The vast desert is boundless, and everything is burnt yellow, and the scorching sun is scorching, so that people's bodies are almost smoldering.

In the uninhabited desert, two young men were carried by two horses, one red and one white, walking under the scorching sun, leaving two strings of horseshoe marks on the dry sand.

A handsome young man was lying on the back of a red horse. His left leg was wrapped in a thick strip of cloth. His handsome face was pale due to blood loss, and his lips were dry and cracked by the wind and sand.

"Huaiqing, can you hold on?" The young man on the white horse showed a worried expression, took out the cowhide water bag, unscrewed it, and brought it to his mouth, "Come on, drink some more water."

Gu Huaiqing didn't even look at him, but turned his head to the other side.

Toli wasn't angry either, just sighed lightly and inaudibly.Ever since he injured him the night before and held him hostage to escape from the Xichang ruins, Gu Huaiqing never said a word to him again.

Toli didn't blame him, it was natural for Gu Huaiqing to feel resentment for being hurt by someone close to him.But even if it happened again, Tory had no other choice.

Duan Mingchen's only weakness is Gu Huaiqing, he can only use this to escape.Toli also felt guilty for hurting Gu Huaiqing, but he could always make up for it in the future.

Duan Mingchen probably was afraid that Toli would hurt Gu Huaiqing again, so he really kept his word and didn't pursue him.

Toli put golden sore medicine on Gu Huaiqing's thigh and bandaged the wound, but after all, it can't be too long, the wound may still fester after a long time.

Toli looked at the young man who was bleeding and weakened, and couldn't help but said: "Huaiqing, yesterday you deliberately let me hold you hostage, right? With your skill, you should be able to avoid my sneak attack, but you didn't move, let I got you. Why are you helping me like this?"

Toli's question made Gu Huaiqing's indifferent face fluctuate a little, Gu Huaiqing raised his eyes slightly, and said lightly: "You saved my life, and I will pay your life back. From now on, we will be clean."

Hearing Gu Huaiqing's alienation, Toli felt bitterness in his heart. After a long silence, he said softly: "Persist, go west for a while, and we will be able to get out of the desert."

Gu Huaiqing snorted.When he leaves this desert, he will part ways with Toli, and will have nothing to do with him in the future.

It's just that Gu Huaiqing didn't expect that the distance Toli mentioned was actually a day and a night.

They fled in a hurry, with only two water bags tied to their horses, but no food.

Gu Huaiqing was suffering from a leg injury, and at first he was able to pull himself together to persevere, but gradually he couldn't hold on, and then he lost his sanity, and his whole body was hot and hot, as if he was being roasted on a fire.

Seeing Gu Huaiqing developing a high fever, Toli was very anxious, but he didn't have any medicine on him, so he could only push the horse desperately to go on the road.

After trekking in the desert for two days, the vast sea of ​​sand was boundless, tired and hungry, and he had to beware of the Qi army chasing him behind him. Toli lost a lot of weight and his eyes were bloodshot, but he did not give up. Gritting his teeth with willpower, he persisted.

Finally, they were lucky. When they were about to approach the edge of the desert, they met a caravan from Wusun Kingdom.The leader of the caravan recognized Prince Tory and rescued them too.

It has been three days since Gu Huaiqing woke up.

He looked at the ginger tent above his head, touched the soft animal skin under his body, and didn't know where he was for a moment.

As soon as Gu Huaiqing moved his body, the maid who was waiting at the side noticed it.The maid had a tall nose and deep eyes, a plump figure, and her dress was different from that of people from the Central Plains. When she saw that Gu Huai was awake, she chattered excitedly, but Gu Huaiqing couldn't understand her at all, so she could only look at her blankly. He stomped his feet and ran out to call for someone.

Gu Huaiqing reached out and touched his left leg, the place where he was shot was treated properly, the wound had scabbed and the pain was no longer there.It may be because I have been ill for a few days and my body is still weak. After only moving a few times, I feel blackness in front of my eyes and tightness in my chest.

Soon, there was a sound of noisy footsteps outside the tent, and Toli rushed in quickly, followed by a tall and majestic middle-aged man in luxurious clothes.

Gu Huaiqing cheered up and narrowed his eyes slightly to look at the person coming.From the similar face of that person and Toli, and the crown on his head, it is not difficult to judge that this person should be the current King Mahata of Wusun Kingdom. From the perspective of blood relationship, Gu Huaiqing still wants to call him uncle.

Seeing Gu Huaiqing, Mahaduo seemed very excited, before Gu Huaiqing saluted, he stepped forward to support Gu Huaiqing's shoulders, and said repeatedly: "My good boy, you are finally awake, as long as you are fine!"

King Mahata held Gu Huaiqing's hand, his eyes wandered over his face, and he kept saying, "Like, it's so similar, especially these eyes, they are exactly the same as Kanali..."

Gu Huaiqing was so embarrassed by the king, he gently broke away from his hand, coughed and said, "Excuse me, where is this place?"

"This is a small town at the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, named Qi Te."

Gu Huaiqing blinked blankly. He has never had any concept of geography, but in his impression Tianshan is a very far away place. This place has left Daqi and is the territory of Wusun Kingdom.

Toli said to King Mahata: "Father, thanks to the rescue of Huaiqing's cousin this time, the child was able to escape the danger and save his life. Huaiqing was injured in order to save me."

King Mahata said: "Gudu has heard that Huaiqing is a good person, thanks to you this time, I made you suffer."

Gu Huaiqing glanced at Toli, thinking that this person is quite good at making up stories, but he didn't bother to expose him, so he just twitched the corner of his mouth lightly.

King Mahata touched the curly beard on his chin, and said with a loving smile: "Tori should have told you about your life experience, half of our Wusun blood is flowing on your body. Emperor Daqi is sinister, and his subjects Treacherous, and always the most orthodox bloodline, once your background is revealed, I am afraid there will be no place for you in Daqi. What are your plans in the future?"

Gu Huaiqing was silent for a while, then asked back: "According to what His Majesty sees, what should I do?"

King Mahata said sincerely: "The so-called good bird chooses a tree to live in. You are my nephew. Your mother was very close to me when I was young, but she broke up with me after she married far away. If you are willing, Wusun Kingdom will be a great place in the future. Your home, this king will definitely not treat you badly."

Gu Huaiqing sneered in his heart, he was somewhat close to Toli, his cousin, after all, the two had gotten along well, but Gu Huaiqing didn't have a good impression of this ambitious king's uncle.

Back then, his father Gu Yan should have been lobbied by him in this way, but unfortunately in the end, he only ended up committing suicide and his whole family was beheaded.If it weren't for Mahata's insistence on staying, Gu Yan would not have stayed in the enemy's country, and would not have been slandered, causing Gu's family to be ruined and Gu Huaiqing to lose his parents since he was a child.Although I didn't kill Boren, Boren died because of me. For the death of Gu Huaiqing's parents, Mahata is indirectly responsible.

Now, it's my turn to be lobbied.This King Mahata was indeed as rumored, eloquent and knew how to launch an emotional offensive. He was indeed a figure not to be underestimated.

It's a pity that Gu Huaiqing was born in Daqi and grew up in Daqi. Although he has half of Wusun's blood, he is still a Daqi person from the bottom of his heart. How could he betray the country and surrender because of the king's few words?

Gu Huaiqing's thoughts were spinning quickly, but he didn't show it on his face. He had already suffered from Toli and learned the cunning of the Wusun people. At this moment, he was alone and had injuries on his body. If he offended the king, it would be too late. It's not good, it's better to pretend to be a snake, and escape secretly after the injury is healed.

So Gu Huaiqing said politely: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness. This is a big matter. Let me think about it for a few days."

King Mahata was old and cunning, how could he fail to see Gu Huaiqing's perfunctory intentions, but he didn't expose it, he said with a smile: "I'm not in a hurry, but the poison on Huaiqing's body may not wait that long."

"What poison?" Gu Huaiqing asked in astonishment.

King Mahata intentionally showed a surprised expression: "Don't you know Huaiqing? You were hit by a horse thief's poison dart before. It is an insidious and chronic poison that will gradually invade people's eyes. If you can't detoxify within a month, You will lose your eyesight. Don't you feel that there is something wrong with your eyes?"

No wonder after waking up, his eyes felt black. He thought it was caused by his injuries, but it turned out that he had been poisoned.

Gu Huaiqing frowned and looked at Toli, who returned him an apologetic smile.Toli had already asked someone to return to China to find antidote medicinal materials, but this move could not be hidden from the shrewd king.

Toli was full of helplessness, originally he didn't want to make Gu Huaiqing worry, so he concealed the truth from him, but now that the relationship between the two is deadlocked, Gu Huaiqing will definitely think that he is taking the opportunity to threaten him, and his impression of himself will be even worse.

Gu Huaiqing has a stubborn temper, and he always takes soft things rather than tough ones. If Mahata treats each other with courtesy, he will be polite, but now he uses detoxification as a threat to force him to surrender, which makes Gu Huaiqing resentful. I don't want to maintain the superficial politeness.

Gu Huaiqing smiled coldly: "The so-called life and death have fate, Gu Huaiqing is just a cheap life, life or death, don't bother Your Majesty."

King Mahata was rebuked lukewarmly by Gu Huaiqing, his old face froze, and he was a little bit embarrassed to get off the stage.

When the stalemate was embarrassing, there was a sudden burst of intensive war drums outside the tent, and someone shouted loudly in Wusun language.

The expressions of King Mahata and Tuoli changed, and they rushed out of the tent before they even had time to say goodbye to Gu Huaiqing.

Gu Huaiqing struggled to get up and walked to the door of the tent, but was stopped by the soldiers guarding outside.Gu Huaiqing wanted to ask a few questions, but those Wusun soldiers couldn't understand Chinese, and they couldn't communicate at all.

Gu Huaiqing put his ears on the door and listened intently, only to hear the noise of people outside, horses neighing and people shouting, weapons clattering, ping-pong-pong fighting fiercely, it sounded like someone was attacking the camp.

At this moment, a voice full of spirit pierced the noise: "Brothers, go!"

Duan Mingchen!He actually came! !

Gu Huaiqing suddenly opened his eyes wide, and his heart beat uncontrollably.

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