On the sixth day of the first lunar month, in the afternoon, the two were heading to Linzhou, the southernmost border city of the Tang Dynasty. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Along the way, one person pursed his lips and said nothing, as if he was holding a gray cloud on his head, while the other was as full of energy and heroism as jade, holding his slightly upturned chin, and from time to time rubbing the inside of his index finger against his lips, I don't know what to think, but I can vaguely see joy jumping up his eyebrows.

Qin Ran naturally wouldn't mention yesterday's events, but she had already opened a ledger in her heart and added a heavy stroke to one of the columns.

Sooner or later, this account will have to be recovered.

About half an hour, the end of the road is into the city gate of Linzhou, the two of them look at each other, only to see a long queue at the city gate, the city gate guards are checking the identity of the people entering the city one by one, the road guide and other things, there are three city gates in Linzhou, the west gate only enters and does not go out, the east gate only does not enter, and the south gate is closed all the year round.

The guards were extremely strict, and they waited outside the city for a while, and after the review was correct, Qin Ran and Song Tianxuan finally entered Linzhou.

The two of them did not rest, and first went to look near the south gate.

In fact, Linzhou used to be only a remote town, not to mention the South Gate with special significance, and there was never even one in sight at the East and West Gates.

At the beginning, because the terrain was flat, there was not too much dense vegetation, and the field of vision was relatively broad, and later, people gradually gathered here to live, and because it was said that there was a unicorn here, it was named Linzhou. Linzhou is very close to southern Xinjiang, so there are many hunters and drug dealers who are rare beasts or precious medicinal materials, and choose to step into southern Xinjiang at the risk of life, after many years, many people in Linzhou rely on this to live, and even make a fortune, to invade southern Xinjiang to break the status quo that has been maintained for many years, the people of Linzhou are dead, wounded, and the whole town hardly sees a single figure, like an empty city.

Until Li Ming arrived, drove out the Miao people, and rebuilt Linzhou.

He led the soldiers to build city walls, pave official roads, and cooperate with Jiangnan and Jiangbei pharmacies, so that some people could make a living by picking and planting herbs, and then use the unique weather and terrain of Linzhou to develop vegetable and fruit industries and fish ponds, which were sent to Chang'an and other places.

As for the South Gate, it is more like a dividing line that blocks the southern Xinjiang, the city wall is high and thick, and you can't see the left and right margins at a glance, it not only protects the people of Linzhou, but also protects the entire southern part of the Tang Dynasty.

"General Li has made a lot of contributions." Walking into Linzhou, even if you have a rough understanding, Qin Ran said.

In the final analysis, Li Ming is nothing more than a military attache, and he can lead troops to fight, but after he completed his post, he helped the people of Linzhou think a lot and did a lot, and really did a lot of practical things.

"The credit of this official is not small." Guessing Qin Ran's thoughts, Song Tian said sourly.

Qin Ran turned his back and ignored him, and found a stall selling wontons on the street.

"A bowl of red oil wontons, a big bowl."

"Okay, wait a minute." The blunt lady who sells wontons is chubby and looks very blessed.

Seeing that Qin Ran treated him like a passerby, Song Tianxian sat down with him, and was on the side close to her, holding his chin and looking at her.

"Ranran, I also want to make wontons, clear soup." The corners of Song Tianxian's mouth drooped slightly, and his eyebrows gathered upward, revealing his pitiful appearance.

"How much corruption have you had?" He threw all the golden spikes in his hand, and used her to invite him to eat chaos? Moreover, he actually pretended to have the classic expression of Aunt Zhang's little milk dog next door pretending to be pitiful and cheating on food, and Qin Ran was also speechless.

"How is that possible... I just took advantage of the fact that the shop in the corrupt official's house was not well taken care of, so I just took it away. ”

"Loot while it's hot."

"Where? At most, it's a little cheap, but it's not cheap, and others don't know what I paid in the early stage. ”

Between the words, Song Tianxian still looked pitiful and aggrieved, and suddenly, he glanced at it, and no longer looked at Qin Ran, but stared at the eldest lady who put a large bowl of blunt wontons sprinkled with green onions in front of her.

"I also want a bowl of clear soup wontons, a small bowl." Seeing this, Qin Ran didn't move his chopsticks, and asked the eldest lady to cook a bowl of wontons again, waiting for him to eat together.

Li Ming was born in a poor family, and if he can contact businesses from all over the world, there must be Song Tianxian's credit in it, Qin Ran can figure it out as soon as he thinks about it.

Hearing Qin Ran's emphasis on the small bowl of wontons, Song Tianxian's heart was soaked in a honey jar, because she remembered that he didn't eat much.

"I'm not poor enough to feed you." The clear soup wonton was served bluntly, and Song Tianxian held the chopsticks in his hand, and remembered one more thing.

Qin Ran buried his head in eating wontons, and blocked his voice in his ears.

After making up for lunch, the two went to find the sunspot mentioned by Zhou Renhui, a friend of Cheng He in Huichuan, and there was no one to guide them, so it was inconvenient for them to go to southern Xinjiang.

It took them three quarters of an hour to find the man called Heizi, he was over half a hundred, his skin was dark, his eyes were bright, Heizi was a real person, after hearing Qin Ran say that he was Cheng He's colleague, he immediately told them the trail to southern Xinjiang.

In addition to the road other than the south gate, there are two other roads from other places to southern Xinjiang.

First, there is a road near the south gate that is easy to walk, the closest to southern Xinjiang, although it is forbidden to pass through southern Xinjiang, but there are always hunters and drug dealers who take risks, it can be said that they have 'opened' a road, but the road is extremely dangerous, there are traps set by the military and other things, and it is very likely to encounter an ambush by the Miao people.

Second, the official road back to Hengzhou, there is a small road that can reach southern Xinjiang, it is more difficult to walk, the road is far away, but it is safe, as long as you are careful, there will not be much loss, of course, this does not include the situation after entering southern Xinjiang.

After listening, the two of them remembered that Zheng Chao and the others had been arrested for three days, and if they wanted to catch up with them, Qin Ran and Song Tianyan could only choose a dangerous shortcut.

……

On the sixth night of the first lunar month, Heizi tried to personally send them to the entrance of the avenue, and the two of them went out of Linzhou overnight.

It was dark, which was not conducive to walking, Song Tianxian found a relatively safe place, and while Qin Ran was leaning on the trunk of the tree and closing his eyes, he ordered her sleeping hole and let her lie on his lap to rest for the night.

Early the next morning, they ate dry food and officially set foot on the border winding path.

Southern Xinjiang is hot, fertile, rainfall, and a wide variety of plants, even in winter, green grass and dense foliage can be seen everywhere, but the clear roads are difficult to find.

The map of southern Xinjiang that the two of them got in Huisoul Garden did not include shortcuts on the edge of Linzhou, so they could only walk by feeling.

"Wait a minute." Suddenly grabbing Song Tianxian's sleeve, Qin Ran stopped.

"Something different?" Lowering the sound, he scanned his surroundings and found nothing unusual.

The place where they stood now was not much different from the road they had walked behind them, flanked by bare reddish-yellow rocks, like two high walls, which were difficult for birds to cross, and the soles of their feet were dark green grasses that grew to half of their calves, and clusters and clumps, the wind did not blow, and the grass did not move, but seemed to hide poisonous snakes.

"Don't move." Qin Ran's intuition was wrong, he took a few steps back, and when he came back, he picked up a fist-sized stone.

The stone was thrown at the rock in front of it, and it bounced off and fell, and there was a crackling sound in the corner.

"It seems to be a 'minefield.'"