The only woman in the mission was Dong E, and in order to be more worried about the guide being recognized, she could only disguise herself as a man.

Every night when he stayed, Gu Shengchao set up his tent first and sneaked in to rest at night.

Except for Lu Shouwen and the driver who drove the car, others concealed it for the time being, and it was more convenient to hide her whereabouts.

Along the way, Dong E asked her righteous brother Gu Shengchao for kung fu, but she didn't have the slightest foundation, and she couldn't double cultivate like Liu Ximei, so she had to start from the most basic qi cultivation realm.

Practicing the Qi Realm, the Foundation Building Realm, the Yuan Shen Realm, and finally the Nirvana Realm, this is the limit for most people.

Because the next Tribulation Realm will discourage the vast majority of people.

Among them, only those who have experienced it can experience it.

On that passenger boat in the lake, Liu Ximei and Gu Shengchao helped together, and almost destroyed the meridians, and the incense and jade were damaged, and one of the same boats forcibly cleared the customs, and was killed by lightning and burned to charcoal.

Among them, hardships and dangers are not something that ordinary people can understand.

Although it is simple to practice qi, it is the most test of one's patience and perseverance.

Because from scratch, this process cannot be achieved overnight, and it is most likely to produce anxiety and self-doubt.

Dong E is like this, there has been no progress for several days, and she began to question whether she was this material with a sad face. Fortunately, she was eager for revenge, even if she didn't see the effect, she gritted her teeth and persevered, and she never stopped practicing.

Along the way, he unconsciously left the realm of the Dawu Dynasty and entered the vast desert.

The weather also changed suddenly, as if it had suddenly entered late autumn, and I couldn't feel warm even when I wore heavy robes, and I could only feel a trace of warmth when I basked in the sun at noon.

The first person to feel that something was wrong was Dong E, who quietly told Gu Shengchao: "Big brother, the guide took the wrong way." ”

"How do you know?"

If he is in a hurry at night, he can still discern the direction through the stars, and he will sleep day and night every day, but he is not sure.

"My father and I used to travel back and forth between Beihu and the Dawu Dynasty many times to sell leather goods, and along the way, there were Ao Bao where herders worshiped various gods and goddesses, and hills and rivers to guide the way. But since the day before yesterday, I haven't seen a single Ao Bao, and the small river I saw a few days ago is gone. ”

"The herdsmen are living in pursuit of water and grass, and now they are becoming more and more desolate, and there must be fraud in them."

Dong E's analysis was reasonable, and Gu Shengchao hurriedly and quietly told the envoy Lu Shouwen.

This night, choosing a suitable place to set up camp, Gu Shengchao arranged the guards for the night patrol as usual, and changed shifts at an interval of one hour.

It stands to reason that two hours apart is the most appropriate time to change shifts, but it is human nature to be lazy, especially in the second half of the night, when someone can't help but take a nap.

However, the danger is often in this moment.

"My lord is too worried, there is not even a ghost in this wilderness, why bother to let his subordinates work hard to keep vigil and go back to sleep." The guy who was called "ghost sorrow" by Dong E came over and said cool words.

Gu Shengchao smiled: "It's better to be careful, there are wolves at night, be careful to sail the ship for ten thousand years, there will be no mistake." ”

The moon was bright in the sky, and the snoring sound was heard from time to time in the tent under the cover of night.

Inexplicably uneasy in his heart, Gu Shengchao walked out of the tent and saw that there was silence all around, and the two people on duty who were holding wine bags and drinking two sips from time to time.

When he saw someone coming, he hurriedly hid his wine bag.

"Where does the wine come from?" The ancient saint has an order that those who keep vigil at night are not allowed to drink.

One of them said confidently: "My lord, this night is really cold, your tent is relaxed, we can't afford to drink outside to warm up." ”

Gu Shengchao stretched out his hand, and the man hesitated for a moment, but still handed over the wine bag.

The wine bag is wrapped in cloth, which is convenient and carried, but the embroidered patterns on it are fancy, with a faint smell of fat powder.

"It's not our mission's wine bag, where did it come from?"

Faced with questioning, another person said calmly: "It was sent by the guide, and he saw that we were working hard, so he brought his own wine for us to warm up." Originally, if you can't get drunk with this little wine, it won't get in the way. ”

"As long as it doesn't get in the way."

Raising his eyes to look at the starry sky, Gu Shengchao said to himself, took the wine bag and returned slowly.

The figure in the moonlight is elongated, appearing cold and lonely.

The ugly time is coming to an end, and it is the time when people are sleeping.

In the depths of the desert, a group of people and horses suddenly appeared, fearing that they would wake up the people in the tent, so they dismounted from a distance and walked on foot.

All dressed in herdsmen's clothes, the leader in a green robe waved violently, and the others rushed over.

With knives in hand, they first cut off the heads of the two people who were sleeping on the night vigil, and everyone threw the torches in their hands at the tent while rushing to kill, and the flames rose to the sky.

They cooperated tacitly, and the archers kept shooting arrows into the tent, giving them the upper hand.

During the attack, the green-robed man suddenly sensed that something was wrong and shouted: "Stop, stop." ”

The team acted well, and the leader shouted to stop and immediately stood still, maintaining a state of alert.

One glance passed, and two strong men examined the tents that had not caught fire one by one.

The first one was empty, the second one was empty, and after checking more than a dozen tents, they were all empty.

Someone brought up the heads of the two people who had been cut off, and said in a panic: "Boss, we killed the wrong person, one of them is the county commander Yizi, nicknamed 'Ghost Sorrow', what should I do?" ”

"It's not good, I'm fooled, get out!" The green-robed man exclaimed.

In order to avoid making noise, and to facilitate the concealment and suddenness of their movements, the horses were parked at a distance. At this moment, I can't wait to give birth to a few more legs and run to the horse.

Five swords flew in the cold night sky, hovering high above everyone's heads, making a sonorous buzz.

The five swords suddenly grew larger under the gaze of everyone, spreading outward in the form of a large array of five elements, and finally surrounded everyone in the array.

"Retreat, I'll cut it off."

The green-robed man flashed a crescent shovel and looked around nervously, telling everyone to evacuate first.

However, the man who fled in the current situation saw nothing, as if he had suddenly hit the wall, bounced back and fell on his back, and his nose was broken and blood flowed.

Immediately afterwards, the people behind came one after another, and they were all knocked down by inexplicable things, and more than a dozen people were lying on the ground.

The rest began to be alert, tentatively trying to get ahead, until they finally found an invisible wall trapped them.

The green-robed man did not believe in evil, and rushed in the other direction with his crescent shovel high.

"Boom!"

The crescent shovel collided with the "wall" in front of it, creating dazzling sparks.

The man bounced out and didn't rush out.

"Enchantment, enchantment, there is an enchantment in this place."

Finally someone reacted and screamed loudly.

Seeing that it was done, Gu Shengchao and the other members of the mission walked out from behind the small hill not far away and paced in front of the trapped people.

The green-robed man panicked and said uneasily, "Who are you, who are you?" ”

Looking at his frightened appearance, Gu Shengchao smiled and said, "We are members of the mission, didn't you stand at the door and watch carefully when we were drinking with the county commander that day?" ”

"You know him?" This green-robed man, Lu Shouwen didn't know.

Gu Shengchao snorted coldly: "The night we first came to the county office, he stood outside the door and pretended to be a guard to spy on us, and the county magistrate thought I was looking for a girl." But it's also crooked, and it's a good thing that I met my sister-in-law. ”

Unexpectedly, Dong E was behind him and grabbed his arm: "I understand when the eldest brother says this, I have been wondering before, such a good person is actually full of flowers, it turns out that he has been watching and listening to all directions, and he has long noticed this villain." Big brother's kung fu is very good, so I'll learn this first. ”

"No, you can't learn this yet, let's lay a good foundation first." Gu Shengchao directly rejected her request.

"Stingy." It was cold at night, Dong E put on a hat and retreated to the side with a pout.

The men in the mission are relatively dull, and it is rare for a woman to play a role, which also amuses everyone.

"What is your intention in pretending to be shepherds and secretly intercepting and killing us? If we hadn't discovered it in advance and evacuated in time, we would have been the ghost of your knife by now. Lu Shouwen gritted his teeth with hatred, and wanted to kill them immediately.

Seeing that they were silent, Lu Shouwen ordered sharply: "Kill them all, and leave no one behind." ”

"I said, I said, don't kill us."

Two people pounced on them, bowed down and begged: "It was the county order that asked us to come, saying that you have brought a lot of gold and silver treasures here, and let us pretend to be robbers from Beihu to kill you and bring the treasures back." It is said that you will definitely be trapped in the desert without a guide, and even if the emperor comes, there is no evidence, and he cannot be cured of his crimes. ”

"My lord, we are true in what we say, we have never done anything that hurts heaven and reason, please spare your life." The two kowtowed like pounded garlic and begged for mercy again and again.

Lu Shouwen was just moved by compassion and wanted to forgive the two, Dong E took a few steps forward, took off her hat and said loudly:

"Lift up your heads and see who I am?"

As if seeing a ghost, the two raised their heads and kept retreating: "Ezi, why are you here?" ”

Snorted, Dong E said indignantly: "I was beaten half to death by the two of you in Cuihong Mansion, and you still said that you didn't do anything hurtful to the heavens and reason?" ”

"That's all ordered by the bustard, my brothers and I were forced to eat in the Cuihong Building, and they were also forced to be helpless!"

Dong E was extremely angry, and her raised hand couldn't stop shaking: "Still quibbling, who forced those men in Dong Village to take them away, Aunt Liu next door pulled her son and didn't want to let go, and who cut off her arms with a knife, who forced you at that time." ”

When the two saw that the matter was revealed, they retreated silently, not daring to make a sound.

Angry and hurtful, Dong E was trembling like chaff at the moment, and she was about to stand unsteadily and was about to fall.

Gu Shengchao hurriedly helped her: "You step aside, I will take their lives and avenge those who are suffering." ”

A few people around him were also angry, and shot a few arrows, but Nazhi flew more than halfway, and the arrows were blocked and landed one after another.

The people inside were overjoyed, it seemed that this formation was only temporarily trapping them, and their lives should be worry-free.

True Qi was running in the meridians, and the Five Soul Arrays in the dantian were slowly urging.

Gu Shengchao closed his eyes, sensing the people in the formation who were constantly running.

In perception, each person is a small dot, and it is impossible to capture all these dots at once, you can only trap one first, then trap one, take your time one by one, and wait until the last dot is trapped, Gu Shengchao also counts the number of people on the other side.

There were thirty-seven of them.

He opened his eyes, put the five swords hovering in mid-air into the dantian, handed the dagger he was carrying to Dong E beside him and said, "Now it's okay, you can take revenge." ”

Some of the members of the mission were tentatively moving forward.

Sure enough, it was just that everyone on the other side was trapped, and their own people were unimpeded.

Everyone is relieved at this time, and they are reaping each other's lives at will like chopping melons and vegetables.

Dong E found the two people, closed her eyes and stabbed them with all her strength, crying while stabbing, and wept sadly for her dead family.

Until someone pulled her: "Little sister, don't stab, they are already dead." ”

Then he threw the dagger, squatted on the ground and covered his face and cried bitterly.