"Hmph... It turned out to be a messenger in the palace!" Gonggong Liu walked out of the carriage, "What's the matter? I didn't commit any royal laws... Why are you arresting me?" It was pitch black all around, and suddenly a few men in black came out of the grass on both sides and surrounded the carriage.

"Naturally, we are ordered to arrest you!" said the black-clothed man who took the lead.

Gonggong Liu was a little panicked for a while, looked at the people around him, and sneered, "Hehe... Everyone is doing things for the emperor! Since you want to arrest me... Show me the decree!"

"The decree is not in our hands... And it's just a dog, and you need the holy decree?" the man in black shouted with a wave of one hand, "Take these two eunuchs down for me." ”

"Hahaha... Don't be arrogant, one day your dogs will be taken down by others!" Liu Gonggong struggled, but after all, he couldn't defeat a few strong men, so he had to be captured.

"Thank you Gonggong Liu for reminding... Tie me up!"

The groom on the side looked at a few men in black to take down his father-in-law, neither did he come forward to stop him, nor did he panic, only to see him jump out of the carriage and walk to the man in black and half-kneel down, "Ninth Master!"

"You go out for a stroll first, and then go back tomorrow morning when it's dawn... When I went back, I said that I had sent Liu Gonggong back to Beijing safely. ”

"Understood!" the groom got up and left.

Several men in black left the two eunuchs and disappeared into the night, and then the neighing of horses was heard not far away, and the sound of horses' hooves gradually faded away.

............

The west wind is fierce, the sand and dust are permeated, like the screen window that cannot be broken, the noisy wind, the blurred light, make people not know where to go...

In the distance, a camel team slowly moved forward on the desert of the Western Regions against the wind and sand, the people on the camels were tightly wrapped, only showing two pairs of eyes to find the ahead, and it didn't take long for the leading camel to stop, and the people on the camel shouted to the people behind the people downwind "There is someone in front !!"

"Let's go and see !!" The person in the back called.

There is a figure in the wind and fog in front of him, the wind blows his clothes, and the shadow also flutters with the wind and mist, get closer, you can see the shadow of his feet is moving forward step by step, the people on this side always have a sense of loss when they look at the shadow in the light and mist, and they feel that the shadow in the light and mist is gradually breaking away from the red world... However, even if a lonely person is on the front side, he will feel lost when he looks back at the fog shadow behind him, after all, the place he can't feel is the distance, and the distance is always longing!

The caravan slowed down when it reached the man, and the leader called out, "This brother, this barren land is strange and lonely, and if you don't go with us, you can be regarded as a companion." ”

The man was not polite, he held his hunchback and flipped up, "Then thank you very much." ”

The wind and sand gradually subsided, and a few coyotes were swaying in the desert, and if they were lucky, there might be dead animals in the storm, when suddenly there was a sound of horses' hooves in the distance, and the wolves were frightened and ran away without a trace.

The camel caravan is slowly moving forward here, there is nothing new along the way, those individuals are very boring, and now there is a newcomer, and there is inevitably a greeting.

The leader said, "Brother, you're pretty good!

The man smiled and said, "It's okay, I have eaten and drunk these days, and I can still live." ”

A scrawny old man in the back hurriedly asked, "Brother, don't bluff people, what can you eat and drink in this kind of place?"

"I'm also curious how you survived?" The young man next to the thin old man wondered.

The man thought for a moment, turned around and smiled and said, "When I am exhausted and uncertain about life and death, there will naturally be wolf flesh and wolf blood sent to the door. ”

"What?" the leader was surprised and admired, "that wolf is infested in packs, how did you pass through it....."

Suddenly, there was a loud sound of horses' hooves from behind.

"Boss, there's a horse thief rushing behind us," the men behind them said in horror.

The leader hurriedly shouted, "Don't panic, everyone, our camels can't outrun them, just wait for them to come, and give them whatever they want." ”

In a few moments the horse caravan gathered around. These horse thieves are tall and strong, fierce and vicious, wearing fur coats, and there is still this pig's tail braid on the back of their heads, which is the Tatar of the north at a glance, and they are pointing at this horse chopping knife in their hands, and they don't know what they are chirping, fortunately, the leader here seems to know some Tatar language, so he said "A few masters, we are just merchants on the silk road, what do you have to serve, just ask a few masters to let us live." ”

When a horse thief saw him speak, he raised his knife and slashed it down.

"Ah~~" After a scream, the master fell off the hunchback with his left arm, and his entire left arm was cut off by the horse thief.

The whole caravan panicked, and some people tried to escape on camels but were shot off the camel's back by an arrow... The young man in front looked at the boss who was struggling on the ground, and he didn't dare to go down to support, gritted his teeth and asked, "What now?" However, the thin old man on the side was already trembling with fright, and he didn't even dare to raise his head.

"Do you have any weapons to defend yourself?" asked the newcomer softly.

The young man hurriedly replied, "Finally, the camel's bag contains the remaining swords. ”

The man said, "I'll fight with them, and you can run as long as you can." ”

"How can you do it alone?" the young man was about to reach out and take the man...

One of the caravans jumped down and ran towards the back of the caravan. One of the horse thieves took his bow and shot at the man, but the arrow missed a little, and the head of the horse thief glanced at the minion with a cold "um", raised his feet and leaned on the horse, and rushed towards the man with a knife on his horse, and the big knife was swung to make the man's head fall to the ground. The man drew a sword from his baggage, and when he turned around, the big sword was already above his head, but the man was also calm, and he leaned forward to send the blade out... The camel was struck by a broadsword, shook its neck that was half hung on it, and fell to the ground with two roars, and at the same time the head of the horse thief fell from the horse's back with blood gushing from his throat, and the man reached out and grabbed the leader's pigtail, and with a sword cut off his head, mounted his horse, and ran backwards with his head. The gang of horse thieves instantly boiled, roaring and waving their knives to chase after the man.

The sun is slanting, the sun is baking, the shadow of a man and a horse gallops in the desert, the shadow passes, countless arrows follow closely and shoot all over the sand, but after a long time, the sound of running is like thunder, and the oblique shadows of countless people and horses gallop by, there is no wind in the desert at this time, but the sand and dust raised are raised to the sky. The man saw a pack of hungry wolves looking for food in front of him, and immediately picked up his head and threw it over, while he ran in the other direction. The horse team split into two teams, one rushing to the wolves, and the other chasing this and that one.

The next day, a fortune teller walked through the streets with a banner in his hand and shouted this "fortune telling, pointing to the maze, and those who are destined will not take a penny." "Passing by a clay kiln inn, I saw a man feeding horses.

The fortune teller stepped forward and said, "This horse is in such a hurry, I'm afraid it has run a lot of roads." ”

The man caressed the horse, and said with a smile, "This horse is worthy of being the leader, and it still has such spirit after running all night!" He turned around and forgot to glance at the fortune teller, and excused himself, "Sir, I am penniless, so I don't need to tell fortunes." ”

The fortune teller stroked his beard and said with a smile, "You and I meet today is fate, and those who are destined will not receive a penny." ”

"Sir, I don't believe in this either, so forget it. The man tied his horse to the inn.

The fortune teller thought that if he didn't show his hands, this man would not believe himself, so he hurriedly asked, "Are you from the desert?

The man stopped and said, "Sir is really observant, but he is hungry, so he won't accompany him much." ”

"Are you looking for someone on this trip?" said the fortune teller.

The man turned around and said in surprise, "Do you know who I'm looking for?"

"Hahaha..."The fortune teller laughed and said, "Although you and I are destined, I can't count other people's hexagrams." ”

The man walked back to his horse, took the sword from the saddle, and threw it to the fortune teller, "This sword is enough." ”

With a "poof", the fortune teller pulled out the sword, observed for a moment and said, "This sword is from the Valley of the Divine Soldiers, and it is still a fine product." He sniffed the blade again, "Hmm... It's bloody!"

"Sir?"

The fortune teller put away his sword, "Although I can't count other people's hexagrams, I can show you a place to go, where someone knows who you are looking for." ”

"Where?"

The fortune teller pointed to the southwest, "This is the camel town, and five miles southwest is the stronghold of the Tiehan Gang, you can go there and ask!" After speaking, the fortune teller shouted again and left.

In the camel town market, the fortune teller found a clean place, put the flag in one place, put the sword in front of him and sat down with his eyes closed. Among the passers-by, there are many people in the rivers and lakes, and they all look at this fortune teller.

A man walked up to him and asked, "You fortune teller, what do you mean by a sword?"

"Naturally, I'm waiting for someone destined to take this sword!"

Another person came over, "Pretending to be a ghost, no one has ever seen the sword in the Valley of the Divine Soldiers, it's ordinary, I can go to the weapon shop and ask for one now." ”

"You people have mediocre qualifications, you don't deserve to have this sword, if you can make money, I can open the net!"

There were more and more people around, and another person shouted, "Fortune teller, who are you fooling? Could it be that this sword is from which sword master?"

"This sword passed through Long Yun's hand!"

In an instant, the surrounding voices were boiling.