On the official road into Linzhou, the number of people riding horses is gradually becoming scarce.

Shu E secretly wondered to herself, although the words of the guy at the Xifa Inn came true, but according to her guess, it should not be like this. I once heard the emperor say that the border business market of Song Liao was prosperous. Since the first year of Emperor Zhenzong's Jingde, the Song and Liao countries concluded the alliance between the Song and Liao, the Great Song Dynasty set up a field in Xiongzhou, Bazhou and other places on the border, and the people of the two borders opened up trade.

The emperor said that the porcelain-making and printing techniques of the Great Song Dynasty were transmitted to Liaodi. Shu'e, do you know that my father came to Lanyuan in person, and the Khitan envoys went to see him, and what he was holding in his hands was still a sheepskin made of nitrate.

Shu E nodded at that time and said: "It must be very difficult to memorize things in sheepskin." If all the books in the Chongwen Pavilion are written in sheepskin...... Ah, yes, and their books are not printed, but are they all copied by hand? ”

The emperor also said that the troops on the frontier exchanged spices, tea, porcelain, rice, and silk fabrics for sheep, horses, camels, and other livestock in Liao. Because there are some bitter cold places in Liao, the horses raised are particularly strong and suitable for battle. And the camels of Liaodi have an advantage over horses in that they can walk in the sand.

Shu E didn't know what the camel was, and after listening to the emperor's description, she only felt very curious. The emperor also told Shu E that there were a few camels in the Rui Beast Pavilion in Yujin Garden, and they could be seen when they arrived in Yujin Garden in summer. In the summer, he arrived at Yujin Garden, but Shu'e didn't see the camel yet, so he returned to Caofu.

My thoughts are full of thoughts, and I have been sighing in my heart. The emperor always spoke very gently to himself, and the emperor also gave himself two pigeons. But from the moment they left the inn in the stone building, the pair of doves, no matter how they were summoned, did not appear. Only Lu Ping's goshawk still hovers in front of and behind her horse from time to time, still very majestic.

Jingqiang Fort is getting closer and closer. The weather was clear, and when there were more than two miles of land, Shu E had already seen clearly that the fort of Jingqiang Fort was actually an attic made of giant wood, which was taller than the three-story restaurant seen in the capital, but the fort was not wide, only about half the size of a house. The attic at the top has only a roof, and the walls around it are ajar, presumably for easy lookout.

Shu E couldn't help but laugh secretly when she saw that her so-called pagoda turned out to be like this.

However, Shu'e's smile did not last long, and soon she saw soldiers blocking the way on the official road not far from the fortress. Shu E couldn't help but be a little flustered in her heart, looked at Donglin, and then looked at Lu Ping, one said that there was no need to worry about the car before the mountain, and the other said that I guaranteed that the two of them would be safe and sound and get out of Linzhou smoothly. Sure enough, both of them rode on their horses calmly. Shu E secretly admired, Tanglin is enough, it is difficult for Lu Ping to have such calmness. Although Shu E did not doubt that Tanglin could let the three of them pass smoothly at the moment, she was curious about what Tanglin could do.

The guard was holding a long spear in his hand, and the red tassels on the spearhead were bright red. Shu E's heart was slightly nervous, and the closer she got closer, the more curious she became. But she didn't think of the guards crossing their spears to block the way, and there was not even the case of the guards stopping the coming.

Shu E saw that the two pairs of guards' originally serious faces suddenly showed a look of surprise and joy, and then the four of them exchanged glances, and then they hurriedly moved away from the checkpoints on the road.

When the three horses galloped past, Shu E saw the solemn and serious expressions on the faces of the soldiers again.

Tanglin's horses were in front of the snow hooves, and Lu Ping's red flames were behind the snow hooves, but Shu E had no way to see the looks on their faces clearly. But Shu E knew that the guard's courtesy must be because of one of the two of them.

As Donglin said, Linzhou has dozens of villages and dozens of castles. Although they passed diagonally through Linzhou and walked on the main road, they saw four or five castles on the road behind. And, the further northwest you go, the bigger and taller the castle you see. After a long period of galloping, the horses of Tanglin suddenly slowed down.

Shu E saw from a distance that there was a tall camp in front of him, coming and going, and patrolling these guards. Except that the fort in the wall was taller and there were more guards, Shu E didn't notice any difference. But one thing she knows very well is that this is not far from where the party members live.

Tanglin waited for Shu E and Lu Ping's horses, looked at the front and said, "Miss Lu, after passing this level, it's up to you later." ”

"Why, don't you believe me?" Lu Ping raised her eyebrows and asked.

Tanglin didn't answer Lu Ping's words, but said: "If you can't take us to Xiazhou smoothly, no, maybe we have to go to Lingzhou and Xingzhou, and Miss Lu will ensure that she arrives smoothly with us." ”

When Shu E heard the word "Lingzhou", her heart was already pounding, and when she heard these words of Tanglin, her heart was about to jump out. This is not just because she is about to arrive at the place where the third young master is, but because all the conjectures she has about Lu Ping in her heart are slowly being confirmed step by step. But if you prove this conjecture in your heart, what will follow is a greater truth that cannot be cracked, and even the loss of life.

Shu E looked back at Lu Ping, and there was a look on her face that Shu E had never seen before. It seems that after a gust of wind and sand in the northwest land, the sky is full of scenery as if it is still.

Red sun, blue sky, green trees, loess. Everything fell silent, as if it hadn't changed for thousands of years, and it wouldn't change for thousands of years.

Lu Ping looked at Dongling's side face with this look, while Shu E suppressed the surging in her heart and quietly looked at Lu Ping's side face.

Miss Lu had to make sure to take us to the place smoothly. Shu E was still thinking about this. Guaranteed, how to guarantee? Is it an oath? If Tanglin doesn't believe Lu Ping, then what's the use of a guarantee? If Tanglin believed Lu Ping, then why did he let her guarantee it?

Swear? Shu E suddenly remembered one thing in her heart, a sentence.

Lu Ping suddenly smiled, very softly and softly, she said lightly, "Do you want me to swear?" ”

"Yes." Tanglin said succinctly.

"What do I have to say to believe you?" Lu Ping still smiled faintly.

"It doesn't matter what you say, what matters is who you swear to." Tanglin also gave a very bland answer.

The words that seem to flow from the bottom of Shu E's heart are too logical, but a little scary.

Shu'e listened to these conversations that almost coincided with what she had thought, and a chill welled up on her back. Almost at the same time, she said the same thing to Lu Ping in her heart.

Note: Xiongzhou: Xiongxian County, Hebei Province. Bazhou: Governing Bazhou, Hebei today.