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At this time, nearly three months have passed since Hanshan and his party,

Chen Yingying finally arrived in the northwest under the secret protection of the old man in red, and during this time he was almost always on the road, non-stop, and he didn't know how many horses died of exhaustion.

The old man in red chased a little hard,

When they finally saw the majestic city, they both breathed a sigh of relief.

Chen Yingying knows that his identity is not bad, if he is recognized, there will definitely be a problem, and he is only in the realm of the spirit at present, even if he has a family heirloom fetal breath method to protect the body, it is very difficult to ensure that he has a safe journey.

The old man in red accompanied him for three months, even if he had a good impression of him, he couldn't help frowning slightly, thinking that Meng'er didn't even explain where the letter was, obviously he was playing tricks on you, just mean it, why are you so serious?

The city in front of them was in the northwest, and the name was very interesting, it was called the Northwest City.

Although this city is in a remote place, it was once the capital of a certain country, and now it is also the most prosperous city in the Tang Dynasty except for the capital.

Chen Yingying came to the city gate, there were no traces of war on the high and thick city wall, not because it had been painted after the war, but because when the Tang army came here, the city gate was wide open, there were no soldiers on the battlements, and the ministers of the court and China were all at home, everything went smoothly, and there was no decent resistance.

It is known as the shortest siege battle in history.

Because when it was learned that the Tang army was coming, and the monarch of the country did not intend to surrender.

So the merchants killed him and all the ministers and generals who advocated against the Tang Dynasty, washed the palace in blood, seized control of the city, and withdrew the palace protection array.

It only took an hour before and after.

At that time, people learned that most of the court's court in this country were merchant disciples, so they were able to seize control of the northwest city by thunderous means.

can assassinate the king of a country,

The strength and horror of the merchant can be seen from this.

Thinking of the scenes depicted in that history book, those bloody scenes were in stark contrast to the bustling hustle and bustle behind the city gate, which made Chen Yingying feel a lot of emotion.

After the fall of that country, the old capital was officially renamed Northwest City, and the merchants politely refused the invitation of Emperor Yuanzong to enter the court as an official, and vowed to only be merchants in the future.

The Shang clan will never be officials and will never interfere in the affairs of the court.

It is precisely because of such guarantees and such merits that the Northwest Shang clan rose at an extremely fast speed, quickly surpassing the Lu family to become the richest man in the human world, and paying an extremely large tax to Datang every year.

Many people have never seen or even heard of such a huge amount of wealth.

The so-called rich rival country is talking about the Shang family.

The Northwest City was not ruined by the old capital and remote location, but prospered day by day with the success of the Shang clan.

When Chen Yingying came here for the first time, he was naturally full of novelty and wanted to enter the city to see the style of Xiongcheng.

But he was stopped by the officers and soldiers at the city gate.

The official sitting behind the table looked at him and said lazily, "You're not a local, are you?" ”

Chen Yingying nodded slightly and said, "My hometown is in Jiangnan." ”

The officer asked, "What are you doing here?"

Chen Yingying said: "Meet the eldest lady." ”

There are many big families in the entire northwest city, and almost every household has an eldest lady.

But here, mentioning the eldest lady without referring to it can only be the one.

She's the eldest lady of the entire Northwest City,

The official raised his eyebrows slightly, withdrew his gaze from him, his expression still casual but a little impatient, and then burst out of his mouth......

"Get out. ”

Those soldiers turned their heads, and several cold gazes fell on him, making Chen Yingying shiver.

Since the eldest lady became famous, countless people have come to visit, most of them are self-righteous guys, especially those young and pedantic scholars who persuade her to spread her wealth to help the people of the world, or want to climb the high branches.

There are too many fools in the world,

The prefect of the city had no choice but to order the officers and soldiers at the city gate to strictly control it, so that all such rash visitors would get out.

It doesn't make much sense to do that, because they can say they're here to play.

But I can stop some of them,

For example, a guy like Chen Yingying who doesn't know the inside story.

Chen Yingying hurriedly explained: "It was the Prairie Saintess who sent me. ”

The official raised his head again, and said with interest, "I haven't heard of this from the beginning to the end, it's interesting, I don't know why the Holy Maiden sent you here?"

Chen Yingying said: "Send a letter." ”

The official stretched out his hand and said, "Take it out, I'll deliver it for you." ”

Chen Yingying scratched his head and said, "This ...... I didn't know where to believe it, but my aunt asked me to come over directly, saying that the eldest lady would know it at a glance. ”

The official's face sank, and this time he said two words: "Get out." ”

Two soldiers drove him left and right, and threw him out of the city gate.

The old man in red saw it from a distance, shook his head with a wry smile, and turned his head back to the grassland, without any intention of helping.

This is Chen Yingying's own business, does he need the help of his elders on the road to chasing his wife?

He's done with his mission, and it's time to go back.

Chen Yingying found that these two ordinary soldiers dressed as people actually had the cultivation of the lower grade of the cave and secluded realm, which was already a pretty good level in casual cultivation, and they were really elite in the army, how could they be city gate soldiers?

Before he had time to think about it, Chen Yingying said loudly: "Wait, I have a token!"

The official raised his eyes and said, "Wait." ”

The two soldiers stopped,

The official stretched out his hand and beckoned to him.

Chen Yingying took out a blue jade pendant and put it in his palm respectfully, thinking that he couldn't use his family identity when he went out, it was really difficult to travel.

The official's eyes changed slightly, this thing is obviously not ordinary, the meaning of the pattern on it is unknown, but it can be seen that the workmanship is extremely fine, and the left and right graphics are perfectly symmetrical under a closer look, not bad at all.

Ordinary masters can't do this, and the person who carved this jade must be a strong cultivator.

Chen Yingying was worried in his heart, this was a birthday gift from his mother, and the material was a fine blue ice jade, and he didn't know if he could use it to pass it off as a grassland token.

The official whispered a few words to a person beside him, and the man glanced at Chen Yingying a few times, remembered his appearance and dressed, and left with the jade pendant.

A chair was lifted to the officer's table,

The official tapped his fingers on the table, no longer as lazy as before, but his tone was still slow, and said, "Come and sit." ”

The messenger sent by the steppe saint,

Although the status is not high, after all, it is a saint, and it cannot be neglected.

Chen Yingying arrived and thanked him, and sat there quietly waiting.

The northwest city is mainly for business, and most of the people come and go are merchants, so there is no curfew in the city, and the city gate is not closed at night to facilitate the trade of merchants and customers.

But correspondingly, the control in the city is also very high, with clear rewards and punishments, and anyone who violates the rules will be punished the most severely.

Chen Yingying sat under the city gate like this, looking at the convoy and people being inspected in front of the gate, and he was a little excited when he thought that he would be able to see the legendary girl later.

But he sat from noon to twilight, and then to sunset,

Until the starry sky was like the sea, I didn't wait for any news.

He even began to wonder if that guy should run away with his jade pendant.

The officer stretched and handed over a shift with another man.

The official also looked lazy, as if he hadn't woken up, and after glancing at him, he sat behind the table, staring at the blank papers.

Just when Chen Yingying couldn't stand it and was about to ask a question, a man ran over, smiled at him and asked, "You are the young master of the Chen family?"

Chen Yingying was stunned, thinking to himself that I only said that I was a dream hungry messenger before, how did he know his identity?

The man saw his expression and knew that he was right, so he smiled more cheerfully, took out a handkerchief wrapped thing from his arms, and said: "My young lady said that she has received the letter from the Holy Maiden, and this is your token." ”

Chen Yingying lifted the handkerchief, and it was his own blue ice jade pendant lying inside.

There is a fragrance on the handkerchief, which penetrates people's hearts and spleens, and it is the best spice smoked.

He thought that this might be the eldest lady's belonging, so he handed it back to the man.

The man smiled and said, "The eldest lady is merciful and allows you to escape for half an hour first." ”

Chen Yingying didn't understand what he meant, but he noticed the other party's words - flee!

He asked, "Why do you want to run?"

The man stretched out his hand to tidy up his shirt for him, and said with a smile: "Little brother, you and I have no grievances, in fact, I don't want to do this." But the eldest lady ordered, and my brother and I can only do this, I can't disobey the order, right?"

"What the hell are you talking about?"

Chen Yingying had a bad premonition and asked, "What did the eldest lady order you?"

The man's smile was gentle, his face harmless to humans and animals, but his tone was full of devilish syllables, with the smell of a grave blowing from hell:

"Little bastard, I'll kill you in three days!"