Early the next morning, Jiang Daguan set off without hesitation. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

It is often said that "with great power comes great responsibility." Jiang Yun deeply agrees with this, he is this kind of person, born to work hard. After several days of turbulence, he sneaked into the capital again silently, secretly observed, and found that Fang Yaqing did not seem to have set off yet, and was still presiding over a number of matters in the Xiaoxiang Pavilion.

Yan Wu entered the top three of Kao this time, many northern merchants are famous, and the business of Xiaoxiang Pavilion is much better than in the past. In this way, after the loss of Yan Dance, it is obvious that only the few remaining Oiran are not capable of coping with such a scene. Fang Yaqing thought about it again and again, and decided to send a few hot Oiran from Luoyang to the capital to support the scene.

She hadn't gone north yet, so she gave Jiang Yun some time to prepare. Although he made up his mind to start the first tail trip in his life, he was Mobei, and Jiang Yun really didn't know the bottom in his heart where the birds didn't. Since it is Mobei, there must be a desert area, and food is still secondary to traveling in the desert, and water must be prepared sufficiently.

Once out of the Great Zhou area and into the endless grassland or desert, it is impossible for him to continue riding, otherwise it will be too eye-catching, and I am afraid that people will have to find out just after leaving the customs, but if he walks, he can't carry too much drinking water, which really annoys him. Just when he was uncertain, he suddenly thought of a movie he had seen in his previous life, and he suddenly had an idea in his heart and began to prepare in an orderly manner.

After waiting in the capital for a week, a caravan composed of about 20 people appeared outside the door of Fang Yaqing's temporary residence in the capital, and the lean man in the lead knocked on the door with two entourages and entered the house, and after a while, he followed Fang Yaqing out again. After going out, the man took a few steps faster, went around to the front, and with great respect, she lifted the curtain of the carriage. Then he ran to the side of the entourage, bent down and knelt down, and let Fang Yaqing step on his back to board the carriage before he got up and returned to the team and stood behind the carriage without saying a word.

The lean man turned on his horse, muttered, and then after a while, the caravan slowly drove towards the west gate.

Jiang Yun was secretly observing, and when they were gradually moving away and their backs were almost disappearing in front of him, he quickly ran home, took the horses and saluted, and followed from a distance.

It's time to go!

The caravan slowly moved westward, and after following for two days in a row, Jiang Yun gradually discovered that something was wrong. The direction of travel of these people does not seem to be a normal business route. After entering Datong Mansion, they did not take advantage of the situation to get out of the customs, but continued to go southwest. After passing through Datong, there are some well-guarded guards behind it, and it is impossible to easily let people out of the customs. Where are they going? Jiang Yun secretly wondered, and his heart was gradually alert.

Fang Yaqing also found the problem, she was very familiar with the route to the north, she had run more than a dozen times, and it could almost be said that she knew how to walk with her eyes closed. Seeing that she was traveling in the wrong direction, she pulled back the window and shouted ahead, "Schultun." ”

When the lean man in the lead heard this, he immediately reined in the horse's head and led the carriage behind him to catch up, and he was only a few steps behind and hugged his fists and said, "Concubine Khan, what's the matter?" ”

"Why don't you go out?"

"Concubine Khan." The Hun man named Shu Dun looked forward and said, "We don't go to Datong, bypass Lanzhou, and go out of Suzhou Wei." Suzhou Guan has already taken care of the villain in advance, and there is no problem. ”

"Why did you go to Suzhou?" Fang Yaqing is a strong woman, but any strong woman will have an unavoidable common problem, that is, the desire to control. They want everything to be under their control, in this case they can be invincible, once they fall into the unknown, the weakness peculiar to women will rise, they don't want their fate to be in the hands of others, so she needs an explanation, a reasonable explanation that can convince herself, otherwise she would rather go home immediately, cancel the trip, and talk about it another day.

"This is what the Great Khan specially instructed before the villain left."

"Oh? He didn't tell me. Fang Yaqing was full of suspicion, and her eyes were mixed with extremely obvious distrust.

"Concubine Khan, it's really helpless to make this decision." Shu Dun sighed helplessly: "The situation in the country is currently extremely unfavorable to the Great Khan, and the four princes are pressing forward step by step, competing for resources to expand their own strength without any worries. In this situation, in addition to the perennial retreat of the witch king, each of the twelve witches is his master, the most important thing is that the Great Khan has not yet married, let alone has no heirs. In my Huns, whether or not to start a family is a key issue to measure whether a person is mature or not. ”

"I know that." Fang Ya replied lightly: "Otherwise, why would I go to Tuxi in person." ”

"That's why, the Great Khan's decision to marry the Khan's concubine, the princes ostensibly agreed, but in fact no one knew what they were thinking. Datong came out of the customs and entered the sphere of influence of the former prince Baksai, if he had bad intentions and did something in secret, I am afraid that we people would not be able to reach Tuxi. ”

"What to do? Scold. Fang Yaqing couldn't help but laugh when she heard this. Does he dare? ”

"I didn't dare in the past, but it's hard to say now." Shu Dun shook his head and said: "The old emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty is newly mourned, the situation is unstable, and the princes are trying their best to fight, but the Great Khan does not want to use swords and soldiers at this time, but insists on marrying the Khan Concubine first, consolidating the relationship with Goryeo, and preparing for the southern expedition." But the problem is that the princes are afraid that they can't wait, if the Khan concubine has an accident halfway, Goryeo will never give up, and will be held accountable by the Great Khan. Internal troubles have already made the Great Khan anxious, and if he joins the external troubles, the Great Khan is afraid that he will not be able to withstand the pressure, so he has to give in to the prince and rely on them again. ”

This is reasonable, the situation in the Xiongnu country has been told to her before, after thinking about it carefully, Fang Yaqing didn't find any loopholes in it, and couldn't help asking: "What does the Great Khan mean, how do you want us to go?" ”

"Out of Suzhou Wei, you will enter the Kampa Desert, Kampa is barren, grass and beasts do not grow, but a borderless land." Schudun replied, "As long as we cross Kampa smoothly, we will be able to reach Tuxi in one day." At that time, even if the princes react, it will be too late to secretly make a mistake. As soon as we enter Tuxi's sphere of influence, we will be safe, and the Great Khan will arrange everything. ”

Kampa Desert? When Fang Yaqing heard this name, an inexplicable fear suddenly flashed in his eyes. Kampa is the most extensive desert in the Great Periphery, and it is indeed a terra nullius, where not only no grass grows, but also early summer and night winter, with a huge temperature difference, and the environment is not harsh to describe. This desert has lost countless lives, and it is an area that almost no one dares to explore, a place out of the world.

Shu Dun seemed to see her retreat, and couldn't help but smile and said: "Don't worry, Concubine Khan, I passed through Kampa and entered the Great Zhou when I came, and now I just return the same way." Moreover, the vehicle behind did not carry any cargo at all, and was loaded with food and water. Even if we get lost, we just walk in a straight line in one direction, and the water and food prepared are enough to get us out of the desert. ”

After thinking about it carefully, Fang Yaqing also felt that she should have thought too much, she raised her hand and said, "Let's go." With that, he closed the window again.

The group was unhurried and slowly headed southwest. This is a bitter Jiang Yun, the expected distance has increased several times, and he is not very good at horseback riding, after walking for more than a month, Suzhou Wei finally arrived.

The more frontier areas there are, the more chaotic they tend to be, and the Suzhou guards are obviously not treated well by the imperial court, and they are assigned to such a wild place. Although the old emperor is far away, he is the emperor of the soil, but the population is sparse, the people are poor, and there is almost no oil and water to speak of, so it is no wonder that he dares to reach out and take bribes from the Huns.

The Hun caravan marched to the pass, handed over a sign, and the guards opened the gate very happily. However, when they left the customs, a group of about 100 soldiers carefully inspected the caravan's salute, and after seeing the cart of water and food, they were very happy to let them go. This is the custom, the silver is not fake, but it is the customs silver, it does not mean that it will be released at will, if the caravan carries some valuable goods, they have to collect another tax silver.

The caravan exited the pass without hindrance and headed straight north.

Jiang Yun encountered a lot of trouble when he went out of the pass, and when he got to the pass, he was tied up by the wolf-like guards for the first time, and then sent to the pass, where he saw a rather rugged bearded general. He is the general of the guard, surnamed Zhao, and the people below call him General Zhao. Although this General Zhao has a bold appearance, his eyes always shine with greed, and he interrogated Jiang Yun carefully.

It's all routines, Jiang Yun understands that it doesn't matter what he answers, the key is whether he can pay the price of satisfying the other party. There are few fat sheep in the world that are fatter than Jiang Yun, and there is no need for him to say more, there is only one customary "body search", and all the belongings he brought out - 200,000 taels of silver tickets have been neatly placed on the table next to Zhao Jiangyun.

"General Zhao, these silver tickets should be regarded as the villain's family master to honor you." Jiang Yun's reaction was not unpleasant, he rubbed his hands with a frown, and said, "I just ask Jiang Yun to let go of the customs and complete the things assigned by the head of the family." If there is a delay, I am afraid that the head of the family will thoroughly investigate and blame, and the small one really can't afford it. ”

He didn't say that the silver was his own, and he couldn't say it at all! In this kind of place, the royal law does not have any binding force at all. can take out a huge sum of 200,000 taels from his body casually, and the source must be not small. Don't want silver? That's sorry for yourself, but if you rob it, it is inevitable that the other party will not retaliate when you turn back, isn't it a big trouble? It's better to be ruthless, snatch the silver ticket and slaughter people by the way, without knowing it.

Jiang Yun reacted quickly and fabricated the identity of a "descendant of the family", which made General Zhao dare not take it lightly, and he had to ponder everything. Of course, what he pondered was not whether to win the silver ticket or not, and there was no need to think about this in the slightest. He hesitated to kill people ... After thinking about it, he finally gave up this plan, the water of the family is too deep, and he may not be able to go straight to which big man in the imperial court. Loss point finances, they may not be accounted for, after all, the family assets are there. But if it spoils their business, and it may still be a very important thing, the end may not be endless.

There is no need to take risks, thinking of this, General Zhao waved his hand impatiently, asked Jiang Yun to be taken out, and kicked out of the gate very simply. And only left him a salute to carry with him, some food and drink and tattered clothes are not worth much, he is not picking up rags, it doesn't hurt to do it. However, the horse was taken away, and Jiang Yun knew that he had to travel a long way, so he chose a rare good horse, which cost more than 3,000 taels to buy. These soldiers may not know anything else, and the horses are good and bad, and these good horses will naturally not let go, and they will be confiscated along with the silver tickets.

Jiang Yun didn't have any opinion on this. Silver tickets are like eggs, he has never put them in the same basket, the clothes compartment has been searched, but the one in the close-fitting calf nose pants is still there. As for the horses, he had planned to hike after entering the desert, which was tiring but better hidden. In this respect, he did not seem to have much to lose, and his mentality quickly adjusted, saluted on his back, and hurried towards the caravan in the distance.

After exiting the customs, the scenery in front of me changed instantly, as if entering another world. As far as the eye can see, the gray patch, except for the gravel is the huge stone statues that have been eroded all year round with different appearances.

Unhappy is the most obvious feeling of Fang Yaqing in the past two days. First of all, the speed of travel has slowed down significantly, the wheels are stuck in the sand, even if three horses are transferred to pull in front, it is still quite difficult, and it is not known how long it will take to cross this vast desert.

Slow is secondary, the most important question is ... Convenience is really inconvenient. People have three urgency, this journey is not a day or two days, the small solution is good, the big deal is solved in the car. But the big one is quite troublesome, and it is also solved in the car? The utensils are ready-made, but they are not suitable after all. There is no shelter in the desert, the air is dry, so the day is especially hot, and even if it doesn't smell at first, you can't stand it after a long time.

But if you want to go outside the car, it's even more inappropriate. The companions are all men, and she is embarrassed to be outside for a girl's house, even if they hide behind Shizun, they can't see it, but they can't keep another caravan or something, not all exposed? In these days, a woman's honor is more important than her life, and she really can't do it.

For several days, she had to set up her tent at night, and after everyone had returned to their tents to rest, she had a chance to slow down. When did her eldest lady suffer this kind of sin? In this almost torturous progress, after more than ten days, they have entered the center of the desert, and if they persist in it, they will be able to get out!

Jiang Yun also felt tormented.

The size of the solution is not a problem for him at all, as soon as the pants are taken off, the guy can solve it everywhere, his real problem is fatigue!

After all, this body is not as good as before the crossing, he has never been a soldier, he has not experienced systematic training, he has never done a lot of things, where is the time to do a weight-bearing running training? In the first day or two, he was able to persevere, but after this week, he felt that he was faintly unable to take a step.

Physical fatigue is one thing, and on the other hand, it comes from psychological fatigue. After nightfall, he kept a distance from the caravan tent, looked for a rock nearby where he could take shelter temporarily, and took out his sleeping bag that he had made in the morning in the crevice of the rock to pass the night. But he didn't dare to fall asleep, but he was afraid that when his eyes opened in the morning, there would be no figure on the other side. Once you lose the whereabouts of the other party in the desert, if you want to catch up, it is really more difficult than climbing to the sky.

Under this double fatigue, Jiang Yun felt that he was about to reach his limit, and now he didn't want to do anything, he just wanted to sleep happily, and talk about it after he had slept enough. But he still didn't dare to sleep, for the safety of his wife and children was more important than the sky.

This is the mentality, Jiang Yun can still persist with a lot of perseverance, but on the other hand, there is a greater danger.

Food, not enough.