Chapter 14 Chapter Fourteen Mysterious Goods

Camel King, Zhuang Wen, etc., and a tall and tall woman stood aside, watching the preparations of the brigade. When they saw the three people coming, Camel King and Zhuang Wen showed welcome smiles, but the other man and that woman were He looked at the three of them with scorching eyes. Men are better off, they are purely wary of strangers, and they need to grasp their reality.The woman looked down on them with a look of disdain, as if they didn't have the qualifications to approach her. However, the current attire of the three people is really unflattering. They are wearing dilapidated Khotan national costumes bought from a second-hand clothing store. They are full of beards, and their faces are deliberately smeared rough and dark. They are carrying big bags. Small bag, hanging weapons, longbow and arrows, like a tramp who is too poor to have any food.

The woman should be in her early thirties, standing between the Camel King and Zhuang Wen, she obviously has a status, although she is not outstanding and beautiful, she has the charm of a mature woman, and she is so plump that even the outer robe can't hide it Slender body, delicate features, clean, still very attractive to men. Zhuang Wen laughed and said, "The three are believers, come! First introduce us to your two brothers." Camel King's eyes lit up, he landed on Feng Guoting and Wan Renyu, and praised: "They are all first-class players. I never thought that Pu Changhai has such outstanding three brothers. Your parents will be proud of you."

The woman showed a look of disapproval, and looked in the other direction. Long Ying introduced the two of them and said, "This is my elder brother and second elder brother. Have you not reported their names to Mr. Zhuang Wen?" Wan Renyu said respectfully: "My name is Wen Chong, his name is Bai Yuan, and I have met adults before." When Wan Renyu mentioned his "name", Feng Guoting pressed his palm on his chest and muttered a few words in the only greeting he learned from the Hulun people. .You should know that this is the etiquette of the Hulun people. Zhuang Wen really showed a more reassuring look, first introduced the woman and man next to him, and said: "This is Mrs. Rainbow."

The three hurriedly saluted the Hulun tribe, and Mrs. Caihong slightly nodded her head as a return salute. Zhuang Wen introduced the man again and said: "This is General Feng Mo of our Qiemo Kingdom. He is responsible for the safety of this march." Feng Mo smiled and said, "It is our good fortune to meet three strange people." Long Ying was about to say a few words of politeness, when Mrs. Rainbow unexpectedly said coldly: "I want to confiscate their weapons and arrows. I will send them back after arriving in Kucha." When she said these words, she seemed to be watching the sky, without looking at anyone.Just this arrogant demeanor is already infuriating.

The three of Longying looked at me and knew that they could not follow orders, especially if Longying's black knife fell into the hands of other people, it would reveal his identity, regardless of Wan Renyu or Feng Guoting.It is also not letting the sword leave the hand at any time. Camel King frowned, but couldn't speak. Zhuang Wen looked astonished, he never thought that Mrs. Rainbow would do such a barbaric act.He is also a man of wisdom, and secretly pushes Feng Mo.Following the marching chief in charge of the brigade's practical affairs, he spoke to Mrs. Rainbow. From everyone's feedback, we know that Mrs. Rainbow has a special status, and can influence the decisions of Zhuang Wen and Feng Mo.

Zhuang Wen winked at Camel King again.The latter said knowingly: "We will let Madam, Your Excellency and the General discuss it carefully, and I will take the three of you to see the camels I picked for you." The Camel King is not a subordinate of Mrs. Rainbow, let alone Qiemo.Mrs. Rainbow could only watch them leave. The Camel King walked away with them, and Fang sighed: "Women are always women, especially those who grew up in the king's castle. They don't understand the world. Don't blame her." Wan Renyu asked: "Who is she from King Qiemo?" The Camel King said in a low voice: "She is King Qiemo's cousin. If I say so, I'll let it go. You should pretend that you don't know."

The four came to the side of the brigade and walked along the team towards the head of the team. The situation at the entrance was exactly as Wan Renyu said yesterday, busy, chaotic, and noisy, the camels couldn't stop jumping and roaring, and the people whipped them to control them. More than two hundred humps were already higher than the giants like Long Ying and others. The state between obedience and disobedience is by no means a joke. The Camel King explained: "We also have tamed camels, but tamed means they are old and lifeless, and they can't take many roads. So there are all young camels in front of us. Young camels have this temper, and they are restless if they don't eat the whip. "

Suddenly there was a clamor from behind. It turned out that a camel broke free from the rein and ran away from the brigade. Several camel king's men quickly jumped on the horse and chased the camel. Seeing the swift movement of the fleeing camel, Wan Renyu and Feng Guoting finally realized how lucky Longying was to get rid of the camel-riding enemy in the Kumtag Desert that day. Long Ying withdrew his gaze and asked Camel King, "What is this?" This section of the team was particularly heavily guarded, with more than a dozen people standing guard on both sides. Judging by his size and spirit, he was a particularly outstanding player among the more than a hundred elites.

What attracted Longying's attention was a sturdy wooden cart with eight cylinders rather than wheels. It had no upper cover, just a rectangular bucket six feet wide and ten feet long. Repeat the cover with thick cloth and tie it firmly with a string.Just looking at the traces where the wheels have run over, you can know that the load weighs more than a thousand catties. The cart is pulled by a camel that does not carry any heavy load. The person who controls the camel is already sitting high on the saddle between the humps, with a serene expression, turning his head to salute them. In the whole team, the camel pulling the bucket cart was the strongest and quietest.

The Camel King didn't answer Longying's question, and said happily, "This is my excellent subordinate Tie Gang, who is the number one camel master in Khotan." He then introduced Tie Gang to three people. Under his leadership, the three continued to walk along the team. The Camel King said thoughtfully: "If there is any danger on the road, please take care of Tie Gang for me. Alas! He just married a beautiful girl from Shule three months ago. I really don't want him to go on the road." The three of them have greatly increased their affection for him. Given his status, it is very rare for him to be so affectionate and righteous.

Feng Guoting said: "Brother Tie Gang is very skilled, please ask him to take care of us." The Camel King smiled and said, "Whoever is higher and who is lower, I have this vision, so you don't have to be modest." Wan Renyu couldn't help asking: "What exactly is this brigade going to send to Kucha? The camels only carried grain, supplies, tents, weapons and arrows needed along the way. The trailer just now was a bit strange. " The Camel King said earnestly: "The destination is not Kucha. As for where to go? What are you transporting? You don't need to know, let alone ask. It's your duty to be a good guide." Long Ying said: "But according to the tone of the Camel King, there will be dangers on the way. We are now on the same boat with the brigade. If we don't figure it out, we will suffer a lot." Camel King said: "Master Zhuang Wen has to decide how much to reveal to you. It can be said that if it is not for the friendship with Mr. Zhuang Wen for decades, and for protecting my interests at Qiemo, plus Begging with words, I will never let Tie Gang work for them. Ha! Here we come." After walking for a while, Fang walked from the end of the line to the head, and the length of the line could be seen. Standing proudly at the head of the team are three-humped empty camels. They are thick and tall, and they are more disobedient than any other horse in the team. Although they are each led by two big men under the camel king's men, they still stamp their hooves and roar. They refuse to kneel no matter what, which is very scary . Long Ying said in surprise: "These are not the three camels I picked, but they have good blood, and they are better than the ones I picked." The camel king said in amazement: "There are not many people in Khotan who have a camel's eyesight like yours. These three camels were specially selected for you, and they cannot be bought with money." Pointing to the camel at the front, he said, "This camel is bred from the camel breed I bought from Dashi with a lot of money, but it is also very difficult to tame. It depends on Brother Di Duanxiu's camel taming skills." The three of them secretly called for help, without any bystanders, they could still think of ways to tame camels that they had come up with out of thin air. Now, in front of everyone, how can they show their abilities as master camel tamers? The Camel King looked at Long Ying with a smile, and the eyes of the others also fell on him. Longying's thoughts flashed, he jumped onto the hunchback, it was easy, but if the hunchback hadn't sat still, the big hunchback would jump wildly, and when he didn't fall off, he would turn the hunchback on the long neck to bite him, what's the point? Put your mind to one side, make a small circle, and walk towards the camel from the front of the two Hans. Just as the camel bowed its head and roared forward, the two big men holding the reins backed away in fright, and turned into dragon eagles to face the evil camel alone.The bad camel who lost his temper ate Long Ying's head without hesitation. Long Ying pretended to be a camel taming expert, but in fact he had no choice, he watched the coming of the camel, and the lightning probe grabbed the camel's head. The evil camel was about to open its mouth to spit out its saliva and stomach viscera, but the dragon eagle turned its head to the other side a step earlier, and the large white foam mixed with disgusting unknown objects sprayed into the empty space, and then sprayed its head Turning his head back, when he made eye contact with the camel, his eyes were full of magic lights, and he looked deeply into the eyes of the camel, and at the same time, the magic energy was input from the palm of his hand and traveled all over the camel's body. A miracle happened. The evil camel immediately changed into a tame camel, stopped jumping and roaring, and became absolutely quiet, staring at Longying. Everyone in the vicinity stopped, watching in disbelief what happened between Eucuo and Longying, including Wan Renyu and Feng Guoting. Longying was worried, and was on guard, and withdrew his hand from the hunchback. The evil camel suddenly raised its head to the sky and neighed, which was very different from the previous roar, and seemed to be full of excitement and joy. The Camel King applauded and said: "It's amazing, brother really has a hand, it's an eye-opener for me." Zhuang Wen came at this time, and after asking what was going on, he had more confidence in the three of them.Then he said to the three people: "I persuaded her, the three of you can keep your weapons, the king really shouldn't let her come with you, what do women know? It's only bad things, and we need to be distracted to take care of them." The Camel King laughed and said, "She knows martial arts? Some people say she is the best female swordsman at the end." Zhuang Wen said disdainfully: "However, in the king's castle, if you dance swords and wield swords with this and that student, who would dare not let her when you meet, and cultivate her to close the door and think that she is invincible in the world, and she likes to rush to make decisions. Really. I want to see her face after being frustrated." The three of them thought of the little witch at the same time. Zhuang Wen said to the three: "For my sake, don't blame her, if she wants to go crazy, just let her go crazy." Wan Renyu said emotionally, "We understand!" The Camel King looked in the direction of the shortcut, and the Khotan River brought his gaze to the place where the mountains began to rise and fall, and said leisurely: "It's time to set off. You can camp at the junction of the shortcut tonight. Be careful on the road." Known as the "Sea of ​​Death", the Taklimakan Desert reaches Puchang Sea in the east, Kashgar Oasis in the west, Khotan Oasis in the north of Kunlun Mountains in the south, and Tarim River in the north. Basin-shaped lowland, isolated from the outside. Several entrances are all formed by rushing rivers. The most famous is of course the entrance where the Khotan River flows into the desert. When the water is in full swing, it rushes for thousands of miles, running through the north and south, forming a green shortcut. In autumn and winter, the river stops flowing, and the green shortcuts are also covered by wind and sand, leaving only scattered small oases, which are constantly moving and changing, and even the only vitality is left. At this time, Taklamakan is like a hot burning nest, with poisonous wind and hot sand. Even if you take the shortcut in the past, if you miss the water source, you will definitely die. Every step is frightening and difficult. There are no birds above, no animals below, only the bones of human camels. The Khotan River is thousands of miles long and crosses the Oasis of Khotan. It is the second largest river in the region. It rushes into a section of the desert, forming winding and complex sandy valleys and undulating bank mounds. The brigade set off early in the morning and arrived at the entrance at dusk. The water became shallow, and at the end there was only a dry riverbed submerged in the vast sea of ​​sand. They camped in the last Populus euphratica forest before entering the sand sea. Looking towards the Great Sand Sea from their position, they could see towering triangular sand dunes, twice as tall as the spire-shaped sand dunes in Kumtag, which was amazing and daunting. The three sat next to a tree.Looking ahead. Wan Renyu said: "No wonder they have to find someone to lead the way. Anyone who has changed, looking at the endless poisonous sand, everyone will turn around and leave." Feng Guoting thought about it and said, "I'm not going to Kucha, but I also have women from the royal family traveling with me, and I'm transporting things as heavy as stones, and I'm more worried about encountering risks outside the desert. What's going on?" Longying said: "I can't smell any smell, how weird!" Wan Renyu said: "As long as 20,000 to 30,000 people don't come to attack us, is there anything we can't handle? I'm not as curious as you, I just hope to finish this desert road quickly. The nose didn't fail, and after we arrived in Kucha, we parted ways, and neither side cared about the other's affairs." Feng Guoting asked Long Ying, "Did the mysterious man follow?" Longying smiled wryly and said: "I only know how to pray to God and pray to Buddha to hope that the hunchback will not lose its temper, and since it is at the head of the team, it is difficult to detect whether someone is sneaking at the tail of the team." Wan Renyu said: "The width of the entrance is only seven or eight miles. As long as the Khotan soldiers guard the high place, there should be no one to follow. After seven days, we don't know where we are in the desert." Feng Guoting said in a low voice: "Tie Gang is here!" Tie Gang is a subordinate of the Camel King, and is responsible for riding a camel to pull the cart carrying mysterious objects. Tie Gang is friendly.With no place to vent his anger, he said: "Those Qiemo people didn't know what kind of order they were given. Everyone kept their mouths shut, asking ten questions and answering one. The boss refused to explain clearly, so he just told me to be careful along the way. He also said that the three of you can be friends. friend." When the three of them heard this, they realized that even he didn't know what they were transporting. Tie Gang speaks Tubo fluently, better than Longying. Feng Guoting smiled and said, "Brother Tie Gang's boss told us that the destination is not Kucha. Where are we going?" Tie Gang replied without even thinking: "Don't you guys know? It's to Tuqi Shiren's big teeth!" The three of them were moved at the same time, never thought that the mysterious cargo would be sent to Suiye City.