In the desert, the sun shines directly during the day, the temperature is very high, and the cold wind at night freezes people to the cold of their hands and feet. Liu Yunxiang and they are fine, but Aunt Bai is old, and she has to stop and rest after walking for two hours.

In the afternoon of the next day, the sun scorched the desert like a blazing fire, when the wind and sand rose, and the heat swept the sand and hit the people's faces, and the skin was painful.

Liu Yunxiang carefully covered her face with a headscarf, her only thought now was to hurry out of this desert and take a shower. This feeling is so uncomfortable, sweat washes over and over again, the sand sticks to the body layer by layer, and the clothes smell like it.

She glanced at the desert with no edge in sight, and was about to find a place to block the sun to rest, when Aunt Bai, who was in front of her, suddenly fell off her camel and rolled down the dune.

The three of them were startled, jumped off their camels, and slid down the dunes.

slid all the way to the end, and Aunt Bai was lying motionless below, and the three of them hurriedly helped her up. Seeing that she was drowsy and her lips were chapped, she was obviously dehydrated.

"I'll go up and get the water bladder!" Feng Zheng said.

He was about to climb up, but he saw a team of camels coming towards him in the distance, and if he looked closely, those people were wearing official uniforms, and they were clearly Yunhou Liang Shi and his party. Feng Zheng hurriedly called Liu Yunxiang, and could only hide under the sand dunes first.

Liu Yunxiang frowned, they set off early, but because of the delay on the road, they caught up so quickly.

Liang Shi and his entourage walked over, and some officers and soldiers saw them below, but they didn't ask much. When they walked over, the three of them breathed a sigh of relief.

"Feng Zheng, go get the water bladder." Liu Yunxiang instructed Feng Zhengdao.

Feng Zheng nodded, and climbed up along the sand dunes on all fours, and at this time, an officer and soldier actually went and returned, glanced at Feng Zheng, and then cut off the water bladder hanging on the camel and took away two bags of water.

"Official, no!" Feng Zheng said hurriedly.

The officers and soldiers patted the knife on their waists, "I will wait for Yunhou to go to Xiyue on official business, and I will borrow you two bags of water, and I will pay it back in the future." Don't be ignorant, or yours will be taken from the remaining two bags! ”

With that, the officer and soldier took two bags of water and left.

Feng Zheng gritted his teeth, if it weren't for the fact that he couldn't expose his master's whereabouts, he would have beaten this dog all over the ground looking for teeth.

Liu Yunxiang also saw it, but fortunately, Feng Zheng didn't have the impulse and took a bag of water down.

Aunt Bai was really short of water, so she drank half a bag in one go.

After she had eased up for a while, the three of them climbed up with her.

"I wanted to save some water, but I persevered when I was thirsty, and I didn't want to get into trouble." Aunt Bai felt guilty and apologized again and again.

Liu Yunxiang comforted her and said, "It's okay, let's find a way." ”

Zijin frowned, "But there are still two days and two nights to go, we only have so much water left, do we want to turn back?" ”

Feng Zheng shook his head, "I have to go back for two days, and I can't hold on to this little bit of water." ”

"Let's go a little further, find a place to shelter from the wind and sand before it gets dark, and rest for the night before we figure out a way." Liu Yunxiang said.

There is an oasis in this desert, she went there when she sent the eighth girl to marry, but if she wants to pass, it will take a day's work, and it is difficult to discern the direction in the desert, in case she gets lost......

Liu Yunxiang shook his head, let's think about it tonight.

They walked a long way further until it was dark, and they stopped at a ravine to rest.

Aunt Bai was weak, and after lying down, she quickly fell asleep. Liu Yunxiang and Feng Zheng discussed whether to go to that oasis, and this decision was somewhat risky.

When the three of them were struggling, a team of darts passed by, and when they saw that this place was a good rest, they also stopped. The leader should be Darthead, a man in his forties, with the lower half of his face covered in scum, but he smiled very kindly.

He walked over and greeted Liu Yunxiang and them, saying that he was going from Yangzhou to Xiyue, and this trip was Yunjin.

Liu Yunxiang's eyes lit up, "Which Yunjin is it for?" ”

"Yangzhou Lingyun Brocade Workshop." The dart head smiled, "Lingyun's signboard, you've heard of it, ouch, this is amazing." Lingyun is in charge of ......"

At this point, Dart Head realized that he had said too much, so he raised his hand and pointed at it, "He's a great guy after all." ”

Liu Yunxiang smiled and took out their customs clearance document and gave it to the dart.

The dart head took a closer look and said happily: "It turns out that you are Lingyun's buddies!" ”

Liu Yunxiang nodded, "We are from Shengjing Jade Workshop, and this time we went to Xiyue to discuss a big business." ”

"Lingyun's jade workshop is also famous all over the world."

Seeing that this dart head was an open-minded and enthusiastic person, Liu Yunxiang told him what happened just now.

After hearing this, the dart head was very angry: "In vain, they are court officials, not to mention protecting the people, they are shameless enough to rob the people's water, water is life in the desert, they want to harm people!" ”

Liu Yunxiang sighed, "In this way, we don't dare to say anything." ”

Seeing that there were three women and one man, and an old woman who was sick, he turned back to the caravan, and after a while came with two large bags of water.

"Thank you, big brother, we just need a bag." Liu Yunxiang said busily.

Without saying a word, the dart head pushed it to her, "We often walk darts in this desert, we have experience, it doesn't matter if we bring anything else, the water must be sufficient." If we meet our Darong people, they don't have enough water, so we will mix them some. ”

When Liu Yunxiang heard this, he caught the two water bladders. She was about to pay the money, but was pushed back by the darthead.

"When we go out, we help our own people, that's still necessary, and we should be divided!"

Liu Yunxiang nodded, "Big brother said it well, our Darong people have always been united. ”

"Yes, it's just that the court has some-stirring sticks, but fortunately, now that the new monarch has ascended the throne, Princess Zhenbei is the queen mother, and the curtain is listening, our Darong will definitely get better and better."

The dart head chatted a few words and left, with these two bags of water, Liu Yunxiang and their hearts were also steady.

They had a good night's rest, and the next morning, they headed west with the dart team.

After walking for another two days, he finally entered the eastern pass of Xiyue before nightfall. Kannai is a border city, which was originally the place where the families of soldiers lived, because the merchants of the two places came and went frequently, and it has formed a prosperous town.

If there are many people in the caravan, they can fill one inn, so Liu Yunxiang and they plan to go to other inns.

Continuing to walk into the city, passing through the crossroads, there was a large open space, and a platform was built in the middle of it, and on the platform were a dozen wooden frames, each of which helped a woman.

The women, some older and some younger, had been tied up for an unknown amount of time, and their heads drooped as if they had been drained.

Then an old woman passed by, and with a basket in her hand, she took out a handful of rotten vegetable leaves and threw it at one of the women who was tied to it.

"Phew! Four-legged bugs! ”