Chapter 2 Chapter 2 First Encounter

Brother Wolf stood up facing the rising sun, his silver fur shone with thousands of glimmers in the sun.He held his head high, stretched his neck and howled, and the long whistle echoed between the heaven and the earth.I also screamed along with Brother Wolf, and raised my hands high, as if embracing the rising sun and a new day. The birds in the forest jumped up, screaming and rushing straight to the blue sky.In the mist and coldness, the morning sun dances in the forest with the fallen leaves, and the colorful clouds fly in the sky with the birds.I laughed and kicked Brother Lang: "Let's see who gets to the Crescent Lake first." Before the whistle came to an end, the people rushed out.

In three years, Brother Wolf has grown to be as tall as my waist.I don't call him Brother Wolf because he is older than me, Brother Wolf is just an honorific name I casually picked up.In fact, when I returned to the pack, he was less than a year old, a pup who was just able to hunt alone, but now he is our wolf king.Although I often kicked and kicked him at the back of the wolf, I still respect him very much. Brother Wolf seemed to sense what I was thinking, and snorted a few times in dissatisfaction.Brother Wolf has always thought that he is the most handsome in the world and unparalleled in bravery. Male wolves surrender at the first sight, and female wolves fall in love at the first sight. But when I meet a wolf who doesn’t buy into him, I can only lament that I gave birth to him. I.

For easy identification, I also tried to name other wolves, big and small, men and women, respectively, Wolf One, Wolf Two, Wolf Three...and so on, until infinity.When I first arrived, I only needed to name it "Wolf Ninety-Nine". Now, as Brother Wolf and I have learned the art of long-range and short-range attacks, I am completely confused. Nine", and that was almost two years ago.When I found out that I saw a wolf and wanted to name it for a long time, I reluctantly gave up my naming attempt.After all, I am still alone, and my nose is far inferior to that of Brother Wolf. It is really difficult for me to remember the appearance of a wolf.

Back then, the Qin Dynasty relied on the vertical and horizontal technique of "communicating from afar and attacking closely", and finally "united the nine princes and unified the world". I guess it is only a matter of time before Brother Wolf and I "combine the wolf clan" for supremacy. If Dad knew that I applied the tricks he taught me to wolves first, would he laugh or worry?If I had been sensible and understood earlier back then, and I could have helped Dad, would everything have been different? After a while, Brother Wolf and I rushed to the Crescent Lake.Crescent Spring is a wonder in the desert: in the boundless desert, there is a crescent-shaped spring, surrounded by rolling sand mountains, only it is as green as jade, lying quietly in the embrace of Mingsha Mountain, no matter how No matter how big the sandstorm is, it will never dry up all year round, which is a miracle in the eyes of herdsmen.

While humming the songs I heard from the herdsmen, I used the water as a mirror and began to comb my hair.Brother Wolf, who was lazily lying on the side, gave me a cold look, snorted loudly, and then closed his eyes in disdain. Just as I don’t think he is heroic, Brother Wolf never thinks that I am a bit taller. It's pretty, but compared to the she-wolf with its glossy fur, I'm afraid it's too ugly to be seen by a wolf.I glared at him angrily, braided my hair, and continued singing: Self-photographing by the water, the waves reflect the shadows.In three years, the little girl in my father's mouth has become a slim girl. Although I can't boast that I am a lady, I know that I am beautiful.I made a grimace towards the shadow on the water, nodded in satisfaction, and said hello, indicating that brother wolf can go back.Brother Wolf stretched, got up and jogged ahead.

We stood on the top of Mingsha Mountain, watching a small caravan meandering in the distance, and they looked like they should be preparing to camp and rest.Thinking about the salt that was about to run out and the tattered skirt, I squatted down and looked at Brother Wolf with an extremely flattering smile, but Brother Wolf didn't accept my flattery, and retreated suddenly with an expression of being frightened when he saw the monster. After a few steps, he wrinkled his whole face and stared at me with a bit of impatience. I whined to him a few times and asked him to go back first, I was going to steal the caravan.He looked at me helplessly for a while, reckoning that I had absolutely nothing to discuss, and finally motioned to go with me.I threw my arms around his neck and laughed. He closed his eyes and seemed to bear me with difficulty, but his body was close to me.

Since leaving Dad, no one will open their arms to hold me in their arms.Fortunately, I have Brother Wolf, although it is impossible for him to hug me, but it is the same for me to hug him. The two of us sneaked up close to the caravan's encampment.This is a very small caravan, probably only ten people.I was slightly surprised. I had never seen such a small team before. What were they doing for business?I just thought about it for myself, Brother Wolf got a little impatient, and lightly bit my butt from behind, I was ashamed and angry, I turned around and twisted his ear violently. Seeing that I was really angry, he tilted his head, his big eyes flickered, and he looked puzzled.I sighed helplessly, the majestic wolf king accompanies me here to steal chickens and dogs, and I will let him go once as a little girl not to remember the big wolf.He viciously warned him not to touch my ass again, otherwise he would no longer eat barbecue for him, then turned his head and continued to observe the caravan.

A big man in black quickly lifted out a wheelchair and put it on the ground. Another big man in purple bowed and lifted the curtain of the carriage, and he was dressed in white. The white is not as bright as snow, but soft, friendly and comfortable, as if it is made by smashing and dyeing the moonlight of autumn night, with a little yellow in the white.The young man's face gradually became clear, his brows were as clear as Jingchuan Mingbo, and his figure was as handsome as Zhilan Yushu.He just sat quietly, and I already felt as if I saw the bright moon rising from the Tianshan Mountains and the spring breeze passing over Mobei.

The man in purple stretched out his hand to help the young man sitting in the carriage to get off the carriage. The young man smiled lightly, gently pushed his hand away, and slowly moved off the carriage little by little with his hands supported.My eyes widened in disbelief, is God always jealous of the perfection in the world? When moving from the edge of the carriage to the wheelchair, the wheelchair slid a little in the sand, and the boy in white nearly fell into the sand, but he was able to stabilize himself by grabbing the rafters of the carriage in time.The big man in purple tried to reach out to help him several times, but after being glanced at by the man in black, he withdrew his hand again.

It is only a jump for ordinary people to get off the carriage, but this young man spent half a cup of tea.But there was a slight smile on his lips from beginning to end, and his awkward movements were actually pleasing to the eye, even in the panic, there was a sense of calmness. The young man raised his head to look at the rolling Mingsha Mountains all around him for a while, and then slowly turned his gaze to the Crescent Lake lying quietly surrounded by the sand mountains.The spring water reflects the blue sky, and the green light is yingying.There was a bit of admiration in his eyes. For thousands of years, the rolling yellow sand could not swallow this crescent-shaped spring.

Blue sky, yellow sand, clear water, no wind and no sound, the desolate scenery I am used to seeing, but because he is dressed in white, it adds a bit of gentleness. It turns out that mountains and rivers are also lonely. I just stared at him, forgetting the purpose of coming here.I suddenly realized why I was here, and hesitated for a moment, whether to steal or not?Immediately feel that there is no reason for me not to steal?With the existence of such a young man, everyone's attention is bound to be on him. How can such a great opportunity be missed? The big man in black and the big man in purple stood behind the young man like two iron towers, motionless.The rest of the men were in a hurry, pitching tents, building fires and cooking.When I was sure no one would notice us, I signaled that Brother Wolf was waiting for me here.I slowly climbed towards their camels.First find out what they sell, and see if there is anything I need. I am afraid that I will not know where to put the salt until they are cooking, otherwise it will be difficult to find. Most of the business travelers in the Gobi Desert rely on camels to carry goods for long distances.Camels are docile, and I have already figured out their temperament, and I have never missed them.And the stealth method I practiced among the wolves, it is difficult for people to find me, but I accidentally forgot the horse pulling the carriage.It was unhinged and was eating hay leisurely on the side.As soon as I approached the camel, this stinky horse, who seemed to have been paying no attention to me, actually neighed.Unexpectedly, horses can also play the art of war, and they know how to lure the enemy into deep, and capture them in one fell swoop. The big man in purple and the big man in black quickly stood in front of the boy in white, and the rest of the men surrounded me.I glared at the stinky horse, and I obviously felt that its eyes were full of smiles, but I couldn't care less about settling accounts with it, the important thing was to run away.Hurriedly running out, Brother Wolf suddenly jumped out without a sound, threw two men away for me, and fended off the pursuit. Brother Wolf and I were about to run away when a gentle voice sounded from behind, somewhat carelessly: "Young lady, if you are sure that you can outrun the crossbow with seven arrows in my hand, you might as well give it a try." I faltered and stopped.Brother Wolf quickly turned around and barked at me. He didn't understand the predicament we were facing.I frowned helplessly, let him go first, and turned around to block in front of him. The boy in white held a small crossbow made of fine iron in his hand.He watched me turn around, put down the crossbow that was facing me, and looked at me.The man in purple at the side pointed to the brand of a wolf's head on the back of each camel, and laughed, "Are you blind, or have you eaten the heart of a bear and the guts of a leopard? How dare you attack us? It's the sand in the desert." When the thieves saw us, they would run as far away as possible." Brother Wolf has become extremely irritable because I refused to go with him, but he still refused to leave alone. With a vertical leap, he jumped in front of me, staring ferociously at the opposite crowd, ready to kill with one blow at any time . The man in purple on the opposite side took a look at Brother Wolf and exclaimed, "That's a wolf, not a wolf dog!" Everyone heard the words, their faces changed, and they looked around nervously.The wolves in the desert appear in groups, one is not scary, but if there are countless wolves, it can even kill a small army.But today they are worrying for nothing, because of my carelessness, there are only me and brother wolf nearby, and it will take a while to summon other wolves. The boy in white raised the crossbow in his hand to Brother Wolf, but his eyes were fixed on me.I hurriedly dodged to stand in front of Brother Wolf: "Please don't... hurt him, it's me...I want to steal your...things, not him." Since returning to the wolf pack, I have not spoken to humans for more than three years, except for occasionally eavesdropping on the conversations of the merchants.Although I often talk to myself to Brother Wolf, I don’t know if it’s because of nervousness or what, I speak intermittently and stutter. The boy in white asked gently, "Is this the only wolf?" I hate in my heart, if there are other things, I can let you ask me three questions and four questions?Quickly summing up in my mind, tell the truth?Tell lies?After weighing it several times, I feel that this young man is not easy to deceive, and the woman's intuition tells me that he has already guessed the truth, and the question now is only used to appease the men around him. "Only... this one." As soon as I finished speaking, everyone relaxed and looked at Brother Wolf and me in amazement, probably unable to figure out why I could get along with wolves. The boy in white put away his crossbow and said, "Take care of your wolf." I nodded, turned around and said to Brother Wolf, I said attack and attack again.I asked the boy, "Which of my hands are you going to cut off?" I once heard businessmen talk about how hands are often cut off as punishment for people caught trying to steal. The man in purple asked, "What do you want to steal?" I looked down at the tattered skirt on my body, and thought of the delicate clothes of the boy in white. I suddenly felt very embarrassed, and said, "I want...I want...to steal a skirt." The man in purple widened his eyes in surprise, and asked in disbelief, "That's it?" I said, "There is still salt." The man in purple said coldly: "We have hundreds of ways to make you tell the truth, you'd better..." The boy in white interrupted him: "Go and get the dress from Shanshan Haizi, and save our salt enough for today, and give her the rest." The purple-clothed man's complexion changed slightly, he opened his mouth and said, "Jiu Ye..." The young man glanced at him, and he immediately lowered his head and closed his mouth.After a while, a man gave me a set of light blue dresses, and I foolishly took them, and holding a small jar of salt, I stared blankly at the boy in white. The white-clothed boy smiled and said, "We are all men. We don't have women's dresses. We only have this set. It was given to me by a friend when we passed Loulan. I hope you like it." I touched the suet in my hand. As soft and slippery as silk, this should be the most expensive silk. I felt that this gift was too expensive, and I refused it intentionally, but I couldn't help the temptation in the end, and nodded embarrassedly. He nodded slightly: "You can go." I was stunned for a moment, saluted him, and called Brother Wolf to leave. A horse neighed from behind, and I turned around and glared at the horse angrily, but I was relentless, because of its owner, I definitely couldn't argue with it.Brother Wolf didn't care about human face, he turned around suddenly, all his hair was stretched out, and he roared to the sky. Before the roar was over, the camels had all collapsed in the sand. Although the horse didn't fall, His legs were also trembling. I couldn't help laughing out loud, don't give you a wolf power, do you really think you are the king of the desert?How can you afford to offend the wolf king who controls tens of thousands of wolves?Xu Shi was startled by my unscrupulous and hearty laughter, the white-clothed boy looked at me in a daze, his face turned red, and he quickly stopped laughing.He also immediately looked away, and looked at Brother Lang with admiration: "Although this horse is not a bloody horse, it is also a good one in ten thousand. It is said that it can fight tigers and leopards alone, it seems to be all false." I said apologetically, "It's not true. Ordinary tigers and leopards can't be compared with my brother wolf." After finishing speaking, I hurriedly urged brother wolf to leave. I saw that he had a great appetite for the one-in-10,000 horse. , I don't know what troubles will happen if I don't leave. After walking far away, looking back at them, the white clothes beside the yellow sand and clear water seem to have become an unforgettable scenery in the desert.I don't know if he can see me, but I still waved to him vigorously before hiding in the sandy mountains. Brother Wolf and I were the only ones by the campfire, and the other wolves stayed away because they were afraid of the fire.Brother Wolf was also afraid of fire at first, but I taught him to get used to fire slowly, but other wolves did not have the courage.I forced Wolf 1 and Wolf 2 to lie down next to the bonfire. Not only did I never succeed, but my evil behavior of destroying wolves was widely spread among wolves. The second magic weapon, as soon as it was mentioned that they should be handed over to me, even the naughty little wolf would immediately kneel down obediently in fear. I spread out the whole skirt and looked at it carefully.I don't know what kind of plant color is used to have this dreamy blue.The handwork is extremely delicate, and the sleeves are densely embroidered with flowing clouds.A fringed belt with small pearls hanging on it, as you walk, the pearl tassels will definitely set off the waist swaying.Women in Loulan must cover their faces with gauze scarves all year round, so there is also a gauze scarf of the same color, with large round pearls around the corners.When wearing this silk scarf to cover the face, the circle of pearls is just fixed on the hair, a natural headband.If there is no need to cover the face at home, the let go of the silk scarf hangs behind the head, setting off the black hair, and the pearl headband on the top of the head is another chic headgear. I looked sideways at Brother Wolf and asked, "Is this dress too expensive? Why do you think that Jiu Ye would give such a precious thing to a stranger? After all these years, I still can't change it. The problem of rejection..." Brother Wolf has long been accustomed to my chatter, and continues to sleep peacefully with his eyes closed, ignoring my existence. I pulled his ear, but he didn't move, so I had no choice but to put away my chattering, leaning against him and slowly falling asleep. It's full moon again. I have always been puzzled by the wolves' feelings for the moon. They are always extremely excited at this time, and some wolves can even howl at the moon for the whole night.So, now in this desert, ghosts are crying and wolves are howling.The timid traveler will probably lose sleep all night tonight. The sky is black and blue, and the moonlight is like water, pouring down, falling on the boundless and undulating desert, softly glowing with silvery white light.I am wearing my most expensive dress, walking in the desert with Brother Wolf. The blue skirt flutters and rises with my steps.Thousands of blue silks and gauze scarves tied behind the head with pearl headbands are flying in the wind.I took off my shoes and stepped barefoot on the fine sand that was still warm, and the warmth spread from the soles of my feet to my heart.The extreme eye can see the endless sky, and for a moment, I have a feeling: this world seems to belong to me, and I can fly freely in it.I couldn't help but looked up at the moon and howled, Brother Wolf immediately echoed my howling, and in the vast night, countless wolves also howled and echoed. I think, I have a little understanding of the peculiarity of wolves tonight, the moon belongs to us, the desert belongs to us, loneliness, pride, sadness, and loneliness are all in the long howls to the moon. Brother Wolf and I climbed to a high place that has been weathered and riddled with holes. He stood proudly, overlooking the entire desert.He is the king of this land, and he is reviewing everything that belongs to him.Although I was full of emotions, I didn't want to disturb his mood at this time, so I stood quietly behind him and looked up to admire the moon. Brother Wolf let out a low cry, and I hurriedly raised my eyes to look into the distance, but my eyesight and hearing were not as good as his, and I couldn't see or hear the abnormalities he said, except for the information conveyed by the howling of the wolf. As far as it is concerned, it is still a beautiful and quiet night. After a long time, I gradually became able to hear the voice hidden in the night. It was getting closer and closer, as if thousands of horses were galloping. Brother Wolf sneered, not as much as I judged.After a while, I gradually became able to see clearly that, as he said, a business team of about a dozen people was galloping in front in the dark, and one or two hundred people were chasing behind. It didn't look like an army, but sand robbers. For a long time, there was yellow sand, rumbling horseshoes, and the moonlight dimmed a lot.Brother Wolf was obviously tired of the crowd in the distance, because they ruined the night that belonged to the wolf, but he didn't want to fight, shook his head, and lay down.Wolves have survival rules for wolves. One of the rules is not to go to the extreme of lack of food, or to protect themselves, wolves will try to avoid attacking people. It is not fear, but a way of survival to avoid trouble. I put on my shoes and veil, sat down, and watched the doomed fight in the distance.It is said that being targeted by sand robbers is endless, let alone a battle with such a disparity in strength.Two people in the business team in front had already been cut off from their horses, and the hoofs of the following horses trampled over their corpses and continued to roar forward. Suddenly, a horse's leg was cut off by the swirling knives of the Sand Bandits, and the blood was splashed. The horse shook its body, swooped forward and fell to the ground.The man on the horse was thrown to the ground, and was about to be trampled to death by the horse's hooves behind him. A man in front suddenly reined in his horse and made a roundabout, pulled the man off the ground, and continued to rush forward, but the horse was fast. It has slowed down significantly.The man who was picked up was struggling to jump off the horse, but the rescuer seemed impatient with him, and slashed at the back of his neck with a wave of his hand. He immediately fainted and limply lay on the horse. My eyes seemed to be covered with a layer of blood, and my nose seemed to be able to smell the fishy sweetness.The sound of horseshoes from three years ago echoed in my ears again.I couldn't help but stand up, looking down blankly. ... Yu Dan and I rode the best horses of the entire Xiongnu tribe, and fled for two days and two nights, but we still did not escape to the Han Dynasty, and still did not escape the pursuers.Yu Dan's guards died one by one, and finally we were the only ones left.I thought with a little fear that we would fall off the horse soon too, wondering if those horseshoes would hurt or not.Yi Zhixie, are you really going to kill Father and us?If you kill Papa, I will hate you. "Yujin, I'm going to stab the horse's butt with a knife, and the horse will run very fast. After we get away from the pursuers for a while, I will let you off the horse and run away by yourself. Didn't you become a wolf in this desert when you were young?" ? This time you will be a wolf again, and you must avoid the hunter behind you." "What about you? Father said that we should escape to the Central Plains together." "I have a horse! I must run faster than you. When I reach the Central Plains, I will come to pick you up." Yu Dan's smile was still bright, and I looked at his smile, but I suddenly became afraid, shaking my head again and again. Yu Shanqiang threw me off the horse, and I ran after him in the desert, crying loudly, "Don't leave me, let's run away together." Yu Dan turned around and begged: "Yu Jin, just listen to me once, okay? Just listen once, I will definitely come to pick you up, run quickly!" I stared blankly at him for a moment, took a deep breath, nodded vigorously, turned around and started running wildly, and Yu Shan rode his horse behind me in the opposite direction.Turning around, I saw that the distance between the two was getting farther and farther under the vast night. He turned to look at me, smiled and waved, and finally we each disappeared into the desert. I only remember that the horse ran fast, but I forgot that the horse has been running for two days and two nights, and the buttocks of the horse are bleeding continuously. How long can it last no matter how fast it is?And the smell of blood, the pursuers who didn't know that I had run away alone would only chase after him. ... Sand Pirates seemed to be more and more interested in this game of chasing and fleeing. They didn't kill anyone directly, but slowly rushed out from both sides and began to surround the caravan. Seeing that the encirclement was slowly closing, I suddenly made up my mind, this time I insisted on reversing the destiny that had been predetermined by God.Glancing at brother wolf, he let out a wolf howl in front of him.Brother Wolf shook his body, stood up slowly, raised his neck slightly, and howled from small to loud, calling to his people. In an instant, wolves howled one after another in the vast wilderness, and wolves appeared on various high or low sand dunes.More and more, more and more, in the night, a pair of green eyes flashed as if lighting the guiding lights leading to the gate of hell. I don't know which ethnicity the Sand Pirates belong to, and they yelled words I couldn't understand.They gave up chasing the business traveler and began to gather together rapidly. More than a hundred people formed a team in a circle, looking for an escape intersection, but they were surrounded by wolves, and no place was less than another.The wolves stared at them from afar, and they didn't dare to attack the wolves rashly.Sand bandits living in the desert are also called wolf bandits, and they should know how terrifying an endless chase is. The business travel team also quickly approached. Although they were weak, they all had an extremely strong will to survive.I began to doubt my judgment. Next to me were the frightening sand robbers in the desert, and tens of thousands of wolves were on the periphery. How can ordinary business travelers be so neat in the face of such a situation? The howling of the wolves has stopped, and the sand bandits have stopped yelling. There is a bit of humor in the quiet night. The sand bandits have changed from the role of the hunter to the hunted so quickly. Life is really impermanent!I guess they should want to use fire, but unfortunately there are no trees nearby, even if they carry torches with them, the light of the fireflies will not be able to rush out the wolves. Sand Pirates gradually lit the torches, and I patted Brother Wolf: "I guess they have no interest in chasing and killing others. Let the wolves disperse and let them go." His unhappiness has also dissipated, and he roared without any objection, ordering the wolves to disperse. At first in the chaos, no one paid attention to us who were hiding in the high places. At this moment, the roar of Brother Wolf suddenly sounded in the silence, and everyone immediately looked at us upon hearing the sound.Brother Wolf swaggered a few steps forward, stood in front of the broken wall, and looked down proudly at the crowd below. His needle-like hairs shone with a layer of silver light under the moonlight, showing extraordinary momentum. I was so angry that I kicked him and started showing off again.well!I don't know how many female wolves want to break their hearts here tonight. At this point, the wolves had already moved out of the way.The Sand Pirate was stunned, and there was no movement at all. He looked up at us for a while, and stared at the road without wolves for a while. He didn't know whether he was judging me and Brother Wolf, or whether the road was safe or not. I became impatient, and regardless of whether they could understand Chinese or not, I shouted: "You have been given a way to survive, and you still don't want to go?" We bow down.I froze for a moment, then quickly relieved.Although the sand bandits are afraid of wolves, they also worship the strength, cruelty and perseverance of wolves. They call themselves wolf bandits, and wolves are their spiritual totems. Maybe they have regarded me as a wolf god after the disturbance tonight. After the Sand Pirate bowed down, he quickly jumped on his horse and fled away along the road where there were no wolves. When the billowing smoke and dust dissipated, I let the wolves below do what they should do with a long howl. The night is not over yet, you who are sad continue to be sad, those who are happy are still happy, and those who are in love, please continue. Bothered you.The wolves were not as polite to me as they were to brother wolf, they all booed me, grinned at me again, and then dispersed.In the ears of human beings, there was another burst of ghost crying and wolf howling. Everyone in the business travelers below looked up at me in shock.I glanced at them, not in the mood to talk to them, and called Brother Wolf to leave.We had just jumped off the mound and didn't go very far when the horse's hooves rushed behind us: "Thank you for saving my life, Miss." I turned around and nodded slightly, just running fast, trying to get rid of them. "Girl, please wait! We have lost our way while being chased by sand thieves, please show us another way." They said so, I can only ask Brother Wolf to stop first.Their horses were far away from Brother Wolf, neighing against their legs, and refused to take another step.I asked Brother Wolf to stay where I was, restrained my domineering aura, and also suppressed my wolf aura, and walked towards them, and they dismounted immediately.Probably because the dress I was wearing was Loulan costumes, in order to show their respect to me, they gave me a Loulan greeting ceremony and greeted me in Loulan language. I took off my veil: "Although I am wearing a Loulan dress, I am not from Loulan, and I can't understand what they say." A man asked, "Are you a big Han?" I hesitated, did I?Although I haven't been to the Han Dynasty yet, Dad said that his daughter is naturally Han, so I should be Han, so I nodded. A voice sounded from behind the crowd: "We are a caravan from Chang'an to buy spices. I wonder where the girl came from?" Following the sound, I recognized that he was the one who saved lives. Unexpectedly, it was just a boy of sixteen or seventeen years old, with a tall and straight figure like a pine tree, and an imposing manner like a scorching sun, with a pair of eyes shining like cold stars under his sword eyebrows, staring at me full of inquiry, with a look on his face that seemed to care nothing. laugh.I avoided his razor-sharp gaze and looked down at the ground. He noticed my displeasure, but still stared at me indifferently.A middle-aged man beside him hastily stepped forward and said with an apologetic smile: "It's hard to thank you for your kindness. The girl's clothes are luxurious and elegant. I didn't dare to use vulgar things to desecrate, but we happen to have a pair of pearl earrings, which are worthy of praise." Match the girl's dress, I hope the girl will accept it." As the middle-aged man said, he had already held a small brocade box in both hands and brought it to me. I shook my head: "It's useless if I want this, if you have women's dresses, you can give me one." Several men looked at each other. I said, "Forget it if you don't have one, where do you want to go?" The middle-aged man said: "We want to go to Dunhuang City and return to Chang'an from there." I pondered for a while and said, "It takes four days to travel from here to Mingsha Mountain Crescent Spring, so I can only lead you there." Everyone looked worried when they heard the words, only the young man still had a nonchalant smile on his lips.The middle-aged man asked: "Is there a shortcut? Our camels have been robbed when the sand robbers chased them, and most of our food and water were lost. If we don't hurry up, I'm afraid our remaining water will not be able to support us." Crescent Lake." I said: "The number of days I said is based on my speed. If you have horses, you should be able to go one to two days faster." When they heard that, their expressions immediately eased a lot. They decided to rest and eat first, to recover their physical strength after being chased by the sand bandits for a day and a night before going on the road.When I was asked for my opinion, I said, "I've been wandering in the desert all day long. I don't have anything to do. You can arrange it as you please." Without the power of terrain, it is really hard to say who will win and who will win. I told Brother Wolf to leave first, but let him send a few wolves to follow me secretly.Brother Wolf was a little confused about my ambiguity with humans, but he just licked my hand and left gracefully with small steps. The caravan took out food and water and sat on the ground. I was a distance away from them and sat on the sand dunes with my knees hugged.Although there were many people, they kept an awkward silence. I judged that they were not ordinary caravans, but they had nothing to do with me, so I didn't bother to find out who they were.And they were quite jealous of me, I don't know if it was because I was with wolves, or because my identity was suspicious. A woman wearing luxurious Loulan clothes and haunting the Western Regions claimed to be Han, but she couldn't tell where she came from. The middle-aged man who was going to give me a pearl earring walked up to me with a smile and handed me a doughnut.Smelling the fragrant smell of cumin, I couldn't help swallowing, and took it embarrassedly: "Thank you, uncle." The middle-aged man smiled and said: "We should thank you, just call me Uncle Chen." He pointed to everyone and introduced to me: "This is Uncle Wang, this is the earthen pillar, and this is..." He put everything together. Everyone introduced it to me, and finally looked at the silent boy sitting in front of everyone, hesitating slightly and did not speak immediately.I looked at the young man wonderingly, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and said, "Call me Xiao Huo." I saw that everyone was looking at me with a smile, turned their heads and thought for a while and said, "My name is Yu... My name is Jinyu, you can call me Ayu." Except for the last time I ran into that Jiuye by the Crescent Moon Spring, it has been three years. Many have never dealt with crowds.The moment the name came out of my mouth, I suddenly decided to give myself a new name. From now on, there will be no Yujin, only Jinyu, Jinyu. After a break, the caravan was ready to go on the road. They let two smaller people ride a horse together, and gave me a horse.I said: "I don't know how to ride a horse." A dozen people looked at me silently after hearing this.Xiao Huo thought for a while, and said indifferently: "You and I ride the same horse!" As soon as he said that, everyone stared at me nervously. I hesitated slightly, and nodded.The seriousness on everyone's faces dissipated, and they looked at each other happily, then remembered me again, and looked at me apologetically.Although the folk customs in the Western Regions are open, it is still rare for strange men and women to share a horse.Xiao Huo looked calm, just smiled and bowed to me: "Thank you, Miss Ayu!" After Xiao Huo got on the horse, he stretched out his hand to pull me on the horse.I held his hands and thought to myself, these are hands that hold the reins and weapons all the year round, the rough knots are tough and powerful, and judging from the position of his knots, he should have practiced a lot years of archery.I sat behind him, both of them stood upright, the horse didn't move, others peeked at us, but it wasn't easy to tell us, so we just walked slowly in front of the horse. Xiao Huo said: "We can't do this. Once I ride the horse, you will fall." Although his voice was light, his back betrayed him, showing tension.I laughed secretly, and all the embarrassment in my heart turned into a mockery. It turns out that you are not as calm as you appear to be.I moved forward a little, reached out and grabbed the clothes on both sides of his waist and said, "That's fine." He immediately galloped his horse straight, and everyone ran after him.After running for a while, he suddenly whispered: "You have to think of another way, if you tear off my clothes like this again, I will enter Dunhuang City naked." In fact, I had already noticed that his clothes were slipping straight down from my grasp, but I wanted to see what he would do, and I was just secretly preparing for the eventuality of being thrown off the horse.I suppressed a smile and said, "Why should I think? Why don't you want to?" He chuckled softly: "Of course I have a solution, but if I say it, it seems like I am bullying you, so it seems that you have a better way." I said: "I don't have any good ideas, you can talk about your method, if it works, you will do it naturally, if it doesn't work, then you can go barebacked!" Without saying a word, he suddenly pulled my arm back and put my hand on his waist.I'm not familiar with horses, so I didn't dare to struggle violently. I was taken by him, and I threw my whole body forward, right against his back.At this time, he was carrying an arm around his waist, and with the bumps of the horse, their limbs rubbed against each other. The postures of the two of them were so ambiguous. My ears were burning, I was a little ashamed, and even more angry, I supported his waist and sat up straight: "Is this how you Chang'an people treat your savior?" He said nonchalantly, "It's better than letting you fall off the horse." I wanted to refute him, but I couldn't find a suitable reason, so I snorted coldly, and could only sit silently, but I couldn't get rid of my anger.He couldn't help but put more strength into his hands, and pinched his waist fiercely, but he didn't seem to notice it, and just concentrated on riding the horse.I puffed my cheeks and thought, this man can bear the pain quite well.After a long time, I felt a little embarrassed, and gradually relaxed. Sharing a horse with someone again, my mind was a little dazed, I didn’t sleep all night yesterday, and after a long time, I subconsciously hugged Xiao Huo’s waist, fell asleep on his back in a daze .When he suddenly woke up, Shu Mo burned from his cheeks to his neck, and immediately straightened up, wanting to let him go.Xiao Huo seemed to guess what I was thinking, and held my hand steady: "Be careful not to fall." I suppressed my embarrassment, pretended to be nonchalant and loosely supported his waist, feeling a little more inexplicable in my heart taste. After galloping the horse for a whole day, Fang dismounted to rest, Xiao Huo saw that I kept my head down and kept silent, sat beside me and laughed softly: "I think you are a very vigilant person, why do you trust me so much? Aren't you afraid that I'll drag you off to sell you?" My face was hot again, I glared at him, got up and walked away, and found a place to sit down again.It's strange to say that although I know there is a problem with his identity, I feel that he will not harm me. I always feel that with this person's arrogance, he absolutely disdains to use insidious means. He took the food and sat next to me again, and silently handed me a few pieces of divided bread.I glanced at him, and took the pancake silently. At some point, the original vigilance in his eyes disappeared, and now there was only a smile. Probably because of their homesickness, the people in the caravan talked about Chang'an City, and described the prosperity and prosperity of Chang'an in detail, how wide and clean the streets are, how ingeniously crafted the houses are, and how lively and interesting the bazaars are. There are the most talented wits, the most charming kabuki, the most heroic generals, the most noble ladies, the most delicious wine, the best food, and the best things in the world can be found there. Has everything one could want. I listened blankly, with strange and complicated emotions. Everything there was familiar and strange to me.If everything goes according to what my father thinks, maybe I am now in Chang'an City with my father, instead of wandering alone in the desert Gobi. When there were many people, Xiao Huo seldom spoke, and always listened silently to other people’s descriptions. Finally, when the two of them were on horseback, he said to me: “They all talked about the glamorous side of Chang’an City, and they didn’t talk about it. Not everyone can enjoy everything that comes in their mouth." I said "hmm" to show that I understood what he meant. Two days later, we waved goodbye by the Crescent Lake.Because I had a new idea, when they said thank you again, I generously asked if they had enough travel expenses, could they give me some money as a reward for my leading the way. After Xiao Huo was taken aback, he raised his eyebrows and smiled, and gave me a bag of money. He hesitated to say something, but finally gave up, and said very seriously: "Chang'an is no different to you than the Western Regions. You are more careful." I nodded , Take the money you earned and leave. After walking a long way, I finally couldn't hold back and looked back.I thought I could only see the leaving back, but I didn't expect that he didn't leave, he was still riding on the horse, watching me from afar.Caught off guard, the eyes of the two collided, and he suddenly showed a hint of surprise on his face, waving at me, my heart trembled, I quickly turned around, and hurried forward. Ever since I parted from Xiao Huo's caravan, I followed the wolves from the Gobi to the grassland, from the grassland to the desert, but at night I always held the bag of money in a daze. I miss Brother Wolf and the others, and I also miss the yellow sand, green land and Populus euphratica forest here.But, am I going to live with the wolves here for the rest of my life?As Dad said, I am human after all, and it is impossible for me to be a wolf completely. After pondering several times, I decided to leave.Brother Wolf's life as a wolf is going through ups and downs, and there are countless challenges ahead. A kingdom that may be the largest in the history of wolves in the Western Regions is waiting for him.But my life has just begun, and my life is hard-won. No matter whether it is sour or sweet, bitter or spicy, I have to taste it.Just as those pastoral songs sing: "A sword is not sharpened, and a voice is not bright." How bleak is life without experience?Like a night sky without its stars.I'm going to see Chang'an City, see the big man in my father's mouth, maybe I can be the beautiful Han girl in my father's heart.