Across the tent, they could hear the crackling sound of burning weeds coming from the campfire outside.
The three of them huddled in the bed, shivering from the cold.
Pei Shaojun opened his eyes suddenly and said to He Jingyuan: "Master He, I'm a little hungry. I want to go outside to heat some dry food. Do you want to go?"
"Hurry up, hurry up! Who wants to eat your dry pancakes!"
He Jingyuan wrapped the quilt tighter and said in a daze.
Pei Shaojun put on his cloak, hid the package quietly, opened the tent and went out.
He Jingyuan turned over and said "It's so cold" again. After a while, there seemed to be a strange sound in his ears again, and a gust of cold wind blew towards his face, and he suddenly woke up.
Stepping out of the camp quietly, I saw three figures sneaking towards the east.
When he recognized the identities of the three people, he suddenly woke up.
He immediately returned to the camp and packed up his belongings. Without informing the others, he just left a letter and then chased the three people in the direction they left.
Fortunately, they were not walking very fast, so they followed them from a distance.
However, it was too cold at night and it was not suitable to travel. Just when he was about to faint, a hand suddenly helped him.
But he was completely unconscious, and when his consciousness was hazy, he vaguely saw Tang Zhixing's face.
When he opened his eyes again, it was already broad daylight, and he was being carried on the back of a young man.
He Jingyuan rubbed his eyes. The person below him noticed the movement and immediately said, "Brother He, you finally woke up."
Mo Chen and Pei Shaojun stopped when they heard the sound. Tang Zhixing put He Jingyuan down from his back, took the package from Pei Shaojun's hand and carried it on his back.
"Tang Zhixing? Why am I here!" He asked with a yawn as if he hadn't woken up.
"You followed us secretly last night and were frozen to the point of losing consciousness. We saved you."
"Oh! Yes, yes! I remembered, you are going to leave us and sneak away!"
Mo Chen said: "Master He, don't speak so harshly. Before I left, I left a topographic map of this desert and marked the locations of all water sources. They can rely on this map to return to Xiliang.
In this way, I can repay your caravan for taking care of me for many days. As for you, now that you are awake, go back."
He Jingyuan felt a chill in his heart when he heard her calm tone. He vaguely felt that the girl in front of him seemed different.
"No! I want to go to Huamanqi with you!"
"No!" Mo Shen refused without hesitation.
"Why not? They are both scholars. If they can go, why can't I go?"
Mo Shen sighed: "Actually, I lied to you yesterday. The root in your hand is real, but because you cut it into hundreds of parts, many people have tried their best to hunt for the treasure. Tsk. What a pity.
So many lives will be buried in the yellow sand together."
"What do you mean? You mean they will kill each other?"
"Cannibalism is bound to happen, but the roots that Mr. Pei and that Young Master Yang obtained cannot open the flower-filled barrier. Once touched, it will lead to death."
"General Huo Ji wants to harm us? This is impossible! In order to protect the people of Xiliang, he did not hesitate to fight Beirong by force. There is no way he will harm us."
"Idiot. It's not you he wants to kill, it's He Liang!"
"That's even more impossible! If it weren't for the prince, Huo Ji wouldn't be where he is today! How can he repay kindness with hatred?!"
"Believe it or not, the words have been said, and we part ways. You should go back to Xiliang and be your rich young master. Just pretend you have never heard these words. Mr. Pei, let's go!"
He Jingyuan froze on the spot. When Pei Shaojun and Tang Zhixing saw this, they put his things on the ground, and the three of them planned to leave.
"Wait! Sister Mo Shen, if what you said is true, then I have caused a huge disaster. If hundreds of people die because of me, won't I have to feel guilty day and night?!"
"Even if you go, you can't help."
"If you say that, then I have to go! In fact, I came out this time just to prove to my father that I am not just a waste of money!"
Mo Chen frowned slightly and stared at He Jingyuan for a long time without saying a word, which made him feel frightened.
"Why are you staring at me?"
"Maybe your father is right."
"You!" He Jingyuan pointed at Mo Shen angrily and wanted to yell, but in the end he held back: "I don't care! I have to follow you anyway!"
He Jingyuan immediately put on his things again, straightened his back, and looked at the three of them with his hands on his hips. He seemed very tough, but he felt weak in his heart.
Tang Zhixing said: "Brother He, it's really not worth it for you to stop thinking about risking your life just to prove yourself!"
"Huh! I have a lot of money, young master! Even Zhu Gusheng has to give me three points of thin noodles! Not to mention those ordinary people!"
"But."
Mo Shen shrugged: "Okay, Zhixing! Stop trying to persuade him, the more we try to persuade him, the more he will do it. Master He, since you are determined to go without hesitation, then go ahead. But I will say something ugly first, this You must listen to me all the way, otherwise, I will never care about your life or death!"
He Jingyuan was ecstatic when he heard this and nodded wildly: "Okay, okay! Listen to my sister!"
"Also, don't call me sister again. It makes you look greasy and frivolous."
"Okay, I've written it down, sister Mo Shen."
Mo Shen: "."
Too lazy to argue with him, she took out the Wuxi wood she had stolen from the princess's mansion and closed her eyes to feel it.
The feet slowly rotated and moved, and as they faced due east, the Wuxi wood gradually heated up.
"Let's go! Over there!"
He Jingyuan stared at the piece of black wood in her hand, his eyes widened in shock.
"Where did you get this?"
"It was stolen from the princess's mansion."
The three of them were speechless. They had never seen a liar so confident.
"Let's go! Don't be in a daze! Hua Manqi is not far from us."
The three of them were overjoyed when they heard this. With Mo Shen's constant urging, the group of four finally continued on their way.
With the big piece of Wuxi wood in Mo Shen's hand, they avoided many detours. Even if there was an occasional danger or bird attack, with Mo Shen's martial arts, they were safe.
However, along the way, they found many corpses, most of them were guards and people in the world. It seemed that some people could no longer hold themselves back.
Mo Shen adhered to the true saying of "never let go of anything you pass by" and plundered all the valuables from the corpses.
Although Tang Zhixing felt that it was unethical to make money by killing people, because the three grown men together could not defeat a little girl, he finally resisted the idea of ​​persuading her.
Mo Shen praised them as "those who see them have a share", so he stuffed all the things she had collected into their packages.
Because of this, their luggage became heavier and heavier, while Mo Shen continued to 'find' the treasures endlessly.
In the end, Xu had seen too much, and the three of them became numb.