Gu'an is indeed the land of Northern Yan, but it is only ...... in total from the nearest border of Southern Wu Well, it's forty miles to the fullest.

That's right, this is a city that is located behind a fortress on the border line, and if the flames of war are burned, it may be affected. However, the city has only the prosperity of border trade, and it is not always subject to the horror and pain of war.

Because in the past hundred years, except for the first 20 years of the establishment of the Northern Yan and Southern Wu, there have been small wars and big battles every moment, but since the exchange of covenants between the two countries, although there are often small frictions, there are fewer and fewer major wars. What's more, most of the time, it was the Northern Yan who fought from the north to the south, and as for the Northern Expedition, the Communist Party was a certain emperor of Southern Wu who came once in the early years with great ambition.

Even if the Northern Yan invaded the south seven years ago, it was still thunder and rain, and the hasty withdrawal of troops because of the sudden changes in the country was just a little more talk for the people of Gu'an City. Today, every year, hundreds of Southern Wu merchants smuggle all kinds of goods from the border to this place through bribery and other means, and trade with the merchants of the Northern Dynasty or border people.

It is not an official mutual market, but because of its geographical advantages and the fact that it does not charge taxes, it is actually more prosperous than the official mutual markets. The four major gangs in the city, all kinds of appointments, and representatives of the magnates of Shangjing contributed to the prosperity of the city, and even the magnates were keen to send people to buy the fresh fruits brought from the south here, and then transport them back to Shangjing to enjoy by stagecoach as quickly as possible.

When Yue Qianqiu learned about this, he even asked curiously if there were lychees, and the answer was undoubtedly disappointing. In history, it may be possible to send a fast horse from Lingnan to Chang'an, but it can be sent to Shangjing, how can ordinary businessmen have that ability? If you eat rotten lychees, you might as well eat lychee wine!

It's pure boredom, and Yue Qianqiu will ask such boring questions. Besides, even in Lingnan now, the season of lychee marketing has passed.

At this moment, Xiao Jingxian occupied Gu'an with the lightning speed when he seized power in Swallow City before, and the two rogue bandits who came out of nowhere contained the soldiers and horses of several neighboring cities, and the border did not dare to send troops easily because of the signs of the Wu army's movement, so Gu'an so strangely erected a rebel flag but no one asked for it.

Although he had no opponents, Xiao Jingxian did not kill people like he did in Shangjing, but with the cooperation of the soldiers and horses who unexpectedly defected, he only killed a few diehards, and the rest of the people who wanted to leave the city were all allowed to leave, claiming that they were not allowed to enter. But it only involves the powerful and merchants, and the ordinary people are not included. This kind of tolerant attitude, Yue Qianqiu only feels that it is really abnormal.

Staying in this place where it seemed that he could return home with a light step, he felt not the joy of the dawn in front of him, but the hairiness in his heart......

Moreover, since Yue Ying and Xiao Jingxian reached that so-called deal, since Xiao Jingxian rushed away with his head first, and then let a group of guards escort the "Huoshan County Lord Xiao Qingqing" disappeared between the green mountains and green waters, Xiao Jingxian took the three of them to Gu'an, and Yue Qianqiu, who had always eaten well and slept soundly, couldn't eat and couldn't sleep.

Although he looks very energetic, at first glance he has returned to the appearance of a handsome and noble son, and he is not haggard and emaciated, but he has never had a peaceful life of jumping up and down, and he suddenly changed as if he was a person, and he was in a daze when he was fine, and naturally some people were anxious in their eyes.

The little monkey felt stupid and couldn't be comforted, and finally couldn't help but go to Xiao Jingxian this day, who expected Xiao Jingxian to flick the little monkey's forehead with a smile: "You are a dog with a mouse, nosy, understand?" ”

"What do you mean? Your Royal Highness King Jin, weren't you very kind to the Ninth Prince in the past? Are you going to cross the river and tear down the bridge now? ”

Xiao Jingxian still had a little blood on his body, and he didn't know where he killed someone in a place that no one else saw. He withdrew the finger that had just flicked through the little monkey's head, and said lightly: "First of all, the idiom of crossing the river and demolishing the bridge should not be used here, and now it is me who takes the biggest risk, not him, let alone his grandfather." ”

Knowing that the little monkey's brain that grew up in the mountains and wilderness couldn't understand this, he didn't say much about this, but just smiled and said: "Besides, what Qianqiu can't figure out is not just what I'm going to do, what he can't figure out is what his grandfather is going to do." If you feel angry for him, go and sit with him more, and sit idle and not talk, aren't you friends? ”

The little monkey couldn't help but be stunned, and then he was a little sneering: "Friend...... The Ninth Prince is an ignorant boy who is taking me, and I am not his friend. ”

"Silly boy!" Xiao Jingxian suddenly laughed, slapped the little monkey on the head, and walked away like this.

As soon as he left, the little monkey was confused, so he could only go to find Yue Qianqiu. However, when he saw Yue Qianqiu sitting on the roof from a distance, he was about to go over to speak, when suddenly he saw a figure silently falling behind Yue Qianqiu like a ghost.

Startled, he subconsciously wanted to run out, and when he saw someone sitting down next to Yue Qianqiu, he recognized that it was Yue Ying, and hurriedly bowed down, but did not retreat immediately.

Well, he wasn't eavesdropping, he was concerned about his friend's situation, and Xiao Jingxian also said that he and Yue Qianqiu were friends before......

The little monkey's head, Yue Qianqiu pretended not to see it, but Yue Ying had already sat down beside him, of course he couldn't pretend not to see it. He glanced sideways, and saw Yue Ying dressed in gray clothes, and that face was the kind of plain and inconspicuous that could never be found in the crowd from beginning to end, he couldn't help but hum softly: "Uncle Ying has something to say to me?" ”

"Are you angry with the old man, or are you angry with me?"

"How dare I!" Yue Qianqiu directly pointed the back of his head at the person, and said angrily, "Don't the eldest uncle and master also don't know a lot of things?" Not to mention me, a fourteen-year-old child! ”

Yue Qianqiu emphasized the three words of child, but the next moment, he only felt that there was an extra hand on the top of his head, and then his head was involuntarily turned back by that hand. At this moment, he was suddenly angry, and couldn't help glaring at Yue Ying fiercely, if he wasn't sure to do it, he was looking for abuse, he couldn't wait to fight with someone!

"You're scared, aren't you?"

This time, Yue Qianqiu did not hide his emotions with his teeth and claws, but remained silent. He was really afraid, not only because Yue Ying seemed to be waiting for Xiao Jingxian from the beginning, but also because from the old lady Yue to the emperor, everyone had a strange expectation of Xiao Jingxian. This seemed to be none of his business, but his keen intuition gave him a certain premonition.

"The reason why the old lady didn't tell you that the target was Xiao Jingxian at the beginning was because as long as you knew something, it would seem unnatural, and it would inadvertently reveal flaws between words and deeds. So, the master doesn't know, your master doesn't know, and you don't know. But you have to believe that if you and your master didn't take the initiative to invite Ying to come to Beiyan, the old lady would not let you get into danger. ”

"Well, Master and I are self-righteous fools!" Yue Qianqiu directly blackened herself, and then stopped saying a word.

Yue Ying watched Yue Qianqiu grow up since she was a child, and she didn't know that what Yue Qianqiu wanted at this time was not coaxing, but explaining. However, there are some things he can't explain, so he can only ask Yue Qianqiu to ask the old lady Yue after returning to China, and at the moment, just like Yue Qianqiu did when he was a child, he suddenly stretched out his hand and pulled Yue Qianqiu, and he threw it very beautifully, bringing the person to his back.

"I'll take you to take a good look at the border city of Gu'an."

Yue Qianqiu was slightly stunned, and saw that Yue Ying had already swept out like the wind. He is already a person of this age, where is he as excited as he was when he was a child, or walking on the wall with a cornice on his back, he only feels extremely embarrassed at the moment. He could only lie on Yue Ying's back and protest very loudly: "Uncle Ying, I can walk by myself, and I am not the weak chicken I used to be......"

"Do you know that you used to be a weak chicken? I think that when you were almost kidnapped by the people of the Northern Yan Qiu Hunting Division, you used many means to trap people, but how scared the old lady was afterwards, do you know? He told me that he couldn't help but make a fuss at the thought that you might be taken away like that, or that you would be killed or wounded. The slap in someone's face is genuine! ”

Yue Qianqiu couldn't help but fall silent. And Yue Ying did not let go of him, or slowed down, but the speed became faster and faster, and the whole person seemed to take off in the air, leaving only a faint shadow, which was in line with his name.

"I was a shadow in the White Lotus Sect back then, doing things that upright disciples couldn't do. Not only the White Lotus Sect, but the Lower Twelve Sects in a difficult situation have more or less such disciples because of the existence of patrol envoys. Later, the military patrol envoy noticed that our people were either dead or expelled, so the various sects were not white and flawless. The old lady said that it was to abolish the patrol envoys and rebuild the martial arts record, but it did not mean that the supervision of the martial arts sect was completely relaxed, but he wanted to use another way to restrain it. But the emperor wanted me to come forward, but the old lady resigned for me. ”

Talking about these topics that have nothing to do with the moment, there is still a little guy who is fourteen years old and very light on his back, but Yue Ying's face does not change color and his heart does not beat, and he does not even have the slightest change in his voice.

"I picked it up by the old lady, and so did you. You picked it up on the day when Xiao Si left a book and ran away, the day when the old lady was angry and wandered around, so this is fate. Xiao Si has always been the most impulsive and stubborn character, and when he left, the old lady almost didn't expect anyone to come back, so he put you in his name. ”

Yue Ying did not use the fourth master to refer to Yue Xiaosi this time, but used the name when he taught him martial arts in the past.

"Does Xiao Jingxian regard you as his nephew, Emperor Beiyan asked you to call him Daddy, whether it's true or not, don't you care, and you want to return to the old lady? So, what are you wondering about? Xiao Jingxian is certainly ever-changing and unpredictable, but the old lady didn't want to calculate him, but sincerely wanted to recruit such a person who was familiar with Beiyan. ”

Yue Qianqiu took a deep breath, although he knew that he shouldn't ask, and if he asked, there might be no result, but he still asked after all, "Why?" ”

The rich meaning contained in these three words can probably only be tasted by Yue Ying, the person who is most familiar with Yue Qianqiu in addition to the old lady Yue. He was silent for a moment, and finally whispered, "Because the old lady has a clue about the little prince." Because, the old lady hopes to see the unification of the north and the south in her lifetime! ”