Return the Sword

The moon is covered by light clouds, and the twilight is all together.

Unexpectedly, there are many big trees in this oasis with sharp leaves. Even if Xue Zhao tried his best to follow Shen Mu's footsteps, his clothes were still cut to pieces. Without thinking about it, he took advantage of the opening of the clothes and tore off the excess corners in one go, trying to keep his clothes light and simple.However, after Xue Zhaocai tidied up her clothes, the small forest opened up, and the ground in front of her was only a thin layer of grass, even grass as tall as a person was rare, but she tore her clothes, and the wind disappeared Cover, it's very cold at night.

There is a bit of stealthiness in it, Shen Mu just smiled when he saw it: "We are still far away from the wolves, but if you are so self-conscious, I don't need to waste my words, it is always a good thing to be lighter. "

Who would have thought that there would be such an oasis in such a desert, and such a valley in such an oasis?Xue Zhao followed Shen Mu's finger and raised his eyes. There was only a crack in the valley. Seen from Xue Zhao's side, from top to bottom, from wide to narrow, it is said that it is a pass that one man should pass and ten thousand should not open. Xue Zhao I can understand that that is where the big camp is.

It's just that even in the valley, from the crack, there is no fire, and it looks very quiet, and it doesn't seem to be inhabited... Xue Zhao is very puzzled, but Shen Mu has his right index finger against his lips, Shaking his head, it was very mysterious.

Therefore, Xue Zhao didn't ask.

Shen Mu said that the wolves were still far away from them. In fact, he could see a little green light with the naked eye. The moving appearance, since they belonged to living things, they should be regarded as wolves, as if they were far away. It is impossible not to pass through that valley, and that distance may also be a joke.

If the mountain does not come by itself, I will be the mountain.Far and near is just a matter of time.

Shen Mu said: "It seems that we are unlucky. Usually when I come here, it is rare to see these livestock. I can pay it by myself. But you... bring a starving ghost with you. I don't have the guts yet." Xue Seeing the wolves, Shen Mu naturally saw it too, but the nervousness on her face only lasted for a moment: "Maybe it's to delay some time, and it's because they didn't elaborate when sending those guys, and no one responded. If It will take a lot of work to go in. Come on, let me take you to find some food first, fill your stomach, and then you can play it by ear."

Shen Mu should be very familiar with this place. Xue Zhao just followed her. It didn't take long before he saw a cave. The scene is amazing in the desert, but after Shen Mu led Xue Zhao into the cave, it turned out that the cave had been lit, and the necessary utensils were still there. She took out two pieces of flint from her bosom and lit the fire. , then waved and left: "You stay here to take care of it, don't move around, wait for me to find some food." It seems that this is a place for her to settle.

Xue Zhao has never lived in the wild, and she has seniors in front of her, and she understands the truth. When people find food for her, whether they refuse or hesitate, they are always hypocritical, so they just nodded and did not say they would help. If you don't know, I don't know if it will be a disservice if she asks for help.But after Shen Mu left, Xue Zhao, who stood bored in the cave, still had a look at the subtleties in the cave.

Later, there were still discoveries.There are inscriptions on the mountain wall, and it has been around for a long time. When I touch it with my hands, some stone flakes have fallen off. I can only feel the general shape. It seems that it was destroyed by a sharp tool later. The few words in the book were also intermittently merged into one sentence: take abandonment as gain, bend as stretch, give up and gain, unpredictable from beginning to end.

No matter how many characters there are, they will be pierced through the middle by a sharp tool, leaving a gully, and it will be impossible to distinguish them any more.And looking at the four walls along the lettering, you can vaguely see a few murals. Looking at the people in the paintings, they are sitting cross-legged or kneeling, with their clothes lightly placed on their bodies. The ancient rules are still used, but the same as what happened to the lettering, these murals were also severely damaged, and the people and the chessboard can only be seen roughly.

It seems that this cave was not formed naturally, it was probably inhabited earlier.The cave is not big, and Xue Zhao paced back and forth in it for a while, but he could bump into walls everywhere. There was a stone bed with some straw and rags on it, which just confirmed Xue Zhao's idea.

Shen Mu came back very quickly, holding a bunch of rattan in her arms, there was still some sludge on it that she had to clean up, and holding the thing that looked like a sweet potato, she said: "This is kudzu root, I don't know if you Have you ever eaten?"

Xue Zhao was stunned for a moment: "Kudzu root, it seems like a blind medicine."

"As long as you can eat it, there is no such thing as being so particular." Shen Mu waved his hand and said.It turned out that there was still a lot of plant ash left in the place where the fire had been fired. Shen Mu first dug out a piece of soil from the ground and patted it on the damp place on the edge of the cave. into the fire.

The fire was almost extinguished, but Xue Zhao untied the sword, and only used the scabbard to pull it twice, and the flames blazed again, and then all he had to do was wait, Shen Mu clapped his hands: "This thing is at most a Use slices to make tea, but now, you can only rely on it to give you more strength."

Xue Zhao's stomach groaned several times while waiting, she was a little embarrassed, but Shen Mu noticed the movement in the cave, the signs of people, it was still new, she said: "The thing on the stone bed, you didn't See it clearly."

Xue Zhao was puzzled and raised his eyebrows, also in doubt.

"It's nothing. It's just that when I first came here, there was a corpse on it. I was alone, but I was frightened. I don't know if it frightened you." Shen Mu's brows and eyes narrowed.

Having said that, Xue Zhao didn't go to the stone bed, but recalled: "But I didn't see any bones."

This time it will be Shen Mu's restlessness, she walked over quickly, and also saw the mess on the stone bed: "Impossible, only I know this place, how could this bone disappear..." Seemingly aware of something, she suddenly Turning her head around and leaving the cave, even if she didn't want to, she still met this result that she never expected to see, even though she was expecting it.

Wrapped in only a few pieces of fur, with lush hair, red face and white body, blue eyes and red beard like a macaque, all holding spears and arrows made of animal bones. Those people don't look like Han people, but they can attack in groups Shooting arrows in line, they look good, if you don't look carefully, you might be mistaken for a Han Chinese.No farming, no shepherding, in the Qilian area, except for the Yuezhi people, only the Wusun people are left.

These people are the barbarians that Wei Wan mentioned.And those wolves, because of their totem beliefs, were naturally raised by them.In the dark night, it is hard to see how many people there are, but there are more sharpened bone spears and clusters of arrows, compared with the faint green fire of the wolves, the cold light is more apparent.

I don't know if those Wusun people have discovered where they are, but the fire can't stay any longer. Thinking of this, Shen Mu turned his head and gestured to Xue Zhao, asking Xue Zhao to put out the fire.But at this time, the fire simmered with a smell different from ordinary raw food, and it wafted into the air early on. Although Shen Mu had considered that the fireworks might attract wolves earlier, he deliberately found a place with a favorable wind direction, but According to someone's instruction, if there is something strange about the wolf, that little difference will be magnified to the extreme... First, there is a howl of a wolf, and then the sound of the earth shaking, which makes people's body shake uncontrollably. The momentum of the galloping horse is slightly lighter.

Apparently, the Wusun people had already discovered where they were and were rushing towards them.

Shen Mu said: "Maybe they have been to this place before, and they paid special attention to it. Now, if something goes wrong, they will react."

Xue Zhao agreed: "Then what are we going to do?"

"There is no need to run away. If we go out, we can't run away from wolves. Trying to go around them and go into the valley is nothing but a dream, but these Wusun people probably want to sneak attack while I'm not around. There is no order in the army, so I can only defend against the enemy, but I see that I can rescue the stringed arrows, but even if I shoot the stringed arrows now, it will take a lot of time for them to rush over..." Shen Mu spoke quickly, and she Estimating the distance from the wolves, he took out a section of what was described as a firecracker from his waist with one hand, pulled the lead wire, and separated from the flames on the ground. As soon as he ran out of the cave, the string arrow in Shen Mu's mouth exploded. It was fireworks that exploded in two circles in the air.

Compared with the fireworks in the mortal world, this stringed arrow has existed in the night sky for a much longer time, but equally, its sound is also much louder. Those Wusun people don't need to think about it, and they are also people who know the location of this cave. , must be a big shot worthy of their capture.If there was only Shen Mu alone, of course it wouldn't take such a lot of trouble, but Shen Mu, she was afraid that she would not be able to take Xue Zhao away if she was alone.

Xue Zhao knew that Shen Mu's actions had already tied his life to her, so she was a little puzzled: "The friendship between us is not enough for Miss Shen to treat me like this."

When Shen Mu heard the words, he was about to spit on Xue Zhao, but Xue Zhao said again: "But it's about life, if Miss Shen treats me like this, I should treat her like this, life and death are shared, life and death are indefinite."

Just as Shen Mu was about to say it, he choked it back. I don't know if the night is too dark, but just looking at Xue Zhao's appearance, the eyes are too clear, so clear that even the little thoughts in her heart are too clear. It has become a self-deception who can't get on stage.

Is it useless?Shen Mu avoided looking, and used his scabbard to pull out the kudzu roots from the fire. The mud had already hardened, and with just one knock, the outer shell shattered, revealing the roasted crispy white meat inside. The skins were all peeled off, which is enough to show that Shen Mu has mastered the heat very well, she said: "There is still time, if I can eat more, I can still last a while."

After speaking, he sat on the side.

The location of the cave is much higher than that of the flat ground. Shen Mu sat down with the scabbard inserted between his legs. Beside the scabbard, there were small pebbles rolling left and right, bouncing from time to time...

The author has something to say:

A few days ago was Christmas... Today is New Year's Day, so I think about it.Waves, waves.I wish you all a happy new year's day.