Wan Renyu said: "This is not the biggest problem. With your brother's sharpness, he will not miss the oasis water source on the way. The problem is that it is too annoying for us. It is equivalent to sending it to the door for the enemy to kill. It can be said that if There is no way to sneak to Kucha without anyone noticing, so it’s better not to go.”
Feng Guoting said: "There is another way, which is to arrive at Puchanghai first and go north along the Kongque River as An Tian said. Due to the vast territory, it is not easy to follow us."
Long Ying remembered his promise to Meixunaf to return to the plateau before giving birth, and said: "It takes too much time. Ha! If you are poor, you will change, and if you change, you will be successful. I have a suggestion, but I'm afraid you won't be able to part with it."
Wan Renyu said: "As long as you don't cut yourself off and act like a cripple, what's the point of being reluctant to give up?"
Long Ying said: "You kid really knows how to joke. What I said was reluctant to part with it, it's our horse."
Wan and Feng had already heard the interesting story about him leaving Xueer in the grassland wilderness area to play with the mare. Their eyes lit up, but they were a little worried.
Feng Guoting said: "Your Xue'er is the king of horses. Of course, he is not afraid of heaven or earth. Although my and Wan Ye's horses are considered masters among horses, we have trained them long ago, so we are afraid that they will not get used to it."
Longying said: "How can such a thing happen? After your careful transformation, they are all extraordinary horses and highly alert. They can also cope with wolves. What's more, like us, they form a party and look after each other. As long as we join the herd of wild horses, we will definitely be happy and happy. Ha! Then we can buy three-humped camels, pretend to be traveling merchants, and go to Qiuci in a big way."
Feng Guoting said: "It is indeed not appropriate to let them suffer in the most terrifying desert. I also have a suggestion, which is to let the eagles enjoy a good time here with them and take care of each other."
Long Ying remembered the scene when the divine eagle landed on Xue'er's back by the Tuotuo River and played with Xue'er again, and shouted: "What a great idea." Xuanyou asked in confusion: "How could the divine eagle leave you?"
Wan Renyu also looked curious to see how Feng Guoting would answer.
Feng Guoting looked up at the dim sky. As if he didn't want them to see his expression, he replied in a hoarse voice with a hint of sadness: "I have a way to make the condor stay here forever."
Both of them felt that he had something on his mind that he didn't want to reveal, so they wisely stopped asking further questions.
Dragon Eagle walked towards Xue'er, whispered something in its ear, and gestured to the entire oasis. After a while, Xue'er seemed to understand what he meant, and jumped up and down happily.
The three people hurriedly took off the reins and saddles of their horses. Xueer puffed and touched the wind with her head to protect their mounts. They sniffed each other and soon neighed at the same time. Xueer took the lead and rushed out of the dense forest. , then the other two horses turned around and followed Xue'er, running faster and faster. They turned into three small black dots.
The condor screamed in the sky and chased them, circling in the sky.
Feng Guoting smiled and said: "The eagle knows that they have been free for a period of time, and they are very envious. I'm going to do some tricks." He spread out his footwork and chased in the direction of Xue'er's three horses.
Long Ying said: "I will also find a place to hide Jie Tian Hong, carrying only a black sword, and then pretend to be an ugly doctor, and go to Khotan first to explore the way. After you and the young master are ready, come to Khotan city to meet me immediately."
Wan Renyu readily agreed.
Things that were impossible to solve were suddenly solved.
Longying entered the city of Khotan and revisited the old place. He was familiar with the roads. He first went to the jade shop he had visited before and made a lot of money. He bought more than 20 pieces of mutton-fat jade for five taels of gold, all of which were carefully selected by his magic eyes. I thought that as long as I brought it back to China and found a craftsman to carefully carve it, it would definitely be worth a lot of money after being molded into a device. It would not be difficult to make money by doing business. It would be more pleasing to the beauty if I gave it to my beloved beauty.
I went to the market again and bought a batch of clothes, which I packed on my back. Then I left the inner city, mixed in with the crowd, and walked quickly to the camel farm opened by the Camel King and located on the edge of the outer city.
As he passed a row of restaurants, he suddenly felt a pair of sharp eyes with substance falling on him. He first looked at his body shape, and finally looked at his ugly face before looking away.
Long Ying didn't dare to look back and complained in his heart. These were not the eyes of an ordinary expert, but the eyes of a mysterious person, which made him feel as though he had seen each other before.
Could it be that Wanqi Jichun was also in Khotan, so how could she have guessed that they would come back to Khotan? If so, their so-called plan to go to Qiuci like a deceitful person would be tantamount to death. In the desert, they were even more
Can't beat the mysterious man.
Now is the season of drying up, and the green shortcut will be covered by wind and sand, leaving only a few oases formed by the outflow of underground water. The situation is only slightly better than other parts of the Sea of Death, so business travel has disappeared. Even though the three of them changed their disguises,
He is riding a camel again, but how can he hide it from the secret man?
While having a headache, I entered the camel farm where the large wooden gate was opened for business.
Looking around, in addition to a few wooden buildings more than a hundred feet away, there are large fences on the left and right. There are seven or eight camels in each fence area, standing or sitting. The space is spacious and there is no crowding.
Feeling forced, the camels seemed very peaceful. Further to the left and right, there were large grasslands and sparse forests, with camels wandering around.
For a moment, the eardrums were filled with the sound of camels' exhalation and neighing, and the nostrils were filled with the unique smell of their bodies and feces.
The thought of riding them across the desert and spending time with them brings a strange feeling to my heart.
There is another group of customers in the venue, but they are not ordinary customers. The master and subordinate are clearly distinguished, and from the clothes and demeanor, it can be seen that they are two groups of people. On one side is an armed man in Tsing Yi, and on the other side are people wearing various Khotanese clothes.
They are civilians, but they are all good swordsmen, and they seem to be members of a local gang.
Two groups of big men were scattered everywhere, forming a protective net. Following the two people in the core, they walked slowly along the fence. The two people surrounded by them were obviously people with status and status.
One is tall and the other is short. The taller one is several inches shorter than Long Ying. They are between forty and forty-five years old. They have big ears, handsome appearance, thick hands and feet. They have the air of a master and are used to giving orders.
The other man was slightly older, of medium build, with a thin face and the demeanor of a master. His eyes were sparkling and he looked for power. He didn't need to wear official uniforms, but still had the style of a high official.
What they have in common is that they look calm and calm, pointing and talking to the camels, unlike others who look at the dragon eagle.
Long Ying walked forward and used his magic power at the same time. He immediately listened to the exchanges between the two.
The tall man actually spoke in Tubo and said: "The best camels won't work. If you don't use desert rats to lead the way, once you get lost, the consequences will be unimaginable. No one is going north at this time, so you should listen to my advice.
Let’s wait until the Khotan River flows again before setting off!”
The short man sighed: "I refuse to use Desert Rat, because I can tell from his eyes that he has evil intentions. How can I let the treasure entrusted by the king and the lives of more than a hundred people be entrusted to such a person?"
The tall man said: "There is such a reason. Mr. Zhuang Wen is proficient in the art of fortune-telling, so he must not be mistaken. I reminded you that there were indeed two large transactions related to him, and the property was stolen by those on the way.
The damn Xue Yantuo horse thief looted everything. Oh! Later I will have people capture the Desert Rat. If he doesn't tell the truth, I will break his legs."
Suddenly, Longying's ears filled with another voice. It was a Khotanese dialect that he didn't understand.
Long Ying reluctantly went to the big man who stopped him and said, "Do you know how to speak Tubo? I'm here to buy camels."
At the same time, he thought that the tall and the short were talking in Tubo, the most popular language in the area. It was like he and the man in front of him didn't understand each other's language.
The man at the camel farm said: "It turned out to be a camel purchase. Our farm only sells high-quality camels, and you can't buy anything less than that. Of course, the price is more expensive than other places."
Long Ying felt naughty and said, "Since they are all the same goods, are the prices the same?"
The man was slightly startled, but after thinking about it, as long as the price of all the camels is the same as the most expensive camel, there is nothing to fear from him. He lowered his voice and said: "We only accept gold here, one tael of gold and one camel, whatever you want Pick.”
Longying heard that he deliberately lowered his voice, understood, and deliberately shouted loudly: "One ingot of gold and one camel. Are you robbing or robbing money? If I didn't want to save time, I could cross the desert on two legs."
When the "big desert" was mentioned, the two men who were picking up camels more than ten feet away stopped talking and looked at him.
The man immediately lost his composure and said in a gnat's voice: "If you don't want to buy it, don't buy it. Why bother shouting? Oh! I'll give you a half. Which peak should I choose?"
Long Ying pointed at the three camels located near and two far away in different fences, and explained the characteristics of the camels he picked, so that no man could be fooled. After saying this in one breath, the man's face was as ugly as he could say. .
Applause started.
The tall man led the short man towards him, and more than twenty big men surrounded him.
The tall man exclaimed: "Finally, I met someone who knows how to look at camels. Brother, tell me, why did you just take a casual look and pick the most outstanding three-humped camel in my camel farm?"
Long Ying had already guessed that he was the most powerful Camel King in Khotan and a good friend of Cui Laohou. Otherwise, the man would not have been scared to death because he was afraid that the big boss would hear him making random prices.
At the camel king's gesture, the man retreated aside like a defeated cock.
The short man looked at Long Ying with stern eyes, not feeling any contempt for his ugly face.
Dragon Eagle just wanted to attract their attention, so he used his superhuman spiritual sense to show off his skills. He said proudly: "I, Di Duanxiu, can smell the water source in the distance even if I close my eyes, smell the blood of the camel, and pass thousands of people from the field. Picking out the best of the three camels is just a small trick, what's the difference?"
Luo Tuo looked at the shorter man and glanced at him to see what his intentions were.
The man asked: "Where are you coming from, and where are you going?"
Long Ying said calmly: "Please forgive me for not revealing this."
The man nodded and said: "You must be on guard against others. I, Zhuang Wen, am the Prime Minister of the Mo Kingdom. This is the Camel King, who is the master of this place. My friend is traveling across the desert, just looking for money. If you can say If you tell me where you are and where you are going, you might be able to take over my business and make a lot of money."
Long Ying pretended to be excited, but of course he only clicked on it without going too far. He said: "I am a herdsman born in Puchanghai, east of Dashahai. I travel around with two brothers of the same race. I love to take advantage of the loopholes when the road is difficult to walk. Buy low, sell high, and after making enough money, go out and drink, enjoy life, and come back again after all the money is spent. Ha! We are still young!"
Everyone looked at his ugly face and frowned.
Long Ying felt guilty and fell back into old habits, forgetting the "age" of his ugly face.
The Camel King asked casually: "Di Duanxiu, which line of goods did you just finish?"