Zhao Yan never expected that God was so unpretentious. The westerly wind blew for several consecutive days, but the wind direction changed shortly after they took off. At first, it was a chaotic wind and the wind became stronger and stronger. Finally, the wind direction finally stabilized. However, there was no reference in the vast dark night. Zhao Yan and the others didn't know which direction they were floating now? What's worse is that the other hot air balloon that Zhou Tong and the others rode was blown to, and they couldn't find it at all.

"Who do you know how to distinguish the direction when observing the sky?" Zhao Yan grabbed the edge of the hanging basket with both hands and shouted at Su Shi and Yelu Si. The wind in the air is now very strong, and the sound will be blown away as soon as it exits. Even when talking in the hanging basket, you must yell in the loudest voice.

"I understand, it's summer now, and the handle of the Big Dipper should point to the south, but the airbag above our heads is too big, blocking the Big Dipper, so I don't know which direction we are flying now!" At this time, Yelu Si shouted with a sharp voice. As the hot air balloon bumped in the wind, she was now scared and her face was pale, and she even felt like she wanted to vomit, and her mind was dizzy, as if she might faint at any time.

"I also know a little about the sky, but as the princess said, the airbag above the head is too big, blocking most of the stars. In addition, there is no moon today, so it is difficult to judge the direction. However, I guess there is a big possibility that it is to the north or northeast." Su Shi also shouted loudly at this time. He knew more about the sky than Yelu Si who only knew how to look at the Big Dipper. Unfortunately, he could not see too many stars. Therefore, he had no way to judge, so he could only guess the approximate direction.

"Shangjing City is in the north of the Luanhe Palace. If we pass by Shangjing, we should be able to see the lights below. At our speed, we should have passed Shangjing City long ago, but we have not seen the shadow of Shangjing City until now. So if Brother Zizhan did not judge the wrong direction, we should move northeastward." Zhao Yan spoke at this time, but his analysis was based on Su Shi's judgment of the direction was not wrong. Therefore, it can only be used as a reference.

"If we float northeast, we probably have entered the territory of Huanglong Mansion. The west of this place is mostly grassland, so we can land, but if we go east, we will enter the mountains. That would be a bad thing." Although Yelu Si didn't leave the palace, he was a princess of the Liao Kingdom after all, and he was very clear about the terrain of the Liao Kingdom.

"Prince, should we try to land forcibly?" Su Shi suddenly spoke and suggested. He always felt that he was floating in the sky so much that he didn't feel any security. Only then did he know where they would be sent by the wind, so it would be better to take the risk of landing on the ground.

"No, it's so dark now that we can't see the ground clearly, but we don't even know our own height. In addition, the wind is so strong, God knows what dangers will be encountered if we land rashly, so we should wait. It's best to encounter cities or villages and towns. With fire guidance below, it will be much safer to land." Zhao Yan disagreed with Su Shi's suggestion. It was the first time they operated hot air balloons, and they had no experience at all. It was not easy to be able to take off successfully. As for landing in the dark, Zhao Yan was not sure at all, and he didn't want to put his life on unreliable luck.

"It's a pity that we don't have much fuel anymore, otherwise we could wait until dawn before finding a place to land." Yelu Si said loudly with some regret at this time. The space for the hanging basket was not large, and Zhao Yan did not expect that it would not be possible to land, so there was not much fuel prepared. Judging from the current situation, we would definitely not be able to hold on until dawn.

In the next period of time, Zhao Yan and the other three lay beside the hanging basket and looked down with their eyes wide open, hoping to see the lights below. Unfortunately, the Liao Kingdom was already vast and sparsely populated. In addition, people in this era lacked nightlife. Except for the city like Kaifeng, many cities were dark at night, so Zhao Yan and the others looked down in the sky for a long time, but only saw the dark one, and nothing else could be seen.

In this way, Zhao Yan and the others had been floating in the sky for a long time, and the fuel they had prepared was almost used up. This was mainly because it was too dark and Zhao Yan and the others did not know their own height. In order to prevent them from flying too low, they could only keep refueling. As a result, the fuel was used very quickly. It is estimated that the hot air balloon would start to decline because there was no fuel, which might be more dangerous at that time.

Seeing this situation, Zhao Yan had no choice but to say to Su Shi and Yelu Si: "Now the fuel is almost gone, we can only take the risk of forcing the landing. Do you have any opinions?"

"That's all, but before landing, we can ignite the things and throw them down. This way we should be able to judge the height. If we are lucky, we may be able to see the terrain below clearly." At this time, Yelu Si suggested again.

"This method is good. There are still some fuels now, and there are also cloth bags for coal. However, the number is not large, so we may only have one chance." Su Shi's eyes lit up when he heard Yelu Si's proposal.

"Okay, then let's lower the height now, and then try it with the princess method!" Zhao Yan also looked at Yelu Si in surprise when he heard this. He only took the other party away with kindness, but he didn't expect that this little woman was so smart and could still think of such a good way at such a life and death juncture.

At this moment, Zhao Yan no longer added fuel, and the heat entering the airbag also decreased. After a while, they finally felt that the hot air balloon was beginning to decline, and the speed was not very fast, but Zhao Yan and the others still felt a little scared, afraid of hitting something. In the end, Zhao Yan felt that it was almost done, so they ignited a bag of coal and threw it down. As a result, the fired bag was immediately blown away by the strong wind, but until it was extinguished, Zhao Yan and the others saw nothing valuable.

"It seems that we were flying too high before." Zhao Yan said to himself at this time. Then they waited for a while, and probably had dropped a lot. Then they lit another bag and threw it down. As the height decreased, the wind became much smaller at this time. The ignited bag flew in the air like a fire butterfly for a while. However, it may be because it was too high that Zhao Yan and the others still saw nothing in the end.

In this way, Zhao Yan and the others threw down some ignition items every time they lowered a certain height. Sometimes the bag was sometimes red coal, and they still had nothing like the previous two times. Especially the coal was not flamed and had a low brightness, so they could never see it again as long as they exceeded a certain distance. However, hard work paid off. After Zhao Yan and the others lit the last bag and threw it down, they soon found that the bag was actually caught by something in the air. With the light of the fire, Zhao Yan and the others discovered that the one holding the bag was actually a branch, and there were also branches around it, which means that there was a forest below.

"It seems that our luck is not very good. We actually came over a forest. Everyone should be careful when landing, and danger may occur." Zhao Yan smiled bitterly when he saw this. His luck today was indeed not very good. First, he encountered a change in the wind direction, and when he landed, he encountered a forest. Landing in the woods is definitely much more dangerous than landing in other places. First, Zhao Yan and the others were likely to be skewed into human flesh skewers by branches during the process of falling.

Yelu Si and Su Shi also had pale faces at this time. Thinking of the dangers they might encounter in the woods, they couldn't help but feel a little scared. However, now they don't have much fuel and are not enough to take off again, so they can only leave it to fate.

But letting go of fate is not to do nothing. As the hot air balloon fell again, Zhao Yan and the others had even felt the branches crossing the bottom of the hanging basket. At this time, Zhao Yan threw out the stove in the hanging basket. The stove was full of burning coal. If it was knocked over when landing, it would probably burn them or even ignite the entire hot air balloon. I'm afraid the three of them would be burned to death. Of course, the thrown stove may cause a fire in the woods, but now Zhao Yan doesn't care about these things.

Next, Zhao Yan and the other three squatted in the hanging basket, and then Zhao Yan taught them to bury their heads deeply between their legs and make the body a ball as much as possible, so as to protect the vital points of their bodies to the greatest extent. At the same time, the quilt that Yelu Si used before was also covered on their heads to prevent the branches from reaching in and stabbing them when they descended.

Just as Zhao Yan and the others were ready, they soon felt that the hanging basket suddenly shook, as if they had hit something. Zhao Yan was probably hung up by a tall tree crown, which also stopped the hanging basket. However, the airbag above was still moving forward under the influence of wind, so Zhao Yan quickly felt that the hanging basket was dragged forward again, after passing the tree crown below, but soon hit another tree crown, which shocked them all over. Yelu Si even collided with Zhao Yan, which scared her to scream, instinctively hugged Zhao Yan's waist, and refused to let go.

Next was a series of impacts. Zhao Yan and the others felt like they were thrown up and down by a pair of big hands. They wanted to vomit out their internal organs, and their minds were so dizzy that they had no ability to resist. Fortunately, this impact lasted only a short time, and soon their hanging basket was hung by a tree. The airbags on it seemed to be broken, and there was no strength to drag them forward.

However, before Zhao Yan and the others could breathe a sigh of relief, they felt the hanging basket sinking, and then the entire hanging basket turned over, which made Zhao Yan and the other three fall down. Zhao Yan only felt that there were many branches around him, and it seemed that a few holes were cut, and then his head hit a thick branch that was crossing. At that time, he felt that the stars in front of him were swaying. Then he said, "I'm going to be continued, and the whole person finally fell heavily on the ground. (Please search for Astronomy not finished, the novel is better and faster!
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