Nie Canjun looked at the sun, stretched out his hand to stop the team, and asked everyone to stop and rest.
Manbao got out of the car and twisted his waist, feeling pretty good.
Bai Shan got out of the car behind her, put the curtain hat on her smoothly, looked up and looked around, and sighed: "It's so hot. We had to wear cloaks when we set off in the morning, but now we even have to wear jackets."
No more."
Man Bao nodded, kicked the sand under his feet and said, "It's probably because of them."
Looking around, it seemed that they were the only group of people in the vast world. I didn't feel it at first, but after a night and a long walk, everyone's mood was somewhat affected.
Man Bao leaned on the carriage, looked into the distance and said, "If you stay in a place like this for a long time, you will indeed feel lonely."
This is different from the grassland. The grassland is also vast. It may take a long time to meet a herdsman, but the grassland is green. There are wild sheep, wild wolves, wild rabbits, wild roe deer, and various wild animals. There are also eagles in the sky.
But the desert is different. Except for one or two small reptiles that I saw only after looking carefully, it seems that there are no living things in the world.
The steward checked the drinking water and came up to report: "Master, Miss Man, we only have enough drinking water for tomorrow."
Man Bao came back to his senses and asked, "Didn't you say that there will be an oasis if we go more than a hundred miles further? Why haven't we seen it yet?"
Bai Shan also felt that they had walked for a long time, but Nie Canjun on the side said: "We haven't walked a hundred miles yet."
Bai Shan couldn't believe it, "Are we so slow?"
Nie Canjun said: "The carriage is a little slow in the desert. Sir, when we get to Yumen Pass, we may have to buy a few more camels."
Man Bao and Ke Ke were all refreshed, and then nodded reservedly: "Tian!"
Bai Shan saw her suppressed happiness and said to Nie Canjun: "We'll talk about it when we get to Yumen Pass. We'll go buy it then."
Nie Canjun was used to it. These gentlemen and young ladies seemed to be very interested in everything, and they liked to do things they had never done before or things they had never seen before.
Zhou Liru became worried, "Then can we get there before nightfall? We can't walk a hundred miles in a day and a half. Isn't this too slow?"
She was a little panicked, so she asked Manbao in a low voice, "Sister-in-law, are we not lost?" with a frightened look on her face.
Bai Erlang and Liu Huan happened to hear it, and they were shocked. They looked at Man Bao one after another, and their faces turned a little pale.
Man Bao: "...Bai Er, what miscellaneous books did you read to Li Ru again?"
Bai Erlang trembled, "It's nothing, it's a travelogue in the West written by a traveler. It writes about the stories he heard along the way. Eight of the ten stories are about how people who entered the desert died after getting lost, or how they died.
How come new oases were discovered, and gem mines were discovered, but... many people still died."
Liu Huan also looked at it and said, "Some people fell directly into the scorpion pit and were bitten until their bones were left."
Even Bai Shan was startled and quickly went to see Nie Canjun, "Nie Canjun, we shouldn't be lost, right?"
Nie Canjun didn't want to pay attention to them, but he still said: "Mr. Bai, there is only one road in this desert, how can you get lost?"
Bai Shanze pondered: "There are no ruts on the road, so how can we be sure that the road we are walking on is the road?"
Nie Canjun:......
The soldiers on the side couldn't help but said happily: "Don't worry, Mr. Bai, we can still recognize the road. Don't look at it. It's all sand. It seems to be the same. But the sand on the other road is different."
It’s different. I don’t believe it. If you stomp your feet here and stomp your feet further down, the sand you get in will be different.”
Even Mr. You came over to comfort them and said with a smile: "Don't worry, adults, there are many people walking on this road. The desert here is not big, it is just like this. If you go past it, you will leave Suzhou and enter the sandbank.
There are mostly Gobi and grasslands over there, but less desert. So the road is still very obvious and you won’t go wrong.”
He said with great experience: "Only in that kind of big desert, you can get lost only if you go deep into it."
He paused and then said: "The adults are going to the Western Regions, and they will definitely have to cross the desert. Only then should you be careful. It's best to ask two guides to take you with them."
Man Bao and Bai Shan looked at each other and remembered it in their hearts.
Everyone took a short rest and replenished food and water before continuing.
Because we wanted to rush to the oasis, everyone speeded up after getting in the car.
The convoy passed two sand dunes in succession, and when they reached the highest point of one sand dune, a town suddenly appeared in front of them, and even the soldiers gave out low cheers.
Man Bao opened the curtain and looked outside, and was pleasantly surprised, "It's really an oasis!"
Bai Shan squeezed over to take a look, and the two of them immediately dropped the chess they had just played in the middle of, and asked Daji to get the knight and run over by themselves.
Nie Canjun saw that they had taken a few guards and ran away first. He twitched his lips and said nothing. He led the convoy forward slowly without complaint.
Even Yin You rode a horse and walked with them. They looked very close, but after descending the hill, they had to run for a full two-quarters of an hour before they reached the place.
This is a large lake with green grass on the edge, dense woods on one side, and rows of houses on the other side.
There is no city wall, and naturally there is no city gate or anything like that. The convoy can enter from any side.
However, after entering, they could only walk around the lake. When Bai Shan and the others got close, they reined in their horses and looked around, and finally chose the densest side of the house to enter.
The streets inside were all made of dirt and were very flat. As soon as they entered, they saw someone setting up a stall, and the people inside almost immediately looked up and looked at them.
A young man's eyes lit up, he dropped the things in his hands and rushed forward before the others, "Would you like to stay here? My house has a yard, a big yard -"
Others similar to him rushed up, including women, who stopped in front of the horse and recommended their houses.
Not only Manbao and the others, but also their horses were frightened and stamped several times.
Daji immediately came forward with his guards to stop them.
Man Bao was still in shock. He glanced at the extending street and asked, "Don't you have an inn here?"
"No!" The people who gathered around said in unison, and a young man said loudly: "Miss, there are no inns like those in Zhongyuan, but in fact our house is an inn, and it is for guests to live in. It is very clean. If you don't believe me, go and see it."
Manbao didn't believe it. There were even inns on the road. How could there be no inn in this oasis, which looked like a transit place?
However, she glanced back and saw that the convoy was still far away, so she didn't rush to make a decision. So she and Bai Shan looked at each other and simply dismounted, and said to the people surrounding them: "Don't rush, don't rush, it's still early, we can
I’m not in a hurry to go to sleep. By the way, is this a city or a town?”