Zhang Qiyue took out the compass again to confirm the next direction, looked at the endless desert around him, and couldn't help but sigh depressedly. He found himself lost.

"That's right, damn, how big is this desert?" Zhang Qiyue kicked the sand hatefully. I didn't expect that the first time I went far away, I was disadvantaged, which was far from what I imagined. Zhang Qiyue thought that many years later, in the "Biography of Zhang Xianshi" recorded by later generations, it should be written: "Zhang Xianshi came out of the Western Desert, all the way to the auspicious clouds, and the wind and drizzle, the demons kowtowed, and the world was shocked. Now it has become: "After Zhang Xianshi went out, he got lost......"

"It's not a good year. Zhang Qiyue felt a headache and shouted loudly around, "Is there anyone...... Yes...... Ah......h

Except for the constant whistling wind and sand, and the scorching sun, there was no response.

Zhang Qiyue has been walking in this desert for five days, and there is not much dry food left, but fortunately, the water in the Tibetan star is quite sufficient, otherwise it will be even more of a headache. A few days ago, I could occasionally see a few lizards crawling by, but now it can be regarded as a standard lack of grass. Zhang Qiyue thought to himself: Do you want to eat the old man's elixir as food? However, he immediately rejected this extravagant idea, and now he has this little possessions, and it is better to cherish it. It is better to hurry up, and look at the surrounding situation, it is obvious that it is not on the edge of the desert, and it is useless to stay here, at least before dark, you must find a suitable place to stay.

Zhang Qiyue sighed, decided to speed up, recognize the direction, and began to rush east.

......

Ten miles away, a caravan of more than twenty men was marching eastward, led by a few on horseback, followed by a dozen camels pulling three wagons, each with a flag embroidered with a red tree on the front. The leader looked at the sky, looked back and shouted, "Brothers, hurry up, we must try to get out of the center of the 'Whirling Cloud Desert' before it gets dark, so as not to encounter a sandstorm." ”

"Steward Yu, is there a sandstorm coming?" asked a burly man from the side, "There seems to be no sign." ”

Steward Yu shook his head and said, "Li Yong, you have not traveled much on this road, and I don't know much about it. In the center of the Swirling Cloud Desert, sandstorms appear irregularly, so there is nothing wrong with being careful. ”

Li Yong said: "Everything is under the orders of the steward. Then he shouted: "Brothers, work hard, when we return to the city, Steward Yu and I will definitely treat everyone well!"

"Okay. Everyone laughed and took the order, and the speed of the caravan suddenly increased a little.

Li Yong said with a smile: "Steward Yu, we have gained a lot this time, not only completed the original transaction task, but also unexpectedly obtained a 'Qingsha grass', which will definitely be rewarded, and I hope that the steward will bring the little brother when we meet." ”

Hearing this, Steward Yu was also in a very good mood, stroked his beard and smiled: "This is the joint credit of you and me, no matter what reward you have, you have half of it." ”

Li Yong was overjoyed and said: "Thank you for your care." ”

"It doesn't have to be that way. Steward Yu said with a smile: "I hope this trip goes well, and it will not be in vain for you and me-" "Wow-wow, wow, wow, I finally saw someone!" I saw a figure rushing towards the caravan from a distance behind, it was Zhang Qiyue with an excited face.

The entire caravan immediately stopped, and everyone drew their swords and took up a defensive position. Li Yong turned his horse's head, ran to the back of the team, and shouted: "Stop!"

Zhang Qiyue was ten steps away from the caravan, stopped his figure, and said excitedly: "Big brother, I'm lost, can you take me with you?"

Li Yong asked in a deep voice, "Who are you, how can you be here alone?"

Zhang Qiyue replied: "I came from the west, I want to go to Wangsha City to visit relatives, I have been walking in this desert for five days, and I have not gone out, I finally met you, everyone is good, take me for a ride, I can pay two silver." ”

Li Yong looked at Zhang Qiyue's face full of yellow sand, and the joy of meeting his own team, it didn't seem to be a fake, but he felt that it was very strange for this person to appear so suddenly, and he hesitated for a while, so he looked at the remaining steward on the side.

Steward Yu looked Zhang Qiyue up and down for a long time, and said: "Since we meet here, it is fate, and there is no need for silver two, if the little brother does not dislike it, then go with us." ”

Zhang Qiyue said happily: "Thank you for this uncle, don't worry, I will not cause trouble for you." If there's something I need to help, just say it. ”

Everyone in the caravan burst into laughter, and a big man in the rear said with a smile: "You little doll, what can you help, the work of our caravan is not as simple as you think." Li Yong didn't see it that way, frowned and whispered to Steward Yu: "Steward Yu, when this person just rushed towards us, the speed was extremely fast, and then I stopped him, his body stopped instantly, his breathing was not scattered, and he obviously had skills." And he can walk alone in this great desert for several days, and still maintain this state, I'm afraid it's not that simple. ”

Steward Yu glanced at Li Yong with satisfaction and said, "Li Yong, you deserve to be an old Jianghu, you look carefully enough." However, this little brother does not have any aura overflowing, at most he is cultivating in the forging period, with you and me here, even if he has bad intentions, what can he turn up? ”

Li Yong waved his hands and said, "But it's up to the steward to decide." ”

Steward Yu smiled at Zhang Qiyue and said, "Little brother, I am just about to go back to Shacheng, and you are also on the way, I don't know what to call the little brother?"

Zhang Qiyue said generously: "My name is Zhang Qiyue. Dare to ask the uncle's surname?"

Steward Yu said: "I am the manager of the Agarwood Juwangshacheng Branch, Yu Hui." This is the guardian of my branch, Li Yong. ”

Zhang Qiyue saluted and said, "Uncle Yu, Brother Li, there are two people on the road." ”

Li Yong replied: "It's the same hard work outside, don't be polite." The hour is not early, so let's hurry. ”

Steward Yu seemed polite, but in fact, he had been paying attention to Zhang Qiyue, and after seeing that Zhang Qiyue heard the word "Agarwood House", his expression did not change at all, and he believed a little more in his identity as a country boy. He said to the caravan, "Departure." The caravan gathered their weapons and continued on their way.

Fortunately, there was no sandstorm along the way, and the caravan made full efforts to quickly whip up their horses, and walked for nearly 100 miles in most of the day, and finally walked out of the center of the "Whirling Cloud Desert" shortly after dark, although they could not completely get out of the desert, they could already see some scattered cacti, and a few low bald mountains. Walking to the foot of a bald mountain, Steward Yu called out to the caravan and said, "Let's rest here tonight, Li Yong, you arrange a good vigil." ”

"Yes. Li Yong took the order and left.

Zhang Qiyue didn't say much along the way, he knew that he was an outsider, and the people in the caravan were always a little wary of him. He just wants to go out of the desert with the caravan, and after entering Wangsha City, he will part ways with them, why bother with branches, no one pays attention to him, he is also happy to be pure. By this time he had sat down on a rock, ready to rest, and had indeed not slept well in the last few days.

At this time, Steward Yu came over with a bag of things and said, "Little brother, this is the spiced beef from Wangsha City's 'Yipinxiang', do you want to try it?"

Zhang Qiyue took it and said with a smile: "Uncle Yu, it's good if you call me July, thank you." After saying that, he grabbed the beef unceremoniously and ate it.

Steward Yu smiled, handed over a kettle, and said, "Eat slowly, it's not enough." ”

"Uh-huh. "After eating dry food for many days, Zhang Qiyue will eat beef, which feels extremely delicious.

Steward Yu said: "July, I heard you say that you were going to Wangshacheng to visit relatives, I don't know who you are?"

Zhang Qiyue understood that this was touching his own bottom, and he didn't mind, and said: "It's my uncle, I haven't seen him for ten years, I don't know if he recognizes me when he sees me." ”

Steward Yu asked, "Oh, where does your uncle live?" ”

Zhang Qiyue took a sip of water and said, "The green willow lane north of Bangyang Building, but I don't know if I still live there." ”

Steward Yu smiled: "I often pass by, and when I have time back, I'll go there to visit Uncle Ling." ”

Zhang Qiyue said with a smile: "Then naturally welcome, Uncle Yu can come as a guest, my uncle must feel that it is full of brilliance." ”

Steward Yu nodded and smiled, and said, "You eat first, I'll go and see the other brothers." ”

Zhang Qiyue said: "Uncle Yu, you are busy, don't worry about me." ”

Steward Yu got up and left, Zhang Qiyue bowed his head and ate beef, everything was very harmonious.

Steward Yu walked over to a fire and sat down, bowing his head in contemplation. Soon, Li Yong also sat down.

Steward Yu asked, "It's all arranged?"

Li Yong replied: "According to the old rules, a team of five people, divided into four teams, take turns to keep vigil, and the periphery is also arranged with two formations of 'Liuyun' and 'Chasing the Wind' to cooperate with the defense. ”

Steward Yu nodded and said, "You've been working hard these days, so rest early." ”

The desert merchants were extremely physically and mentally draining on everyone, and it didn't take long for everyone except the night watchmen to quickly fall asleep.

......

In the middle of the night, Zhang Qiyue opened his eyes, and he heard a sound of spiritual power hedging with Suosuo, although it was covered by the sound of wind and sand, but it couldn't hide it from his ears. In Yang Wu's homework schedule, breaking the magic circle is a regular project, as long as he doesn't break the formation on time, he will accept Yang Wu's "love education", and Zhang Qiyue will not hear it wrong. And he could tell that the Flowing Cloud Array would soon lose its effect, and as for the vigilance formation of the Wind Chasing Array, I am afraid that it has already been taken down.

"I don't get a good night's sleep. Zhang Qiyue sighed, picked up a stone beside him, and raised his hand. "Smack", the fire in front of the remaining steward has been slightly dispersed.

"Who?" Steward Yu suddenly opened his eyes, and Li Yong also got up suddenly and looked around.

The sound of the aura hedge of the "lala......" breaking the formation was instantly amplified, and it had already awakened many people in the sleeping caravan, "Boom-"

"Enemy attack—" The night watchman finally noticed, and roared.

Steward Yu raised his hand with a solemn face and shouted: "Defense!" Everyone in the caravan quickly formed a defensive formation around the wagon, standing in front with swords in hand, and crossbowmen with bows and arrows, either on the wagons or on both sides of the wagons.

"Hahaha——, worthy of Agarwood House, really well-trained. "One hundred and ten people rode sand camels from the darkness and slowly approached the caravan, forming a circle of encirclement.

"Sand bandits. Li Yong narrowed his eyes and said.

Looking at these sand camels, Steward Yu's heart was slightly tight, in the desert, in terms of foot strength, horses and camels were definitely not their opponents. With a sharp turn of mind, he looked at the low bald mountain behind him, and found that there were already shadows on the bald mountain, and his heart sank.

At this time, there was a person in the center in front of the sand bandit, driving the sand camel a few steps forward, and Hong Sheng laughed loudly: "Yu Guan, I haven't seen you for many days, but you are still okay? I miss you very much." ”