Continuing southward along the Yellow River, with the increase in business travelers and pedestrians on the road, Ye Qing and others are getting closer and closer to Xingqing Mansion, the capital of Western Xia.

Coupled with the goods they looted along the way, they had become full merchants by the time they arrived at the Shizuizi Ferry.

Even after the investigation of the 12 Prison Military Divisions set up on the border between Western Xia and the Tatars, with the lame Tatar words in the mouth of Lao Liu Tou, who had eaten grass on the grassland for nearly two years, they actually passed the investigation smoothly.

Ye Qing and the other hundred business travelers, among the many business travelers, are not eye-catching, whether it is the vast grassland, or after entering the long Gobi, among the business travelers that can be seen on the road, they can only be regarded as a medium-sized caravan.

Caravans of dozens or hundreds of camels, mixed with dozens of wagons, are not uncommon on the way to Shizuizi.

Often when such a caravan encountered Ye Qing's caravan, it would proudly cast a disdainful look at them.

After all, their number is inversely proportional to the goods in the eyes of the connoisseurs, and the more people and the less the goods, naturally in the eyes of the connoisseurs, it seems a bit nondescript.

"Such a cheap fur cargo is embarrassing for so many people to protect? The Tatars don't seem to have seen the world after all. ”

"Looking at the leather goods, I'm afraid it's not as valuable as a camel, and it is actually protected by more than a hundred people, and there are many Tatars on the steppe?"

"Tubaozi, I'm afraid I'll be dumbfounded when I arrive in Xingqing Mansion, I'm afraid I've never seen such a prosperous capital."

Ye Qing and the others couldn't understand their words, but a trace of disdain and ridicule could still be seen on their faces.

But with a vast caravan of camels and horses and carriages, and nearly a thousand soldiers in armor, two rather ornate carriages passed by.

The other business travelers who were originally walking on the road, like Ye Qing, had to obediently stand aside, waiting for this somewhat dusty rushing posture, but it didn't look like a simple business travel team passing by first.

Like the business travelers standing on both sides of the road, Ye Qing also saluted like this overly large team, and did not see even a trace of obvious signs and flags from beginning to end, the whole team looked very low-key, but it exuded a noble atmosphere.

Especially when the two rather gorgeous carriages passed by, Ye Qing smelled a trace of unusualness, and when a gap was slowly opened with the closed and tightly closed curtain, although he couldn't see what kind of distinguished person was sitting inside, but from the small half of the fingers that were slightly raised and the curtain was exposed, he could still judge that the slender fingers should be unique to women.

After the entire caravan swept past them, Ye Qing couldn't help but pout at Xu Qingnunu, motioning for Xu Qing to follow and explore the way.

"What's wrong?" Old Liu Tou and Zhao Qi'er, watching Xu Qing pull a few sheepskins from other people's horses and put them on his horseback, dressed himself as a solo businessman, and began to follow the camel caravan, asked a little strangely.

"What the hell is this caravan, have you ever seen such a big caravan?" Ye Qing pointed to the front and back and continued: "Which caravan have you seen with such a big pomp along the way? Have the rest of the caravans stand on the side of the road and wait for them to pass? ”

"Could it be the Xia people's own caravan? After all, there are armor guards. Or is it the princes and nobles of the Xia people? "After Lao Liu Tou came out of the grassland, he basically turned back to Lao Liu Tou with a normal IQ, and he didn't know much more about the humanities of Western Xia than Ye Qing.

"There are still more than 200 miles away from Xingqing Mansion here, if it is a prince and nobleman, it is impossible to look like a long journey and dust, it must be from other distant places all the way to Xingqing." Ye Qing said while thinking about it after watching the huge team pass by, the merchant travelers on the road began to follow behind again and set off.

Just when Ye Qing was thinking in his mind, who was the team of nearly 1,000 people who had just passed by, and who was the woman in the carriage, the old Liu Tou on the side, as if he had been stepped on by someone, jumped three feet high, pointed to the Shizuizi ferry in the distance and shouted in surprise: "Look, what is that?" ”

"Let the dog chase you, why can't you get rid of this shocking problem." Ye Qing, who was taken aback by Lao Liu's head, said helplessly, and then looked in the direction of Lao Liu's finger: "!" The banner of the flower planter?! ”

At the Shizuishan ferry, an inconspicuous ferry boat on the turbid river surface is hung with flags waving in the wind on all sides, and the sunflowers on the flag, plus the stems, move with the wind in Ye Qing's eyes, it is simply the same as the dangling sunflowers in Plants vs. Zombies.

Just as Ye Qing and the others began to speed up and move towards the Shizuishan ferry, the huge caravan did not even stop, and on the periphery of the ferry, which seemed to be more lively and crowded, they chose the road to the east and began to move in the direction of Xingqing Mansion.

Yelu Nanxian sat in the carriage, and sitting opposite him was Xiao Chuwen, who was summoned to the carriage by her to question him when he passed Shizuizi.

As one of the envoys who accompanied her to Western Xia this time, Xiao Chuwen was very knowledgeable, and had a deep understanding of the Han culture that the Xia people admired and emulated, and it was precisely because he read Han poetry and books that he became the envoy who accompanied him to the Xia Kingdom this time.

"Is that person Han?" After Yelu Nanxian got into the car, he began to ask the young merchant he saw at a glance when his carriage had just passed by those caravans.

Xiao Chuwen was stunned for a moment, after all, there were a lot of business travelers standing on both sides of the road just now, and he didn't know which one she was asking.

"The princess is asking...... Which one? Xiao Chuwen looked at the maid next to him and asked with a smile.

"It's that very tall, dark-skinned businessman, although I only glanced at him, but I think he is Han." Yelu Nanxian's beautiful eyes quietly looked at Xiao Chuwen and said.

Even she couldn't tell why, when she lifted the corner of the curtain and secretly looked outside, among so many people, she only noticed the tall young businessman.

It's okay to say you're handsome, but that face isn't ...... Or that it can't be linked to handsomeness at all, it can only be said that the angular face and the easy-going smile at the corner of the mouth look quite comfortable, but the skin is too dark.

Xiao Chuwen smiled again, thinking that it was a big deal, the princess would summon her in a hurry, it turned out that it was just to distinguish whether a person was Han or Xia.

So he said slowly: "Even in my Daliao, there are many Han people living there, and the princess should not be surprised when she meets the Han people on the way." ”

"But I always thought the man was weird." Yelu Nanxian tilted his head and thought about the scene just now, and then said, "So many people are standing on the side of the road, although they are all looking at our carriage, they always feel that he is ...... He is not our Han people, but the Han people over there, the Han people of the Song people. ”

"Han people of the Song people?" Xiao Chuwen was taken aback, but after thinking about it, he still smiled calmly: "The Song people are very profitable, the country is rich but the people are not strong, and they have been bullied by the Jin State all these years, so there should be no problem for them to come here to do business." ”

"I don't know, I always think it's weird anyway." Yelu Nanxian couldn't explain how he felt, but he still felt weird, and he always felt as if something was wrong.

"Maybe it's because the princess has been too tired from traveling lately, why don't I tell General Yelu, before we are about to reach the capital of the Xia people, we will stop and rest for the night, and then set off for Xingqing Mansion tomorrow?" Xiao Chuwen looked at the beautiful princess in front of him and asked.

There are some pities and regrets in my heart, the princess who was originally as beautiful as a fairy should have stayed in Daliao, not the prince who was promised to the Xia people, but now, she had to go to the capital of the Xia country to marry the prince of the Xia people and become the princess of the Xia people.

At the Shizuishan ferry, in a steaming tavern overcrowded with families, Ye Qing looked at the military judgment in front of him, with surprise and worry in his eyes.

Surprisingly, as if walking in a no-man's land, or on a grassland surrounded by enemies on all sides, they have had enough of being blind and deaf, without the slightest understanding of the outside world, but they have to worry about the state of hurrying day by day.

What I am worried about is whether the Sizhou side has been properly arranged after the arrival of the military judgment in person, and whether there will be anything wrong over there because of the arrival of the military judgment.

"Shaoqing, don't worry, there will be no problem." Wu Juan looked at Ye Qing, who had a darker complexion, and knew very well in his heart that Ye Qing's envoy this time could be said to have endured all the hardships.

"Why?" Ye Qing raised the wine bowl and took a sip and asked.

"Since Shaoqing, you handed over the latter batch, which was supposed to be sent to Yuguan by Po Li San, to Lord Yu, and Lord Yu was afraid that he would miss your big thing, and personally escorted him, Xia Guan knew that Shaoqing had a great relationship with Lord Yu. Therefore, Xia Guan came in violation of the order this time, in addition to the fact that the matter was too important and he did not dare to trust others, it was because Lord Yu was in Sizhou to replace Xia Guan, so Xia Guan dared to come. Wu Juan looked at Ye Qing with a calm face and said.

I haven't seen Ye Qing for nearly a year, and in his opinion at this time, whether it is appearance or spirit, it seems that compared to before the original mission, it seems that he has sublimated a realm and level.

The whole person seems to be more stable, like Yue Linyuan, and in this firm and calm bearing, there is also a trace of it, which is difficult to figure out only for the superiors.

"There's no need for you to come here in person, first, it's a long way to go, and second, the Xia people don't have a good impression of me, wouldn't you be asking for your own death if you came here?" Ye Qing said lightly.

The old Liu Tou and Zhao Qi'er on the side looked at the door from time to time, waiting for Xu Qing to come over.

"But this time it is a major matter of the country, and the lower officials dare not make their own claims. However, it happened to coincide with Shaoqing's passage through the Xia Kingdom, so even if the lower official was punished by Shaoqing, he had to come over. Wu Juan looked at the vendors around him and no one paid attention to their conversation, but he still lowered his voice and said.

"Something to do with Song Xia?" Ye Qing's wine bowl in the air stagnated at the edge of his mouth, and his brows gradually furrowed.