It seemed as if everything was settled. After they got married, the two spent their honeymoon in Lion and Tiger Mountain. After they had enough fun, the group set off back to the capital in a grand manner.

Xia Younan couldn't bear to see Zhu Li and the others sacrifice their original lives, so he suggested that they stay in Shihu Mountain and continue to be free bandits.

But Zhu Li still remembered the kindness she had shown in saving his mother, and he refused to follow her no matter what.

Xia Younan had no choice but to take them back.

Although Yin Xue is missing when they return to Beijing this time, they have thirty-two more senior brothers and one Qu Xiaoyou. I believe their future life will be even more exciting!

At the border of Lingjiang State, the hustle and bustle of the capital city disappeared, replaced by an endless desert.

The sky is filled with wind and sand all year round over this desolate and lonely land. The sky and the earth are filled with yellow sand. The loud cries of wild geese occasionally echo in the silent sky, adding a sense of desolation to this barren land.

In the middle of summer, under the scorching sun, the Gobi Desert was like being roasted in an oven. The scorching heat waves swept across every inch of land, making it hard to breathe.

This place is extremely desolate. There is no one around as far as the eye can see. Only a group of soldiers in officers' and soldiers' uniforms are walking with difficulty in this desert.

All the officers and soldiers were sweating and had dark faces. Their lips were all cracked and there were traces of blood in the cracks.

From time to time they looked up at the dazzling sunlight, rolled their Adam's apples and swallowed saliva to moisten their throats, then raised their hands to wipe the sweat off their faces, and gritted their teeth to continue moving forward.

In this team, there was a short guy who looked particularly pitiful.

The man was frail and was left far behind the team. Every step he took was unsteady, as if he would faint at the next second.

Her face was pale and she was skinny. Her slender hands were leaning on a rough stick, and she had to rely on the strength of the stick to take every step.

The whole person was like a dehydrated flower, extremely wilted.

She had lived in the deep palace since she was young, wearing fine clothes and eating delicious food. How could she have ever suffered such hardship?

Along the way, she had suffered countless injuries, contracted many illnesses, and even broke down and cried when she couldn't hold on any longer.

But she gritted her teeth and persevered. Compared with the pain of missing her lover, the physical torture seemed so insignificant.

Her Su Yu, as long as she could see him, as long as she could be with him, what did a little hardship matter?

"Hey! Little guy, walk faster! I won't be able to see you soon!"

The officers and soldiers in front looked back and saw her far behind, and couldn't help but shout to her.

Lu Yanluo waved her hands with difficulty, indicating that she understood, and gritted her teeth and quickened her pace.

According to the leader, if they continued walking along the desert for another ten days, they would reach the border. Once they reached the border, as long as they persisted for another three years, she and Su Yu would be able to be together.

After walking for another half a day under the scorching sun, near noon, the group finally saw a hint of green among the yellow sand.

It was a huge tree, and its name was unknown, but the fact that it could grow so big and full of vitality here showed how strong its vitality was.

The rare shade under the huge crown of the tree made the officers and soldiers cheer. They quickened their pace, ran under the tree, and sat down on the ground to rest.

"This horrible weather is going to make us die of heat!" The officers and soldiers grumbled and complained. They opened their luggage and took out fans and water bags, fanning themselves desperately while drinking water frantically.

Su Yu sat leaning against a tree, his lips were so dry that they bled, and his throat was so dry that it seemed like smoke could come out of it.

His hair was disheveled, and his fair and handsome face was ravaged by the wind and sand as if it were rough leather. He looked several shades darker and redder than before, and his body was visibly thinner.

Just when his mouth was dry, a heavy water bag was handed to his mouth.

He didn't care about anything else. He immediately put his mouth on the bag and sucked the water in the bag desperately until he had finished the whole bag.

After he finished drinking the water, a skinny little hand considerately wiped the water stains from the corner of his lips and then handed him a golden fried cake.

Su Yu looked at the man and thought to himself that it was this little guy with his face covered again.

He found that the little guy was particularly caring towards him along the way. He was not in a hurry to eat or drink, and he was always allowed to eat and drink enough first.

He also combs his hair every day and wipes his hands and face with a wet towel.

There was even one time when he woke up and found himself secretly mending his torn clothes.

He felt his kindness and took the initiative to talk to him, but no matter how he asked, the man just ignored him and didn't utter a single syllable.

Seeing him staring at her, Lu Yanluo felt a little uneasy. She lifted the scarf covering her face with her left hand and handed the oil pancake to him with her right hand, motioning him to take it quickly.

Su Yu stared at his only exposed eye for a while, and felt a little familiar.

But... he really didn't dare to think about it that way, it was too far-fetched.

He raised his hand to take the fried dough cake she handed him, and the iron chain made a rattling sound.

"Thank you." Su Yu thanked him and started to eat the fried cake in small bites.

Lu Yanluo smiled brightly, and her two exposed eyes curved into crescents.

"You kid, you treated him better than your own brother along the way. Are you two related?" Some soldiers teased them with a smile.

Lu Yanluo looked at them, waved her hands repeatedly, then sat down next to Su Yu and started eating exhaustedly.

After eating and drinking, the few people rested for a while and were about to pack their luggage to continue on their journey when someone inadvertently looked up and found a group of masked men in black appearing in the distance.

There were about fifty people in that group, all holding swords, running towards them with murderous intent.

The officers and soldiers were horrified when they saw this. The place was vast and sparsely populated. Apart from them, there was no one else. It was obvious that this group of ill-intentioned people were coming for them.

They had no grudges against those people, and the purpose of their coming was obviously to escort the prisoners they were escorting.

"Someone...someone is robbing prisoners!" The leader of the soldiers shouted, drew his sword, and prepared to fight tremblingly.

The others had not expected that someone else would kidnap the prisoners, so they all drew their swords and prepared to fight back.

But they were the lowest-ranking soldiers, none of the twenty or so of them knew martial arts, and each of them only had a cold weapon for self-defense. Facing those aggressive martial artists, their legs were shaking.

Su Yu also looked at the group of people, and his first reaction was that Lu Xiuyuan sent people to rescue him.

But as the killers got closer, his face gradually turned worse.

He noticed that all of those people had snake tattoos on their wrists.

No! He knew the prince's subordinates better than anyone else, and there was absolutely no such organization.

Judging from the way they acted, these people were probably not here to save him, but to kill him!

Thinking of this, a trace of panic appeared in his eyes, and he quickly turned to face the leader of the officers and soldiers, "Those people are not here to save me, they are most likely here to kill us.

"It's obvious that they all know martial arts, and their numbers are more than twice yours. You are no match for them at all."

The leader of the officers and soldiers was so scared that he almost peed his pants when he heard this. He asked tremblingly: "Then...what should we do?"

Su Yu raised his chained hands towards him and said, "Help me open them quickly. I know martial arts, I can handle them!"

At the critical moment, the leader of the soldiers was quite sober and realized that saving his life was the most important thing. Without saying a word, he took out the key and opened the chains on his hands and feet.

After that, they were honest and threw a sword to Su Yu. Then, as if their butts were on fire, they ran for their lives in the opposite direction of the killer.

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