Chapter 145: Traveling West
Shen Renzui is completely like an ascetic monk who has taken refuge in the Ancient Elephant Sect, covered in wind and dust, and his face is full of vicissitudes.
Even if he stood in front of Yao'er now and admitted that he was Shen Rendrunk, Yao'er would not believe that such a beautiful and handsome young man could become what he is now.
The bark-like wrinkles of the old catalpa, the thin ones can't see a little chic wave at all. Ziwei'er's figure, as well as those dirty feet, such an ascetic, will he be the one who is drunk with people's hearts?
But he is indeed drunk.
This hand makeup and disguise technique is really a trick, and it is worthy of being called "Drunken Fox with a Thousand Faces" by people in the rivers and lakes.
Shen Rendrunk saw Yao'er, just when the shopkeeper of the restaurant handed over the bowl. Surprised, Shen Rendrunk almost spilled all the rice bowls, he tracked all the way here, originally staring at Mi Zixuan's actions, but he never expected that Yao'er would also arrive here.
He really got together with Yaziyu......
Shen Ren was drunk and thought that he suddenly met her in this foreign land, which made him can't help but show a happy smile on his face.
Yao'er, we are really fate!
A wealthy nobleman with a big belly and two servants passing by Shen Renzui's side suddenly saw the ascetic smiling at him, and he hurriedly stopped, put his hands together, and respectfully bowed deeply to the master......
On the other hand, dressed as a wealthy businessman, with a big beard, and deliberately stuffed something in his stomach, making a big-bellied poop image of Mi Zixuan's outfit is not as wonderful as Shen Ren's drunkenness, and the bloated body is a little funny.
He said to Yao'er: This time. Let Huyi escort us. The people who accompanied him were carefully selected by him, rest assured, with these lonely people. There shouldn't be any danger along the way.
Miss Qiu pouted and stood aside.
Stepping on the ancient road, it is to leave the completely controlled area of the Qi army, since the Linghua region was divided by the Di people and the Yan country, their forces continue to infiltrate to the south, and now the war is about to break out.
This ancient road that winds west and goes north is flanked by mountains on both sides. Lingdong is the Di people, Lingxi is the distant Western Regions, and the people in the East rarely set foot in it. However, there are occasional people from the Western Regions, bringing very different cultures and customs, the most famous is the blonde orchid.
The widest part of this ancient road is more than 100 miles, and the narrowest part can only accommodate a few horse-drawn carriages to pass through guò. It would be dangerous to be attacked.
And this large area is now unmanned by Qi troops. There is no Di army, and the two sides use this as a buffer zone, which makes the situation in this area more complicated, in addition to horse thieves and bandits, some caravans will also make a cameo appearance from time to time to raid other relatively weak caravans, and some small tribes living in them are half people and half bandits.
Mi Zixuan resolutely did not allow Miss Qiu to follow any more. asked her to wait for her to come back in Nao'er, but Miss Qiu was very displeased. However, she also knew that Mi Zixuan seemed to be very talkative, and if she was too willful and annoyed him, it would be more than worth the loss, so although she was unhappy in her heart, she had to agree.
The caravan set off, Miko Xuan disguised himself as a big merchant, Huyi was the leader of the caravan guard, and Yao'er, Gao Yu'er, and Mu Sina mixed into the team and became small merchants who rode camels and pulled goods.
When their team walked up the street and was about to turn to the West City Gate, they saw a group of garrison soldiers, twisting a few Di men and escorting them in the direction of the Yamen.
Gao Yu'er leaned closer to Yao'er and whispered: "Yao'er, what you said about the method of finding out the Di people's scouts, General Qian already knows. The military order was transmitted, and in the past month, all counties and tribes in Guzhu have been killed, but there are strong men who died violently due to accidents. People who were close to him were seriously suspected, and General Qian ordered that they be arrested first and then screened.
Mu Sina squinted at the group of people who were escorted away, and said: All counties and counties are acting at the same time, they are less vigilant and prepared, and now the people who have been arrested have found a lot of evidence from their homes, hey! Ten miles, at most one or two wronged, sister, your plan is really good, but this method can only be used this time, and they will definitely be more careful in the future, and they will no longer hide the stolen goods and murder weapons at home.
Yao'er bowed slightly: But because of this, if they want to assassinate again, they always have a lot more scruples. After all. Even if there is no evidence, the sudden sudden death of someone is a suspicion.
Gao Yu'er and Mu Sina nodded yes.
Gumo City, the military camp, Qian Renjie and Qiu Shen Ji came out of a tent.
Qian Renjie smiled and said: This female guard named Yao'er is really a little scheming. This time he made a sudden move, and almost none of the people who were arrested were wronged, although they couldn't eradicate the Di scouts hiding in the lonely bamboo, but it also hurt their vitality greatly.
Qiu Shenji's eyes rolled slightly, and he said to Qian Renjie: General, the Di scout who has been identified has been identified, can Qiu be interrogated at any time?
Qian Renjie said: Oh? What does General Qiu mean?
Qiu Shenji smiled: Oh, nothing, I just want to learn more about Dongdi's situation from them, and when I returned to Jingli and asked, Qiu also knew it.
Qian Renjie listened to the reason of the hatred of the gods, and said with a smile: Naturally.
He turned his head and instructed a marching Sima: Order, General Qiu has the right to interrogate the captured Di people and spies, and must not disobey orders!
Here!
The marching Sima bowed in response.
The enemy god machine turned away, and a sinister smile crossed the corner of his mouth.
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Mi Zixuan's team left Nao'er and traveled westward, gradually stepping on the ground of the ancient road from Lone Bamboo.
Crossing a mountain called Dunhuang Ridge, the entire regional environment is gradually different from that of Guzhu.
In the distance are the eternal snow-capped mountains, with peaks and peaks, vaguely like a long white dragon, winding and undulating in the magnificent sun. And directly ahead, there are thousands of miles of fertile fields, sandwiched between the endless mountains on the north and south sides, the wilderness is not as vast as the endless prairie, but because of the contrast between the snow-capped mountains and the wilderness, it looks magnificent and magnificent.
The sky is blue, the white clouds seem to be low enough to reach, and in the distance are spectacular snow-capped mountains. Beneath your feet was soft grass, the wind was gently blowing on your body, and from time to time there was the neighing of cows and horses and the neighing of camels. It adds a bit of liveliness to the already lively fleet.
This kind of long-distance travel, which is a spectacular sight, will be very boring after watching for a long time, and the people in the team are trying to find ways to have fun, talking about ghosts, talking about women, laughing and laughing, and enjoying themselves.
The three of Yao'er were lying side by side on a car pulled by a strong cow, on all sides. With his head resting on his arms and a sunhat on his face, he chatted with each other.
However, on the periphery of this laid-back convoy. Fifty or six miles away from the left and right, there were vigilant rangers patrolling earnestly, suggesting that this was a place with countless potential dangers.
In the evening, the team arrived at the side of a small lake. This is the benefit of having an experienced guide who memorizes the entire ancient road, and who can remember the location of each lake, river, and pond. Accurately control the speed of the entire convoy. So that when you are preparing to set up camp, you should stop at a place where there is a source of water.
The convoy stopped, the carts were unloaded, the camels, cattle and horses were pulled to the lake to drink, and the empty water bags were filled one by one for the next day's journey. The person in charge of daily cooking quickly dug out the stove pit on the grass, and wisps of cooking smoke drifted up in the wind.
The little wolf king cheered up and began to arrange how everyone would set up camp. and patrol sentinels.
Wait until the sky is full of stars. Everyone has been full of food and drink, and the huge camel city is placed on the outermost periphery. It was like the first line of defense of a fortress, then the second line of defense made of carts and a large number of cages and sacks, and finally the tents that were erected.
There were people sleeping there in every line of defense. You can go into battle at any time, and there is also a sentry on the outermost, so because it's night, you're worried about someone attacking at night, so it's not just on the waterfront side. There are two layers of sentinels on the other three sides, one is five miles away, and the other is ten miles away. With such a formation, neither horse thieves nor wolves would dare to attack lightly.
A bonfire was lit in the camp, and they hunted some game on the way, which they did not have time to slaughter and clean at dinner. At this time, it has been cleaned and put on the fire, and the white-lipped deer, snowcock, and yellow sheep ......, and after roasting for a while, they exude an attractive fragrance.
Gao Yu'er and Mu Sina were not down-to-earth at first, but they went all the way down. Seeing that this team is camping and marching on guard, they have completely relaxed, anyway, they are only responsible for cooperating with Yao'er, and Yao'er is in charge of everything, and now they have put down their mood, roasting yellow mutton on the fire, enjoying this rare leisure time.
Miss Yao'er, our host wants you to come over!
Yao'er was also sitting by the fire, talking to Gao Yu'er and Mu Sina, he found that Gao Yu'er was not a person who was silent all the time, probably because he was shy when he saw a strange woman, and after getting along with him for a long time, he was also a person who talked and laughed and was very outgoing.
As he spoke, a bearded guard came up to him and shouted at him, and Haruka stood up, patted the dust on his body and walked with him.
The bearded guard led Haruka to the front of Yazi's residence, and Yazi's hand was standing in front of the tent. Basking in the starlight and moonlight of the day, looking at the distant scenery, the evening breeze blows his clothes up and down.
Yao'er walked over and stood next to Mi Zixuan, Mi Zixuan did not look back, but knew that she was coming, Mi Zixuan pointed to the black and oppressive mountains in the night left and right, and said: Two mountains are sandwiched, a line of road, two thousand miles of solitary hanging, west control of the Western Regions, east of Di Man, up to the north of Xinjiang, you can control zhì Di, Yan, retreat can defend the lonely bamboo, this is really the throat of my Central Plains.
Yao'er agrees with the authentic road: what I have seen along the way, this place is indeed dangerous, the mountains between these two sides can become an important barrier in the Central Plains, when the country is strong, it can advance from this, and it can control the northern Xinjiang, and when the national strength is weak, there is this important place, and it can also be carried out at the lowest cost, for strong defense.
Yakoto: yes, that's why we have to work hard to get it!
Yao'er frowned and said, "But this place has already been taken by us, why should we lose it?" Gain and loss, loss and gain, this is not a once.
Miko said: Because our enemies are not weak either! The most important thing is the people's hearts, it is easy to occupy a place, but it is difficult to get the hearts and minds of a place...... If you want to win back people's hearts, it will not be a one-day effort.
Yao'er said: In this way, it is not easy to gain, it is not easy to lose, it is not easy to keep, it is not easy to keep, how to think of a way, there will never be trouble.
Mi Zi smiled and said: You are delusional again, how can there be anything in the world that will never have trouble...... When we do things, we just want to indulge in this life and live happily in this life, and that's enough. Eternal? The history of the birth and death of the princes and hundreds of countries has long been told to you, that is a big joke, the affairs of future generations, it is better to leave it to future generations to worry about themselves!
Yao'er said with a smile: Brother Mi is broad-minded and has a free and easy bearing, which really impresses my sister, but Brother Mi specially called my little sister to come, just to express this emotion?
Mi Zixuan shook his head, pointed to the dark mountain shadow on the left, and said: Let's follow this snowy mountain, and then we can reach the Dunhuang Cave Valley, and then I will introduce you to a person.
Yao'er asked: What person? (To be continued......)
PS: What kind of person is this? Guess what, dear!