The legend that Meow Mi has nine lives seems to be true, and Xiao Feng Meow, who insists on refusing to live and die on Zheng Xiu, has suffered a tragic price.

When Zheng Xiu woke up, the back of his head was resting on the base of his wife's soft thighs, and when he looked up, Zheng Xiu could only see his wife's hair. He remembered the "Dragon Gate Inn" and struggled to get up, but was pressed back by his wife.

Zheng Xiu could only arch upwards with his hand.

"Uh-huh~"

Xie Luohe gasped in anger.

Zheng Xiu finally barely managed to see his wife's worried beautiful face.

Madame blushed, patted the "zongzi hand" that arched restlessly on her chest, and reprimanded.

"I'm not honest when I'm hurt!"

Xiao Feng meowed and let out a cute roar, jumped down from Xie Luohe's shoulder, and scratched Zheng Xiu's face with his claws without saying a word, scratching out blood-red marks.

"No!"

Taking advantage of his wife's inattention, Zheng Xiu bounced up and exclaimed, "My plaque!"

"What's wrong with the plaque?"

Xie Luohe wondered at first, and then suddenly realized, "Do you mean the one that was broken? It doesn't matter, just write it again."

Zheng Xiu was stunned for a moment, rubbing his eyebrows, which were still in pain.

Something seemed to jump suddenly behind the eyebrows.

Zheng Xiu looked around and found that he was in the warm home of the two. "I'll go out and have a look." , Leaving a sentence, Zheng Xiu hurriedly ran in the direction of Mohexuan in his memory.

Xie Luohe looked slightly stunned, but he was finally relieved, and chased after Xiao Fengmeow, who was still angry with the grievances.

Zheng Xiu passed out due to "headache" when the morning sun was born, as today the side is covered with sunset, but it was replaced by the west. When I woke up, it was already sunset. Coming to "Mohe Xuan" in a messy mood, the plaque on the ground that was broken into two sides was put together by someone and stood aside-probably it should be Xie Luohe, and only she would be so concerned about her own plaque in such a chaotic time.

The moment Zheng Xiu saw the plaque written by himself, Tong Kong shrank slightly. The "Dragon Gate Inn" he saw before he passed out was like a mistake in a dream, and it no longer existed. The three characters "Mo He Xuan" are still vigorous and powerful, with a literati charm, and the peeling gold paint on it is the same as in memory. This is exactly what he wrote down ten years ago.

"Mohe, Mohe, Mohe. Not a word wrong, not a single word. So, who's wrong?"

Zheng Xiu was shocked and muttered to himself.

Xie Luohe hugged the meow and pasted it from behind, twisted her husband's body, and she took the initiative to put her forehead on it.

If it was in the past, Zheng Xiuding would put a wave on his mouth quite interestingly, Xie Luohe would always laugh and scold and slap over, and then the husband and wife would fight, from the end of the bed to the head of the bed, and be harmonious, it has always been like this, these small habits have made the two of them live a peaceful married life for ten years, and they are still sweet and have a unique taste. At this time, Zheng Xiu was not in the mood, and let Xie Luohe fiddle with his expression.

"It didn't burn."

Xie Luohe muttered in confusion.

"I'm ......" Zheng Xiu stared at his wife, opened his mouth, but couldn't say a word, and finally could only shake his head vigorously: "That's it, it's okay, maybe I'm tired."

It took ten days of hard work before Ridi instructed the living tribesmen to dig a large pit outside the town, remove the corpses from the town one by one, and bury them carefully. It became a mass grave.

During these ten days, everyone in the Sun tribe was worried about Aturu's comeback. Some people say that Aturu was cut in two by Boss Mo that day, and he must have died. The army of the Western Regions had long been frightened and did not dare to commit it again.

It's just that what makes the sun and the earth uneasy is that in the past ten days, not even a single person, either doing business or having a way, has come from the Western Regions. All news outside the valley of the cicada was cut off, and the whole town was shrouded in a terrible tranquility full of buildings due to the coming storm, and this "peace" was terrifying.

Every day, the patriarch sent his subordinates out to find out the news. It is worth mentioning that after "recovering from his injury", the young man of Riding regained his life, and he gradually mastered the thaumaturgy he learned when he inadvertently peeked into the path in the desert.

His feet produce "roots."

Stuck in any place. He can easily climb mountain cliffs and rocks, fly eaves and walk walls, and even on walls, he can walk like a fly with the roots on his feet.

Such a strange phenomenon fell on Riding, and the clansmen looked at him a little more strangely. The rest of the Sun Clan, consciously or unconsciously, kept their distance from the Sunding family. As if it was a disease, they were all afraid of being infected.

Riding didn't think so, but ran to Boss Mo's house happily because of the fresh "thaumaturgy", and humbly asked Zheng Xiu about the mystery of "thaumaturgy".

On the twentieth day after the war, Riding couldn't help but kill pigs and sheep, climb Sunset Mountain, and in front of those murals, he chose noon, when the sun was at its strongest, to worship the "scorching sun" and pray for peace.

January after the war.

One day.

"Someone's coming! Someone's coming!"

Riding, who was in charge of guarding the valley mouth on the east side of the Cicada Valley, saw a group of figures in the depths of the desert from a distance. Shocked, a few vertical leaps quickly climbed down from hundreds of long peaks, and their movements were as flexible as monkeys.

Someone is coming from the east!

Across the desert!

It didn't take long for the news to spread throughout the tribe. In the anxious vigilance of the whole month, the sun and the earth heard it like a frightened bird, and was so shocked that he led the best men of the clan to the east of the valley.

After a month of suffering, the patriarch lost a lot of hair, his eye sockets were sunken, and he was very haggard.

Ridi first ordered people not to relax their vigilance in the west, and led people to the east to set up a bow formation and wait.

Nowadays, no matter who comes from the other side, the sun and the earth dare not take it lightly.

It didn't take long for Zheng Xiu and Xie Luohe to hear about it. When Zheng Xiu heard that it was someone from the desert direction, he wondered in his heart. He was resting and recuperating from his injuries, patted Xie Luohe, who was squinting his eyes and basking in the sun with his cat in his arms, said a few times, and walked towards the mouth of the valley on the east side of the cicada valley alone.

Waiting at the mouth of the valley, there are many archers squatting on the plank roads on both sides of the valley. Zheng Xiu stared into the distance and looked at the desert. Sure enough, just like hearsay, the shadows in the depths of the desert are shadowy, and I don't know where the people and horses have crossed the desert for many years, no wonder the sun and earth are so careful.

After a while. As the horses approached, the first thing to bear the brunt of was the tattered flags. Flags fluttered, and one of the well-preserved flags had a large "Wu" written on it.

"It's the Imperial Court!"

On the valley, Ridi stared at him and exclaimed. For many years, although the Ricicada Valley belongs to the territory of the Great Qian, the environment here is harsh, and it has long been out of the control of the imperial court. Now that the court has come, I don't know whether it is a blessing or a curse, which makes the sun and the earth even more worried.

Court?

Different from the reaction of the sun and earth, Zheng Xiu vaguely saw a conspicuous bald head in the team. The bright reflection was particularly dazzling in the scorching sun.

"Don't be nervous! It could be my own people!"

The men and horses holding the banner of the Shenwu Army arrived at the Cicada Valley.

More than 100 people rode camels, dressed in heat-insulated coats, and were dusty.

The first man had a camel saddle bag with a fine-iron helmet.

"Xie Yunliu!"

"My good brother-in-law!"

The two recognized each other from a distance and beckoned to each other. Xie Yunliu let out a long roar, jumped off the camel, put his feet on the yellow sand, and came to Zheng Xiu in a blink of an eye, hugging Zheng Xiu heavily.

Bang bang bang!

Xie Yunliu laughed and patted Zheng Xiu's back, behaving heroically: "Good brother-in-law! You're still alive!"

"Alive! Of course alive!" After a long absence, Zheng Xiu was extremely happy when he saw Xie Yunliu. But he quickly asked, "Monk?"

"Fart monk! Lao Tzu is a general! Lao Tzu has just been promoted, and now he has been appointed by the emperor as "General Pingxi", walking in the court, whoever sees Lao Tzu has to respectfully call Lao Tzu "General Xie"! But brother-in-law, you always call it "monk monk", it's really unlucky!"

Xie Yunliu complained in his mouth, but the smile on his face remained undiminished, as if he was not angry. However, he didn't know the true meaning of Zheng Xiu's question, and when he heard this, Zheng Xiu shook his head helplessly, and the secret monk's illness was still not healed.

"General Xie? Yunliu Temple?"

The memories of ten years ago came flooding back to him, and Zheng Xiu subconsciously muttered these two names. Then

, A soft and cold voice came from behind the army, interrupting Zheng Xiu's thoughts.

"Hehe, you've been hiding here for ten years, ten years! But the Governor has been looking for you so hard!"

Surrounded by an army of 100 people, a richly dressed man who still appeared calm even after crossing the desert slowly took off his delicate hat with a veil, revealing a handsome face that looked exactly like Xie Yunliu.

"Fan Song!"

Zheng Xiu was shocked, his face was solemn, and he touched his waist.

"Bendu, Lou Mengkong." Fan Yu said that he did not admit his real name in front of others.

Encountering Fan Yu again, the atmosphere in front of the valley was tense for a while.

Xie Yunliu scratched his head: "It's also a strange thing to say, this guy obviously looks very similar to Lao Tzu, but other people always say that we are clearly two different people, brother-in-law, do you say strange or not?"

Zheng Xiu ignored Xie Yunliu, he stared at Fan Yu with his eyes, and couldn't figure out why Fan Yu appeared here in the desert. He didn't move, waiting for Xie Yunliu to explain.

"Go in and speak! Go in and say!"

Xie Yunliu waved his hand excitedly as if he had returned to his home. Many people in the Scorching Sun Clan recognized Xie Yunliu, and after the shock, the clansmen looked at each other and lowered their longbows one after another, and the atmosphere eased.

Zheng Xiu twisted his beard, was silent for a moment, nodded, showed a meaningful smile, and said, "Okay. You have come from afar, please move to Mohexuan."

Zheng Xiu generously made a "please" gesture towards Shenwu Jun and his party.

The exhaustion and pain on the faces of every soldier of the Shenwu Army were clearly visible, even if they arrived in the Valley of the Sun Cicada, their faces did not have the slightest joy for the rest of their lives.

"How many have died?"

Walking ahead, Zheng Xiu asked.

Xie Yunliu's face sank, and he lowered his voice, a little low: "Ninety." The ease he pretended to be before was gone, and he scratched his head hard: "It's all my fault!"

Zheng Xiu sighed lightly and patted Xie Yunliu's shoulder.

The group followed Zheng Xiu into the valley, and on the plank road, the desert residents retreated in an orderly and silent manner.

Fan Yu raised his head and watched this scene, and when Xie Yunliu and Zheng Xiu were whispering, Fan Yu suddenly said, "It seems that you have had a good life in the past ten years." Fan Yu used the word "you", apparently knowing that Xie Luohe was also here.

"Thanks to you."

"Don't want to go back?" Fan Yu said.

Others only thought that Fan Yu said "Central Plains", but Zheng Xiu knew what Fan Yu was talking about.

Zheng Xiu didn't answer, and Fan Yu quickly said abruptly, "I can't go back."

After the tea effort.

Several people gathered at Mohexuan.

Outside Mohexuan, more than ten long tables were set up, and the soldiers held their weapons, drank enough water, and leaned on the shade to fall asleep, but at this time the heaviness on their faces faded, and they could imagine what they had experienced along the way. For ordinary soldiers who have never stepped through the yellow sand, whether it is high temperature or drought, it is not easy to cross the desert.

Zheng Xiu, Xie Yunliu, and Fan Yu stood on three legs, with tea on the table, sitting quietly.

Xie Luohe learned that his brother was coming, and rushed to Mohexuan happily. Unexpectedly, when I saw two identical faces, the joy suddenly pulled most of my hips. It's just that the past ten years ago has long been in smoke, and it is difficult for Xie Luohe to have murderous intent for a while. Now she sat lazily on the counter, watching the two and a half men sit quietly, gently stroking Xiao Fengmeow's soft hair, and didn't step forward to catch up with Xie Yunliu.

"Huh." Finally, Fan Yu broke the silence, and he smiled gloomily: "Don't be nervous, I'll wait for the edict to come, and I will have my life." As he spoke, he pressed a rolled-up military order on the table, smiled at Zheng Xiu and spread his hands, signaling Zheng Xiu to open it at will and watch it.

Zheng Xiu was unceremonious, opened it and took a look.

It is indeed a military order that covers the emperor's jade seal. In the above three words, one thing is true. Xie Yunliu is now exceptionally promoted to "General Pingxi", and his rank is only below the four major Zhenguo generals, which can be described as a glorious ancestor. Fan Yu, on the other hand, traveled west with the army as an "overseer".

After Zheng Xiu finished reading it, he was suddenly angry and merciless

The general ordered to shreds: "A thousand! A thousand people! I will send you a thousand men across the desert to come to the valley of the cicada to defend the territory? Absurd! Ridiculous! Did the Emperor send you to your death?"

It turned out that at some point, the news that the Northern Barbarians and the 36 Western Regions were joining forces to invade the Daqian Dynasty had spread in the Central Plains. When the new emperor took office, when he learned of this, he immediately appointed Xie Yunliu to take office, saying that he wanted to guard the west of the desert, and he did not want to let the coalition forces of the 36 countries in the Western Regions cross the desert.

The war in the north is tight, and these 1,000 people are even cobbled together from various armies or on the front line. Now that he has walked through the desert, there are only more than 100 people left in the configuration of 1,000 people, Xie Yunliu suffered this setback when he became a real general for the first time, and his mood can be imagined.

"That's not right."

After the anger, Zheng Xiu suddenly calmed down, and he glanced at Fan Yu on the side.

Suddenly, Xie Luohe seemed to have a relationship with Zheng Xiu, and with lightning speed, he took out a longbow from under the table, put an arrow on the bow, and silently pointed at Fan Yu.

For a moment, in Mohe Xuan, the silence was terrifying. Xie Luohe's killing intent is like substance, at this moment, even if Zheng Xiu moves her finger slightly, she will not hesitate to shoot Fan Yu here.

"Clever." Fan Yu calmly drank the tea in the cup. Pointed at by Xie Luohe's arrow, his face did not change in the slightest. He sighed with emotion: "Gongsun Mo, I'm really curious, what kind of character the real you are."

[In view of the general environment,

Zheng Xiu stood up and said abruptly, "You may not have a chance to know."

"yes, we don't have a chance." Fan Yu laughed, "I didn't intend to hide it."

Xie Yunliu didn't react, thinking that Zheng Xiu and the old sister were still remembering the grudge from ten years ago, and they flipped the table here.

Under Zheng Xiu's gaze, Fan Yu reached into his arms, took out another small roll, and pressed it on the table. Xie Yunliu was stunned for a moment, then quickly picked it up and opened it in front of several people. Gradually, his face changed several times, and finally became blue and purple.

Fan Yu explained with a smile: "It is nonsense to want to rely on a mere 1,000 people to cross the desert and block the 36 countries of the Western Regions in the west of the desert. Even if Xie Yunliu knew about the Green River Trade Route, the compatibility of thousands of people was still a loss of ninety percent. There is no secret passage of the Green River, no army, and no army can cross the desert safely."

"So," Xie Luohe also understood, and said coldly, "As an Overseer, you are not really here to urge the army to fight against the Thirty-Six Kingdoms of the Western Regions, but ...... In order to ensure that the secrets of the Green River Trade Road are completely gone. As long as no one knows the Green River trade route, no matter how many armies of the thirty-six countries of the Western Regions come, they will die in the desert."

"Yes," Fan Yu sighed with a smile, and the more he laughed, the louder he became, "This is the secret factory. This is my fan, in the name of Lou Mengkong, a ridiculous life in this life!"

Fan rumored that he and Xie Yunliu took the name of the emperor and crossed the desert to the west desperately, not to resist the invasion of the frontier. It's for the sake of killing all the people in the Cicada Valley here, and it's a secret!

This is the real meaning of the existence of the secret factory.

Xie Yunliu glared angrily, tore Fan Yu's secret decree to pieces and threw it on the ground and stepped on it hard, stepping on him and sitting back on the ground, his eyes were not focused, and he sneered self-deprecatingly: "General Pingxi? Hey! What a Pincy general! General Xie! Hey, hey, hey! General Xie!"

"Sure enough." When Zheng Xiu knew that there were only a thousand people who wanted to complete the matter of guarding the frontier, he sensed the true mind of the emperor. There was not the slightest surprise on his face. He waved his hand at his wife, Xie Luohe put down his longbow, his face was calm, and he continued to tease Xiao Feng Meow.

After a moment of silence, Zheng Xiu said, "It's late."

Fan Yu was slightly stunned: "Late?"

Zheng Xiu nodded: "It's late."

Fan Yu was silent and poured himself a cup of tea.

"It's late, it's fine."

Fan Yu said expressionlessly and raised his teacup.

The trio raised their glasses.

"Fuck the Dog Emperor."

The three of them said at the same time, drinking the tea in the cup.