After a short battle, the black-robed man left in a hurry, which Mu Xiao did not expect. Han Yu, who was originally following behind and couldn't intervene, also walked over at this time and looked at the place where the black-robed man had disappeared. Neck stretched and swallowed saliva, shocked: "Why is this person so strong, it seems to be stronger than the previous ones in the Xinjiang Barracks." ”

Mu Xiao pinched his nose twice and said, "Guard Han, do you know that there are drugs to improve strength in Liaocheng or other places?"

Now if you want to find out the origin of these people, it may be easier to start with the source of the medicine that improves your strength, although at first it was suspected that it was related to Liujiazhuang. However, the medicine taken by the enemy these two times was obviously not as violent as the original Nangong Cloud Curtain. Besides, Taiqing Dan is a forbidden drug in the royal family, and Liujiazhuang should not risk peddling. If this is found, it will be a great crime to be beheaded all over the house.

And Han Yu's thumb was wrapped around for a while, he tilted his head and thought for a long time and said carefully: "If you want to say that the medicine is refined in Liaocheng, it must not be comparable to Liujiazhuang." But it is rumored that Liujiazhuang has transferred all the alchemy pharmacies to a few months ago."

"Transferred?"

"Yes, but I don't know who the other party is, and I've just heard rumors. I'm not sure if it's true. Han Yu added, and the three of them continued to walk along the forest in the direction of Liaocheng as they walked.

Not long after they left, hundreds of meters away from the place where the fight had just begun, the black-robed man looked behind him in a panic, seeing that no one was chasing him. Only then did he slow down, sat on the ground and gasped and scolded: "Wang Ba Lamb, you actually lied to me, these two people turned out to be strong in the Sword Venerable realm, and they barely coped with it after taking medicine." ”

"It seems that you are really a waste, a Wei Long who has just stepped into the Pseudo Sword Venerable, you can't solve it!" Suddenly a voice sounded behind him.

The black-robed man turned around, "I ...... it"

burst

Before he could say anything, a white light flashed through his neck, cold with a tingling sensation, and a patch of blood splattered on the weeds in the mangroves.

Phew!

The sound of a long sword in its sheath was heard, and a slender figure left in front of him. The black-robed man clutched his neck and leaned to the ground, his eyes that were unblinding to death, looking in the direction of the figure leaving.

......

Leave the forest, walk through a mountain range, walk through a col. An endless plain is in sight. In the middle of the vast plain, a city sits abruptly in the center. A big tree in the city is particularly eye-catching, with slender branches and leaves extending to all sides, like a giant standing on the edge of Liaocheng, but the scenery on both sides of the big tree is completely different. The towering buildings are lined with greenery on one side, and you can feel its luxurious style from a distance. In another area, there are dilapidated and collapsed buildings, with yellow sand exposed in the middle of the low houses, and the sand and dust billowing up after the wind blows. The big tree is like blocking it from the outside, preventing the sand and smoke from approaching the other side of Liaocheng.

Pointing to the group of low houses that were submerged in the wind and sand, Han Yu smiled a little embarrassedly: "We are Liaocheng in front of us, and the place that is flooded by yellow sand is my hometown, which was originally a place in Liaocheng, and has been called sand smoke by people in recent years. His eyes moved to the right, with a smile on his face, but at this time he was helpless: "That's where the powerful families gather, and in the eyes of the world, that's the real Liaocheng." ”

"The same world, the same land, but with different appearances, the smoke and rain Liaocheng is nothing more than this, let's go! Go to your hometown first. ”

Mu Xiao patted Han Yu and said, while the black dragon on the side looked at the green and tree-lined Liaocheng in a daze.

"Brother Long, let's go!"

"Okay, go to your hometown"

The black dragon who was pulled from his daze by Han Yu smiled, and his heart was inexplicably sour, who could understand?

When I left this city, I didn't think that I would come back in this life, and my master took him away overnight. is to keep himself alive, and the struggle of the family back then made his young heart become forbearant and strong overnight.

Soon after, the three of them walked into the sand and smoke of Liaocheng, and occasionally saw a few relatively intact buildings. It is the same scene as the east of Tianyuan City, but there are no famine people everywhere like Tianyuan. Following behind Han Yu, Mu Xiao and Heilong kept looking around, occasionally blowing in the wind, and several people couldn't help but cough lightly. Halfway through the long street, everyone was covered with a layer of sand.

The tavern was ajar on the side of the street, with two tables under the thatched hut at the door. It was already covered with dust, and the boss was lying on his back in a rocking chair, the fan in his hand swinging slowly.

Squeak

Seeing Mu Xiao and a few people approaching, the boss put away his outstretched feet and landed on the rocking chair in a panic: "A few objective people here, please"

Call!

The boss saw that the stool was full of yellow sand, and with a swing of the fan, the big mouth blew along the stool, and the dust suddenly flew under the thatched shed. But the enthusiasm has not diminished in the slightest, and this action is repeated several times a day, and basically once when a guest comes.

"Guests, please take a seat!" When the boss raised his head, he was stunned: "Han Yu, why are you back?"

Han Yu looked at the boss whose upper and lower eyelashes were covered with dust and smiled: "Come back and see, Uncle Chen's business has been good lately?"

"What's so good, there are a few guests a day, you look at this environment, how many people can eat here" The boss said helplessly, pointing to the closed shop across the street: "Look, run, die, the people on this street are almost gone, a few days ago someone came to look for coolies, many people have gone out." ”

Indeed, the environment in front of me, eating out is still a problem, and there is dust everywhere. The boss was embarrassed to continue to ask everyone to take a seat, but walked inside, came out with two large jars of wine, put them on the table and looked at Mu Xiao and Heilong, and said to Han Yu in a blink of an eye: "There are two more altars, you can take them." Treat your friends well, no matter how poor we are, we can't wipe our face. After speaking, it was almost close to Han Yu's ears.

But this whisper seemed to be a little too loud, and Mu Xiao could hear it clearly. took a step forward and bowed slightly: "There is Uncle Lao Chen." Then he turned back to Han Yu and said, "Guard Han, I want to ask Uncle Chen to go to your house with me, don't you mind?"

"What did Mu Gongzi say! Of course I don't mind. Han Yule replied.

The whole street here is deserted, it seems that there are few families living here as Uncle Chen said, and the coolies he said have anything to do with the head trading investigated by Lu Meng, and if you want to know, you can only learn more about the boss in front of you.

Uncle Chen is not very old, and he looks like he is only forty or fifty years old. It's just that the feet are a little uneven when I walk. I don't know if it's because of congenital or injury, Mu Xiao can't ask in his eyes.

Closing the door of the tavern, Uncle Chen patted the dust on his body and grinned: "Let's go, there are no guests today anyway, just go and see the little guy." ”

After about a quarter of an hour's walk, we finally ushered in a fairly clean alley, where there was no yellow sand everywhere, but a stone paved ground, although uneven, but it was much better than the windy passage outside.

"This is a relatively clean place for sand and smoke, over the years more and more people have moved from here, it stands to reason that no one should be overgrown with weeds, but I don't know why, not only there is no grass, but the desertification is getting more and more serious, a few years ago I directly called this side sand smoke. Uncle Chen chatted as he walked, and Mu Xiao listened carefully.

Mu Xiao was even more puzzled, just like Uncle Chen said, the sparsely populated sand smoke should have been

It's overgrown with weeds, but when I looked down from the mountain just now, the sand and smoke were no different from the battlefield.

"Has anything strange happened over the years?" Mu Xiao couldn't help but ask.

"Yes, a few years ago, the trees here turned yellow overnight, and there was no grass growing for miles, but it was overnight. ”

Uncle Chen fell into the memory, after that night, the people who lived here began to flock to the other side, but the people who had no money could only continue to live on this side. Over the years, the dust became more and more serious, and many people were forced to move out. People who don't have the money to move to the other side choose to go outside to earn a living.

Mu Xiao finally understood why most of the people in the border city barracks were from Shayan, maybe they really chose to go to the barracks just to survive at the beginning, but how many were as lucky as Han Yu? I hope they can all figure it out, being a soldier is not only to live, but also to know how to protect the peace of the border city and the hard-won life now!

Squeak

The sound of the wooden door opening came from the front, interrupting Mu Xiao's thoughts. A young woman turned back from the courtyard, and Han Yu had not yet stepped inside. She was pleasantly surprised like a child, and suddenly rushed up to hug Han Yu. Such a simple scene, but several people behind him were touched at the same time.

"Alas, Gay, Gay...... There are guests!" Han Yu carried two jars of wine, and Mu Ne stood awkwardly reminding the woman.

Tai Gayi only noticed Mu Xiao and the others behind Han Yu at this time, his face flushed. After glancing at Han Yu, he stepped forward and saluted the two of them.

"I've seen my sister-in-law"

"I've seen my brother and sister"

Mu Xiao and Heilong bowed down at the same time, Han Yu was slightly older than Mu Xiao, and it was reasonable to call his sister-in-law. But the black dragon in front of him came with a brother and sister, which made Uncle Chen's face strange in the back. He didn't know that Heilong's actual age was a few years older than Han Yu, but he didn't look old.

"Hello everyone, come in!" said Tegayi, with a shy countenance, and everything he said and did was courteous.

Heilong thought in his heart, Han Yu has such a wife, it is really a blessing from his previous life. Suddenly, at a certain moment, he had the urge to give up on finding the Yang family, and he couldn't wait to rush back to live a comfortable life with Luo Xiaodie.

"Why are you stunned?" Mu Xiao looked at the black dragon with a pensive look on his face, and pushed him.

Heilong looked at Han Yu and his wife in front of him and said in a low voice: "Look at the people, start a family!"

After speaking, they followed Han Yu and walked towards the courtyard, but Mu Xiao was stunned: "The four seas are home, isn't it also home?"

Han Yu's residence is not very large, the houses in the courtyard are neatly arranged, at a cursory glance, there are about six or seven rooms, and on one side of the small courtyard is a bright hall.

The surface of the stone slabs in the courtyard is polished to show the traces of time, and the simple but clean courtyard is in stark contrast to the dusty streets outside.

Taigay was busy moving chairs for a few people, and while everyone was looking around, a child of three or four years old, pulling a small wooden horse with a thread in his hand, came out of the hall.

Seeing that so many people suddenly came to the courtyard, he put down the small thread in his hand and threw himself into Tai Gai's arms, burying his head and not daring to raise it.

When Han Yu reported him from behind, he looked back and cried! The strangeness and distance touched the hearts of several people.

Taigayi smiled softly in his ear: "This is Daddy, don't be afraid!"

Huh

The crying stopped abruptly, and the moment the child's tearful eyes looked at Han Yu, it seemed that everything around him had become extremely quiet.