Li Siye felt like he was being dragged by his feet in a daze. He just managed to open his eyes a little, but he closed them again. Under the influence of the medicine, he lost all feeling in his hands and feet, and his head felt sleepy.
It's like I haven't slept for seven days and seven nights.
He couldn't just sleep like this. He had to fight with his will and the power of medicine, otherwise he would be slaughtered in his sleep.
He was pushed to the tree trunk, and three guys tied him up with hemp ropes in a circle. One of them squatted in front of him, took off his belt, and threw it far away to the side.
Li Siye was tied up tightly, and he felt the whole process while half asleep. A strong figure stood in front of him, and it was undoubtedly Lu Qian.
"Li Siye, Brother Li?"
Lu Qian called out twice, but Li Siye didn't respond. Then he made a fool of himself and said with a smile: "You went to the underworld, don't blame me, brother. Who told you to offend the big shots in Chang'an City? But don't worry, I, Lu,
Qian is still unable to attack one of his own, there is someone else coming to take your life."
He immediately turned around, led several of his cronies to mount their horses and left. In the entire Populus euphratica forest, only Li Siye was tied to the tree. The broad, sparse yellow leaves rustled above his head. When the whole world fell into silence, Populus euphratica
The sound of leaves falling in the wind is extremely eerie, like a reminder of death.
The two strong horses went away and came back. Li Siye squinted his eyes and saw that they were two soldiers of Lu Qian's confidants. After they got off their horses, they quickly approached the black man tied to the tree.
The two took off the backpack items from Hei Pang's body, threw the Mo Dao Zhan Dao aside, opened the backpack, and dumped everything on the ground.
"Hey, what is this?"
A soldier peeled off the compressed biscuit wrapped in oil paper, took a bite and spat it out: "Why do you do this?"
"Stop tinkering with those things and take the money away quickly!"
The two of them only picked out the few hundred treasures he had stored in his backpack, and discarded the rest of his needlework, caltrops, animal traps, quilts and other items like worn-out shoes. His homemade compressed biscuits were all thrown on the floor.
The soldiers rode away. Li Siye wanted to make a sound, but it was stuck in his throat.
At this moment, the sky was still dark, and the North Star rose from the desert, becoming the brightest star in the blue sky. Maybe as soon as it dawned, those who wanted to take his life came from other oases and came to harvest his head in a menacing manner.
His sense of touch seemed to be slowly recovering, and his numb arms were able to move. He struggled to bend his wrists, shaking the cuffs, and after a lot of effort, he finally got the sweat in his sleeves.
The top of this thing was sharp. Although it was not very sharp, it was very effective in cutting the hemp rope. He quickly loosened the rope and patted the sore muscles on his body.
He picked up the quilt and tied it to his waist, squatted on the ground and gathered supplies in his backpack. Although all the money he carried was taken away, the rest of the items were kept, especially the compressed biscuits and healing medicine, which were life-saving during the journey.
essential items.
The thin scale armor was neatly bundled on the black fat body. He stepped forward to untie the rope and began to put on the armor. Starting from the feet, he tied greaves on his calves, with skirt armor on both sides of the thighs. The thin scale armor on the torso extended like a windbreaker to
On both sides of the knees, buckle the shoulder armor and arm guards, wrap the belt and abdominal protector around the waist, finally put on the hood, tie the tie in front of the neck, and the full set of armor is completed.
He hung the backpack on the right side of the horse, tied the water bag on the left side, hung the Hengdao and Zhandao on his waist, and carried the Mo Dao on his shoulders. He turned over and mounted Hei Pang.
Maybe it was because he was carrying too much cargo, or maybe he was heavy. Hei Pang gave a strenuous cry, spread his hooves and ran quickly.
Five or six miles away from here is the center of the oasis. It is the last official post station set up by the Tang Dynasty in the Xizhou Desert. Surrounding the post station is a small earthen castle with no gates, only earthen walls that have been blown by the wind and sand.
He rode a black fat man outside the earthen fort. The traces of the garrison left by the Guards last night were clearly visible. Several skinny children were wandering around the abandoned fire after the army broke camp, picking up the ashes with wood, hoping
Can find leftover food in it.
He did not choose to enter the market town to waste time. The five water bags were full and did not require any replenishment.
Li Siye got off his horse, took out a compressed biscuit from his backpack, and opened the oil paper packaging. He walked up to one of the thin children, held the biscuit in his hand and asked him: "When did the army leave and in which direction?"
Already?"
The child looked at the sky, made a gesture with his finger, and then pointed at the vast desert in front of him.
He reached out, touched the child's head, and stuffed the biscuit into his hand.
He got on his horse again and ran on the dividing line between the oasis and the desert, looking back at the oasis market town surrounded by yellow sand.
I don’t know how many people are chasing him, and I don’t know how strong they are. If you stay in this place, you will only lose your life in vain. Of course, the desert is also very dangerous. He has never had any travel experience in this area. If he is not careful, he will lose his life.
Lost in the depths of the yellow sand, turned into a pile of withered bones.
In fact, choosing to wait for a caravan to accompany him was the most ideal choice, but the enemies would not give him time to wait. So Li Siye just hesitated for a moment, then resolutely rode forward, entering the sky full of yellow sand, away from the life here.
A lush oasis.
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Woohoo!
The whistle broke the silence of the Populus euphratica forest. Four ponies and two camels went deep into the forest, slowly searching towards the market town.
There were two more people in the bandit Zhang Kuo's team. They were swordsmen they hired from the Shouchuo City near Yumen Pass. Although these people had military status, they had already separated from the Tang army and became an unstable factor on the Silk Road.
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While Zhang Kuo and others were searching everywhere, the two men remained motionless on their camels, maintaining their arrogance.
They knew clearly that the four people in front of them were cruel vultures who had no rules and committed all kinds of evil. Normally, they would not be willing to associate with these four people, but this time Zhang Kuo offered too high a price, which made them tempted.
Facts have proved that abandoning the moral bottom line is indeed effective, which can be seen from the difference in their attire. Zhang Kuo and others wore sheepskin jackets, sheepskin lower garments, brocade crotchless robes, and rhinoceros skin ruffles tied around their waists.
On the belt, there were not only seven things such as horizontal knives hanging on it, but also various robbed jade pendants, silverware and other gadgets.
The two swordsmen looked much shabby. Their tops and bottoms were patchworked with various animal furs. The workmanship was poor. Many of the plush pieces flying in the wind outside were the tails of certain animals.
The whole appearance is no different from the cavemen tens of thousands of years ago.
In order to protect themselves from the wind and sand, they did not wear futou, but wrapped their heads with long linen cloth from top to bottom like a bandage, leaving only their eyes and mouth exposed. They were swaying on camels like two sloths.
Zhang Kuo identified the traces and followed them to the foot of the Poplar euphratica tree, where he saw a pile of cut ropes.
His face immediately darkened, and he stretched out his hand to beat the tree trunk hard. People in the government always make mistakes when doing things! He could have easily slaughtered the tied lamb, but he could only chase the frightened geese in the vast desert.
The difficulty of cutting off Li Siye's head doubled, and time and energy were wasted.
The two young men, San'er and Ah Wu, seemed particularly agitated. They had long been thinking about the top brothel in Lanzhou City. They tasted the warm fragrance of soft jade in their dreams. Now that the mutton sheep have escaped and their return journey has been extended indefinitely, how can they not be irritated?