Burning Heaven Jue God

190 The Hateful Horse Thief

After leaving Yichun City, Bai Yi found that it was as desolate as the rumors said, with yellow sand and Gobi everywhere, and the ground was full of stones. There was no vegetation to grow in this kind of land, and it was difficult to grow crops.

Therefore, cattle and sheep are generally raised in the Western Regions, and meat is the staple food in the eyes of the Western Regions. In contrast, vegetables are particularly precious here.

Riding a camel, I walked for a day on the vast land of the Western Regions, far away from Yichun City. The scenery I saw was the same as before, and there were desolate scenes everywhere. Such an environment is really difficult for people to survive.

It wasn't until the seventh day that Bai Yi and the others saw a not-so-big river, and thus saw some villages and people. Where there is water, there is life. This is the biggest feature of the Western Regions; some vegetation grows on both sides of the river. , formed a piece of oasis, and people live in this piece of oasis.

People here live a simple life, no different from ancient times, but their clothes are somewhat different from other places, which is also caused by regional differences.

"What an oasis, there are even vineyards, let's rest here first!"

After walking in the Gobi Desert for a long time, it is undoubtedly a pleasure to see such beautiful scenery.

Bai Yi and his party stopped at a rather large oasis, preparing to take a rest and replenish some water and food here. After all, Bai Binger still needs to eat, and water is indispensable for anyone; wash and wash along the way Dust on the body.

There is a small village in the oasis with [-] to [-] families. The houses built are very simple and the conditions are not very good.

As soon as Bai Yi and his party entered the village, well-meaning villagers invited them to their homes and brought them water and food. The people here are very simple and hospitable. If anyone passes by here, they will warmly entertain them. Figure what.

The family that Bai Yi and the others entered lived in the village. There were four people in the family, an old mother, a couple, and a child who was only seven or eight years old. very happy.

The child's nickname is Xiaoshitou, he is very lively, but he is a little shy when meeting strangers. He has never left the village, and he doesn't know what the outside world is like, and he is even illiterate; Bai Binger looks at Xiaoshitou Very cute, I couldn't help but gave him some gadgets, which made the little guy excited.

While Bai Yi and the others were eating, suddenly there was some movement outside, as if someone had come.

"Brother, what happened?"

Bai Bing'er, who was scrubbing her body in the back room, also came out at this time, and while asking, she was still tugging at her clothes.

"I don't know either, let's go out and have a look."

Bai Yi was also wondering, this small village should be very peaceful, how could there be any noise, and he also vaguely heard the neighing of horses.

Immediately, a group of people pulled Xiaoshitou out of the house, just in time to meet Xiaoshitou's mother.

"Go back to the house quickly, the horse thief is coming."

Xiao Shitou's mother is very simple, but at the moment she seems very nervous.

I didn't expect it to be such a coincidence. They had just arrived in this small village when the horse thieves came. Even if they had never met the horse thieves from the Western Regions, Bai Yi knew what these people did. They were definitely not good people anyway.

"It's okay, let's go and have a look, sister-in-law, you can take a small stone and go into the house to avoid it!"

Bai Yi smiled slightly, and said to Xiao Shitou's mother and son.

Since there was a horse thief coming, how could he not go and have a look? Immediately, Bai Yi and the others quickly walked towards the entrance of the village, while Xiao Shitou's mother hurried back to the house with Xiao Shitou in her arms. Come into the house.

At this time, many people had already gathered at the entrance of the village. The men in the village basically rushed over, while the elderly, women and children stayed at home. Obviously, this was not the first time they had experienced such a scene.

Living in the Western Regions, the biggest difficulty is not from natural disasters, but man-made disasters, these horse thieves, every year these horse thieves will visit the villages in the oasis, the time is not fixed, they may come at any time, sometimes it takes less than a year at all; The purpose of these horse thieves is to take away the property of the villagers. The euphemistic name is: to pay tribute, so that they can ensure the safety of the village, otherwise they will bear the consequences if anything happens.

These small villages have no choice but to follow the wishes of the horse thieves. There have been villages who resisted, but in the end they were slaughtered and no chickens or dogs were left behind.

If there were no raids by horse thieves, these villagers might have a better life, but these horse thieves come every year, making these villagers miserable, but they dare not speak out, and can only obediently pay tribute according to the horse thieves' request, less None; the so-called tributes are cattle, sheep, and food. If there is a natural disaster and the harvest is not good, after paying the tributes, these villagers will have problems eating.

Because of this, there are fewer and fewer villages in the desert, and fewer and fewer people live there. Many people have escaped, unwilling to continue to live such a life, but there are always some old people and children who cannot leave. My own family had to stay and continue to endure all this.

"That won't work, that's the camel of a passing guest..."

After a long distance, Bai Yi heard some words.

It seemed that the horse thieves wanted to take their camels away, and the villagers were explaining that they wanted to help them keep the camels.

"What kind of passing guests? Since they are passing through here, they also need to pay tribute, and these camels can be regarded as their tribute. If anyone talks too much, don't blame me for being rude to him!"

On the back of a black steed, a ferocious man with a big knife shouted to the villagers.

Immediately, all the villagers fell silent, and no one dared to say a word. These horse thieves were extremely vicious, and if they were not good, they would really kill people. They didn't want to get into trouble.

Coincidentally, at this time, Bai Yi and the others walked over, and those horse thieves on horseback immediately spotted them. They were not interested in Bai Yi and the big men, and all of them cast their eyes on Bai Binger and Qing Ya , revealing the color of obsession.

Immediately, the headed horse thief came over on horseback, his eyes were still fixed on Bai Binger, his lustful eyes were so disgusting that his saliva almost flowed out.

"What a beautiful chick, she doesn't look like one in the desert, are you just passing guests?"

The man with a scar on his face asked loudly.

There was disgust in Bai Bing'er's eyes, she wished she could take action to teach this person a lesson, but Bai Yi stopped her.

Bai Yi smiled and said, "That's right, we are passing guests here, I heard that you want to take our camel away, right?"

"That's right, your camels must belong to us as a tribute, so as to keep you safe."

"Then what should we use to hurry?"

"That's your own business, little ones, take these two beauties with you."

The gaze of the scarred face never left Bai Binger's body, and at this moment, someone actually asked someone to take Bai Binger and Qingya away.

Immediately, a kind of horse thieves surrounded them, all of them were laughing, with knives in their hands, none of them were good people, and there was excitement in their eyes, bringing back two beauties, maybe they would have a chance to try something new.

There are more than a dozen of these horse thieves, all in their twenties and thirties, all of them have hideous faces, and most of their injuries have been stained with blood.

Two of the horse thieves got off their horses and were about to take Bai Binger and Qing Ya away, but at this moment, Bai Yi made a move and slapped the horse thief who was close to Bai Binger away. At the same time, Qing Ya It was also a shot, kicking away the horse thief who approached her.

No need for Bai Yi to speak, Black Eagle, Snow Leopard and Spirit Tiger have already made a move, attacking other horse thieves, knocking down a group of horse thieves in an instant, all struggling and shouting on the ground, but unable to get up.

Only the leader, Scarface, saw that something was wrong and ran away on horseback. Don't even think about it, he knew he was going to be stung. He was no match at all. He didn't want any tribute from the village, and he didn't care about those brothers. Now, he only thinks about running for his life.

As for the fleeing Scarface, Bai Yi and the others did not chase after him, as if they were planning to let him escape like this.

Seeing that the horse thief was defeated, this should have been a happy thing, but the villagers were not happy, and instead showed dignified and anxious expressions.

"You have caused trouble. There are many horse thieves here, and they will come back soon. Hurry up, or you won't be able to leave."

An elderly man said to Bai Yi and the others very worriedly.

At such a time, the villagers here don't think about their own safety, but are worried about Bai Yi and others, which shows how kind-hearted they are. Seeing the modern city full of intrigues, seeing this kind of simplicity makes Bai Yi feel good many.

"Old man, since we caused trouble, we will naturally have to bear it. If we leave, what will you do? Don't worry, we will solve it and won't drag the village down."

Bai Yi said with a light smile, looking very calm.

Under such circumstances, how could he leave? Since those horse thieves are extremely vicious and murderous without blinking an eye, if they leave, the horse thieves will definitely vent their anger on this village, and they will probably kill and implicate these innocent people; so Bai No matter what Yi said, he would stay and leave after everything was settled.

And he let go of the scarred face just now, just to let him go back and report the news, so that he can get rid of this horse thief in one fell swoop, do some good deeds, and let the people living in this area live a good life.

After hearing Bai Yi's words, the people in the village still tried to persuade them out of good intentions, saying that even if Bai Yi and the others left, it would be fine, at most they would pay more tribute, and the matter would be over.

But no matter how much these people persuaded, Bai Yi insisted on staying and promised that the village would never be damaged.

Since the horse thief will be back soon, Bai Yi told the villagers to go back home and not to come out for the time being. After everything is settled, they can come out with peace of mind.

Bai Yi asked the villagers to take back the cattle, sheep and food, so naturally these things would not be given to horse thieves.