[Fairy Six] Picking up Zhaohua
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He became interested in a small bug on the grove and watched it without blinking.
"Han Shi." Luo Zhaoyan recalled the doubts he had suppressed earlier, and stepped forward to shout.
"What's the matter, Zhaoyan?" Han Shi raised his head, with a big smile on his face, and following her movements, the bell around her neck made a crisp sound.
"Just now you mentioned the earth scorpion, where did you know this?" Luo Zhaoyan was a little puzzled.
Although Han Shi ran around with him in the past few years, and saw many strange and ferocious beasts and monsters, even Luo Zhaoyan himself had never seen this scorpion.
Why is Han Shi so clear?
"Hmm—" Han Shi tilted his head and thought for a while, his small face was wrinkled together, and he was very distressed, "It seems... I just know that when the man talked about intestines and dust, they popped out out of nowhere." She thumped her head, but in the end she could only shake her head, "I don't know where I saw it."
"I'm sorry, Zhaoyan, I can't think of it." Finally, Han Shi said with a bitter face.
Luo Zhaoyan shook his head quickly: "It's okay, if you can't figure it out, don't worry about it, it's not a big deal." Really, the information Han Shi gave her saved her from the risk of making a trip in vain. It's a good thing.
"Yeah!" Seeing that Zhaoyan didn't mind, Han Shi immediately put on a big smile again, "Zhaoyan, are we going there to see it?"
"Yes." Luo Zhaoyan took Han Shi back to the yard and brought his things, "Leave right away. If there is anything I like to eat, I still have time to bring it."
"Hey, I've bought it a long time ago!" Han Shi shook the bag in his hand with a smile, and carried it on his back with a flick of his hand, "Eat on the road!" His expression seemed as if they were going out for an outing.
Luo Zhaoyan shook his head amusedly, and went to the stable of the trading house with Han Shi, which was near the back door of the trading house, which was convenient for carriages and horses to enter and exit. Luo Yuen should have finished preparations by now.
Fort Yinghui is four or five days away from the Sunset Department. This refers to when ordinary people walk or when caravans and herdsmen transport goods for sale.It only takes two days for Luo Zhaoyan and Han Shi to ride on horseback.
It was only dusk when we arrived at the junction of Jincuizhou and Linyang Road.
On both sides of Linyang Road are towering Gobi rocks, and when the wind blows through the gorge, there will be a "woo-woo" sound.There are several side roads inside, most of which lead to dead ends. If you enter by mistake, it will delay a lot of time to pass Linyang Road.
Rehai was imprisoned in Luojiazhuang, and the farthest he could only benefit was Jincuizhou.Therefore, the scenery of Linyang Road is very different from that of Jincui Island. It is dry and dusty, and there are only some drought-tolerant plants growing here and there. There are many wild animals growing outside the main road, and occasionally small monsters appear.
"Han Shi, let's rest here for a while." Luo Zhaoyan got off his horse, turned his head and said to Han Shi.
Han Shi always listened to what Luo Zhao said, nodded immediately, looked around and found a comfortable lawn, ran over cheering, took out some food and water bags from the bag, and laid them out on a clean rag: "Zhao Yan , come and eat!"
As the sun sets, the water surface of Jincuizhou is covered with golden fragments of light. Luo Zhaoyan sits on the side of Han Shi, looking around, such an oasis seems so unreal in the land of the Western Regions.
However, it is indeed beautiful.
It's just that in the eyes of the Luo family, this beautiful scenery will always be stained with blood.
"Zhaoyan, are you going on your way tonight?" Han Shi handed over a piece of delicious pastry, biting a piece himself, and asked with puffy cheeks.
Seeing Han Shi like this, Luo Zhaoyan quickly opened a water bag and handed it to her: "No one will grab it from you, eat slowly." Seeing that Han Shi took the water bag and managed to take a sip, he answered her "The matter is urgent. Although there are not many people in Linyang Road, we can't let the beasts infestation." With Han Shi's doubts, Luo Zhaoyan no longer only decided on monsters, but just wanted to see some Condition.
Han Shi tilted his head and thought for a while, before nodding his head: "The ground scorpion can't get out of the soil at night, maybe we can find the corpse of the sunset tribe."
If you don't consider Han Shi's years of mopping up with Luo Zhaoyan, it would be really weird to say these words from a little girl.
Luo Zhaoyan was used to Han Shi's behavior, but a person happened to pass by, and because of Han Shi's words, he stopped in his tracks.
Luo Zhaoyan and Han Shi also noticed this person who seemed to be passing by. Seeing her looking towards him, Luo Zhaoyan immediately stood up and clasped his fists together: "This girl, Linyang Dao may be infested with ferocious beasts. I'm afraid it's dangerous to enter now." dangerous."
The girl passing by didn't look very old, she was about the same as Luo Zhaoyan, she was wearing a pink gauze dress with a goose yellow pleated skirt inside, and the decorated ribbon fluttered slightly as she walked. A girl from the Western Regions.
She appeared here alone, she didn't look like a businessman, it was a bit strange.
Seeing Luo Zhaoyan behaved politely, the woman in pink frowned slightly, turned around and bowed back to Luo Zhaoyan: "I heard that there are monsters here, come and check."
Luo Zhaoyan was taken aback for a moment, and couldn't help showing a look of surprise: "The girl is going to go alone to eliminate demons?" Is it a capable person from the Central Plains?It was the first time she met.
Because Luo Zhaoyan looked too surprised, the woman in pink frowned again: "Could this young man look down on the little girl?"
As soon as these words came out, the previous gentle and polite image was cracked.
Seeing her misunderstanding, Luo Zhaoyan waved his hands again and again: "No, girl, I misunderstood. This is the first time I've seen a capable person in Zhongyuan, so I'm a little surprised."
Luo Zhaoyan spoke sincerely, the woman in pink nodded her head, she didn't want to pay any further attention, she turned around and was about to enter Linyang Road.
Luo Zhaoyan wanted to remind her again, but Han Shi preempted her, and she stood up at some point: "You are amazing." There was a trace of confusion in her eyes, "Besides, there seems to be something familiar about you." smell."
After finishing speaking, Han Shi suddenly jumped out towards the woman in pink, and Luo Zhaoyan had no time to reach out to hold her.
Therefore, Luo Zhaoyan could only watch with wide eyes as Han Shi leaped to the side of the woman in pink, walked around her a few times, and even made small movements.
Taking a look at the woman's expression, she seemed to be frightened by Han Shi's speed or strange behavior, and looked at Han Shi in astonishment before he had time to react.
This girl seems to have a bad temper...
Luo Zhaoyan was anxious, and hurried up to pull Han Shi back to his side: "I'm sorry, Han Shi is young, and it's the first time she saw a woman from the Central Plains dressed up, so..."
But before Luo Zhaoyan could finish his reasoning, Han Shi tilted his head and said in confusion, "It's strange, that smell doesn't come from you." After speaking, he blinked his big green eyes.
"..." Luo Zhaoyan's words stuck in his throat, and he couldn't get up or down for a while, so he could only look at the woman in pink in embarrassment.
Fortunately, the woman in pink didn't seem to be angry, she took a few glances at Han Shi, but looked at herself seriously, and asked, "What's the smell?"
"I can't tell." Han Shi shook his head, feeling a little frustrated, "It just seems a little... kind?" She couldn't figure out how to describe that smell.
Luo Zhaoyan sighed, raised his hand to hold Han Shi's head and rubbed it: "Don't think too much, go back and eat." After speaking to Han Shi, she looked at the woman in pink again, "In Xialuo Zhao Yan, this is Han Shi, and we also got news from the Setting Sun Department to investigate. The matter may not be purely caused by monsters, if this girl does not give up, why not go together, so that we can take care of each other?"
Seeing that this woman should be skilled, Luo Zhaoyan didn't think that a woman was weak, but he didn't want to see her take risks alone, so he simply invited her.
"Luo Zhaoyan?" The woman in pink repeated, raising her eyes to look at Luo Zhaoyan again, "Is it the head of the Luo family in the Western Regions, Luo Zhaoyan?"
"It's right here." Luo Zhaoyan nodded, but he didn't expect that the other party came from the Central Plains and even recognized her name.
The woman in pink held her chin and thought for a while, before finally nodding: "My name is Mingxiu, if that's the case, let's go together."
Chapter 28
Han Shi seemed to be still very curious about Ming Xiu's vague smell. When the three of them sat down to eat and drink again, Han Shi sat between them in a daze. Although he was next to Luo Zhaoyan, he was curious from time to time. Take a few glances at Mingxiu.
Luo Zhaoyan invited Mingxiu to eat something before entering Linyang Road, and at the same time told Mingxiu the news she got.
Sure enough, Mingxiu also frowned slightly, with the same opinion as Luo Zhaoyan.
In any case, the three of them knew this matter well, and when they packed up their things and stepped into Linyang Road, they were all on guard.
——Perhaps, only Han Shi still seemed relatively relaxed, and looked around from time to time by Luo Zhaoyan's side. Xiu walked four or five steps before quickly following Zhaoyan.
Seeing that Han Shi was so active, Ming Xiu couldn't help dividing her attention from her. When she ran to the side to look at something again, she couldn't help turning her head and asking Luo Zhaoyan: "Patriarch Luo, let Miss Luo walk around, is it okay?" Safety?"
Luo Zhaoyan was thinking about what might happen to him when he stayed on Linyang Road at night, when Ming Xiu asked him, he was taken aback for a moment, followed Ming Xiu's words and looked at Han Shi, then realized what Ming Xiu was referring to, and smiled She shook her head: "Han Shi has been walking around with me since he was a child, Miss Ming doesn't have to worry, she won't go far."
Most of the people in Yinghui Castle and Luojiazhuang knew that Han Shi was just the adopted daughter of the Luo family, and her surname was not Luo.But just looking at the color of Han Shi's eyes and hair, it is normal for people who don't know to misunderstand Han Shi and her as brother and sister. It's just that Luo Zhaoyan didn't react when he first heard Mingxiu call her "Miss Luo".
On the other hand, Han Shi, who was four or five steps away, had a keen sense of hearing. Mingxiu and Luo Zhaoyan just said a few words, and she rushed back like a gust of wind, with two crisp ringtones: "My surname is not Luo." She blinked and looked at Mingxiu said with a smile, "Zhaoyan's younger sister is in Luojiazhuang, my name is Hanshi!"
"This..." Mingxiu was a little puzzled, and looked at Luo Zhaoyan inquiringly.
"Oh, that's right." Luo Zhaoyan immediately explained, "Sister She has been weak since she was a child, but now she is resting at home and rarely goes out. Han Shi was rescued back to Luojiazhuang when she was young, because she could not find her biological parents. , and grew up together in the village."
"So that's how it is." Ming Xiu nodded, and turned to look at Han Shi. She was not very old, and she had a cute appearance, but the speed at which she inadvertently revealed just now was unusual. Ling Dang, she thought that it was not easy for the Luo family to have established a foothold in the Western Regions for hundreds of years, but she didn't want to go into details, "Then I will be called Miss Han."
"Hmm..." Han Shi thought about it seriously, looked at Luo Zhaoyan, just about to speak, but suddenly turned his head and looked forward.
The night wind was howling, and the night on Linyang Road looked a little scary. Except for the jagged red-brown rock walls on both sides, it was dark as far as the eye could see. Even the moonlight in the sky was mostly blocked by the towering rock walls.
Entering Linyang Road this time, Luo Zhaoyan prepared fuel and torches, and at this moment he was holding the torch in one hand to illuminate the surroundings.
Seeing that Han Shi's expression changed in vain, his smile disappeared instantly, his body was slightly bowed, and he held the short knife tied around his waist with one hand behind his back, Ming Xiu couldn't help being secretly surprised, but he also sacrificed his magic lamp and urged him with spiritual power. Move to illuminate more areas.
Luo Zhaoyan's movements were faster, she knew what Han Shi's sudden change represented, she had already inserted the torch straight into the ground with one hand and fixed it, and held the sword flower on her back in her hand.
"It's underground." In the silent Linyang Road, Han Shi's voice echoed crisply, and almost at the same time as her words fell, the three of them felt the ground tremble, and something approached from the ground quickly.
Luo Zhaoyan quickly took two steps forward to block Mingxiu and Hanshi behind him. The saber in his hand drew a red arc in the air, and there were three intersecting flame cuts aimed at the ground in front of him, and three streaks appeared on the ground in front of him The crack, with a hoarse whistling sound, a huge scorpion twice the size of a horse jumped out of the crack, and the cut marks left by Luo Zhaoyan could still be seen on the carapace.
"Zhaoyan, there are still around!" Han Shi stood by the torch and reminded.
As if in response to He Hanshi's words, the huge scorpion roared loudly, and with a shock, more than ten smaller scorpions crawled out from the ground around them, surrounding the three of them.
"The demonic aura is weird." Mingxiu frowned and turned around, with his back to the torch, and looked around.She could feel the demonic aura on these scorpions, but the aura and fluctuation of the demonic aura were not normal.
"This is a ground scorpion. It has grown bigger for unknown reasons, not a monster." Luo Zhaoyan explained to Mingxiu in a deep voice, staring closely at the huge ground scorpion in front of him, alert to its actions.
Han Shi didn't speak, she simply acted directly, and with a short ringtone, the figure beside the torch suddenly disappeared, and when she reappeared, it was already behind a small ground scorpion, with a sharp short knife and a tail stabbing the small ground scorpion One clean break.
Almost at the same time that Han Shi's figure appeared, several small ground scorpions around rushed towards Han Shi like crazy, piercing fiercely with their sharp tail thorns.
Fortunately, Han Shi seemed to be prepared, and quickly returned to the torch after the knife worked, thus avoiding the danger of being stabbed.
"Even the speed has become much faster." This time, Han Shi lowered his body even lower, "There should be more underground."
The big earth scorpion roared again, and its two huge pincers stretched wide to pinch Luo Zhaoyan, and the surrounding small earth scorpions also moved in response, narrowing the encirclement towards the three of them.
"Kill the big ones first." Ming Xiu said calmly, obviously these little ground scorpions obeyed the orders of the big ground scorpions, but Han Shi's words "there's still in the ground" made her feel uneasy.
"Leave it to me." Luo Zhaoyan replied immediately, sideways slapped the scorpion's pincers open with the blade, and then stabbed a few times, forcefully repelling the earth scorpion two steps, giving him more room to move.
Compared to Luo Zhaoyan's head-to-head confrontation with the earth scorpion, Han Shi's side is almost a battle of speed.She shuttled among the swarms of small ground scorpions rushing around at an extremely fast speed, beheading them in time, and repelling them when they were too late. She unexpectedly blocked the swarm of small ground scorpions from approaching, leaving Luo Zhaoyan with no worries.
Mingxiu opened her eyes wide to see the current scene, feeling a little admiration for the two in her heart.She could see that Luo Zhaoyan had completely given his back to Han Shi, this very young looking little girl, and Han Shi had perfectly executed her tasks, not even giving Luo any energy. Zhaoyan and Earth Scorpion both trust each other extremely.
However, Mingxiu's surprise was only for a short moment. Because of the shock that Luo Zhaoyan and Han Shi showed her, she felt a little touched in her heart. The spiritual lamp summoned to him.
She also gave up all defenses, concentrated her mind on the spirit lamp, and activated the spirit spell that she had never used before.She has not fully mastered this spirit spell, and she needs to concentrate for a while before she can cast it smoothly. For her who is used to being alone, she has no chance to try it.
But I didn't expect to have the urge to use it in Linyang Dao of the Western Regions.
The spiritual power began to become stronger, Luo Zhaoyan and Han Shi remained unmoved, the earth scorpion's double pincers and stingers carried a thousand pounds of force in every blow, but they couldn't break through Luo Zhaoyan's resistance.
As for those little ground scorpions, even those still lurking underground, every time they stepped into the open space in the encirclement, they would be forced by Han Shi to back out again.
The flame of the wick of the spirit lamp became brighter and brighter, and finally, as Mingxiu waved his hands, a large flame gushed out, centered on Mingxiu, and rolled around.
The little ground scorpion was quickly ignited, and was reduced to ashes after a few struggles. Even the underground ground scorpions died in pieces due to the heat of the flames. The big ground scorpions were also burned by the flames, screaming in pain.
Luo Zhaoyan immediately slashed across the scorpion, cut off the three legs on the left side of the earth scorpion along the leg joints, jumped up and chopped off the scorpion thorns, and landed on the back of the earth scorpion. Aim at the thin seam between the breast carapace of the earth scorpion head.
The flame of the spirit lamp came and went quickly, and Mingxiu's luck calmed the spiritual power, and the spirit lamp returned to the brightness of ordinary lanterns, but it was different because it was hanging beside Mingxiu.
She turned around, and what she saw was Luo Zhaoyan raising the knife and beheading the earth scorpion along the imperceptible slit, before jumping back to the ground.
Mingxiu just wanted to say something, when out of the corner of her eyes, she saw Han Shi appearing beside her at some point, with the wind-like dagger retracted to her waist, she opened her eyes curiously and stared at her lamp. .
Seeing Mingxiu looking at him, Han Shi showed a big smile, his eyes were creased brightly: "Sister Mingxiu, your lantern is so powerful!"
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And, due to the requirements of the article, the ages of some characters have changed from the game, Mingxiu is only one year old Xiao Luo Zhaoyan, please don't pay attention to the details...
Chapter 29
"If Patriarch Luo and Miss Han hadn't resisted them, I wouldn't have been able to perform this exercise." Mingxiu replied calmly, with a smile on the corner of her mouth.
Luo Zhaoyan also came over at this time, with Dao Hua behind his back persistently, but did not draw back: "Miss Ming's skills are outstanding, I admire you."
Mingxiu nodded slightly, as if it was the end of the politeness between you and me: "Did Patriarch Luo find out anything?" She didn't miss Luo Zhaoyan's lingering next to the earth scorpion's corpse just now.
"There are no clues for the time being, but it's not just these earth scorpions that are infested by the setting sun." Luo Zhaoyan showed a regretful expression. She thought she could leave some clues for such a large-scale earth scorpion attack, let alone the earth scorpion. The scorpion is also abnormally large.
In any case, from what the person who ran to Yinghui Castle for help from the Sunset Division knew, there were three or four scratches on the corpses of the livestock attacked by the Sunset Division, which were definitely not left by the ground scorpions.
While the two were talking, Han Shi had already run to the corpse of the earth scorpion, and even reached out to touch it twice.
"Han Shi!" Luo Zhaoyan turned around, and saw Han Shi squatting next to the severed tail sting of the earth scorpion, reaching out to touch the tip of the tail sting, and hurriedly stopped him.
Han Shi was startled, his hands froze in mid-air, and he turned to look at Luo Zhaoyan.
Luo Zhaoyan had already walked over in two or three steps, and dragged the person to his side: "Don't touch it randomly, what if you get poisoned." His words were full of worry.
"Oh." Han Shi obediently followed Luo Zhaoyan, putting his hands behind his back to express that he would never touch her again, which made Luo Zhaoyan finally look away from her.
Mingxiu came over, seeing Luo Zhaoyan looking away, Han Shi stuck out his tongue at her behind her, couldn't help laughing.
"Miss Ming, can you burn this corpse? I'm worried that keeping it will cause other troubles." Luo Zhaoyan clasped his fists at Mingxiu and asked.
"Patriarch Luo is very considerate." Of course, Mingxiu would not refuse such a simple matter, and with a wave of her sleeve, she urged the magic lamp to burn the earth scorpion into ashes.
After a lot of tossing, Linyang Road seemed to be quiet again. Luo Zhaoyan made some calculations, determined the location of the three of them at the moment, and led the two horses: "Ms. There is still about half of Linyang Road, why don't we go on horseback?"
Mingxiu couldn't help but look at the two horses that Luo Zhaoyan was leading. She had a way to fly in the air, but due to the terrain of Linyang Road, she couldn't use it, so she found a corner in Jincuizhou that should be walked. It is a horse without transportation.
"Oh, Han Shi and I share a horse, Miss Ming..." Luo Zhaoyan saw Mingxiu looking at the horse, realized that she was reckless, and immediately explained, but halfway through, she thought of another question, "Uh... I don’t know if Miss Ming can ride a horse?” The sons and daughters of the Western Regions all know how to ride a horse, but Mingxiu comes from the Central Plains, and Luo Zhaoyan suddenly realized that there is another possibility.
"It's not proficient, but it's not bad." Mingxiu smiled slightly, and took the smaller-looking horse from Luo Zhaoyan. This should be Han Shi's mount, and the weight-bearing capacity should not be as good as the black one. "Then Ming Xiu will not be polite."
"Haha, I'm lucky to have Miss Ming's help." Luo Zhaoyan smiled and got on the horse. Han Shi didn't need Luo Zhaoyan to say more, and immediately jumped on the horse and sat behind her with a smile on his face, "I In the front, please ask Miss Ming to take care of the rear."
That's what I said, but the reason is that the three of them came together after all, and there was a big battle just now, and the possibility of danger in the rear is very small, Mingxiu knew it well, and accepted Luo Zhaoyan's love.
The three of them rode their horses one after the other and began to trot along Linyang Road. This ran until the middle of the night, and it was so peaceful that they didn't encounter anything.
It was just dawn, and the three of them arrived at a gourd belly-like terrain on Linyang Road. The space here suddenly became larger and round, and on the opposite side was the exit from Linyang Road to the Sunset Department.
When the three arrived here, they dismounted one after another.
Han Shi wrinkled his nose and said with some disgust, "The smell of blood is so strong here."
"It seems to be the place where the people from the Setting Sun Department who are going to ask for help are ambushed. Be careful." Luo Zhaoyan held the sword in his hand and walked towards the messy ground not far ahead.
Han Shi followed Luo Zhaoyan as usual, without appearing nervous.Apart from the smell of blood that disgusted her, she didn't feel any other aura.
Even she herself couldn't say why, but she just knew that there was nothing here, not even a tiny bug.
There were some uneven cracks on the ground. As soon as Luo Zhaoyan landed, he felt the ground sinking down. He immediately lifted his breath and moved away. When he turned his head, he saw a pothole in the ground she stepped on before.
Han Shi was at the other end of the hole, looked down, and muttered, "It was dug out by the ground scorpion."
Luo Zhaoyan nodded, then his expression became concentrated, and he squatted down to examine the pothole carefully.
Mingxiu had also come over at this moment, and upon seeing this, she urged the magic lamp to shine into the pothole. With the light, they could clearly see a large amount of unnatural red under the pothole, which was so red that it was black with a fishy smell .
In the large dry red and black area, there are still a few pieces of shapeless things.
"It seems to be internal organs or something." Luo Zhaoyan stood up, let out a long breath, and after checking that there were no other clues around, he buried the hole with soil, "It seems that the person who attacked those sunset tribesmen was probably Scorpions."
"However, as far as I know, earth scorpions are not that aggressive." Mingxiu pointed out the doubts, but she really couldn't think of other explanations.
"Well, the little worm listens to the big worm, just like a child listens to an adult?" Han Shi said aside, looking at his expression, he seemed to think that what he said made sense, but Luo Zhaoyan didn't know how to answer.
Mingxiu smiled softly: "Anyway, there are no other clues here. Is the next step going to the Sunset Department that Patriarch Luo said?"
"Yes." Luo Zhaoyan nodded, "Aman Zhuole, the leader of the Setting Sun Department, also has some contacts with my Luo family on weekdays. This time they are asking the Luo family for help again, so they should tell the truth."
What Luo Zhaoyan said was true, the three of them arrived at the Sunset Tribe, and immediately some members of the clan ran to find the patriarch Aman Zhuole, but after a while, Aman Zhuole came to greet him with people.
It can be seen that Aman Zhuole is also very happy for Luo Zhaoyan's arrival, but there is a trace of disappointment in his eyes when he sees only two very young girls behind her, but he doesn't show it obviously .
"Patriarch Luo, thank you for coming to help us. We really don't know what to do." Amanzhuoler's attitude was very earnest, and he invited Luo Zhaoyan into his yurt with tribal etiquette, so he could entertain him carefully ,Explain the situation.
"Patriarch, please rest assured. I have heard the general situation, but I still need to ask you some questions." Luo Zhaoyan also spoke to Aman Zhuole politely. The three of them were led into the yurt, and someone immediately brought kumiss And smoked horse meat, a specialty of the Sunset Department.
After everyone had gone out, Aman Zhuole looked at Luo Zhao and said, "Patriarch Luo, did you encounter anything when you came from Linyang Road?"
Luo Zhaoyan nodded naturally: "We encountered an ambush by a group of earth scorpions. The leader of the earth scorpions and some of the group of earth scorpions have been wiped out. When I return to Yinghui Castle, I will order people to carry out a more comprehensive suppression of Linyang Road. Patriarch You can rest assured."
"That's really great, and we can rest assured a lot." Aman Zhuole showed a joyful look, "Balati ran back like that two days ago, and he was covered in blood. Everyone was frightened, and even went out to graze. Those livestock have been kept in captivity for a few days now, and their spirits are not very good."
"The patriarch means that the man named Balati ran back to the ministry?" Luo Zhaoyan asked in surprise.She remembered the name. According to that person, she should have been captured by the ground scorpion or something else. Can she still escape?
"Yes, Balati's life is serious. He was injured like that and ran back to report the news. Only then did we know that there is something dangerous in Linyang Road." Aman Zhuole sighed, "The child is still in a coma. Wake up, there are no powerful doctors in the clan, and we can't go to Yinghui Fort through Linyang Road to ask for help, now only Labutuo brought three or four strong clansmen, and headed south to Niah Oasis to try our luck."
Niah Oasis is about two or three days away from the Sunset Department. Although it is not as rich and beautiful as Jincuizhou, Jincuizhou is adjacent to Luojiazhuang and Yinghui Fort, and its water source is even connected to the lake in Luojiazhuang. No tribe will live there Live side by side.The area of the Niah Oasis is larger than that of Jincuizhou, and there are often one or two tribes stationed there to graze.
"So that's it, can we go and see Balati?" Luo Zhaoyan pondered for a moment, and proposed to visit the unconscious Balati, "Look at his wound and condition, maybe we can find other clues. "
"Patriarch Luo means that the matter has not been resolved?" Aman Zhuole said in surprise, he thought that the group of scorpions that Luo Zhaoyan was talking about were the instigators of this incident.
Luo Zhaoyan was taken aback, and understood Aman Zhuole's misunderstanding: "The scorpion is a nocturnal insect, not even a monster, and has no intelligence. What's more, the shape of the scorpion I saw this time is not normal. We still have to investigate the mystery behind this."
Aman Zhuole's smile immediately collapsed, with sadness: "Then trouble Patriarch Luo." He stood up, "Balati is now under the care of his mother, in the south of the tribe, I will take you there."
"Patriarch, please wait a moment." Luo Zhaoyan hurriedly said, and stood up, "Before that, I have something to ask." Seeing Aman Zhuole turned around with doubts, Luo Zhaoyan immediately said, " I heard that Rabutuo discovered some things recently, and took some out to sell?"
When Amanzhuoler heard this, the expression on his face was alert and puzzled, but he still told the truth: "There is such a thing, but what does Patriarch Luo mean?"
The Western Region has a vast territory. In this place where the desert and the oasis intersect, countless countries once rose and died, submerged under the yellow sand.These are unowned things. If anyone finds them, it will be a gift from the heavens. No one can say that they belong to anyone alone.What's more, these are valuable treasures. The life of the nomads is hard. If they can meet some in exchange for money, the people in the tribe can get more food, warm clothes, and precious medicinal materials.
"As far as I know, a strange attack happened shortly after this happened?" The Luo family was rich, and Luo Zhaoyan was an open-minded person, so of course he didn't intend to attack this thing.
As soon as Luo Zhaoyan finished speaking, Aman Zhuole's face changed in vain, his lips trembled slightly, and he asked after a while: "Patriarch Luo means that maybe those things brought disaster?"
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Chapter 30
Because of Luo Zhaoyan's guess, Aman Zhuole showed obvious hesitation.
Luo Zhaoyan smiled slightly, not knowing what he was thinking: "Uncle Aman, the Sunset Department has had contacts with my Luo family, and you should be aware of it. Luo Zhaoyan came here this time just to avoid trouble."
With the accumulation and operation of the Luo family business in the past few years, the power has spread all over the Western Regions, and the financial resources are even more unimaginable. Luo Zhaoyan is upright and upright. Take it for yourself.
What he said made Aman Zhuole show an embarrassed expression, and finally stretched his hand out of the yurt: "Please."
Luo Zhaoyan smiled slightly, and followed him out of the yurt.
"Patriarch Luo, should we go to see that thing first, or go to Balati first?" Aman Zhuole took two steps, turned and asked.
Luo Zhaoyan thought for a moment: "Are those things hidden?"
"Yes, and I let two young people guard there secretly." Aman Zhuole nodded, and now that he had spoken, he frankly no longer concealed anything.
"In that case, let's go and see Balati first." Luo Zhaoyan immediately made a decision.
Soon, several people walked outside Balati's yurt. Aman Zhuole was about to open the door and enter the yurt when he heard Mingxiu's cold voice.
"Who!" She turned to the other direction almost instantly, and the spirit lamp that had been put away after dawn had also been sacrificed, floating beside her, her beautiful face appeared stern.
Luo Zhaoyan didn't notice anything wrong, but she still walked to Mingxiu's side, took the knife flower in her hand, and looked in the same direction: "Miss Ming, did you find something?"
Han Shi followed behind Luo Zhaoyan, shaking his head, with a look of surprise in his eyes, he didn't take the dagger in his hand in the end, and he didn't look too nervous.
"There is a demonic aura." Mingxiu's answer was very simple, and there was a bit of resentment in his words, and he seemed to hate demons very much.
Luo Zhaoyan's expression also became serious, and she took another step forward, looking at the wooden cart not far ahead and the piles of boxes stacked there, it was quiet, as if there was nothing there.
However, as Luo Zhaoyan approached step by step, there was a little movement behind the pile of wooden boxes, and then a helpless voice sounded, the tone sounded lazy: "Don't do anything, I'll come out." That was clearly a human voice .
Luo Zhaoyan stopped in his tracks, but kept holding the knife in both hands and made a gesture. If it was a monster who could speak human language, its strength would not be comparable to that of ordinary monsters.
Could it be that it was the setting sun's problem this time? !
"I can swear that I'm not a demon." From behind the wooden box came out a man wearing a light blue shirt, with long hair tied behind his head with a simple hair tie, his appearance was clearly heroic, but his expression was unusually innocent, " I'm really not a demon~" She looked at Mingxiu with bright black eyes, as sincere as her expression could be.
"Ah..." Luo Zhaoyan froze for a moment, always feeling that this person who looked about his own age looked familiar.
The man raised his hands and walked out very slowly. There seemed to be nothing hidden on his body. Mingxiu frowned and looked at her without blinking. He obviously had a demonic aura that couldn't go away, but he could distinguish carefully. , which does seem to be personal.
"Who are you?" When the two sides were in a stalemate, Han Shi suddenly jumped up, ran to the man's side and looked curiously, apparently with friendly intentions.
"Huh?" The other party blinked, looked at Han Shi, and suddenly smiled, "Ah, I know you!"
Han Shi was even more surprised: "I don't know you." She wrinkled her nose, "Although you have a smell that seems familiar, even more familiar than sister Mingxiu's."
When he came out this time, Han Shi really encountered too many things that he couldn't understand.
"My name is Mu Qing." The other party looked at Han Shi carefully, and finally showed a candid smile. After greeting Han Shi, he turned to Luo Zhaoyan, "Brother Luo, do you remember me?"
"So it's you." Luo Zhaoyan finally remembered that when she woke up in the oasis occupied by leopards when the eighteen bandits were wiped out, she saw Mu Qing helping them.
Luo Zhaoyan put Dao Hua back on his back, and took a step forward: "Long time no see, I don't know why Miss Mu appears here?"
Mu Qing put her hands down, and her smile looked a little elegant: "I came here with the little guy, it seems that I may have the same goal as brother Luo." She didn't ignore the hostility that the girl in pink over there always carried, smiled Going forward, "Girl, maybe I do have a demonic aura in me, because I often deal with demons."
"Han Shi." Luo Zhaoyan recalled the doubts he had suppressed earlier, and stepped forward to shout.
"What's the matter, Zhaoyan?" Han Shi raised his head, with a big smile on his face, and following her movements, the bell around her neck made a crisp sound.
"Just now you mentioned the earth scorpion, where did you know this?" Luo Zhaoyan was a little puzzled.
Although Han Shi ran around with him in the past few years, and saw many strange and ferocious beasts and monsters, even Luo Zhaoyan himself had never seen this scorpion.
Why is Han Shi so clear?
"Hmm—" Han Shi tilted his head and thought for a while, his small face was wrinkled together, and he was very distressed, "It seems... I just know that when the man talked about intestines and dust, they popped out out of nowhere." She thumped her head, but in the end she could only shake her head, "I don't know where I saw it."
"I'm sorry, Zhaoyan, I can't think of it." Finally, Han Shi said with a bitter face.
Luo Zhaoyan shook his head quickly: "It's okay, if you can't figure it out, don't worry about it, it's not a big deal." Really, the information Han Shi gave her saved her from the risk of making a trip in vain. It's a good thing.
"Yeah!" Seeing that Zhaoyan didn't mind, Han Shi immediately put on a big smile again, "Zhaoyan, are we going there to see it?"
"Yes." Luo Zhaoyan took Han Shi back to the yard and brought his things, "Leave right away. If there is anything I like to eat, I still have time to bring it."
"Hey, I've bought it a long time ago!" Han Shi shook the bag in his hand with a smile, and carried it on his back with a flick of his hand, "Eat on the road!" His expression seemed as if they were going out for an outing.
Luo Zhaoyan shook his head amusedly, and went to the stable of the trading house with Han Shi, which was near the back door of the trading house, which was convenient for carriages and horses to enter and exit. Luo Yuen should have finished preparations by now.
Fort Yinghui is four or five days away from the Sunset Department. This refers to when ordinary people walk or when caravans and herdsmen transport goods for sale.It only takes two days for Luo Zhaoyan and Han Shi to ride on horseback.
It was only dusk when we arrived at the junction of Jincuizhou and Linyang Road.
On both sides of Linyang Road are towering Gobi rocks, and when the wind blows through the gorge, there will be a "woo-woo" sound.There are several side roads inside, most of which lead to dead ends. If you enter by mistake, it will delay a lot of time to pass Linyang Road.
Rehai was imprisoned in Luojiazhuang, and the farthest he could only benefit was Jincuizhou.Therefore, the scenery of Linyang Road is very different from that of Jincui Island. It is dry and dusty, and there are only some drought-tolerant plants growing here and there. There are many wild animals growing outside the main road, and occasionally small monsters appear.
"Han Shi, let's rest here for a while." Luo Zhaoyan got off his horse, turned his head and said to Han Shi.
Han Shi always listened to what Luo Zhao said, nodded immediately, looked around and found a comfortable lawn, ran over cheering, took out some food and water bags from the bag, and laid them out on a clean rag: "Zhao Yan , come and eat!"
As the sun sets, the water surface of Jincuizhou is covered with golden fragments of light. Luo Zhaoyan sits on the side of Han Shi, looking around, such an oasis seems so unreal in the land of the Western Regions.
However, it is indeed beautiful.
It's just that in the eyes of the Luo family, this beautiful scenery will always be stained with blood.
"Zhaoyan, are you going on your way tonight?" Han Shi handed over a piece of delicious pastry, biting a piece himself, and asked with puffy cheeks.
Seeing Han Shi like this, Luo Zhaoyan quickly opened a water bag and handed it to her: "No one will grab it from you, eat slowly." Seeing that Han Shi took the water bag and managed to take a sip, he answered her "The matter is urgent. Although there are not many people in Linyang Road, we can't let the beasts infestation." With Han Shi's doubts, Luo Zhaoyan no longer only decided on monsters, but just wanted to see some Condition.
Han Shi tilted his head and thought for a while, before nodding his head: "The ground scorpion can't get out of the soil at night, maybe we can find the corpse of the sunset tribe."
If you don't consider Han Shi's years of mopping up with Luo Zhaoyan, it would be really weird to say these words from a little girl.
Luo Zhaoyan was used to Han Shi's behavior, but a person happened to pass by, and because of Han Shi's words, he stopped in his tracks.
Luo Zhaoyan and Han Shi also noticed this person who seemed to be passing by. Seeing her looking towards him, Luo Zhaoyan immediately stood up and clasped his fists together: "This girl, Linyang Dao may be infested with ferocious beasts. I'm afraid it's dangerous to enter now." dangerous."
The girl passing by didn't look very old, she was about the same as Luo Zhaoyan, she was wearing a pink gauze dress with a goose yellow pleated skirt inside, and the decorated ribbon fluttered slightly as she walked. A girl from the Western Regions.
She appeared here alone, she didn't look like a businessman, it was a bit strange.
Seeing Luo Zhaoyan behaved politely, the woman in pink frowned slightly, turned around and bowed back to Luo Zhaoyan: "I heard that there are monsters here, come and check."
Luo Zhaoyan was taken aback for a moment, and couldn't help showing a look of surprise: "The girl is going to go alone to eliminate demons?" Is it a capable person from the Central Plains?It was the first time she met.
Because Luo Zhaoyan looked too surprised, the woman in pink frowned again: "Could this young man look down on the little girl?"
As soon as these words came out, the previous gentle and polite image was cracked.
Seeing her misunderstanding, Luo Zhaoyan waved his hands again and again: "No, girl, I misunderstood. This is the first time I've seen a capable person in Zhongyuan, so I'm a little surprised."
Luo Zhaoyan spoke sincerely, the woman in pink nodded her head, she didn't want to pay any further attention, she turned around and was about to enter Linyang Road.
Luo Zhaoyan wanted to remind her again, but Han Shi preempted her, and she stood up at some point: "You are amazing." There was a trace of confusion in her eyes, "Besides, there seems to be something familiar about you." smell."
After finishing speaking, Han Shi suddenly jumped out towards the woman in pink, and Luo Zhaoyan had no time to reach out to hold her.
Therefore, Luo Zhaoyan could only watch with wide eyes as Han Shi leaped to the side of the woman in pink, walked around her a few times, and even made small movements.
Taking a look at the woman's expression, she seemed to be frightened by Han Shi's speed or strange behavior, and looked at Han Shi in astonishment before he had time to react.
This girl seems to have a bad temper...
Luo Zhaoyan was anxious, and hurried up to pull Han Shi back to his side: "I'm sorry, Han Shi is young, and it's the first time she saw a woman from the Central Plains dressed up, so..."
But before Luo Zhaoyan could finish his reasoning, Han Shi tilted his head and said in confusion, "It's strange, that smell doesn't come from you." After speaking, he blinked his big green eyes.
"..." Luo Zhaoyan's words stuck in his throat, and he couldn't get up or down for a while, so he could only look at the woman in pink in embarrassment.
Fortunately, the woman in pink didn't seem to be angry, she took a few glances at Han Shi, but looked at herself seriously, and asked, "What's the smell?"
"I can't tell." Han Shi shook his head, feeling a little frustrated, "It just seems a little... kind?" She couldn't figure out how to describe that smell.
Luo Zhaoyan sighed, raised his hand to hold Han Shi's head and rubbed it: "Don't think too much, go back and eat." After speaking to Han Shi, she looked at the woman in pink again, "In Xialuo Zhao Yan, this is Han Shi, and we also got news from the Setting Sun Department to investigate. The matter may not be purely caused by monsters, if this girl does not give up, why not go together, so that we can take care of each other?"
Seeing that this woman should be skilled, Luo Zhaoyan didn't think that a woman was weak, but he didn't want to see her take risks alone, so he simply invited her.
"Luo Zhaoyan?" The woman in pink repeated, raising her eyes to look at Luo Zhaoyan again, "Is it the head of the Luo family in the Western Regions, Luo Zhaoyan?"
"It's right here." Luo Zhaoyan nodded, but he didn't expect that the other party came from the Central Plains and even recognized her name.
The woman in pink held her chin and thought for a while, before finally nodding: "My name is Mingxiu, if that's the case, let's go together."
Chapter 28
Han Shi seemed to be still very curious about Ming Xiu's vague smell. When the three of them sat down to eat and drink again, Han Shi sat between them in a daze. Although he was next to Luo Zhaoyan, he was curious from time to time. Take a few glances at Mingxiu.
Luo Zhaoyan invited Mingxiu to eat something before entering Linyang Road, and at the same time told Mingxiu the news she got.
Sure enough, Mingxiu also frowned slightly, with the same opinion as Luo Zhaoyan.
In any case, the three of them knew this matter well, and when they packed up their things and stepped into Linyang Road, they were all on guard.
——Perhaps, only Han Shi still seemed relatively relaxed, and looked around from time to time by Luo Zhaoyan's side. Xiu walked four or five steps before quickly following Zhaoyan.
Seeing that Han Shi was so active, Ming Xiu couldn't help dividing her attention from her. When she ran to the side to look at something again, she couldn't help turning her head and asking Luo Zhaoyan: "Patriarch Luo, let Miss Luo walk around, is it okay?" Safety?"
Luo Zhaoyan was thinking about what might happen to him when he stayed on Linyang Road at night, when Ming Xiu asked him, he was taken aback for a moment, followed Ming Xiu's words and looked at Han Shi, then realized what Ming Xiu was referring to, and smiled She shook her head: "Han Shi has been walking around with me since he was a child, Miss Ming doesn't have to worry, she won't go far."
Most of the people in Yinghui Castle and Luojiazhuang knew that Han Shi was just the adopted daughter of the Luo family, and her surname was not Luo.But just looking at the color of Han Shi's eyes and hair, it is normal for people who don't know to misunderstand Han Shi and her as brother and sister. It's just that Luo Zhaoyan didn't react when he first heard Mingxiu call her "Miss Luo".
On the other hand, Han Shi, who was four or five steps away, had a keen sense of hearing. Mingxiu and Luo Zhaoyan just said a few words, and she rushed back like a gust of wind, with two crisp ringtones: "My surname is not Luo." She blinked and looked at Mingxiu said with a smile, "Zhaoyan's younger sister is in Luojiazhuang, my name is Hanshi!"
"This..." Mingxiu was a little puzzled, and looked at Luo Zhaoyan inquiringly.
"Oh, that's right." Luo Zhaoyan immediately explained, "Sister She has been weak since she was a child, but now she is resting at home and rarely goes out. Han Shi was rescued back to Luojiazhuang when she was young, because she could not find her biological parents. , and grew up together in the village."
"So that's how it is." Ming Xiu nodded, and turned to look at Han Shi. She was not very old, and she had a cute appearance, but the speed at which she inadvertently revealed just now was unusual. Ling Dang, she thought that it was not easy for the Luo family to have established a foothold in the Western Regions for hundreds of years, but she didn't want to go into details, "Then I will be called Miss Han."
"Hmm..." Han Shi thought about it seriously, looked at Luo Zhaoyan, just about to speak, but suddenly turned his head and looked forward.
The night wind was howling, and the night on Linyang Road looked a little scary. Except for the jagged red-brown rock walls on both sides, it was dark as far as the eye could see. Even the moonlight in the sky was mostly blocked by the towering rock walls.
Entering Linyang Road this time, Luo Zhaoyan prepared fuel and torches, and at this moment he was holding the torch in one hand to illuminate the surroundings.
Seeing that Han Shi's expression changed in vain, his smile disappeared instantly, his body was slightly bowed, and he held the short knife tied around his waist with one hand behind his back, Ming Xiu couldn't help being secretly surprised, but he also sacrificed his magic lamp and urged him with spiritual power. Move to illuminate more areas.
Luo Zhaoyan's movements were faster, she knew what Han Shi's sudden change represented, she had already inserted the torch straight into the ground with one hand and fixed it, and held the sword flower on her back in her hand.
"It's underground." In the silent Linyang Road, Han Shi's voice echoed crisply, and almost at the same time as her words fell, the three of them felt the ground tremble, and something approached from the ground quickly.
Luo Zhaoyan quickly took two steps forward to block Mingxiu and Hanshi behind him. The saber in his hand drew a red arc in the air, and there were three intersecting flame cuts aimed at the ground in front of him, and three streaks appeared on the ground in front of him The crack, with a hoarse whistling sound, a huge scorpion twice the size of a horse jumped out of the crack, and the cut marks left by Luo Zhaoyan could still be seen on the carapace.
"Zhaoyan, there are still around!" Han Shi stood by the torch and reminded.
As if in response to He Hanshi's words, the huge scorpion roared loudly, and with a shock, more than ten smaller scorpions crawled out from the ground around them, surrounding the three of them.
"The demonic aura is weird." Mingxiu frowned and turned around, with his back to the torch, and looked around.She could feel the demonic aura on these scorpions, but the aura and fluctuation of the demonic aura were not normal.
"This is a ground scorpion. It has grown bigger for unknown reasons, not a monster." Luo Zhaoyan explained to Mingxiu in a deep voice, staring closely at the huge ground scorpion in front of him, alert to its actions.
Han Shi didn't speak, she simply acted directly, and with a short ringtone, the figure beside the torch suddenly disappeared, and when she reappeared, it was already behind a small ground scorpion, with a sharp short knife and a tail stabbing the small ground scorpion One clean break.
Almost at the same time that Han Shi's figure appeared, several small ground scorpions around rushed towards Han Shi like crazy, piercing fiercely with their sharp tail thorns.
Fortunately, Han Shi seemed to be prepared, and quickly returned to the torch after the knife worked, thus avoiding the danger of being stabbed.
"Even the speed has become much faster." This time, Han Shi lowered his body even lower, "There should be more underground."
The big earth scorpion roared again, and its two huge pincers stretched wide to pinch Luo Zhaoyan, and the surrounding small earth scorpions also moved in response, narrowing the encirclement towards the three of them.
"Kill the big ones first." Ming Xiu said calmly, obviously these little ground scorpions obeyed the orders of the big ground scorpions, but Han Shi's words "there's still in the ground" made her feel uneasy.
"Leave it to me." Luo Zhaoyan replied immediately, sideways slapped the scorpion's pincers open with the blade, and then stabbed a few times, forcefully repelling the earth scorpion two steps, giving him more room to move.
Compared to Luo Zhaoyan's head-to-head confrontation with the earth scorpion, Han Shi's side is almost a battle of speed.She shuttled among the swarms of small ground scorpions rushing around at an extremely fast speed, beheading them in time, and repelling them when they were too late. She unexpectedly blocked the swarm of small ground scorpions from approaching, leaving Luo Zhaoyan with no worries.
Mingxiu opened her eyes wide to see the current scene, feeling a little admiration for the two in her heart.She could see that Luo Zhaoyan had completely given his back to Han Shi, this very young looking little girl, and Han Shi had perfectly executed her tasks, not even giving Luo any energy. Zhaoyan and Earth Scorpion both trust each other extremely.
However, Mingxiu's surprise was only for a short moment. Because of the shock that Luo Zhaoyan and Han Shi showed her, she felt a little touched in her heart. The spiritual lamp summoned to him.
She also gave up all defenses, concentrated her mind on the spirit lamp, and activated the spirit spell that she had never used before.She has not fully mastered this spirit spell, and she needs to concentrate for a while before she can cast it smoothly. For her who is used to being alone, she has no chance to try it.
But I didn't expect to have the urge to use it in Linyang Dao of the Western Regions.
The spiritual power began to become stronger, Luo Zhaoyan and Han Shi remained unmoved, the earth scorpion's double pincers and stingers carried a thousand pounds of force in every blow, but they couldn't break through Luo Zhaoyan's resistance.
As for those little ground scorpions, even those still lurking underground, every time they stepped into the open space in the encirclement, they would be forced by Han Shi to back out again.
The flame of the wick of the spirit lamp became brighter and brighter, and finally, as Mingxiu waved his hands, a large flame gushed out, centered on Mingxiu, and rolled around.
The little ground scorpion was quickly ignited, and was reduced to ashes after a few struggles. Even the underground ground scorpions died in pieces due to the heat of the flames. The big ground scorpions were also burned by the flames, screaming in pain.
Luo Zhaoyan immediately slashed across the scorpion, cut off the three legs on the left side of the earth scorpion along the leg joints, jumped up and chopped off the scorpion thorns, and landed on the back of the earth scorpion. Aim at the thin seam between the breast carapace of the earth scorpion head.
The flame of the spirit lamp came and went quickly, and Mingxiu's luck calmed the spiritual power, and the spirit lamp returned to the brightness of ordinary lanterns, but it was different because it was hanging beside Mingxiu.
She turned around, and what she saw was Luo Zhaoyan raising the knife and beheading the earth scorpion along the imperceptible slit, before jumping back to the ground.
Mingxiu just wanted to say something, when out of the corner of her eyes, she saw Han Shi appearing beside her at some point, with the wind-like dagger retracted to her waist, she opened her eyes curiously and stared at her lamp. .
Seeing Mingxiu looking at him, Han Shi showed a big smile, his eyes were creased brightly: "Sister Mingxiu, your lantern is so powerful!"
The author has something to say: It's actually Kavin...
And, due to the requirements of the article, the ages of some characters have changed from the game, Mingxiu is only one year old Xiao Luo Zhaoyan, please don't pay attention to the details...
Chapter 29
"If Patriarch Luo and Miss Han hadn't resisted them, I wouldn't have been able to perform this exercise." Mingxiu replied calmly, with a smile on the corner of her mouth.
Luo Zhaoyan also came over at this time, with Dao Hua behind his back persistently, but did not draw back: "Miss Ming's skills are outstanding, I admire you."
Mingxiu nodded slightly, as if it was the end of the politeness between you and me: "Did Patriarch Luo find out anything?" She didn't miss Luo Zhaoyan's lingering next to the earth scorpion's corpse just now.
"There are no clues for the time being, but it's not just these earth scorpions that are infested by the setting sun." Luo Zhaoyan showed a regretful expression. She thought she could leave some clues for such a large-scale earth scorpion attack, let alone the earth scorpion. The scorpion is also abnormally large.
In any case, from what the person who ran to Yinghui Castle for help from the Sunset Division knew, there were three or four scratches on the corpses of the livestock attacked by the Sunset Division, which were definitely not left by the ground scorpions.
While the two were talking, Han Shi had already run to the corpse of the earth scorpion, and even reached out to touch it twice.
"Han Shi!" Luo Zhaoyan turned around, and saw Han Shi squatting next to the severed tail sting of the earth scorpion, reaching out to touch the tip of the tail sting, and hurriedly stopped him.
Han Shi was startled, his hands froze in mid-air, and he turned to look at Luo Zhaoyan.
Luo Zhaoyan had already walked over in two or three steps, and dragged the person to his side: "Don't touch it randomly, what if you get poisoned." His words were full of worry.
"Oh." Han Shi obediently followed Luo Zhaoyan, putting his hands behind his back to express that he would never touch her again, which made Luo Zhaoyan finally look away from her.
Mingxiu came over, seeing Luo Zhaoyan looking away, Han Shi stuck out his tongue at her behind her, couldn't help laughing.
"Miss Ming, can you burn this corpse? I'm worried that keeping it will cause other troubles." Luo Zhaoyan clasped his fists at Mingxiu and asked.
"Patriarch Luo is very considerate." Of course, Mingxiu would not refuse such a simple matter, and with a wave of her sleeve, she urged the magic lamp to burn the earth scorpion into ashes.
After a lot of tossing, Linyang Road seemed to be quiet again. Luo Zhaoyan made some calculations, determined the location of the three of them at the moment, and led the two horses: "Ms. There is still about half of Linyang Road, why don't we go on horseback?"
Mingxiu couldn't help but look at the two horses that Luo Zhaoyan was leading. She had a way to fly in the air, but due to the terrain of Linyang Road, she couldn't use it, so she found a corner in Jincuizhou that should be walked. It is a horse without transportation.
"Oh, Han Shi and I share a horse, Miss Ming..." Luo Zhaoyan saw Mingxiu looking at the horse, realized that she was reckless, and immediately explained, but halfway through, she thought of another question, "Uh... I don’t know if Miss Ming can ride a horse?” The sons and daughters of the Western Regions all know how to ride a horse, but Mingxiu comes from the Central Plains, and Luo Zhaoyan suddenly realized that there is another possibility.
"It's not proficient, but it's not bad." Mingxiu smiled slightly, and took the smaller-looking horse from Luo Zhaoyan. This should be Han Shi's mount, and the weight-bearing capacity should not be as good as the black one. "Then Ming Xiu will not be polite."
"Haha, I'm lucky to have Miss Ming's help." Luo Zhaoyan smiled and got on the horse. Han Shi didn't need Luo Zhaoyan to say more, and immediately jumped on the horse and sat behind her with a smile on his face, "I In the front, please ask Miss Ming to take care of the rear."
That's what I said, but the reason is that the three of them came together after all, and there was a big battle just now, and the possibility of danger in the rear is very small, Mingxiu knew it well, and accepted Luo Zhaoyan's love.
The three of them rode their horses one after the other and began to trot along Linyang Road. This ran until the middle of the night, and it was so peaceful that they didn't encounter anything.
It was just dawn, and the three of them arrived at a gourd belly-like terrain on Linyang Road. The space here suddenly became larger and round, and on the opposite side was the exit from Linyang Road to the Sunset Department.
When the three arrived here, they dismounted one after another.
Han Shi wrinkled his nose and said with some disgust, "The smell of blood is so strong here."
"It seems to be the place where the people from the Setting Sun Department who are going to ask for help are ambushed. Be careful." Luo Zhaoyan held the sword in his hand and walked towards the messy ground not far ahead.
Han Shi followed Luo Zhaoyan as usual, without appearing nervous.Apart from the smell of blood that disgusted her, she didn't feel any other aura.
Even she herself couldn't say why, but she just knew that there was nothing here, not even a tiny bug.
There were some uneven cracks on the ground. As soon as Luo Zhaoyan landed, he felt the ground sinking down. He immediately lifted his breath and moved away. When he turned his head, he saw a pothole in the ground she stepped on before.
Han Shi was at the other end of the hole, looked down, and muttered, "It was dug out by the ground scorpion."
Luo Zhaoyan nodded, then his expression became concentrated, and he squatted down to examine the pothole carefully.
Mingxiu had also come over at this moment, and upon seeing this, she urged the magic lamp to shine into the pothole. With the light, they could clearly see a large amount of unnatural red under the pothole, which was so red that it was black with a fishy smell .
In the large dry red and black area, there are still a few pieces of shapeless things.
"It seems to be internal organs or something." Luo Zhaoyan stood up, let out a long breath, and after checking that there were no other clues around, he buried the hole with soil, "It seems that the person who attacked those sunset tribesmen was probably Scorpions."
"However, as far as I know, earth scorpions are not that aggressive." Mingxiu pointed out the doubts, but she really couldn't think of other explanations.
"Well, the little worm listens to the big worm, just like a child listens to an adult?" Han Shi said aside, looking at his expression, he seemed to think that what he said made sense, but Luo Zhaoyan didn't know how to answer.
Mingxiu smiled softly: "Anyway, there are no other clues here. Is the next step going to the Sunset Department that Patriarch Luo said?"
"Yes." Luo Zhaoyan nodded, "Aman Zhuole, the leader of the Setting Sun Department, also has some contacts with my Luo family on weekdays. This time they are asking the Luo family for help again, so they should tell the truth."
What Luo Zhaoyan said was true, the three of them arrived at the Sunset Tribe, and immediately some members of the clan ran to find the patriarch Aman Zhuole, but after a while, Aman Zhuole came to greet him with people.
It can be seen that Aman Zhuole is also very happy for Luo Zhaoyan's arrival, but there is a trace of disappointment in his eyes when he sees only two very young girls behind her, but he doesn't show it obviously .
"Patriarch Luo, thank you for coming to help us. We really don't know what to do." Amanzhuoler's attitude was very earnest, and he invited Luo Zhaoyan into his yurt with tribal etiquette, so he could entertain him carefully ,Explain the situation.
"Patriarch, please rest assured. I have heard the general situation, but I still need to ask you some questions." Luo Zhaoyan also spoke to Aman Zhuole politely. The three of them were led into the yurt, and someone immediately brought kumiss And smoked horse meat, a specialty of the Sunset Department.
After everyone had gone out, Aman Zhuole looked at Luo Zhao and said, "Patriarch Luo, did you encounter anything when you came from Linyang Road?"
Luo Zhaoyan nodded naturally: "We encountered an ambush by a group of earth scorpions. The leader of the earth scorpions and some of the group of earth scorpions have been wiped out. When I return to Yinghui Castle, I will order people to carry out a more comprehensive suppression of Linyang Road. Patriarch You can rest assured."
"That's really great, and we can rest assured a lot." Aman Zhuole showed a joyful look, "Balati ran back like that two days ago, and he was covered in blood. Everyone was frightened, and even went out to graze. Those livestock have been kept in captivity for a few days now, and their spirits are not very good."
"The patriarch means that the man named Balati ran back to the ministry?" Luo Zhaoyan asked in surprise.She remembered the name. According to that person, she should have been captured by the ground scorpion or something else. Can she still escape?
"Yes, Balati's life is serious. He was injured like that and ran back to report the news. Only then did we know that there is something dangerous in Linyang Road." Aman Zhuole sighed, "The child is still in a coma. Wake up, there are no powerful doctors in the clan, and we can't go to Yinghui Fort through Linyang Road to ask for help, now only Labutuo brought three or four strong clansmen, and headed south to Niah Oasis to try our luck."
Niah Oasis is about two or three days away from the Sunset Department. Although it is not as rich and beautiful as Jincuizhou, Jincuizhou is adjacent to Luojiazhuang and Yinghui Fort, and its water source is even connected to the lake in Luojiazhuang. No tribe will live there Live side by side.The area of the Niah Oasis is larger than that of Jincuizhou, and there are often one or two tribes stationed there to graze.
"So that's it, can we go and see Balati?" Luo Zhaoyan pondered for a moment, and proposed to visit the unconscious Balati, "Look at his wound and condition, maybe we can find other clues. "
"Patriarch Luo means that the matter has not been resolved?" Aman Zhuole said in surprise, he thought that the group of scorpions that Luo Zhaoyan was talking about were the instigators of this incident.
Luo Zhaoyan was taken aback, and understood Aman Zhuole's misunderstanding: "The scorpion is a nocturnal insect, not even a monster, and has no intelligence. What's more, the shape of the scorpion I saw this time is not normal. We still have to investigate the mystery behind this."
Aman Zhuole's smile immediately collapsed, with sadness: "Then trouble Patriarch Luo." He stood up, "Balati is now under the care of his mother, in the south of the tribe, I will take you there."
"Patriarch, please wait a moment." Luo Zhaoyan hurriedly said, and stood up, "Before that, I have something to ask." Seeing Aman Zhuole turned around with doubts, Luo Zhaoyan immediately said, " I heard that Rabutuo discovered some things recently, and took some out to sell?"
When Amanzhuoler heard this, the expression on his face was alert and puzzled, but he still told the truth: "There is such a thing, but what does Patriarch Luo mean?"
The Western Region has a vast territory. In this place where the desert and the oasis intersect, countless countries once rose and died, submerged under the yellow sand.These are unowned things. If anyone finds them, it will be a gift from the heavens. No one can say that they belong to anyone alone.What's more, these are valuable treasures. The life of the nomads is hard. If they can meet some in exchange for money, the people in the tribe can get more food, warm clothes, and precious medicinal materials.
"As far as I know, a strange attack happened shortly after this happened?" The Luo family was rich, and Luo Zhaoyan was an open-minded person, so of course he didn't intend to attack this thing.
As soon as Luo Zhaoyan finished speaking, Aman Zhuole's face changed in vain, his lips trembled slightly, and he asked after a while: "Patriarch Luo means that maybe those things brought disaster?"
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Chapter 30
Because of Luo Zhaoyan's guess, Aman Zhuole showed obvious hesitation.
Luo Zhaoyan smiled slightly, not knowing what he was thinking: "Uncle Aman, the Sunset Department has had contacts with my Luo family, and you should be aware of it. Luo Zhaoyan came here this time just to avoid trouble."
With the accumulation and operation of the Luo family business in the past few years, the power has spread all over the Western Regions, and the financial resources are even more unimaginable. Luo Zhaoyan is upright and upright. Take it for yourself.
What he said made Aman Zhuole show an embarrassed expression, and finally stretched his hand out of the yurt: "Please."
Luo Zhaoyan smiled slightly, and followed him out of the yurt.
"Patriarch Luo, should we go to see that thing first, or go to Balati first?" Aman Zhuole took two steps, turned and asked.
Luo Zhaoyan thought for a moment: "Are those things hidden?"
"Yes, and I let two young people guard there secretly." Aman Zhuole nodded, and now that he had spoken, he frankly no longer concealed anything.
"In that case, let's go and see Balati first." Luo Zhaoyan immediately made a decision.
Soon, several people walked outside Balati's yurt. Aman Zhuole was about to open the door and enter the yurt when he heard Mingxiu's cold voice.
"Who!" She turned to the other direction almost instantly, and the spirit lamp that had been put away after dawn had also been sacrificed, floating beside her, her beautiful face appeared stern.
Luo Zhaoyan didn't notice anything wrong, but she still walked to Mingxiu's side, took the knife flower in her hand, and looked in the same direction: "Miss Ming, did you find something?"
Han Shi followed behind Luo Zhaoyan, shaking his head, with a look of surprise in his eyes, he didn't take the dagger in his hand in the end, and he didn't look too nervous.
"There is a demonic aura." Mingxiu's answer was very simple, and there was a bit of resentment in his words, and he seemed to hate demons very much.
Luo Zhaoyan's expression also became serious, and she took another step forward, looking at the wooden cart not far ahead and the piles of boxes stacked there, it was quiet, as if there was nothing there.
However, as Luo Zhaoyan approached step by step, there was a little movement behind the pile of wooden boxes, and then a helpless voice sounded, the tone sounded lazy: "Don't do anything, I'll come out." That was clearly a human voice .
Luo Zhaoyan stopped in his tracks, but kept holding the knife in both hands and made a gesture. If it was a monster who could speak human language, its strength would not be comparable to that of ordinary monsters.
Could it be that it was the setting sun's problem this time? !
"I can swear that I'm not a demon." From behind the wooden box came out a man wearing a light blue shirt, with long hair tied behind his head with a simple hair tie, his appearance was clearly heroic, but his expression was unusually innocent, " I'm really not a demon~" She looked at Mingxiu with bright black eyes, as sincere as her expression could be.
"Ah..." Luo Zhaoyan froze for a moment, always feeling that this person who looked about his own age looked familiar.
The man raised his hands and walked out very slowly. There seemed to be nothing hidden on his body. Mingxiu frowned and looked at her without blinking. He obviously had a demonic aura that couldn't go away, but he could distinguish carefully. , which does seem to be personal.
"Who are you?" When the two sides were in a stalemate, Han Shi suddenly jumped up, ran to the man's side and looked curiously, apparently with friendly intentions.
"Huh?" The other party blinked, looked at Han Shi, and suddenly smiled, "Ah, I know you!"
Han Shi was even more surprised: "I don't know you." She wrinkled her nose, "Although you have a smell that seems familiar, even more familiar than sister Mingxiu's."
When he came out this time, Han Shi really encountered too many things that he couldn't understand.
"My name is Mu Qing." The other party looked at Han Shi carefully, and finally showed a candid smile. After greeting Han Shi, he turned to Luo Zhaoyan, "Brother Luo, do you remember me?"
"So it's you." Luo Zhaoyan finally remembered that when she woke up in the oasis occupied by leopards when the eighteen bandits were wiped out, she saw Mu Qing helping them.
Luo Zhaoyan put Dao Hua back on his back, and took a step forward: "Long time no see, I don't know why Miss Mu appears here?"
Mu Qing put her hands down, and her smile looked a little elegant: "I came here with the little guy, it seems that I may have the same goal as brother Luo." She didn't ignore the hostility that the girl in pink over there always carried, smiled Going forward, "Girl, maybe I do have a demonic aura in me, because I often deal with demons."
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