It's not easy to get the drunk fat man back to the inn.

The first is that Zhang Fatzi's weight is too large, and no one can carry him back independently.

What's more, a drunk person is paralyzed all over his body, and he will keep slipping down on his back, and his center of gravity is unstable, which is particularly laborious, and it is easy to fall if he is not careful.

So Ye Feng and the four of them grabbed one of Zhang Fatzi's hands and feet, lifted him up like a hemp bag, and the four of them worked together to carry Zhang Fatzi back to the inn.

Rao is like this, Ye Feng and the and Tang Metropolis's martial arts do not feel very difficult, but they are suffering from Xie Zhenliang, a weak scholar who has no martial arts at all.

He was tired enough to choke on this way, and as soon as he returned to the inn and threw Zhang Fat Man to the ground, he sat on the ground and couldn't get up, sweating like pulp, panting like a cow, and completely losing the style of a noble son.

Only the and Tang Da worked together to carry Zhang Fatzi back to the guest room on the second floor.

After placing Zhang Fatzi, everyone else went back to the room, Ye Feng turned around and saw that the shopkeeper Jia of Ma Xing was still standing in the hall of the inn at the moment, looking at him with a smile, obviously he still had something to say.

He walked over and smiled at Shopkeeper Jia and asked, "It's so late, Shopkeeper Jia hasn't gone back to rest, is there something wrong?"

Shopkeeper Jia maintained that professional smile on his face, and said respectfully: "Qi Qi Ye Gongzi, the horses and vehicles needed to set off early tomorrow morning, as well as all the supplies, have been prepared." ”

Ye Feng smiled faintly and said, "There is a shopkeeper of Lao Jia." ”

Shopkeeper Jia said with a smile: "On the orders of the proprietor, how dare you do things for Ye Gongzi?"

Then he quickly reported: "In the desert Gobi, it is easy for the carriage to get stuck in the sand, but it is difficult to travel. Therefore, Ye Gongzi, the spacious carriage you rode in before can no longer be used, and horses have been prepared for you below, these horses are specially trained, and they can also fly as fast as you can in the desert. ”

"Because Old Man Fu is inconvenient, I prepared a light carriage for Old Man Fu and Miss Cheng to travel, but the comfort is much worse than the previous one. In addition, four camels were prepared to carry the goods. In the desert, camels not only endure hunger and thirst, but also can see directions, and are known as the Ship of the Desert, which is indispensable in every team. ”

All this arrangement, Shopkeeper Jia's lips rolled, and he spoke quickly, showing that he was shrewd and capable.

But at this time, he suddenly paused, slowed down his voice and said: "According to the instructions of the despised proprietor, the two helpers I found for Ye Gongzi and his party have also arrived now, and they are eating at the moment. ”

Helper? Ye Feng was stunned for a moment, he didn't mention that he needed a helper on this trip.

However, judging from the style of doing everything in detail and properly arranging everything along the way, he said that the helper he found would definitely not be an ordinary person.

Ye Feng only noticed at this time that on a dining table behind Shopkeeper Jia, there were two people who were concentrating on eating.

These two people were dressed very ordinarily and sat there inconspicuously, so Ye Feng didn't pay attention to them all the time.

The shorter of the two, a bit of a roe deer, holding an ordinary bowl of noodles in his hand, but his expression was as if he was facing the most delicious food in the world, almost one by one, slowly smacking into his mouth, chewing slowly, eating very slowly.

The taller one, on the other hand, picked up the noodles and snorted with water and snorted into his mouth, feeling as if he hadn't eaten for a long time, and he would not have eaten for a long time in the future.

Not only did he eat quickly, but he also ate a lot of food, with seven or eight empty bowls stacked in front of him.

Ye Feng also noticed that this tall man seemed to have a disability and was a hunchback, and a high bulge on his back was raised.

Shopkeeper Jia hurriedly introduced Ye Feng to see: "These two are the two helpers invited by the proprietor for Ye Gongzi, the little one is called a mouse, proficient in the art of soil excavation, if the old Sun family in Guanzhong is the most famous Tufu in the Central Plains, then this one is the first outside the Guanzhong." ”

"The tall man is called a camel, and he has grown up in the desert since he was a child, and he lives up to his name, and he has a hump on his back. Don't look at his large amount of food, he can skip meals for several days after he has eaten a full meal, and he can also be unsuitable for several days and nights after he has slept enough. And he is very familiar with the Gobi Desert, just like his own home, and legend has it that he can play back and forth in the desert with his eyes closed. ”

Ye Feng's heart moved after listening to the meeting, a person who is proficient in excavation and exploration, and a guide who is familiar with the desert Gobi, these are what he needs most at the moment, it seems that Ji Gongzi is really thoughtful.

Ye Feng bowed deeply to the two of them, and the shopkeeper Jia next to him introduced: "Two, this is Ye Feng Ye Gongzi who needs your help." ”

The two of them got up and returned the salute to Ye Feng, and without saying much, they sat down again and continued to eat noodles.

The short mouse suddenly asked, "I don't know if Ye Gongzi came to us brothers to dig up some treasures in the desert?"

But the camel snorted, and muttered as he continued to eat noodles: "We only come to repay the favor, and what treasure he wants to dig, with our two brothers, it is not all easy." ”

The rat nodded, seeming to agree with him.

Ye Feng smiled faintly, and he didn't intend to hide them, and said: "Although the treasure you are talking about may not be there, but what we want to find this time is the one that disappeared mysteriously thousands of years ago, Loulan Ancient City!"

As soon as he finished saying this, the faces of the mouse and the camel suddenly changed, and the action of eating noodles froze, and the two glanced at each other, as if they were quite afraid of the four words of Loulan Ancient City.

The mouse suddenly raised his head and asked Shopkeeper Jia: "Does Gongzi know that the place where this Ye Gongzi is going is the ancient city of Loulan?"

Shopkeeper Jia's face remained unchanged, and he responded: "I know." ”

The mouse and the camel looked at each other again, stopped talking, lowered their heads and continued to eat noodles, but their faces were very ugly.

Ye Feng felt strange in his heart, and asked: "Since the two of you heard the name of Loulan Ancient City, you seem to be a little reluctant to go, but it is

Why?"

The rat buried his head to eat noodles, and said without even raising his head: "Legend has it that the ancient city of Loulan was destroyed by witchcraft, and there is still a demonic aura there, and ghosts are infested, not to mention looking for it, and no one can come back alive if they were lost and walked into the vicinity of it." Ye Gongzi, have you thought about it, do you really want to go?"

Black art?

Ye Feng blinked, he remembered what Fu Shuangling had said before, the legend of Loulan Feicheng was a kind of witchcraft.

But the more mysterious he became, the more he felt an urge to find out, and more importantly, he had to find out the secret of the dragon pattern on his back.

Seeing that he didn't answer, the mouse knew that he had decided to go, sighed and said: "That being the case, my brothers and sisters gave up their lives to accompany the gentleman, and they also embarked on this experience, so they should have returned this life to Ji Gongzi." ”

Ye Feng didn't understand his words, and the shopkeeper Jia on the side attached it to his ear and introduced softly: "These two people have lived here for generations, and their ancestors have both received the grace of the life of the despised owner, so they have such a statement. ”

Ye Feng nodded, thinking in his heart that this Providence Building is not only rich in the world, but also does business all over the big and small corners, it seems that this human favor business that buys people's hearts is also doing very well.

I really don't know how many strange people and strange people in this world will obey the orders of the Heavenly Providence Tower.

Perhaps, this Ji Wushuang son is indeed worth befriending, and maybe he will become a very powerful help in the future.

However, every time he thought about the hazy feeling he gave himself when he first saw Ji Wushuang, it was like being shrouded in a cloud of mist, Ye Feng felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.

At that moment, he bowed deeply to the rats and camels, expressed his gratitude for their help, and said: "We will set off early tomorrow morning, and the commander of the Shazhou Wei will also send his eldest son, Brother Lan, who will lead the sergeants to escort us until we leave the border of Shazhou." ”

Hearing Ye Feng mention the escort of the Shazhou Guard, the mouse and the camel couldn't help but smile at each other, and there was a sense of contempt in their smiles.

Ye Feng was puzzled and opened his mouth to inquire.

The mouse sneered and said: "Ye Gongzi, don't hear the three words of Shazhou Wei, you think that it is the imperial court guard, one of the seven guards in Guanxi, so famous!"

In fact, the seven guards set up by the imperial court were all down-and-out Mongolian tribes who left the rule of the Northern Yuan Dynasty and went to the Kansai area, and their leaders were all former Mongolian nobles. The Ming Dynasty gave them a military guard establishment and set up a guard station, but it was just a name, and the ground was drawn as a prison, so as to prevent them from continuing to wander and facilitate management. ”

"Although the imperial court gave them the establishment of military guards, it was only given a false name, and there was no military salary to support. In addition to being self-sufficient, these tribes also had to pay tribute to the imperial court every year to show their loyalty. These tribes, who were originally nomadic and did not know how to farm, and the grasslands in the Kansai area were eroded by wind and sand, and the grasslands were shrinking day by day. ”

"When you can't get enough to eat, you have to find a way. Among the seven guards, Shazhou Wei has mastered some basic farming techniques, and the place where he lives is the transportation artery of the Hexi Corridor, which is the richest. So the other guards were frequent

Sent people to infiltrate the territory of Shazhou, pretending to be bandits to loot the caravan goods, and rob cattle, sheep and horses. ”

"Shazhou Wei has been conscripted and suppressed many times, but bandits are rampant, as many as cattle hair, and they cannot be stopped. wrote to the imperial court, and the imperial court also turned a blind eye to this matter, and it was not resolved. Therefore, the past business trips in Shazhou are all worried and seeking more blessings. ”

"Here, many people in Shazhou Weizhong and other Weizhong are Mongolian tribes, and it is inevitable that they will be related to each other, so the soldiers and bandits collude with each other. If you expect to rely on those dozens of useless Shazhou guards, and want to ensure that this group of people is thorough on the way, I'm afraid it's a fool's dream. ”

Ye Feng didn't know anything about the situation in the Kansai area, and when he heard the mouse say this, it turned out that the situation here was so complicated, and he couldn't help but worry in his heart.

Seeing Ye Feng's melancholy face, the camel smiled and said, "Ye Gongzi doesn't have to worry too much, my two brothers have received great favor from Ji Gongzi in their lives, and they should repay each other." We are extremely familiar with this area, as long as we send away those Shazhou guards as soon as possible, I will guide you and keep you from meeting those bandits. ”

Ye Feng hurriedly thanked him after hearing this.

The shopkeeper Jia on the side smiled and asked the camel, "You will leave early tomorrow morning, have you slept enough this time?"

The camel smiled heartily: "Don't worry, since I received the news from Ji Gongzi, I have slept full for three days in a row, and I am full of energy, even if it doesn't fit my eyes for four or five days, it's no problem!"

Ye Feng couldn't help but marvel in his heart when he heard this, he was really a stranger!

It was getting late, and the shopkeeper Jia said goodbye and left, and wanted to hurry back to prepare for the road tomorrow morning.

The two strangers and the camel were still eating in the lobby of the inn, and they didn't know how long they would eat.

The rest of the people had already returned to the guest room on the second floor to rest, and Ye Feng walked up to the second floor of the inn alone.

Standing in the corridor on the second floor, he looked up and saw that all the guest rooms were lights out, and the snoring of the fat man like rolling thunder faintly came from his ears.

Back in his room, lying on the bed, Ye Feng felt that he was not sleepy, he was a little worried about the future journey, and he had a little expectation.

Can we really find the ancient city of Loulan, which has disappeared for thousands of years? Can we successfully solve the mystery of the dragon pattern behind it?

His mind was a mess, and he didn't know how long it took before he fell asleep dimly.

(End of chapter)