Liu Yu doesn't know much about the countries of the Western Regions, but he has heard of Qiuci, mainly because the dance and music of Qiuci are too prestigious, and many of the vocal songs and dances of the song and dance workshop in Chang'an City are from this country in the Western Regions.

looked at the figure of the little beggar, thin and thin, without softness, unable to connect with the Western Regions people who could sing and dance in Liu Yu's mind.

"You're a Guzi?" Liu Yu asked.

"I said that it has nothing to do with you, so why do you want to inquire?"

The little beggar had a very bad temper, especially when asked about his origin, and even a little arrogant. Liu Yuxin said that it seems that this trick of buying food is not effective. This little wild ass is not cooked with some food.

The two of them sat down next to each other again, waiting for the sun to set, that is, waiting for death. The atmosphere was a bit dreary, with only flies being living creatures, flying around in front of my eyes. The little beggar sighed: "I hope the Turkic cavalry will not come to disturb us, otherwise, we will all die!" ”

"Will the Turkic cavalry come?" Liu Yu was taken aback.

The little beggar pointed to the corpses not far away, and the meaning was obvious: they were left behind by the Turkic cavalry after they came to plunder.

Liu Yu felt the crisis, and now it is not that he will starve to death if he does not eat, but that there will be a sudden danger, and he may encounter a crisis if he stays outside the city for a moment. Liu Yu immediately asked: "Do you want to go into the city, I have a way." ”

"Nonsense, you have a way, you would have entered the city a long time ago, why stay here?" The little beggar is not afraid of life, at least he chats with Liu Yu, and he also likes to refute Liu Yu's words.

"I have to ask for your help."

The little beggar turned around and looked curiously at Liu Yu, who had a harmless smile on his face, which made her think that this man was playing some bad idea, so her attitude became more cautious. Said: "Then you can tell me." ”

"Give me your sword. A leader who was used to bribe the soldiers guarding the gate. ”

The little beggar frowned slightly this time and asked, "I know that you have the idea of beating me with a knife." The knife is my life, in the words of the Central Plains, the knife is in the people, and the knife is not in the people. He said it very arrogantly, and the words changed, "What is bribery?" ”

This little beggar looks very smart and understands the world, Liu Yue doesn't know if she really doesn't know whether she really doesn't know Lu Dao or pretends to be stupid.

"Bribery. Just give him the knife, let him be accommodating, and let us in. ”

The little beggar snorted coldly: "It's not a deal, and he doesn't give me anything, why give him a knife?" ”

Liu Yuxin said that this little beggar is really brainless, admitting death, it seems that there is a lack of this kind of education of "recognizing the essence of society" on weekdays, and it seems that he belongs to the kind of parasite who is well fed and does not worry about being raised by people.

"We traded our knives for the right to enter the city, which is also an exchange of interests. Otherwise, why did the doorkeeper risk being found guilty and let us in? ”

The little beggar was silent for a long time. seemed to be thinking about the truth, and she seemed to figure it out after the end.

"Can you trade it for something else?" The little beggar looked at Liu Yu and asked. "Knives, I'm sure I won't give them to them."

Liu Yu looked at the little beggar holding the knife tightly in both hands, and knew that she must have a hard time. Liu Yu nodded and said, "Then you give me the knife and pry the gem off it, it may be effective to use it." ”

The little beggar's sad face was immediately relieved, and it was clear that the gem was not taken seriously to her at all, and it was not as important to her as the knife.

"Don't give it to you, I'll pry it myself!"

The little beggar looked for a stick, and after a while the stick broke, and then he found a stone to throw at it. Liu Yu hurriedly said: "Don't be impulsive, if you smash this trick, it won't work!" Use this! ”

Liu Yu handed over his knife.

The little beggar saw Liu Yu handing over the knife, obviously stunned for a moment, in her opinion, handing over the protective weapon is a trust in the partner, unconsciously, Liu Yu did not react, the little beggar's trust in Liu Yu deepened.

Liu Yu didn't understand the logical thinking of this little beggar at all, he just wanted her to pry the gem out earlier.

"That's it!"

After a lot of effort, the gem was finally pried out by the little beggar and held it in her hand, she wanted to hand the gem to Liu Yu along with the knife, but she held the gem in the moment of her hand, and just handed the knife back.

"I'll take the jade, and the knife will be returned to you!"

Liu Yu took the knife and said, "Yes, but don't rebel when the time comes, the idea is mine, don't say you don't know me!" ”

The little beggar straightened his chest and said: "Children of the grassland, they will not abandon their friends, let alone be untrustworthy, you and I will not keep your promises when I am your Central Plains?" Forced, shameless! ”

Liu Yu just reminded him that he was actually taught a lesson to the nation by this little beggar, Liu Yue pouted disdainfully and asked, "Are you from the grassland?" ”

The little beggar didn't explain anymore, as if she minded telling who she was.

"Isn't it, going to pass...... Bribed? ”

"No hurry, steppe man." Liu Yu didn't have a good breath and said, "According to our despicable Central Plains style, this kind of thing is best done at night, in the dead of night, when no one is around, it is convenient for others, and it is also convenient for yourself." ”

The little beggar was puzzled: "Didn't they accept my jade to make it convenient for us?" Why make it convenient for them? ”

Liu Yue said coldly: "Do you think he is not afraid of being known and accepted our bribes?" To do this kind of thing, you can't come in a bright way, if you want to bribe, you must ensure that the sky doesn't know the earth, only he knows what you know, this is what I said to give people convenience! ”

The little beggar thought for a while, sat down again, and suddenly frowned again: "What if he doesn't give us convenience and robs us of jade?" ”

Liu Yuxin said that this is really impossible, the grassland people have always liked to use force to solve problems, and this situation has to be prevented. However, seeing that the little beggar could be saved by giving a piece of silver before, these Tiele people are not so stubborn. The Tiele people also did not allow refugees from outside the city to enter the city in order to protect the residents of the city from being violated, and as for the killing, according to the little beggar's words, the Turkic cavalry did it, and it had nothing to do with the Tiele people. The little beggar went to the door three times and twice to make trouble, and only the last time did he force the Tiele people to kill her, and it was not certain whether he would kill her or not.

"Don't worry, I'm here!"

When Liu Yu said this, the little beggar didn't say much, and waited quietly for the sunset with Liu Yu. People seem to be a little restless, not as calm as Liu Yu.

It had been some time since nightfall, and the little beggar suddenly touched his belly again. Seems hungry.

"Is there anything else to eat?" The little beggar asked Liu Yu.

Liu Yu glanced at his head: "What do you say?" ”

The little beggar was bored with himself. Sitting there was like sulking. Liu Yu said: "You really gave birth to the belly of a young lady." If you walk on the grassland for ten days and half a month, how can you live without food? ”

The little beggar said, "Without food, no one can live on the grassland for more than ten days. ”

"I lived for a month, eating weeds. Have you tried it? ”

The little beggar suddenly stared at Liu Yulao for a long time, as if he was looking at the monster, but he showed a little admiration, and sighed in a low voice: "You have the ability." I can't! ”

At night, the outside of the city is still heavily guarded, and every hour or two, there will be defeated soldiers fleeing here, or one or two, or in groups, because it is Tiele who will come here, as long as the question is clear, all those who come can enter the city. It was not until the middle of the night that the city gates were completely quiet. The soldiers guarding the gate closed the fence and sat around the fence to roast meat and eat it. Many refugees tried to get as close as possible to the fence gates, hoping to get the bones thrown out of them.

"Born in troubled times, people are really as cheap as dogs!"

Liu Yu sighed, got up and beckoned the little beggar and said, "Go!" ”

"Where are you going?" The little beggar looked at the direction that Liu Yu was going not to the city gate, but the direction of the darkness in the distance, and asked.

"Go lead the horse, what, I'm afraid I'll eat you?"

The little beggar became very cautious, and clenched the knife tightly, and thought about it, but seemed to feel unwilling, so he followed behind, and when the two were far away from the direction of the city gate, the little beggar became more worried, and did not know how to look back. When she saw Liu Yu's horse, the worry in her heart was reduced.

"Stolen horses at this time, you thief!" When the little beggar saw the horse, he suddenly scolded.

Liu Yu was very surprised, saying that this horse is the same, how could the little beggar know that he stole it?

"This is my own horse, speak with evidence!"

The little beggar took advantage of the dark moonlight, with a little reluctance on his face, and seemed to regret agreeing to go into the city with Liu Yu.

"This is the domestic horse of the grassland people, they treat the family horse like the life of their wife and children, even if they have more money, they will not sell it to you, and they say that they are not stealing? Despicable Central Plains thief! ”

Liu Yu was really impressed by the little beggar's insight. To say that her knowledge is not shallow, but sometimes she is stupid like a pedantic old pedant who has never seen the world. He didn't want to dwell on this issue and asked, "Do you want to enter the city?" ”

The little beggar thought about it, and then said helplessly: "Go in, but when we go in, we will part ways, and I won't go the same way with the thief!" ”

Liu Yuxin said that this little beggar really didn't know what to do, and as soon as she helped her, she turned her face and didn't recognize anyone. But whatever about her, as long as he can enter the city, he is too lazy to have anything to do with this "principled" little beggar, and says that if he communicates with her, her inflexible stinky temper will hurt himself sooner or later.

Liu Yu led the horse and the little beggar to the direction of the city gate, the little beggar was cautious when he went, and more vigilant when he returned. She drew her knife and looked around at the greedy refugees, because she knew that such a horse was almost coveted by refugees, not that horses could sell it for money, but that horses could kill and slaughter meat to eat.

"You again?"

In the fence, the leader of the guards was still the one during the day, and when he saw the brother and sister who were making trouble during the day, he was still leading the horse and staring at the door and shouting.

"It's convenient!"

Liu Yu asked the little beggar to hand over the gem, and the leader of the guards was originally very disdainful, but when he saw the gem, his eyes lit up. Liu Yue knew that such a gem as Lu Dao could be sold for thousands of taels of silver in the Central Plains, so he was afraid that the leader of the guards would not know the goods, but when he saw his eyes, he knew that he was still a person who knew the goods.

"We just want to go into the city to get shelter, and take the road to the country of Qiuzi without delaying in the city." Liu Yudao.

The leader of the guards seemed to be very embarrassed, but he couldn't resist the temptation of the gem, and said, "Okay, but I am only responsible for guarding this side of the city, and whether you can pass through another gate when you enter the city depends on your creation." Open the door! ”

The little beggar had surprise on his face and followed Liu Yu into the door together.

As long as the leader allows, the guards don't seem to care too much about Liu Yu and the little beggar entering the city, Liu Yuxin said that this is corruption under absolute power, and the leader of the guards will exchange gems for goods in the future, and ordinary guards will not get any benefits, and they don't know how to fight for it.

After entering the city, the little beggar immediately apportioned the fee with Liu Yu, saying that he would not go together: "Thank you for your meat, you have an idea, I will help you enter the city." We owe each other nothing! ”

The little beggar finished. The wind and fire are gone. Liu Yue said secretly. I don't know how to be polite!

Until now, Liu Yu doesn't know who the little beggar is and where he comes from. Her identity is a bit mysterious, but it doesn't matter, now it's more important to go to the country of Qiuzi and find a way to return to Middle-earth from the Hexi Corridor, and going home is his purpose.

Liu Yu thought that the situation in the city would be better, but when he came in, he realized that the situation in the city was not much different from that outside the city. It's just that refugees have been replaced by deserters. The deserters had no place to live, and were slept listlessly in the streets, and some of them were not sleeping, killing horses and eating meat. War horses are the basis of a warrior's battle, unless they are hungry, no one will be willing to slaughter their lives to eat, and there are also coveted horses led by Liu Yu, but when they saw Liu Yu's outfit, they all thought that he was a Tiele man, so they did not coax his horse.

The city is not very big. After walking a few streets, we reached the exit on the other side of the city.

Sure enough, as the leader of the guard said. Entering the city is not guaranteed to leave the city, because the guards over there are not the Tiele people, but the Qiuzi people, across a wide river, the river is fast, there is a stone bridge on the river, the bridge can go up and down freely, but at the other end, the Qiuzi soldiers are numerous, and in such a late night to prevent the Tiele people from crossing.

It is such a wonderful thing that refugees from outside the city want to enter the city, and the Tiele people inside the city want to cross the border.

Liu Yu didn't have anything to bribe anymore, and the Qiuzi people didn't seem to give Liu Yu a chance to bribe, every soldier was very nervous, for fear that some spies would sneak into their territory, as long as they got a little closer, there would be archers on the opposite side who raised their bows and arrows.

A few of the Tiele people slept in the middle of the bridge, about a hundred paces from the city of the Qiuzi. An acquaintance was also there.

The little beggar met Liu Yu unexpectedly.

"What a coincidence, meet again!" Liu Yu said hello and sat down beside the little beggar.

The little beggar said dejectedly: "I thought that if I entered the city, I would be able to enter Qiuzi!" Why am I so unlucky! ”

Liu Yu smiled: "Aren't you from Qiuzi?" You don't know how to memorize Tieler's family rules, but Qiuzi's will always memorize, right? Go and recite a paragraph to them, won't they go in? ”

The little beggar seemed to be very angry when he saw Liu Yue smiling very cheaply, and said, "Is it funny?" ”

Liu Yu continued to laugh without saying a word.

"Don't you have a lot of ghost ideas, do you still have them? How to get in? ”

"Isn't that easy?" Liu Yu pointed to the turbulent river under the bridge, "Jump down and swim along the river." But I think the water must be very good, the city of Qiuzi is built by the river, I thought of the edge of the city, at least to drift to the downstream three or four miles away, it is estimated that I did not drown and was also killed by the rocks in the river! ”

Because it is the rainy season and summer, the river flow from the snow-capped meltwater is very fast, and jumping into the water under such conditions is no different from sending you to death. Fortunately, the stone bridge should have been built in the dry season and was built very firmly, otherwise the ordinary wooden bridge would have collapsed under such a rapid river wash.

"You don't have any other ideas? For example...... Bribe? ”

Liu Yu went to the ground and said earnestly: "Little girl, not everyone eats bribes, you look at the other side of the river, even if you get closer, they will shoot you with bows and arrows, even if you walk over, under such strong supervision, who would dare to accept your benefits?" ”

The little beggar was completely out of options, and said, "What should I do?" ”

"There's no way, I can only see the move!"

After a day of traveling, and then pondering into the city, Liu Yue was very tired, he didn't sleep for a day and a night, and fell asleep as soon as he closed his eyes against the bridge railing. When he woke up, the little beggar also fell asleep against the railing of the bridge, Liu Yu immediately thought of his horse, fortunately, it was still tied to the railing of the bridge, and the Tiele people seemed to be very principled, and no one came to steal it.

The little beggar slept very quietly, but it was very sensitive, the horse snorted, the little beggar woke up immediately, and found that it was the sound of the horse, so he ignored it, and was about to sleep, by the way, he glanced at Liu Yu, and when Liu Yu opened his eyes, she no longer slept.

"Are you awake?" The little beggar was even a little excited when he asked this.

Liu Yuxin said that this little beggar is also quite unprincipled, and last night she also said that she would part ways, and now she can't get over Qiuzi, so she wants to rely on him to make ideas.

Liu Yu sighed, to be honest, he himself is hungry, he has not eaten since noon yesterday, it is better to stay in the city and go back to the grassland, at least there is grass on the grassland for him to eat, so as not to starve to death.

Someone suddenly knocked on a wooden stick in the city of the Qiuzi people on the other side of the bridge, and the sound was very loud. Many people who had been waiting on the bridge also rushed over.

Did you let it go?

Liu Yu looked at it carefully, not like, and then saw clearly, it turned out that the Qiuzi people were throwing dry cakes outside the city, and at this time, the Tiele people were allowed to approach their city, but they had to leave after picking up the dry cakes.

The little beggar went to grab two cakes and came back, threw one to Liu Yu and said, "Yesterday, today, it's flat!" ”

After saying that, she finished a few bites, and then went to the river to get water to drink.

Liu Yu took the cake, but he had no appetite to eat, and he wanted to leave this ghost city and enter the realm of the Qiuzi people as soon as possible.

Suddenly, a middle-aged man dressed in Central Plains silk climbed the city wall and shouted at the Tiele people, as if he was telling them some rules. Tiele people, you look at me, I look at you, no one speaks, but they are eager to try.

"What are they talking about?" Seeing the little beggar coming back, Liu Yu immediately asked.

"The man said he was a big businessman who traveled back and forth to dozens of countries. If there is any treasure among the Tiele people, you can exchange it with him, and he will not only give a good reward, but also let the treasure giver enter the country of Qiuzi for good entertainment! The little beggar blamed, "It's all your fault, you gave the jade to the gatekeeper, otherwise ......."

"Let's go!"

Liu Yu said and pulled the little beggar to the gate of the city of Qiuzi on the opposite side.

"What are you going to do?" The little beggar was grabbed by Liu Yu and couldn't break free.

"Don't worry, I'm also a businessman and have good things. It will definitely allow us to enter the country of Qiuzi! ”

The little beggar said disdainfully: "What do you have?" The broken horse? It's not worth a few dollars, it's a big businessman, and he won't want it if it's worthless. If they anger the turtles, they will fire arrows! ”

"Believe me or not?"

Liu Yu glanced at the little beggar, and the little beggar suddenly fell silent. He no longer objected, and followed Liu Yu to the city, still very cautious.

Originally, the archer was about to release the arrow, but the middle-aged merchant waved his hand to signal that he could not be roomed, and then asked in a mutter.

"I have something good to sell to you!" Liu Yu raised his head and shouted.

"Are you Han?" The businessman traveled thousands of miles, and he could also speak a relatively outcast Chinese.

"Yes!" Liu Yu took off the telescope on his waist and raised it high, "This is my treasure, let's discuss the price!" (To be continued......)

PS: PS: In fact, the little beggar is not the first time to appear in the article, Liu Yu and her have already had the opportunity to meet, but they are just on the side. But then...... Hehe. After reading the full text, interested readers will definitely be able to find her. At that time, many people must have thought that her appearance was a clerical error, and they would not have thought that it was foreshadowing. The emotional line of the novel is not well written, and I wanted to skip this character, but I really couldn't jump away, because before the novel was written, this character had already been conceived, and the plot of the Western Regions was also being perfected again and again.

The little beggar has an explanation in the main line of the testimonials on the shelves.

In this section, the plot is the journey of the two to the Western Regions, a powerful minister who is full of bad water and is good at playing conspiracy, and a principled chick must be a good match.

At this point in the novel, it is almost coming to an end, and there is still about a third of the content to be written. Back in the Central Plains, a final battle for power will begin, and Liu Yu will also train those who are unworthy of use around him to become good candidates for governing the country.

The ending is as satisfying as possible for readers who have been reading the novel.