long moon smiles in the sky

The next morning, just as everyone woke up, they saw Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao falling asleep with their heads against the wall at the door.

Tang Mi wanted to get up, but when he heard something, Bai Yutang woke up, still muttering, "Cat... your pillow is really hard, ask Mr. Bao to change it for you."

"Huh?" Zhan Zhao also woke up, and when he heard Bai Yutang's words, he said in a daze, "Who asked you to grab the quilt!"

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Afterwards, the two heard snickering from behind, and when they looked back, they saw that everyone had stood up, with smiles on their lips, trying not to look at them.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other and scratched their heads in embarrassment.

Everyone went out of the apse to wash up by the stream. Zhan Zhao pushed Bai Yutang who was still leaning against him, "Aren't you getting up?" Bai Yutang looked at him, leaned over, and gave him a "chirp" on the cheek , "Good morning, cat."

Zhan Zhao became nervous, and seeing Bai Yutang's ears were red, he also leaned over to make up for it, and said, "Mmm, good morning."

The two looked at each other, and they both felt that this should be the way to be a lover, right?

After getting ready, everyone set off on the road and rushed to Mobei non-stop. There was nothing to say on the road. After ten days, everyone finally arrived in Mobei, approaching the stone city outside the desert where the evil devil cave is located.

After entering the city gate, everyone discovered that this place is indeed called Stone City. The streets are full of houses made of ocher loess and stones, with a desert style.

In order to avoid the wind and sand, everyone wrapped windproof scarves around their necks, but they still couldn't block the dust all over their bodies.This will kill Bai Yutang, he loves cleanliness the most, this dirt makes him feel sad.

"Let's find an inn to wash up first." Bai Yutang said to Zhan Zhao, "I'm so sick."

"The inn..." Zhan Zhao looked around, the stone city was very desolate, there were hardly any decent houses, and there were very few pedestrians.

"Hey, there!" Chen Xing pointed to a big stone house at the intersection ahead, with sharp eyes, and saw a big sign on the stone door, with two words on it - inn.

"Uh... this inn really lives up to its name." Tang Mi couldn't help laughing.

"I hope there is water there." Bai Yutang slapped the wind back, and ran to the inn first, followed by Zhan Zhao and others.

When he arrived at the entrance of the inn, Bai Yutang got off his horse, and a waiter came out to greet him, looked at the number of people, and smiled, "Yo, guest officer, do you want to stay at the inn?"

"Is there any water?" Bai Yutang asked.

"Water?" The man was a little puzzled, but he nodded and said, "Well, there is a well behind."

When Bai Yutang heard this, he thought it was great, and immediately asked for several guest rooms, "Hurry up, fetch water for a bath!"

The buddy collected the money and didn't care about anything else, so he went down to prepare happily.

After half an hour.

"Huh..." Bai Yutang sighed comfortably in the tub, and said to Zhan Zhao who was also leaning comfortably in the tub next to him, "Cat, it's finally time to take a bath."

Zhan Zhao said with a smile, "Yeah, hurry up and wash enough, you won't have to wash when you get to the desert."

Bai Yutang was a little dejected, and said, "Oh...these people are the same, it's not good where to go, they must come to the desert, this backcountry.

Zhan Zhao adjusted his angle and said, "Hey, did you notice that no one followed us along the way?"

"En." Bai Yutang nodded, looking suspicious indeed. "

"And we didn't see anyone from Tubo along the way." Zhan Zhao said, "I calculated our distance and speed. There is no reason for Tubo to be faster than us. I thought we would meet them on the road."

"By the way, cat." Bai Yutang smiled and said, "Who knows if the trickster this time is from Tubo?"

"That's true." Zhan Zhao nodded, "We only saw the letter, but it was not signed. The most direct evidence is that the Tibetans disappeared."

"This is a strange matter. Anyway, you have to be careful when you enter the hinterland of the desert." Bai Yutang said, stretched out his hand, and pinched Zhan Zhao's shoulder.

"Why?" Zhan Zhao asked, pinching back.

The two of them pinched and pinched, and then they got together again, rubbed, touched twice, kissed... until there was a knock on the door, "Uncle Zeng? Are you all right? Let's eat! "

Both Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang separated subconsciously, they looked at each other, and Bai Yutang said, "Okay..."

Then, get dressed and go out, and go downstairs for dinner.

The food in the Mobei area is quite special, they are all dry goods, the meat is basically a whole roasted lamb, pancakes and hot soup, and there are no delicate dishes.

Tang Mi and the others were already having dinner, and this time Mo Yibei and Mo Yidao also followed, and everyone simply went together.

Chen Xing wiped the chairs for Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao, and said, "Uncle Zeng Master, Hero Zhan, sit down."

The man also came up to serve tea.

Tang Mi shook his head while eating, and said to Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao, "I just went to see the terrain. This desert is amazing. If I want to go in, I probably need to find a guide."

The guy next to him was pouring tea for everyone, and when he heard that everyone said they were going to go to the desert, he immediately asked, "Hey everyone, are you going to go to the desert?"

Tang Mi looked at him and nodded, "Well, do you have any good guide introductions, brother?"

"Guys, don't go in, this desert is not flat!" the man said in a low voice.

"Oh?" Bai Yutang asked with interest, "Why is it so unfair?"

"Recently, ghost ships can always be seen at night." The man whispered.

"Ghost ship?" Zhan Zhao was taken aback, "What ghost ship?"

"You don't know about ghost ships? Oh, that's right, are you foreigners?" The man nodded and said, "In this area, you can often see ghost ships. It is a huge black ship in the desert at night. The huge ship was looming, and at first a few curious people went in to see it, and then they didn't come out again!

"There is such a thing?" Zhan Zhao was a little surprised.

"Isn't that right." The man shook his head and said, "So, even if you want to find a guide, no one will agree to it. Why don't you just die and run to die?"

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other and frowned slightly.

"Where is the ghost ship exactly?" Luo Tongqing asked, "Can you still see it at night?"

"Yes, these days, as long as the weather is fine and the wind is small, you can see it." The man said, "If you don't believe me, you can take a look at it at night."

Everyone nodded, and after the buddy left, Tang Mi asked Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao, "How is it?"

"Without a guide and without a goal, it's not suitable to go in during the day." Zhan Zhao said, "Wait until night!"

"If that ghost ship appears, let's go in and have a look." Bai Yutang said.

Everyone nodded and ate quickly, waiting for the ghost ship to appear at night.

In the afternoon, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang first went to the hinterland of the desert to have a look, and asked a few passers-by, saying that none of them had seen the Tubo group passing by.

"Cat." Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao walked back slowly, "It's a bit strange."

"But the entrance to the Demon Cave is indeed here, right?" Zhan Zhao asked.

"Old man Yuan said that before, and besides... didn't he also say that there is a ghost ship?" Bai Yutang said.

"In other words, the one who kidnapped Yuan Yuan might not be the people from Tubo..." Zhan Zhao laughed before he finished speaking, and said to Bai Yutang, "Yutang, say Cao Cao Cao Cao is here!"

Bai Yutang raised his head, and saw a group of people walking towards the gate of the stone city in front of them, it was the Tubo party, headed by the Tubo prince Dabu, and the real Heishan... In the distance, you can still see Mo Yixiao was among them.

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang exchanged glances, found a place to hide in a flash, then quickly returned to the inn, and told Tang Mi and the others what they had just seen.

"Ah? They're behind us?" Chen Xing was taken aback and asked, "What about Miss Yuanyuan?"

Zhan Zhao shrugged, "I didn't see it just now, but if it's there, it's just right, and I can save people now."

"I think... Maybe it's not these people who took Miss Yuanyuan away. We'll know when they come in and see our reaction!"

Everyone looked at each other, nodded, sat down and drank tea and waited.

Sure enough, not long after, a large number of people came in from outside. The guys went out to greet them.

When Dabu and the others saw Zhan Zhao, Bai Yutang and the others, their expressions were wonderful, their mouths couldn't close in shock, Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other—it seemed that these people really didn't do it.

Mo Yixiao was also quite surprised, he originally thought that Mo Yidao and Mo Yibei were going to fight him hard again, but unexpectedly, the two continued to drink, as if they didn't recognize him.

Dabu came up and said, "What a coincidence, I will meet you all again."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang smiled and said, "It's not a coincidence, we came here on purpose."

Dabu was taken aback, and the Heishan real person next to him found a place to sit down first, and asked, "Are you here for the evil cave?"

"No." Tang Mi smiled, took out the note that kidnapped Yuan Yuan, handed it to Dabu, and asked, "Do you recognize the notes on this paper?"

Dabu was slightly surprised, took a look, frowned, and asked, "Where did this note come from?"

"Miss Yuanyuan's room." Luo Tongqing replied.

"Oh..." Dabu nodded, his brows were slightly frowned, and he seemed a little puzzled. Seeing that Zhan Zhao and the others were looking at him, his eyes rolled slightly, he quickly shook his head and said, "Everyone, don't you think we arrested Miss Yuan Yuan?" Bar?"

No one spoke.

"How could we do such a despicable thing?!" Dabu shook his head quickly, and said, "Misunderstanding! A huge misunderstanding!" "Then, does the little prince know who did it?" Zhan Zhao asked.

Dabu thought for a while, then looked at the seats at Zhan Zhao's table, and Zhan Zhao signaled him—please sit down.

Dabu sat down, thought for a while, and said, "To tell you the truth, our journey was indeed obstructed by a person secretly."

"Who is it?" Bai Yutang asked.

Dabu shook his head and said, "That man's martial arts skills are extremely high, and the moth that was originally in Mo Yixiao's hands was also stolen."

"What?" Mo Yibei couldn't help but turned around and asked, "The moth was stolen?"

"Yes." Dabu nodded, and said, "That night, a man in black suddenly attacked, because we had too many wounded in this martial arts competition, so we were not prepared. I didn't expect him to be so skillful, and he snatched the precious sword all at once. , disappeared."

"That man's martial arts skills, do you know?" Zhan Zhao continued to ask.

Dabu shook his head and said, "The trick is unique, I've never seen it before!"

"It makes sense to take the treasured sword first, then ask for the key later." Tang Mi said to himself.

"Then you are here this time for the Demon Cave?" Zhan Zhao asked.

"Indeed." Dabu waved his hand and said, "But you don't have to worry. I entered the Demon Cave just to learn martial arts and get some treasures. I haven't been favored very much recently. If I want to compete with the emperor for the throne, I must have the capital , so it’s just for earning capital, and I don’t have any idea of ​​harming Da Song.”

Everyone wanted to laugh - you don't have it now, it's hard to guarantee that you won't have it after you ascended the throne, why do you think people are fools? !

"Then, has the little prince ever heard of ghost ships?" Tang Mi asked him.

"Of course I've heard of it." Dabu nodded and said, "But I've never seen it before!"

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang recalled the ghost ship they saw in Jiujiang Mansion that day, and glared at each other again—if you hadn't made trouble that day, they would have caught up to it long ago!

Ever since Dabu had seen how powerful Mu Qingyun was, he no longer dared to be an enemy of Bai Yutang Zhanzhao and the others.

After they left, Zhan Zhao and the others went back to their room first, quietly waiting for the ghost ship to appear that night, and listening to the movement downstairs, it seemed that Dabu and the others had also stayed at the inn and were not in a hurry to go to the Demon Cave.

Soon, the night in the desert came.

Zhan Zhao opened the back window, propped his chin with one hand, and watched from the window, Bai Yutang also came over and asked, "Cat, do you see it?"

Zhan Zhao shook his head facing the vast desert, and said, "No."

Bai Yutang crowded beside him and said, "Go over."

Zhan Zhao moved to the side, Bai Yutang squeezed in, and the two of them were lying together in a narrow window.

"It seems that there is a strong wind in the distance." Bai Yutang looked at the desert and said.

"Yeah." Zhan Zhao nodded, "Looking at it, it's all gray, even covering the moon."

"Master, they don't know where they are." Zhan Zhao said, "Don't go into the desert."

"Don't worry." Bai Yutang comforted him, "Just the two of them, even if we enter the desert, we won't lose them."

"That's true." Zhan Zhao thought for a while and said, "Yutang, do you still remember what we heard in the prefect's yamen last time?"

Bai Yutang was taken aback for a moment, then nodded, "What about revenge or not?"

"Yeah." Zhan Zhao nodded, "After talking and talking, I always feel that if we want to talk about revenge, it has something to do with the real person in Heishan, but... Moji is already dead, and his revenge is considered revenge. Finding trouble with Mr. Yuan... But this time, the case doesn't seem to be that simple.

"Yeah." Bai Yutang stretched his waist, and said indifferently, "It's just a hassle, you're a cat, and you've got to take a good vacation, and you've got to do something like this."

Zhan Zhao wrinkled his nose, and said, "That's right... Now that the holidays are over, I'm still staying in this remote village. If only I could go back to Kaifeng, where I can go shopping and eat steamed stuffed buns."

"It's almost Dragon Boat Festival after finishing the case this time?" Bai Yutang asked suddenly.

"En." Zhan Zhao nodded, "It's almost there."

"When you go back, go to the empty island." Bai Yutang tugged at his sleeve.

"Why?" Zhan Zhao glanced at him.

Bai Yutang smiled, "Go and eat the zongzi made by sister-in-law."

Zhan Zhao thought for a while, then nodded with a smile, "Okay."

The two were looking at each other, and suddenly, Chen Xing's shout came from the window next door, "Master! Master, look! The ghost ship!"

Hearing Chen Xing's voice, almost everyone pushed open the windows and looked out... In the hinterland of the desert where the dust was flying, a huge black shadow loomed, and it looked more and more dark under the moonlight. Clearly, it looks like a ghost ship!