Jianghui and Gongbian of the Great Zhou Dynasty are bordered by Xiyu and are the Gobi Desert that stretches into a continuous area.

Jiang Hui here is a desert with more gravel, and then to the west, into the territory of Xiyu, the gravel gradually becomes thinner and smaller, turning into desert yellow sand, until the city of Xiyu.

It is an oasis in the desert, close to the water source, and from a distance, it looks like a piece of jasper lying quietly in the yellow silk wrap.

For a long time, there were caravans between Kaze and the capital, and the caravans brought silk and tea from the capital, and then transported the stone back from the capital.

Gao Lang and the others went to Jiang Hui, so they decided to accompany the caravan.

It's just that the capital is full of dangers on the way to Jianghui, especially after crossing the Mi River, a large area of uninhabited wilderness is not only full of fierce beasts, but also overflowing.

And the caravan is used to walking, and knows which way to go and which way to go.

Coupled with the fact that the caravan is escorted by bodyguards, it is even safer.

However, even so, Gao Lang and Jin Xiaolou still decided to travel lightly, and the fewer people they bringed, the less likely they were to attract attention.

Furthermore, Gao Lang is nominally the king, in fact, everyone knows that this is similar to exile, and those who want to get rid of the Seven Princes, whether it is the queen or Prince Xian, the best opportunity is to do it on the way to Jiang Hui, so bring fewer people, and let some people fall into danger.

Lu Yun had just slept with Lin'er, and was about to pack her bags when she reported that she had received a letter with her name written at the front door.

After opening the envelope and looking at it for a while, Lu Yun hurried towards the Biwu Pavilion.

As soon as he entered the room, seeing that there was no one else except Jin Xiaolou, Lu Yun closed the door tightly and walked straight forward: "The shopkeeper, I just received a tip-off that someone has bribed the bodyguards in the two caravans, intending to attack us in the Leopard Forest." ”

Jin Xiaolou had expected that someone would do it, but he didn't expect that they had not yet gone out before they received the news.

"How?" Jin Xiaolou asked unhurriedly.

"It's our informant who delivers food." Lu Yun replied, "In recent days, Linlangfang has received an order sent to Shengyun Inn every day, and each time I order a different sweet water. The informant who delivered our food suspected that the owner of the inn wanted to steal the sweet water style in our workshop, and after today's delivery, he quietly hid outside the door to listen, but he never thought that he saw the owner of the inn spend a lot of money to buy two men with strong figures, so that the two of them did something to His Royal Highness Seven in the leopard forest. ”

As soon as he heard that it was about His Royal Highness the Seventh, the informant didn't dare to be careless at all, and immediately followed the two men all the way back to the Weizhen Dart Bureau, looking at the appearance, both of them were bodyguards in the Dart Bureau. After a little further inquiry, it was easy to know that the two of us would be traveling west with our caravan. ”

Jin Xiaolou nodded, already knowing in his heart.

The queen and the five princes will not be so low-level, now they live in an inn, and they order sweet water every day, don't think about it, there is only Jin Xiaotao.

In this era of no mobile phones, no computers, and no networks, only the relationship network composed of people is the most powerful.

Jin Xiaolou still wants to spread this net denser and wider, and now he has just woven a head, how can he give up.

"Luyun, I've thought about it." Jin Xiaolou spoke, "The capital needs you to stay." ”

"What?" Lu Yun was surprised, why was he still talking about the safety of His Royal Highness the Seventh and the shopkeeper just now, and in a blink of an eye, he let himself stay in the capital, "No, the shopkeeper, this road is so dangerous, I must be by your side and Lin'er to rest assured." ”

Jin Xiaolou shook his head with a smile, got up and stepped forward, and shook Lu Yun's hands: "You have taken good care of the two workshops these days, if you also leave the capital with me, then all the hard work we spent on the workshops before will be wasted." ”

"But......" Lu Yun held Jin Xiaolou's hand, "Jiang Hui is terrifyingly desolate in that place, and I heard that the people over there are also tall and rough, and I don't know how long it will take to come back, I ...... I'm going to be with you! ”

"Silly Luyun, you are also with us in the capital." Jin Xiaolou's eyes were gloomy, "You are here to deeply root in every inch of the capital, and bring important news to us far away." ”

"As long as you are here, no matter how far we go, we will have a direction to return."

Jin Xiaolou's voice fell, and Lu Yun was already in tears: "Shopkeeper, Lu Yun will never let you down." ”

Jin Xiaolou believed that Lu Yun could do what he said, but he instructed: "The emperor has been mourned for three years, and it is strictly forbidden to have fun in these three years, but fortunately, our girl has been sent out, you only need to take the tide clothes to make sweet water, and rely on the girl and the takeaway informant to gather information, the most important of which is to find the traces of Guizhi." ”

Lu Yun nodded vigorously: "Don't worry, the informant who entered our workshop, the first thing is to recognize the portrait of Guizhi, as long as there is news of Guizhi, I will immediately fly the pigeon to tell the shopkeeper!" ”

After finishing the business, Lu Yun gently and gently stroked Jin Xiaolou's belly, raised his eyes, and his eyes were full of tears: "I can't see this little guy born, I just hope that he is as well-behaved as Lin'er and as smart as Lin'er." ”

Jin Xiaolou also stroked his hand: "Even if he can't meet you, we will let him know that there is an Aunt Luyun in the capital who has been waiting for him to come back." ”

Gao Lang only wanted to take Chang'an with him, but after Nanyang heard that Lu Yun was not with his wife, he knelt outside the study for most of the day, only begging the seventh master to take him with him.

Gao Lang thought that Chang'an was a man after all, and it was naturally more thoughtful to have a woman to help take care of Jin Xiaolou, so he hesitated for a moment and agreed.

Hongyuan had to be taken care of by the two big girls Wenmei and Woyun, and the night before departure, Nanyang slept on Taohuapo with a lantern.

It is now the end of summer and the beginning of autumn, and the leaves of the peach blossoms in Yaoxi have lost their spirits and are glowing with goose yellow. When I woke up from sleep, I was covered in fallen leaves.

King Yao moved westward, and it sounded huge, but there were only five people before he left.

The caravan to Qize was already waiting outside the city gate, Gao Lang rode a horse in front, Chang'an drove the carriage behind, and after meeting the caravan, a group of people set off immediately.

Jin Xiaolou sat on the cushion of the carriage with Lin'er in his arms, Lin'er had sat in the carriage once before, but now he hadn't sat for a long time, and he was a little motion sick, lying on Jin Xiaolou's lap softly, closing his eyes, and sobbing from time to time.

Jin Xiaolou stroked Lin'er's back one by one, and Nanyang next to him rubbed the orange peel and stretched it under Lin'er's nose, and the fragrant smell of orange peel made the dampness in the carriage fade a little.

When Nanyang stretched out his hand, Jin Xiaolou saw a goose-yellow peach leaf on the back of her shoulder.

With a lift of his hand, he took the leaf off.

Nanyang frowned and smiled, and took the leaf in Jin Xiaolou's hand: "This is the leaf of the Yaoxi peach tree, it should have been stained by me last night." ”

"Yaoxi Peach Tree?" Jin Xiaolou heard Lu Yun say that the peach tree was planted by Nanyang's mother.

"Well, Yaoxi is my mother's hometown." Nanyang looked at the yellow leaves in his hand, and the intertwined leaf veins were clearly visible, "My mother personally left Shuzhou to come to the capital, but I can't forget the peach blossoms in my hometown. ”

"Whenever the peach blossoms are in full bloom, my mother likes to take me to play at the peach blossom slope......" Nanyang lowered his eyes, "Thinking that I would be far away from the capital, I don't know how long it would take to return to the rainbow garden, so I went to stay under the tree for a while." ”

Jin Xiaolou had never seen Nanyang, who had always been outstanding, and he just wanted to reach out to comfort her, but before his hand was raised, Nanyang had already raised his face, and his expression was bright again.

Thinking of the peach blossom pattern under the queen's skirt, Jin Xiaolou immediately asked softly: "Are Yaoxi peach blossoms very famous?" ”

"It's very famous in Shuzhou." Nanyang replied, "Few people in the capital know about it. ”

"Will Yaoxi peach blossom clothing patterns be popular in Beijing?" Jin Xiaolou asked.

I saw Nanyang shaking his head: "Unless it is specially made, few people embroider this little-known peach blossom on their clothes." Moreover, although the peach blossoms of Yaoxi are beautiful, the fruits are small and sour, and they are not a good omen for many children and grandchildren. ”

This is strange, Jin Xiaolou frowned.

The control clothes in the palace will never be so careless, dare to commit the crime of killing the head, and embroider the Yaoxi peach blossom with the meaning of widow and grandson on the skirt of the queen's mother. Then it can only be done in accordance with the will of the queen, the queen is the daughter of a famous nobleman, and lives in the harem all the year round, how can she know that the peach blossom that is only famous in Shuzhou?

Nanyang's mother used to be the palace maid who served by Gao Lang's mother's side, Jin Xiaolou inexplicably felt that the death of Gao Lang's mother and the current queen mother may have something to do with Nanyang's mother.

It's just that Shuzhou and Jiang Hui are completely different directions, and if they want to find out about Nanyang's mother-in-law, it's not easy to start now.

hugged Lin'er tightly, lifted the curtain on the window, the sunlight outside the window was much lighter, and the autumn colors were everywhere. The most important thing at the moment is to arrive at Jiang Hui safe and sound.

……

When the sun was slanting in the lonely village, it was two months later when they arrived in Gujia Village, and the group stayed in the village for a short rest.

The autumn breeze was cool day by day, and Su Yu was tired of getting up late, on this day, Jin Xiaolou just woke up and heard that in the courtyard outside, the people of the caravan were talking to Gao Lang.

"Seventh Master, out of this village, there is the Mi River in front of you, after the Mi River, the mountains and rivers will be very different, the green mountains and green trees are rare, and the water is becoming more and more rare, we have to prepare enough drinking water in this Gujia Village."

The leader of the caravan was a middle-aged strong man, with dark skin and an old face because he had been running around for many years.

"There is an old blacksmith at the head of the village, and from here on, we will have to carry some weapons on the road, and not far from the Mihe River is the famous leopard forest."

Leopard Forest ...... Jin Xiaolou clenched his fists.

Pushing open the window, I saw that most of the people in the caravan were resting, and there were only three or five bodyguards hanging around. Among them, two men, one tall and one fat, gathered behind a pile of grain stacks, the tall one had a scar on his forehead, and the fat one looked kind, and the two exchanged heads and ears and didn't know what to say.