In the vast history of the Huayu Continent, there have been a total of four cities, which have been selected as royal cities by different dynasties in different periods.

In the first few dynasties of ancient times, most of them chose Luojing, the 'divine capital' located in the hinterland of the Central Plains, to build their capital. After hundreds of years of peace and prosperity, the war-torn capital of Luojing eventually turned into a scorched and dilapidated ruins.

In this protracted war, the Huahan Dynasty, which had achieved the final victory, finally chose to expand Chang'an City, the capital of the hinterland of Sanqin, into the capital of the royal city. In addition to the fact that the Shendu Luojing has been overwhelmed, Chang'an City also has the advantages of natural factors such as fertile land, abundant sunshine, fertile water and grass, and convenient transportation; Moreover, more importantly, the economic lifeline of the Huahan Dynasty actually relied largely on the wide trade route to the Western Regions to maintain daily expenses.

The prosperous and prosperous Huahan Dynasty, after nearly two hundred years of glory, the road to prosperity has finally come to an end. In the end, due to various comprehensive factors, the Huahan Dynasty, which had been dying and struggling for more than ten years, finally ushered in the final outcome of being divided and the princes rising together.

After that, the Huayu Continent went through a long period of baptism of war, and finally the Liang Dynasty personally ended such a chaotic dark age. At that time, although the Liang Dynasty successfully unified the Huayu Continent, it also built its capital in Chang'an City, Sanqin, but in fact, the Great Liang Dynasty had two national capitals: in addition to the 'new capital' Chang'an City, the other was the old capital of the Liang Dynasty, the capital of Jiangnan - Jianye City.

Perhaps since the Huahan Dynasty set the capital of Chang'an City, the land of Sanqin has become a treasure of feng shui where the ancient emperors gathered. At least judging from the surviving ancient records, Chang'an City has been the royal capital for no more than 900 years.

As for Shen Gui, compared to those illusory 'dragon vein theories', he is more willing to believe that the reason for moving the capital several times is because of the gradual fundamental changes in the economic subject structure and geopolitical relations of different dynasties.

All in all, Shen Gui has long been yearning for the nine-hundred-year-old capital, Sanqin Chang'an City. After all, according to Master Chef Song Xingzhou, the soil of Sanqin is fertile and sunshine is abundant, so the wheat grown on that land has an unrivaled natural taste.

As a 'senior foodie', Shen Gui has long been fascinated by that hot land!

"I said, Young Master Sun, why do you have to let Xiao Hui come back to catch the car? Look at how uncomfortable it must be for him to have such a big belly and to sit there and whip his horse! ”

At this time, Qi Yan, who was speaking, was sitting outside the carriage, holding a handful of salt-roasted peanuts that he had 'caught' from the market, and was chewing a mouthful of fragrant ......

"I said, 'Big Goose', your brother's temper is a bit weird! Since you know how uncomfortable it is for you to feel sorry for Xiao Hui's 'nest', why don't you know to stop him and ask him to reduce the amount of food a little? You see, just back to this body bones, except for lying in the sun and 'drying your belly', what other posture is not uncomfortable? ”

Shen Gui opened the curtain of the carriage at this time, sat in front of the door of the carriage, and grabbed a handful of peanuts in Qi Yan's hand, chatting with the Qi brothers.

"Did I say you two still look like brothers? If there is such a time to say that I have spare time, I would like to point the way first! No one had an idea along the way, so I knew that I would follow the official road all the way to the west, and if I missed the 'Sutou' again, would I have to sleep in the deep mountains and old forests? It doesn't matter to the three of us rough old men, but the sister-in-law and the eldest princess ......"

Qi Hui whipped the two horses foaming at the mouth, and complained to the two brothers in an unkind tone.

"I'm talking about Qi Chubby! Speak as you speak, don't take Miss Ben with you! Although it is true that I am the eldest lady of the Dongyou Li family, I have also grown up with my master since I was a child in the deep mountains and old forests to collect medicine and dew, and it is not the same wherever I sleep! … Oh! By the way, we also have an eldest princess in the car, and it's really not good to be lazy......"

Li Le'an helped Shen Gui sew and mend his night clothes, and at the same time 'ridiculed' the eldest princess Yan Shuqing, who was going out for the first time. After all, she is the only 'empty child' in this carriage who has no experience in the rivers and lakes.

Since leaving Yanshan County, this group of five people has been walking noisily like this for two days. Although the portrait of Qi Yan, a prisoner of the imperial court, has now been plastered all over the prefectures and counties along the way; But with Li Le'an's disguise technique under Liu Banxian's apprenticeship, everyone still took a 'Jiangyang thief' through the state and walked on the ground. Even if he really met a difficult soldier, as long as Shen Gui gently exposed the yellow silk cloth bag in his cuffs, the other party would immediately kneel on the ground and kowtow again and again, not even having the courage to look at it squarely, let alone come forward to investigate.

As everyone laughed and made noise, the sky gradually darkened. It didn't take long for Qi Hui, who was in charge of driving the car, to suddenly let out a 'whoo', and instantly closed the cotton curtain of the carriage with his backhand, and then slowly stopped the carriage.

Shen Gui, who was still 'teasing' the second daughter in the carriage, immediately stretched out his right hand and pressed Li Le'an's small round head that wanted to poke out of the window, and then made a 'shhh' movement towards the puffed Yan Shuqing, and then reached out and pressed it on the hilt of the Chunyu Sword......

"Dare to ask this old man, what kind of realm has this reached? Our brother is a foreigner who has traveled 'far away' for the first time, so how can there be an inn for people to stay in here? ”

With a heavy pace, the sound of Qi Hui asking for directions came from outside the car. At this time, he spoke in a slightly oily Beiyan accent, and was talking to an old man in a tea shed on the side of the road. And the three people in the carriage were all holding their breath at this time, waiting for each other's reply.

"Listening to your baby's accent, it should have come out of Beijing, right? Young and daring to run a car without experience? It's really a stupid boy sleeping on a cool kang, all with firepower! Since you have to go far away, why don't you inquire about the right way first? Now this boundary is called 'Tiger Neck', and if you go five miles further on, you will see a small village. If you think Tiger Neck Village is too small, then go further northeast to catch up with the road of twenty miles, and you will enter Julu County! But I look at this sky, you shouldn't be able to enter the county! ”

After listening to Shen Gui in the carriage, he flipped over a sketchy map bought in the market from his baggage, first carefully probed it, and then handed the map to Li Le'an casually. Li Le'an, who was looking curious, just took the map and looked at it, and his face suddenly turned pale: It is true that this place is indeed called 'Tiger Neck', but if you want to go to Julu County to stay, you should go to the southeast, not the northeast as the old man said!

If you follow the northeast direction, the standard nearest target on the map is called Blackstone Mountain!

"Thank you, uncle! It was too dark, and there were only some women and goods in our brother's car, and it didn't matter if we ran another twenty miles...... But I'm afraid that if I encounter bandits and bandits on the road, it will be a bad thing! ”

The old man who was setting up a tea stall on the side of the official road in the evening, as soon as he heard Qi Hui's words at this time, immediately taught these two 'stunned young men' a lesson in 'righteousness and strictness':

"You two are still young, and you don't know how powerful those 'Mountain Kings' are! Is this kind of thing easy to say to outsiders? When you came out, didn't the old people in the family tell you the truth that 'wealth is not exposed'? You're glad you met me! If you meet those dogs with black intestines, you will have to bring some bandits over as soon as you turn your face, and you will be allowed to 'cut' all your goods! ”

Qi Hui's face turned pale when he heard this, and his lips trembled uncontrollably; Then with those helpless and pitiful little eyes, he turned his head to look at his brother who was still sitting in the carriage; I saw that Qi Yan was also panicked at this time, hurriedly jumped out of the carriage, and took out more than 20 copper plates from his arms tremblingly, and stuffed them into the old man's hand with a rough technique......

"Big ...... Uncle, our brothers are also sports cars for the first time, and we don't understand the rules on this road! You are well-informed, what do we ...... If there is anything you don't do well, you can always point fingers......! ”

The old man clutched the copper coin in his hand, smiled with satisfaction, and piled up wrinkles on his face:

"You're his big brother, aren't you? When you are older, you are more sensible and can be a person! Uncle, look at you, this baby, you will definitely be able to achieve great things in the future! I tell you, in the future, when it gets dark, don't go again! Don't look at the tiger's neck is only twenty miles away from Julu County; But in these short twenty miles, the two of you have ten heads that are not enough to be cut off! In this way, you should rest at the uncle's place first, call everyone in the car down, and drink a few bowls of water to quench your thirst first! When it's dark, there are no more guests on the official road, so let's go back to 'Tiger Neck Village' with my uncle. ”

After finishing speaking, the uncle took down a copper teapot from the charcoal stove, poured two bowls of warm water with his backhand, and handed it to the little fat man Qi Hui.

Qi Hui took the water bowl with a hesitant face, frowned and just wanted to speak, but he didn't expect Qi Yan, who was standing next to him, to suddenly snatch the bowl from his hand, raise his head and drink it all:

"Hah...... I'm dying of thirst, uncle, pour him another bowl! I still have the silver, how much I drank in total, and I will give it to you in a while! ”

This time, Qi Hui no longer hesitated in the face of the water bowl handed over again, tilted his neck, and drank a clean ......

"Where's the doll in the car? If there is a female baby, the old man will not send it in, you can do it yourself! ”

After saying that, the old man took a few more empty bowls and filled them with water, and placed them on the table. Qi Yan picked up three water bowls and walked to the carriage, and as soon as he got into the carriage, he whispered to Shen Gui:

"This old guy isn't a serious thing, with drugs stuffed between his fingernails! When I stuffed copper coins into him just now, I easily pulled them out! After a while, you faint again after hearing movement outside......"

Shen Gui took it and tilted his neck, and drank the bowl of warm water in one gulp:

"Do you still have to say that? How could any serious businessman who opened a tea shed on the side of the official road work so late? When it comes to the application, don't they all collect the stalls and go home! ”