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The camel bells of "Dinglingling" sounded rhythmically, unhurriedly, like bursts of hypnosis.

However, this hypnotic sound will not make anyone sleepy, because the scorching sun above the head, the yellow sand covering the face, people walking in the desert Gobi are suffering from heat and thirst almost all the time.

This is a caravan composed of hundreds of camels and more than a thousand riders and horses, traveling between Yangguan and Persia, bringing back silk, tea, porcelain, jewelry, spices and even entertainers and singers.During this period, the desert and Gobi, coupled with the rampant horse thieves and sand thieves, made the road difficult to travel, but the benefits brought by it were huge, and the benefits obtained by walking down the road were more than ten times, so this road has never been difficult. There will be fewer merchants.

The caravan traveled unhappily for half a day, and most of the people were a little slumped, and some people even took out their water sacs from time to time.However, they are thirsty, but dare not drink too much. These people who have been walking in the Gobi desert all year round are already very experienced. Every time, they only take a sip carefully, moisten their lower lip and mouth slightly, and then close the water bag tightly. rise.

The leading young man was riding on a black steed. Unlike the restless people in the caravan, her back was straight.She also took out the water bag and took a sip. After putting away the water bag, she lifted off the veil that blocked the wind and sand, and looked up at the sky—the sky was blue, clean and pure, without a trace of cloud, only a round sky. The dazzling scorching sun, shining brightly, dazzles the eyes.

It was almost noon, and the desert at noon was so hot that people could be roasted, so it was not suitable for traveling.

A horse next to him leaned over, and the man on the horse had a cloth scarf around his face, and said in a muffled voice: "Zi Heng, it's almost noon, let's rest early, we will continue our journey after the sun sets .”

Zhong Shao's eyes glanced around, and everything he saw was yellow sand.The gentle wind gently brushed over the sand dunes, bringing up fine dust, and then engulfing it, it hit her no longer white and delicate cheeks.

Ziheng is Zhong Shao's character, Xu Wenjin took it for her in advance after she escaped from Anyang City.However, not many people know this, and most of them think it is her name, because until now, the name "Zhong Shao" is still on the wanted lists of the state capitals of Liang State, and it has not been removed for many years. People don't even bother to look at the wanted portrait now.

Pulling on the cloth towel that covered his mouth and nose, and putting down the veil again, Zhong Shao's dull and hoarse voice continued: "Let's go for a while, I remember that there seems to be a deserted village ahead."

Even if it is a deserted village, the broken walls and ruins can always shade the sun, which is better than the sand dunes full of yellow sand.

Zhong Shao has walked this road many times, even without asking the guide, she can find the direction by herself.Of course, this is not a big deal, as long as the sense of direction is not too bad, most people who have been on this road for many years can do it.

But obviously there are exceptions, such as Wu Changjun who spent several years in the desert with Zhong Shao, he will never learn to recognize the way.Because all the Gobi sand dunes are the same in his eyes, not to mention that there is still wind in the desert. Once the wind blows, the sand dunes will be completely different when walking from here next time.He still doesn't understand exactly what Zhong Shao relies on to judge the direction.

He habitually turned his head and looked around, but the golden sand dunes he saw were still completely different from the one he remembered a few months ago. Wu Changjun finally gave up on finding the way, and asked the person who knew the way: "How far is the village ahead?" Huh? It won’t work until noon.”

Zhong Shao turned to look at him, didn't say much, only gave a clear time: "Go faster, we'll be there in a quarter of an hour."

Wu Changjun regained his energy when he heard that, he turned his horse's head and shouted to the caravan behind him: "Everyone, go faster, and you can rest when you reach the deserted village in another quarter of an hour."

The shout was muffled in the cloth towel, and the muffled voice, coupled with the wind and sand in the ears, couldn't spread far at all.But it doesn't matter, as long as the person driving the first camel behind him hears it, he speeds up, and the camels and horses after him will all speed up accordingly.

A quarter of an hour later, everyone arrived at the deserted village that Zhong Shao had mentioned—there was a ruined wall and a few dead Populus euphratica trees standing at the entrance of the village, which looked bleak and desolate.

Such scenes abound in the desert, not to mention that it is not the first time they have settled in this village, so everyone naturally has no more emotion.After entering the village, everyone neatly arranged the camels and horses, and then brought blankets, food and clean water, and found a place to stay and shade in this dilapidated deserted village.

Zhong Shao tied his horse behind a broken wall. At this time, the sun was still shining, and a piece of white light was reflected on the black horse's back, but it was all the sweat from the horse. The sand and dust in the wind looked very embarrassed.But fortunately, wait another half an hour, this remnant wall will be able to cast a shadow, then it will be somewhat easier.

He took off the water bag hanging from the saddle, and after drinking a few sips, he fed the horse some more. As soon as Zhong Shao stuffed the water bag, Wu Changjun greeted him from the side: "Let's go, go find a cool place, this damn weather It's getting hot to death."

Zhong Shao agreed, took the bundle hanging from the saddle, and followed Wu Changjun away.

The two found a dilapidated house to settle down. In fact, this dilapidated house was not much better than those dilapidated walls.The whole house is made of rammed earth. After the owner left, no one maintained and repaired it. It was eroded by the desert wind, and it would be dilapidated in less than two years.Now that the entire village has been searched, there are not many people with roofs, and it is not bad to barely leave the four walls.

Wu Changjun spread out the blanket he brought along to the corner of the wall, and then sat down on his buttocks, his whole body relaxed a lot.

The blanket was not small, and Zhong Shao was not polite, she sat next to him on the same blanket, exhaled, took off the veiled cap and cloth towel on her face, and said: "Depart in the evening, tonight We should be able to reach Shicheng Town."

Wu Changjun turned his head and glanced at her. The young and handsome young Duke in Anyang City was very different now.Her fair skin was blown into a wheat-colored color by the desert wind and sand, and her height has increased by a section. She is already about the height of an ordinary man, and her muscles and bones are stronger, but she still looks thin.In addition to these changes in appearance, her temperament has also changed, she is calmer and more reticent.

Sensing Wu Changjun's gaze on his face for a long time, Zhong Shao turned to look at him: "What are you looking at, sir?"

In a daze, Wu Changjun recalled that year in Zhaowentang, when the little Zhong Shao paid homage to him and Xu Wenjin, and now, more than ten years have passed.The childish child is already a weak crown, he subconsciously sighed: "Time flies so fast."

Zhong Shao's eyes flickered when he heard the words, he was in a daze for a moment, and then he replied: "Yes, time flies so fast."

What she felt was obviously different from what Wu Changjun felt. She was just feeling the three or four years after leaving Anyang.Is it long?In fact, it is not long, but the experience and the knowledge gained will never be compared in Anyang City in those years.

Seeing Zhong Shao's expression, Wu Changjun knew what she was thinking, so he said, "I've been running in the Western Regions for so many years, and it's been almost four years since I went back this time. Are you still not going to enter the customs?"

Zhong Shao narrowed his eyes slightly when he heard the words, and said in a low voice, "The arrest warrant in the country of Liang hasn't been withdrawn yet, what should I do when I go back?"

Wu Changjun raised his hand and patted the dust on his body, the sand hit Zhong Shao's face, and he said angrily: "Look at your current appearance, how similar is it to the portrait on the arrest warrant? You Do you really think that Lao Shizi's arrest warrant was ever useful?!"

The portraits were not very vivid at first, but now it has been three or four years, maybe even the guards who put up the arrest warrants don't think they can catch people, right?It's just that the old things have to be brought up again every year, so there are wanted warrants sent every year, and they can only be posted on the bulletin board every year.

Zhong Shao touched his face subconsciously when he heard the words... It's a bit rough compared to the past, but it's not to the point where it's beyond recognition, right? !Slightly slandered in her heart, but her face was still calm, she said lightly: "People you know can always be recognized."

Wu Changjun was speechless because he knew that if Zhong Shao entered the customs, the only place she wanted to go was Anyang.But Anyang is not the place she should go, there are too many old people waiting for her there, besides Su Mo who is still guarding in the princess mansion, there is also Emperor Jingyuan Xiao who has ascended the throne but still wants to continue to arrest her Dry.

Since Emperor Taiping returned from the palace in the suburbs of Beijing that time, he had been ill for more than two years, and finally passed away——Xu Wenjin's prophecy about the death of Liang Guo II was finally broken, and Xiao Qian ascended the throne early last year Yes, changed to Yuan Jingyuan, now it is the second year of Jingyuan.

Thinking of Xiao Qian, Wu Changjun also felt a little bit heartbroken. In fact, everyone is a raider, but because of the different identities of the launch, that guy is too capable.He was a little depressed because he had eaten too much sand these years: "If you don't go back, you won't go back, but can't you rest for a while? Isn't it a crime to always run in this desert Gobi?"

That year he followed the He family's caravan out of Anyang, Zhong Shao did not go to the fiefdom of King Fu, nor did he follow He Ming to the He family, but followed the He family's caravan to the Western Regions for business under He Ming's lead.At the beginning, she was just acting as a guard, but after seeing the huge profits, she also bought some, and gradually she had her own caravan and guard team.

Now this team is all Zhong Shao's, and she will buy and sell in various parts of the Western Regions, and then hand over with the He family caravan at Yangguan.The sales and purchases in Liang's country are all done by the He family, and the profits obtained are [-] to [-]%. This [-]% was obtained by He Ming for Zhong Shao. Although the benefits are divided in half, the profits of the Western Region merchants Gao, in just a few years, she has accumulated a lot of wealth.

Zhong Shao glanced at Wu Changjun when he heard the words, and said: "I plan to expand the caravan further, and the guards have to rely on the training of the master. If the husband feels tired, he can rest in Yangguan for a year or so."

Wu Changjun was born in the army, so he is naturally a good trainer. As far as the caravan guards of Zhong Shao and the others are concerned, their combat effectiveness is much stronger than that of Liang Guo's regular army.Coupled with the fact that there are already over a thousand people, ordinary horse thieves and sand thieves really dare not attack them on the commercial roads of the Western Regions, but once they encounter them, it means big trouble.

Naturally, Wu Changjun, the trainer of the guards, would not refuse, but he rolled his eyes after hearing what Zhong Shao said, and said, "Come on, you ran so far by yourself, and once you go there, you won't hear from him for several months." , how can I rest assured?!"

Zhong Shao was silent when he heard the words, and he didn't want to remind Wu Changjun at all that after she had learned Neijia Kungfu from Qi Gong in the past few years, he couldn't beat herself!Not to mention that in the desert, this person's eyes are smeared, and he doesn't even know the way...

But Wu Changjun's intentions Zhong Shao can naturally understand, so she didn't say these hurtful words, but just handed over a bag of jerky: "I'll talk about this later, I've been on the road for a long time today, and my husband also eats it." Get something to eat."

Wu Changjun was disgusted as he took it: "This jerky is hard and dry, and I will be thirstier after eating it."

Zhong Shao had already put a piece of jerky into her mouth, she chewed hard for a while and swallowed it, then said indifferently: "You can go to Shicheng Town at night, what are you doing with so much water?"

Wu Changjun was taken aback for a moment, then blinked, and said, "That's right."

The author has something to say:

Well, it's been a while since the dance, after about three and a half years, Xiao Zhong has finally fully grown up. . .