The potholed dirt road seems to be vaguely showing traces of cars and horses in the past.

There are more than 100 people in the team to greet and send off relatives, all dressed in red and hung colors, and a few musicians in front of them, blowing and beating, all the way, it is very lively.

At this time, the night is falling, the sedan chair is parked on the side of the road, and the team rests, eats and drinks.

This is a section of the official road built by the Annam Metropolitan Protectorate, in fact, from the southern Xinjiang of Lingnan to the Luocheng of Jiaozhou, that is, the area of Hanoi in later generations, in general, it is still passable, but the road is more difficult, and some mountain roads are even more rugged.

Because of the Maritime Silk Road, Jiaozhou Port in the former Tang Dynasty was also an important transit station, of course, it is said to be Jiaozhou Port, but in fact, it is at the mouth of the Red River tributary along the coast of Jiaozhou, and there are more than 100 miles away from Jiaozhou Zhisuo Luocheng.

Jiaozhou Port is even the second seaport in the former Tang Dynasty, which is from southern Xinjiang to Jiaozhou, and there were many merchants in the past, sending mainland goods to Jiaozhou.

However, now, Annan Jiedu exists in name only, and the Central Plains has long been almost cut off, Jiaozhou Port was originally in a semi-abandoned state, plus a few years ago, Qi Tianzi invented the navigation Sinan, Jiaozhou Port is as a docking port The role of the port has ceased to exist, and the Chinese and Turkish trade merchants and all kinds of Hu merchants have rarely berthed in Jiaozhou Port.

As for the official road in front of Lu Ning, which used to be very smooth in the past, now, it is full of potholes and has fallen into disrepair, and it is already very difficult to walk.

Lu Ning sat on the side of the road and drank water slowly, he was wearing a six-grade official robe, and his official identity was a Zhaoxuanlang of the General Office of the Qin Envoy and Wen Yuan, and now as a family envoy, he sent the former Shu Zhaorong Niangniang to Wu'e Tucheng.

I heard that Ruan Shoujie has already added the name of "Mrs. Zhaorong" to his new wife, although he has a small history of thorns and gives his wife the title of wife, which is inconsistent with the Central Plains etiquette system, but the Annan barbarians are casual, not to mention, many barbarians call Ruan Shoujie "King of Wuning".

Beside Lu Ning, a thin and small scholar is a beautiful little flower, she is weak, harmless to humans and animals, although she carries a big bow and arrow on her back, and two bulging quivers are hung around her waist, but those barbarians who welcome relatives see it, they are all joking, thinking that it is a Qi decoration.

"If you are called back to Guangyuan Village now, you know the way, right?" Lu Ning asked suddenly.

Wanyan Xiaohua nodded: "Don't worry, master." ”

Lu Ning bowed slightly and continued to drink water.

In the welcoming team, Ruan Shoujie sent more than 100 brute soldiers.

Lu Ning is the only one who sends relatives, and Wanyan Xiaohua, as a personal "scholar", is naturally not counted.

If you go to Wu'e Tucheng, even if it is successful, it is very likely that there will be a bloody battle, leading dozens of soldiers to go, and in the end it will be in vain, and those who can follow themselves to escape back to southern Xinjiang safely will be rare, and from a certain point of view, it will still be a burden to yourself.

If you bring more soldiers, it will arouse Ruan Shoujie's suspicions.

Simply, Lu Ning came alone.

After bringing Yan Xiaohua here, once she comes, Wanyan Xiaohua will at least not become a burden to herself, killing enemies or escaping in the mountains and forests, this little girl is like a loach; Second, there must always be a person by her side to report the news, in case something happens, she can go back to Guangyuan Village to find the Red Tiger Army to deliver the letter, and finish Yan Xiaohua's ability to find the way, so there is no need to mention it.

Of course, Lu Ning said that he came alone, in fact, there was also a Qi merchant accompanying him, he was obviously extremely well-informed, and he was bold, he should have heard about the marriage from the mouth of an official in Wancheng Town, he prepared a few carts of goods, hired some Guangyuan Zhai natives as porters, and followed the team to send relatives, naturally he wanted to go to Wu'e Prefecture to make a small fortune.

The goods he brought were all daily necessities, pots and pans and other ceramics, and some farm tools, although simple, but they were all new styles, these goods were not expensive in the Central Plains, and Wu'e land, there should be no goods from the Central Plains for a long time, and it should be able to exchange for a lot of good things.

He used to often go to Guangyuan Zhai to do business, is to slightly understand the northern part of Annan barbarian, but in the past it was just a small fight, the burden of the merchant only, now put together a few carts of goods, naturally to gamble, for him, this should be a big deal, if everything goes well, may make a windfall, of course, "windfall" is relative to his net worth.

At this time, the shopkeeper Qiu came to Lu Ning's side and smiled: "My lord, it's been hard all the way." ”

The six-grade officials in the general office of the General Academy of Literature and Culture can not be reached by ordinary people, and if they can get in touch, there will be many business opportunities in the future.

Lu Ning smiled and was about to speak, when he suddenly heard the delicate voice on the sedan chair: "Zhang Sanlang, don't come to serve me yet!" ”

Lu Ning was speechless, this Li Yanniang is crazy, she stopped yesterday and called herself once, she didn't pay attention to her at the time, and now she is here again.

Speaking of which, it is not far from Wu'e now, and it should be there tomorrow.

I wanted to pretend not to hear it, but after a while, the barbarian woman next to the sedan chair came over and said with a smile: "Send your relatives, Zhaorong Niangniang said that if you don't go, she won't need to eat, and she will starve to death here!" ”

The barbarian woman is from Wu'e Tucheng, the Central Plains dialect is very good, it seems that she is a descendant of the former Tang Hakka immigrants, when she smiles and speaks, her eyes are a little ambiguous, after all, she is not like those barbarians, she doesn't know the Central Plains etiquette, this Zhaorong Niangniang, clearly and the adult in front of her, some inexplicable relationship.

In Tuman's opinion, it may be that Zhaorong Niangniang has a big shelf and deliberately called Qi officials, which made Qi officials a little impatient, but if you are familiar with the etiquette of the Central Plains, isn't this bride just coquettish?

"Okay, I'll go!" Lu Ning felt funny in his heart, feng shui took turns, this Li Yanniang also had a day of raising her eyebrows, but she didn't have a good heart, she was clearly going to be barbaric and something, and the word reached Ruan Shoujie's ears, with Ruan Shoujie's unforbidden temper, he didn't care if he was a Central Plains official or not, when he arrived in Wu'e Tucheng, he was afraid that he would cut off his head.

The sedan chair was very large, and when Lu Ning arrived at the sedan chair, he listened to Li Yanniang's delicate voice inside: "Don't come in yet?" ”

Lu Ning picked up the sedan curtain and walked in, the sedan chair was red, it was very festive, Li Yanniang was wearing a phoenix crown, and on the table in front of her, there were all kinds of air-dried braised meat, pheasant and rabbit meat, etc., which were very rich.

"Feed me!" Li Yanniang Qianqianyu pointed to the dishes on the table, and thought again, "You better go boil some water and wash my feet!" ”

Lu Ning didn't bother to pay attention to her, picked up a piece of meat, put it in his mouth and chewed it, when he arrived in Wu'e Tucheng, it might take a lot of physical strength, but he had to eat and drink well these days.

Li Yanniang immediately stared at the peach blossom eyes, bit her red lips with her teeth, and said hatefully: "If you don't listen to me, don't blame me for not listening to you, when the time comes, I won't poison that barbarian!" ”

Lu Ning was speechless, obviously she came alone, Li Yanniang thought that she had to rely on her to do something to get rid of Ruan Shoujie.

A little funny: "You don't need to do it, but if you want to be so domineering again, you don't blame me, after killing Ruan Shoujie, I won't take you away." Think about it yourself, when the time comes, those thousands of barbarians, all screaming angrily, will do something to you? ”

Li Yanniang's pretty face changed color slightly, and she bit her red lip, "You trick me again!" ”

"Silence!" Lu Ning suddenly frowned slightly and made a gesture.

After listening for a while, Lu Ning frowned and said, "At least a few hundred barbarians have sneaked from the dense forest, it seems that they have bad intentions!" ”

Li Yanniang was stunned, "What should I do then?" I told them to be careful! ”

"It's too late." Lu Ning waved his hand, "Tuman's internal affairs, let's not get involved, wait and see, and leave here first!" ”

Squatted down slightly, "Come, I'll carry you away!" ”