The caravan set out from Wuchuan Town, all the way north, through the Great Wall, and arrived at the grassland desert.

This caravan is from Liangliao, the name of the steward is Fan Yanqiu, and Tang Zongfei is small, the two families are good friends for generations, different from Tang Zongfei's imperial examination, Fan Yanqiu is not interested in being an official in the dynasty, and prefers to do business, which is similar to Shen Ning'er who is in charge of the inner library, thinking that business is the broad road to national wealth, the ancestor disagrees with this point of view, but he can't hold back Shen Ning'er A large handful of silver stuffed into her arms, and uses reality to tell the ancestor an obvious and simple truth- Get rich in business, have fewer children and grow more trees.

From Tang Zongfei, Li Yuanhao heard some of Fan Yanqiu's whimsical thoughts, such as he believes that there is no right or wrong in the four imperial courts, and there is no distinction between positions, only interests, so whether there is a court in the world, people are still as usual, settling disputes by force is the most inferior means to resolve conflicts between countries, and economic containment is the right way. Fan Yanqiu also practiced for this and became an outlier in the Fan family, doing business abroad all the year round, mainly between the Northern Wei Dynasty and the Xiongnu, reselling silk, tea and porcelain.

The Fan family has a different kind of emotion towards Fan Yanqiu, resistant and disgusted, but they need Fan Yanqiu's support, because the Fan family is leaking and urgently needs silver, and the other rooms are used to living a rich and prosperous life, and they are squandering money like dirt, only Fan Yanqiu, who is a concubine in a partial house, can send silver to the family.

Fan Yanqiu is very talented, and Tang Zongfei commented on his poems - swallowing clouds and spitting fog, swallowing mountains and rivers. Li Yuanhao felt a pity that such a person should be an official in the court.

Fan Yanqiu is extremely handsome, and has martial arts, and his hand is already faintly imposing when he leaves the sword.

This trip to the north, in addition to Li Yuanhao's special carriage, there are two carriages that are also very special, both from large families in Liaodong, one is sitting in the third lady of the Liang family in Liaodong, Liang Xiuxiu, followed by a caring little maid, the carriage is magnificent, all kinds of furnishings are available, no less than the boudoir of the young lady of the big family, Liang Xiuxiu is used to being pampered, constantly complaining about the bitter cold outside, opened the curtain and glanced at another carriage not far away, snorted heavily, and muttered to himself: " Little slut, if you want to rob Brother Fan with me, I won't let you succeed. ”

On the other carriage sat the little slut in Liang Xiuxiu's mouth, Jian Ning'er, the eldest lady of the Jian family in Liaodong, not as magnificent as Liang Xiuxiu's carriage, Jian Ning'er's carriage was simple and simple, there was an embroidery box not far away, there was a half-embroidered embroidery in the box, and there was no little maid beside her, Jian Ning'er was extremely independent since she was a child, easy-going and polite, not like Liang Xiuxiu, who had a very bad reputation, Jian Ning'er had a good reputation and was considered a good wife and mother who could marry home.

On this trip, Liang Xiuxiu is traveling in the mountains and rivers to see his own brother Fan, Jian Ninger has another reason, this time the merchant resells tea and has a share of the Jian family.

Picking up the curtain with two fingers, Jian Ning'er glanced at Fan Yanqiu on horseback, and said, "Brother Fan, take a rest and drink some water." ”

Fan Yanqiu took the water bladder handed over by Jian Ning'er and took a sip gently: "Before sunset, rush to the oasis in front of you and rest again, this place is dangerous, there are often ringing horses, you need to be more careful." ”

Jian Ning'er nodded and didn't enter the carriage.

The grassland has just had a heavy snowfall, the white expanse, the sky is blue like a match, the sun is bright and dazzling, but it is not warm, walking on the boundless grassland, giving people a sense of insignificance.

Fan Yanqiu thought for a moment, turned the horse's head, and came to Li Yuanhao's carriage, he learned a little bit of information from his friend Tang Zongfei, Li Yuanying and Li Dingyi are a pair of sisters and brothers, and they are going to Shengjing City to save their relatives, as for the rest, Fan Yanqiu is not clear.

Before Fan Yanqiu arrived in front of the carriage, Li Yuanhao had already sensed the other party, got out of the carriage, smiled at Fan Yanqiu, and clenched his fists with both hands: "Fan Gongzi." ”

Fan Yanqiu's face became very exciting, and a woman saluted in the way of a man's fist, this Miss Li was so strange.

Ding Yi coughed in a low voice and reminded Li Yuanhao, Li Yuanhao realized it later, suddenly realized, thought about the woman's posture of asking for peace, bowed slightly, and said a thousand blessings: "Fan Gongzi." ”

"Miss Li. Fan Yanqiu replied: "Miss Li, it's a long way to Shengjing City, and the convoy can only escort it to Guliangzhou, and the rest of the journey needs to be completed by Miss Li herself." ”

Li Yuanhao nodded: "Brother Tang has already explained that Yuan Ying is already grateful to be able to send it to Guliangzhou." ”

"Ashamed, ashamed......" Fan Yanqiu suddenly turned his head and looked at the far north with a serious face.

Li Yuanhao also looked at the junction of the line between heaven and earth, although she didn't know what was going to happen, but she could feel the danger, because there was a slight tremor on the ground under her feet, and she could feel the slight tremor that ordinary people couldn't feel.

I don't know when, a thick cloud drifted from the far north, obscuring the sun and the blue sky, the clouds were mixed with a fleeting lightning, the earth trembled without warning, the convoy horses kept neighing, and the horses were so anxious that they kicked the horses' hooves, boom, boom, boom, a thunderstorm sounded continuously, deafening, I don't know where the wind blew from the white snow on the grassland, poured into the air, rolled all over the sky, revealing the black earth and rocks below, and the earth and stones were swept into the air with the wind.

"Fan Gongzi, what is this?" asked Li Yuanhao.

Fan Yanqiu smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Our luck is so good, we just entered the grassland, and we encountered a white-haired tornado. ”

The young man Ding Yi suddenly pointed to the west and asked, "What is that?"

Fan Yanqiu looked fixedly, and the wry smile on his face was even stronger: "The second white-haired tornado." ”

Li Yuanhao was speechless, this luck is indeed very good, she used to study, she knew that there was a white-haired wind on the grassland, covering the sky and the sun, and it could freeze people to death.

Between the grassland and the world, a gray-black pillar is constantly tumbling and boiling, and there is a dark cloud on the tornado's head, the dark cloud presents a strange dark green, flowing slowly, like a giant beast devouring all things, plus the constantly roaring wind, everything that is close is swallowed, twisted into pieces, and thrown into the air.

As the white-haired tornado got closer and closer, the storm became bigger and bigger, and the surroundings began to turn dark, and many light and small objects of the convoy had been swept into the air, flying higher and higher, and disappeared in an instant.

Liang Xiuxiu jumped down from the carriage, ran to Fan Yanqiu crying, and hugged the other party's arm: "Brother Fan, it's so terrible, will we die?"

Jian Ning'er also got out of the carriage, her little face turned pale, even though she was called a lady with calm in her heart, she couldn't help but be scared when she saw the tornado bursting in the distance.

Fan Yanqiu touched Liang Xiuxiu's head: "Don't be afraid, there is me." ”