Section II

As soon as they said and did, the three of them set off on the second day or two. Most of their luggage had been discarded in the desert, but fortunately, although the shepherd was poor, there was a large temperature difference between day and night here, so he had prepared a lot of robes to protect against the cold, enough for the three of them. Although these things are a little different on the body, they are better than not wearing clothes.

There were very few tents, except for the clothes, and a few goats. There were more than a dozen livestock, but after a few days, they had been slaughtered by three people. Wu Ming wanted to let it go, but Esther was very dissatisfied, and decided with Zhu Yuqing that these goats should be left for those in need. However, the vegetation here is sparse, and the herders are even rarer, so it is not easy to find people again. Fortunately, there was a trip to the south, and the three of them rode together, leading a few goats around for a long time, and it took half a day to find the traces. The herdsman's eyes widened when he heard that some of them were about to give him livestock, and he almost thought that he had misheard, but when they left the goats and turned to leave, he finally understood that pie had really fallen from the sky. Then he knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly, praising the "true God" in his mouth.

Zhu Yuqing's smile was like a flower, and Esther was also satisfied. Looking at the excited two, thinking of the three of them in the desert, Wu Ming was not only afraid, but also a little happy.

After dealing with it, the sunset had sunk below the horizon, but this could not affect the high spirits of the three of them, and they set off overnight. Perhaps after experiencing the tribulations of the desert, God also showed compassion, and since then it has gone all the way west, and nothing has happened. The further south you go, the greenery grows thicker, at first it was just a meadow, and gradually you can see sparse trees, and then the trees gradually become denser, and the population becomes denser and denser. But even in late autumn, it's still hot, and the trees on both sides are leafy. After another day, the post road was noisy, almost like a market. The three of them could only slow down and move forward.

"Look, that's the elephant, how's that? Scary enough, right? ”

Esther lifted the curtain, pointed to an elephant in the distance, and said to Zhu Yuqing with some ostentatiousness.

If the three of them ride together, they will naturally be able to do it, but in this way, it will be too dazzling, so Wu Ming hired a carriage and threw the two women into it, thinking that it would be quieter, and the governor backfired. Esther was already lively, and she couldn't wait to shake all the novelties to Zhu Yuqing. And the latter has nothing else to do, her greatest wish is to travel through mountains and rivers, and she is naturally full of curiosity about this strange country, so that she is unusual, and naturally talks more. One of the two was intent to please, and the other was intentionally asking, so they naturally hit it off, chirping all the way, and if there was no one around, they were about to treat Wu Ming as air.

"Is that an elephant? Although I had heard of it for a long time, when I saw it now, it was really huge and different from ordinary beasts. ”

Zhu Yuqing smiled and poked his head out of the window, like a curious baby.

In order to avoid trouble, Esther had already covered her face with a thin veil, which was a local custom in Persia, and all women who came and went did not feel abrupt. Zhu Yuqing poked his head out, and with a smile, it was like a spring flower blooming, bright and beautiful, and the flow of people around couldn't help but slow down a lot, and many people looked at the capital. Persian girls wear veils before they get married, and even if there are occasional women walking on the street, they will inevitably lose their taste after looking at them for a long time. Now seeing Zhu Yuqing, who has black hair like a waterfall and is delicate and lovely, even a woman can't help but stop and watch, and secretly praise in her heart, what an oriental woman.

In the distance, an elephant fanned its big ears, shook its nose, and staggered towards this side. The elephant was huge, and it was topped with an ornate cushion with a parasol, and even from a distance, the sound of silk and bamboo could be heard coming from above. Around the elephants, a large group of knights with long knives on their shoulders and dressed as retinues were clustered. These knights shouted and hugged each other, and the passers-by dodged one after another, obviously from a big source.

Esther said triumphantly: "In our Persia, elephant riding is a status symbol, and many nobles have elephants. I wish my sister if she likes it, and then we will go shopping and play with an elephant......"

The speed of the carriage was not slow, and the long hair of the two of them fluttered endlessly, Zhu Yuqing stroked his hair and smiled: "That relationship is good." ”

Esther said: "Well, don't miss any coconut, saffron, trinkets and the like when the time comes." By the way, saffron has a special effect on women's body conditioning, and my sister can buy more ......"

Zhu Yuqing said: "Is it so good? ”

"Then you need to say, by the way, there are a lot of things, I'll tell you about ......"

……

Seeing that the two were talking very much, and it was already gushing, Wu Ming pulled Nanwang and walked side by side with the carriage: "Xiao Ai, didn't you say yesterday that you can go to Gehan today?" Why did I walk for a long time, but I still didn't have a letter. ”

I was chatting happily, but I was interrupted, and it was uncomfortable for anyone to stay. Esther stopped talking and snorted, "There are many houses here, the population is dense, and the roads are not necessarily narrower than your city, so why is it not Gehan." ”

Wu Ming was surprised: "Has it been to Gehan?" Why don't you see the city gates? ”

Esther said angrily: "Who stipulates that a city must have a city gate?" It's really an elm head, I still wonder what you guys do, what do you do with so many stone walls in every city, it's not easy to get in and out, not to mention, it also affects the expansion of the city. But yes, with you warmongers here, it would be too insecure not to build some walls......"

She complained like pouring beans into a bamboo tube, which made Wu Ming stunned, this is Gehan? This Gehan has no walls? But it's no wonder that to the west of Daya Snow Mountain, the Persian family is dominant, and the Persian war against the Southern Barbarians is almost all the main attack of Persia, the main defense of the Southern Barbarians, and there has been almost no war in the mainland. He continued: "It's good to be good, but what if the thieves make a mess, or the Nanban fights? ”

This question is already a bit of a spy, but Esther has already handed over her body and mind to Wu Ming, but she is not guarded: "All of us citizens are children of the true God, who will make trouble?" ”

Wu Ming was silent, this is the benefit of a religious state. The people are ideologically controlled by the state religion, and even the resistance is much smaller, and this kind of system is most afraid of the disharmony between church and state, or the invasion of foreign doctrines. So far, Persia has been relatively successful in preventing these two points. Esther scoffed, and continued, "As for the Southern Barbarians? The Persian to the South Barbarian Mountains is high and long, and the fear of the Sand Sea in Lille is not a joke. Even we used the navy to transport the soldiers to the southwest foot of the Yaxue Mountain, and then traveled north to the Ya Cave. ”

It turned out that the Persians did not go through the sea of Lil, but from the sea. Looking at Esther's complacent appearance, Wu Ming couldn't help but say: "That's not necessarily, don't you always invade the Nanban, the Nanban Navy is the first, can they do the opposite that day and counterattack?" ”

Esther pursed her lips and was about to answer. Zhu Yuqing, who had never spoken, said with a smile: "You, don't pretend to be crazy and stupid there." Unless it doesn't matter whether the princess's sister is dead or alive, how dare the Nanban attack. ”

"What are you talking about, Sister Zhu." Esther was embarrassed, and reached out to tickle Zhu Yuqing, Zhu Yuqing was already weak, and she could resist it, and immediately begged for mercy, and the two women were already laughing.

Wu Ming controlled the horse, but his heart was chewing on Zhu Yuqing's words just now. Although Xiaoqing said it in a joking tone, it also hit the nail on the head, in the eyes of the Southern Barbarians, although Persia is hateful, but after all, it is a foreign enemy, and the Eastern Han Dynasty wants to unify the Southern Barbarians at any time, and the Southern Barbarians also rely on the naval army, which is a little deterrent. Compared with Persia, their national strength is already at a disadvantage. If you really dare to go on an expedition to Persia, no matter who is in charge in the Eastern Han Dynasty, you will definitely not mind coming to the horse to step on the heat and achieve great things for a thousand years.

Today's Persia can be said to be suffering from internal and external troubles, but Nanban still does not dare to act rashly and propose an alliance against Wugong, which may be the bitterness of Nanban. Suddenly, his heart was shocked, what did the Southern Barbarians want to do, since Wu Gong had reached an agreement with the Southern Barbarians, then they had their hands free, and now that the earth is full of smoke, they must also want to take advantage of it, do they still want to go north?

Thinking of this possibility, Wu Ming was even more in his back. Without the containment of Persia, it is not impossible for the southern barbarians to invade the north, and the southern barbarians want to go north, nothing more than two directions, the first is to start from Genei and attack Nanyang directly. There is also a detour to the Tianqing River and launch an attack from the Qingting Grassland. South of the Azure River, currently temporarily occupied by Persia, after all, the two countries are feuding, even if there is a false way to cut down, it is not impossible. Therefore, no matter how generous Persia is, it is impossible for them to go through this northern expedition. In this way, the only feasible thing is to go north to Nanyang.

After Sun Yunlong dismounted, Nanyang was currently in charge of Zhu Yulong, and Wu Ming naturally had nothing to say about this uncle's ability. But if the Nanban really goes north with the strength of the country, it will be a catastrophe. After the Great War of the Southern Han Dynasty, the grain and grass soldiers were insufficient, and if they had to confront the Northern Han Dynasty, they might fully support Nanyang, and with the strength of Nanyang Province, it would be too reluctant to resist the attack of the Southern Barbarians.

It seems that during this trip to Persia, we have to try our best to free up their hands and put pressure on the Nanban. Wu Ming couldn't help sighing, he thought that he was going west this time, but he was simply treating Xiaoqing, and he knew that all kinds of responsibilities were coming, and there were reasons why he had to complete it. Just as he was thinking about it, someone shouted, "Are you looking for death?" ”

In a short moment, the elephant had approached, and the guards in front of him had reined in their horses and looked at them with ill will. There was a young man in a short robe, probably a leader, who was now holding a whip and his face was full of impatience.

This is one of the main roads of Gehan, nearly 100 meters wide, in addition to several big cities in Nanning, Kyoto, although there are many cities in the Eastern Han Dynasty, such a width is rare, Esther said that the streets are not narrower than the Southern Han Dynasty, it is not a lie. With such a width, it is more than enough to pass an elephant. But this team was very pompous, all the way through the market, Wu Ming rode a horse, and also walked side by side with the carriage, it was indeed a bit of an obstacle, he didn't want to be too troublesome, controlled the horse to the side of the road, and at the same time beckoned the coachman to stop the carriage aside. The leader nodded, put away his whip and said, "Count you as a kid." Let's go ......."

Before the words fell, he froze, his eyes went straight over Wu Ming, and looked behind him. Following his gaze, Wu Ming only saw the carriage curtain slowly pulled down, blocking Zhu Yuqing's peerless face. The man froze down, bent the horsewhip in his hand and pointed at Wu Mingli and shouted: "Hey, your kid is from there, tell me honestly." ”