In the sky, a flock of birds fell.

At this time, in the vast dry plains of the north, there are two horses walking slowly.

The sky is high and the clouds are low, and the white clouds are dogs.

On the two horses, one with three people and the other with two boxes on it, on one horse were two young men and a child of about ten years old.

These three people are none other than Zhaoju, the Thirteen Princesses, and Dashi.

They had been attacked by wolves the night before, but luckily they had come across the Zhiguru, and the horses did not go far, and when the wolves had gone, a few came back.

The fur jackets of the Zhuozhou villagers were laid in the cage, and Zhaoju and the thirteenth princess found two to change into, and the villagers who were dressed up at the moment were also very good.

The scenery in front of him was magnificent, and Zhaoju couldn't help but feel excited, reciting Chen Ziang's poem.

"I don't see the ancients before, I don't see the people who come after, I think of the world and the world, and I am alone and crying."

The thirteenth princess was dressed as a man, with two mustaches stuck to her lips, and her complexion was much better now, and her eyes were full of happiness.

Horse bells.

Zhaoju looked at the box carried by the big horse next to him, and said with a smile: "You said that we can bring dry food or something, why do we need to bring some iron bars removed from the cage?" ”

The thirteenth princess grinned.

"You think this is Dawei, in our grassland, the universal is exchange, iron is a necessary exchange, with it, basically anything can be exchanged."

Zhao Ju sighed.

The thirteenth princess remembered something and asked, "Does your ambassador have a handle in your hands, and he has to kill you quickly?" ”

Thinking of Captain Gao, Zhao Ju snorted disdainfully.

"Yes, that old thief, he has a handle in my hand."

"But you tore it off that day?"

"Not bad."

"Then he won't have to be afraid of you in the future?"

Zhaoju laughed and took out a book from his arms.

"I lied to him, the book he really signed and drew is here!"

The thirteenth princess glanced back at Zhao Ju coquettishly.

"Brother Pony, you are necrotic, and people have been deceived by you again!"

"Actually, even if it's torn, as long as I'm alive, I know what he's done, and I'll check those things one by one!"

The thirteenth princess snuggled up to Zhaoju and muttered, "Brother Pony, I just want to be with you, and I don't want to care about those unhappy things." ”

Zhaoju hummed and gently stroked the hair of the thirteenth princess.

Climbing up a high slope, on the withered yellow grassland, a small river appeared in the distance.

"Isn't this the boundary of the sixteen states in the first place, where is the front?"

"We are walking slowly, just out of Ruzhou not far away, here is the carbon mountain of Xijin Road, don't look at the extreme yellowing now, when spring comes, it is a piece of wind and grass low."

Zhaoju was depressed.

"Are we really going to Lake Ala?"

"Yes, my father Khan went there, and we went to him."

"But, but, I want to go back to Dawei."

"Brother Ma, my two brothers are still in Youzhou, if you go back now, you will be sent to death, let's go to Alahu to see my father Khan, and ask him to do a marriage for us, as long as our marriage is done, I can go back to Dawei with you immediately!"

"What if your father, Khan, is like your brother, and says that Da Wei has deceived him and wants to kill me?"

"My father Khan won't be as messy as the second brother, but if you're afraid to see him, let's go to Kobdo first, there is a beautiful canyon, I'll heal my injuries there, and I'll go back to Dawei with you, okay?"

Zhaoju was very moved, the thirteenth princess even put down her father Khan for herself, he lowered his head and kissed, the thirteenth princess closed her eyes, and her cheeks were crimson.

Dashi suddenly pointed ahead and said, "Look, there are people there!" ”

I saw a few straight plumes of cooking smoke in the distance.

The thirteenth princess opened her eyes and immediately showed joy.

"That's where people gather, this is the territory of the Ancient Division, this tribe only has tens of thousands of people, the chief of the Ancient Ancient Department is named Wu Litan, this person is very bold when I heard it, and he supports my father Khan the most, let's go there and find something to eat!"

"Let's go look for it, will they give it?"

The thirteenth princess pointed to the horse carrying the box and said, "Of course not, but we have brought something that can be exchanged in the market." ”

"Oh, is there a market where there are people, then we'll go and exchange, and give you a better dress first."

The thirteenth princess nodded, and then said, "Wait until you see them, you must not reveal your identity." ”

"Oh, I know, because if Wulitan surrenders to the Great Capital Kingdom, we will be caught if we reveal our identity."

"You're right, it's only half a day's horse ride from Nanjin City here, and we have to cross Tanshan before we can escape, otherwise we will be in danger at any time!"

"Why, Wan Yan A Shilan will come here?"

"There is a Tan River here, if he wants to go to Youzhou, this is the foothold, if he wants to go to the Black Khan to hunt down my father Khan, this is also a must-pass place, if he wants to attack the Xichun Kingdom, this is only a hundred miles away from Yunneizhou!"

Zhaoju nodded, and said to Dashi: "Wait, no matter who you meet, don't tell us who we are, just say that we are refugees who fled from Zhuozhou!" ”

The thirteenth princess shook her head repeatedly.

"No, you said that it is okay to escape from Zhuozhou, but you can't say that you are fleeing, you can only say that we want to go back to the Dadan Ministry, the Dadan Ministry, which is much larger than the Wangu Ministry, there are 100,000 tribes, Yunneizhou is their territory, and the Wangu Ministry, dare not easily move the evil heart!"

Zhao Ju sighed, but he didn't expect that the tribes of the Big Bird Country were also coveting and wary of each other, and they still killed and robbed people when they encountered good things.

Oishi nodded and said, "Okay, I understand!" ”

The thirteenth princess also told the name and description of the chief of the Dadan tribe, and Zhaoju and Dashi remembered it in their hearts.

On the side of the river, there are more than 100 tents and dozens of red-roofed houses standing there, which looks like a small village, and the red, yellow, blue, green, and white flags are planted in the village, which looks festive and lively.

Zhaoju asked: "Princess, didn't you tell you that there are tens of thousands of people in the ancient department, why does it seem that there are only a thousand people here?" ”

"This year's weather is not good, it is the year of the great famine on our grassland, most of them have migrated away in winter, and only a very small part of them have left, and they will not come back until spring."

In fact, many tribes in the Great Bird Country are semi-nomadic and semi-handicraft, and many of them have settled in a certain place, making some handmade products for trade, forming a market, and now what they see is the market of the ancient department.

A moment later, the three of them approached the river, and they smelled the smell of barbecue.

Several knights by the river spotted them and came on horseback.

The knights wore grey-green robes with a left collar, with their hair tied in a bun, buttoned on their robes, and sheepskin skirts buttoned under their robes, and on one side of their waists, a ribbon fluttering, and they had no weapons on them, but they all had a horn pinned to them.

The thirteenth princess whispered: "That's right, they are the people of the Ancient Division!" ”

A tall red-faced strong man rode in front, and before the person arrived, the voice had arrived.

"Hey, who are you, what are you doing here?!"

"We are from Zhuozhou, passing through here, we want to buy something to eat!"

"Strange, from Zhuozhou, what are you doing from the city at this time?"

"Zhuozhou City has been looted, and it is a bit miserable, so we have to go back to the Dadan Department."

Hearing Zhaoju say that they were from the Dadan Division, the red-faced men looked a lot more polite.

"It turned out to be the brother of the Dadan Department, and it was very hard to go back at this time."

"That's it, that's it."

The knights looked the three of them up and down, and then looked at the two boxes on the other horse, and they felt that Zhaoju was very handsome, and his body was a little weak, not like the men of the Great Bird Country.

Zhaoju felt that they cared about what they were carrying, as if they had some ill intentions.

The red-faced man asked, "Has Zhuozhou City been looted, who are they?" ”

Dashi suddenly gritted his teeth and interjected: "It's the people of Dajing Kingdom, they pretend to be the army of Yele Changnu and do all kinds of bad things in Zhuozhou City!" ”

The knights were shocked when they heard this.

"Impossible, we received an order from the Great Khan of Changnu the day before yesterday, he said that no one is allowed to surrender to the Great Capital Kingdom, and whoever surrenders will be destroyed in the coming year!"