On the banks of the small shallow river, cattle and sheep breed, and herds along the road, and in some places there are open barleys and some other crops and vegetables. With the strengthening of exchanges, advanced Central Plains technologies such as textiles and medicine have spread here, including farming, which has greatly improved agriculture here compared to before.

A caravan from afar entered the city of Dongdi with a burst of melodious camel bells.

The city is very thriving, and the circular streets are bustling and lively. On the street, there are vendors selling all kinds of fruit and dim sum such as steamed cakes, wontons, raw soft lamb noodles, and white meat, as well as shops selling satin cloth, porcelain knives, crown comb noodles, saddle makers, leather workers, and god sculptors.

The believers shaking the prayer tubes, the rich people with wide robes and big sleeves, and the refugees begging along the streets, they form a very complex picture of all beings. In front, several red-clothed warriors walked with their heads held high, and the warriors always tried their best to make their armor, flags, and helmets red, which was very eye-catching.

At this time, more than a dozen tall horses rushed over in a daze, and the knights on the horses scratched each other, and the two sides began to quarrel, and after a while, they fought fiercely, and they drew their swords out of their sheaths, and fought fiercely, and passers-by avoided them, but they could not see how much panic passers-by had, and it seemed that they had become accustomed to this kind of scene.

Over the years, Dongdi has annexed many other tribes, so there are often conflicts between them, and the slightest conflict can lead to a big fight. The original internal tribes of the Di people, between the royal family and the eunuch clan, between the ancient elephant disciples who emerged and quickly became the mainstream sect of the Eastern Di people and the local believers of the old religion of the Di people, between the emerging nobles and the declining nobles. It can be described as full of contradictions.

Street fights like this are common, and wars between two tribes are common, so the Di people have a tradition. I don't know when King Di and his ministers, who were actually the leaders of various tribes, would hold a small alliance once a year, a big alliance once every three years, and now it has even developed into an alliance twice a year.

This kind of alliance is an internal exchange where everyone sits in a row, complains about grievances and vents their anger, and then shakes hands and makes peace. At the end of each meeting. The ceremony will be presided over by King Di. Xiaomeng killed sheep and dogs, broke their feet, and dissected their intestines. The sorcerer sacrificed to the gods of heaven and earth, and everyone swore together: if anyone changes their minds, conspires to rebel, and kills each other. The gods know. The punishment is the same as that of this animal.

In the three years, when the alliance was great, dogs, horses, cows, and donkeys were killed, and sometimes in order to show solemnity or even human sacrifices, the king of Di himself sacrificed to the gods, asking the ministers to work together to protect the king of Di, and whoever betrayed the alliance would have his body torn apart, just like those livestock. This kind of alliance cannot be said to be useless at all. However, contradictions still exist, and naturally they cannot be completely solved.

The caravan, which had just entered the city, saw two groups of field soldiers who had been killed in a chaotic mess in front of them. After a slight pause, he was led by his guide and turned onto another road.

Yao'er was dressed in a Di robe, and her hair was also in the style of a Di person, riding on the back of a camel, watching the scenery of the street with great interest. On both sides of the street are houses of the people, most of which are relatively simple and rough houses, while those who are more well-off are mostly stone-built watchtower-style buildings, and the exterior walls are painted cream or beige.

Soon, they stopped in front of a watchtower-like building with a white-painted façade.

Standing at the doorway waiting for them were a man and a woman, who looked like a couple. The man was wearing an earthy yellow robe on his left side, one sleeve hanging casually at his side, and he was tall and strong, with a broad forehead and a dark face with a shiny oil, which looked quite majestic. The woman was about his age, in her thirties, with a sturdy body, thin braids around her head, and many ornaments such as coral bone beads hanging down.

Seeing the camel caravan of Yao'er and his party, the two husbands and wives immediately greeted them, the woman was quite talkative, and talked to the guide of the camel caravan with a smile, and greeted everyone, the man just bent down and saluted, then took the camel, and led everyone to the backyard silently.

The backyard is very wide, overgrown with weeds, it seems that it has been useless here after being enclosed into a courtyard, and the camels don't need to be tethered, so they are directly let go and let them graze at will in the yard, and Yao'er and the others were introduced into the building and arranged rooms separately.

The guide is a Di person who has lived in the Han area since he was a child, and now his name is Lu He, and he has been going back and forth to Qi and Di to do business, of course, he is also Mi Zixuan's person, this time he is Yao'er's guide, and he is also responsible for arranging this task for her.

After Lu He put down his luggage, he went to Yao'er's room, Yao'er was standing in front of the stone window and holding the curtain to look at the street, and when he came in, he put down the curtain, returned to sit on the felt carpet, and asked him to sit down beside him, and asked: Who is this family? Is it reliable?

Lu He Dao: It's an ordinary Di Min, named Amu, his family background is not bad, some of my business is done for them, he only knows that I am Di Shang from Han Land, and he never asks me about things, and he is a very responsible person. Moreover, this family is a believer in the Ancient Elephant Sect, so even if we find something inappropriate, it is unlikely that we will be embarrassed.

Yao'er snorted and said, "So, when will we be able to start acting?"

Lu He said: Don't worry, let's stay today, and I'll go out tomorrow to prepare to sell the goods we have brought here, and the things we have to do are mixed in here so as not to attract attention. In the past, when I came here to trade, I dealt with the butler of their Prime Minister's Mansion, and I will try to get in touch with him tomorrow.

The court officials of Dongdi are mainly divided into two categories, the first type is the prime minister who is in charge of military and diplomacy, known as the prime minister; The second category is the Minister of the Interior, who is in charge of domestic affairs. These officials are inherited from father to son, and if they have no children, they are inherited by close relatives, and if someone breaks the inheritance practice, it will inevitably cause great disputes.

The name of the minister mentioned by Lu He is Ji Rava, this person is extremely loyal to King Di, opposes Qing Mo's dictatorship, and is a representative of the royalist party!

The Prime Minister of the Interior, Jirava, was just forty years old this year, and it was when he was strong and in the prime of life, he wore a black robe, his head was tied to wipe his forehead, and his two beards were thick and black, which looked very majestic. He looked at the Hu man from the Western Regions who was kneeling in front of him, and asked, "You said you are from Sulitan?"

Yes, the villain was originally only responsible for guarding the horses and camels. As a result, our messengers were all sent to the palace by Qing Mo. The villain didn't know what was going on, so he had to hide in panic. It took these days to find out the reason. The villain really has no choice but to come to the adults to complain, we are wronged!

When he said this, he was in tears, and his situation was miserable. They can be scouts, good at disguise, and good at acting. It is their greatest strength.

Gilaffar picked up a wooden bowl studded with red coral beads, blew on the floating skin, and took a sip of mare's milk wine. sneered: Wronged? What have you wronged?

This humanitarian: My Chi Zhai Department is desperate, I really have the heart to defect, and I definitely have no intention of surrendering.

Giravar put down the bowl, looked at him and smiled, "If you have the heart to surrender." Why don't you surrender to King Di? Instead, find the Prime Minister's Mansion and go up?

The man paused: The villain doesn't know, the palace is heavily guarded, we came from afar, and we couldn't find the way for a while, so we wanted to find a guard or official in front of the palace to explain the reason, and asked him to make a general statement on his behalf, but it happened to meet the prime minister coming out of the palace. When the prime minister heard of our intentions, he took our men back to his house. Afterwards...... They were arrested.

Jirava's eyes flashed, and he leaned over and asked, "Is this what you have heard and seen with your own ears?"

The man smiled bitterly and said, "If the villain sees it with his own eyes." I've been arrested now. The villain did not hear it, but when the messenger instructed the villain to guard the horses and camels, he said that he would find someone to enter the palace. I watched them walk by. Then he ran into the prime minister and his men......

Giravard: Do you know the Great Minister?

Ye Heyu Xiangna said: The villain didn't recognize it, but the villain followed the prime minister all the way back to his home, and he only knew. The little man led the horse and waited outside for a while. When I saw the villain on the side of the road, our messenger gave me a look at the villain and told me to flee. The villain found that something was wrong, so he had to abandon his horse and camel and flee.

Glamorous, he stroked his beard and asked, "In that case, why don't you flee back to your tribe?"

This man wanted to cry and said without tears: My lord, there is only one person left in the villain, how can I go back, I am afraid that if the villain leaves this city, he will be killed by bandits. Besides, go back like this. How could the big leader of Sulitan spare me, the villain really has no choice, so he complains to the adult. The situation of our tribe. I know best whether or not to take refuge in Dongdi. The leader of Sulitan had convened the whole clan to deliberate, and the idea agreed upon by them would never be false.

Girava looked at her deeply and said, "Escort him down and put him in the dungeon first."

This man shouted: "Lord Interior! What the villain said is true, ask the minister to be the master for us, we are wronged......

In the midst of the cry, the man was taken away by the samurai, and Kirava pondered for a long time, muttering to himself: If what this man said is not true, why should he come to avenge his grievances. If what he said is true, why should the prime minister say that they are deceitful, and it is unreasonable to refuse such a thing that has all the benefits and no harm......

Gilava sat cross-legged, crossed his hands, and subconsciously circled his two thumbs for a long time, and his eyes gradually showed a suspicious look.

Early the next morning, Ji Rafa entered the royal city to see King Di, and specially asked about the matter, and wanted to transfer a few people who had surrendered to ask, but these people had all been skinned, and even their skulls had been picked out to light butter lamps.

Not depressed, he returned to his house in a huff, and the chief steward Sivaza tiptoed to follow.

Jirava glanced at him and asked lightly, "What's the matter?"

Sivaza took a step forward and said with a sneer: "My lord, the merchant who sold a pair of celadon pots to the adults last time has arrived in the royal city again, this time, he brought a pair of vases, I wonder if the adults are interested?"

This man likes to collect Central Plains porcelain, but he will buy it at any cost, so he was overjoyed when he heard it, and said, "Okay, ask him to bring it to me."

Sivaza hurriedly said: My lord, the villain also said so, but they traveled a long way, in order to avoid damage, the porcelain was carefully bundled, after arriving at the royal city, to let the guests inspect the goods, the bundled things were removed, the vase is too huge, to re-bundle before transporting, it is really not very convenient, moving around a little carelessly will be broken, so ...... You have to go and see for yourself, Lord Labor.

It is not easy to fire large porcelain, and it is inconvenient to travel at that time, especially for long distances, porcelain is a fragile product, so it is difficult to see large porcelain in the Central Plains here. Let's go, let's go and see! (To be continued......)