this time I could already imagine the look of Satsuki returning from home.

"Brother, look at how many officers and soldiers come over there."

Chen Xiaoman's words disturbed my thoughts, to be precise, the word "officers and soldiers" frightened me, because now I have a sense of fear of those who wear official clothes and hats, whether it is collecting public food or patrolling and enforcing the law, I am far away.

In the not-so-dark night, I saw a group of officers and soldiers approaching quietly, and they didn't even light the torches. It's just that we don't have people in this place and it's not a transportation hub on a straight road, so the purpose of the pedestrians is very obvious.

I hurried into the house in three steps and two steps, woke up Xiao Yue, who was sleeping soundly, and said, "Daughter-in-law, quickly pack up our things and let's go, the officers and soldiers are coming." ”

When Xiao Yue heard this, she hurriedly rolled up the only cover, tied the rope and said, "Why did the officers and soldiers come here?" ”

I picked up the cover and turned my head and went out, saying as I walked: "I don't know, maybe I went to the city to buy food a few days ago and was watched, Xiaoman took the guy who ate and ran with me." ”

As soon as I arrived in the garden, I saw a man sneakily hiding in the distance, looking into the courtyard, I put down the futon on my shoulder, drew my sword, and ran over.

The man also ran over and waved his hand again and again: "Holy Monarch and slow, I am Li Li of the old department of the Qin Dynasty, and now I heard that the eldest princess has bent here to check." ”

I saw that this person was dressed in light cloth, but it was different from those officers and soldiers, but I didn't know the old department of the Qin Dynasty, so I had to confirm it with Xiaoyue.

It's just that Xiao Yue can't remember clearly, and the man waved his hand: "In the humble official position, the eldest princess naturally doesn't know it, but now the Han Court will be here in a while, and if you want to arrest the eldest princess of the Holy Monarch, please take a temporary shelter with the villain." ”

I was skeptical about the identity of this person, but I didn't want to waste time when the Han army was approaching the facts, and I asked sharply, "How do you make us believe you?" ”

Li Li's heart was as anxious as fire, "Holy Monarch, don't ask again, isn't it enough to show your loyalty by risking death to report the news?" ”

I remember that the notice clearly stated that harboring prisoners should be punished for their crimes, so I let down my guard a little and said, "Well, I will believe you for the time being, but if I find out that you have lied to me, I will not let you taste good fruit." ”

"Okay, come with me, I'm afraid it'll be too late." Li Li said anxiously.

Then I went to carry my luggage and followed this stranger on the road, but fortunately, Li Li did not lie to us, not only let us escape the catastrophe, but also prepared a carriage for us to go to the Xiongnu to join his close friends, and gave us a letter from him in the hope of solving our livelihood problems.

I am full of hope for life, but the Xiongnu are a nomadic people, and Li Li's brother is also a wandering horse trader, and the road that seems to be full of hope is actually a bleak one. But we had no choice, and in desperation, the three of us led the horses and luggage into the vast Gobi.

At this time, we had no map or compass, and relying only on a few signs dictated by Li Li to find it was undoubtedly like a headless fly spinning around in the desert. So soon death is getting closer and closer to us, and the lack of water and the desert with no end in sight give us a blow in the face!

"Boom"

The last horse fell on the soft spot of the desert with hunger and thirst, and I drew my dagger and cut the veins of the Rau horse, and put its blood in a container of water to relieve our lack of water for a while.

Soon the blood donation filled all our containers, Chen Xiaoman licked his chapped lips with his tongue, knelt on the ground without any image, and greedily sucked the uncollected blood with his mouth full of fur wounds.

"Brother, let's go home, so that sooner or later we will die here like this horse." Chen Xiaoman, who was nourished by blood, regained some strength, and at this time, the corners of her mouth were stained with a few horse hairs, and a few fishy flies were turning around in front of her dirty face, trying to take the opportunity to forage for the blood stains hanging on the corners of her mouth.

I looked at Xiao Yue, who was in the dust, and at this time, she was no different from ordinary people, and she also needed to forage for food and drink every day. I can't believe I'm going to have this day, and it's Satsuki with me so much that I cherish.

"What do you say, daughter-in-law?" At this time, mine also had the idea of retreating, because this nearly a month made me feel that the Xiongnu were simply an unreachable place.

Xiao Yue glanced at the Gobi full of yellow sand, sighed helplessly and said, "But to enter is death, isn't it to retreat?" ”

This sentence undoubtedly reminded me of Liu Bang's determination to kill us, of course, it also means that we have no direction at this time, and it will be a big problem if we can't retreat.

"Then quit, at least we still have hope of survival."

Finally I made up my mind, squatted down and chased away the flies that were circling around the dead horses, then picked up the dagger and peeled off the horse's skin little by little, and cut off the horse's flesh piece by piece, dried it into jerky, and then used it as dry food on the road.

Now that the sun is shining, in fact, the water evaporates very quickly in this environment, so it doesn't take too long to dry some thin jerky, and you only need to pay attention to the birds and ants during the period not to let them steal food.

We sat down on what little luggage we had left, and we didn't say much to save our strength. In fact, we have thrown away a lot of this luggage with the reduction of horses, and now there are no horses, and there is enough food and water for me, and I am afraid that these only luggage will be abandoned here.

Satsuki saw my worries and said, "We will also take as many of these things as possible, this is what we need to survive." ”

I nodded, and my eyes noticed that our worn shoes were very useless, and these shoes had already worn out large and small holes that would wear our feet when poured into the sand.

In the past, they would have horses to ride for a while, but now I am really afraid that their delicate skin will also grind out a lot of blood blisters like me, and now I really regret that I didn't bring the Soul Condensing Bead, otherwise Satsuki would have been able to go in and rest.