Chapter 1868 On the way to Zuli
The weather is clear, the clouds are light, and the humidity in the air is just right. It is an excellent weather. It was an early morning when everything came to life, and the dewy grass made a group of people's trouser legs wet. This is a team of several hundred people, old and young, male and female, with families and families behind them, and they look listless. The beasts in the team were pulling carts, carrying all kinds of furniture and luggage. All the young and middle-aged men were guarding on both sides of the team, and some women were also wearing armor. This is like a fleeing team, no, this is a fleeing team.
A falcon is flying in the sky. It is a great-toed goshawk. Its sharp eyes and smart brain can detect situations further away and provide warnings.
The eagle made a sharp cry and circled in the air. Some people looked back and saw two small dots approaching quickly.
“Look, they are coming.”
Some people in the team stopped because the thing in the air was coming towards them, getting closer and closer.
"Ah, it's a Pegasus, with a person on it."
A young child asked, pointing to the shining silver thing in the sky.
Everyone could not see clearly, they could only see the silver light refracted by the sun, but soon the thing reflecting the silver light disappeared.
Bing Zhixie recalled the Silver Moonlight Dragon and landed next to the fleeing team on Pegasus. Several people in charge of security in the team immediately surrounded him. They maintained a high degree of vigilance, but there was not much hostility. Maybe they found out that it was just a young man.
"How far is it from Zuli City?" Bing Zhixie asked directly. He had just entered the country last night and had not bought a detailed map of the country during the trip.
"Are you going to Zuri City? Who are you and what do you do?" The speaker was a middle-aged man with brown hair, which had grown past his cheeks. He was wearing silver armor. Although it was old and damaged, But he was very sophisticated, and seemed to be a mid-level military officer in the country, or possibly a mercenary.
Bing Zhixie said friendly: "I am traveling. I saw you and came down to ask for directions."
The middle-aged man looked at it for a few seconds and said: "Go west again. Go north, you can arrive today."
"Thank you." Bing Zhixie turned around and started to look through his luggage.
The middle-aged man said: "We have found the way, why don't you leave?" The long-handled battle ax in his hand shook slightly, as if to remind the other party not to have any evil intentions.
"Sorry, I'm tired, I need to take a rest." Bing Zhixie dodged a little, took out the black bread wrapped in oil paper and a small box of condensed milk from the luggage bag, and sat down on the ground to enjoy it stand up. The pegasus on the side was chewing the new grass on the ground.
The middle-aged man observed for a while and saw that the young man was concentrating on eating and not paying much attention to himself, so he left him and led others to go back and chase the team.
Bing Zhixie looked at the long queue that was gradually receding, and shook his head with a wry smile. After a catastrophic disaster, I don’t know how many people left their hometowns and how many people became bandits. Seeing that there were no human traces in this area, he summoned the Moonlight Dragon again and let it play by itself. Originally, the young Moonlight Dragon hated sunlight, perhaps because it had grown to different stages, but now it really liked bathing in the early morning sunlight.
Standing on the grass, looking around, feeling the gentle wind, I wonder when the sand and dust kicked up by the natural disaster will spread here. After resting for more than ten minutes, Bing Zhixie ate the last bite of black bread, clapped her hands, whistled, and the pegasus that was strolling and grazing came running.
Bingzhixie stroked the horse's mane: "I let you go several times, but you have to follow me. If you want to, follow me, as long as you are not tired. Get ready to go." He turned on the horse and gently grabbed its mane with one hand. , was about to gallop into the sky, when he suddenly saw a horse running towards him in the distance.
The person who came was the middle-aged man from the previous escape team. He rode a zebra horse, reined in the horse, and looked at Bing Zhixie from a distance of more than ten meters.
Bing Zhixie asked: "What's the matter?"
The middle-aged man raised his chin and said: "Want to go together? We are also going to Zuli."
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Bing Zhixie did not answer immediately.
The man added: "Our team has meat, vegetables and hot milk. You can have a better breakfast." "Okay." Bing Zhixie didn't think too much, and leaned towards him with a piece of horse belly. .
"Let's go then." The middle-aged man looked up at the silver light in the sky, then rode back, and the two rode side by side. The middle-aged man said: "Don't you ask why?"
"What?" Bing Zhixie knew what he was thinking.
The middle-aged man said: "You have a Pegasus. To be honest, your Pegasus is really good, without any color. It is not easy to tame such a Pegasus. By walking with us, you will be safer and our fleeing team will be safer.”
Bing Zhixie asked: "Aren't you afraid that I am a liar sent by bandits to attack the outpost?"
"Yes, since the city where I live was hit and destroyed by a meteorite, there have been more bandits and robbers. But I see you are not a bandit," the middle-aged man said.
"Why?"
The middle-aged man looked at him again and shook his head: "You don't look like that."
Bingzhi smiled evilly.
After a while, the middle-aged man led Bing Zhixie back to the team. He handed the borrowed zebra horse back to a companion, jumped onto the front seat of a carriage, and picked up the small wooden box behind the seat. He took a bottle of milk that was still warm and threw it to Bing Zhixie. Until now, the two of them have never asked each other's names. There is no need. They just met their colleagues by chance. So what if they know each other? However, Bing Zhixie still learned from his conversation with his companions that his name was Yanas.
The team marched very peacefully and did not encounter the bandits who had made a lot of trouble recently. The team stopped in a small village near noon.
"Wow, why are there so many people?" They came all the way according to the map. They wanted to buy some necessary things in this small village and have lunch before continuing on the road. Unexpectedly, there were many people on the streets of the village. , some people outside the village spread carpets and set up tents, as if they were going to camp for a picnic.
Annas sent someone to inquire about it, and the person who came back said: "Most of the outsiders on the street have fled from Zuli. Not only this village, but also all the way from Zuli. All villages and towns are difficult "People, there are not many people here."
There was a discussion in the team, and an old man said: "I haven't heard that Zuli was affected. Didn't someone say that Zuli was affected a few days ago?" Are you okay? ”
Someone suggested: "Anyway, let's take a rest here first. We have traveled so many days and haven't had a good night's sleep. Young people can bear it, but the elderly and children can't. There are not many people here. We are here." Find an open place next to the village, let everyone take a good rest, and send someone to find out what is going on. "
The camp was set up, and a fire was started to cook. Everyone was busy. Bing Zhixie left the fleeing team, letting the silver moonlight dragon play in the sky, and entered the village with Pegasus.
This village is quite large. If it is expanded, it can become a small town. The streets were bustling with people. Many people who had fled from their hometowns were thinking of selling off some of their belongings. Some started to set up stalls on the street, selling some items that had been valuable in the past at low prices in order to exchange for some daily necessities. Especially fresh and hot food.
Due to the refugees who fled from Zuri, the price of goods in the village has increased more than ten times, and the price of alcohol has increased twenty times. But even so, many things are still in short supply.
Zuli City was destroyed, this is what he heard. There are different opinions on how the city was destroyed, and he doesn’t know which one is true.
Bing Zhixie found a horse tent at the other end of the village. He wanted to buy some concentrated feed for the Pegasus that came with him, but unfortunately it was all sold out. There is no shortage of new weeds nearby, but they are nothing compared to the concentrated feed mixed with grass, bean cake and coarse salt. The Pegasus is indeed tired these days. Its continuous flying speed is faster than that of the underage Moonlight Dragon, but its physical strength is not as good as that of the Moonlight Dragon. During those few days in Feiyun Forest, he initially flew at high speed for three or four hours without resting. Now, after flying for one or two hours in a row, he feels exhausted and loses weight.
Bing Zhixie was a little worried about it. This Pegasus seemed to be dependent on him and couldn't be driven away no matter how hard it was driven. He didn't know why.
"Eat something, eat something before leaving." Bing Zhixie said to herself. In fact, he was not hungry. He ate some bacon and fruits in the team on the way. He just wanted Pegasus to have more time to rest and eat more grass.
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(End of this chapter)