Long Yue shook his head: "The enemy of our enemy is our friend. If he keeps us, we will keep him. Sooner or later, he will attack Lin Xiaodong. We can reap the benefits. Wouldn't it be nice?"
Everyone nodded in unison.
In the mercenary's tent, Lu Liangcai and others were also whispering. A mercenary sat cross-legged on the ground and waved his hand: "Qingfeng is injured. Let's just get rid of this scourge. Otherwise, we will be fed to the eagles by him."
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Lu Liangcai waved his hand: "He is already seriously injured. We are not afraid of him. To attack him would be to offend the princess. What's the benefit? Let's be honest and get the money."
Another mercenary shook his head and curled his lips: "Why talk about money when you are going to die here?"
Lu Liangcai said: "The princess doesn't treat us like the Feng family, so we don't have to fall out with her."
Several mercenaries exchanged glances with each other and unified their opinions.
In the guard's tent, several people gathered around Qingfeng to treat his injuries. They were all palace guards. They had been prepared and bandaged up with medicine. Although he was weak and had difficulty moving, there was no fear of his life.
Qingfeng was lying on the bed, his upper body covered with bandages, his face turned pale, he gritted his teeth and stared: "I must kill Lin Xiaodong!"
Princess Xiyun also stood by and said angrily: "Don't worry, I will do it tonight!"
During the day, nothing happened. Lin Xiaodong meditated and practiced, thinking hard, but he was still confused and couldn't find a good way to leave the desert.
Seeing that everyone was going to die here, Lin Xiaodong was in a confused mood. After dark, he went to a sand dune not far away by himself, sat on the top of the sand dune, and practiced Qigong with his eyes closed.
The night in the desert is still majestic and beautiful. The moon has not yet risen. The stars are shining all over the sky. The night breeze is blowing. The endless sand dunes are only soft curves scattered high and low in the hazy night.
Lin Xiaodong thought hard and found nothing, so he opened his eyes and looked up at the sky idly.
"Um?
Big Dipper?”
Lin Xiaodong was startled.
This is the Sunlight Star, which is not on the Blue Star. How can we still see the Big Dipper?
Lin Xiaodong was puzzled and used his half-full knowledge of astronomy to look for identifiable stars in the night sky.
"Beside the Big Dipper is Polaris, on both sides of the Milky Way are Altair and Vega, and the row of three stars in the south is Orion's belt..." Lin Xiaodong became more and more excited as he watched, but also became more and more confused: How could the star of the Sun be like this?
Same as Blue Star?
The two planets are definitely not in the same position, so how can the stars they see be exactly the same?
"Maybe it's not the same at all, but I just can't see it?"
Lin Xiaodong scratched his head and looked in the direction of the tent. His mind suddenly turned around: "I don't know the constellations on the Sunlight Star, but Senior Bai and Lan Ruo must know them!"
Thinking of this, Lin Xiaodong stood up suddenly, returned to the tent, and said with bright eyes: "We can't waste it any longer. Let's use the stars to find our way at night, and walk at night and rest during the day!"
Bai Yuquan blinked, turned to look at Lan Ruo, and said, "I'm not very good at looking at stars, but Lan Ruo is a killer trained by Wan Fangzhai, so she should be able to identify them."
Lan Ruo blinked, unsure, and said: "With the help of stars, we can only tell a general direction. If we go wrong, we will easily miss Populus euphratica."
Lin Xiaodong breathed heavily: "Let's take a step and wait for death. We are going to run out of water. It's better to take a walk and wait for death."
Bai Yuquan and Lan Ruo looked at each other and agreed. Bai Yuquan said: "Then let's set off tonight and leave quietly in the middle of the night when the princess and others have fallen asleep."
Lin Xiaodong and the others discussed leaving quietly in the middle of the night. They didn't notice that the partition wall had ears. Princess Xiyun sent a guard to eavesdrop. After hearing the plan of Lin Xiaodong and the others, they tiptoed back and entered the princess's tent.
Princess Xiyun lay comfortably on the couch, eating fruit and closing her eyes to rest. The guard came in and knelt down, saying: "Princess, I just heard that Lin Xiaodong and the others plan to travel at night by using the stars."
"star?"
Princess Xiyun pondered for a moment and waved her hand: "Let's go out."
The guards left, Princess Xiyun got out of bed and went to Qingfeng's tent.
Qingfeng was lying on the bed, his upper body covered with bandages, and was sulking. When he saw the princess coming in, he struggled to get up and salute: "Princess!"
"Don't move. The guards just said that Lin Xiaodong and the others want to know the direction through the stars and are on their way at night."
Princess Xiyun said to Qingfeng.
Qingfeng nodded slightly: "I also have this idea, but using the stars to travel and observing with the naked eye, the direction is not very accurate. This method cannot be used unless it is absolutely necessary."
Princess Xiyun sighed melancholy: "My father is critically ill and is waiting for me to return. We don't have much food and water. We can't wait any longer. It would be bad if Lin Xiaodong and the others get there first."
Qingfeng struggled to sit up and said: "I'm fine, we can set off, but we have to find a way to leave Lin Xiaodong and the others behind."
Princess Xiyun blinked: "What should we do?"
Qingfeng smiled crookedly and whispered in Princess Xiyun's ear: "Princess, if you do this, you will definitely leave them behind!"
Princess Xiyun raised her head and smiled: "I'll make arrangements right away!"
Lin Xiaodong and others planned to set off in the latter half of the night and rest the first half of the night.
There was silence in the camp. The curtain of the tent of the princess guards was opened, and two guards came out. They were wearing night clothes with kerchiefs wrapped on their heads, and their eyes were exposed. They looked like they were going to do something bad.
The two guards tiptoed one after the other and reached the outside of Lin Xiaodong's tent.
The two put their ears against the tent to listen for sounds. There was no movement inside, only Bai Yuquan was snoring slightly.
After exchanging glances and nodding, the two of them each took out a fire stick from their arms and blew it gently, causing choking white smoke to come out and spread in a circle around the tent.
The two people listened outside the tent for a while, but there was still no movement, so they went back quietly.
After a while, the mercenaries' tents were also opened, and several mercenaries quietly began to load the horses.
Princess Xiyun and Qingfeng thought the plan was well planned and no one knew about it, but Long Yue and his party didn't sleep at all.
In the tent, Long Yue's men looked out through the curtain and happened to see the princess's mercenaries carrying boxes out. They hurriedly turned to Long Yue and said: "Boss, the princess and the others are not going to run away, are they?"
Long Yue also raised his head, looked at it for a while, and said: "They can't just leave like this. If they want to leave, they have to leave the water behind!"
After thinking for a while, Long Yue turned around and ordered: "Go and steal some water while they are in a hurry!"
Long Yue's people quietly walked around behind the mercenaries' tent. The mercenaries lifted the box onto the horse with their front legs, and Long Yue's people carried it away with their back legs. It was pitch black, there were many things, and the mercenaries didn't have anything.