To put it simply, it is a mixture of fish and dragons, and it is difficult for both countries to take care of it. In case something happens to the county lord playing in the room, and Dahua sends troops, it will be to provoke the Iron Horse Country, and it will be difficult to save.

After returning to the General's Mansion for dinner, Xu Zhilan had no interest in appreciating the singing and dancing arranged by General Sun, claiming that he was a little tired, so he returned to the residence arranged by General Sun early.

"Keqing, does the Sitong Dart Bureau have any territory in the trade zone?"

Lan Keqing shook his head and said, "It may not be difficult to grab a piece of territory in the trade zone, but it doesn't mean much to my four-way dart game." The people in the trade zone are too notorious, and the guards on both sides are not allowed to lead the team out, for fear of causing chaos to the local area, so the power developed in it cannot be taken out. You can make some money by building a force in it, but the protection fee charged to the merchant is not too high, which scares the merchant so much that he will not dare to come back next time. There is not much difference between collecting protection money in it and the income of the dart game. The point is that there are often murders and arsons in order to grab land, and the casualty rate is very high. ”

Xu Zhilan was silent for a long time, and felt that if he had the opportunity, he would still build a piece of land. Take advantage of the convenience to buy dozens of high-quality fast horses in the trade area, and evenly distribute them in various sections between Jinling and Lingyun Pass, making it convenient to escape. And as soon as you escape from the customs, someone will answer you in the trade area, and you can immediately supply dry food and horses, and quickly run into the prairie with Xi'er. Once you enter the territory of Jingyang Kingdom, everything is OK.

Xu Zhilan proposed to go out of customs with Lan Keqing in disguise the next day and go to the trade zone to have a look.

Lan Keqing didn't think that there would be any danger with the county lord's orchid magic skills, but he was still fully prepared, and if he could not be exposed, of course it was better not to be exposed.

As soon as the morning dawned, Xu Zhilan disguised himself as a man, and took Lan Keqing, who was also dressed as a man, to the gate of the city quietly, took out the special identity card of the Sitong Dart Bureau, and the officers and soldiers guarding the city were released. This is a dart bureau under the county lord, and he didn't even dare to accept bribes.

After General Sun got up, he saw Xu Zhilan leave a letter, saying that he was going to trade, and he was in a hurry! If the county lord makes a difference, his old man's life will not be guaranteed.

Afraid of arousing suspicion, General Sun consulted with Hu Jun and selected more than 20 good men from the army to disguise themselves as merchants and go to the trade area. On General Sun's side, according to the original plan, he ordered someone to drive the county lord's carriage and walk around the fortresses, so that people would pretend to be the county lord and not show up in the carriage, and say a few clichés, and forget the meaning.

Lan Keke never thought of paying a huge price to kill Lan Keqing at Lingyun Pass, this was too cost-effective, and he couldn't imagine that the little subordinates he had accumulated would be wiped out by General Sun.

Liu Mei'er said that the traitorous enemy was in front of her, and she couldn't stand it, so she wanted to use her old troops to act alone, hoping that Lan Keke could help her, keep the city gate open, and let her escape.

Lan Ke could see that Liu Mei'er had made up her mind, and she didn't want Liu Mei'er, one of the heirs, to die in Lingyun Pass, so she promised to send ten dead soldiers to stay near the city gate, waiting for an opportunity to act, and try to delay the closing of the city gate as much as possible.

Liu Mei's children set off in disguised as men, and personally took Xu San to the vicinity of the General's Mansion to observe Xu Zhilan's travel route, so as to adjust the battle plan at any time. Of course, if Oto's team didn't pass near the city gates, there would be no need to take the risk. Even if Xu Zhilan's convoy is 1,000 meters away from the city gate, Liu Meier will not do it!

When the sun was three strokes, the county lord's carriage was prepared in front of the general's mansion. After a while, Liu Mei'er was dumbfounded, she saw that it was not Xu Zhilan who got into the car, and the maids serving on the left and right did not have Lan Keqing! What's going on? Could it be that the plan has been revealed?

For the sake of safety, Liu Mei'er, who was in doubt, didn't go back to inform Lan Keke, and took Xu San and beckoned his subordinates to go out of the city one after another. Regardless of whether the assassination can be carried out or not, Liu Mei'er doesn't want to stay in the place where Lan Keke's bird doesn't lay eggs anymore, she is ready to go back to the grassland and let the starling marry Xu Zhilan back to Jingyang Kingdom. If Emperor Dahua disagreed, she would think of other ways.

Lan Keke was not at ease after all, and quietly came to the city pass, and heard that Liu Mei'er went out of the city directly, she was confused for a while, but it was naturally best not to go to war. So she beckoned the dead men back to the widow's village.

Liu Meier came to the trade area with dozens of people, but she didn't find Xu Zhilan, but found Hu Jun and Chen Jinhong first! These two masters are here, needless to say, Xu Zhilan must have come to the trade area in disguise. She arranged for someone to follow the two masters first, and the others continued to search.

Xu Zhilan found that there is not much else in this small trade area, and Qinglou is everywhere! This is also understandable, the minimum delivery of darts is more than ten days and a half months, and the dart masters are basically men, so it is normal to have this need.

According to his memory, Lan Keqing came to the Bafang Inn and showed the identity card of the Sitong Dart Bureau. As an old customer for many years, the store arranged two upper rooms for Lan Keqing.

Said to be the upper room, but the room was small and very basic. Xu Zhilan and Lan Keqing stood at the window on the second floor and watched the merchants coming and going, took out the silver and asked Xiang'er to buy four sets of Jingyang Kingdom clothes, and bought four more hats, that is, the kind with a circle of gauze sewn on the edge of the wide hat to cover the face.

Ready to stop, Xu Zhilan and Lan Keqing walked in front, Xiang'er and Qin'er walked behind, and then set off.

I just asked, and it was easy to find a trading place. It is said that it is a trading store, compared with the wholesale area of Yangtao County, the store here is not even as good as a toilet! Xu Zhilan took Lan Keqing and others into the trading area set up by several rows of simple sheds, which was very lively, and there were people from the Great Chinese and Jingyang Kingdoms, but the goods were not rich, basically silk, high-quality wool and other sought-after items that the two countries lacked.

Xu Zhilan didn't know much about the price, and he didn't care too much, he just visited everywhere, familiarized with the environment, had a general impression of this place in his mind, roughly designed a best escape plan, and then simply drew it when he returned to the inn. Then inquire about the size of the various forces here, choose the smallest one, and let Lan Keqing arrange someone to destroy it, and then there will be a place to live here if you flee here. Even if you can't settle down, you can prepare two good horses in time to ride away.

"Liu Mei'er!" Xu Zhilan unconsciously stopped, looking around in the distance, as if she was looking for someone.

Lan Keqing took a look and recognized Liu Mei'er who was dressed as a man.

"Childe, what should I do?" Lan Keqing asked.

Xu Zhilan hated Liu Mei'er to the core, and ordered: "Xiang'er and Qin'er go over and arrest her as a girl who escaped!" ”

"Childe, there are a lot of fish and dragons here, if Liu Mei'er has a helper here, I'm afraid it will be difficult to clean up the mess. I'll accompany my son back to the inn first. Lan Keqing suggested.

Xu Zhilan thought that Xiang'er and Qin'er were working hard for him, in case they were killed by Liu Mei'er's comrades, how could they bear it? Don't catch Liu Mei'er here, and when she escapes into Jingyang Kingdom, this revenge will not be avenged for the rest of her life!