The tornado dispersed, followed by heavy rain, completely washing away the world that had just been stirred up by the tornado pillar.

The boy fell into the air, unharmed. Over there, Ah Da was overjoyed, slapped Lao Yin'er on the shoulder, and shouted, "It's really fine!" Suddenly, he remembered the old Yin'er's method of throwing stones just now, hurriedly retracted his hand, and moved to the side stupidly.

The boy ignored the heavy rain pouring down on his body, wiped the rain from his face, pulled his hair in a bun at random on the back of his head, and looked back and forth, left and right, trying to find the person who had spoken to him in the storm. It's just that in addition to himself and the undulating sand dunes and rocks on the huge Gobi Desert, there are horses that have just run out and turned back, and there are no others.

Ah Da shouted "this way, this way" under the boulder, apparently not knowing the true intention of the young man's search.

Watching the young man walk back, the old Yin Tou said, "Don't talk." ”

Ah Da, who had seen the old Yin's flying stone stunt, hurriedly nodded, for a catcher like him who only knew "Barracks Fitness Boxing" and "Eighteen Wrestling Notes", the old Yin Touer had become an omnipotent martial arts master in his eyes, picking leaves and hurting people were all in a moment's time, how could he not provoke him with a long time when he still had a good time? Nodding his head at the moment, he swore that "I didn't see anything." ”

The rain became heavier and heavier, as if the curtain had been opened across the world, and the young man went into the low stone cave, wiped the rain from his face, and asked, "Did you see anyone else around here just now?" ”

After asking, I regretted it a little, after all, it was such a storm just now, and I couldn't see anything from a distance, how could these three people pay attention to whether there was anyone outside in the cave all the time?

Ah Da answered: "Just that wind, who can be?" ”

The young man looked at these three people, and the thoughts in his heart suddenly dispelled again, this eleven or twelve-year-old naïve child, an old man who would grin and show a mouthful of black teeth, a military camp kid who could only practice kung fu with brute strength, no matter how he looked at it, he didn't look like the legendary top master.

No longer dwelling on the subject, but the boy still thought about this opportunity that seemed to him to be an adventure.

"Are you all alright?"

"Okay, very." Ah Da patted his chest, "As long as you're okay, we'll be fine." ”

Ah Da's words caused Lao Yin to cough.

Just as it was the old Yin Tou who was alleviating the embarrassing atmosphere, the young man was sincere, and said: "When I go back, I will explain the situation to Taishou and reduce your sentence." ”

This time, Ah Da was really embarrassed, so he simply shut up and stopped talking. The old Yin said with a smile: "Ah Da didn't mean that, don't think about it." ”

The young man naturally didn't think much about it when he was distracted, and said, "Take advantage of the rain to rush back?" The tone was deliberative, but there was no initial commanding tone.

Having said that, the other three have no other opinions. The old man whistled loudly, and the horse kicked to the mouth of the cave, bowing his head and arching inward.

The four men took out their hats from their horses' backs and continued south in the rain.

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There was nothing to say all the way, and they changed horses twice day and night, and the four of them arrived at their destination on the second day, Ruoqiang Tun Military City.

Ruoqiang is mountainous, there is Altun Mountain in the territory, which is divided into two, there are many towns in the north of the mountain, and many tribes in the south of the mountain. Further south, there are thousands of miles of majestic Kunlun, which not only separates this Ruoqiang, but also separates the Western Regions from the mysterious Tibetan Buddhist power Xifan. Ruoqiang is different from Loulan, belongs to the Kyushu feudal state, and is autonomous in the country, but pays tribute to some yak antelopes every year, or rare things such as black cranes and snow pheasants, which are protected by Kyushu, but do not accept the direct jurisdiction of Kyushu.

Tun Bing City is the second largest city under Ruoqiang's jurisdiction compared to the capital city of Dianhe. When Kyushu unified the north and south of the river, the founding emperor Tianwen Emperor, who was nicknamed the "war maniac" by later generations, fought non-stop in the Western Regions, captured Loulan and set up camp as a temporary command camp, and then a south and a north army were divided into two routes. The army of the north road encountered the most ferocious, but the army of the south road was smooth, invincible and returned, Emperor Tianwen in order to accommodate the army of the north road, he ordered the army of the south road to be stationed in Ruoqiang, and this garrison city was named after it.

The old Yin Tou was grinning and talking boastfully on the main road of the garrison city, chatting about the glorious achievements of Emperor Tianwen when he conquered the Western Regions, how he surrendered everywhere he went, and how he strategized to win a thousand miles. If it weren't for the fact that the young man had heard Ah Da say that this old man loved to brag, he really thought that he had participated in the battle called the "Battle of Thunder" by later generations.

Juvenile Quan is regarded as a joke to pass the time, if there is no old Yin Tou'er's blind work in the south and north of the mountain, and there is no undisguised flattery from Ah Da, I am afraid that these hundreds of miles will be very boring.

Xiao Shou caught Lang Wu Liuqi with a face full of admiration, and under the watering of the old Yin's spittle Xingzi, he was sometimes nervous and sometimes happy to follow those storylines, and he cooperated very much.

Ah Da is also lacking in interest, and he picks up a few sentences without a match, which seems to be very abnormal in the eyes of the teenager. Ah Da is a cool person who will say whatever he has in his heart, just like a teenager, although Ah Da doesn't know his specific identity, but he can more or less guess a general status from Taishou's words and demeanor, so this way is to hold the boy, whether it is talking or doing things, as long as the boy has a look, he will immediately execute. He himself said that he just wanted to serve the young man well and commute his sentence as soon as he was too happy to go back. Whether it's utilitarianism or other reasons, Ah Da will never hide anything. It's just that he didn't look down on the old Yin's ability to brag, and the young man didn't dare to say that he was accurate in seeing people, but in the past two days, with his understanding of Ah Da, this guard should have had a long-term war with the old Yin'er, and now it is so quiet that the young man can't understand the way of it.

Over there, the old Yin Tou was still tirelessly chatting with his only audience about the glory of this military city, and here Ah Da and the young man rode side by side, and said: "Childe, do we want to rest here and rest and recuperate?" ”

"Late will change." The young man muttered, "It's been two or three days, who knows if this group of horse thieves will hurt Zhuang Yuan." ”

"Do you want to tell the defenders here?" Ah Da suggested.

After thinking about it, the young man shook his head and said: "Forget it, after all, it is a subordinate vassal country, this is my personal private matter, if I really do it, it will not have a good impact on the dynasty." ”

Ah Da nodded ignorantly, although he didn't understand the truth of this, but he could also understand that this matter was a trivial matter and could not rise to the level of the country.

The old Yin Tou behind him urged him to step forward and said, "Although the subordinate vassal states are autonomous, they can't not help with this little favor." ”

The environment in which the boy grew up allowed him to be involved in this kind of diplomatic affairs at an early age, and the internal reasons naturally cannot be shared with outsiders.

When the dynasty agreed to the independence of the feudal states in the Western Regions, there was an unwritten rule that if the army was mobilized, it would be reported to the imperial court, and more than 300 people would need to use the prince of the vassal state as a hostage. I am just here to save people, is it necessary to mobilize the people to this extent?

Besides, the teenager also has another layer of concerns, but he doesn't want to let his family only talk.

For all these reasons, the teenager will not and does not want to go to 1510 to explain to them, and many things are not necessary to make everyone know if they have to do so.

Old Yin didn't speak when he saw the young man, and said, "Why don't you let Xiao Wu go back to Loulan to find some people?" We don't know the situation of this gang of horse thieves, but a few of us didn't get out of it, and then put ourselves in. ”

The young man knew that Lao Yin was actually worried about Wu Liuqi's safety, after all, no one could say what happened next, and it was indeed a bit dangerous to let such a child follow him.

The young man still had his own considerations, and said, "No, it will take another day and night to come and go, and it will be too late." We'll talk about that then. ”

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At the beginning of the afternoon, the four of them found the abandoned guard camp that they had inquired about, hid the horses properly, and the four of them went up the mountain.

The abandoned garrison camp is halfway up a mountain peak in the Altyn Mountains, surrounded by dwarf pines and cypresses, and the old Yin Tou said that this Altyn means cypress in the Ruoqiang language. The surrounding mountains seem strange to the young man, the grass is green at the bottom of the mountain, the woods on the mountainside are dense, and the top of the mountain is covered with snow.

The huge stones on the periphery of the garrison camp are built, and most of the stone houses inside have collapsed, and there are still vaguely wooden rolling stones used for the training of military non-commissioned officers in those years. Old Yin said that this should be the big camp left by the army of the dynasty before Ruoqiang became independent, and later Ruoqiang stood on his own and the dynasty withdrew the army, and this camp was naturally abandoned, but he didn't expect it to become a base for horse thieves.

The three of them hid not far from the capture camp, but they saw three guards standing at the gate of the capture camp, dressed in tatters, and in rags with patches, Ah Da muttered again: "I have been forcibly robbed all day long, and the clothes are really cold." ”

The old Yin on the side began to taunt again: "You don't understand this, the richest of these horse thieves is really not in the base camp, the richest ones are those who fight with real knives and guns outside." The gold and silver treasures they had robbed were to be given in 20% for themselves, and the rest were handed over. Maybe the boss will be happy and reward them again, and they will end up with a big head after coming and going. Their boss ordered a little more, and then handed it in, so that when it came to the hands of the people above, five taels of silver fell out of ten taels. In these five taels, you have to ensure that these people who just talk and don't do things have food, clothing, shelter and transportation, how much do you think will be left in the end? Let's just put it this way, the boss of this group of horse thieves is Zhong Kui, the leader of the horse thieves who is quite famous in Jiannan Longyou, including our Western Regions, maybe not as rich as the horse thieves we met the day before. At this height, who cares about more money and less money, what they care about is reputation. The last sentence of the old Yin Tou's words is intriguing.

Ah Da not only did not make any jokes about Lao Yin'er this time, but also nodded his head in agreement, agreeing with Lao Yin'er's remarks.

The young man also felt that what the old man said was very reasonable, after all, he was also a human spirit who had lived for fifty or sixty years, and he must have crossed more rivers than he had traveled anyway.

For this kind of experience, the boy must be able to listen to it.

Old Yin took out the tobacco bag and pot again, but he didn't light it, pinched some tobacco leaves and chewed it in his mouth, and then took another sip of wine, smacked his mouth, and said in a chattering voice: "This is all experience, you are still young, you all learn something." ”

provoked Ah Da to secretly roll his eyes.

The sun is westward, the boy calculates the time, the Western Regions is not as good as the Central Plains, the time has to be postponed for an hour, the sun is west in front of him, and the sky should be dark in the Central Plains.

"Ah Da, you go around to the back and see if you can see the situation here, whether you find out or not, you must come back at the beginning. Third Master Yin, you and Wu Liuqi are waiting here, I'll take a look around. The young man made arrangements, turned around and walked with his waist bowed, and after walking a few steps, he turned his head and said, "Pay attention to everything, I have to bring you back when I bring you out." ”

"Hey." The young man didn't walk a few steps before the old Yin Tou called out to him and said, "The celestial phenomena are not as bright as the light, and you need to collect qi by borrowing qi." ”

The boy was stunned.

"I heard this from General Shi in the camp, he is a person who has practiced martial arts." The old man and the old god were there, and he looked at Ah Da and Wu Liuqi with pride in his eyes, and his tone was proud, "This is how to deal with people, why doesn't General Shi tell you?" It's not because I know how to be a man, General Shi treats me as his own. You're all young, it's called left and right, you know? Learn a little and don't suffer. ”

Ah Da was already quite helpless, and he turned around and left.

The boy also turned around and rolled his eyes.