After being disliked by thousands of people, I was spoiled alone

On the border of Xizhou, yellow sand is everywhere.

It is clearly not Meng Chunzhiyue, but this place is like a big furnace, which is alive with the aura of the dog days.

A caravan of camels meanders on the khaki sand dunes, and the bells of the camels are long and distant.

There are a total of ten camels, each of which is skinny, and the two humps are like rocky mountains rising from the ground.

The camel was crookedly carrying four people.

The leader was an old man as skinny as a camel, wrapped in a coarse cotton sand-proof cloak that was fully patched, and his exposed eyes seemed to be covered with a layer of gray sand.

The one behind him wore a white cloak, one in a red cloak, and one in black from head to toe.

Under the scorching sun, the hot air rose from the ground, and the person's skin ached, and the inside of the cloak was immediately soaked with hot sweat, and a stream of water could be wrung out.

The man in the white cloak lifted his face impatiently, with a bitter face, beads of sweat dripping from his forehead.

"Old man, is there any shade in front of us? It's not too late to take a break before we go on our way." He wiped his sweat and shouted through the heat.

The three of them were all young gentlemen with delicate skin and tender flesh, and they were all dressed in wide-sleeved clothes from wealthy families in Dongzhou.

Seeing this, the old man hastily warned, "My lord, you must not take off your mask. The wind and sand here come whenever you want, and you can't take it off no matter how hot it is."

After thinking for a while, he said: "The little old man sees that the three of you are afraid of the heat, and there is a deserted city ahead, so let's take a rest. If you are lucky, you can also eat fresh fruits and snow bowls that don't cost money."

Speaking of this, several people pursed their chapped lips in unison.

Seeing this, the man in the black cloak handed a leather water bag to the man in the red cloak, "Ah Zhi, drink some water."

He took the water bag, but he didn't drink it.

"Old man, it's hot, drink some water." He took the rein and walked up to the old man, and tossed the water bag to the old man, "I heard you just said that there are free fresh fruits to eat. Although the three of us came here for the first time, But I also know that rain is rare in the desert, let alone seasonal vegetable ice products, could there be some key to it?"

The old man took the water bag, filled it up, touched his mouth with his sleeve, and said leisurely: "The three are from Dongzhou. It's normal if you don't know. After crossing this sand beam, you will arrive at the border of Kuying country. , There is water all year round in the country, and melons, fruits and vegetables are everywhere, as if money is not needed. People in the desert are proud to have been to the Kuying country, and although the little old man has been half buried in the ground, he still yearns for it."

As he spoke, he stroked the gray beard on his chin, and stared at the sand beam in front of him with a pair of cloudy eyes, as if looking through it into Paradise of Paradise.

But he sighed, "However, we can only discuss with Duke Zhou in our dreams."

"What do you say, the Kuying Kingdom is there, you can go there if you want, and you can't run away. You can't trouble the old man Zhou Gong." The man in the white cloak interjected with a smile.

The old man shook his head, "Well, the three of you don't know something. Since 30 years ago, this Kuying country has stopped accepting outsiders. Only some good people in the country feel sorry for the plight of the desert travelers, and they donate things from time to time."

After the old man finished speaking, the three of them looked at each other with no concealment of surprise in their eyes. It was the man in the red cloak who said, "We don't accept outsiders? Is there such a thing?"

Returning the water bag to him, the old man thanked him, and said falteringly, "The little old man is not from the Kuying country, and I don't know the details, but the people who have been to the Kuying country in the past 30 years have never gone. back."

The man in the red cloak didn't care too much, he just smiled, "To tell you the truth, the destination of our trip is the Kuying Country."

He said it easily, but the old man's eyes widened suddenly, and he looked at the three young gentlemen with thin skin and tender flesh for a while, his head was like a rattle, "I advise the three of you to go back as soon as possible, if you are here Looking back, the little old man can still send you off for a while, but it will not be possible any farther away."

He met these three sons on the road, only when they were scholars from wealthy families in Dongzhou who were filled with books, thousands of volumes of books and thousands of miles away, and did not know the sufferings of the world, they came to travel in this barren place. Agreeing to take them along for a while, it is impossible for these people to go to Kuying country when they are full.

Isn't this rushing to die?

When the old man said that, unexpectedly, the three of them showed no fear at all. The man in the red cloak accepted his words with a smile, "The old man is kind-hearted, but you must go to this Kuying country. You just have to go. If we wait I lost my life today, so I went to see Lord Xifu first, and I will admit it."

At this moment, the man in the white cloak took out a pair of ivory inlaid with gold from nowhere, and slowly shook it, while the man in the black cloak stared intently at the man in the red cloak, listening to him.

They all look sloppy.

Seeing the three people's reluctance, the old man became a little irritable and frowned, "Why don't you listen to persuasion! The little old man is really not joking with you. It's not that I look down on people, With the appearance of the three of you, there will not even be any bones left in the Kuying Kingdom!"

At this time, the man in the white cloak laughed, and closed his fan with a "snap", "Don't worry, old man, we have our own way, you, just go."

Speaking of this, the old man couldn't hold on any longer, looked at the three young masters who were rushing to die calmly and calmly, shook his head, and sighed: "That's all. The three are so persistent, little old man I don’t want to say anything more, so I will send you to the deserted city ahead, and you can’t go any farther, the little old man still wants to live for a few more years.”

"It's so good. Thank you, old man." The red cloak said humanely.

After saying this, the camel team climbed crookedly up the sand beam in front of them.

The old man led the way, and the three men wrapped their cloaks tightly and followed behind. At this time, the man in the red cloak took a sip from the water bag on the camel saddle, then handed it to the man in the black cloak behind, and asked with a smile, "Drink? Ghosts and gods." grown ups."

The sun was shining hotly, but Rong Wen was not hot at all. He sat on the hunchback, took the water bag with a refreshing look, and nodded.

But he didn't seem to be thirsty, so he stared at the mouth of the pot for a long time before taking a mouthful.

The two of them shared a pot of water, so Mu Tongchen was left alone, so he said sourly, "Why don't you ask me if I want to drink?"

"Is that on your saddle for decoration?" Mingzhi cast a sideways glance at him and said, "By the way, why are you here?"

He came here on a private matter, while Rong Wen was on business. When he arrived in Xizhou, the Sui E ghost hadn't seen him, so he saw this man first.

"Why, you don't want to see me?" Mu Tongchen untied the water bag on the side of the saddle, raised his head and took a sip, didn't answer his words, and said to himself: "I know something about the Kuying Kingdom that the old man said just now."

He hung the water bag back, "The lord of the Kuying Kingdom called Osi Zhiye, who is not hereditary, does not pass on virtuous, only respects the way of heaven, and every Osi Zhiye is a woman without exception. Every 25 years, the way of heaven A new Osi Zhiye will be selected, brought up by the former head of the country, taught poetry and books, and passed on the way of the king."

"The Kuying Kingdom is located in the only oasis in the depths of the Xizhou desert. It sounds easy to defend but hard to attack, but in fact, the country is short of supplies. For many years, it has relied on caravans to trade to barely maintain its national strength. If it is to refuse foreigners to enter the country, what is the difference from self-defeating? This matter is definitely not simple."

The camel swayed, and the two people in front followed him while listening to him.

After drinking the water, Rong Wen threw the water bag back.

"The Sui'e ghost can run from here to Dongzhou, how can this be so simple?" Knowing that he took another sip before hanging up the water bag, and said swayingly: "I just had a conversation, let me see that The old head is very afraid of the Kuying country, I guess it is mostly because of the Sui'e ghost, and I will go to the deserted city ahead to see if I can get anything out of it."

"It's better than blind people like us trying to figure it out," he added.

The other two agreed with his words.

Rong Wen squinted his eyes, "When I was traveling in the world, I heard a saying in Xizhou, 'The king loses his way, and the Sui'er comes out'. If it is said that the Sui'e ghost comes from the Kuying Kingdom, then there is a high probability that he will be inseparable from this female monarch. I am afraid that the national decree no longer accepting outsiders is just to cover up something."

Hearing Rong Wen mention Oszhiye, Mu Tongchen remembered something again, and continued: "My lord ghosts and gods are right, I came to Juying once many years ago, when the new Osszhiye came to the throne , the Xizhou Rong people took the opportunity to invade, and the country was troubled by internal and external troubles. Suddenly, no one could stop it. In the end, Xie Yu, the leader of the country, who was known as one of the [-] generals in Kuying at that time, was ordered to block the Rong people in Yueya Mountain and resolve the situation. crisis."

"It's a pity that Xie Yu had been ill for a long time at that time, and he went to Crescent Moon Mountain and never came back."

"Why did you come to Zhuying Country?" Mingzhi raised his eyebrows, but his focus fell on this.

This land of Xizhou belonged to Yun Xieyun Gantang, Lord of Xifu, one of the eighteen disciples of the Patriarch God. She was in charge of all affairs, big and small, so naturally they could not fall into the hands of other gods.

"You think I'm happy?" Mu Tongchen snorted, and said, "If a piece of your shattered soul hadn't strayed into the Dao of Reincarnation, when I arrived in Xizhou, I would be able to eat people without spitting out bones. Where the birds don’t shit?”

Knowing that he didn't speak for a while, and Mu Tongchen didn't mention it, he didn't know about it, but his soul entered the path of reincarnation and became an independent person. If he wants to get it back, he must go through the hands of Lord Xifu , this is a first-class old man, he can't be easily provoked, if Mu Tongchen puts on airs again, I'm afraid Mu Tongchen will suffer a lot.

Thinking of this, he said: "Mr. Xifu didn't make things difficult for you?"

"She didn't have that kind of free time. At that time, there was a war in Xizhou, and there were so many ghosts that could line up from her door to the Dongfu Jun's house. She was so busy that she didn't have time to embarrass me." Mu Tongchen said.

The mansion is in charge of life and death, and many souls in front of the reincarnation road have to be registered one by one. If there is a war, it will indeed be a big trouble.

Thinking of this, suddenly he was startled.

If the Sui'e ghost came from the Kuying Kingdom, why didn't Lord Xifu know about it?

Could it be that this Ou Sizhiye has the ability to deceive the God's Eye of Heaven?

There was a chill behind him.

At this time, Rong Wen said: "Ah Zhi, we are here."

He just came back to his senses, nodded with a smile, and sure enough, he saw several dilapidated earthen walls standing in the shadow of the giant sandstone not far away. People wearing cloaks of various colors rested against the walls in twos and threes, and camels and horses were tied to one side. .

The old man also turned his head and shouted: "Three, it's a deserted city right now."

"I'm a laboring old man." Mingzhi bowed his hands to him, "The three of us don't know anything about the rules in the Xizhou desert, and we will have to rely on you later."

Seeing that he had a neat face and a friendly person, the old man planned to leave them here and leave them alone, but at this moment he couldn't say anything, so he waved his hand, "It's okay."

After saying this, he drove the camel team to quickly dive to the cool place ahead.