"Old Li, what did you find?"

Jiuzhi came out of nowhere and stretched his neck to look around. He talked to Xiaoxi without any effort, so it would be better to talk to Li Zhen about competing with Suo Wen about swords. He heard that Suo Wen challenged Li Zhen yesterday.

At this time, Dazhuang finished his prayer and surrounded Xiaoxi. Li Zhen turned around and said to them: "The caravan will have to walk from Jiuquan for several days. We don't need to hurry up. We should go to Yumen on the official road."

Jiu Zhi jumped up and shouted: "It's so boring to go to Yumen. It's rare to go to Jiuquan. Just go to Jiuquan! If you can't find the caravan, go to Yumen. Lao Li, that's what he decided."

Li Zhen glanced at him and said, "Who wanted my horse yesterday?"

One sentence touched Jiuzhi's thoughts. Jiuzhi was always jealous of Li Zhen's white horse. He most longed for him to get a good horse.

Yesterday, Li Zhen won another BMW. When he found the opportunity, he tried his best to pester Li Zhen. In the end, Li Zhen was so upset that he was forced to promise to give him the white horse.

Jiuzhi was threatened and immediately shut up.

"Azhen said to go to Yumen, let's go to Yumen!" Dazhuang didn't say much, but every sentence was basically to support Li Zhen.

"Brother Fat, otherwise let's go to Yumen! It's too far to Jiuquan." Xiaoxi also whispered.

"Anyway, I'm just a military advisor, and my words don't work. If you like, you will listen to anyone, it has nothing to do with me!" Jiu Zhi muttered, barely acknowledging Li Zhen's position as the leader.

Seeing that all three of them agreed, Li Zhen pointed to an abandoned fortress ahead, "I saw that there was no such fortress. The map showed that there was an official road there that could directly lead to the Jade Gate.

The four of them set off again and bypassed the abandoned fortress. Sure enough, they found traces of a road. Everyone was greatly motivated and activated their feet to speed up.

......

The sky gradually became darker and they ran for a day, but they themselves didn't know where they were?

There are mountains everywhere, and the rusty gravel mountains seem to be poured out of the same mold, making them unable to tell the difference between the east, south, west and north.

Li Zhen also found something wrong. It was not this way to Yumen. The business road clearly drawn on the map turned out to be a small road to Yumen.

The business road is not the official road, the real official road is still thirty miles in front of the abandoned fortress, which means that they have taken the wrong path and are now lost.

"I said Lao Li, after all, I am also a military advisor, so let me say a few words!" Jiu Zhi was angry but weak.

"You said!" Li Zhen felt a little apologized.

"It's getting dark, let's find a place to spend the night first, drink some water and eat something. I'm so hungry."

Li Zhen nodded. He saw a huge conglomerate on the slope ahead, and there seemed to be a concave stone nest under the rock, so he said to everyone: "Let's go to that stone nest for the night!"

Jiuzhi suddenly became energetic, threw the big green horse to Xiaoxi, and ran towards Shiwo, "I'll grab a good seat first!"

"This guy has to take advantage of it when he gets there. What good seat does a stone nest have?" Da Zhuang curled his lips contemptuously.

Just then, Jiu Zhi's scream came from afar, and everyone was startled. Li Zhen reacted the fastest and drew his sword and urged his horse to rush forward.

I saw the fat man in the wine stumble and escape back like a ghost, pointing at the stone wand and shouting: "There are dead people inside!"

Everyone stopped and looked at each other. There were dead people. Although they were very brave when they were young, they often went into the grave.

But at this moment, the scene was different from when they were young. The dusk was dark, the wilderness and wilderness were actually met with dead people, which really made them feel nervous.

Li Zhen turned over and dismounted, walked towards the stone nest step by step with his sword, and walked around a rock. He also saw a man in gray robe lying in the stone nest, with three arrows inserted in his back, and a pool of blood flowing under him.

Li Zhen hurriedly stepped forward and touched his breath. There was still a trace of breath. His body was warm, and this person was not dead yet.

"Come over my water hyacinth quickly, the person is not dead yet!" Li Zhen hurriedly turned around and shouted.

Kang Dazhuang jumped off the mule and ran up with the water hyacinth. Xiaoxi slapped Jiuzhi in the back of the head with hatred, "Fatty, there is no dead person, can't you see clearly before shouting? It scares me to death!"

"I... Of course I know he is not dead. I am worried about meeting bandits. When did I fear death? Have you forgotten? I was the first to enter the grave hole before!"

Jiuzhi lost face just now and tried his best to shine his face. Unfortunately, Xiaoxi ignored him and led the skinny donkey to climb up the slope.

Li Zhen had already lit a fire note and handed it to Dazhuang to carry it. He carefully turned the injured person over and poured him a few sips of water.

The injured person held a leather bag tightly in his arms, which was the kind of horse bag for long-distance travelers. However, the horse bag was wrapped in gold wire and inlaid with a few gems, which looked very expensive.

But Li Zhen was not interested in this horse bag. He rolled up his sleeves and put on the pulse of the injured person. He also learned some healing techniques from his master. He felt that his heart pulse was too weak and it was difficult for this person to save him.

"A Zhen, how is he?"

The three people behind him surrounded him, Xiaoxi also stepped forward to take his pulse, shook his head gently, his vitality was broken, and he was exhausted.

But Jiuzhi's eyes secretly glanced at the horse bag under the injured person from time to time. There was actually gems inlaid, and there must be something good inside.

At this time, the injured person slowly opened his eyes and saw the teenagers in front of him. A bright color flashed in his eyes, his lips moved, as if he was about to say something

Li Zhen quickly put his ears on, "Say it again!"

"Save my master..."

Before he finished speaking, he died of breath. Li Zhen slapped his heart hard and gave him artificial respiration, but it still had no effect.

He had to let go of the person, sighed, and turned around and said to the three: "We'll be one step later!"

"Old Li, who did it?"

Jiuzhi asked a little timidly, there were three arrows on the back of this man, and he might be the next arrow. He looked back and felt that there were many people behind him preparing to attack them. He slowly moved under his feet and stood in front of Xiaoxi.

Li Zhen shook his head, "He didn't have time to say it."

"Is it a horse bandit?" Kang Dazhuang went out several times and knew that there were many horse bandits in the Hexi Corridor, specializing in attacking merchants, but there have been much fewer in the past two years.

Li Zhen was startled, "It's only more than one hundred miles away from Dunhuang, how could there be a bandit?"

Jiu Zhi and Xiaoxi's faces turned pale. If they were horse bandits, it would be bad.

"I don't know either, I hope it's not!"

Li Zhen's heart was in a mess. He forced himself to calm down. It was very likely that Dazhuang would have told him correctly. Otherwise, how could there be three arrows on this man's back? He could only meet the bandits.

He stood up and found that there were many messy horseshoe prints on the other side, which stretched down the slope.

Li Zhen remembered the situation when he saw the injured at first sight. The leather bag was pressed under the dead. Although he was held tightly in his arms, it was pulled out halfway. The murderer obviously wanted to take the leather bag away, but was alarmed by the sound of their horse hooves, so he rushed to leave.

Li Zhen's heart hangs up and said to the three of them: "This man just died and his bag has not been taken away yet, which means the bandit has not gone far."

The other three were so scared that their hearts almost stopped beating. They understood what Li Zhen meant, and the bandits might be hiding beside them.

At this time, Li Zhen's white dragon horse neighed, his front hooves raised high, and the big green horse and mule donkey also became anxious, with their hooves clattering.

Li Zhen blew out the fire slash and turned around to look. His sharp eyes were staring at the distance. Jiu Zhi realized something, swallowed his saliva, and asked in a trembling voice: "Old Li, are they...them?"

Li Zhen nodded slowly, "I saw three people, and there was one person behind the big rock."

Li Zhen pointed to a big stone dozens of steps away, and the three of them also saw it. A black shadow appeared behind the big stone, and a pair of gloomy eyes were staring at them.

Xiaoxi shuddered and instinctively hid behind Kang Dazhuang. Li Zhen felt something was wrong. They had to hide, otherwise they would be shot to death by arrows like that person.

He looked around for a hiding place and found a big rock next to him, which could just block the four of them.

But at this moment, the sound of the bowstring sounded, and three wolf-toothed arrows shot out from the darkness at the same time, with a strong force, and they were all the way straight.

Li Zhen reacted very quickly, pulled out his long sword and slashed two arrows in a row, but it was too late to shoot the arrow at Jiuzhi.

Seeing that Jiuzhi was about to be shot by an arrow, at this moment, the small skinny donkey next to him rushed over like crazy, just blocking its owner. The arrow hit the head of the skinny donkey. The skinny donkey fell to the ground, kicked his four hooves a few times, and then he died.

"My little donkey!"

Jiuzhi was watching his donkey being shot to death, and shouted with pain. He rushed straight to his head, clenched his fists and wanted to rush down, but Li Zhen grabbed him, "Are you crazy?"

Jiuzhi then woke up. He covered his head and squatted down and started to cry. The donkey had been with him for six years, and he had long regarded it as his brother.

Li Zhen pulled him hard again and pulled him behind the rock. The four of them hid behind the rock. The arrow just now almost killed Jiu Zhi, which scared their hearts torture.

"Strange, it shouldn't be a bandit!"

Li Zhen talked to himself. He heard Uncle Kang say that the horse bandits around Dunhuang had long been wiped out by the Doulu army and had not appeared in several years.

And he could see clearly just now that although these three people were wearing Qiang people's robes, chain mail was exposed inside the robes, which made him really confused.

"A Zhen, can you be sure there are only three people?" Da Zhuang asked in a low voice.

"I can see wild rats in the grass a hundred steps away. It should be certain that there are only three people."

"Then kill them!" Jiuzhi stood up and said murderously.

Perhaps because they saw clearly that the other party was just a few teenagers, the three horse bandits all appeared from their hiding places. They were short and strong, dark-skinned, and wearing Qiang robes.

The three of them threw away the bows and arrows in their hands, holding spears and short swords, slowly approaching the stone nest from three directions, blocking their retreat.

At this time, Dazhuang lifted up the mature copper stick, stood up suddenly and said, "It's better to fight with them!"

Li Zhen and others drew out their long swords. They have been practicing martial arts for many years and are very good at martial arts. In the face of death, the initial timidity has disappeared, and murderous aura has emerged from their bodies.

"Bare you to death!"

Kang Dazhuang roared, waved a 40-pound cooked copper stick and rushed forward. Li Zhen rushed out like an arrow, and took a horse bandit in the middle. Jiu Zhi took out the flying knife at his waist, followed Li Zhen without saying a word.

The three horse bandits did not expect that these teenagers were so brave. They also realized that they underestimated the enemy. The other party rushed down from a high place, and their momentum and speed were not good for them. The leader in the middle shouted, and the three of them quickly retreated to avoid their impact.

At this moment, Jiu Zhi's flying knife suddenly shot out, with a very accurate head, hitting the left tendon of the leader's left foot tendon. The sharp flying knife cut off his tendon. The bandit staggered under his feet, his legs became weak, and he fell to the ground.

Li Zhen jumped and threw him down, pressed his knees against his back, held the hilt of the sword with both hands and was about to stab him, but he hesitated for a moment.

The horse bandit pulled out a sharp dagger, and its twisted face was as ferocious as a wild beast. Li Zhen no longer hesitated, closed his eyes and stabbed it hard. The long sword pierced through the back of the horse bandit. With a scream, the injured horse bandit was stabbed to death by Li Zhen's long sword.

The other two horse bandits fled and fled, jumped onto the war horse hidden behind the rock, urged the horse to run, and soon disappeared into the night.

Li Zhen sat down weakly, looking at the corpse pierced by the sword in front of him, an indescribable feeling surged in his heart, a feeling of pleasure, but he also felt so hampered that this was the first time he had killed someone in his life.

"Old Li, are you okay?"

Li Zhen gave a thumbs up and said with a reluctant smile: "Good knife technique!"

Fat Jiu smiled proudly, "This is mine, you are not allowed to take it away!"

At this time, Li Zhen's face changed, he stood up and shouted, "Little Smash, run!"

He glanced at a black shadow flashing behind Xiaoxi. It turned out that there were four horse bandits in total, and one of them was around them.
Chapter completed!