From Longdong City in Guannei Road to the Wandering Soul Fort in the depths of Longyou Desert, according to Guo Xiaojiu's footsteps, how can it take a month to walk on foot, Guo Xiaojiu does not have so much time to waste, so before setting off from Longdong City, he found a caravan and traveled together.

As for the Wandering Soul Fort in Mobei, it was the end point of the trip that Guo Xiaojiu and Zhou Ziheng set out before they set off from Luoyang City. And the first female swordsman in Mobei, the old lady named Yu Fengyi, who still has the charm, is also in Longdong City.

The reason why I am looking for a caravan to accompany me is that the caravan has gone to Mobei more than once, which can reduce the number of unjust roads and troubles.

It's not as fast as a solo horse, but it should be a day or two slower.

In the area near the northern edge of the desert, the caravan was replaced by a camel, and when walking in the desert, the horse was certainly not as fast as the camel, and in the short term, the horse still had the advantage. The more time passes, the greater the camel's advantage.

Especially at night, the desert is a hot desert during the day, and the desert at night is like a cold winter. At night, the caravan will form a circle with camels, so that people can rest in the circle without freezing their bodies, and they can also be well protected from the sneak attack of horse thieves unique to the desert.

The leader of the caravan was an old man surnamed Ma, and he was also the richest steward of the Ma family in Longdong City, so he followed the master's surname Ma.

On the tenth day, the caravan came to the center near Mobei, fortunately, the road was very safe, and no horse thieves were encountered, at least not until now.

Guo Xiaojiu rode a camel, in the middle of the caravan, he followed the horse steward, at this time the blazing sun sprinkled on the big Gobi, people can shed a layer of skin alive.

Wiping away the unstoppable sweat on his face, Guo Xiaojiu turned his head to look at the horse steward, and the horse steward also looked at him, he nodded at the horse steward: "Old man Ma, how long will it take for us to get to the Soul Castle?"

"No hurry, no hurry, three more days at most. Steward Ma stretched out three fingers unhurriedly, shook them lightly and said: "This road is very peaceful, it is considered fast, if you stay in the past not peaceful years, maybe you can't even save your life." ”

"That's what Old Man Ma said. Guo Xiaojiu smiled at the horse steward and hugged his fist.

Steward Ma squinted his presbyopia, nodded and smiled, and touched his beard: "Guo family boy, don't dislike my old man for being verbose, people are old and have walked a lot, so they will naturally become verbose." ”

"To be honest, I don't see if you are a swordsman or a swordsman, even if you are very young, I will let you follow the caravan at a glance, and I will not be paid a penny, because I think you should not be a layman, at least you should be a second- or third-rate master. ”

"Heh, Old Man Ma is really well-informed. Guo Xiaojiu held back a smile and nodded in agreement: "Could it be that when Steward Ma was young, he was also a good hand?"

"Hehe, Guo family boy, you're laughing!" Steward Ma squinted his eyes and smiled.

"This road seems to be peaceful, but in the past few days, the caravan has been in front of the news that there are some horse thieves from a distance to see a few times and left, at first I didn't pay attention, last night, Kuizi ran over and whispered to me that there are more horse thieves, but still didn't do it. At that time, I felt that something bad was going to happen, and I was afraid that a gang of horse thieves would not be able to eat us people, and several groups of horse thieves would join forces. ”

Kuizi in the mouth of the horse steward is a man in the prime of life, and he is also the dart master who has been trusted by the Ma family caravan to Mobei in recent years.

From the beginning to the end of this caravan, except for the more than a dozen retinues with knives of the Ma family, there were seventy or eighty people left, all of whom were good at Kuizi Dart Company.

"Does Old Man Ma mean that before we approach the Wandering Soul Castle, we will encounter a group of horse thieves to intercept us?" Guo Xiaojiu put away his smile, he also felt that there had been some people following the caravan in the past few days, and it turned out to be some horse thieves.

In this desert, a group of horse thieves can afford to raise more than a dozen or twenty people, and if you want to eat the Ma family, you must have at least a hundred horse thieves, that is, a combination of five or six groups of horse thieves. Of course, there are exceptions to everything, and there must be people in this huge desert north who can afford to raise seventy or eighty or even hundreds of horse thieves.

"Kuizi is a famous dart master in our Longdong City, a master of the second-rate realm, if the number of horse thieves is less than one hundred and fifty horses, I will ask you to make a shot for my Ma family's caravan, if there are too many horse thieves, you can take advantage of the chaos to leave quietly, my Ma family will never drag others down to be my Ma family's substitute ghosts." The steward was probably tired, smashed it, took off the water bladder from the hump, and raised his head to drink a few sips.

"Of course, they don't necessarily want to do anything to my Ma family, I'm just going to plan for the worst. ”

"If there are really horse thieves, I can stop forty horsemen for the caravan. Guo Xiaojiu narrowed his eyes, a smile appeared on his face, and his other hand was spread on the side of his lower abdomen, reaching out to reach the hilt of the knife.

Seemingly ordinary exchanges, in fact, are also a temptation of the horse steward, if Guo Xiaojiu has no real skills, he will definitely slip away quietly at this time, then the horse steward will only be regarded as a loss in business.

Since Steward Ma guessed that Guo Xiaojiu was in the second- and third-rate realm, then he would take advantage of the situation to be a martial artist in the second-rate realm, and stop forty horsemen, which is almost the bottom line that the second-rate realm can just bear.

In fact, Guo Xiaojiu knew in his heart that Steward Ma must have a backhand, the largest merchant in Longdong City, who has been able to stand tall from Longdong City for so many years, must have some real means.

"Okay, young people are refreshing, when you get to the Soul Castle, I am willing to invite you to drink back the flower wine in the name of a private person, young man, you should look like a young man. The steward patted the hump, and the smile on his face was very satisfied.

Guo Xiaojiu smiled and shook his head: "Hey, Old Man Ma, you are too polite, is your old body ,......?"

Before the horse steward could say something, a caravan attendant with a sword hurriedly ran from the front of the caravan: "Horse steward, horse steward." ”

"I'm in a hurry, and I have something to say slowly. Steward Ma restrained his smile and glared at the attendant and reprimanded.

The entourage took a few breaths, and then patted his chest and said, "Steward Ma, someone fainted on the desert not far ahead, Brother Kuizi called you over to take a look." ”

"Do you want to go and have a look?" Steward Ma had already turned over and got off the camel and asked Guo Xiaojiu.

The caravan slowly stopped, and the attendants and dart masters in these caravans did not go to the front to watch out of curiosity, but more cautiously stared at the caravan's goods, most of these people had families, and after this trip, they received money, which could support their families for half a year.

"Good. Guo Xiaojiu looked ahead, except for the dense caravan goods, where could he see any people in the distance.

After walking a short distance, several people came to the front of the caravan, and on a shoal not far away, lay an unconscious young man, a man in the desert common attire, and beside the young man, lay an emaciated horse, already exhausted.

Steward Ma squatted beside the young man, stretched out his hand to probe the man's snort, and frowned: "There is still gas, it should not be dead yet." ”

The unconscious young man carried a scimitar at his waist, like a wanderer in the desert.

"Old man, what do you think of this person?" followed a middle-aged man behind the horse steward, approached behind the horse steward, and then asked in a thick voice, this man is Kuizi.

Kuizi carried a sword at his waist, and he was also the only person in this group of people except Guo Xiaojiu who carried a sword.

"According to the rules, he should not be saved. Steward Ma stood up, but hesitated: "But my Ma family has been walking in Mobei for decades, and there is no reason to see death and not be saved." ”

"In case, this person ......" Kuizi rubbed his nose and whispered in the ear of the horse steward.

"What should come is always coming, and I look at this person with a good face, not like a bad person, if my Ma family doesn't save it, this matter will spread in the future, and my Ma family's business is afraid that it will not be good in this desert north." Steward Ma chattered worriedly.

"Listen to you!" Kuizi didn't say much, but there was still a faint hint in his eyes that he felt inappropriate.

Guo Xiaojiu couldn't interject, if he encountered this situation alone, at most he would leave some food and water, in case this person was a horse thief, he would definitely hide far away.

As for the meaning of Kuizi's words, he understood that Kuizi was like him, he was a person walking on the rivers and lakes, and he was a little wary of everything, which was not unreasonable.

But the horse steward is different, what he thinks about is the business of his Ma family, as for whether it is a horse thief, whether he will summon a horse thief, that is something that Kuizi should think about.

It was also at this point that Kuizi called a few of his dart masters and brought the unconscious young man into the caravan.

Guo Xiaojiu narrowed his eyes, and a different color flashed in his gaze, because he could clearly see that the person's closed eyes trembled slightly in an instant.