"Lin Mumu, you idiot, look at the string of beads around your neck."

Lin Mumu subconsciously looked down, only to see that the beads on her neck had completely changed color at some point.

Lin Mumu's face changed, and she looked at her in horror. "This, how is this ......?"

"She" in the wedding dress suddenly turned hideous. "An idiot like you, out of the way, with no more suitable outcome, go to death!"

Lin Mumu's body stiffened, only to feel that a flame that almost melted her was burning around her, burning her physically and mentally.

"No, I don't want to die, I don't want to die, I don't!"

Lin Mumu opened his eyes suddenly, and his heavy breathing could not calm down for a long time.

"What's wrong?" A low and worried voice sounded in his ears, Lin Mumu looked around, only to find that he had been sitting in the carriage for some time, and was being held in Zhao Xuanling's arms at this time.

Lin Mumu stretched out her hand and pinched herself secretly, and her hanging heart only fell slightly after feeling the pain.

She reached out and took out the string of jade beads from her neck, and when she saw that most of the beads on it had not changed color, her heart really fell back into her stomach.

Zhao Xuanling, who saw her reaction in his eyes, showed some doubts in his eyes. "But you have a nightmare?"

Lin Mumu nodded back to his senses. "Well, I had a nightmare, I dreamed that I was dead, and I was so distraught that I didn't even have a chance to be reincarnated."

"Nonsense!" A low voice sounded in his ears, and Lin Mumu suddenly laughed.

"It is said that dreams are the opposite of reality, don't worry, prince."

Zhao Xuanling hugged her tightly. "Well, it's just a nightmare."

Lin Mumu leaned into his arms and let out a sigh gently, I hope it's just a nightmare......

"Why did you leave before dawn?" Lin Mumu pushed the corner of the car window and looked at the sky outside, it was still dark.

"I set off an hour ago, but the 'Lord of Zhangshang' is still at the station."

As soon as Zhao Xuanling said this, she knew what it meant.

This is already arranging for her stand-in to be in the team to send off relatives. "Does Stacking also stay at the station?"

"Well, she's your personal maid, and if she's gone, it's easy to attract the attention of others."

Lin Mumu nodded.

In order to speed up the journey, they only rest for three hours a day, and the rest of the time is spent on hurrying, and the time to the border of Western Chu is much shorter than the budget.

The territory is southern, the closer to the territory, the higher the temperature, although it is not yet warm as spring, but compared with the heavy snow in the royal capital, it is much better, and their road is much easier to walk without snow.

Lin Mumu and his entourage disguised themselves as past businessmen and successfully left the border of Western Chu.

The straight-line distance between Western Chu and the territory is not far, but there are several mountains in it, and it is not so easy to walk.

The carriage traveled to the foot of the mountain, and if it went down, it could not travel, but could only walk on its legs.

The mountains between the border between the two countries are not very high, but the mountains are lush with trees, and there are certainly many mountain birds and beasts.

Wu Ze led people to open the way in front, and Zhao Xuanling took Lin Mumu's hand and walked.

"If you're tired, say it."

The mountain road is not easy to walk, and Lin Mumu is indeed a little difficult to walk, but she still gritted her teeth and said: "This is just the beginning, how can you be tired so quickly." ”

Walking in the mountains, there was a cold and biting cold wind that was unique to the south, but fortunately they kept walking, and it was not too cold.

"Lord Wang, my subordinates have found a shortcut, just cross two mountain passes to reach the border of the territory."

"Which tribe is guarding the border?"

"It's the Fuqiang tribe."

Along the way, Lin Mumu also heard Zhao Xuanling say a lot of things about the territory.

The territory is different from the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the Western Chu countries, although there is a royal family in the territory, but the rights of the royal family are not large, at least they cannot dominate the tribes of the entire territory, the royal family is only the existence of the major tribes to contain each other, and they will not interfere much in the affairs between the major tribes.

The small territory was divided into hundreds of tribes, and among these tribes, three tribes were the head, namely the Fuqiang tribe near the border of Western Chu, the Nanyi tribe near the sea, and the Miao Xi tribe with the largest number of people.

Because the Fuqiang people are in the border with Western Chu, there are relatively many people who come and go, and in the long run, the Fuqiang people will accept outsiders to a higher degree than other tribes, as long as there are enough silver taels to enter the territory from the jurisdiction of the Fuqiang people, and it is precisely because of this that the Fuqiang people are the richest of the three major tribes.

After two days of walking on the mountain road, they finally saw the border of the territory.

Unlike the borders of other countries, the borders of the territory are not surrounded by high walls, but are surrounded by barbed plants, which are erected two or three meters high, and from a distance the territory looks like it is surrounded by a green ribbon.

"If they don't even have a city wall, aren't they worried about being attacked by other countries?"

Zhao Xuanling hooked the corners of his lips, but there was no smile in his eyes. "Don't underestimate those plants, the barbs on them are stained with poison, as long as the barbs see blood, they will definitely die, and these plants are extremely hard and can't be dissolved by fire, don't look at them just in a circle, in fact, they have been going in at least as thick as a battle."

Lin Mumu was stunned, no wonder the other party was so confident that he didn't even stand on the city wall, this was a pure natural poisonous wall, if someone wanted to attack it, unless he was wearing thick armor with no dead ends, it would be impossible to cross those plants and enter the territory.

By the time they came down the mountain, Wu Ze and the others had already prepared the carriage at the bottom of the mountain. 59 Books

They have to pretend to be businessmen who go to the territory to do business, and they still have to be fully equipped.

"Lord Wang, this Fuqiang tribe has been in contact with people from other countries all the year round, does it mean that they are more open and easier to get along with?"

Easier to get along with?

The corners of Zhao Xuanling's lips pulled out a sneering arc, the number of people in the territory is just the norm, barbaric cannibalism is just the norm, among which the Fuqiang nationality is the most prosperous, I don't know how many passing merchants disappear in the territory every year, because it is in the territory of the territory, and it is not easy for the government of other countries to investigate, and the case is unknown.

"The Fuqiang people have a custom."

"Huh?"

"When it is not a big festival of the clan, they will cook with corpse oil."

In a word, let Lin Mumu swallow the jerky in his mouth, and it is not to spit it out.

Cooking with corpse oil, don't you want to be so heavy!

Not long after the carriage left, a noisy sound came from outside the carriage, and they must have been close to the border of the territory.

Lin Mumu pushed the window slightly and looked out, not to mention, there are really a lot of businessmen who go to the territory to do business, and everyone is lining up to go in at this moment.

"Lord Wang, you said that many merchants disappear in the territory every year, why are so many people coming here?"

"The territory is rich in medicinal materials, many of which are not available in other countries, and if these medicinal materials can be transported back, the merchants can make a very considerable profit from them, and when they come to buy medicinal materials, they can transport the poultry meat and rice that are lacking in the territory, and they can make a lot of money back and forth."

There is so much profit margin, and those merchants will take risks even if they know the danger.

When the carriage approached the entrance of the territory, Wu Ze handed the ultimatum to the guards at the door, and the guards let them in.

Zhao Xuanling saw that Lin Mumu was stretching his neck out like a curious baby, so he asked Wu Ze to stop the car on the side of the road.

Lin Mumu looked back in confusion. "Are we there?"

"Take you out into the streets."

"Okay."

Lin Mumu happily got out of the carriage with the help of Zhao Xuanling.

Zhao Xuanling asked Wu Ze and the others to go to the inn first, and only took Lin Mumu and the two to walk on the street.

The architecture of the territory is very different from that of the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the Western Chu, almost all the buildings on the street are wooden, even the walls are wooden, the floors are like a bamboo tube when they go up, and the roof is fan-shaped, which looks like the buildings of some ethnic minorities she has seen in her previous life.

Because it is a border place, there are many pedestrians on the street, and these people are of all shapes and sizes, most of them are people who come to the territory to do business.

The natives of the territory wore corsets, an apron embroidered with intricate patterns around their waists, and a black square hat on their heads, and their complexion was somewhat dark, and their eyes were dark and bright.

"Rice cakes, rice cakes, selling rice cakes, sweet and soft glutinous rice cakes."

Lin Mumu looked around curiously all the way, and after walking for a while, he was a little tired.

On the side of the road, an old woman of the Fuqiang tribe was selling in an unclear official language.

The fragrance of rice cakes wafted across the tip of his nose, and Lin Mumu subconsciously swallowed his saliva.

"Hungry?" Zhao Xuanling took her hand and asked softly.

Lin Mumu nodded, and then shook his head again, looking like he wanted to eat but was very hesitant.

Zhao Xuanling smiled and pulled her to the old woman's stall.

"Are you two going to buy rice cakes? My rice cake is the most delicious, and I guarantee that you will want to eat it after eating it. The old woman greeted them warmly when she saw them coming.

"Here's a copy." Zhao Xuanling said.

"Oh, okay." The old woman delicately wrapped a rice cake in oiled paper.

Zhao Xuanling took the rice cake and paid the silver.

"Taste?" He sent the rice cake to Lin Mumu.

Lin Mumu glanced at the rice cake and then at Zhao Xuanling. "Lord Wang, this rice cake ...... Could it be that the corpse oil was also put in? ”

Zhao Xuanling laughed, picked a piece of rice cake with a stick, ate it in his mouth, and looked at her with a smile in his eyes. "Are you relieved now?"

Lin Mumu opened her eyes. "That's not what I meant, I'm ......"

Zhao Xuanling picked a quick rice cake and put it in her mouth. "This rice cake is made with rice, maltose and flower juice unique to the region, and there is no need for oil, so don't worry."

Hearing him say this, Lin Mumu licked her lips and swallowed the rice cake. "Well, it's delicious, and there's a faint floral scent."

"Ahh Help, help, help......"

Lin Mumu was about to pick up the second rice cake when he was attracted by the screams coming from behind him.

She looked back, her eyes wide in shock.