Huang Jue, after three marriages

Chapter 115
There are mountains and plains on both sides of the Tigris River, but after walking southwest for a few days, the green fades and there is a desert.

The Black Bone Ridge mentioned by Sardin is in this desert.

Here you can go to the city of Damascus, to the east is Baghdad, to the south is the vast desert, through the desert, you will reach the Red Sea.

From here, as long as you enter the desert, no one can track the Omans in black,

When Xie Jue and his men managed to find the Black Bone Ridge, they lost a layer of skin.

Going ashore from the river has to pass through high mountains. Besides, it is impossible to bring so many horses and boats.

They came here.

The plains in front are okay, the mountains behind are okay, and the desert behind is depressing.

Fortunately, Sardin is an expert in the desert, so they were not killed by poisonous snakes, sunburned to death, or frozen to death by the night dew.

The people in Black Bone Ridge had been waiting for almost a month, and they were both surprised and anxious to see that Sardin brought Xie Jue and the others on foot.

Hearing that Oman and others were arrested and are now locked up in the city of Akle, they couldn't help it. Someone wanted to attack at that time.

He was blocked by Satin, saying that the cunning Song people had an idea.

Xie Jue asked those who were willing to take off their black robes and put on white robes to pretend to be local nomadic tribes and go to Akelie to investigate.

After some persuasion, only two of them were willing to change into white robes.

Xie Jue didn't care, let the two go first, and then fell asleep with their heads covered.

After resting for a few days, the two returned with news.

It was said that there were still seven or eight people alive in Oman, and they were locked in a cage at the head of the city of Akele. Those Seri people were kind to them, and they gave them food and drink every day. When the sun was at its strongest, they would also give them Take a piece of cloth.

There were people checking at the door, but they were all targeting people in black clothes. People in white robes were not checked at all, so they were let in.

There were only a few hundred Seri soldiers in the city. I heard that there were several thousand more a while ago. It was said that a group of armed Christians came from Jerusalem, so they ran to fight.

After Xie Jue and Sa Ding drew up a plan, they asked Sa Ding to find some more white robes.

Then he and Tang Bing's guards changed into white robes, and took the silk and porcelain fans (cheap goods) and other things that they had carried over so hard, and pretended to be a caravan to the city of Akele.

The city of Akele is a small city above the desert. There are not many people, and the walls made of dust are not high.

It's just next to the commercial road between Damascus and Baghdad, and the surrounding terrain is peculiar, with many gullies and wind-eroded cliffs, so it has become an important military site.

Standing some distance away from the city, Xie Jue stopped his horse and took out the package Mr. Ligu had prepared for him.

He made himself into a middle-aged man, and put a goatee on his chin, and a white turban blocked his sharp eyes.

Then go to the small town.

Before reaching the door, the soldiers guarding the door blocked them.

Xie Jue took out a piece of silk from the horse's back and handed it to the soldier. He said with a smile, "We are from Baghdad. I heard that there are rich blue stones and sharp knives here. I want to exchange some for it."

The soldier took the silk and said, "You mean lapis lazuli and Damascus knives? Then you have to go forward, to Damascus, there are more."

Xie Jue asked, "How far do we have to go?"

Another soldier came over, glanced at their horse team, and said, "It takes a long time to go to Damascus, you might as well sell them here. There are also lapis lazuli and Damascus knives in the city, and they are not too expensive."

The soldier at the front glanced at him, didn't speak, and took a step back silently.

Xie Jue thanked the soldier who was behind, took out two more plates as gifts, and then entered the city.

The town is not big and there are not many shops.

But as the soldier said, there were indeed lapis lazuli and damascus knives, as well as cheese and raisins.

Xie Jue sold the goods he brought, and bought some lapis lazuli, cheese and raisins.

After turning around for a while, the soldiers following behind disappeared until night.

In the middle of the night, Xie Jue and Tang Bing got up, quietly took the important things, and then touched the city wall.

There weren't many guards on the city wall, and it was already late at night, so the patrols looked tired.

After Xie Jue and Tang Bing's guards quietly dealt with the guards, they went to untie the cages.

"Don't come, it's a trap!" O'Man hurriedly said when he saw Xie Jue.

"I know." Xie Jue smiled, pushed the cage with his hand, and pulled Aman out.

The cage was half suspended on the top of the wall, and Oman's body was pulled out. As soon as the cage was loosened, it fell down. A pulley was activated, and the pulled rope rang the bell on the top of the wall.

After the people in several cages were pulled out, the bell on the top of the city rang together.

All the soldiers in the city were awakened, and torches were lit everywhere in the city.

Xie Jue glanced back at the city, and jumped under the city wall with Aman on his shoulders.

Tang Bing and the rest of the guards were also carrying people and jumped to the bottom.

Then desperately ran outside.

A few miles outside the city, Sadin led a dozen people and led horses and hid in a ditch.

In the dead of night and the open terrain, the bells from the city can be heard clearly even in the ditch.

Someone couldn't help but wanted to ride out, but was held down by Satin.

With a solemn face, Satin thought of what Xie Jue had repeatedly told him, and forcibly pressed down the thought of rushing out.

It was only when Xie Jue and the others appeared in sight that Satin got on his horse and rushed out, facing Xie Jue, bent down, and stretched out his hand.

No matter how good Xie Jue's martial arts are, with people and things on him, the time to run with all his strength is limited.

This distance is exactly the limit they can rush out of.

Xie Jue handed Oman to Sardin, got on an empty horse, looked back at the pale pursuers in the distance, and said, "Let's go."

"It's a trap!" Oman yelled again.

"Young Master Xie has already made arrangements." Satin responded, looked down at Aman, his face suddenly changed, and said: "What did they do to you!"

Before the voice fell, several other rescued people suddenly made a move, grabbed the weapons of the men in black who were bending over to hug them, and cut the necks of those men in black with a knife.

Oman's eyes were also bloodshot, but he still insisted: "Run! They sent Assassin!"

Following his voice, a burst of camel bells suddenly sounded from the ditch.

Xie Jue subconsciously turned around.

"Master, be careful!" Tang Bing yelled sharply.

A small snake arrow shot out of the ditch without a sound, and shot straight into Xie Jue's chest.

Fuzhou.

Su Yue counted out a few copper coins to the boss, and took the meat buns handed over by the boss.

Just as I was about to bite down, I just felt a pain in my chest.

Subconsciously, Su Yue covered her chest, then turned around and looked towards the west.

At this time, an official sedan chair just happened to come from that direction.

"Stop the sedan chair." Someone in the sedan chair shouted.

(End of this chapter)