In Lin Yan
Under the "civet cat for prince"-like transfer plan, he successfully led some of the pursuers in the wrong direction, and he himself took the opportunity to escape.
It was impossible to go to the south for the time being, and the road back to the Eastern Tang Dynasty must have been full of enemies. Lin Yan only had one choice left, and that was to go to the Western Wilderness.
Therefore, Lin Yan, disguised as a beggar, walked all the way. It is difficult for him to obtain the sand boat for the time being, and the noise caused by snatching such a tool is too big, and it is easy to be discovered, so his previous strategy will fall short.
However, Lin Yan also had a way. After all, he didn't learn the mechanics in vain. He quickly made two small skateboards out of some dead wood and tied them to his feet to facilitate driving on the sand.
This simple tool does not require too much energy. As long as you master the skills and slightly swing your body left and right to maintain balance, you can use inertia to move forward and achieve a decent speed with a small amount of energy.
Lin Yan named this tool
The "sand sled", in fact, would have made a much faster tool if it weren't for the constraints. If the current volume is more than doubled and supplemented by two support rods, even ordinary people can reach very fast speeds.
Or make one directly
"Sand Car" and then use other desert creatures to pull the car. For example, the sandworms I encountered before are very good, they are large, fast, and have very strong endurance.
Of course, the premise is that it can be tamed! However, now that time was limited, Lin Yan could not quickly find a desert creature that met these conditions and tame it to pull the cart, so he could only make do with it first.
Moreover, if sandworms were really used to pull the cart, the scene would be too shocking and not at all in line with the atmosphere of his current escape.
It is said that a beggar is not begging in the city, and he skates weirdly
It was also very strange for the "Sand Sled" to drive alone in the desert, but it was so deserted along the way that no one saw it!
On the other side, in addition to Shouyi, several groups of pursuers were led in the wrong direction. After all, the monk left by Shouyi was very conscientious, and of course it was for his own benefit.
Fortunately, Shouyi and others returned early, otherwise, everyone would probably have left full of confidence, but returned full of disappointment!
When Wu Cai and others got the news, they naturally came quickly in a sand boat, but when they arrived, they were tricked by Lin Yan, and they were furious at the moment.
Of course, the Buddhist disciples were not his subordinates, and he could not get angry at these people at will, he could only sulk.
But Shouyi was not going to let go of the guy who brought back false news. With a wave of his arm, the monk was taken away.
He kept howling miserably, but it was of no avail. Now the bamboo basket was empty, the reward he should have received was gone, and it was still unclear whether his life would be saved.
From this perspective, the monk escaped by mistake!
"What should we do now?" asked the monk next to him.
"Since he did not go to the Southern Barbarians, Lin Yan will most likely go directly to the Eastern Tang Dynasty. After all, that is his home base." Shou Yiyi.
"No, this kid is very cunning. He can't be naive enough to think that a beggar can hold us back for long. And this period of time is simply not enough for him to successfully escape from the Northern Desert and return to the Eastern Tang Dynasty. So, I guess he is Went to the west!" came a questioning voice, it was the veteran Wu Cai.
"Western Wilderness? But as far as we know, he has never been to Western Wilderness. Even if he ran away, he should have returned to the familiar Eastern Tang Dynasty." Shouyi said doubtfully.
In fact, he is right. When people encounter danger, they will always instinctively flee back to a familiar place. This is a protective mechanism.
After all, there is always a sense of security in a place that is familiar to oneself, but when escaping to a place that is not familiar at all, the degree of danger encountered will skyrocket.
"Under normal circumstances, you are right to think so. But don't forget, Lin Yan's current situation is different. Let's exclude the north and south for now. Although Dongtang is the best place, it is also the most dangerous place. After all, most people would think he would do this." Wu Cai said slowly.
"So, he did the opposite?" Shouichi asked.
"That's right!" Wu Cai nodded, and then continued:
"So he didn't want to go to the Western Wilderness, but had to choose the Western Wilderness under such circumstances!" Shouyi thought about it carefully and felt that what Wu Cai said was reasonable, so he ordered the remaining disciples to follow him to pursue the west. .
However, although Wu Cai's inference was very convincing, he could not guarantee that it was true, so he planned to lead people to pursue it first.
As for others, those who believe will join him, and those who do not believe will not be forced. After all, he is different from the previous monk who was eager for quick success. If the inference is inaccurate and he leads the disciples in the wrong direction due to his own reasons, and allows Lin Yan to escape, it will be a big sin!
Therefore, he didn't say much, he just did it himself. Don’t ask for merit, just ask for no faults!
Wu Cai and Shou and others pursued westward. Some of the remaining teams chose to follow, while others went in other directions. After all, everyone had their own judgment, and Shouyi's status did not have the right to order them. .
Lin Yan was walking along. After walking for a long time, he was hungry and thirsty. Suddenly he found a house in front of him. After much hesitation, he decided to go in first to ask for a drink of water.
This family's house is more like a small dirt bag than a house. From the outside, it is made of dead branches and old tarpaulins. From a distance, it looks like a steamed bun upside down on the sand.
There is a wall made of sand on the outside of the house, probably to protect it from wind and sand, but from the looks of it, it won't be of much use if there is a sandstorm.
Lin Yan walked in and asked inside:
"Is there anyone there?" There was silence in the house for a moment, and then an old man slowly walked out. He was wearing coarse clothes, shabby and patchy, and there were even holes in many places.
The old man looked at Lin Yan, tightened the steel fork in his hand, and said warily:
"What do you do?" Lin Yan said:
"Old man, I'm on the run from famine. I'm really thirsty when I pass by here. I want to ask for some water. Isn't it convenient?" Hearing this, the old man looked at Lin Yan carefully. Looking at his beggar's clothes, he believed it in his heart. After a while, the steel fork tightly held in his hand gradually relaxed.
He hesitated for a moment, then said to Lin Yan:
"Wait a moment." As he spoke, the old man turned around and entered the house. After a while, he came out holding a clay bowl.
The bowl looked very rough, and even had a mouth missing. The water inside was not so clear and looked turbid.
However, in this desert, water is extremely precious. Seeing that the living conditions of this old man are not good, he is still willing to give a bowl of water to strangers, which is very good!
Lin Yan thanked him, then took off the clay bowl and drank all the water in the bowl without any objection. He was really thirsty!
After drinking the water, Lin Yan exhaled with satisfaction, but at this time, his stomach growled uncontrollably.
It had been a long time since he left the town, and the constant rush brought about a rapid consumption of physical strength.
The vitality can still be restored, but the physical strength cannot. After all, humans are not immortals and cannot go without eating or drinking water.
Naturally, the old man saw Lin Yan's embarrassment. He sighed, took the clay bowl in Lin Yan's hand, turned around and entered the house again. After a while, he walked out with a small half bowl of food.
What was different from before was that in addition to the old man, there was also a little girl who came out. She was timid. Although her clothes were shabby, her big eyes were twinkling and she was extremely energetic!
What was in the clay bowl was not the common rice noodles, but a kind of food that Lin Yan had never seen before. He asked doubtfully:
"Old man, this is..." The old man chuckled and said:
"Have you never seen it? This is a unique food in the desert, called 'sham', which is the seed of saponin. We usually eat it." Then the old man looked sadly and said:
"There's just not much left, so please don't mind!" Lin Yan waved his hand and said:
"What did I say? I'm very satisfied with the food you can give me. How dare I be greedy!" He took the clay bowl and immediately started gobbling it up. Although it didn't taste good, he was still very hungry and defecated in just a few mouthfuls. After eating it all, I licked my lips, still feeling a little unfinished.
But Lin Yan was too embarrassed to ask the old man for help. After all, it was already a huge kindness for someone to give him alms once.
Lin Yan cupped his hands and said:
"Thank you, father-in-law. Have you always lived here alone?" The reason for this question is because most of the residents of the Northern Desert Buddhist Kingdom live in the city. Because of the harsh living environment, few people live alone outside the town.
The old man sighed and said:
"To be honest, the old man and his granddaughter have just moved here not long ago." At this time, the little girl who had been hiding behind the old man spoke and said:
"There's also sister!" The old man turned around and touched the little girl's head lovingly, smiling and saying:
"Yes, there is also sister!" However, that smile looked a little bitter. Lin Yan knew that there must be something hidden in this, but after all, it was a private matter.
If someone doesn't want to talk about it when they meet by chance, then naturally it's not easy for him to ask. He changed the subject wisely and said:
"Old man, do you usually eat 'shami'?" Although it was a bit impolite for him to ask this, Lin Yan mainly wanted to express that this kind of food has no nutrition after all. It's okay for adults, and children are just growing up. When it comes to health, it is not a good thing if things go on like this.
The old man sighed and said:
"I also know that Xiaoya is still young, and she is really suffering from eating this with me! But life in the desert is really sad. There is no grass growing here, and there is no way to grow other food, so I can only eat Sampoon and Sampoon in the desert every day. Zi, Shami..." Listening to the old man's words, Lin Yan felt uncomfortable in his heart. He was also a lower-class person, so he naturally understood the suffering of the lower-class people.
Apart from anything else, disciples of the Buddhist sect do not eat this kind of food. During the martial arts competition, even ordinary disciples of the Buddhist sect ate white rice.
Receiving the favor of this meal and water, Lin Yan thought that if he could successfully escape, he would definitely repay the old man well in the future.
Just as he was thinking about it, several monks suddenly broke in. Lin Yan was startled, and his hand instantly touched the handle of the knife, thinking:
"What's going on? These people react so quickly!"
