After several days of almost sleepless running, Yuan Hongxuan and his party finally arrived at the Lingci Pass at the junction of Beixin and Dongyuan on the evening of the seventeenth day of the first lunar month.

The surrounding environment where Lingci Pass is located is harsh, surrounded by stone mountains with almost no vegetation, and as far as the eye can see, it is full of exposed rock formations, coupled with the yellow wind raging here all year round, and the winter is even more unpredictable.

Although it belongs to Beixin, there are many people from other countries who can easily distinguish it by just looking at their body and mind, appearance, and dress.

Yuan Hongxuan and his entourage came to Ciyu City at the pass, the tall city gate was eroded by the wind and sand, and there were potholes of different sizes and the remnants of bricks that had been stripped out everywhere.

The flags on the tower of the city gate have long been unrecognizable, only a few strips of cloth are still dancing in the wind, and a few guards guarding the city at the gate are lazily leaning or leaning against the wall, and their clothes are dirty, only the helmet on their heads and the waist tag hanging on their waists can barely tell that they are the guards guarding the city.

There were very few people in and out of the city, almost all of them were strangely dressed outsiders, some of them carried baggage, and some of them drove a cart, and when they passed through the city gate, they would send a few taels of silver to the hands of the guards, and only then did the appearance of the guards change somewhat.

A few people dismounted, observed for a while, and prepared to walk into the city.

"It's like a city, it's not even as good as the new surrounding villages."

Lin Feng turned over and dismounted, and the wind, sand, and loess flying along the way made all the beards on his face tangled together.

"Don't underestimate here, this is the most frequent and intensive place for foreign trade in Beixin, and I don't know how many rare treasures and specialties from various countries will flow from here to various places in Beixin every day."

Qin Guan grabbed the somewhat restless steed in front of him, and turned around to explain while soothing the mane on the horse's back.

"What treasures can there be in this ghost place where chickens don't lay eggs and birds don't, what you said is also mysterious." Lin Feng spit out the sand in his mouth, and took a few more sips, with a look of disbelief.

"Don't talk about it, let's go into the city!" Yuan Hongxuan wore a plain-looking human skin mask and walked towards the city gate.

The others behind him were immediately silenced and all followed.

Fortunately, in order to keep a low profile and not attract attention, they changed into the coarse cloth clothes that they had prepared long ago on the deserted road near Ciyu City, otherwise these guards guarding the city would have slaughtered them even more fiercely!

"Damn, their silver is really good." Lin Fenghu's face was furious, his brows were furrowed, and he couldn't help but hold the money bag in his hand, which was almost half empty.

"No way, even if we all change our clothes, but this horse can't be without." Qin Guan also looked at him helplessly.

In order to arrive as soon as possible, these horses they brought out were real sweat and blood horses, and they did not show fatigue after traveling thousands of miles every day, and even those with poor eyes could recognize them at a glance.

Yuan Hongxuan's eyes were dark, he ignored the complaints of his subordinates behind him, led the horse straight to a simple tea stall not far from the city gate, sat down, and beckoned Xiao Er to ask for a few bowls of coarse tea.

In the end, it is coarse tea, the entrance is sour, and you can only taste a slight taste of tea, which is very unpleasant.

Lin Feng took a sip and immediately turned his head and vomited, "What kind of tea is this, it's even worse than horse urine." ”

Turning his head and seeing Yuan Hongxuan taking a sip, he didn't have anything to say, but he never touched the crude tea bowl again.

"Hey, hey, this send-off team will only arrive in a few days, and I don't know if the dowry of this canonized princess is rich." A rough-eyed man at the next table said, picking at his toes as he spoke.

"What does it have to do with you being a wilted sixth man, is it possible that you still want to be a robber and grab some back? Just your rat gall! Several people at the table with him laughed, and the man who was called the sixth wilted man immediately couldn't hold his face.

"Me, what's wrong with me......? It's not good to talk about it! As the others had said, he muttered, and lowered his head to drink the tea in front of him.

The men joked a few more times, found it boring and left.

"What's wrong with my cowardice, as far as gossip goes, which of the cities is given to me who knows more? Really, dare you underestimate me. When a few people walked away, he shouted at the backs of a few people in disbelief.

He slipped a shoe with a hole in the upper and patted his ass as he prepared to leave.

When the man was picking at the thick black feet, Yuan Hongxuan, who had been sipping tea, listened carefully to the conversation between them.

With a glance at him, Qin Guan had already gotten up and grabbed the arm of the wilted sixth man.

"Brother, stay." Qin Guan arched his hand, "It's the first time for our group to come here, and we don't know much about this place, so we want to ask my brother about something." ”

"What are you guys doing?" Lao Liu's face was guarded, and he couldn't help but take a step back.

"Brother, don't be afraid, we are here to do tea business, we have never been here before, we just want to know some news. You know! Qin Guan laughed and made up a lie as he invited him to sit down at their table.

Fu Lao Liu, who was always looked down upon by others, had never received such courteous treatment, so he sat down half-pushed and half-pushed, and talked with Yuan Hongxuan and his party about the big and small things in the city.

The old six searched his intestines and scraped his stomach, and almost poured out everything he knew in his head, and almost told the stray dog at the city gate that had just given birth to a few pups.

The mouth of the sixth man was dry, foaming at the mouth, and he drank two bowls of coarse tea, and finally finished saying everything he knew about adding oil and vinegar, and Xi Zizi took a silver ingot and left.

It's really profitable today, who said that he will only be idle, just these rumors in the streets and alleys in his stomach can make money.

He stepped on the coarse cloth shoes with his toes exposed, and he thought that he would immediately show off in front of the people who had made fun of him just now.

"Come on, listen to some unreliable news and get a silver ingot, this money is really worthless." Lin Feng said with a bitter face, carrying a much lighter money bag.

"Your Highness, where are we going now?" Qin Guan was a little unsure of Yuan Hongxuan's thoughts, the subordinates who came here first had already found a place for them, but His Royal Highness sat in this tea stall as soon as he entered the city, and he didn't think about contacting the subordinates in the city at all, so he must have other plans.

"Let's come back to the inn!"

Yes? Your Highness is going to the inn with such a straightforward and concise name that the man mentioned the most just now? It seems that the man just said that several generals who came to pick up their relatives also lived there.

A few people were surprised, Your Highness is going to go into the tiger's den personally for Miss Miao Zhi?

Yuan Hongxuan stepped forward, untied the horse rope tied to the wooden stake outside the tea shed, and was about to leave.

"Palace, shopkeeper, slow down!" Lin Feng really couldn't guess where Yuan Hongxuan's calm confidence came from, so he left so leisurely? Does he know how to get to the inn again?

hurriedly paid for the tea, and several people followed in the footsteps of Yuan Hongxuan. (To be continued.) )