Chapter 7: The Great Desert
Before you reach the desert, you can already feel the dryness, as if someone has lit a fire in the air, and all the moisture in the air has been steamed. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Su Mu followed Ji Bingyan, Chu Liuxiang, and Hu Tiehua from Lanzhou, and a group of four people sat in the carriage, tasting wine and food, looking very relaxed.
And outside the carriage, there were a dozen horses in the convoy, carrying heavy packages, heading for the desert.
In addition to the four people in the carriage, there were only two people who drove the car.
One is a strong man like an iron tower, his name is Stone Camel, he can't see, he can't hear, he can't talk, he doesn't ride a horse, he leads a horse, and the horse walks step by step.
The other is Xiao Pan, a servant who is very good at being a man, has first-class driving skills, and can speak the words of the north and south of the river.
The convoy slowly walked towards the desert, and in the carriage, Hu Tiehua opened the curtains, looked out the window, and asked: "We have been on the road for a day and a night, do you really not rest for a quarter of an hour?"
Ji Bingyan said softly: "You can't rest for a quarter of an hour, since you want to find the king of the desert, Zamuhe, when you plan to go to the desert, he already knows, so when you go on the road, then you can't stop for a quarter of an hour." ”
Hu Tiehua looked at Su Mu again and asked, "Hey, we've been walking for so long, can't you tell us where the old bedbug women have gone?"
Su Mu shook his head and said lightly, "No." ”
Hu Tiehua's face was ruddy, but he had no choice but to turn his head and look out the window.
The carriage became calm, and when it came to Laolong Bay, it was also to the edge of the desert.
This is a small town on the edge of the desert, and from the edge of the town, you can see the endless desert.
There aren't many people in the town because there's only one well, and every drop of water is precious.
Ji Bingyan bought more than a dozen sheepskin bags of water, sold all the horses, and burned the cart, leaving only the camels.
After a night's rest in the town, everyone was ready to leave at dusk the next day.
All the people were wrapped in white cloth and wrapped around their heads, and the stone camels led the camels in front, and several people sat on the camels behind them and entered the desert.
Although it was already dusk, it was still hot, and the heat was rising, which was unbearable.
But not long after, when the sun had completely set, the heat disappeared again, and was replaced by an endless cold.
This cold penetrated deep into the bone marrow and was unbearable, except for the stone camel walking with both feet following the team, the rest of the people sat on the camel and felt cold all over their bodies.
Hu Tiehua hid his body in the hump, and his originally thick body turned into a ball, constantly trembling.
The servant Xiao Pan also looked a little unbearable, his martial arts were the most lowly, so he felt the most cold, but he was a very resolute person, even if he felt cold, he still kept his back straight.
Chu Liuxiang and Ji Bingyan's faces were as usual, the two of them were the kind of people who wouldn't say it even if they felt cold.
Su Mu closed his eyes and fell directly into sleep.
His internal strength is strong, even if he is in the ice and snow, he will not feel cold, and naturally he will not be afraid.
He slept soundly, and Hu Tiehua suddenly said: "I said, this kid is asleep, let's throw him down, in this desert, no matter how good his martial arts are, I'm afraid he won't survive." ”
He has always been a little dissatisfied with Su Mu, he knew the truth but didn't tell it, maybe he was the murderer, playing them around, but he watched their jokes from the sidelines.
Ji Bingyan smiled and didn't speak, but Chu Liuxiang said, "Although he is asleep, as long as we want to throw him down, he will wake up." ”
Hu Tiehua looked at Su Mu for a while, shook his head, and continued to shrink his body into a ball, forming a ball, hiding behind the hump.
The crowd continued on their way, the night getting darker and darker, and the cold getting heavier and heavier.
Xiao Pan was so cold that he shivered, and his teeth touched as soon as he spoke, and at this time Ji Bingyan found a sand dune, set up a tent in the leeward place, and lit a fire.
A pot of food was cooked on the fire, and they drank and ate around the fire, but they were somewhat silent with each other.
They are silent because every word they say is a little more energy, and they don't want to waste energy on speaking.
After eating, everyone except the stone camel went into the tent to rest, and the stone camel just took a blanket and lay down with the camel.
The next morning, the crowd hit the road.
They thought that the weather had been bad enough last night, but when the sun rose, they felt that the cold they had done was nothing.
It's hot, it's hot, it's hot.
The boundless heat enveloped everyone, and the heat wave came in waves, and everyone was like a fish on a pot, and they were grilled and couldn't even stand up and move.
But there is still a need to move forward.
No one in the team gave up and retreated, even Xiao Pan, who was already dizzy from the heat, but he still straightened his back.
For Xiao Pan, he represents Ji Bingyan, so even if he can't bear it, he has to support it.
Everyone was moving forward on the scorching desert, and just when Su Mu also felt a trace of heat, a moan~ groan came from afar.
The sound of moaning ~ moaning was very faint, but in this quiet and terrible desert, it was as clear as if it sounded in my ears.
Chu Liuxiang, Ji Bingyan, and Hu Tiehua straightened their backs unconsciously.
And at the moment when they just reacted, Su Mu jumped off the camel, and in a flash, he disappeared behind the sand dunes.
Hu Tiehua said helplessly: "He's gone, let's go over and have a look." ”
Ji Bingyan said lightly: "Be careful of someone ambushing." ”
Chu Liuxiang said with a smile: "Then let's go together, plus Su Mu, presumably no one can ambush us." ”
The three of them rode up the hill on a camel, came to Su Mu's side, jumped off the camel, but saw two dead people, two people who were nailed to the ground, but they were already dead.
And everyone had a wound on their necks, bleeding and looking like they had just been killed.
The three of them subconsciously looked at Su Mu, the tip of his sword was a little red, and it was self-evident who the murderer who killed these two people was.
When Hu Tiehua saw this scene, she glared and asked, "Why did you kill them?"
Su Mu stretched out his hand and touched the heads of the two, and a round iron cylinder appeared in front of everyone, Su Mu stretched out his hand and twisted it, plopping.
More than a dozen steel needles pierced out and hit the ground, shining under the sun's rays, and the ground that was pierced was still black spreading.
Seeing this scene, everyone's faces changed, and Ji Bingyan said: "Thank you Brother Su for saving us, if it weren't for you, we would have been attacked by a secret weapon." ”
Hu Tiehua snorted coldly and said, "Although this secret weapon is exquisite, it can't hurt us, what is there to be thankful for? It's better to keep a living, maybe we can know why they are here." ”
But Chu Liuxiang said: "They can't hurt us, but if they suddenly attack, they can destroy all our water bladders, and then we will be dying of thirst here." ”
Ji Bingyan nodded and said, "Yes, Brother Su saved the lives of the three of us. ”
Hearing the words of the two, Hu Tiehua also closed her mouth and said no more.
Su Mu didn't mind the words of the three of them, but walked to the water bladder, and at the moment when everyone didn't react, the long sword in his hand stabbed out, piercing all the more than a dozen sheepskin bags and flying away.
The parchment bag fell to the ground, and the water flowed all over the ground.
"What are you doing?" Ji Bingyan pounced on the water bag, picked it up one by one, found that the water in it had been cleaned, and glared angrily at Su Mu.
Even Chu Liuxiang and Hu Tiehua had ugly faces.