Economic and Trade Song Dynasty

Sangbagan looked at Qin Juan: "Follow me and let him..."

"My name is Mu Ya." Mu Ya said.

"Mu Ya, go and follow my brother Daying."

Daying is 16 years old. He used to be from the Kingdom of Jin, but his mother is Mongolian. He is the right-hand man of Sangbagan.

Qin Juan thought that if his father was still there, he would definitely like Daying very much. His father had always wanted to find a good accountant who played abacus to manage the accounts for him.

Sang Bagan and Qin Juan were riding together. They were going south now, so they hurried back to Jihabu Camp to bring Lord Zuo An the latest situation here.

Twenty miles further south, Qin Juan suddenly said, "Centurion..."

"Call me Sambagan."

"Sangbagan." Qin Juan suddenly raised his voice and said loudly, "I have doubts."

When Sangbagan heard the words, he tightened the reins, they stopped, and the people behind also stopped.

The people behind caught up with them, Daying and Mu Ya looked at them: "What's going on?"

Sangbagan: "Qin Juan has something to tell me."

Qin Juan pointed to a dilapidated beacon tower in the distance and said, "We met thirteen beacon towers like that when we came out of Jihab."

While he was talking, he took out his small sheepskin book from his pocket, and Sangbagan saw that Qin Juan's small book was written with densely packed characters, of course they were all characters he didn't understand...

"That's what I like to do." Mu Ya said with a smile.

Qin Juan blushed slightly, but his eyes were calm and resolute. He continued: "This is the ancient beacon tower. It is the fourth one we encountered when we escaped back, but it is not the tenth one we encountered when we came south. indivual."

Mu Ya's brain was weak, she didn't react, and immediately asked: "Why is the tenth? Shouldn't it be the ninth? Four plus nine is thirteen, counting down, it should be the ninth."

Da Ying slapped him on the head: "No way, so stupid? You count it yourself, there are a total of thirteen, and the tenth from the bottom is the fourth from the bottom. Qin Juan is right, you Don't interrupt him either."

Mu Ya was almost dizzy, but he counted twice and the tenth from the top is the fourth from the bottom... Obviously four plus nine equals thirteen, why is this so?So there's a reason he's second-to-last in math every year on the bench?

Qin Juan continued: "This fourth beacon should be our eighth ancient beacon."

Hearing this, Daying raised his eyebrows: "Qin Juan, are you sure?"

Qin Juan nodded: "I'm sure."

Daying asked: "Then we came back from the No.11 ancient beacon?"

"No, we came back from the No. 13 ancient beacon tower, but after passing through three ancient beacon towers, the fourth ancient beacon tower we arrived at became the eighth ancient beacon tower." Qin Juan said firmly.

It was precisely because of Qin Juan's firm tone that they were terrified.

Mu Ya couldn't help but said: "Qin, what you said gave me goosebumps. You must remember it correctly...I'm sorry you have a photographic memory...Then if this is true, it's too scary."

The eagle suddenly roared: "Have the two beacons (nine and ten) in the middle been eaten?"

Qin Juan looked at Sangbagan: "Master Centurion, the problem lies in those two beacon towers. We fled back too hastily, and I only jotted down a few beacon towers we passed by on the way, but it was dark and I didn't take a closer look at them because I was fleeing." , I doubt that these two beacons can help us answer the question, so Qin Juan, the centurion, suggested that he should also go back as a deserter, so it is better to solve the problem and bring back valuable answers before going back.”

When he said this... Although they were tempted, they also had differences over this.

"Without weapons, we lost our water bladders and food. There is not much food left. It is impossible for the nine of us to survive here for two days."

"Several people can go back to report, get out the food and water, and the other part of the people will go back to check..."

Hearing this, someone immediately shouted: "I want to go back, I don't want to investigate! I don't want credit, I just want to go back! My brothers are all dead, those people are too scary, I don't..." The voices of discussion one after another gave this The sand hills here add to the weirdness, and the fear of death hangs over here all the time.

Finally, after a long silence, Sangba Gan divided everyone's food and water into two large portions.

"I, Daying, Qin Juan and Mu Ya are going to investigate. The five of you go back to Jihab's camp and tell Zuo An what happened here. Remember to be quick."

"Sangbagan, we also want to follow you." The other two brothers of Sangbagan shouted, they didn't want to go back with these three bastards!

"No." Sangbagan had enough reasons for the two brothers to follow him back. The reason was that he was afraid that the three men would lie to Lieutenant General Zuo An after returning. If his brothers went back, this kind of thing would not happen.

Sangbagan continued: "But I have one last request. The five of you will ride back on three horses. For these four horses, give each of us four horses."

Sangbagan's brother naturally had no objection, and after a moment of silence, several other people also reached an agreement.

In the end, the five of them went back, and Sangbagan's brother patted Sangbagan on the shoulder: "I'll wait for you to return to the camp to drink."

The wind and sand scattered their backs.

Sangbagan looked at Qin Juan: "Now you should tell me why you are so convinced that this ancient beacon here is the eighth beacon."

"It's because there are a lot of dead bones there. When we passed by here for the first time, I wondered if a caravan passed by here. They encountered robbers, so there are so many dead bones." Qin Juan Said expressionlessly.

Sangbagan was silent, but he was convinced of the child's judgment.

"Qin Juan, come and ride my horse. Get on your own horses. Let's go north!" Sang Bagan got off his horse and handed the reins to Qin Juan. Qin Juan walked over, and Sang Bagan took off his felt hat and put it on. On Qin Juan's head, Qin Juan froze for a moment.

After taking off the felt hat, Sang Bagan still had the armored iron helmet and big hat. He found that Qin Juan had nothing on him except a breastplate, not even a hat. The child had been running for his life wearing a broken cloak.

After Qin Juan and the others got on their horses, Daying looked at Qin Juan: "Then do you remember what happened on the ninth and tenth beacon road?"

"There are several Populus euphratica plants in the ninth beacon." Qin Juan replied, but in his memory, he didn't seem to see Populus euphratica when they came back, but he was worried because he only paid attention to the ancient beacon all the way and forgot Go pay attention to Hu Yang, so he didn't say this.

Sure enough, Qin Juan's worries became reality.

Because the ancient beacon tower disappeared, they had to look for Populus euphratica first, but they couldn't find the Populus euphratica they should have after walking for a long time.

They even began to wonder if Qin Juan had made a mistake.

"I feel that the ancient beacon tower should be near here. If we can't find Populus euphratica, then..." Qin Juan said with a shock, and suddenly thought of something, "What if Populus euphratica was cut down? This is the only possibility. .”

Sangbagan understood Qin Juan's meaning: "Look for the traces of the Populus euphratica forest, and pay attention to the sand surface! They can cut down the Populus euphratica forest, but it is absolutely impossible to uproot the Populus euphratica forest, so the roots of Populus euphratica will definitely remain on the sand surface."

This is the only arbor living in the desert. The Ninth Ancient Beacon Tower There may have been a small oasis here a long, long time ago, and there may be a large Populus euphratica forest. Only a few plants remain.

It took Qin Juan and the others a long time to find the root of Populus euphratica. Based on the location of Populus euphratica, Qin Juan figured out where the ninth ancient beacon should be based on his impressions.

On the horseback, his hand stretched out slowly, pointing in that direction, it seemed that it took him a long time to determine that there should be a beacon there not long ago... because it was too...unbelievable for him, the beacon is gone , Populus euphratica was chopped off... how many days has it been?

The four of them felt something was wrong, Samba got off his horse, and Daying and Mu Ya followed suit. They tied the horse to the stump of Populus euphratica.

"Let's go and see, you two stay here, run if you are in danger, you know?"

No one knows what lies behind that sand mountain...

Sangbagan handed the water bag to Qin Juan, and he and Daying went there while it was dark.

In the first month of the desert, the sand is like ice, but they dare not stand, they can only squat on the sand.

The waiting time was the most difficult, until Sangbagan and Daying came back, their faces were pale, Sangbagan was silent for a long time, and Daying was so frightened that he couldn't speak clearly.

"What's going on..." the impatient Mu Ya couldn't help asking.

"Leave first!" Samba got on his horse with a sullen face, almost trembling.

Qin Juan did not doubt that he was there, and got on his horse. At this moment, they heard the sound of horseshoes.

Big Eagle roared: "Don't panic, they may be a regular raid, but they don't necessarily know that we are here. After all, we are not an army, but now stragglers."

His voice trembled, Qin Juan understood what Daying meant.

"Let's leave quickly," Sangbagan said.

Big Eagle: "Don't go south, listen to the hooves of the horses, they come from north to south as usual, we run in a direction perpendicular to them."

Mu Ya nervously asked: "East or west?"

"East." Sangbagan said.

After the four reached an agreement, they headed east.

The Heizigou army galloped past behind them, and the nervous four finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Only then did Mu Ya dare to ask Daying: "What happened to Fengsui? His face was so pale when he came back!"

Hearing this, Daying's face turned pale again, and it took him a long time before he said, "The Prisoner's Pit."

After stopping, Mu Ya's face turned pale: "Whose...couldn't be..."

"At least 1000 people were trapped in the captive pit of King Yiwen's army." Sangba said in a deep voice, his voice trembling, and the boy's hand was tightly holding his drumstick.

Maybe it was because they were too emotional. When they realized the sound of horseshoes going back and forth... and then ran eastward, the group of black dogs had already found them.

Sang Bagan shouted: "Don't hesitate, Qin Juan, Daying, Mu Ya! You three run separately, I will stop them! Hurry up!"

While speaking, he threw something at Qin Juan again: "Give this to Master Zuo An alive, and tell Master Zuo An the truth about what you saw today."

Qin Juan was a child after all, and he shouted hoarsely, "Centurion!"

"Get lost! Remember to avenge me!"

"Sangbagan!" Big Eagle shouted with his eyes red.

"Get out, run separately! Don't run in one direction! Remember to buy more wine for me every year!"

Qin Juan's hand holding the rein was almost wringing blood.

They ran away separately, and Qin Juan didn't know for a moment whether his direction was north, south, west or east...

When Heizigou's army caught up, they surrounded Sangbagan.

Sangbagan, a burly 17-year-old boy, wants to buy enough time for Qin Juan and the others to escape.

He raised the drumstick in his hand and shouted at the group of black dogs: "Come on, I will drag ten people into hell together!"