The two sisters hit it off at first sight, naturally they talked at night, and they were very interested, Su Su knew that she had looked away at first, this well-dressed and frivolous proprietress was not originally a dusty woman, but it turned out to be a lady.

Her father was originally an official in Great Xia, and he was once an official and courtier, but because he was involved in the court dispute between the prime minister and the taiwei, he was regarded as a victim.

Under the anger of the Great Xia Emperor Long Yan, Zhao Tingwei was demoted to a commoner and imprisoned, his daughter Zhao Meier was reprimanded as an official concubine, and his son Zhao Long was also incorporated into the army.

The military registration of Great Xia is also a kind of household registration, and the military male Ding Shishi enlisted in the army, which is a tradition passed down from the founding emperor of Great Xia.

The heroic iron armor of the founding emperor of Great Xia was invincible and did not taste defeat. The generals of the god of war opened up the territory for the empire, the four provinces surrendered, and the territory of the country continued to spread into the distance like a flood that burst the embankment. Although the Great Xia Kingdom was vast and populous, most of the people lived in the relatively rich land of Sangzi. And a remote mountain like the city of Shureh is far more valuable to the borders of the empire than it is for human survival, so if the empire does not resort to the means, Shul will soon become an abandoned city.

In order to solve the problem of the source of soldiers, the founding emperor formulated the national policy of apportioning the household into the household. The common people who are classified into the military are also called military households, and the men must join the army, so that they can ensure the supply of soldiers for the empire, even if it is far from the territory of Great Xia, they can also send garrisons to protect the territory of the empire.

It's just that in the process of implementing any policy, it will be artificially recreated and become a profit-making tool for some people.

Today, the military household policy can be used to denigrate opponents and become a means of reducing guilt and reinforcing the army. For example, Zhao Tingwei, after his son was confiscated into the army, he only wanted to survive at the border all his life, so that the opponent did not have to worry about being turned into a situation by the Zhao family in the future and waited for an opportunity to counterattack.

Because the military status can enjoy the reduction and exemption of conscription taxes, there are many large gentry who collude with officials and falsely declare their military status in order to evade taxes. As a result, the empire's treasury was empty, and the military households consumed a lot of empty salaries, slowly hollowing out the foundation of the empire.

When she was young, Zhao Meier was good-looking, and she was good at singing and dancing, although she was demoted to an official concubine, but the people she made friends with and served were all powerful people in the court. She once thought that she could use those powerful people who were in the middle of the spring night to avenge her father's grievances. How do you know that most of the officialdom are people who tend to be inflammatory, and most of them who have a little conscience directly rejected Zhao Meier's request, while more alcoholic people swear by swearing on their chests and swearing, deceiving Zhao Meier's trust, until they have had enough, they pat their butts and leave, without any guilt.

Poor Zhao Mei'er is easy to grow old with red makeup, her youth flies by, the cars and horses in front of the door are endless, and the dragon and phoenix are upside down in the Xiang Pavilion, but she never looks forward to good news, but she only inquired that her younger brother Zhao Long has been sent to the border army in the northwest of Great Xia to defend the border of the empire.

What Zhao Meier finally waited for was the bad news of Zhao Tingwei's tragic death in prison. Disheartened, he immediately ran out of the imperial capital Sheng'an secretly at the risk of killing his head, and in order to find his younger brother Zhao Long, he visited all the border cities in the north of Great Xia......

"Has there been no whereabouts of Zhao Long's younger brother?" Su Su began to feel sorry for the dusty woman in front of her, although she could guess a thing or two from the sorrow between Zhao Meier's eyebrows, but she still couldn't help but ask.

Zhao Mei'er smiled bitterly, "I've always found Shule, and further north, it's no longer the place of Great Xia, but there is still no news of Zhao Long." ”

After a pause, she continued, "This is the only way in and out of the northern frontier of Great Xia, just like the camel caravan that came in yesterday, pedestrians from the south to the north will repair it in Shule, and I can also ask them to help inquire." ”

"I think as my sister said, Shule City is full of soldiers guarding the territory and merchants coming and going, but sister, you are a girl's family, aren't you afraid of being bullied?"

"Sister, don't you still want to go deep into the desert? Have you ever been afraid? Besides, although Shule is remote and desolate, I don't think I have to deal with the sanctimonious despicable people in Sheng'an City. ”

"Well, there is no more unfathomable existence in this world than the human heart. Su Su couldn't help but sigh.

"What about your brother? If you treat him like this, aren't you afraid that he will fail you in the future?"

"Sister Mei'er, what are you talking about? I am also a brother and sister to him. ”

"Hush. Zhao Meier teased Su Su and made Su Su's face flush suddenly.

Early the next morning, Su Su ignored Zhao Meier's retention, and insisted on pulling Xiang Bei and Tianmo on the road, Zhao Meier had to give Su Su a lot of dry food and scattered silver taels, Su Su wanted to resign, but Zhao Meier pulled down her face instead, "Don't you treat me as a sister?"

Su Su had no choice but to respond.

The camel caravan was obviously in a hurry, Su Su set up the carriage, the camel team also checked the goods, and the carriage and the camel team went out of Shule City one after the other.

Some of the sturdy dart masters in the camel team saw Su Su, a young girl, and their eyes were about to go out of their eyes, and they wanted to persuade Su Su to follow the camel team. Su Su refused at first, but the dart masters did not give up, saying that since they were on the way, it was okay to go together, not to mention that the desert was deserted and full of dangers, and with the camel team together, at least they could take care of each other and be much safer.

This reason made it difficult for Su Su to refuse, so the carriage slowed down and followed behind the camel caravan, but from time to time a young dart master found a reason to come up and talk to her, which made her quite unhappy.

The leader of the camel caravan was a steady man over half a hundred years old, named Jebecuo, a tribesman of the Talgar tribe of the nomadic country. His camel team recruited both rangers and warriors from the Northern Liang, as well as men from Xiqiang and Nanjun, and the camel team was able to gather these people together in his hands, and also did a living shuttling goods between war-torn countries, which shows that Zhe Bei Cuo's ability is extraordinary, although he is not disgusted with Su Su, but for safety, he still deliberately kept a distance between the camel team and Su Su.

"Hmph, don't look at the skills of our heroines, maybe you will have to rely on the heroines to help you save your life soon, I really can't think of it. The old man Tianmo complained as if he had insight into some heavenly opportunity, and Su Su routinely gave him a roll of his eyes.

Of course, the old blind man can't see it either.

The slow-moving team launched a fearless assault towards the true desert.

After walking for most of the day, the air was already dry as if it was about to puncture people's throats, and even the sleepy Xiang Bei was rarely awake, holding on to the car window and looking at the desolation of the desert sun.

The horses were not as endurable as the camels, and at first they were holding down the speed and following the caravan, but now they had to exert great strength to pull their horse's paws out of the quicksand that had not crossed the horses' hooves and move forward with great difficulty.

Suddenly, the guide at the front of the caravan issued a warning, "Sheep's horn sandstorm!"

The well-trained dart masters quickly rushed to their respective camels, unloaded the cargo boxes, drove the camels together, and formed a circle, and Jebetso specially told a dart master to drive Susu's carriage into the circle surrounded by camels.

"The sand wind is coming, and without the protection of the camel caravan, I am afraid that I will not escape the fate of being swept away. ”

Su Su listened to the leader's introduction, followed the direction of his finger, looked through the gap between the humps, and sure enough, he saw that in the distance, there were several things like black sheep's horns, slowly moving.

Soon, a howling wind like a wolf howled in his ears, and the air was mixed with countless grains of sand in addition to dryness, and slammed them into people's faces.

The horses could no longer stand, so they simply fell to the ground against the camels, desperately trying to stick their heads into the sand. The black horns quickly grew larger, and gradually became one, and Su Su realized that those horns were tornadoes mixed with sand and gravel and dead branches. It's just because it's far away that I think it's a sheep's horn walking on the ground.

Jebecuo covered his mouth and nose with his hands, looked between his fingers, and couldn't help but sink in his heart, although the "sheep's horn sand wind" was terrible, but as long as the formation of the camel team was not scattered, and the people and goods were fixed and not swept away by the wind, they could also deal with it.

However, I have been walking darts for more than 40 years, and this is the first time I have seen a terrifying scene with four corners in parallel, and I have no bottom in my heart for a while.

I don't know when, Xiang Bei and Su Su's hands were already tightly clasped together, and Jebecuo warned them that people couldn't stay in the carriage, so Xiang Bei half-covered Su Su with his body, looking like he was pressing Su Su under him, and at the same time covered Su Su's head and face with the red fox scarf that Geng Er gave him.

Su Su was covered with his head and face, sniffing his breath, and also smelling the smell of Xiang Bei's body, and suddenly felt that the overwhelming strange wind didn't seem so terrifying.

Only Jebelcuo was still standing against the sand in the sky, nervously observing the approaching sand wind.

Originally, the camel caravan deliberately avoided the direction of the sheep's horns, but the sheep's horns seemed to have eyes, suddenly turned, and pounced on the small camel caravan, and the sheep's horn tornado continued to approach the camel caravan with black clouds that covered the sky and the sun, like a hungry giant beast, pounced on the food he coveted. And the small camel caravan is like a leaf on the sea that has been beaten by the waves, looking helpless and panicked.

Finally, the monster completely engulfed the entire camel team, Xiang Bei only felt that his entire body was being pulled towards the sky by a powerful force, everything around him seemed to no longer exist, his brain was almost blank, and he could only hug Su Su tightly.

Susu is this world.

On the side was the poor old blind man, who was originally pulling the corner of Xiang Bei's clothes when the sandstorm hit. However, Su Su couldn't stand the smell of his body, so he pulled Xiang Bei and hid in the neck of a camel, and now he had to wrap his arms around the wheels of the carriage, hoping that the wind and sand would pass as soon as possible.

Suddenly, there was a click, and the carriage that was shaking was completely torn apart by the wind, and the torn sawdust was like an elf that had broken free from its shackles and plunged into the wind and sand in the air.

The wheel that Tianmo was holding was also eager to try, wanting to follow those companions into the air, and Tianmo on the wheel screamed in fright. But the body still began to rise and fall with the wheels.

Jebecuo saw Tianmo's predicament, and knew that if the old man flew up, he was afraid that he would never come back, so he tightened the rope on his waist, crawled close to the ground to the old blind man, and threw the rope to Tianmo's body, Tianmo grabbed this life-saving straw tightly, and was finally pulled back to the ground.

The sandstorm came violently, and it went quickly, after a period of shaking wind and sand, the sky soon revealed the remnant sun, and everyone came out of the buried yellow sand, Tianmo touched the rope to Jebecuo's side, and kept thanking. Jebecuo, on the other hand, was busy beckoning everyone to inspect the goods.

Only Su Su and Xiang Bei still enjoy the feeling of being buried in the yellow sand, this feeling is so comfortable, it makes Xiang Bei feel that maybe death is so peaceful, and Su Su is enjoying the sense of security that has never been used, Xiang Bei is not only blocking the wind and sand, but also the malice of the whole world.

Suddenly, Su Su curled up vigilantly, and she shook Xiang Bei, "Xiang Bei, there is an enemy approaching." ”

Xiang Bei didn't suspect Su Su, he didn't even have time to figure out why his vigilance this time was not as good as Su Su who was pressed under him.

Although he was no longer able to fight, he instinctively touched Mingyang hanging on his body with his hand.

Su Su's feeling was not wrong, just when everyone thought that the storm had passed and began to count the losses, under the sand dunes, there were stealth beings quietly approaching the camel caraver, these beings were under the yellow sand to hold up several bulges, and the slightly bulging bulges were vigilant to stop and go, and slowly surrounded the camel caravan from all directions.