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The cavalry scattered, looking for traces.

Zhang Fang pulled down his mask, and his face was gloomy than the sky. There was one less Han Jun and one more guard beside him, but there was one more Xi slave. Although this Wusun Baichang's face is still yellow, it is much better than yesterday. His injury was that he was hit by three arrows in the back, but because he wore inner armor and a thick winter jacket, the bows and arrows of the Kangju people were not as good as the Han bows, so they did not penetrate deeply. The main thing is pain and bleeding, which causes a decrease in physical strength, and after timely treatment and rest, most of them are better.

However, at this time, Xi Nu's face was also the most ugly among everyone - Han Jun and the three were missing, just to cover his safe departure. In such a situation, how can he sleep peacefully?

"Prince, find an arrow in the forest, it's a feather forest arrow."

Zhang Fang took the arrow presented by the cavalry guard and looked closely, there was no blood on the arrow, the shaft of the arrow was not damaged, and the tail feathers were a little wrinkled, this should be an arrow that did not hit the target.

Zhang Fang asked the cavalry guards to use the same bow and arrows to estimate the direction and simulate the firing towards the forest. After repeating it several times, it was confirmed that it was shot from the side of a rock on a slope to the north. Combined with the descriptions of Zongba, Xi Nu and others, it should be Han Jun and a cavalry guard who stepped forward to negotiate with the Kangju people, and another cavalry guard hid behind the high slope rocks to respond. As a result, there was a clash between the two sides, and the cavalry guard shot several arrows, some of which hit and some of which missed. That's pretty much the case.

"Although no one was found, there was no blood at the scene and there were no bodies, which is a great blessing in misfortune." Biao Xie stepped forward to report the search results, "The subordinates believe that Han Xiaoge and the two cavalry guards are the most likely to be captured by Kangju. ”

Zhang Fang glanced at Zongba, nodded, and agreed with this conclusion: "Asher and the second cavalry guard are both Han Chinese, or knights of the Han army, and the Kangju people don't dare to do anything to them if they have a little eyesight." This is also the reason why Asher told Zonba to go first. In this case, let's hurry up, let's go to meet the Kangju people! ”

The closer he got to Kangju, the clearer the situation became, especially after rescuing Xi Nu, who got more and more detailed information from him than the Wusun merchants.

The current pattern of Star Picking City is just as Zhang Fang originally conceived, the city is divided into three realms. The northeast urban area is represented by Zhang Fang's faction headed by Tao Sheng and Alimu. Ximen City District is a jurisdiction dominated by Beise and Kaimu father and son. The south gate is Tu Mo's sphere of influence. In the core area of Miyagi, the three are jointly managed by monthly stars.

If that's all there is to it, then that's fine, but the problem is that as Star Picking City gradually becomes a climate, some people's eyes are hot. Who? Kangju national teacher Wutuo, Dieli Department of Xiaowang Khotan. Utuo is a great sorcerer, and his status in Kangju is second only to the king, but the weight of his words is sometimes higher than that of the king. In order to pick up the normal and orderly development of Star City, the three agreed that at the end of each year, they would jointly fund and present generous gifts to the king and the national teacher, and at the same time, they did not forget to give a copy to the Dieli Ministry.

At first, it was quite peaceful, but how did that sentence come from "people's hearts are not enough to swallow elephants", and the prosperity of Star City gradually aroused the coveting of many parties. In the ears of King Ren Sai of Kangju, all kinds of blows began to blow. Utuo was even more greedy for Star City's claims. After two years of recuperation, the Dieli Department of Khotan also recovered a little, although it did not dare to call the Rhino Moon Department, but it was still very competent to act as a pioneer in the collusion with Wutuo.

As a result, the voices demanding a piece of the pie or even re-cutting the cake are getting louder and louder. Of course, the three families refused to do it, and they worked together to confront each other, and there was no shortage of conflicts in the process. There were even Khotanese who instructed some small tribes to pretend to be sand thieves and raid Star City, causing a lot of losses and shaking the popularity of Star City and the confidence of merchants.

Fortunately, Tu Mo and Bei Se were not vegetarians, one sent out the army, the other sent intelligence, and joined forces to uproot the small tribes that had fled from the plunder, and the people and goods that were robbed were also confiscated. This saved the reputation of Star City.

In the past three years, there have been several such incidents and similar incidents, and the pressure on the upper echelons of Kangju has grown. In the end, the three families were also a little tired and agreed to cut out a few pieces of cake. However, instead of moving the original cheese, it is moving the new cream layer - the outer city.

According to Zhang Fang's plan that year, the Star Picking City must be expanded, and an outer city must be re-encircled in the area of the wooden building built by Zhizhi at the beginning. This is a very huge project, and at the beginning, the three companies did not have the strength to do this, but for the long-term plan, they jointly funded some infrastructure to be built. For example, dig deep trenches, lay a good foundation for the city, and transport some stones from the mountains to the city from time to time for processing and polishing...... Sure enough, when all kinds of hardware were almost ready, Star Picking City also ushered in prosperity.

Thus, the construction of the outer city began. At the same time, the three families also negotiated with the various aristocratic classes of Kangju, with two purposes: first, to strive for the nobles to contribute money and efforts, and after the completion of the outer city, the interests will be evenly distributed. Second, we should strive to reduce or exempt the "tribute" and save as much money as possible.

The result was half good and half bad, and on the good side, King Rensai and most of the nobles, including the Dieli tribe, agreed to exempt from paying tribute. On the bad side, the national teacher Wutuo is too greedy, this guy also wants tribute, and he also wants the territory, and he still wants the best and the largest share......

At that time, when Xi Nu said this, Mo said that the servants jumped violently, and even Zhang Fang, who was easily unmoved, clenched his fists. He hadn't met Wutuo, but he knew what role this guy had played during the Battle of the Zhizhi Branch. The Grand Wizard? Very good, we happen to have a few tricks to deal with wizards.

Xi Nu was originally the chief of Wusun, and two years ago, he escorted Wusun Zuo's eunuch to envoy Kangju. After completing his mission in Khotan City, Eunuch Zuo immediately visited the Star Picking City, and traded the goods he brought and the rewards of King Kangju, making a lot of money.

Xi Nu originally knew Tao Sheng and Alimu, and the two also knew that he was a good hand, persuaded him to stay, and hired him with a large amount of money. Xi Nu is only a small hundred years old in Wusun, and his life is difficult, so he naturally can't refuse. So, under Alimu's appearance, Zuo Dajian agreed to Xi Nu's departure from the team and became Tao Sheng's captain of the guard. It is precisely because of this that he knows so many inside stories and provides Zhang Fang with a lot of valuable information.

But Xi Nu, who provided a lot of inside information, didn't know anything about being hunted down this time.

"Half a month ago, I was ordered by Deacon Tao to lead thirteen brothers to meet a caravan. Unexpectedly, that caravan suddenly fought among themselves, fighting each other, and then we were also affected. All the brothers suffered, and I was the only one who fled. The Kangju guards who were originally hired merchants have been chasing and killing me......"

After listening to Xi Nu's story, everyone was as inexplicable as him. This kind of caravan infighting is not uncommon in the Western Regions, and it is not surprising. But the strange thing is that Xi Nu is just an outsider, and he escaped, so why bother with the boss's efforts to chase and kill? It's a cold day, and those who flee are hard, and those who chase are just as sinful.

Zhang Fang faintly felt that something was wrong. For the sake of today's plan, whether it is to find out this matter or to find the whereabouts of the three knights of Han Jun, it will all fall on that group of Kangju people.

Immediately on the ice rock, raise your hand to cover, in the fog and snow, the distant peaks are like a stand, straight into the cloud sky - Kunza Pass, arrived. (To be continued.) )