The pass of Siqi will be reached soon.
What was unexpected and reasonable was that the pass was blocked by officers and soldiers, seemingly to prevent spies.
The entire border fortress is very strict, and there are almost no smiles on the faces of those who enter.
However, with the help of silver, the two groups successfully passed the level.
Beyond the rivers and lakes, everything around became desolate, and the trees were gradually washed away by the Gobi Desert.
By the evening of the tenth day, there was no tree left as far as the eye could see.
The further you go, the more desolate you get. Li Huowang has already guessed that maybe this is what Hou Shu should be like.
"Hoo~" Zhao Wu, who was watching the night, exhaled a white breath.
He rubbed his numb hands from the cold, put them to his mouth and breathed continuously.
It was almost the beginning of summer, so it shouldn't be so cold, but in this wilderness, there were no stones to block the wind, and there was no firewood to light the fire, so it was naturally very cold.
Turning his head and taking a look, Zhao Wu saw Li Huowang sleeping with Bai Lingmiao in his arms beside the carriage. Zhao Wu's eyes showed deep envy.
He lowered his head and glanced at his fragile body, his eyes full of inferiority.
I also want a wife, but for a loser like me, no woman is willing to be with me.
Taking a breath of dry and cold air to dilute the sleepiness in his heart, he cheered up and practiced calligraphy with pebbles on the ground.
Some of them were taught by Senior Brother Li, and some of them were taught by me through hard work by Gao Zhijian.
"I want to learn to read, I must learn it!" Zhao Wu's eyes were full of determination.
He wants to prove to his father that he is not a waste!
If you learn to read, you can be like the blind fortune teller at the temple fair, writing letters for others to make money.
As long as you learn to read, you can read more books in the future, and you can also get fame and become a high official!
"At that time..." Just as he was thinking about the future, he suddenly felt someone behind him.
This abnormal change made Zhao Wu feel cold all over.
His body began to tremble involuntarily, and just as he was about to warn the other brothers loudly, a fingerless hand covered his mouth. "Don't say anything, it's me!"
Li Huowang's voice made Zhao Wu quickly relax.
He lowered his voice to the lowest level and asked: "Senior Brother Li, what's wrong?"
I looked around and saw nothing but the dark Gobi.
"Shh~ Something touched me. Let me try first to see if it's alive."
Staring at one place, Li Huowang cleared his throat, and suddenly shouted to the other side: "Three old men and four young men come to the road, there are sea dragons swimming in the river. I don't know what kind of trick you are up to?"
Li Huowang's voice spread far through the empty next door, and the voice also woke up the others.
"Will the Spring Ceremony be opened?" A voice hoarse than Li Huowang's came from far away.
"The beginning of spring!"
"Shoulder to shoulder, swinging a shoulder?"
Li Huowang saluted over there. "An exquisite tower! Facing Qingzhai with its back against the sand! Hand-picked vines!"
"It turns out to be Mr. Li. Is he passing by or waiting?"
"I happened to be passing by, what's your surname is the shopkeeper?"
As soon as Li Huowang said these words, there was no reply.
It was not until dawn that Li Huowang realized that the man had already left.
"I didn't expect that the incision made by the head escort Zhao would come in handy so quickly." Li Huowang murmured to himself.
Although he was keenly aware of the person's arrival last night, he could not fully see whether he was a person or a group of people.
Now, if the conflict can be resolved by just saying a few words, that would be great.
After all, no one knows whether these bandits with unknown origins have any means to suppress the situation.
When he learned about the night's danger from Li Huowang, Lu Zhuangyuan suddenly felt frightened.
"My darling, how long have you been here before you come to intercept the road? It seems that the Shu Kingdom is not in peace anymore."
Li Huowang picked up his broken pieces and sat up.
"I don't care if he is safe or not, we are just passing by. Let's go quickly. If we hurry up today, we should be able to reach the town by dark."
The road after that was pretty normal. Although the surroundings were still desolate, at least there were no cutoffs.
Just when Lu Zhuangyuan was flattering Li Huowang, they finally saw the crowd.
"Dad, why is this horse so weird? Why are there two bulges on its back?" Lu Xiucai asked.
"Are you stupid? That's a camel!"
"Ling ring ring~" camel bells kept ringing, and the camel team stepped on the hard road and moved forward slowly.
Li Huowang glanced at the camel driver and found that he was covering his face. This seemed to be to protect him from wind and sand.
The appearance of the camel seemed to be a signal, and soon more and more people began to gather.
Finally, Li Huowang and others arrived at the first town in Houshu before dark.
As soon as he walked into the town, Li Huowang saw the difference between the people of Houshu and the people of Siqi. Both the architecture and clothing were more rugged.
I don’t know if it’s to protect against the wind and sand, but many people in the town covered their faces.
But this also has the advantage that the other brothers and sisters wearing black gauze and bamboo hats will not look so obtrusive here.
"Let's go and find an inn to stay in first. We've been traveling for more than ten days. Let's take a rest."
The faces of the other people who were tired of the journey suddenly showed expressions of relief.
A life without fire or water is really not life for humans.
The group followed the others and blended into the crowd of people in the town.
From nearby stalls, the aroma of grilled food and noodle soup teased everyone's taste buds.
As they walked, they came to an empty place, which looked like the center of the town.
The sound of drums and gongs immediately attracted everyone to look at the crowded crowd.
"Is this a Nuo opera?" Li Huowang muttered to himself as he looked at the three people jumping up and down in the crowd.
Shake your head, twist your body, squat and tremble, wrap your wrists, step, and jump.
The three people, whose heads were wrapped in red cloth and wore ferocious wooden masks, danced in very weird ways, as if they were movements beyond what anyone could imagine.
Accompanying this weird dance is the chaotic rhythm of gongs and drums.
And from time to time there is an instrument that looks like a horn.
The sound coming from the black horns was like the whine of a female ghost.
The sound of gongs, drums, and ghost cries, coupled with the weird dancing posture, made Li Huowang feel uncomfortable no matter how he looked at it.
But the people around him didn't think much of it. They sat there and watched mesmerized.
"What is this? Can this also be called opera?" Lu Zhuangyuan, a fellow traveler, expressed his opinion with disdain.
As soon as he finished speaking, the bodies of the three people twisted even more.
Along with the twisting, sharp white fangs tremblingly sprouted from the mouth of the wooden mask, as if taking root.
That's not one or two strands long, but a whole sixteen strands.
The sixteen fangs trembled together with their Nuo performance, and they also hit each other in conjunction with the drums and gongs.
"Is this... a show of teeth?"
These three people had very good teeth-playing skills. Li Huowang looked at the white fangs that began to retract and retract in their mouths, and almost thought that these fangs were really growing out of their mouths.
This chapter has been completed!