Travel to the Water Margin

Chapter 206 Xixia Huya Pass

The lobby of the tavern was packed to the brim. Among the more than ten tables, Lin Youde occupied two tables, which made the people who came in startled.

Lin Youde sat down at one of the empty tables and said, "Give me ten catties of good wine and thirty catties of beef."

Lin Youde yelled, Xiaoer's body trembled, and the shopkeeper's face showed joy.

Yang Zhi whispered: "My lord, when we go out, we must be careful of being watched and poisoned."

Lin Youde smiled and said: "Don't worry, these little poisons can't do anything to us."

"Wahhahaha, let Sajia try it!" Lu Zhishen laughed and snatched the big wine jar that Xiaoer had chopped up, and ate and drank like no one else was around.

And Yang Zhi cautiously tested all kinds of wine and vegetables with silver needles.

Lin Chong said in a low voice: "My lord, our task is very sensitive now, brother Yang is right to be careful."

Wu Songdao: "This is reasonable."

Lin Youde shook his head and said, "Forget it, why are you so worried? Sigh!"

Yang Zhi said: "My lord, please don't care about it."

A smile appeared on the corner of Lin Youde's mouth, he raised his glass and drank it down, with a strange light in his eyes, he said: "Everyone will not return tonight if they are not drunk."

Yang Zhi secretly sighed.

That night, they were troubled by a group of gangsters who didn't know how to live or die, and they were beaten and fled by a few drunk people.

The next day, he swaggered out of the town and headed for the Xixixia pass.

The moonlight is reflected in the shadows of the plants under the moonlit night, shining brightly.

The prince looked at the forest and rolling hills in the distance with his hands behind his back.

Taichang Shaoqing Li Gang's scalp was numb, and he lowered his head and waited for the prince who had not spoken for a long time. They were waiting for the arrival of a distinguished guest.

"Master Cai is here!"

The prince greeted him immediately outside the hall door.

Cai Jing appeared in front of him with a smile on his face, and said politely: "Veteran Cai Jing pays his respects to the prince."

The prince stretched out his hand to support Cai Jing and said, "Master Cai, I am truly blessed to have you here today."

Cai Jing said with concern: "The crown prince's words offend me."

The prince quickly asked Cai Jing to sit down at the round table, and he sat beside him.

Cai Jing coughed dryly and suddenly lowered his voice and said kindly: "Prince, Lin Youde and his party have arrived at the Xixixia Pass."

The prince sneered in his heart, although he didn't know why Cai Jing suddenly turned against him, but he didn't want to get into the reason at all, because he had more important things to do now.

The crown prince sighed softly: "Cai Xiang, what is the important task of the emperor's brother-in-law? I will ask Jin'er and she will not reveal a word, just to let me feel at ease, but I can't sleep alone."

If it were someone else, the crown prince might be able to figure out Lin Youde's mission, but this method is useless to Cai Jingquan, so he had to say: "The mission of Zhuangyuan Lang is to obtain the antidote."

Cai Jing showed a look of relief, although it was not obvious.

But he couldn't hide it from the prince. Is Cai Jing really afraid of officials?

Thinking of this, I can't help feeling more fond of Cai Jing.

The prince's thoughts turned, and he hurriedly said: "Isn't the antidote on Lin Daochang?"

Unexpectedly by the prince, Cai Jing said calmly: "It is rumored that the antidote on Lin Daochang's body is fake, and I spread it on purpose."

The prince was stunned and said: "What's the situation?"

Cai Jing lowered his voice, approached him and said, "What I said to the prince now, can only be known to you alone, and must not be passed on to others. I will also deny that I said these words afterwards, does the prince understand?"

The prince's body trembled violently, and he looked up at Cai Jing.

Fake!real!
Cai Jing shot a firm light in his eyes, and said slowly: "I told the prince this secret, and I hope the prince can send troops to kill Lin Youde under his horse."

The prince nodded and said, "Understood!"

Cai Jing said solemnly: "Everything I said just now is true, and there is absolutely no falsehood." After speaking, he got up and left.

A few days later, the desert was filled with yellow sand, boundless.

They walked in the desert for many days, but they still encountered people, and the water in the water bag was getting less and less.The sun shone on the yellow sand, making the camel gasp for breath.

The singing is mixed with camel bells, floating in the sky of the Yellow Desert.

Several camels walked with heavy steps.

Fortunately, in the evening, the weather gradually cooled down.

Lin Youde lay on a boulder, admiring the magnificent beauty of Xixixia in front of him.

Yang Zhi grabbed a handful of sand with his hands, looked at it, and said, "We will camp here tonight."

After setting up the tent, everyone drank some water.

A few camels were eating hay leisurely, Wu Song and Lao Zhu were eating beef jerky, Yang Zhi and Lin Chong were resting with their eyes closed.

Finding water sources in the desert requires a lot of experience, otherwise, it would be a waste of effort to dig everywhere to find water.

What makes people happy is that Lu Zhishen and Lao Huang took the initiative to attack, especially Lu Zhishen shouted that he was very familiar with this place, as if he was at his own home.

So Lin Youde told them to find water.

The climate in the desert is very variable, hot at noon and cold at night.

I don't know how long, before the two came back, Lin Youde suddenly remembered that the two hurried out and were about to call out, when they heard a whistle and hurried away.

Under the cold moon, they saw someone sneaking towards them from a distance. It was Lao Huang and Lu Zhishen who were sent by Lin Youde to test the Xixixia Pass.

As soon as the two of them entered the range of [-] meters, they all became alert and moved their hands closer to the weapons.

Right behind the two of them, there were more than a dozen Xixixia soldiers chasing after them with hideous faces.

In an instant, Lin Youde ordered: "Kill."

Yang Zhi moved in the wind.

They believed that Yang Zhi alone could handle the dozen Xixixia soldiers.

Yang Zhi slid down a body quickly like a ghost, and then quietly flashed into a shadow from the blind spot and gap where the enemy couldn't see.

Yang Zhishen was as fierce as an angry lion, with a meteor rock-breaking knife and lightning flashes. He dashed left and right in the enemy's encirclement, and soon he bumped into Lu Zhishen.

Lu Zhishen shouted: "Brother, why are you here!"

Yang Zhi slashed at him with a knife, and shouted: "Why are you being chased by Xixia soldiers?"

Lu Zhi slammed his mouth deeply, and said, "Let's talk after the beating."

"Brother Yang, we made trouble at Xixia's Huya Pass."

Lao Huang decrypted it for Yang Zhi.

Yang Zhi sighed, brush!brush!brush!Three times in a row, one knife was faster than the other, killing the Xixia soldiers in a hurry.

Suddenly there was a long howl, and the ten or so Xixia soldiers retreated like an ebb tide.

The three of them were wondering, when they saw a Xixia general galloping up on horseback, soaring into the air, holding a strangely shaped long spear, and thrusting it into the head like a goshawk.

Lu Zhishen was furious, and shouted: "Ge Laozi, it's you bastard again! The Sa family will beat you to death!" Lu Zhishen kicked his feet, and then pulled it out on the ground, and put the Zen stick in his hand on the man's spear. There was only a proper sound, and the man's weapon had been shaken out of his hand.

At this moment, Lu Zhishen was hanging in the air, and suddenly saw a gust of cold wind blowing straight up, he didn't care about hurting the enemy, he jumped out backwards, and landed lightly on the ground.

Looking back, I saw Lu Zhishen had just landed on the ground and looked around.

And that Xixia general, Akulu, is the guard of Huyaguan in Xixia, and his martial arts skills are among the best in the Xixia frontier army.

Since he was stationed at Huyaguan, he rarely encountered Song people invading.

As a result, early this morning, I saw two Song people entering Huya Pass swaggeringly, each of them was a big and three rough, asking how to enter Xixia with open mouth.

Akulu immediately raised his vigilance, and immediately sent troops to surround Lu Zhishen and Lao Huang.

Coincidentally, both Akulu and Lu Zhishen have explosive tempers.

As soon as the two met, they fought without saying a word, but they didn't want Lu Zhishen to hurt a few people on the spot.

In this way, the relationship between Akulu and Lu Zhishen was settled.

At this time, the desert was already in chaos, Lin Youde could only hear Lu Zhishen shouting, the fight was very fierce, Xixia soldiers fell one by one, either by Yang Zhi's knife, or by old Huang Changjian owl head.

"Uh." Lin Youde watched the final fight between Lu Zhishen and the Xixia General, and suddenly had a plan.

"Take off all their clothes!"

Akulu was furious in his heart, his spear technique changed, he was fierce, his sword was shining, flying in colorful, circling ups and downs.

"Wahhahaha, my lord asked me to strip you naked!"

Unexpectedly, saying this distracted Akulu, and Lu Zhishen took advantage of the momentum to fight back, making his attacks even more vicious.

Lu Zhishen's brows stood on end, he was extremely angry, he tightened his Zen stick, and immediately squandered it, beating very fiercely.

Suddenly, yellow sand rolled up on the desert, and Wu Song shouted, "The sandstorm is coming!"

Everyone was surprised, Yang Zhi and Lu Zhishen put away their weapons and jumped out of the circle.

Suddenly, a strong wind blew, and the endless desert was covered with yellow-gray sand mist, like a thick yellow curtain for hundreds of miles, covering the sky and the earth. Seeing shadows of people, running around.

Everyone went to grab the camels to find shelter.

Lin Youde shouted loudly: "Assemble!! Under the boulder!"

In the howling wind, his voice was like a lone boat submerged in a tsunami, and no one answered.

At this moment, Lin Youde was hit by sand and stones on the back. If the sandstorm blows away in the desert, no matter how skilled you are in martial arts, you will be buried alive.

In a crisis, he immediately ran wildly.

I don't know how long it took before Lin Youde woke up, opened his eyes, and found that he was in a tent, an old man in Western Xia costume, with his back turned to him, kept rummaging through Lin Youde's belongings.

"Are you awake?" The old man grinned and approached.

Lin Youde was betrayed by humanity, so he had no choice but to open his eyes, wanting to get up.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he moved, he felt sore all over his body.

Only then did I realize that the big sandstorm had actually injured me, so I didn't dare to move around.

The old man smiled and said: "You have been sleeping for a day, your companion is out to find the lost companion, how is it, are you uncomfortable?"

Lin Youde thanked him in a low voice: "Old man Duomeng saved me, may I ask where is this place?"

The old man pointed to the outside and said, "This is the Valley of the Guards, 3000 meters away from Huya Pass. Your companion gave me 10 taels of silver to take care of you. Why did you wander around in the desert during the black sky?"

Lin Youde was taken aback. They were blown a hundred miles away by the sandstorm?So awesome?

Seeing that he didn't answer, the old man smiled and said, "Young man, don't think too much, your companion will be back soon."

The old man said: "You just woke up, rest for two days, after you recover, your companion will probably be back."

Lin Youde recuperated for two days, and his strength recovered; uh.

On the third day, Lin Youde was able to walk around as usual.

The old man led him out of the tent.

They were near a lake, and there was a mountain. Through the white clouds, the sun shone on the mountain, and its reflection was reflected in the rippling blue lake. It was really sunny and windy, not like being in a desert at all.

There are groups of wild ducks swimming around leisurely on the lake, making cheerful and melodious quacking sounds.

Lin Youde was slightly shocked, and asked, "Is this an oasis?"

The old man nodded and said: "This is an oasis in the desert, a gift from the God of the Desert!"

Lin Youde sighed and said: "It's like a paradise!"

The old man raised his eyebrows and said, "If there is no war, this is the best place."

A gust of evening wind blew, and while they were talking, suddenly the sound of camel bells came from a distance. The leader straddled the camel, majestic and majestic, it was Lu Zhishen, and behind him was Lin Chong with a livid face.

"grown ups!"

Lu Zhishen and Lin Chong returned, and the three walked to the lake.

Lu Zhi panted deeply, and said to Lin Youde, "Brother Wu, we haven't found them yet."

Lin Youde took a big gulp of water, and said slowly, "They should be scattered nearby. We need to return to Huya Pass as soon as possible, and the antidote is coming soon."

"Yes, my lord."

Lin Youde thanked the old man, rode his horse and galloped towards Huya Pass. When it was getting dark, Lu Zhishen rode his horse to a guard pass and tied the horse to the side of the road.

"My lord, there are only a hundred guards at Huya Pass, can you get in?" Lu Zhishen pointed to the Xixia soldiers walking back and forth on the city wall in the distance and grinned.

"No need. Let's go in disguise, first-class Wu Song and second-class antidote."

Lin Youde took advantage of the moonlight to see the three characters "Huyaguan" engraved on the gate.

Outside Huya Pass, on the wide soil directly leading to the island, Lin Youde walked slowly with his head down, holding the Dragon Blood Knife in his left hand, Lu Zhishen wrapped in a cloak, Lin Chong led a camel and disguised himself as a servant.

Walking, walking, a horse galloped from behind, passed by, sprinkled yellow sand on their heads and faces, he raised his head, and the horse was about to enter the fork on the right.

Lin Youde and the others were about to sneak into Huya Pass when they suddenly saw the city gate open.

A group of Xixia soldiers attacked against the sun under the scorching sun, which looked particularly bright and eye-catching.

"Anyone who leaves the Huya Pass must pay the identity card and the customs clearance fee!" A Xixia lieutenant yelled, which immediately caused a wave of fluctuation among the merchants.

In the queue, there was another sound of horseshoes, and the people who queued up to pass the customs instinctively moved aside.

At dusk, Lin Youde and his group entered Huya Pass before the city gate closed.

Huyaguan city has high walls and thick gates, and the archery towers of the city gates have left a deep impression on people before entering the city.

After entering the city, everyone set foot on the dilapidated street, lined with shops, quaint houses, businessmen and cars passing by on the road, a peaceful and lively scene, making people forget the outside.

From time to time on the street, there are big shirtless men and ruffians in groups, putting on a domineering demeanor, and the passing women and servants all hurried away with their heads bowed.

Everyone strolled along the street, Lu Zhishen pulled down his cloak and hat to cover his eyes, and bent over, walking without knowing how hard it was.

Lin Chong next to him teased, "Why did you become so sneaky?"

Lu Zhishen avoided a group of villains with bloody faces coming towards him, and said in a serious manner: "We pretended to be disguised, didn't we cover our whereabouts?"

(End of this chapter)