In the blink of an eye, a month has passed.

There are a total of 16 states in Beiyan, among which Jianzhou is the closest to the northern grassland, bordering the grassland, and can be said to be the only way to go to the northern grassland.

As far as the eye can see, there are open plains everywhere, which are very suitable for the actions of the cavalry, and the green grass with some sprouts of crops has grown, and it is impossible to help but feel broad-minded after looking at it.

Further north, the weather is a little colder, and you can see some snow that has not completely melted, as well as the long stretch of the Great Wall of Beijing and the Zhenbei army stationed here.

Dingbei City, which is the last Beiyan city on the Great Wall of Northern Xinjiang, is a large city integrating military and agricultural affairs, which is not only the battlefield of the first line of resistance against the grassland barbarians, but also an important city to supplement logistics at the first time.

There is an endless stream of merchants and horses coming and going here every day, and many tribesmen on the grassland also quietly come to trade with the Central Plains people of Beiyan, exchanging sheepskins, mutton, cattle, horses and other goods for tea, salt, iron ore and other daily necessities.

At this time, outside Dingbei City, a group of four people were riding on a tall horse, coming towards Dingbei City, among them was a simple man wearing a sheepskin jacket, while driving the horses under him, while introducing to the three young people around: "The front is Dingbei City, this can be said to be the most prosperous place in Jianzhou, don't look at her is not the state city, but there are a lot of grassland people here, when there is no business contacts, the scale of transactions is very large, of course, it is also the most calculated place, After all, sometimes the walking merchants are blatant spies, and there are still more than twenty days to go, and the Prairie Warriors Conference is about to begin, and we still have plenty of time now. ”

On the other side, a young man dressed in black clothes did not change his face in the cold north wind, and the flow of true qi could be faintly seen on his body, obviously resisting the cold of the outside world through the true qi in his body. "What Mr. Guo said is that we set off early, first understand the situation, and I heard that the people above will gather in Dingbei City, and then we will go to the grassland together, so that we can take care of it."

Looking at this person's face, it was Chen Zheng.

And the man in the sheepskin jacket was Guo Tianji, whom Yan Xuelan found to help Chen Zheng. As for the other two, they were wearing light blue military uniforms, with a three-foot Qingfeng behind their backs, and there was no expression on their cold-eyed faces, especially in the cold weather in the north, they had a unique charm, it was Yan Luo.

Another person wearing a red leather jacket with an excited face, a treasure knife hanging from the side of his body, eyes full of joy, and a faint hint of charm in his eyebrows, was none other than Yelu Maitreya. Flash Dance

The team of these four people is the team of Chen Zheng on his trip to the grassland.

When Chen Zheng's bad luck broke out before, it happened to be Guo Tianji's arrival, and the reason why Chen Zheng did not set off for a long time was to wait for Yanjing's help.

But he never thought that the person who came would be Guo Tianji.

The famous Tianji Sanren in the previous life. Chen Zheng's understanding of Guo Tianji is not as detailed as Yan Xuelan's, but he has some understanding of some of the things this person has done.

Guo Tianji did not take refuge in any princely family or the big power of the martial arts sect in his previous life, but instead rose in the recklessness, breaking through from the Tongmai Realm to the Innate Realm in less than a year, and soon reached the point of consummation of the Innate Realm, almost to the point of the Earth Evil Realm.

Because he is simple, he has many friends in the rivers and lakes. When the entire Yuanwu Continent began to be chaotic, Guo Tianji gathered a group of people with lofty ideals to form a new Scattered Cultivation Alliance. The members of the alliance helped each other, rescued the people, fought against the villains, and became famous for a while. Even the influence of the Storm Zhuang, which is represented by the righteous path in the Northern Yan Martial Arts, on the scattered cultivation martial artists is not as great as that of the Scattered Cultivation Alliance.

Guo Tianji, as one of the founders of the Loose Cultivation Alliance, is not only a profound cultivator, but also an idol in the minds of civilian martial artists, plus he is not stingy at all to guide the martial arts of loose cultivators, I don't know how many people have been selected by Guo Tianji, it can be said that many people are grateful to him, before Chen Zhenggg, Guo Tianji is a famous big man, as soon as he speaks, there are countless scattered cultivators below who can die for Mr. Guo.

As a result, I didn't expect to do it all over again, and the world line had changed so much, and Yan Xuelan actually recovered Guo Tianji directly, and she didn't know what kind of means were used. For the trip to the grassland, Chen Zheng was also more assured.

Guo Tianji's previous life was in the name of terrifying defense and endurance, only the warriors who were tired to death by him and not the warriors who could exhaust him, I heard that the martial arts conference at the time of his career, Guo Tianji fought in the ring for a whole day and a night, and did not see the slightest fatigue, but his opponents were about to collapse, you can imagine how powerful Guo Tianji is.

As for Yanluo and Yelu Maitreya, Chen Zheng also considered his own safety, it just so happened that these two should have nothing to do, it was better to come out with himself, and Yelu Maitreya was also a person who grew up on the grassland, although he was a grassland person on the Han family's continent, but Chen Zheng thought that it should not be a big problem, there should be many similarities between cultures, after leaving the grassland, Chen Zheng's mind was a smear, and he needed an old grassland driver like Yelu Maitreya to lead the way.

The group rode into Dingbei City, but after entering the city gate, they didn't let the horses gallop, so they had to go slowly.

Looking at the crowds coming and going in the city and the noisy shouting, Chen Zheng looked at the north from afar and couldn't help but think of the current political situation.

After Dingbei City, the north is a vast grassland, and Beiyan can be said to be the only Central Plains country bordering the grassland. In the western part of the grassland, the grassland people in the northern frontier can border Xirong in the west, and there is more or less friction between the two sides, and the people under each other's command are also burned and looted by the people and horses on the opposite side.

I heard that there are some small countries near Xirong, but I heard that they are not from the orthodox Central Plains, they seem to have migrated from farther away, almost all of them are small countries and widows, even if they are desperate, they can't pull out many troops, they are all controlled by Xirong, and these small countries use their own money and even the people in exchange for Xirong's military protection.

If Beiyan can't stop the grassland people from outside, once they enter the customs, the fate of the people of Beiyan is likely to be the same as those small countries in the West, or even worse.

However, in addition to the noisy sounds of people on this road, you can also clearly see the cattle and sheep and other livestock with the naked eye, which is everywhere here, so the smell of the city is not so fresh.

Chen Zheng was also puzzled, even the children of Beiyan in Dingbei City knew that there were spies from the grassland barbarians mixed in it, in this case, why did the imperial court let them meet in Dingbei City, before leaving, Su Tianyu repeatedly told them that there was no need to reveal their identities after arriving in Dingbei City, and someone would come to them soon. Although the grassland barbarians of Beidi may sometimes have an IQ that is not online, but Beiyan has blatantly mobilized so many masters to come, do the people in the imperial court really think that the people on the grassland are blind and deaf? It's unscientific.

Chen Zheng was still secretly puzzled here, Guo Tianji opened his mouth and said: "It can be regarded as entering the city, after walking for so many days, we really need to take a good rest, not that someone came to us, then we will not act in a hurry, first find an inn to recover our vitality." What do you think? ”

"Okay, good, I'm still a little unaccustomed to not taking a bath for so many days, hehe, there are so many cattle and sheep here, presumably there must be good beef and mutton in the inn, alas, it's always a little unfresh in the state city, I hope it can be delicious here." Regarding Guo Tianji's proposal, Yelu Maitreya agreed with both hands and feet.

"Well, okay, listen to Mr. Guo's arrangement." Yan Luo's answer was more decent, and his words were also very respectful, after all, he was a martial artist in the Tongmai realm, so he couldn't take it lightly.

The two girls agreed, and Chen Zheng naturally couldn't object. 681339612

Guo Tianji turned around and led the three people to an inn, and as soon as he entered the door, a shopkeeper enthusiastically posted it, and said with a smile: "A few guest officers, dare to ask whether to play the tip or live in the hotel."

"Stay in the hotel, come to the three upper rooms, as for the meat and vegetarian dishes, you will look at it, by the way, the beef and mutton must be good, I heard that the pear blossom stuffed in Dingbei City is very good, and there are a few pots." Guo Tianji doesn't have many hobbies, but he still has some favorites in drinking and food, and when he eats, he likes to go to various places to look for special snacks in some places, which can be regarded as Chen Zheng's luck this time, Guo Tianji is looking for wild game on Yujing Mountain near Yanjing this time, and he didn't go far, otherwise it might be someone else who came this time.

I have to say that Guo Tianji, a man, is also very concerned about Chen Zheng and a few people, just like a caring big brother, and he also took great care of him along the way, and did not hesitate to share his experience in the rivers and lakes with Chen Zheng and several people one by one, and he is already a martial artist in the Tongmai Realm, it may be an exaggeration to say that teaching Chen Zheng and the three of them about their cultivation may be an exaggeration, but it is absolutely no problem to provide Chen Zheng and others with some ideas. For example, Chen Zheng has been mobilizing his true qi to fight the cold before, which is the method given to him by Guo Tianji, Chen Zheng found that the effect is really good, and his long-term control of true qi is slowly increasing, so it seems that if he persists for a while, it is appropriate for Chen Zheng to break through to the middle of the luck realm.

"Understood, a few guest officers upstairs, please, just put the horses here, there is good horse grass in the shop, and I will definitely take care of the horses of several guest officers." The shopkeeper said very attentively.

After Chen Zheng and a few people sat on the second floor, they soon sent wine and food, a few people came all the way today, and they were also hungry, so they were naturally not polite, but this Dingbeicheng was really more or less influenced by a little grassland people, a large piece of mutton was directly boiled in water and then dipped in special seasonings, and the dishes were still mostly meat, and there were fewer vegetables, but it was not greasy to eat, but it made people feel fragrant and tongue-inducing, and even Yelu Maitreya said that this shop was indeed more authentic. And the pear blossom brew here is indeed a must, in the aroma of the wine, with a hint of pear blossom direction, after the entrance is not strong, but a mellow aroma, with a faint sweetness. It's like fruit wine, and even Yan Luo, who doesn't like to drink much, nods slightly.

As soon as a few people finished eating, the shopkeeper came over attentively, with a slight difference in his eyes, "Dare to ask where the guest officers came from?" ”

Chen Zheng raised his eyebrows, feeling that this guy had something to say, "We are from Jianzhou City." ”

"Understood, please come with me." The shopkeeper's swollen eyes flashed with a gleam, as if he had changed a person, and several people present at this time knew that the shopkeeper might be the connector sent over, so he naturally followed behind the shopkeeper, but in his heart, he was also secretly on guard, and there was no big mistake in being careful.

The shopkeeper led a few people to a guest room on the second floor, then pushed open the door and walked in, pushed open a bookcase, revealed the space inside, and said: "Please let a few adults in, the villain is the official of the Shenhou Mansion, the elite of Beiyan has arrived, just inside, a few adults walked inside, and when there was light, you could see several other adults."

"Okay, thanks." Chen Zheng had a hint of surprise in his eyes, and didn't ask the shopkeeper how he found them, and left with the three of them.

After the four of them entered the passage, the shopkeeper immediately restored everything in the room to its original state, as if nothing had happened.

Chen Zheng and the three of them were a little confused, and they didn't know what the Shenhou Mansion was, but Guo Tianji, an old Jianghu, knew very well, although he had not been in contact with the people of the Shenhou Mansion before, but he was very clear about the functions of the Shenhou Mansion.

The Shenhou Mansion is actually an institution specially set up by the Taizu of the Northern Yan Dynasty to coordinate and manage the major sects in the rivers and lakes, but Zhuge Bing, the first ruler of the institution, was named the Shenhou Mansion, so it is called the Shenhou Mansion.

The personnel below the Shenhou Mansion are specifically responsible for staring at these Jianghu sects and martial arts families, in order to find out their details, I don't know how many eyeliners there are, it can be said that if it is about intelligence ability, the Shenhou Mansion should not be under the embroidered guard, but the direction of the two is different, the Shenhou Mansion is responsible for the affairs of the rivers and lakes, and the embroidered guard is all kinds of intelligence must be carefully understood. There is no need to compare.

It's just that when the Shenhou Mansion was first established, it was very majestic, and the people in the rivers and lakes in the Northern Yan Martial Arts dared not to give them face? It's a pity that the demeanor of the Shenhou Mansion is no longer there, but I heard that the ruler of the Shenhou Mansion of this generation, Zhuge Qingqing, is young but talented, and maybe it can make the Shenhou Mansion have new changes.

(End of chapter)

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