In September of the fifth year of Daye, the officials of the Ministry of Rites sent by Bai Man, who took the vicinity of Dali as their territory, finally arrived at Zhenbei Pass.

The two leaders are both in their thirties, wearing a virtuous crown, a purple robe with large sleeves, a girdle around the waist, a knee cover in front, a jade belt around the waist, and thick-soled boots.

Their outfit looks no different from Su You's official uniform, the only difference is that their Jinxian crown is prohibitively high.

In fact, the hats of the civil and military generals in South China that Su You saw during this period were all more than a foot high, which made him finally conclude a crooked theory, that Nanzhong is a country that likes to wear high hats.

When Su You was secretly comparing which of their hats was higher, the two of them had already made a standard Chinese salute to him in a proper manner, and said in unison, "The angels of the upper kingdom are coming, and the ministers of the lower kingdom are late, forgive the sins." ”

Although Su You knew that this was etiquette, he was finally much more pragmatic than those old pedants, and he was polite, so he said with a smile, "It's not late, it's not late, this official led the brothers all the way through the mountains and rivers, and it's just here to rest their strength these days, I don't know what the two of you call it?" ”

The two of them saw that Su You was polite, and they quickly relaxed, and the official with thick eyebrows and eagle eyes and a heroic appearance laughed loudly, "The angel is really polite, the next official is Zhenxi General Jiao Guozhao's son Zhu Ziheng, this is Gao Mingbo, the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, but my position is the temporary guest secretary of the Ministry of Rites."

Su You also worked as a guest secretary of Honglu Temple when he was three years old, so he naturally knew what this guest secretary meant, and immediately asked with a smile, "Is Ziheng white or black?" ”

The so-called "white barbarians" and "black barbarians" are all contemptuous names for them by the Central Plains people, just like the invaders called the natives of Wanwan the Gaoshan tribe, in fact, the locals will not call themselves so, they call the white barbarians white, and the black barbarians black. -- This is not based on the color of the skin, but on the color of the national costume.

What Su You could see at this time was only the color of their official mansion, not the national costume, so he asked.

"I'm white." Ji Ziheng smiled slightly, and after answering, he added in diplomatic terms, "Of course, I am first and foremost a South Chinese. ”

Su You just wanted to verify his thoughts, in fact, he probably guessed his ethnic composition from the title that Fu Ziheng's father was General Zhenxi, "Dongjiao" was mostly a black barbarian, and "Xijiao" was mostly a white barbarian.

So the question is, do they now represent South China to greet themselves, or do they represent Bai Man?

If the name is not right, it is not good, and the difference in their motives will mean Su You's future situation.

Shaking his head, Su You still decided to "come here, then settle down", anyway, now that he has reached the Nanzhong realm, he may not be able to get out of the way if he wants to pick a son at this time.

Besides, Su You didn't think about retreating, there was Yang Guang's promise and his own selfishness.

It's also what he dealt with along the way to get in the way. The reason for the simplicity and crudeness of the robbery.

Su You nodded approvingly to Fu Ziheng and said, "Well said, when are we going to Kunchuan?" ”

Fu Ziheng and Gao Mingbo said in unison, "Everything is ruled by angels. ”

Su You immediately said, "That's it, it's really not easy for you to get here from Dali, just rest well today, and let's officially set off early tomorrow morning, how about it?" ”

As if it was because of hearing Su You's deliberately aggravated tone in the word "Dali", both Fu Ziheng and Gao Mingbo couldn't help but be slightly shocked in their hearts, but they pretended not to know what Su You saw, and the two agreed and left.

Looking at the figures of the two leaving, Su You shook his head and smiled a little depressedly, "These two people are from Dali, I'm afraid that some of them are boring." ”

Su Yunfan, who was on the side, immediately became alert and asked in a deep voice, "Dad is saying that the king of Nanzhong still doesn't know that we are coming?" Or will this Zhenxi general be bad for us? ”

Wang Bodang also said a little helplessly, "All the way down, it is all the territory of Xijiao, and the news of our envoy to Nanzhong wants to cross the Bai clan to Kunchuan, how easy is it?"

Lu Sheng also wanted to say something, but he didn't know how to speak.

Su You couldn't help but smile when he saw that they were all worried, "Fortunately, I came to Nanzhong, and soothing it is only a superficial task, Your Majesty has already shown me a low before leaving, if I can settle them, this Nanzhong can be decided by me."

Wang Bodang and Lu Sheng were silent, although they knew that Su You could do what ordinary people could not, but Su You's subordinates were only about 700 people, and if they wanted to settle Nanzhong, wouldn't they be fools?

Su Yunfan had blind belief in Su You, and couldn't help laughing, "Dad must have a plan." ”

Su You shook his head and sighed, "Let's go and gather Zhang Long, Zhao Hu and the others first, so as not to panic early tomorrow morning." ”

Wang Bodang and the others took the order and left, first gathering the more than seventy guards; At the same time, Su You sent someone to greet Jiao Ziheng and others, saying that they would go out of the customs tonight to pack their luggage and re-enter the customs early tomorrow morning.

Fu Ziheng and the others have nothing to say, they just promise a "know", Su You can give them face as an angel of the kingdom, and they will naturally make it convenient for him everywhere.

Su You and Lai Yanbei Turandot and others have not seen each other for more than half a month, and even the Mid-Autumn Festival is their own way, but fortunately, the Mid-Autumn Festival in this era does not care much.

It has been more than seven months since she came to Yanbei, and she looks like she has a big belly, and she mostly sits and lies on weekdays; When she saw Su You come back, she was overjoyed, but she was afraid of the fetal gas, so she drove Su You to Turandot's residence as soon as it was dark.

Su You half-pushed and half-pushed, and had to obey, although he could guess that although he came to Yanbei to fulfill them, he would cry silently behind his back; But when he thought of Turandot following him from north to south, he couldn't help but temporarily let go of the coming goose that was about to give birth to a child for him.

Turandot also knew that Su You was back today, and when he heard that he would stay at her residence at night, he couldn't help but cry with joy.

From the eastern capital in early May to the current southern middle school, the journey was still a little fresh at first, but in the end, after watching the guards beside him take their lives one by one by the miasma, Turandot also thought about retreating, but finally persevered.

Along the way, she followed Su You to the death; Even so, the two have not been close for almost four months.

Under the accumulation, when Turandot and Su You faced each other, they immediately fell into madness.

Just a few simple sentences ago. Turandot hurriedly pushed him down on the couch, then lifted his skirt and sat on top of him. Su You hadn't tasted a woman for more than two months, and at this time, like dry wood encountering fire, her lower body kept moving, but her hands were busy tearing her clothes.

The bed is the battlefield, and the two of them attack and defend unscrupulously, which is really hearty!

When he woke up, the sun had already climbed the hill, Su You got up in good spirits, and then went to visit Zhang Long, Zhao Hu and others to sort out the team.

After breakfast, Fu Ziheng and Gao Mingbo came out with more than ten guards.

Su You got on the horse under the escort of Wang Bodang, Su Yunfan and others, behind them were more than seventy guards mixed with the new carriage of Lai Yanbei and Turandot and others, and then hundreds of people pushed and pulled all kinds of items that Su You bought from Shu County and Linqiong, Zhang Long, Zhao Hu and others with six or seven hundred guards were even behind them.

Under the guidance of Fu Ziheng and Gao Mingbo, the mission headed for Dali in the western part of the south.

At first, it was still a difficult road in the mountains, but Su You and the others had already recovered their physical strength, and after entering the customs, they didn't have to worry about hitting at any time. It's brutal, so this part of the road is always easy.

As soon as people are idle, they naturally begin to care about the scenery of this southern middle school.

At this time, it is the Mid-Autumn Festival, looking up at the sky, it is the blue sky that makes people feel intoxicated, although there is no air pollution in the Central Plains at this time, but there is no such pure blue.

The closest to the blue sky is the shining snow-capped mountaintop, and on the top of the towering mountain, there is silver makeup and jade, holy and elegant, which makes people forget the vulgar. Under the pure white snow line, there is a turquoise grassland, and under the grassland is a dense green forest, and there is a turquoise mountain lake in the forest.

Lin Ying is cast in the clear lake, and the wisps of mist on the lake in the morning are drifting, which is also real and illusory, like a poetic painting.

Walking out of the forest along the river, it suddenly opened up in front of me, and it was a vast prairie as far as the eye could see.

Gao Mingbo said that this kind of plain is called 'dam', and the towns in Nanzhong are built on these dams, large and small, scattered in the lofty mountains.

Looking at the wide road on the side of the road full of fruits, everyone realized that this suffocating country was even red in the land! Heaven loves this land too much, how can she be born so beautifully?

Zhang Long, Zhao Hu and others, who fight and kill on weekdays, have long calmed down, and their mouths have praised this fairyland-like paradise in front of them countless times; Even Turandot thinks that the hard work of coming to this beautiful country is worth it!

Outside the dam, they were shocked by the natural beauty, and inside the dam, they were attracted by the overwhelming and ever-changing folk customs.

There are many ethnic groups in the southern and central regions, almost a dam and a tribe, and each tribe has its own culture, architecture, clothing, customs, and diet.

What moved Su You was that the people of Nanzhong actually had a great affection for the Great Sui, obviously the turmoil that Yang Guang talked about before was only a very isolated phenomenon, and they could not represent all the people of Nanzhong.

Everywhere Su You and the others went, they would receive the most solemn reception, and when they left, those tribes would also offer the most precious irons; Of course, the Celestial Empire has always paid attention to the exchange of courtesies, and they "voted for me with papaya", and I "reciprocated with Qiongju".

Su You waved his hand, and the balls of tea and bundles of silk were sent out as return gifts, and the arrogance of Su You and others attracted the envy of the people of Nanzhong.