Out of Dunhuang County, walked for three more hours, only to see the border city of Yumen Pass, if according to the "Regional Chronicles" record, this Yumen Pass is the throat pass leading to the Western Regions, but also the Silk Road North Road must pass through.

Situ Yan was a little excited in her heart, she came here for the first time in her previous life and this life, and she had only read it in history books or ancient poems, "The Yellow River is far above the white clouds, a lonely city and ten thousand mountains. Why should Qiang Di complain about the willows, the spring breeze does not pass the jade gate. ”

Now I see it with my own eyes, only to know that Yumen Pass is a small square castle on the sandstone hill that stands in the narrow strip of the Gobi Desert in the east-west direction, surrounded by swamps, ravines and ravines, and the Great Wall between Jiuquan and Yumen is built, winding endlessly, the beacons stand tall, the poplar is upright, and the spring water is green. The swaying reeds are completely different from the Gobi Desert and thousands of miles of yellow sand painted in history books. Xu is the relationship between today's autumn breeze and the bright sun, Situ Yan has a kind of majestic spirit of climbing the historical city and appreciating thousands of miles of rivers and mountains.

Approaching the gate, I saw the camel bell at the pass, the people shouted and the horses neighed, and the caravan was full of prosperity. Yumen Pass and Yangguan are sister passes, both of which are important gateways to the northwest of Wu and are also the places where troops are stationed.

After inquiring with the officers and soldiers guarding the city, he learned that the Xiaocai battalion was in the north of Yumen Pass, and it was still two hours away from the pass, so he did not dare to delay here, so he hurriedly drove to the north. Among them, there were countless military tuns, and they went straight to the yellow grass and the wind and sand, and then they saw the second tun of the fifth team of the Xiaocai battalion.

Because this second tun is mostly some "derogatory and distributed. refers to those who have been stranded away by sin), so they were placed in the most remote places of the whole cavalry camp. Just looking at the scenery in front of him, Situ Yan felt a sense of déjà vu, because the place where Wu Jin lived was the same as the painting in the history books.

As soon as she was about to enter the tun, she saw an officer and soldier coming over, "Where did you come from?" Playing along? ”

"This soldier, you are the second tun of the fifth team of the Xiao Cavalry Battalion here?" Situ Yan had already let the snow wolf hide in the boxcar before entering the tunzi, so as not to scare people into explaining the trouble, so she gave this person a chance to shout, otherwise the snow wolf was in front of her before, how could anyone dare to block her way.

"What do you do? What do you want to do with this? This person still has a somewhat northeastern accent, Situ Yan hurriedly changed his accent, "This soldier brother, I fled from Youzhou, I was going to join my relatives, but I didn't think that my relatives were in trouble, and I was confiscated here, I just looked for it all the way, the family first had a drought and then a worm plague, and then a military disaster, except for me, I didn't even have a pant left, I also didn't have a rule, right?" ”

"What, you escaped from Youzhou, and so do I, which county are you from?" This person hasn't seen his fellow countryman for a long time, and pulling Situ Yan is as happy as seeing a relative. He also fled, although it was different from Situ Yan's escape, but in order not to starve to death, he had to become a soldier and become a soldier. But I didn't think about it, but I was sent to this broken place where birds don't and chickens don't lay eggs, but fortunately, I can't be hungry and can stutter.

"I am from Lijia Village, Xinchang County. What county is Big Brother from? Situ Yan also pretended to be happy and talked to this person.

"I'm from Fang County, Changli County!" Unlike Situ Yan's purposeful flattery, this person is sincerely happy to meet his fellow countrymen here.

"That's not far away, when I fled, I passed by Fang County!" That's true.

"Hey, when I escaped, my family only suffered from a drought, and then I learned that the beard was killing people without blinking, and I don't know what it looks like now? How are my parents and brother doing? When this man mentioned his family, his eyes were red.

"I didn't look at it, when I escaped, the beard only entered the Silk County!" Where would Situ Yan have thought that the Ding dog baby she talked to was the eldest son of the slave Ding Man family she bought in Henan County, but this Ding dog baby ran out because she wanted to save food for the family, and when Situ Yan knew it later, she knew that the fate was so wonderful, although God had brought down many tribulations to good people, but also opened another window for them.

"By the way, little brother, what's your last name? Just now you said that you came to look for relatives, but most of my people in this tun have committed crimes and been confiscated into the army, could it be that your relatives have also committed crimes? This person has a rough personality, and he forgets about his worries just now.

"Big brother's surname? The younger brother is surnamed Situ. My relatives are also affected, do you know that among the people sent from the capital yesterday was a young man named Wu Jin, 17 years old. ”

"My surname is Ding, and my name is Ding Gouwa. You mentioned it, I remembered, there is such a family surnamed Wu, as for whether there is this person you said, I don't know? ”

"Brother Ding, was the family surnamed Wu placed in the Fifth and Second Ranks?"

"Yes, maybe that family really has the person you are looking for, see that you are my fellow villager, I will take you there!"

"Brother Ding is really warm-hearted, my eyes are dark, you really don't know where to find someone without you?" Even the politeness and praise are finally close to this person. Someone led the way, naturally, faster, and walked for more than three quarters of an hour on a mule cart before I saw a ruined village.

"Brother Situ, this is the Fifth and Second Soldiers, this was originally an abandoned military camp in the Wei State, these people came, and there was nowhere to settle, so they were brought here. That room lived in a family surnamed Wu. Ding Gouwa pointed to a half-collapsed house at the end of the village, "I still have something to do, so I'll go back first, if you don't have the relatives you are looking for, you can go to the first Shi to find me, and I will live in the first Shi Shi Yiwu." ”

"Okay, thank you Brother Ding, I'm in a hurry this way, and I don't have any good things, there is half a jar of wine in the car, which is originally used to drive away the cold at night, if Brother Ding doesn't dislike me, he will be cheeky and take this half jar of wine as a thank you gift." Situ Yan intends to have a relationship with this person, this friend has more roads, and she has to do more favors for Wu Jin. After all, Wu Jin is guilty.

"This wine is a precious thing, so you're welcome!" took the wine jar handed over by Situ Yan, opened the stopper and smelled it, "Good wine!" Brother Situ, I'm really welcome. ”

"Brother Ding is arrogant, I will have to trouble you in the future!"

"Okay, you just have to say anything, although I don't have any power, it's not a problem to make a difference!" After sending off Ding Gouwa, Situ Yan didn't take the car anymore, but pulled the mule cart all the way inside. As soon as he approached the yard that Ding Gouwa said, he saw Cui Ping walking out of a dilapidated house with a wooden basin.

"Cui Ping!" Situ Yan hadn't seen Cui Ping for three years, so she tried to scream.

Cui Ping was stopped for a while, a little flustered, glanced at Situ Yan carefully, and couldn't help but scream, "Miss, it's really Miss!" Brother Youzhu, come and see, it's the eldest lady who is here! ”

"Woo~~~!" Cui Ping cried while screaming, ran to Situ Yan's side, knelt at her feet, hugged her legs and cried.

"Cuiping, get up quickly, don't let people look at it. You've worked hard all the way, how is he, brother? Situ Yan helped Cui Ping up, and wanted to ask about Wu Jin, but saw a person turn out of the back of the house, it was Li Youzhu.

"Miss, it's really you, why did you find it alone?" Li Youzhu was excited, but seeing Situ Yan pulling the mule cart by herself, there was not even a chauffeur, how did he go all the way, the eldest lady could find it alone, and she was a little afraid if she didn't have an accident.

Like Cui Ping, while talking, he knelt down and kowtowed to Situ Yan, "Youzhu, you and Cui Ping are already good people, you don't need to salute me anymore." ”

"The slave is now the head of the Situ Mansion, and you are the eldest lady, this gift must not be wasted." insisted on saluting, and Li Youzhu got up.

"I've seen Wu Guo, and I know that my brother has to be taken care of by you and Cuiping all the way, so I am relieved that I am not in a hurry. Who else is in the house right now, why haven't you seen my brother? ”

"Back to the eldest lady, the eldest young master has been dragged to work, and there are still two aunts from the Wu Mansion sleeping in the house!"

"But Aunt Qin?"

"No, when Aunt Qin left Beijing, she was beaten to death by the officers and soldiers because she escaped, and even the second young master of the Wu Mansion was sold. Except for Master Wu, the fourth aunt, and the sixth aunt along the way, the others either died of illness, or were killed or sold. Even the old lady and several of your uncles died of illness on the road! This can be regarded as evil and evil retribution, even God is unhappy for the first lady! ”

"Those people have nothing to do with me, okay with the plug?"

"Miss Xie cares, the bolt is good with the eldest young master!"

"It was my brother who caused him to suffer and made you suffer with it!"

"Miss, the bolt is the slave of the eldest young master, for the sake of playing small, Cui Ping and I have both received the favor of the first lady, it is appropriate to take care of the eldest young master, not bitter!"

"I'm here, and I won't let you suffer anymore. There are no people living here at all, you and Cui Ping can simply clean up, I have to go around again, find a suitable piece of land to rebuild a room, and then live with my eldest brother! ”

"Miss, you've been in a hurry, so it's better to go into the house and rest!" Cui Ping was about to let Situ Yan into the house, when she heard a woman's scolding voice from the house, "Cui Ping, what are you crying ghosts calling, disturbing my good dreams!" ”

"That's it, it's just that it's not good to eat, it's easy to get to the place, and I don't even let people sleep, and I really take myself as the master!"

"Fourth aunt, sixth aunt, the eldest lady is here, why don't you come to see the ceremony!" Cui Ping's words were really useful, and I saw that the door of a room next to me was opened, and out came two women in satin dresses, the eldest was only about 20 years old, and the younger one should be no more than 17 or 8 years old.

Situ Yan has not seen these two, and the two aunts, only the fourth aunt has seen Situ Yan, the sixth aunt only entered the Wu Mansion three years ago, and Situ Yan had fled to Lijia Village at that time, so she didn't know each other.

"Where did the eldest lady come from, Cuiping, don't recognize the wrong master, show the wrong feelings!" The sixth aunt twisted the waist of the water snake and walked over step by step. But the fourth aunt is different, Situ Yan is similar to the first mother Situ Wan, of course she remembers, although Situ Yan is wearing men's clothes at this time and her face is thinner, she can recognize that the person in front of her is really the eldest lady from Wu Mansion.

took two steps and stepped forward to salute Situ Yan, "The concubine Wang has seen the eldest lady!" ”

Situ Yan didn't have a good impression of these two people at all, since this person wanted to salute, she also gladly accepted, "Get up!" ”

The fourth aunt saluted, but the sixth aunt was stupid, she had also heard that there was an eldest lady in the Wu Mansion before, but she disappeared before she entered the door, she didn't think that this person would appear at this time, so she had to come up and ask Situ Yan for peace, "The concubine Jiang has seen the eldest lady!" ”

"Sixth aunt, you entered the house late, you haven't seen me, I don't blame you, but your mouth is full of foul language, I, who is the master, can't turn a blind eye, although now my father and brother are in trouble, but I can't help you people break the rules of the house, fourth aunt, you say it's a reason?"

"If you go back to the eldest lady, it's exactly!"

"Since the fourth aunt also agrees, please ask the fourth aunt to slap the sixth aunt a few times, punish the big punishment, and let the sixth aunt have a long memory!"

The two aunts were staring, the fourth aunt was because of the weak eldest lady in the past, and in the blink of an eye, it was like a different person, and she had the feeling of seeing the first lady. And the sixth aunt didn't expect that a 9-year-old girl would be so ruthless, just because of a few words to make people slap her mouth.

"Call you Miss, you really treat yourself as a green onion, tell you, the master has long since disowned you as a daughter, don't put the score of the eldest lady with me here!"

"Also, it's a shame that Master Wu doesn't recognize me, otherwise I will become a military household like you. However, although my Situ Yan is not the eldest lady of Wu Mansion, she is the eldest lady of Situ Mansion, and you can't be presumptuous. Manager Li, press her for me, Fourth Auntie, do you want to fight or not? ”

Situ Yan's ruthlessness made the four of them tremble, and even Youzhu didn't react for a while, until Situ Yan glanced at him, he shook his head, and hurriedly pressed the sixth aunt to kneel on the ground. The fourth aunt hesitated and didn't dare to step forward, and she also wanted to plead for the sixth aunt, after all, the two of them had helped each other all the way to the present, and they had some affection.

"Miss, the sixth aunt said the wrong thing, you read that he is a first-time offender, just spare her this time!"

"It's not difficult for me to spare her, but I'm afraid of my dog, and he won't agree. Snow wolf, come out! ”

When Situ Yan spoke the first half of the sentence, the four of them thought that she was referring to Li Youzhu, and even Li Youzhu felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, but how could he really think that a dog the size of a wolf jumped out from behind Situ Yan. Even Li Youzhu was startled, and let go of the sixth aunt's hand, and the sixth aunt was scared to sit on the ground, "Mom! He fainted.

The fourth aunt also shouted, "Help!" He ran back to the house, but Li Youzhu was startled, but the snow wolf only stood beside the eldest lady and did not step forward, and because he misunderstood the eldest lady, his face was red with shame. Even Cui Ping sat on the ground in fright.

Situ Yan helped Cui Ping up, "Don't be afraid, it's just my dog, don't bite people!" Regardless of the sixth aunt who fainted on the ground, she called Youzhu over, and wanted to say a few words to him, but heard a slightly hoarse voice behind him, "What's going on?" Who is presumptuous here? Say what about you? Who are you? (To be continued.) )