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Yangping County, a very inconspicuous small county town among the thirteen counties in the northwest. The pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info have been inexplicably lively in recent days.

Countless high-rollers in the rivers and lakes, and retreats in the deep mountains, these two days have been going back and forth to the dilapidated and narrow city gate of Yangping County like a market. In this kind of county town, which is located in the middle of the country but not adjacent to the border, the garrison used is either too weak in the ranks and is squeezed out, or some old soldiers who have been eliminated from the regular army. On weekdays, I drink and play cards, and I have a lot of fun. In the past few days, he has been standing guard and almost breaking his waist.

Seeing that the sun was getting west, there was still an endless stream of Jianghu walkers inside and outside, and several garrisons finally looked forward to the rest of their partners resting and coming to replace them. After saying their blessings, they didn't even have time to change into civilian clothes, so they went straight to a restaurant near the city gate that they frequented.

Surprisingly, although the passenger flow in Yangshan County has not been low in the past two days, most pedestrians only stay overnight in inns and other places before continuing to hurry. Although the business of this small restaurant is indeed better than usual, it is also quite limited, and it is not overcrowded.

"Ah Chang! a pound of roasted white knives, a plate of sauced beef, a plate of cucumber and peanuts platter, and then a plate of cold smoked!

The squad leader with a scar on his face limped to the table in the middle of the hall and sat down, and roughly ordered Xiao Er to serve the food. Four young men sat around the table. One of the young men complained:

"I don't know when this day will be the end...... Brother Zhang, have you ever encountered this kind of thing before?"

Without waiting for the man surnamed Zhang, who was in the position of captain, to respond, the tallest of the five people slapped the back of the head of this descendant, and scolded angrily:

"Every thing on the mouth...... Where did our captain do this cheap errand before? Which pot can't be opened, which pot is ......?"

When the man surnamed Zhang heard this, he also hammered his fist on the back of the strong man, and scolded with a smile: "Tieshan, aren't you kid the same who lacks a door in his mouth? Lao Tzu has not trained your temperament well for so many years." If it weren't for your qualifications, you wouldn't have spent so many years in this place where birds don't. ”

"Hehe...... the big man scratched the back of his head embarrassedly, and the man surnamed Zhang shook his head stubbornly.

One of them, a middle-aged man who looked to be the oldest, beat his waist and said, "But seriously, don't blame us for mentioning this stubble to block you." But in this situation, we are not as well-trained as you, and we can't bear to work like this day in and day out. What kind of thing is it about, when will it end, and you will give us some of the bottom line?"

The man surnamed Zhang picked up the bowl, grunted and drank a large sip of tea, and then grinned: "When my leg was not broken, I served our dynasty as a former battalion soldier in the Northern Army. Compared with the hardships we endured when we pioneered the north at that time, this kind of work was really not a dirty and tiring job. Of course, I'm not saying this to emphasize that. It's that I don't know much more about the affairs of the garrison corps than you do. So when this matter will be resolved, you can't see it, and I naturally can't smell the signs. ”

The young soldier couldn't hide his frustration, and muttered: "It doesn't take many more days, I'm afraid my body will be scattered in ten days at most." Brother Zhang, even if you don't know when this matter will be resolved, you should always know why we are so tired, right?"

The man surnamed Zhang said with a straight face: "Xiao Song, as a brother, I want to remind you: There are some things that the people above don't say, and you don't have to ask, understand?"

Xiao Song seemed to be frightened by the serious face of the man surnamed Zhang, and nodded subconsciously.

Seeing this, the man surnamed Zhang said with satisfaction: "That's right." But then again, it's not a secret in the first place, so it doesn't hurt to tell you about it. ”

"Further northwest of our county town is the Blood Moon Sand Sea. There was already there, except for the boundless sand, that is, the most stoic and cunning beasts, and the most ferocious and greedy sand thieves. In short, there is hardly any life-friendly moving west, and it is a real barren land. ”

Just over two months ago, however, a tree appeared in the sea of sand that was said to be a little frighteningly tall, a tree whose species even the most experienced and knowledgeable old guides could not identify at all. With that tree as the center, the sand sea has been transformed into a small oasis......" Speaking of this, the man surnamed Zhang sighed: "What kind of means can create a miracle? Seriously, if I couldn't leave my official duties and start casually, I would really like to go to the sand sea to see it." ”

There seemed to be a fire rising in the eyes of the young man, which boy and girl of his age did not have a different knot for adventure?

"It's a pity that in addition to the limitation of the position, this matter itself is not so simple...... "The man surnamed Zhang sighed: "In the past few days, the upper authorities have been studying and other forces on the distribution of the garrison rights of that oasis, and it seems that it has not been completely limited until now." However, at present, that area is also guarded by some backbones of the Zhenxi Army and other powerful warriors, and those who are idle cannot get close to that area at all. ”

The man surnamed Zhang spoke in a very low voice, and only the people at this table could hear it. If it weren't for the limitations of his identity, he really wanted to directly tell the people dressed up at the other tables that no matter how busy they were at the moment, they would only be empty, and there was really no need.

Xiao Song Qi said: "It stands to reason that this matter seems to have been discovered for more than two months, why did it suddenly step up research on the distribution of occupation rights in the past two days?"

The man surnamed Zhang looked at him, his eyes were full of surprise and approval, and said, "Yes, you have some surprises in your brain today." This question is to the point......"

Speaking of this, the man surnamed Zhang lowered his voice and said: "Why has the matter that has not been resolved for two months suddenly stepped up in recent days? Because there is a lot of information that shows that the hand of the Great Yuan Dynasty in the west seems to have reached out, wanting to fish something out of this muddy water......

Not to mention the young man surnamed Song, even the other three city defenders were also extremely surprised. The Dayuan Dynasty and the Daping Dynasty have been adjacent for thousands of years, and the two places neither exchange nor communicate, just like a pair of cold-faced neighbors who bow their heads and don't look up to see them, and they should not see them when they see them, and they have always lived their own lives. What kind of thing happened in this sea of blood moon sand that made them not hesitate to stretch their hands across the boundary?

"But in the end, these are not issues that we need to worry about......" The man surnamed Zhang saw Xiao Er serving the food, immediately grabbed his chopsticks and feasted, and said vaguely: "Do everything you need to do in a down-to-earth manner, and the wine and meat are extraordinarily fragrant." How many things can we take care of? This matter should be continued, and it is better to stop, since we can't change it, we just relax and do it well. Except for Lao He's lazy bones, you can all mix in the inner places if you work hard. Don't complain about this and complain about that ...... at this age."

Looking at the nagging captain, the young man's heart suddenly had an inexplicable emotion. He habitually raised his hand to tease his left bangs, then picked up a large piece of beef and chewed it, his eyes and tongue rolled together, and his brain and stomach began to digest something at the same time......