"You are also the princess's personal guard after all. How could you steal something in the middle of the night?"
Lan Ruo pointed at Qingfeng's nose and cursed.
Qingfeng smiled crookedly, looked back at the princess's tent, and said, "I came here to get the treasure map on the princess's order. If you say I stole something, you are talking about the princess's things. How dare you slander the princess?"
Lan Ruo was so angry that she puffed up her chest and took half a step forward, gritted her teeth and said: "What's wrong with the princess?
A princess shouldn’t steal things! She shouldn’t come to other people’s tents in the middle of the night to kill people and silence them!”
Qingfeng smiled evilly and showed his sword: "Stop talking nonsense, all three of you are injured now. If you don't want to die, just hand over the treasure map!"
Lin Xiaodong tilted his head and glanced at his still bleeding wound, and sneered: "I'm defeated. Even if I give you one hand, you can't defeat me."
"you!"
Qingfeng gritted his teeth and waved his sword to rush forward. Hearing the noise from other tents, many people emerged from the tents. They were Long Yue and his people. From a distance, the princess also rushed over with her people.
Long Yue looked at Qingfeng and then at Lin Xiaodong, stepped up to act as peacemaker, and asked: "What's wrong?
If you have something to say, why are you still fighting?"
When Lan Ruo saw the princess coming, she gritted her teeth and stood on tiptoes to curse from a distance: "Has everyone seen it?
The daughter-in-law of the Holy Emperor actually let her servants attack us in the middle of the night and kill us just for a treasure map!"
The princess shamelessly disagreed, walked forward, glanced at the three of them contemptuously, and said nonchalantly: "What's wrong with me taking your treasure map?
If you give it obediently, you won’t suffer this sword attack. This incident will teach you a lesson. If you dare to offend me, this is what you will end up with!”
Lin Xiaodong smiled crookedly, walked to the bonfire, and said, "You want to see the treasure map?
I won’t show it to you even if it’s burned.”
"you!"
The princess gritted her teeth and stared, taking half a step forward.
Lan Ruo's face flushed, her shoulders heaved, and she cursed angrily: "If your father knew that you were misbehaving outside, he wouldn't let you go!"
Hearing Lan Ruo mention her father, Princess Xiyun's expression changed, but just as she was about to speak, the earth suddenly began to tremble slightly.
"What's wrong?"
Princess Xiyun hid beside Qingfeng in fear.
Qingfeng grasped the hilt of the sword tightly and observed the surroundings vigilantly.
Long Yue seemed to know something about this phenomenon and explained: "The earth is shaking!"
"Earthquake?"
Lin Xiaodong asked with a frown.
"Don't move, I'll bandage you!"
Lan Ruo was on the side, and with a crunch, she pulled off another piece of skirt and tied it to Lin Xiaodong to stop the bleeding.
When Princess Xiyun saw them, she couldn't help but make sarcastic remarks: "What a pair of hard-luck mandarin ducks, you two will die together in this desert."
Qingfeng interrupted the princess and asked Long Yue: "Earthquake?
What's going on?"
Long Yue sighed and said, "We have been walking in this desert for seven days.
In the first two days, I walked towards the Populus euphratica forest."
“But on the third day, Populus euphratica suddenly disappeared.
All of us were so frightened that we camped and waited for a day, and on the fourth day, the Populus euphratica forest appeared again."
"However, it did not appear at its original location."
Lin Xiaodong and the three of them exchanged glances with each other, which was exactly the same situation they encountered.
Princess Xiyun was surprised: "We are like this too. Populus euphratica can actually move. Why?"
Long Yue spread his hands and stared: "Not just the Populus euphratica forest, the entire desert is moving. The sand dunes under our feet and around us are all moving! We can't get out! All of us will die here!"
Princess Xiyun was so frightened that her hands and feet were cold, her eyes widened, she looked up at Qingfeng's face, and said tremblingly: "What should we do?"
Qingfeng had no better idea for a while, so he looked around and said seriously: "If everything in the desert is moving, then there is no reference to identify the direction. We have been walking in circles for the past few days! But!
, why is it moving?”
Long Yue shook his head: "This is a desert. There is sand everywhere. The sand can flow. Isn't it normal for it to move?"
Lin Xiaodong answered and asked: "It is normal for the sand dunes to move, but why does Populus euphratica move?
The Populus euphratica forest only grows in places with water, and its roots are very deep. The sand dunes will move, but the Populus euphratica forest will definitely not move. If it moves, won't everyone die when they reach a place without water?"
Lan Ruo glanced at everyone: "But the Populus euphratica trees I saw during the day all looked good.
And since I’ve been seeing it for so many days, it’s definitely not a mirage.”
Lu Liangcai said distressedly: "The Populus euphratica forest changes places every day, and every time it appears, it happens to be on the horizon. It is impossible to walk within a day or two. When you get to the place, the Populus euphratica forest changes places again. Doesn't it mean that you will never be able to walk?"
arrive?"
Qingfeng blinked: "Everyone, let's go back and rest. Let's wait until daybreak to see the location of Populus euphratica forest, and then we can discuss it."
After saying that, Qingfeng turned around and left. Without taking two steps, he looked back at Lin Xiaodong and said, "Don't sleep too hard. It may be dangerous at night."
Lin Xiaodong smiled and replied: "Yes, it is indeed dangerous to break into other people's tents at night."
Qingfeng snorted coldly, Princess Xiyun glared at Lin Xiaodong, turned around and left.
Lin Xiaodong and the other three also returned to the tent, and Lan Ruo worriedly checked Lin Xiaodong's injury: "Are you okay?
I’ll give you some medicine!”
"good."
Lin Xiaodong sat down and Lan Ruo took off the bandage, brought some herbs to apply on it, and then bandaged it again.
Bai Yuquan was also furious: "Princess and Qingfeng knew that Lan Ruo and I were injured, so they launched a sneak attack in the middle of the night. Now you are injured again. All three of us are injured. It is too dangerous to stay here."
Lan Ruo puffed up her cheeks and glared, saying angrily: "This princess and her bodyguard have gone too far! How could the current king of the country allow her to do such nonsense!"
Lin Xiaodong thought more and looked worried: "We don't have much water left, we are going to run out of meat, and we can't last two or three days."
"Long Yue's group, as well as the Feng family, don't have water to drink. If we are in a hurry, we will start looting. Now all three of us are injured. There are many people on the princess's side, and the princess is in charge. If we are really in a hurry, I'm afraid
We are going to attack the three of us."
Lan Ruo thought for a while, became even more frightened, and said in horror: "What should I do?
Let’s go!”
Lin Xiaodong exhaled: "If you can't find the way out, how far can you run even if you leave?"
Bai Yuquan looked outside the tent and said: "It seems that the Populus euphratica forest is indeed moving. If we can't find the Populus euphratica forest, we won't be able to reach our destination. What should we do?"
Lin Xiaodong pinched his chin with his hand and analyzed: "Perhaps the movement of Populus euphratica is regular. If we can know in advance where Populus euphratica will appear and set off in advance, we may be able to catch up."
Bai Yuquan nodded: "Then we have to wait for another two days."
Lan Ruo looked up at Lin Xiaodong worriedly and said: "It's too dangerous. Stay with the princess. There are three of us wounded. There are so many of them. If we really take action, the consequences will be disastrous."