After passing Sishui County, you will find Jiujiang County, which was governed by Shouchun, the former capital of Chu State.
Shouchun, the former royal capital, is at the very edge of Jiujiang County, next to Sishui County. After passing Shouchun City, it means that you are completely far away from the Central Plains region in a broad sense.
In short, the further south you go, the more desolate it becomes.
Of course, this area has been quite lively recently.
First of all, many Jianghu people gathered in Jingchu to join in the excitement of the Anti-Qin Conference. Although Jiujiang has passed the gathering place set by the Mohist giants, there will always be some people who can't stop wandering around.
Secondly, because the war to conquer Baiyue is about to break out, a large number of imperial troops and civilian labor are concentrating on Kuaiji County, which is next to Jiujiang County.
However, these people are mainly concentrated on the road from Jiujiang to Kuaiji. The population in other parts of Jiujiang County has been emptied out because of this, making it more desolate and deserted.
On a loess plain near the bank of the Yangtze River, wind and sand were flying all over the sky, rolling up the grass clippings and gravel on the ground. From time to time, you could see cracked bones and decaying corpses, both human and livestock.
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A convoy of motorcades faced the setting sun and sped away, raising clouds of sand and dust.
This is exactly the team of the Xiang family.
Three days have passed since the last attack. In a hurry, they have passed through Sishui County, crossed the Huai River, and are about to cross the Yangtze River.
As long as you pass this last natural chasm, you will not be far from Jinghu Medical Village.
On top of a carriage in the middle, Xiao Ling sat cross-legged in meditation with his eyes closed tightly. Even if the wind roared in his ears, it still did not affect his meditation. As a Tianzong disciple, even a not-so-qualified Tianzong disciple, this
He still has some energy and kung fu.
In front of the carriage, Shao Yu and Tian Ming were driving the carriage, relying on the carriage frame.
Of course, Shaoyu is mainly responsible for driving, and Tianming is mainly responsible for chatting with the driver to prevent him from getting bored.
However, Tianming is obviously not a person who knows how to chat. His main way to cheer up Shaoyu is to raise his blood pressure.
After two days of fussing and playing, the two brothers felt a little low on energy.
Tian Ming lay aimlessly against the carriage board, glanced at the desolate scenery around him, felt the trembling and moving muscles all over his body, and said with dull eyes, "The feeling of riding in a carriage is not good at all! Fortunately, I
I used to walk with my uncle, otherwise my life would have been ruined eight hundred years ago."
"Shaoyu, how long will it take for us to arrive?" Tianming asked wailing.
Shao Yu was definitely stronger and more durable than Tian Ming. Although his face was full of exhaustion at the moment, he didn't act as if the end was approaching. Hearing Tian Ming's question, he helplessly replied, "I've said it several times, probably
Three more days, three days, three more days!
Tianming actually knew the answer, but he insisted on asking without giving up, and even howled twice after getting the answer:
"There are still three days...three days left!"
"I saw that when we got there, not only did the uncle need treatment, but I also needed it... No, I guess I was in more urgent need than the uncle."
"Okay, stop complaining. Why don't I just give you a thumbs up? What's the point?" Shao Yu rolled his eyes at Tian Ming, who was pretending to be coquettish, and said angrily, "You can't bear the hardship at all, you still want to be a hero? Be a
None of you have a share in this!"
"Hey, can it be calculated like this?" Tianming just made a face at this and replied disapprovingly, "I used to have a hard time traveling with my uncle, but hard work is hard work, at least it is not torture!"
"It's not like now, I feel like I'm swaying up and down unconsciously when I walk..."
"Pfft! I'm convinced of you too..." Shao Yu didn't hold back and laughed directly, having nothing to say to Tian Ming.
Tianming squinted his eyes and said in a quiet voice, "I seriously doubt that the uncle has been delayed in waking up even though he has already received treatment from Dao Dao Dao. It's because he was knocked over by the broken carriage you drove."
"You come if you don't want to accept it." Shao Yu glanced at Tian Ming disdainfully and handed over the reins in his hand.
Tianming gritted his teeth and answered, "Hey, I'll do it, I'll do it. Do you think you, the great hero Tianming, can't level a carriage?"
While talking, he pretended to get the reins.
Of course, Shaoyu wouldn't really give it to him, and Tianming wouldn't really take it from him.
The two of them just repeated the farce that happened before.
But this time the farce was broken by a small accident.
"Ouch...ow...ow...ow...ow..."
A series of loud and long howlings of wolves suddenly sounded. Tianming and Shaoyu, who were about to start a fight, stopped their movements in shock, shook their heads and looked around.
Other members of the Xiang clan, whether they were riding horses or driving, also looked around.
Soon, everyone discovered a group of wild wolves...probably wild wolves, following the convoy, trailing far behind. The obvious target was their group.
Xiang Liang, who was riding at the front of the team, couldn't help shaking his reins when he saw this, and approached Fan Zeng, wondering:
"Although this place is desolate, there shouldn't be so many wild wolves, right?"
Fan Zeng stroked his long beard, nodded and said, "Normally not, and even if there are wolves, they usually won't target a team with a large number of people like ours."
"I'm afraid there's something fishy about this matter."
Tianming turned his head and looked at the wolves looming in the smoke and dust behind the motorcade. He couldn't help but exclaimed, "How come there are so many wolves?"
"Something is not normal..." Shao Yu took a moment to glance at it, frowning and coming to the same conclusion as Fan Zeng.
At this time, the little spirit on the roof of the carriage jumped down lightly, landed between the two of them, and said softly, "This is not an ownerless wild wolf."
"What do you mean?" Tianming scratched his head, "Does anyone still raise wolves these days?"
Shaoyu's reaction was a little faster, and he immediately judged, "It seems that he is clearly targeting us."
Xiao Ling also gave the answer at this time, "I heard someone say that one of the Four Heavenly Kings, the most famous killers in Niqusha, is good at driving wolves to his own advantage."
"Drive the wolves..." Tianming scratched his head, and suddenly an idea flashed in his mind, and he shouted, "By the way, I remember that at that time, there seemed to be a weirdo with a wolf-shaped mask among those people, wasn't he?
Feather?"
Shao Yu remembered it much more clearly than Tian Ming. He nodded and affirmed, "It should be that person."
"It seems that those who went against the quicksand have caught up again."
At this time, a weak voice came from the carriage, "Tianming, come in."
When Tianming heard the voice, he shouted in surprise, "Uncle!"
"Uncle, wake up!"
As he spoke, the man immediately got into the carriage.
Upon seeing this, Xiao Ling nodded and smiled at Shao Yu, "Let's go in and have a look too."
The reason why he stopped meditating was firstly because of the disturbance from the wolves, and secondly because he sensed that Gai Nie had woken up from his coma.
