Su Ningxin stayed in Tiya's tent. Tiya's tent was outside the tribe. In addition, there were only some old, weak, women and children left in the tribe, and they usually didn't move around much. Su Ningxin didn't have to worry about being discovered.
Finally, he no longer had to travel around and sleep in the open. Tia would also provide some medicinal herbs to treat the disease. Chu Jihan's condition finally stabilized, the wounds began to scab, and the fever subsided, which at least meant that he was not infected and his life should be saved.
However, he was still unconscious and had no tendency to wake up. Su Ningxin didn't know whether to be happy or worried about this. If Ji Chu woke up, it would naturally be easier than letting her escape with an unconscious person, but at the same time she His identity will also be exposed, so Su Ningxin doesn't know whether she should hope that he wakes up now.
"Tia, Tia, are you at home?" A middle-aged woman's voice came from outside the tent.
Tia, who was making milk tea in the tent, immediately responded, "I'm here, what's the matter?"
After saying that, Tia and Su Ningxin looked at each other, and then walked out of the tent, being careful when raising the curtain so that no one outside could see Su Ningxin and Chu Jihan.
"Auntie, why are you here?" Tia asked, her attitude polite but unfamiliar.
Her relationship with the people in the tribe is not very good, because when her parents were alive, her father had a violent personality, and her mother never wanted to be with Xixia women. Even now that both of them have passed away, most of the people in the tribe are also Don't like her.
"My little lamb was bitten by a wolf. Please help me see if any herbs can help." The aunt said.
"Is it serious?" Tia said as she turned around to get the herbs that were drying in the sun. Such injuries were very common on the grassland, but it was just a casual question about which herbs were fixed.
The aunt said with some worry, "I lost a lot of blood, and now I can't stand up. I don't know if I can survive."
Tia didn't know what to say to comfort her, so she didn't speak, but the aunt quickly changed her gaze, "Whose horse is this? Why haven't you seen it before?"
The aunt was pointing at Su Ningxin's bay-red horse. Su Ningxin lived here, so the horse naturally asked Tia to help her feed it.
Tia turned her head towards the basket drying herbs to hide her expression, and said casually, "I picked it up. It should be the horse from the chamber of commerce a few days ago. It ran around without an owner and was led back by me."
The aunt nodded and knew that the Chamber of Commerce was surrounded by soldiers and was being hunted. However, she still muttered in a low voice, "The horses of the Chamber of Commerce should also be left to the leader's wife. How can we just treat them as our own?"
Tia just pretended that she didn't hear, divided the herbs and gave them to each other. The two of them haggled about the price. In the end, Tia was worried that the people in the tent wouldn't find out, so she took a step back and only accepted one bag. Goat milk.
When Tia returned to the tent, she saw Su Ningxin packing her things. Tia couldn't help but said, "What's wrong? Are you leaving?"
Su Ningxin poured boiling water into the water bag and said to her, "Someone will come to trouble you soon. If you don't leave, you and I will be in big trouble."
"You mean auntie went back to tell the truth? Although she is usually stingy, she is not a bad person, and she didn't know you were here. I didn't tell her." Tia quickly explained for fear that she would be misunderstood.
Su Ningxin sneered, "You really underestimate human nature."
After saying that, he put the golden dagger on the table, "This is your reward. Whether you can keep it or not depends on your ability."
Knowing that she couldn't stop the other party, Tia said nothing, but helped Su Ningxin help Ji Chu to the horse, and then brought them food and milk powder.
Tia felt that she had taken a big advantage in this transaction, but in order to go to Daqi she was unwilling to refuse, so she could only bring more things to Su Ningxin so that she could feel better.
Watching Su Ningxin ride away, Tia held the dagger tightly in her chest and laughed, feeling that her long-held wish was finally coming true.
Thinking of what Su Ningxin said just now, Tia turned around and went back to the tent to hide the dagger, and then figured out when to leave for Daqi.
The road was not smooth after Su Ningxin left with Chu Jihan. The burning of the tribe probably really angered the Xixia Khan. The closer they got to the Daqi border, the more Xixia cavalry patrolled everywhere.
Su Ningxin has met Su Ningxin twice. Once, she circled around a few times and threw away the pursuers. The other time, she killed four of her opponents. Although she was not injured during the fight, the bay red horse was shot by a stray arrow. In the middle, Su Ningxin and Chu Jihan almost fell down.
The injured bay horse couldn't bear to run with two people on its back, so Su Ningxin had to change her route. It was obviously unrealistic to break through the layers of defense in Xixia and go back. She decided to take a detour and go back through the desert to the sandbank, and then Even if you enter Da Qi's territory, it will be much easier to return to Xingyuan Mansion from there.
Pulling the maroon horse while walking in the desert, Su Ningxin felt like she was going to be dried out. She took out her water bag and took a sip, then poured some more into the mouth of Chu Jihan on the horse. Although Su Ningxin had already Covering his whole body with clothes to protect him from the sun, it still couldn't prevent him from getting dehydrated.
"Water... cough cough..." Chu Jihan made a weak voice, and Su Ningxin hurriedly came over and patted his face, "Hey, Ji Chu? Can you hear me? Nod if you hear it."
After waiting for a long time and not getting a response from Ji Chu, Su Ning couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. This situation has happened several times. Ji Chu would occasionally make some noises to make you think he was awake, but after making the noises, he fell into coma again. What a waste of joy.
She fed Ji Chu some water with water in her mouth, and then Su Ningxin covered Ji Chu with clothes, and then touched the bay red horse's head. She had almost no food now, and there was not much water left. It was impossible to give it to the horse again. , even though she knew that it was really hard for the bay red horse carrying Ji Chu so far,
Su Ningxin was also helpless now. She felt that she might be lost. If she still couldn't get out of the desert today, she would have to walk at night and rest during the day. At least she could rely on the stars to tell her direction at night.
Now she really hopes that Ji Chu can wake up, even if he talks to her, she won't be as confused and desperate as she is now.
Just as Su Ningxin was going through countless scenarios of being trapped in the desert and turned into a mummy, she suddenly heard someone shouting in the distance.
"Hey! Which family are you from? Are you lost?"
Su Ningxin rubbed her eyes to confirm that she had read correctly. There were indeed people. There were quite a few people.
"Hey! I'm here." Su Ningxin stretched her hand above her head and shook it, hoping to attract the attention of those people.
(End of chapter)