After a short rest, Di Renjie finally calmed down. He sat up, looked at Chang Ping in the distance, and asked, "Chang Ping, what are you looking at?"
Chang Ping pointed to the distance, and said with a trembling voice: "Big, sir, you, look!"
Di Renjie stood up, walked slowly up the sand dunes, and looked in the direction of Chang Ping's fingers. Chang Ping said, "My lord, we just ran from there, so we can't see anything!"
Di Renjie said with emotion: "It seems that they have been buried in the yellow sand again!"
"My lord, brother, look!" Suddenly, Chang An shouted, pointing to the distance under the dunes!
Standing on the sand dune, Di Renjie and Chang Ping looked along the direction of Chang'an's fingers. It turned out to be a city in the distance. Although it was far away, it could still be distinguished by the thousands of lights in the city at this time!
"My lord, there seems to be the boundary of our Great Zhou!" Chang Ping said excitedly!
Di Renjie twisted his beard and smiled, "It seems that we were taken care of by God and encountered quicksand, but rushed us back to Dazhou, hahaha!"
At this time, the wind was blowing in the desert, and there was a bit of coolness on the faces. The three of them raised their heads, and there were snowflakes floating in the desert!
"It seems that we can't rest anymore. If we freeze all night in this bare desert, we are afraid we will freeze to death here!" Di Renjie smiled bitterly!
Chang Ping assisted Di Renjie and walked down the sand dunes, and the three of them walked towards the distant city together. Xu Ye's sudden appearance of the city brought hope to the three of them, or fear of the power of the wind and snow in the desert. Regardless of the exhaustion of the whole body, people go downwind in the wind and snow!
Until dawn, the three of them still couldn't get to the city, but fortunately, after five shifts, the wind and snow stopped. At this time, the sun was in the sky, and the sun was warm!
Di Renjie saw a mound in front of him and stopped, "Let’s rest behind the mound!" Di Renjie suggested!
Both Chang Ping and Chang An were tired from walking and didn’t sleep for another night. Hearing Di Renjie’s words to rest, they naturally agreed with pleasure. The three came to the back of the mound and sat on the ground. The water was all drunk long ago. The food and food they brought when they were leaving. Danshui was also lost along with the two camels!
With hunger in his belly and chapped lips, Di Renjie couldn't help but smile, dignified Zhou Zaifu and Qian Niuwei, who were the royal guards, ended up in such a field!
Suddenly, far away
A figure appeared, not tall, like carrying a bundle of firewood on his back, Chang Ping said excitedly: "My lord, look, there is someone!"
Di Renjie looked up, and as expected, a person walked in the distance. When he got closer, he found out that he was a young man chopping wood, about a decade old!
Di Renjie got up and said, "Go, let's go to him for help. He is chopping wood here. There should be someone nearby!"
After speaking, the three of them walked to the young man who was chopping wood. The young man was carrying a bundle of firewood. Seeing three people walking towards him, he couldn't help being a little timid. He flashed aside with the firewood on his back and stepped aside!
Di Renjie and the three walked to the boy and stopped, "This little brother, dare you to ask you, are you a kid from a nearby family?"
The young man looked at the three people, and saw that although the three of them were disgraced, the old man in front of him was still amiable, not like a bad person, but the young man still looked alert and asked: "What do you do? Why do you ask this?"
Di Renjie smiled and said, "Brother don’t be afraid, we are passing by. We lost our horses and camels while driving in the desert. Now we are tired and thirsty. Let’s see if my brother can help us. Can you rest and beg for a bowl of water?"
The boy looked at the talking old man again, thought for a while, and said: "Okay, my house is nearby. Come with me!"
When the three of them heard this, they were overjoyed. Di Renjie said quickly, "Thank you, little brother, Chang Ping, help this little brother put the firewood on his back!"
"Hey!" Chang Ping replied happily, trying to help the boy carry firewood. Unexpectedly, the boy turned around and smiled innocently: "No, I have to recite every day. I have long been used to it! You and me Let's go!"
Chang Ping looked at Di Renjie, the two smiled at each other, Di Renjie raised his hands, and the three followed the young man and walked under a mountain beam!
After walking for about half an hour, a group of people came to a small village. This is a small village in a col, surrounded by mountain beams. This also happens to form a natural barrier to isolate the small village from wind and sand in the desert. !
The wood-chopping boy took Di Renjie and the three to a small courtyard. The young and young car opened the door, put a bundle of firewood on the door of the side room, and shouted at the house: "Grandpa, grandpa, come home. People!"
Not much time, an old man of the same age as Di Renjie walked out of the room with a cane.
The man's legs were a little limp. When he walked out the door, the young man hurriedly stepped forward to help. The old man was slightly startled when he saw Di Renjie and the three of them, and asked, "How many are they?"
Di Renjie stepped forward and gave a salute, "The courtyard master, it is disturbing, we are crossing the road, because we lost the horse’s luggage in the desert, so we have fallen to this point. I want to ask the courtyard to enjoy a bowl of water and drink, and if there is food, we will also give it away. Some of us, don’t worry, we will offer silver taels!"
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As he said, Di Renjie took out a silver coin from his arms and handed it up, but the old man waved his hand, "A few of you came from the desert. I'm afraid they have suffered a lot, right? Come in, forget it, I They are all this age, this thing is no longer needed!" The old man pointed to the silver in Di Renjie's hand and said!
Di Renjie was a little surprised, but he followed the old man to the house. The house was not big, but it was clean and tidy. There was a bow hung on the soil wall, and a few feather arrows were inserted in the quiver, whether it was a bow or an arrow. The capsules are wiped spotlessly!
In the middle of the room is a stone forming a fire trough, the wood is burning inside, and a copper kettle is hanging, steaming!
The old man pointed to the copper kettle and said: "Pour captives, pour water for the guests!"
The boy responded, took off the copper pot, and poured it into the teapot on the table, "A few gentlemen, there is no good tea at home, please don't dislike them!" The boy said while pouring water!
Di Renjie smiled and thanked him and drank some water. Di Renjie said, "Dare to ask the court's surname?"
The old man waved his hand and said: "Is there any respectable surname? My surname is Zhang. Everyone in the village calls me Old Man Zhang. Dare to ask this gentleman what do you call this gentleman?"
"In Huaiying in Xia, people from the state are going to be in the middle of the field! Old brother Zhang must have been born in the army before, right?" Di Renjie asked suddenly!
"Oh? Doesn't Mr. Huai still look at the picture?" Zhang Laohan looked at Di Renjie and asked curiously!
"Hehe, many medical practitioners are good at observing. It is not difficult to see from the furnishings of Brother Zhang's house that I still have the style of my army, and it is your grandson's name that confirms my judgment, expelling captives! I think it is expelling. What does Hu Lu mean? From this, I conclude that Brother Zhang must be from the army!" Di Renjie smiled!
"Mr. Huai's words are not bad, the little old man is indeed from the army, not only that, my son is also a person in the army, but the bad luck has already died in battle!" Although the old man Zhang is a little sad, his eyebrows are proud!