"Five hundred meters west, there's an oasis."
The hairs on Yang Xiaohuan's body were almost standing up. He hadn't even had time to say what was in his heart, so how could the empress dowager know?
Could it be that the person on the camel was not the Little Queen Mother, but a Sand Monster transformed, and the real Little Queen Mother had already...
"Yang Xiaohuan, what are you thinking about?"
"Nothing, just a little thirsty."
Gu Yinwei took the water bag off the camel and handed it to him. Yang Xiaohuan refused outright, "I dare not act rashly."
"The Oasis is almost here. I'll drink later."
Travelers walking on the sand dunes should not drink water during the day. If they are really thirsty, they can use the water in their water bag to moisten their throats. There is plenty of sunshine during the day, and drinking a lot of water will only cause the water to be lost faster.
Therefore, Yang Xiaohuan suppressed her thirst and waited until dark before drinking water.
Yang Xiaohuan stopped and picked up dry branches from the poplar forest as she walked. It was cold at night, so she had to make a fire to keep warm.
A fire started up beside the oasis. Yang Xiaohuan scooped water to wash her face, and Gu Yinwei stood straight like a tree.
"The sandstorms are so fierce that they block out the sun. How do you know there's an oasis here?"
"I just know it."
What does it mean to talk nonsense when there is no consensus? Gu Yinwei is an example of this.
Yang Xiaohuan slept with a knife in her arms, while Gu Yinwei sat cross-legged.
Why are you not sleeping in the middle of the night, practicing Taoism?
Gu Yinwei answered casually: "Well, I plan to repair it all night."
The wind was blowing, and Yang Xiaohuan hugged herself with her back hands.
Gu Yinwei asked him to get closer to the fire, but Yang Xiaohuan insisted that he was not cold.
The next morning, Yang Xiaohuan muttered, "Princess Zhaoyang is probably buried in the yellow sand."
"No."
"How do you know?"
"I just know it."
Yang Xiaohuan stopped talking. It was so tiring to chat with her.
"Ding-ling, ding-ling..."
Gu Yinwei stood on a high place and looked into the distance. A group of camels were slowly approaching.
There were about twenty people in their group, and the leader was carrying two axes on his shoulders.
Yang Xiaohuan also came to watch, leading her camel. "Oh no! They are so many and powerful! I have to run away quickly."
"If you're really scared, you can go back to the inn first."
"I'm leaving, what about you?"
"I'm waiting to pick them up."
"Forget it, I'll wait with you." Mainly because he didn't know the way back.
The sound of the bells grew louder and louder, and a young man dismounted from a camel. "My name is Mobei Yimu. May I ask if you two are here to pick us up?"
"Yes." Gu Yinwei answered concisely.
Prince Yimu decided to stay in front of the oasis to rest for one night. When he said this, Yang Xiaohuan couldn't help but shiver.
The little queen mother was not an ordinary person. She was not afraid of cold or heat. It was no big deal to stay for one night. She was freezing last night and didn't want to be frozen again tonight.
Prince Yimu saw Yang Xiaohuan's worry and took the initiative to give him a tent.
Yang Xiaohuan pretended to refuse, but Prince Yimu was so kind that he finally accepted it reluctantly.
The tents in Mobei are spacious and warm, and there is a place to shelter from the wind, so you can sleep peacefully at night.
The camels lay on the ground to rest, and the attendants took out hay to feed them. So far, Gu Yinwei had not seen Princess Zhaoyang, so she waited patiently.
Prince Yimu saw Gu Yinwei looking towards the north frequently and explained, "Please be patient. We encountered a group of sand bandits on the road to Zhaoyang. We estimate that we will be able to meet up with everyone tomorrow afternoon."
When Yang Xiaohuan heard this, he picked up a big knife and went to help.
"The princess has encountered bandits from the desert. We should go and help her. Let's go. The men of Xuanhua Kingdom are never afraid of bloodshed and sacrifice."
"Mr. Yang is a man of chivalry and courage. I admire him."
"I admire you so much. I will set out immediately to rescue the princess."
"The princess knows a few basic martial arts moves, so she won't be at a disadvantage if she encounters the sand bandits."
Yimu had a smile in the corner of his eyes when he spoke, and he was a modest gentleman, gentle and easy-going.
Yang Xiaohuan thought to herself that Princess Zhaoyang must be an exceptional martial arts master, otherwise how could her brother laugh?
Gu Yinwei was calm and composed, without any worries, as if she had seen through everything already.
Some of the followers were busy cutting grass, while others were busy fetching water.
Prince Yimu sat down by the water to rest his feet. Several camels had already fallen asleep.
In the second half of the night, Yang Xiaohuan suddenly started screaming and howling like a ghost.
Prince Yimu picked up a small tripod, turned the mechanism under the tripod, and the five poisonous insects quickly returned to the tripod.
Yang Xiaohuan was so frightened that she was shaking. The people in Mobei were really strange. They had nothing to do after eating, so they raised poisonous insects for fun.
"Mr. Yang was frightened. My sister's pet accidentally ran out."
"Human life is at stake. You'd better be careful. You almost bit me just now."
Yimu smiled and said, "My sister has nothing better to do, so she likes to keep some pets. I'm really sorry for disturbing Mr. Yang."
Yang Xiaohuan was soundly asleep when she woke up with a start. She was in a bad mood and had a lot of complaints ready, but the other party patiently explained and was very humble. Yang Xiaohuan waved her hand and said, "Forget it."
"Sleep, sleep!" After saying that, he got back into the convertible, yawned and went to sleep.
Gu Yinwei sat leaning against the camel with a hood on her head. She didn't eat or drink, and didn't make a fire to keep warm. The temperature dropped sharply at night, and several men wearing bear skins were shivering with cold, but Gu Yinwei didn't move at all like a stone statue.
She didn't seem to be cold or hungry. Prince Yimu looked at Gu Yinwei deeply, then walked away.
The next morning, Yang Xiaohuan's scream woke up the others who were sleeping.
"ah!"
Yang Xiaohuan was quite courageous, but he was a normal man after all. It was hard for him to accept seeing poisonous insects frozen into ice sculptures all over the ground early in the morning.
Prince Yimu felt very guilty. "I'm so sorry. I clearly locked up the poisonous insects, but I don't know why they escaped again."
Twice, Yang Xiaohuan was scared twice.
Even the best tempered one can't hold it together anymore.
Let's say the other party did it on purpose and apologized to him sincerely.
If the other party didn't do it on purpose, why did the poisonous insect run into his tent?
God knows how terrified he was when he opened his eyes just now and was shocked by what he saw.
The tent could no longer be lived in, not even for a moment. Yang Xiaohuan insisted on returning the tent, and then found a place to squat closer to Gu Yinwei. It was really strange that after he got close to Gu Yinwei, all the wind and sand automatically avoided him. Although there was no tent, he did not feel cold.
The temperature is still a bit cold when you wake up in the morning. There is an old saying in the sand dunes: wear a cotton jacket in the morning and a gauze in the afternoon. There seems to be an invisible barrier around Gu Yinwei. Once you enter the barrier, you can neither feel the wind and sand nor the cold.
Yang Xiaohuan kept getting up and leaving, then returning to Gu Yinwei.
Gu Yinwei dozed off with her arms folded and eyes closed. The camel beside her looked at Yang Xiaohuan as if she was mentally retarded.
Yang Xiaohuan ran back and forth several times. Gu Yinwei became a little impatient. Before Gu Yinwei could speak, he quickly sat down cross-legged.
"Did my walking disturb your rest?"
Gu Yinwei asked back: "What do you think?"
"Sorry, I won't walk anymore. You should rest more."
Yang Xiaohuan continued to wait with the knife in her hand. Prince Yimu smiled meaningfully and thought to himself, interesting, really interesting, the woman from Central Plains who came to pick us up is so interesting.
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