Old Yin Tou is a little bad old man who will never be looked at when thrown into the pile.

At least that's what the young man thought in his heart when he saw the withered man and the young Shou Lang Wu Liuqi driving four horses over with great difficulty.

A piece of withered yellow hair that should not have been taken care of for a long time is more buried than Ah Da's unkempt hair, and he tied it in a bun at random with a rag strip, but this rag has also grown a little, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a gentleman's belt. A face like old bark, dense ravines, those eyes like dead fish, can't open or close, I think it's the reason why I often wrap a cigarette bag, a mouthful of black teeth, and grinning. Got close and bowed to hold the salute, his mouth full of wine, which made the young man frown slightly, and slightly distanced himself without a trace.

"I just heard Ah Da say that you took a dozen people back and forth in this sea of sand?" The boy spoke.

The old man Yin Sanye, who was said to be a little magical and realistic, could only be said to be not amazing, was still grinning with a mouth full of uneven black teeth, "No, no, it's all these boys talking and playing." I don't know if the old Yin Tou'er is modest or has some unspeakable reasons, he is very embarrassed to say, "It's that when I was young, I wasn't afraid of death, and I spent a few years in the sand sea, and I didn't have the ability to take others back and forth in this kind of place." ”

The young man's expression when he looked at the old man didn't seem to be fake, and the embarrassment after being exposed was not something he wanted to pretend. The young man turned his head to look at Ah Da, although he didn't speak, the meaning was obvious, but he doubted whether the old man Ah Da said was reliable.

A large pole.

Lao Yin is not a catcher, and no one knows the specific origin of the whole Loulan City, only that he knows how to raise horses, and there are rumors that he was a big official in the Loulan General's Mansion when he was young.

But every time I see him spitting and talking to people, especially the yellow teeth, no one thinks he is bragging.

Only for the thing that was recognized by the rivers and lakes and temples at the same time, the horse pawned through the sand sea to kill the king of Xirong, and it was as if he was in the scene when he said it, and the dangers in the sand sea came from his mouth, how could it be a wonderful summary?

It's just that when I saw the embarrassing appearance of his lie being exposed, don't be a drunken cowhide, then I can't hang it on my face.

Ah Da, who had no young eyes, went up to this old man who seemed to be able to blow away when the wind was strong, and scolded: "Damn, every time you say that you wear the sand sea to Xirong to co-author, you are fooling Lao Tzu, right?" ”

Old Yin Tou'er looked embarrassed, "It's all drunk words that have been drunk too much, and they can't be taken seriously, they can't be taken seriously." "That embarrassed look, the dark dry skin even revealed a touch of dark red.

The boy's head was as big as an ox.

It's too difficult to keep it, and I just study the art of talking to people on weekdays, and I don't know how to deal with things? The three people who were found, a minor mute, a murderer who seemed to have psychological problems, and an old man who drank heavily and loved to brag, this combination was really unacceptable.

"The third master is amazing." It was the first time for Wu Liuqi to speak in front of the young man, which caused the young man to look at this child with a thick accent, which made this little shou Lang, who had followed his father west for thousands of miles to Loulan since birth, lowered his head and did not dare to look at him.

The boy joked, "If you don't talk again, I really think you're a dumb person." ”

Obviously, this joke is not funny, but the old Yin Tou, who has been grinning and showing a mouthful of black teeth, is very cooperative, hehe laughed dryly, learned Wu Liuqi's dialect of Henan Mansion, and said: "It's not powerful, it's not powerful, it's just to take you back wherever you come from, and it's simple." You're still young, and you don't understand what you've said. ”

Now he can only be a dead horse as a live horse doctor, and the young man ordered to "get on the horse", and the old Yin Tou, who was not amazing, reached out and grabbed the reins of the horse, still like that, showing a mouthful of black teeth, and said: "This horse is tired, please ask the son to change the horse." ”

The boy didn't refuse, causing Ah Da to curse.

In exchange for a horse, let the horse go east on its own, and the four of them traveled westward into the endless desert.

Four people and four horses, stop and go, mainly the old head of the old Yin stop and go, not far to get off the horse and lie on the ground to smell left and right sniff, or run to the side of the sand dunes to look into the distance, occasionally look up at the sun in the west, this look is really like a little experience.

The young man also wanted to go faster, but when he looked at the yellow sand in front and back, he could only follow the old man, hoping that this withered old man would not just be pretty.

It went on for two or three hours, except for a crescent moon in the sky telling the boy that it was late at night, and in a place like the desert, where there was no reference, no one could calculate the exact time.

The old Yin Tou, who was still leading the way in front, just said that they were in the right direction at present, all the way to the west, and now they should go deep into the desert for hundreds of miles, and said: "Let's try to take advantage of the cool night to walk more, it is too hot during the day, we have to maintain our strength." ”

Over there, Ah Da is still haunted by the fact that this old man's drunken cowhide has made him a little embarrassed, and he always feels that what he says now is a fart except that he can understand it. On the contrary, Wu Liuqi, who didn't like to talk, had a blazing look in his eyes, and he looked at Lao Yin'er's every move with a look of almost blind worship, like a child studying seriously in a private school, for fear that he would miss important knowledge points if he was distracted.

Suddenly, the old Yin raised his hand to signal a few people behind him to pause, and then took a few breaths of force, and his expression when he turned his head was smug that he couldn't hide, "There's water around here." After speaking, he couldn't help but be excited, and raised his hand to pour a sip of wine.

This reminded the young man of the father in the family who was also like an old Yin Tou, who always carried a wine gourd.

Old Yin still has some Taoism, and after crossing a sand dune, he really found a well.

Not only water, but also huts, and people.

Being able to walk in the sea of sand and touch the water source, in the words of the old Yintouer, is definitely a blessing for eight lifetimes.

The young man didn't know that he had accumulated blessings, and the young man only knew that this place was definitely not as simple as it seemed.

Xiao Shou caught Lang Wu Liuqi with a happy face, because he drank a lot of water this afternoon, and there was not much left of the cowhide water bladder that could hold seven or eight catties, and he was full of eagerness, but he did not break the rules of respect and humility, just waiting for the son from the capital in front of him to give an order, and he would definitely go to the well to drink the cow first.

It's just that Wu Liuqi was puzzled that as soon as he got up to the sand dune, he was dragged off the horse by the big man who could tell him how he killed people with a smile, and then he and Lao Yin Tou pulled the horse hand and foot and climbed down the dune, even the son who had always behaved well in Wu Liuqi's eyes was a little embarrassed.

"The man has a knife?" Behind the dunes, Ah Da looked at the old Yin who was busy with a haltered head and a chew.

A few horses were obedient, did not make any noise, and obediently left the old man at the mercy of the old man. The old Yin boss was busy with his hands, and his mouth was not idle, "It should be a horse thief." Who the hell does the hell live in this place where birds don't shit, and they're tired of being crooked? ”

The boy didn't interject, but cautiously climbed up the sand dune again, looking at the hut not far away, which was made of unknown materials. The four wooden pillars, surrounded by straw mats and straw felt for the ceiling, are simple and slightly abrupt in such a situation.

The cottage was next to a well, and the well was tied to a wheel and three camels were tethered. In the faint light of the hut, a man leaned on the edge of the well with a knife in his hand, not knowing whether he was asleep or pretending to sleep.

Ah Da sneaked up to the young man's side, observed carefully, and said in a low voice: "There must be more than a mile to visually measure." ”

"There's one outside, but I don't know how many there are."

"I can't fit a few of them in this hut."

"It's too far away, and I'm afraid that going over like this will startle the snake."

"Detour?"

"The longer the detour, the easier it is to change."

"Shall I touch it?"

"No, there are no obstacles at this distance, and there is nowhere to hide if you are discovered."

"You can't just spend it, if this group is really a horse thief, maybe you will know the whereabouts of the person you are looking for."

The two of them talked very quickly, and when the old Yin Tou settled down and led Wu Liuqi up, the two were silent again.

Ah Da said, the young man will naturally take into account, if the young man's conceit is not taken into account, the distance of these few miles is completely out of his mind, I am afraid that Zhuang Yuan is in the hands of this group of people, and he will rush over, in case he is found to be exposed, Zhuang Yuan will naturally be in danger.

The vast desert is very empty, in addition to sand or sand between the huge heaven and earth, there is no half house and ten miles as far as the eye can see, not to mention people, I am afraid that a bird can be found when it comes out.

"Bring it in." Wu Liuqi said.

The young man, Ah Da, in this case, the old Yin Tou who chose to remain silent all turned his head to look at Xiao Shoulang, who usually did not speak.

This kid is quite good at getting to the point.

Under the reluctance of the old man who was about to cry, Ah Da took a big Mengye wild horse, picked off the halter chew, and pulled off a few tails vigorously, and heard the big horse neighing and ran out directly.

The old man really shed tears.

"I'll come back when I'm tired of running." Ah Da comforted.

Since the written record, all dynasties have attached great importance to the setting of post stations, sending military information in wartime and sending family letters in leisure, and the Great Zhou Dynasty paid special attention to it. Only because of the Xirong rebellion 30 years ago when Beiyi took advantage of the void, then began to repair the post station throughout the country, there must be a post within 100 miles, it is rumored that the emperor of the year a holy decree from Xi'an to the Andong capital to protect the palace of 3,000 miles took only six days, since then there is a "departure from the East China Sea and the twilight of the Western Regions, the post ride is like a meteor" said.

And the old Yin Touer is the head of the Loulan Station, who is specifically responsible for the training and breeding of this group of livestock, and a big Mongolian wild horse is sent from him to be tame, it is impossible to have no feelings, just like his own child, this little bad old man who has been a bachelor all his life is lying to say that he is not distressed.

"What the fuck are you doing, what are you doing with it!" Old Yin scolded the head.

Ah Da was too lazy to talk nonsense with him, and the young man over there raised his hand to signal that there was movement.

The man who was keeping vigil next to the hut was immediately alert when he heard the movement, stood up and looked around, saw the vague figure of the horse in the night, and stared at the place where the horse came out to take a closer look, and then raised his knife and knocked on the pillar of the hut, and waited for the straw mat to open a corner and drill out a person, the two said a few words, and the man who came out of the hut raised his feet and walked towards the place where the four young men were hiding, and the man who came out of the hut reached into his arms and did not know what object he had taken out, staring at the actions of his accomplices in front of him, so as to react at the first time in case of accidents.

This desert is full of yellow sand, and it is not easy to find a stone, so the young man asked Wu Liuqi for a piece of broken silver in advance and held it tightly in his hand.

It was already pitch black at night, and the faint lights in the hut could reflect the surrounding things in a rough way, and as the man got farther away from the hut, he could only see an outline clearly under the moonlight, and the young man's eyes were only vague.

The young man rubbed his eyes, and only blamed himself for why he didn't learn to learn bows and arrows in the first place, it is said that practicing arrows first trains his eyes, and those bow and arrow masters are the most powerful not only to see things at night, but also to thread needles and threads.

"I can hear the distance." Xu saw the young man's actions just now, and the old Yin Tou'er said, "It's not a hundred feet." ”

Reminded by the old man, the young man closed his eyes and concentrated, adjusted his breathing, and tried to listen to the footsteps of the comer. However, the desert wind at night is whistling, although it is not very big, no matter how hard the young man tries, all he hears is the sound of the wind.

"What's the distance that Childe is most sure of?" Old Yin asked.

The boy was speechless, and he didn't know what the distance he was most sure of was.

Since he was sensible, he has been working hard to strengthen his body, and then he followed the martial arts master at home to learn martial arts, and then he was conceited when he touched the celestial phenomena. It's just that I never thought that the old man next to me alone would hit me twice tonight.

I don't know how to listen to the sound and distinguish the position, and I don't even have the right way to hit people with flying stones.

The young man suddenly understood that the ancients said that "it is better to read ten thousand books than to travel ten thousand miles", in the past, he only followed those uncles and aunts at home to do things, and there were people who protected him in the open and in secret.