Rebirth of the High Gate Mistress

Chapter 122 Protecting my wife

After everyone had discussed it, Li Ling ordered him to prepare enough dry food and water before setting off.

It is naturally impossible to drive in such a vast Gobi desert. Li Ling was worried about his wife riding alone, so he planned to protect her and ride together.

It's just that Ziyun can't ride a horse. Although men and women are not intimate with each other, under such circumstances, there is no way to pay attention to this.

Li Ling found Zhou Jin and Liang Jin and asked, "Which one of you is willing to protect Miss Ziyun?"

Zhou Jin rushed to reply: "Of course General Liang is worthy of this responsibility."

Liang Jin glared back at him, and Zhou Jin said with a sneer: "Your equestrian skills are better than mine, so naturally you can protect the girl's family better."

Liang Jin snorted coldly: "Last time we ran a horse race, but you won the lottery."

Zhou Jin praised Liang Jin and said, "You are a more careful person."

Liang Jin praised Zhou Jin and said, "You are more humble."

The two of them complimented each other, but neither of them was willing to take on this responsibility. Li Ling frowned and said, "Can't you two take some responsibility?"

After listening to Li Ling's words, Zhou Jin grinned at him and said, "Since my cousin said so, it's better to let Liang Jin enter. He is more responsible than me."

 Liang Jin: “You boy”

Jing Shu on the side glanced at the two people who were arguing, then looked at Ziyun who was blushing with shame, and said to Liang Jin: "General Liang, can you protect Ziyun if you can help me?"

Liang Jin's face turned red and he didn't dare to look at Jing Shu. He lowered his head and replied like a mosquito: "That's good."

 Finally the arrangements were made, and the group set off in great numbers.

The weather in the desert has always been changeable. It was still cool when we set out in the early morning, but it was so hot at noon that people were nervous. In the evening, there was a sandstorm covering the sky and the ground.

Li Ling ordered to camp on the spot. Before leaving, Li Ling ordered people to buy more than 20 camels, specially used to carry tents, luggage, food and drink.

The soldiers found a good location and pitched their tents despite the storm. However, the sand and dust were too heavy and it was very difficult to pitch them securely. The roaring wind would often blow them away as soon as they were pitched.

The sky was filled with flying sand and rocks, and there was nowhere to shelter him. Li Ling was afraid that his little wife would be swept away by the wind, so he wrapped his coat tightly from head to toe and protected her tightly in his arms.

　It wasn't until dark that the wind and sand abated, and the tent was finally set up.

Li Ling carried his wife into the tent and took off the clothes she was wrapped in. When he saw that his little wife was blowing sand and dust all over her head and face, while he was dusting her with sand, he couldn't help nagging in distress: "I just said I don't want you to come, you must be disobedient, just look at it, you will suffer a lot, do you regret it?"

Jingshu coughed twice, spit out the sand in her throat and mouth, and still said stubbornly: "What's the point? I'm not a person who can't endure hardship."

 Li Ling opened the water bag: "Drink some water quickly and rinse your mouth."

Jingshu rinsed her mouth and finally took a breath. Although she was in a mess, at least she was protected by Li Ling's clothes. Li Ling was holding her in his arms and eating the sandstorm. She was so embarrassed that she could hardly see.

Jingshu smiled, stepped forward to help him throw away the sand, and joked: "This is the first time I've seen you in such a mess."

After putting up a tent, we finally had a shelter, but we still couldn’t slack off. The desert was most dangerous after dark, not to mention the legendary man-eating sand ghosts.

Li Ling ordered Zhou Jin and Liang Jin to organize the soldiers into three groups and take turns to watch the night.

At night, Li Ling thought that his little wife would not be able to sleep peacefully in such a harsh environment. Unexpectedly, she got into her sleeping bag and fell into a deep sleep.

The wind was howling outside the tent, and a small butter lamp was burning inside the tent. He sat beside his wife, looking at her sleeping face, feeling sweet and indescribably satisfied.

The night was dark and dark, with not a single star in sight. Suddenly, the flame of the butter lamp flickered violently.

With the keen intuition of a general, Li Ling quickly picked up the ironworker and listened quietly.

After a moment, he suddenly stood up, rushed outside the tent, raised his bow and fired an arrow. Then with a sharp "beep", a rocket shot straight into the dark night sky, followed by a shrill scream. .

"Danger! Gather! Gather!" The emergency horn sounded through the camp, and hundreds of torches lit up the night sky in an instant.

 When the soldiers found the "monster" shot by Li Ling, they couldn't help but take a breath.

The "monster" was several feet tall, with long reddish-brown hair all over his body, a mouth spurting blood, and a green face and fangs.

 Looking really scary.

Because he was shot through the shoulder and arm by a rocket, he rolled on the ground and screamed in pain.

Li Ling and the other soldiers got closer and took a closer look. Although this thing looked strange, it also had hands, feet, a nose and eyes, and its appearance was the same as that of a human being.

The only difference is that his legs are slender, and the soles of his feet are more like those of a duck. The toes are all connected together. Because of this feature, they can "fly" while running fast with the help of wind.

Li Ling took off the rattan armor he was wearing and carefully identified that the armor was made of tendons unique to the desert and soaked in oil and water. Therefore, an ordinary sword would not hurt him at all, because what he just shot was a rocket. This oil vine likes water and fears fire, so he shot it down.

Li Ling ordered: "Keep this thing under good guard. Their sneak attack failed today and they should be too frightened to come back. I will light more torches later and let him lead the way at dawn. Let's go over and eliminate these ghosts in one fell swoop."

Originally, after hearing the legend about this monster, many soldiers were frightened. Now seeing the general shoot down this thing with an arrow, the morale of the soldiers suddenly increased.

Zhou Jin said: "I'm really ashamed. I was on duty just now. I just felt bad and was about to shoot, but I didn't expect to be beaten first by my cousin in the tent."

Liang Jin was still a little unable to let go of what happened during the day. Hearing this, he sneered and said, "When you notice and shoot him down, I'm afraid we will all be buried in this monster's belly."

Zhou Jin heard Liang Jin’s sarcasm and punched him: “Why are you so stingy now?”

Hu Dahai was punished by Li Ling yesterday to fight with mud for a whole day. Now he finally seized the opportunity to redeem himself. He hurriedly came forward and flattered: "It goes without saying that the general's archery skills are the best in the world. Hahaha, let's join the team." It can't even compare to it."

Li Ling rolled her eyes at him and said with a cold face: "You will be on duty later."

 Hu Dahai looked at Li Ling who got back into the tent after throwing such words at him, scratched his head and muttered: "Why has the general become so stingy now?"

Li Ling returned to the tent, Jingshu had already woken up, and the little man was curled up in the sleeping bag, squinting and asking: "I thought I heard the horn sound just now, but what happened?"

 It seemed that such harsh conditions did not affect his little wife's good sleep. Despite the commotion outside, she could still sleep so soundly.

Li Ling tucked the sleeping bag for her and said dotingly: "Go to sleep, it's just a wild deer that ran into the tent and has been driven away."

The little wife said "Oh" and rubbed her sleepy eyes: "Since there is nothing to do, you can come over and sleep."

Li Ling was sure that the monsters would not come again, so he put on his clothes and lay down next to his wife: "I will sleep with you."

The little wife turned her head and leaned into his arms. Sure enough, within a moment, the sound of her even breathing could be heard.

Li Ling also closed his eyes, but the hand holding the sword by his side never let go.

With his beloved wife by his side, he naturally had to be very careful to protect her.

 (End of this chapter)