On the eighth day of the trade route, the three men marched in a wagon into a mountain range.

In the past eight days, the relationship between Xue Wu and Zhang Zhao has also improved a lot, no longer talking as little as at the beginning, but talking more and more.

Sometimes Zhang Zhao didn't want to pay attention to her, but she was just talking endlessly by herself.

This also let Zhang Zhao know that this Xue Wu is a talker, not a cold and glamorous beauty who cherishes words like gold.

"When you reach the Gudao Mountain Range, you can enter the territory of our Eastern Kingdom after crossing this mountain."

At this time, Xue Wu, who was sitting between the two, showed an excited expression and said that this was the Gudao Mountain Range on the border of their eastern country.

But Zhang Zhao, who heard this name, was not very happy, because this mountain range is an eighth-level mountain range, and there are many high-level demon beasts living in it, and there are even demon kings who can transform into human form.

Part of the reason why the eastern country is peaceful is that there is a natural danger of the Gudao Mountain Range, and people outside can't get in, and people inside can't get out.

If you want to bypass the Gudao Mountains, you need to go around to the South China Sea and finally take a boat from the South China Sea to the East China Sea.

And the last time they came out, they came out in this way, and this time they came back because the monk saw Zhang Zhao's strength and felt that there was no problem, so he dared to take this business road.

If it were changed to other caravans in normal times, there would be few Martial Soul Realm cultivators to escort no one would choose to take this path, even when the trade road was built, it was specially going to the Ziyang Sect to invite several elders to come over to protect the Dharma.

Of course, with Zhang Zhao's strength, there is no need to be afraid of any high-level demon beasts, even if all the demon kings come together, they will not be his opponents. The reason why I was worried was that I was afraid that I would accidentally distract myself and let the demon king take away the Xue Wu chatterbox.

But in the end, if she was really caught by the demon kings, it might still be a good thing. Before the demon king could eat it, he annoyed the demon kings to death first.

Not long after entering the mountain, Zhang Zhao noticed that there were nine demon kings in the Gudao Mountain Range, including bat demons, tiger demons, leopard demons, poisonous beasts and even dragon clans.

With Zhang Zhao's powerful idea, he could easily lock in the danger of existence, and those demon kings naturally felt his existence, and under such a gap in strength, the demon kings naturally did not dare to come up and provoke.

The carriage drove in the Gudao Mountain Range for a day and a night, and under Zhang Zhao's strong idea, none of the high-level demon beasts were encountered, and many low-level demon beasts were encountered.

But in the end, those low-level demon beasts were driven away by the monks on the side before they could make a move.

By the early morning of the next day, the carriage had already left the territory of the Gudao Mountains.

Early in the morning, there were more caravans coming and going.

It is less than half a day's journey away from the imperial capital of the Eastern Kingdom, and there are also many Xuan-level cities on the left and right. These merchants are all from the Xuan-level city, and they are going to go to the Eastern Imperial Capital to do business.

In addition to the larger caravans, there are also many small farmers who push their own agricultural products. Among them, there are some fish, shrimp, crabs and the like, although the imperial capital of the Eastern Kingdom is close to the sea, but people eat your seafood, and then the river fresh has become a rare delicacy.

Among the merchants and farmers, Zhang Zhao also saw a little girl of seven or eight years old, who followed her grandmother to the east with an ox cart with a large wooden barrel containing many large carp.

Seeing her eating the sugar gourd in her hand with a serious face, Zhang Zhao was very distressed and very cute.

At this time, the monk suddenly said: "There will be more people in the past, this is close to the imperial capital, and the nearby merchants and farmers will go there to do business, and when they have nothing to do, they will go to Putuo Mountain to worship Buddha and burn incense. ”

Hearing this, Zhang Zhao thought about it carefully, the attention of this construction of the trade road was not his own, it should be Shenyin or Bai Xing.

However, along the way, it seems that this trade route is indeed a lot more convenient, not only convenient for the people in the surrounding cities, but also drives the economy.

At more than nine o'clock, the carriage driven by Zhang Zhao and his team had already arrived at the imperial capital of the Eastern Kingdom.

The East China Sea has always been rich in water jade, so the castles here are all built with water jade.

This water jade has a cyan luster under the refraction of the sun, and the light is not bright, but it looks very beautiful.

When he came to the city gate, the monk jumped out of the carriage, bowed to Zhang Zhao and Xue Wu on the carriage, and said, "Amitabha, now that Her Royal Highness the princess has returned to the city safely, it is time for the little monk to return to the mountain gate to resume his life." It is a great honor for the little monk to be able to get married to Zhang Gongzi along the way, and I look forward to meeting him next time. ”

The monk spoke very politely, which made people have to respect him.

Zhang Zhao clasped his hands into fists and returned the salute and said, "Little Master, take care!"

When he came to the city gate, Zhang Zhao saw that this city, like other cities, had soldiers guarding the city gate, and the passers-by would be checked, merchants needed to pay a certain fee to enter the city, and farmers were free. On the one hand, it promotes the development of the city, and on the other hand, it also allows the low-income commoners to get more preferential treatment.

Zhang Zhao found that the armor worn by the soldiers here was very special, it was some kind of wisteria armor. This wisteria armor was the most inferior battle armor in the army, but Zhang Zhao felt that the wisteria armor they were wearing was different, and he could even feel that there was spiritual power floating on it.

"A carriage and thirty taels of silver"

While Zhang Zhao was looking at the wisteria armor on the soldier's body, a soldier with a spear walked over.

Zhang Zhao was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously said, "Aren't pedestrians free of charge"?

The soldier nodded, and said, "It is true that there is no charge for pedestrians, but the carriage must be charged, thirty taels of silver." ”

"Oh, that's fine"

Thirty taels of silver is not a lot of money for Zhang Zhao, and the reason why he asked is to know why he wants to collect it.

I saw that Zhang Zhao had just taken out the silver, and before he could give it to the soldier, he saw Xue Wu come out of the carriage and pointed at the soldier and scolded: "You dead thing, don't you know Princess Xue Wu? ”

This shout attracted the attention of the people around them, and everyone turned to look at the unruly woman in the carriage. From everyone's eyes, Zhang Zhao found that these people didn't seem to know Xue Wu. But think about it, how can civilians and low-level soldiers meet royals, let alone a delicate and expensive princess.

Seeing that Xue Wu scolded people directly without saying a word, the soldier also lost his temper and was angry: "Where did the yellow-haired girl come from, she dared to pretend to be the Snow Dance Princess!"

"Hey, you're ......."

Seeing that the other party still didn't believe him, Xue Wu also had a princess temper, and stepped forward to beat the soldier.

But now, more soldiers have surrounded you, and everyone doesn't know you, if you dare to do it, it will not be too much for people to kill you.