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

After the bandit leader calmed down a bit after panting, he smiled knowingly, walked up to him, and handed over a water bag, "The three of us have a few questions I would like to ask you. Count it as never happened. How?"

The bandit leader didn't seem to believe it, and took the water bag he handed over timidly, but didn't drink it, and rolled his eyes around the three of them.

"Really?" he asked tentatively.

Rong Wen continued, "Naturally."

All three of them had sincere faces, and he rolled his eyes again before he relaxed and opened the spout, "Ask, as long as I know."

"Your Excellency has traveled the desert for many years, but have you ever learned about Kuying Kingdom and Zhixia City—"

Knowing that he hadn't finished speaking, the bandit leader spit out the mouthful of water he just drank at Mu Tongchen's feet with a "poof".

Mu Tongchen jumped up and backed away, cursing, "Fuck, what if someone robbed you?!"

"Ahem...I'm sorry...cough cough." The bandit leader blushed from the choking, and apologized to Mu Tongchen while coughing.

Seeing his behavior like this, he frowned knowingly that it was almost undetectable. It seemed that everyone in this desert avoided the Kuying Kingdom and Zhixia City like snakes and scorpions, and they were unwilling to mention it. This is too strange .

The coughing gradually subsided, and the bandit leader looked at the three curious faces in front of him with evasive eyes, a little embarrassed.

"I think your Excellency behaved like this, so there is nothing wrong with the Kuying Kingdom?" knowingly putting the pardon aside, he continued to ask casually.

The bandit leader looked at them for a while, as if he knew that he couldn't escape, he murmured: "Our group was forced to do the gangster's business for a living, and we barely had food and clothing these years. There is indeed no place in this desert that we haven't been to. But we have never been to the Kuying country that the three asked about. But about Zhixia City..."

At this moment, he stopped talking and didn't look at them, but lowered his head, as if he was caught in a certain memory, his shoulders trembled imperceptibly.

With the help of the beating firelight, he clearly saw the expression on his face, which was a paleness mixed with fear and powerlessness.

The three looked at each other for a while.Knowing that they were about to speak, their conversation was interrupted by a noise from a group of bandits in the distance.

"Pei Luo, what's so noisy?" The bandit leader broke free from his memories because of the commotion, and called a person named "Pei Luo" not far away.

There was a sound of footsteps, "Pei Luo" trotted up to them, lowered his brows and drooped his eyes, "Head...Boss."

"Pei Luo" turned out to be the stutter's name.

"What happened over there?" the bandit leader asked with a serious face.

Seeing that his boss was not in a good mood, Pei Luo immediately opened his mouth and stammered, "Yes, there was a little lady named Shazhi who passed out without drinking water for a day. Then, those people are making trouble and asking for water." As he spoke, he glanced at his boss's face, and he showed embarrassment, "But boss, boss, you also know, brother, brothers don't have enough water to drink, where, where, there is water for them."

The quarrel was very loud, knowing that it could be heard clearly from a long distance, the rabbit was eager to bite, this group of Sazhi people had been intimidated by them for so long, the sand bandits would suffer from them, and the Sazhi people would be even stronger. If you have the courage, it is reasonable to quarrel.

After hearing this, the bandit chief looked irritated, immediately drew his sword and stood up, "Let's go, my lord, let's see where they have the courage."

Restored the previous uncle's style of pie.

Pei Luo's dog-legged bow led the way in front of the bandit leader, but was blocked by a flower.

The moment they saw the flowers, both of them immediately extinguished their anger.How can I forget that there is a real uncle sitting here.

"Where are you going?" Mu Tongchen turned his neck, and pressed the jade fragments in front of Pei Luo with his fingers, "You two should sit down obediently."

The master and slave looked at each other, and immediately put on a dog-legged smile, nodded and sat back down, "Yes, yes, yes."

Seeing the two sit down obediently, Mu Tongchen withdrew his hand and stretched himself, "I'll go and have a look."

Mingzhi nodded, thought for a while and then threw a water bag to him, "I'm taking this."

After about half a cup of tea, Mu Tongchen came back, but he was not alone, he was holding a ragged child in his arms, and behind him was a crooked, trembling, coughing and leaning on a cane. elder.

Knowing that the corner of his mouth was twitching, why did he drag his family back after going all the way?

Standing up, he moved a piece of land for Mu Tongchen and the old man.

Mu Tongchen approached, put the child on the ground, and backed away to let the old man pass.

The old man has gray beard and hair, and his skin is dark due to the sun and rain all year round. His limbs are as dry as old tree roots. He is wearing a brown coat, like a sack, and the original color of the clothes inside can no longer be seen clearly.

He supported the wooden stick with one hand, bent his legs and squatted down, and it took him a lot of effort to sit down.

Looking at the old man squatting tremblingly on the ground and wiping his tears, he frowned knowingly, "What's going on?"

"Don't mention it, the pot of water you gave me was snatched before I took it out. I saw that the old and the young couldn't get it, so I brought it back." Mu Tongchen took a long breath, "It's still there. Is there any water? The girl is dying."

Knowing that they were taken aback for a moment, they only brought water for three people, and now they have given out all the water, where is there any more?

"Azhi, here." At this moment, Rong Wen handed over a water bag, "The rest from before."

He took it, "Thank you." Passed it to Mu Tongchen.

He took the water, squatted next to the unconscious little girl, pinched her chin and drank it, and then handed the water to the old man again, motioning him to drink.

After receiving the kettle, the old man hesitated. Looking at his little granddaughter who was still unconscious, he pursed his chapped lips worriedly, "Thank you three benefactors, thank you three benefactors."

He thanked him again and again, his voice hoarse due to long-term dryness, but he just grabbed the kettle in his hand tightly and didn't take a sip.

Knowing that he heard what the three of them said just now, he was embarrassed to drink the only water, so he walked up, took the kettle and opened it, "Don't be too polite, old man, you should drink this water, you can live if you drink it , your granddaughter is still waiting for you."

Then hand it over.

The old man took the water tremblingly, looked at Mingzhi with a pair of cloudy and kind eyes, "This—"

"You can drink it if you tell me to, how can there be so much nonsense?!" The bandit leader watched the old man dawdling, and cursed until his teeth became sore.

The old man trembled suddenly.

Mu Tongchen glanced at the bandit leader and clicked his tongue, "You're the only one with a long mouth?"

After saying one sentence, the bandit leader immediately became wilted again, and quickly laughed, "Where is it, am I afraid of delaying the time of the three of you?"

"Old man, drink it." Mu Tongchen ignored the bandit leader and said to the old man with a smile.

It was boring, and the bandit leader stopped talking.

The old man took a sip of water at this time, wiped his mouth with his sleeve, and saluted them with tears in his eyes, "Thank you three benefactors, thank you three benefactors."

After dealing with this, they will have the time to continue to ask the bandit leader about the city.

The bandit chief dismissed Pei Luo, and the old man just sat there because the little girl hadn't woken up yet, but they didn't care.

"Just now, from your tone, it seems that you have been to Zhixia City, why? Tell me." Mu Tongchen continued what was interrupted earlier.

The little episode just now seemed to make the bandit leader relax, he just looked at them for a while, and he said: "Being there is not counted, but our group did know the city by way, so we know more or less about that place. .”

"I would like to hear the details." Mingzhi continued.

The bandit leader turned pale and sighed, "There are thousands of miles of desert in Xizhou, and there is only an oasis occupied by the Kuying Kingdom. Zhixia City is a subsidiary city gang of the Kuying Kingdom. For a time, gold is everywhere, and there are endless business travelers from all walks of life. But 30 After the battle of Crescent Mountain a year ago, the new head of Ossi took over and implemented a new policy of closing the country's gates."

"Knowing that there is no oasis and no water source in the lower city, it has long relied on business travel and the introduction of the Kuying Kingdom to become a big city in the Western Province. This is equivalent to being abandoned by the Kuying Kingdom. Like other tribes in the state, they live by water..."

At this point, he paused for a moment, his lips trembling, and every word he uttered was extremely difficult, "The three came from Dongzhou... along the way, did you hear about the ghosts in Xizhou 30 years ago?"

"Ghost trouble?" Mu Tongchen sat up straight, frowning.

Knowing clearly: "Sui Evil Ghost?"

The bandit leader shook his head, and lowered his head again, the flame danced on his pale face into a psychedelic shadow, "I don't know what people in Dongzhou call it, but in Xizhou we call it 'Sand Ghost', 30 years ago, On the night of the Obon Festival, a group of sand ghosts appeared out of thin air and killed thousands of people. These people could not even find their bodies. Since then, sand ghosts have been rampant, and everyone has suffered a lot. The most elite black cavalry in Ying Kingdom hunted down the sand ghosts, and only then did the predicament be resolved."

He said that he solved the predicament, but his face turned even paler, "The group of sand ghosts came from Zhixia City at first, and then no one dared to go to Zhixia City anymore. Now that place is completely deserted."

"Many years ago, a group of us encountered a strong wind and sand on the way. We had no choice but to take refuge at the base of the outer wall of Zhixia City. That night, I heard thousands of ghosts crying in the city.... Half of my brothers were broken there, with no bones left. I survived, and the rest managed to get their lives back, and my eye was also lost there." He put on the blindfold, and the other eye showed remorse and ruthlessness, "That is the last time I have lived for so many years. Regret, if you can do it again, if you can do it again..."

If he could do it again, he wouldn't say anything later.

The night is still very long, and the wind and sand are whistling in the distance, as if crying.

"My condolences." Mu Tongchen sighed, walked behind the bandit, and patted him on the shoulder.

Knowing that he put the pardon aside, he leaned back on the sand pile behind him, lowered his eyes and thought.

"30 years ago, 30 years ago..." he murmured, fascinated.

"Azhi?" Rong Wen turned his head and heard him talking to himself, but couldn't hear clearly, "What's wrong?"

He smiled and turned his head to look at him, "It's okay. I was just thinking that the Battle of Crescent Mountain happened 30 years ago, and the blockade of Kuying Kingdom was also 30 years ago... According to what the bandit leader said, the year-old The evil ghost appeared 30 years ago, don't you think it's too coincidental?"

"I always feel like these things happen for the same reason," he added, squinting.

After he finished speaking, he turned his head and stared at the ground in a daze, "...but what do these things have to do with me, Dazhao?"

"Azhi, what did you say?" Rong Wen didn't hear his whisper clearly, and turned his head over, staring at him.

"It's okay." He came back to his senses and smiled at him, "I said I was talking nonsense, you don't have to take it to heart."

"Ah Zhi's guess is not unreasonable." Rong Wen sat back to his original place, looking at him with light eyes, with a hint of a smile on his lips, "We have to go to Zhi Xiacheng from left to right, so there is no need to think about it now."

After a pause, he said again, "Take a good rest."

Knowing that it is stable, thinking about what he said is also true, both left and right must go to Xiacheng and Kuying Kingdom, and then all the mysteries will be solved naturally.

He nodded.

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