Looking down and taking out a few handkerchiefs from my sleeve that were stained with wine, I squinted at the dark blue night sky. 【Book by】

Looking back on the days when the boat sailed all the way south, the experience in the southwest is most like a dream.

However, no matter how it looks, I can still be sure of a few points in time.

The great earthquake in the southwest devastated everything he went.

I followed several doctors in the southwest to treat the victims day and night, and I was so clear that I could even remember the prescription for medicine little by little.

The child who lost her loved ones in the earthquake, the girl who was jealous of Yunchu outside the city lord's mansion medical hall

Sorting out my own memories, all the strange things started when Yun Chu took me to Shaojia Villa.

Yun Chu wants to go to the Shao family to be a teacher, which is far more than that.

Including the interaction between him and Shao Si that I saw and heard with my own eyes in the villa.

Now that I have stepped out of the situation, I think from the perspective of a non-self-respecting observer that there must be a deeper truth hidden in that matter.

On the way from the snow country, how many times have I encountered danger with Yun Chu, in comparison, how incredible the calm days after arriving in the southwest are!

Is it the other party who withdrew the net and followed the man in black who had been waiting for an opportunity?

No way!

I sighed, knowing it in my heart.

I think that under the calm, there is often the next round of more vigorous and well-planned actions.

The other party is thoughtful and will naturally pick the most suitable time.

When was that time?

Pulling off a leaf from the tree, you can see the donkey in the yard eating feed with its head down after pulling the mill.

There was a slight snoring sound in the room.

I turned my head and glanced in the direction where the snoring was coming from, and it was clear that the amount of alcohol was much worse than I had expected.

The truth is to be found by myself, and instead of being arranged by others to arrange my life and plan my itinerary, it is more in line with my heart to choose by myself.

The small village where the inn is located adds up to only a few dozen households, and on such a night, the surrounding area seems to be peaceful and quiet.

Not long after the meeting at Xueyue Tower, I left Qibei and went on the road alone. It's just to get rid of the life that has been under someone's control, and I have a vague hunch that I always feel that Yun Chu is hiding more from me than I thought.

It's a fool's dream to ask him to tell him out!

He's always going to show me what he wants me to see. What you want me to know, what about the rest?

Turning my gaze to the mountains in the distance, the snoring from the room behind me suddenly stopped, and I turned my head again to see that it was the innkeeper who had woken up and put a thin quilt on the drunk man at the wine table.

The figure in the floral dress moved restlessly, and soon the snoring came again.

The innkeeper looked up and saw me standing under a tree in the courtyard, walked up to me, and fed two handfuls of fodder to the donkey tied to the side, and saw that there was still a lot of grass in the stone trough. I asked him in a low voice.

"When I came, I saw that there were several forks in the mountain road not far north of the village entrance, and I thought which one to take to get to Sealand." "You're going to Sealand," said the shopkeeper with a smile, "and to go to Sealand, go through the village and go south." After waiting for a few hills, we arrived at the main road. "When you get on the main road, go all the way west, and you will be able to follow the Lì to the border of Zealand." "Thank you." I stretched out my hand and arched at him, "My friend is not very reliable, I heard that he has never been to Zealand himself, and I am worried that the road he told me in the morning is wrong." "Listen to you. He didn't scold me. "Little brother, you've got a lot of wine." The shopkeeper smiled, and the lines on his face were wrinkled. "Although our wine here is home-brewed rice wine, it is sweet in the mouth, and people who drink it often don't think it. If you drink too much, you will have a lot of stamina. "You drank a lot just now, and now you can still stand here in a good manner, speak to me clearly, you don't drink much."

I laughed to myself. Changing the topic, he said: "The road to Sealand, is it really just a matter of going all the way, and there is no fork in the road?" “

A hint of hesitation flashed in the shopkeeper's eyes, and that look was fleeting, but I sensitively caught it. "There's a problem with that road?"

The shopkeeper's lips moved, and he muttered: "It's not called a problem, on the Sealand border, they have set up a checkpoint." "Which country's borders can be driven straight into?"

"Little brother, you don't understand," the shopkeeper stopped talking, and he still refused to say that sentence, and I looked at him with clear eyes.

I glanced at the courtyard with my hands down, and my gaze returned to him, not hiding my new curiosity, and I understood that the level he said was not a border garrison in the ordinary sense, but should be more advanced than which.

I have never heard of the checkpoint before, whether it is Chen Yuqing or Lan Tianfang, or Yunchu who travels all over the world, even the three of them have never mentioned the special checkpoint on the Sealand border. "Are you reliable? Shopkeeper? “

I lowered my voice. "Little brother, you don't know, this level didn't exist before, and it was only a few months since it was set up." "That's right, I said what's going on, I've never heard a friend I know about it." "In the past few months, the territory of Zealand has not been peaceful, and there have been several incidents, so now an additional army has been stationed on the border of Zealand." "The so-called checkpoints have also been set up temporarily."

"If you can't pass that level, you won't be able to enter Sealand, right?"

"Is the safety of life guaranteed, or is the other party seeing that the people entering the country do not meet their standards, and there may be imprisonment."

"This will not be given at most, but once the checkpoint is established, it will be much more difficult to enter the territory of Sealand than in the past, so in the small town near the border, I heard that there is a lot of backlog of goods in the recent period, and the town and inns are full."

I frowned, looked straight at him and said, "According to you, it seems that there is even a limit to the number of people who can enter the country?" ”

"That's right, little brother, you reacted so quickly, it's true, the number of people is limited every day, so those who do business, the backlog of goods can't get over for a while." "Not to mention the inn business in the small town near the border, there are only a limited number of warehouses that can store items, and the rental price is also rising."

My heart jumped, and I thought of another possibility, but I couldn't say it to the innkeeper, so I lowered my head and thought about it, and I asked him, "Your news here is all from past guests?" ”

"It stands to reason that you need to take care of this inn, and you don't have time to go over there to inquire about it."

"Little brother, you don't know this, in fact, some time ago, my business here was also very good." The shopkeeper said calmly, "There is a difference between the peak season and the off-season for the number of people entering the territory of Sealand. ”

"Some time ago, it was the peak season in Sealand."

"How do you say that, is it very particular?"

"It happens to be the New Year in Sealand, and when it comes to the peak season every year, there is a lot of demand in the country, and the customs of the Sealand people will continue to celebrate during that time, so the goods are constantly being transported from other places to the territory of Sealand."

"So, we people here call that period the peak season."

I have seen the map of this world more than once, and I have always been concerned about the special meaning of the woman in my impression.

I have seen the terrain of their country, and I know that their territory is not small, and it is not a place like a desert or a snow-capped mountain.

It stands to reason that the climate is suitable, the area is large, and the ability to be self-sufficient should be strong, so why do we need to buy from neighboring countries on a large scale?

"The shopkeeper, women are in charge of the house and women are in power in Sealand, does this have anything to do with the lack of resources?"

The innkeeper shook his head and said: "Little brother, the current monarch of Sealand is not so peaceful, her sister left the palace a few years ago and occupied a corner of Sealand, and has her own power, and that place is precisely the most fertile plain belt." "And there's such an inside story?" I opened my eyes wide and said, "I had never heard of it before. “

The shopkeeper glanced outside the courtyard wall and said, "It is here that I can tell you, I also heard from a guest from Sealand last time after he got drunk, it is the secret of Sealand, and it is only the territory of the monarch's sister." "She didn't pretend to be on her own?" "No, but in fact, she is indeed at odds with the one who is in Kyoto." "The force is not yet big, and we are still waiting for a good time."

Hearing the word timing again, everyone is waiting for the best time, but where is the so-called best time they are waiting for? Who can tell?

"Does the monarch of Sealand stand by and tolerate her sister-in-law?" I whispered, "Isn't that a tiger a problem?" ”

"Who knows, how can those who can generally become the lord of a country be ordinary people, and how can they guess their minds?"

The shopkeeper stretched out his hand and wiped the corners of his eyes, yawned and said, "It's late at night, little brother, you should go to bed early." ”

"I've locked the courtyard door, don't worry, it's still quite safe here, you stay for one night, I'll get you some breakfast tomorrow morning."

"Thank you." I thanked him softly, and the shopkeeper walked a few steps back and said, "The one in the house, what should I do, it's your friend?" ”

"I saw that you just added a quilt for him, you don't have to worry about him, you must have seen his appearance clearly, since he was disfigured, his family affair was blown up, and he was drunk twice in three days."

"Alas, that aunt is also a miserable person, no wonder you want to go to Sealand, you are willing to accompany her, you are a good heart."

"Not really," I said with a smile as the corners of my mouth moved, "and I think I'm kind, too." ”

"Little brother, you'd better change your outfit when you go to the Sealand border, and your clothes are in tatters, you look like this, I'm afraid it won't be too many when you go to Sealand."

I smiled faintly and said, "Shopkeeper, don't worry, I understand." ”