One Thousand Sixty-Five, the Shepherd

As night fell, the two sheep that broke away from the team trotted all the way, as if they were tireless, rushed all the way to the northwest.

There are two people in the outpost, one patrols during the day and the other patrols at night, so there is no dead angle in time.

But, who cares about two sheep in the wilderness?

When they passed through the night until morning, they finally passed through the outermost outpost defense line and came to the back of a hillside.

Here, a man in a gray cotton and linen robe is already waiting.

He stood and waited quietly, his whole expression was covered by his hood, as if he was meditating with his eyes closed.

The two sheep looked at him expectantly, while the gray-robed man opened his eyes, took out a white stone from his wide sleeve and held it in his hand.

He groaned a strange syllable, and the two sheep suddenly turned into human figures lying on the ground, with black hair and yellow skin, no different from the Central Plains people.

"Tell me, what did you see?" The gray robe's voice was low and magnetic, as if it contained some kind of rhythm.

The two young men said: "We seem to have seen a big man in Fort 178. Although we don't know the identity of the opponent, he has his own entourage, and the entourage is extremely powerful."

"How do you know that?" Gray Robe said calmly, "Be more careful."

When speaking, the stone held tightly in the gray robe's hand seemed to mean a lot to him.

And the two people in front of him said: "The servant can walk with the boulder on his back, and the big man sits on the stone."

"Boulder?"

"A stone as tall as half a man," the two servants looked at the stone in the wizard's hand in awe, as if a little in awe.

The wizard wondered: "What is he doing with a stone on his back?"

"I don't know, and we didn't dare to get too close. The servant seems to have a very keen sixth sense. We were almost spotted just by looking at him twice," the servant explained, "We guess that the big man carrying the stone may be Let's punish him."

"It's possible," the wizard nodded, "But there are only two of them traveling, and no matter how high their status is, they won't go anywhere, so it's not worth my shot. Go back, and remember not to show your flaws."

As a result, the two servants hurriedly said: "My lord, we have been here for two years. It is not easy to see a special person walk out of the fortress. Please don't miss this opportunity. I can guarantee that you will be able to Find what you're looking for!"

These two servants are miserable enough, even if they were sent to be sheep for two years.

It's okay to just shave the wool and suffer humiliation, the key is that there is still the risk of being slaughtered.

What are sheep for? Isn't it just for eating...

Now that the wizard asked them to go back to lurk again, how could they bear it?

The wizard seemed to see through their thoughts, and said with a half-smile: "Before you came to join me and wanted to be apprentices, if it wasn't for your diligence, I would never have agreed. Apprentices must have apprentices." Realize it, it’s too late to repent now.”

The servant hurriedly said: "We didn't want to repent, my lord, think about it, if we turn into sheep, we will not be able to enter the range of the barrier alliance. You also said that what you are looking for appears hundreds of kilometers southeast of Fort 178 Even if we become sheep, we won’t be able to get there. Why don’t you catch this big man and ask him, maybe he will know about it?”

Another servant said: "Even if they don't know where the thing you are looking for is, but that servant is born with supernatural powers. If you take him in as a gladiator, you will surely be able to stand out at the grand event next year."

The wizard closed his eyes and meditated,

Finding things was like finding a needle in a haystack, but he didn't have much hope.

But the story of the gladiator moved the wizard very much.

Servants born with divine power? As a wizard with a fragile body, such a close follower is very much needed.

The wizard was silent for a long time and said: "Go, help me find them. After this is done, I will allow you to enter my wizard tower to study."

As he spoke, the two young men in front of him turned into sheep again, and on the white stone in his hand, a purple eye lit up and then went out again.

The two sheep looked at each other, and ran towards Fort 178 again against the morning sun.

...

At the same time, Ren Xiaosu and Zhang Jinglin had already woken up. Instead of sleeping late, they started to make breakfast for the two sentries in the No. 7 outpost.

Zhang Jinglin skillfully tied an apron and sleeves on himself, while Ren Xiaosu had already started chopping vegetables, but there were not many kinds of vegetables in the post, only radishes and cabbage.

Two sentries stood outside the kitchen uneasily: "Commander, young commander, why don't we cook, is it reasonable to ask you to cook?"

The outpost has a phone, so they were notified yesterday afternoon that the commander and the young marshal were coming.

But they didn't expect that the young marshal and the commander would make breakfast for them when they woke up, which made them a little panicked.

Zhang Jinglin smiled and comforted: "Why are you nervous? You are stationed here. It's nothing for the two of us who stay comfortably in the fortress to cook you a meal. It's just hard work for you. In such a difficult environment, you can only eat. Radish and cabbage, it makes me feel very ashamed of you."

Hearing what Zhang Jinglin said, the sentinel hurriedly said: "No, no, it would be nice to have fresh vegetables delivered regularly, let us cook!"

"Why, are you worried that our cooking won't taste good?" Zhang Jinglin joked, "Don't worry, we both cook very well."

Ren Xiaosu skillfully washed and picked vegetables and chopped them, and then, as if by magic, he pulled out a pig's hind leg in front of the sentry and Zhang Jinglin...

Zhang Jinglin had long heard that Ren Xiaosu had this miraculous ability, but this was the first time he saw it with his own eyes.

"Don't look at me like that," Ren Xiaosu said calmly, "I've prepared pork since I knew I was coming to the outpost, and I even brought two pairs of thick socks for each of them as gifts."

Zhang Jinglin smiled: "Yes, Yunsu is your property, and now you are one of the richest people in Northwest China, but the problem is that you are so rich, why only give two pairs of socks, this is too stingy ?”

Ren Xiaosu rolled his eyes: "You commander of the Northwest Army still miss my little money?"

While eating, the sentry drank porridge from a bowl, and his eyes became red as he drank.

Seeing the gazes of Ren Xiaosu and Zhang Jinglin, they quickly wiped away their tears: "Commander, we are fine, but you are here to visit us, and we are very touched."

These sentries have undergone the most rigorous training and have been stationed in this harshest environment for several years, but in fact they are all ordinary people, and they are also vulnerable when they are homesick. .

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Goodnight everybody