Long Yue and his group also got out of the tent, set up a pergola and looked up to a higher place. When they saw it was a Gu Eagle, they were shocked. There was a crash and everyone drew their weapons from their sheaths.
Lin Xiaodong swung his head and turned to look at Long Yue and his group, alert in his heart: This group of people is not just an expedition team! Bai Yuquan glanced at the sky and asked Long Yue: "What is this?"
As if facing a formidable enemy, Long Yue lowered his body, stared at the sky, and replied: "This beast is called Gu Diao, and it eats human flesh!"
Qingfeng on the side complained even more bitterly: "This thing has been following us for several days! It flies around in the sky during the day and goes back when it gets dark."
Lin Xiaodong wondered: "Then why doesn't it come down?"
Lu Liangcai said proudly: "I shot this beast with an arrow a few days ago. Now I don't dare to go down. It's just waiting for us to die!"
Lan Ruo couldn't help but shudder after hearing this and crossed her arms.
The Gu Eagle circled in the sky. It took more than ten minutes to flap its wings. It circled in the sky several times. Seeing the large number of people below, it did not fall down and flew away on the same path.
Everyone felt relieved, put away their weapons, and got back into the tent.
Lin Xiaodong was worried: "It's bad enough to get lost in the desert, but also encounter a man-eating eagle."
Bai Yuquan regretted and said: "If we had known that this desert was so weird, we shouldn't have been in a hurry. We should have gone back first and made preparations before setting off. Anyway, no matter how early the princess came, it would just be more circles in the desert. I don't think so.
I'm afraid I won't be able to get out for ten days and a half."
Lin Xiaodong nodded: "The longer the time, the less water and food, the easier it is to fight among ourselves. It's okay for the three of us, but I'm afraid there will be trouble on the princess' side."
"First of all, I think Qingfeng and Princess are not of the same mind. Qingfeng probably came to the Deep Sea Dragon Palace.
If it comes to a life-or-death situation, I will definitely leave the princess alone."
"In addition to the personal bodyguards, the princess also has a group of mercenaries. These people will do anything for money. In the end, they may turn against the princess in order to compete for water and food."
"Not to mention Long Yue's group, they are a group of tomb robbers no matter what. The expedition team is nothing more than desperadoes. Even the princess dares to kill them if they are pressed."
After this analysis, if we continue to drag things out, the first unlucky person will be Princess Xiyun, and no one will stand on her side.
Lan Ruo curled her lips and smiled scornfully: "Humph, Princess Xiyun is still arrogant, but she doesn't know that disaster has already come!"
Lin Xiaodong nodded seriously: "Let's save some food and drink, and wait and see what happens. Within a few days, they will have internal strife, and it will be easy to fish in troubled waters."
The day passed like this, the sun set, the sky was filled with stars, the blue sky stretched as far as the eye could see, the boundless desert was desolate and magnificent, the scenery was poignant and indescribable.
After spending the whole day in the sun, everyone finally got out of the tent and sat around the campfire, admiring the sunset and watching the stars.
Lin Xiaodong and the three of them divided the remaining meat among them. Each of them only ate a little bit and drank the water in small sips.
The princess can also eat fruits in her tent. Large and sweet grapes are placed in a shining silver cup. They have just been washed with water and are sparkling.
The guards and mercenaries also had water to drink and meat to eat, but the Feng family could only watch from the sidelines. After being exposed to the sun for two more days in the desert, they became even weaker and dying. They had completely given up hope of survival. Honestly
Waiting to die.
The people of Longyue had no water to drink or meat to eat, but they were all very lively, as if they didn't have enough water to drink.
It was late at night, the moon rose, and there was silence in the camp. Lan Ruo and Bai Yuquan both took a rest. Lin Xiaodong slept during the day, and sat cross-legged to keep vigil with his eyes shining at night.
The Feng family was half dead, lying on the sand in a mess, no different from dead people.
In the tent of Long Yue's group, there were whispers.
One of Long Yue's men said angrily: "If there is no water to drink, I will go crazy!"
Other subordinates agreed: "I don't care if she is a princess or not, I just want to drink water now. To drink water, I will kill even the emperor, let alone the princess!"
"I want to drink water! I want to drink water!"
Long Yue saw that if he didn't drink water, he would be unable to control his men, so he thought of a way and said: "Princess, there are more than ten horses, all carrying water bags. Let's go steal one and bring it over."
Drink the water."
"good!"
All the men agreed.
In the middle of the night, when the guards and mercenaries who were looking after the horses fell asleep, Long Yue's tent opened, and two men in black clothes came out and went to touch the princess's horse.
"Shhhhhhhh."
One of them reached out to touch the horse's head, while the other quietly picked up the water bag and left.
"Go, go, go!"
The two men succeeded easily, carried the water bags, and ran away.
"What are you going to do?"
Before I had taken two steps, I suddenly heard someone speaking.
"who?"
Long Yue's man lowered his voice and asked fiercely.
From the tent next to the two of them, in the shadow cast by the moon, a man walked out. When he walked under the moonlight, he saw clearly that it was a breeze.
"You..." Long Yue's people froze on the spot. They didn't expect to be discovered by the princess's guards. Isn't this a dead end?
Qingfeng smiled contemptuously and waved his hand: "Let's go quickly."
Long Yue's men were stunned. They looked at each other and turned around and asked, "Are you not going to arrest us?"
Qingfeng smiled evilly: "Go back and tell Long Yue that he owes me a life."
Long Yue's people panicked and returned to their tent.
In the tent, Long Yue was waiting anxiously. When he saw the two people coming back quietly, he was overjoyed and clapped his hands: "Great, we succeeded!"
The two men looked unnatural, sweating from the tips of their noses, and said with lingering fear: "Boss, we were discovered by the princess's guards!"
Long Yue was startled and stood up: "What?
Has it been discovered?
So, how did you two come back?
Who discovered it?"
"Qingfeng, the man next to Princess Xiyun, instead of calling anyone, he told us two to leave quickly, and asked us to come back and tell you that you owe him a life."
Long Yue opened his mouth, groped his knees with both hands, sat down again, rolled his eyes a few times, nodded, and said: "Pour one cup each, keep the rest and hide it."
Long Yue's men worriedly said: "Boss, if the princess finds out about our stealing water, it will be a death penalty, so why don't we run away first."
Long Yue shook his head: "There is no road, where can I go by running?"
"Then won't the princess arrest us all at dawn tomorrow?"
Long Yue smiled: "Don't worry, the princess won't know."
Long Yue's men were confused: "Why did Qingfeng see us but didn't care?"
Long Yue came to the door of the tent, opened the curtain a crack, and said quietly: "Because it is still useful for us to stay."
Through the gap in the curtain, I happened to see Qingfeng quietly returning to the tent. He opened the curtain but was not in a hurry to go in. Instead, he looked back at Long Yue's tent.
Long Yue put down the curtain and smiled without saying a word.