Chapter VII: Chen Cang

"Second uncle!"

Zhao Xiaojun rode a small donkey and complained to Yin Tao, who was sitting on the Jade Dragon Horse in front of him:

"When will you give me a treasure horse, it doesn't matter if I ride this unspiritual broken donkey, but it is absolutely unacceptable to lose the prestige of your second master of Cangshanzhai. ”

Yin Tao listened to Zhao Xiaojun's poor mouth, and smiled secretly in his heart, but his mouth was a serious lesson to him:

"Oh, you stinky boy, do you want me to die? What did you tell when you came out, you are still the second in charge and the second in charge, if you enter Chencang, you will come to the second master, I am afraid that the whole city will know that Chencang has come in a bandit. ”

Zhao Xiaojun knew that there was something wrong, stuck out his tongue and replied:

"Master, the little one is wrong, isn't this afraid of losing your face. ”

"What kind of face do I have? You little scholar, if you ride a treasure horse, I'm afraid even a fool will see the problem. ”

After Yin Tao taught Zhao Xiaojun a lesson, he stretched out his hand and said:

"Well, I can see that Chen Cang is closed, you should be careful, don't provoke any moths. ”

Zhao Xiaojun followed Yin Tao's direction, and vaguely saw the two mountain ranges stretching endlessly from a distance. In the middle, a gray-brown wall, apparently man-made, rises from the ground, and although it is far away, there is still a faint sense of solemnity. Zhao Xiaojun rubbed his hands and was a little excited, eager to see the demeanor of the first pass in the northwest in the mouth of his uncles immediately.

This trip to Chencang was originally Yin Tao's alone, Zhao Xiaojun heard the news out of nowhere, and the night before leaving, he ran to Leng Xiao's night house to stalk, and he had to make up for his mistakes and contribute his own strength to Cangshanzhai. Thinking of his future plans, and considering that this trip to Chen Cang was focused on investigation and there was no risk, Leng Xiaoye agreed with Zhao Xiaojun to go out to see the world.

"Ah......h

When Chen Cangguan came down and saw the Xiongguan in front of him, Zhao Xiaojun, who was mentally prepared, was also shocked and couldn't speak for a while.

Chen Cang south of 3,600 miles of Qinling, north of 1,400 miles of Longshan, since ancient times is the only road to and from Tianshui County in northern Xinjiang and Jingzhao County in the Central Plains, according to legend in ancient times, the north of Xinjiang is still the world of the Qiang tribe, every autumn and winter, less than tens of thousands, more than hundreds of thousands of iron horses, often by Chen Cang into the pass to burn and kill and plunder, the Qiang people iron horses come and go like the wind, the Central Plains Dynasty can only passively resist, always suffer the people in Guanzhong, often the family is broken, the wife is scattered. Until Emperor Wen succeeded to the throne, founded the four major academies of Yingtian, Fengtian, Chengtian and Shuntian, widely instructed, and made great efforts to govern the country. Subsequently, Hebei Nagong, Wu Yue surrendered, Bashu returned to Shun, and Kyushu was the only place left in the war.

One hundred and forty-three years after the Yuan Dynasty, Emperor Wen sent the hussar general Dugu Haoran to lead the soldiers and horses of the five towns to Chencang outside the camp of 800 miles to resist the Qiang people, and raised the strength of the whole country to levy 5 million people to gather to Chencang, night and day, rest people do not stop work, and finally built this up to 100 meters, across the north and south hundreds of miles of Chencang Pass, although the Central Plains national strength has therefore entered a period of weakness, but the Qiang people are difficult to cross the thunder pond half a step from then on.

Seeing that Zhao Xiaojun was stunned and motionless, Yin Tao thought of his appearance at the beginning of the year, laughed secretly, stretched out his hand and pushed Zhao Xiaojun, and said lightly:

"Let's go, don't look like you've never seen the world. ”

With that, he picked up the Jade Dragon Horse and walked towards the gate.

Zhao Xiaojun came back to his senses and hurriedly followed, still sighing in his heart, this Chen Cangguan only looks at the wall, just like an ancient desolate beast guarding the counties in Guanzhong.

Lu Yin took it out. ”

Walking through the long giant doorway, as he approached the exit, a chief dressed in dark iron armor stretched out his hand towards Yin Tao.

Yin Tao pretended to reach into his sleeve, summoned out the fake road guide that had been prepared in the storage ring and a few fragments of lower-grade spirit crystals and handed them over, arching his hands:

"I'm tired of the military master. ”

When he saw that the scholar in front of him was dressed in gorgeous clothes and was so sensible, he casually flipped through it and replied with a smile:

"This son is polite, let's do it routinely, please. ”

After the bloody war thousands of years ago, the Qiang people were driven all the way across the Canglan River from the northern Xinjiang, and since then they have left their homeland and disappeared, and the military status of Chencang Pass has been reduced a lot, although it is still an important town in the northwest, but it is more of a role in carrying the economy of the north and the south, and its commercial status is second only to the western capital of Chang'an in Guanzhong.

As soon as you go out of the cave, a major avenue is Fuqian Street, looking at it from afar, at the end is the Taishou Mansion, the street is lined with all kinds of shops, and when you go forward, the enthusiastic shouting on both sides is noisy.

"The palace of the king of Bashu medicine directly supplies the pills, to the Yuan Dan, condensing and dispersing, everything is available. There are no middlemen to make the difference!"

"The best Qingfeng sword, Qu Lu gun, crescent halberd, and Wujin nine-ring knife are all from the hands of everyone in the Yuan family in Hebei, the price is fair, and Tong Su is not bullied. ”

"Walk by, don't miss it, the spiritual tea that has just been shipped from the land of Wuyue this year, there is a good cloud tea, drinking it can strengthen the body, get rid of all kinds of diseases, there is the best Baihua tea, drinking it can beautify and nourish the skin, delay aging. ”

"Here are all kinds of desserts made by the new Lingdao in Guanzhong this year, the guest officials who come and go from the north and south bring a copy, go out, don't work hard for yourself, you can also take it back to your hometown as a specialty, and honor your elders. ”

Zhao Xiaojun looked at it as he walked, his eyes were full of dazzling, and he almost couldn't move. Yin Tao knew what everything in front of him meant to a fledgling child, and he didn't urge, he walked slowly, it was still early, and it was always inconvenient to act.

As Zhao Xiaojun walked, he looked at Yin Tao with envy and said:

"Second uncle, this place is too prosperous, isn't it? Xichuan is a tattered beggar's city compared to here. ”

Yin Tao smiled slightly, pointed to the east, and said:

"Chencang Pass was originally a military town, although the economic development has been relatively rapid in recent years, but compared to the western capital Chang'an, it is still far behind, that is, Xuchang, Shandong, Jianghan Xiangyang, is dozens of times more prosperous than Chencang, not to mention the first city in the world, Luoyang, the eastern capital of the center of Kyushu!"

Yin Tao's words lingered in Zhao Xiaojun's ears, making him full of yearning for the Central Plains.

"Second uncle, when I become a golden pill in the future, I must travel all over the land of Kyushu. ”

Yin Tao smiled and said:

"That's great, we can't send you, our ancestor, away, so that everyone will suffer less from you. ”

Knowing that Yin Tao was joking with him, Zhao Xiaojun said in a rare and serious manner:

"Second uncle, no matter where I go or what scenery I see, I must return to Cangshan, only Cangshan Village is my home, and only you are my relatives. ”

Yin Tao was stunned when he heard this, and immediately smiled with relief, but when he thought of the turmoil that Northern Xinjiang was likely to face in the future, his smile gradually faded.