The believers were fascinated by the hearing, and their pious eyes were confused.

At this time, a Sogdian merchant named Mifatai put down his cup, got up and squeezed into the crowd, and disappeared in a blink of an eye.

Cui Han not only felt the divine nature, but also felt the summoning of the God of Fire, but did not notice that Mifatai had left.

Shi Xianning could see clearly and continued to translate, but there was a sense of worry between his eyebrows.

Mifatai did not leave the Temple of Fire. He walked out of the main hall through the side door. At the prompting of a twelve or thirteen-year-old apprentice, he quickly walked over and got into a carriage parked in front of the warehouse.

A strong Sogdian warrior sat in the carriage and said as soon as he saw him, "Master, Ukun and the Eagle are not there, the camels, horses and goods are gone, and there are several bloodstains in the fort."

"There is blood, what happened to them?"

"I looked carefully inside and out and found that there were many footprints and hoof prints. I followed the traces and chased them for seven or eight miles in one breath until the hoof prints of the pack horse disappeared. I could only find caravans nearby to inquire."

"Have you ever encountered a caravan?" Mifatai didn't expect that he would encounter such a thing and was immediately shocked and sweated coldly.

The warrior said, "Meet one."

"Have you found anything?"

"The caravan guards said that they had seen several Turkic people from afar in the morning. The Turkic people were riding horses and leading several camels. It seemed that they had cargo tied up on the camels. They didn't know the background of each other, and they didn't dare to get too close, and they dared to say hello."

"The Turks...will they read it wrong?"

"It shouldn't be, master, the caravan is walking slowly. They should be able to get outside the city in half an hour. If you don't believe it, you can go and ask the caravan guards later."

Could it be that Wu Kun and the others met a horse thief...

No, it should be that the horse thief accidentally went to the shoe Feng. They were unlucky and were hit by the horse thief.

Fortunately, it was a horse thief, and a bunch of Turkic horse thieves...

Mifatai breathed a little relieved and said with a gloomy face: "It seems that Wukun and the others are in danger. Most of them have died at the hands of Turkic horse thieves."

"Master, there are many pirates in the Hanhai horse."

"It's okay if Wu Kun dies, but I'm entrusted by someone to be loyal to others. Now even the eagle is dead. Let me... let me explain to the guests."

"Master, why don't I go and look for it again."

"Go and look for it quickly. You have to see people alive and see corpses when you die!"

...

At the same time, Han Shimei rode a horse surrounded by four personal guards, leading a camel cavalry with sixteen camels, and rushed to Baisha City calmly along the flat and gentle valley.

The land here is more fertile than the Juncheng, and the river valley is covered with weeds and shrubs.

The Chi River, which flows slowly from Yele City, is very open here. The river beaches are all grasslands to the north. It is summer. Looking around, the green grass is full of endless views.

There is only a small narrow grassland south of the river beach, gradually becoming a Gobi desert with rocks and no grass growing, and four or five miles away, until the red and endless barren mountains four or five miles away.

The ancient world in ancient books is just like this, but mountains and rivers can be seen everywhere in the Western Regions.

Han Shimei didn't bother to enjoy the wonders of the desert and the oasis, and looked around and asked, "Wang Hu, how far is it from Baisha City."

"Sir, walk three or four miles further forward to Langya Feng. Langya Feng is about fifteen miles to Baisha City."

"It's nearly twenty miles away, and it seems that the luncheon can't be reached."

"Sir, I am really good at joking. I dare to bet that the Grand Governor will definitely be waiting for you. You will definitely not start the banquet unless you are."

As soon as Wang Hu finished speaking, the guard on the left couldn't help but smile and said, "Sir, I think the Grand Governor cannot start the banquet, but he dare not start the banquet."

"Don't talk nonsense!"

Han Shimei's face turned and turned around and scolded, "The Grand Governor of Jiluo is also the Grand Governor of the Tang Dynasty. He is regarded as a second-rank official, so how can you and other guards ridicule it!"

The personal guard was startled and hurriedly said, "Stop being angry, I dare not do anything."

Wang Hu didn't want to see his colleague being punished, so he asked without saying a word: "Sir, the Governor knows that you are going to celebrate his birthday today, so logically he should send someone to greet him, so why no one has come to greet him until now."

The short guard suddenly felt something was wrong and murmured: "Not only did no one come to greet him, but there was no one seen along the way from the headache to here."

Wang Hu really didn't pay attention to these things and smiled: "Today is the Hu people's Gahan Bar Festival, and people may be busy going to Zodiac. Besides, this ghost place is already vast and sparsely populated, and it is difficult to see a few people in normal times."

"What are you playing in Zoroastrians? What's the best match? I'll compete six or seven times a year."

"That's someone else's holiday. Don't we celebrate the New Year, Mid-Autumn Festival, and Double Ninth Festival?"

The three guards started to talk, but the short guard looked around.

Han Shimei saw it in her eyes and was suspicious in her heart. She was silent for a moment, and suddenly said, "Wang Hu, Zhang Cheng."

"I am in a humble position."

"You two go to the palace and show me carefully. Don't let them lose the gifts prepared by me for the Grand Governor."

"promise!"

Wang Hu thought that the military supervisor thought he was annoyed, so he hurriedly grabbed the reins and turned the horse's head, and ran to the back of the camel team with the short guard Zhang Cheng.

Han Shimei looked back at the camel husband riding an old horse and holding a camel head, and continued to ride his horse forward.

After leaving for about a stick of incense, he asked with a smile: "Li Youwei, how many years have you been with me?"

The personal guard on the left quickly said, "My Lord, I have been following Master Hu.

"How is this official treating you?"

"Adults treat humble positions as their family members. Being able to follow them is a blessing for the eight lives of humble positions."

"Huang Dafu, how many years have you been with me?"

"Three years."

"How is this official treating you?"

"I can't speak, I only know that it's good for me to treat my husband."

Han Shimei smiled and asked again: "Have you ever been on the battle formation?"

Li Youwei said without hesitation: "Sir, I have been in a low position in the battle formation four times."

The youngest personal guard Huang Dafu, not to mention being embarrassed, said with a bitter face: "I have never been to the battle formation and have never fought."

"I haven't been on the battle formation before, right? Now the opportunity is here, are you afraid?"

"Sir, you mean..."

"Stop talking nonsense, I will ask if you are afraid."

"Don't be afraid of humble positions."

"Okay, I will watch you kill the enemy later."

Huang Dafu was stunned and couldn't believe it was true.

Although Li Youwei was shocked, he quickly recovered from his senses. He held the reins in one hand and the horizontal knife in the other, stared at the mottled red stone mountain in the distance, and asked with a frown: "Sir, are you worried about a horse thief?"

The endless grassland to the north cannot hide people.

There is still a river valley in front, but the terrain is smooth and you can see a few miles away at a glance, so you can't hide people.

The west is the direction when we came, and the beacon castles along the way are stationed by border troops, and the only one who can hide troops is the south.

Han Shimei looked at the possible direction of the enemy and asked, "Are you scared?"

"I'm not afraid of humble positions, but I'm just worried about the adults."

"I don't need to worry about you. I always see you brag about how you shoot arrows and can penetrate the sun with hundreds of steps. I will see if you shoot accurately later."

"As long as the thief dares to come, the humble position will not disappoint the adults."

As he was speaking, the groom behind him who was holding a camel suddenly said, "Sir, the thief is here."

Despite his preparations, Han Shimei's heart still skipped a beat and turned around and asked, "Where is the thief?"

"Report to the southeast, sir."

"Sir, I saw it too. There were dust and there were many people!"

"How many are there?"

Li Youwei calmed down, looked carefully for a while, and said nervously: "I can't see clearly."

"I finally came, it was indeed coming for me." Han Shimei snorted coldly, then shouted: "Shishou Chen Lushou, I've left these thieves to you! Huang Dafu, go to the back to pass the order and order Wang Hu to follow the order of Chen Lushou."

"promise!"

While speaking, the dust splashed from the horse's hooves in the southeast was clearly visible, like a gray cloud floating quickly towards this side.

The "camel husbands" behind the camels were obviously prepared. Without waiting for the order from the coach Chen Lushou to pull out his short knives and cut off the rope that tied the "congratulations" to him.

I saw a spear, a horizontal knife, and a shield rolling to the ground from the "gift" tied to the camel.

What made Wang Hu and other personal guards even more unbelievable and ecstatic was that there were twenty sacks containing neither gifts nor weapons, and there were about twenty living people wearing armor crawling out of them!

"Zhang Si, you guys take your shields and protect your lord."

"Second, why are you slowing down? Hurry up and go there to pile the hay cow dung."

"Old Luo, get on the chain quickly. If the camel runs away and the camel formation is loose, I will be the first to chop your head!"
To be continued...