"Brother Shangguan, what are your plans?" Long Jie looked at Shangguan Lei, whose face was calm and waveless, and he couldn't see his emotions.

Shangguan Lei thought for a while and said, "Since Xuancheng has a branch of Shunfeng Hall, things will be easy to handle. Let their people find out the real situation of Qianqian, and then find a way to save them. ”

"Shall we look for the scepter?" Xu Xiaozi asked.

Long Jie sneered, "Without the slightest clue, where are we going to look for it?" It's better to find a way to rescue Qianqian. ”

Shangguan Lei sighed, "Xuancheng's vigilance is too strict, with the precedent of you sneaking into the city, they must be stricter in checking the merchants who enter the city, and now if you want to sneak into the city, it is even more difficult, let's ask around first, and see which merchants who often enter and leave Xuancheng can be bought, for today's plan, we can only rely on them to contact Shunfeng Hall and get the news in the city." ”

After the three of them discussed, they decided to find a place to settle outside the city first, and wait until they found a suitable person to contact Shunfeng Tang to find out Jia Qianqian's true situation before making plans. Shangguan Lei and Long Jie are in mixed moods, if Qianqian is happy and happy to stay by Nie Wuzheng's side, then do you want to rescue her? Qianqian, who is in her heart? She got engaged to that Mu Sichen and then broke off the engagement, did she really treat marriage as a child's play and could play casually?

Especially Shangguan Lei, his mood was even more complicated, he felt that he couldn't understand what Jia Qianqian was thinking at all. At Swordless Villa, she says she likes Long Jie and is leaving him. But she didn't stay with Long Jie at all, but set up a fake treasure and tricked everyone, including Long Jie. She was taken to Xuancheng by Nie Wuzheng, and she was engaged to that Mu Sichen, in order to keep Long Jie, she broke the marriage contract and agreed to marry Nie Wuzheng. If Nie Wuzheng persecuted her, with her character, she would definitely hate Nie Wuzheng and would not give him a good face, but why was she so affectionate with Nie Wuzheng in the ring today? Jia Qianqian, Jia Qianqian, did you mislook at her, she is actually a scheming girl?

In Xuancheng, Jia Qianqian was happily watching those good gamblers bet on who would lose and who would win the two most powerful wrestlers, Mu Sichen walked to Nie Wuzheng's side and said in a low voice: "Young master, those three people have been escorted out of Xuancheng, do you want to send someone to continue to monitor them?" ”

Nie Wuzheng shook his head, "Follow from afar, just know where they are and where they went, those two are masters, if you follow closely, you will be discovered." ”

"Yes, young master!" Mu Sichen went down. Nie Wuzheng glanced at Jia Qianqian, who was happy, and his mood also became very good.

At dinner, Jia Qianqian was still talking about the daytime wrestling matches, and sighed that this kind of gambling was more exciting and worrying, so interesting. Today, she used Nie Wuzheng's money to bet in his name, and won five hundred taels of silver, and Nie Wuzheng exchanged the money for a portable gold leaf and gave it to her, which made her even more happy.

However, when he returned to * after eating, Jia Qianqian asked coldly, "Are they all gone?" ”

"What?" Nie Wuzheng didn't react for a while, and when he saw Qianqian's smile and low mood, he suddenly understood that she was asking Shangguan Lei and Long Jie.

"Yes, I have already left Xuancheng."

"Well, I'm over." Jia Qianqian snorted and turned around to go back*.

"Qianqian!" Nie Wuzheng subconsciously shouted.

"What's the matter?" Jia Qianqian turned her head, and a smile tugged at the corner of her mouth to hide the loss in her heart.

Nie Wuzheng's heart was a little throbbing, and he thought about it and said, "Qianqian, let's go to Khotan tomorrow, okay?" ”

I thought Qianqian would be very happy to hear the news, but she just replied lightly, "Okay, then I'll go pack my things." ”

Looking at her distant figure, Nie Wuzheng suddenly realized that he didn't know her at all, and thought that as long as he found something interesting to coax her, she wouldn't worry about those two people anymore, who knew that she hadn't forgotten that they were leaving Xuancheng today. Nie Wuzheng didn't know if his lie yesterday had made Qianqian stop having hope for them, but he knew that only by changing the environment could she forget about them as soon as possible.

The next day, on the pretext of visiting the scepter in Khotan, Nie Wuzheng proposed to the elders not to follow him, and only went out of the city with Jia Qianqian and Da Niu. The elders were worried about the safety of the young master, and refused to agree, and they had to send more followers to protect them secretly, until Nie Wuzheng vetoed the matter as the young master, and the elders had to reluctantly agree. Therefore, the poor bull was called by the elders and repeatedly told him to repeatedly promise to protect the safety of the young master with his life, and the elders let him go.

A light carriage drove away from Xuancheng, and Da Niu drove the carriage dressed as a merchant, and no one knew that it was their young master and the girl who was jealous of the girls of Xuancheng who were sitting in the carriage.

Jia Qianqian was lying crookedly in the carriage and sleeping, Nie Wuzheng quietly looked at the sleeping delicate face, and his face was irrepressible happiness and spoiling. The only regret is that Jia Qianqian still refuses to marry him, and he can't just embrace her in his arms, but he believes that with the travel and play of Khotan, Qianqian's feelings for him will definitely be deeper and better.

The border of Khotan is not very far from Xuancheng, and after walking for more than two hours, it entered Khotan. Khotan is a small country made up of many tribes, because most of them are nomadic people, so there are few other big countries to fight their ideas, so this small country is not very rich, but it is very peaceful.

Jia Qianqian, who woke up, began to look at this exotic scenery, his eyes were full of amazement, there were faint mountains in the distance, and in front of him was an endless grassland, and occasionally there were sheep and sheep herders on horseback singing in the distance. Nie Wuzheng said with a smile: "Tonight, we will go to the settlement of the Sisli tribe to stay and let you taste their delicious roast mutton." ”

"Wow, is it delicious?" When Jia Qianqian heard this, she suddenly yearned.

"Hehe, that's a delicacy in the world, I guarantee that you will never forget it after eating it."

"Really?" Jia Qianqian's saliva was about to flow out.

"Of course it's true." Then he said to the big bull, "Big bull, hurry up and try to get to Sisli before it gets dark."

"Yes, young master!" The big bull answered in front.

Nie Wuzheng frowned, "As I said, when you leave Xuancheng, don't call me Young Master, so as not to cause trouble." ”

"Yes, Childe!" Da Niu hurriedly changed his words. Whip up, and the carriage went faster.

The Sisri, though also nomadic, set up a settlement at the foot of the abundant Langhe Mountains, where the elderly and children were left behind. A type of corn can also be grown at the foot of the Langhe Mountains, which is one of their staple foods.

When Nie Wuzheng and the three of them arrived in Sisli, it was still dark. The bull stopped the carriage and walked around the tents, and soon found out that there was a tent for entertaining guests from afar.

Because merchants often came here with goods that they lacked to trade with them, there was a tent reserved for these merchants.

Jia Qianqian came here, and after looking around and becoming familiar with the scenery here, he began to ask where the roast sheep was. Nie Wuzheng asked Da Niu to buy one, and Da Niu went out for a while and came back and said that because tomorrow was the day of the worship and sacrifice of the Sisli tribe, he could not kill the animals tonight, and besides, all the sheep to be slaughtered were gathered together.

Nie Wuzheng was immediately happy after hearing this, "Qianqian, you are really blessed, as soon as you come, you can see their sacred and solemn sacrifices." When the time comes, after the sacrifice is over, you can drink happily and roast the whole sheep and eat it. ”

"Ah, really!" Jia Qianqian was happy, but after a while, he frowned and said, "Then what are we going to eat tonight?" ”

Nie Wuzheng smiled helplessly: "I can only eat dry food, or potstickers they make with corn." ”

"Potstickers, what are potstickers?"

"It's like our pancakes, except that they're baked on horse manure."

"On horse manure?" Jia Qianqian was stunned.

"The dried horse manure was piled up and burned, and the cake was baked on it." Nie Wuzheng explained.

Jia Qianqian suddenly felt nauseous, "How can you eat it?" ”

"Hehe, it won't be dirty, those horses are eating fresh grass, and the smell of burning dry horse manure also has a grassy fragrance, so the cake has a faint grass fragrance when it is baked, if you don't tell you, you must eat it fragrantly, haha..."

"Uh," Jia Qianqian shook her head, "I still feel disgusting." ”

"Then let's eat the dry food we brought with us." Nie Wuzheng went to the car to get dry food. A woman with a turban and dark blue eyes brought them a pot of hot tea. Nie Wuzheng muttered a few words to her, and the woman left with a smile.

"I didn't understand a word of what you just said." Jia Qianqian's eyes widened.

"Hehe, it's strange if you can understand it, this is the language of Khotan, there are very few people in Khotan who speak our language, but the vast majority of our Xuancheng people can speak their language."

"I suddenly felt like a frog at the bottom of a well." Jia Qianqian sighed.

"The frog at the bottom of the well climbed to the mouth of the well today, haha," Nie Wuzheng quipped. The two laughed happily.

There was only one earthen kang in the tent, which was covered with bedding, Nie Wuzheng let Qianqian sleep on the kang, and he made a floor bunk at the door of the tent, while Da Niu went to sleep on the carriage.

Jia Qianqian didn't want to go to bed early, and sat outside on the empty grass to look at the stars that seemed to be very close to the ground. The moonlight is hazy, the starlight is brighter, and the heaven and earth are integrated on the empty grassland border, which makes people intoxicated.

Nie Wuzheng sat down beside Qianqian and quietly enjoyed the tranquility with her.

"No wonder the people living here are so simple, in such an environment, it will reduce a lot of people's desires, especially the desire for power, what about dominating the world? Simply happy days are the happiest. ”

Nie Wuzheng understood that she was persuading herself not to compete for the world and live a life of peace and self-control. After being silent for a while, he defended: "People here, in order to survive better, sometimes they will also wield the steel knife in their hands to kill and fight, without desire, how can human beings progress?" ”

"Is human progress driven by killing?"

"Killing is caused by desire, so they are one."

Jia Qianqian shook her head, "You are using strong words." ”

Nie Wuzheng smiled, "It's not early, go to sleep, nourish your spirits, and watch tomorrow's god worship activities." ”

Jia Qianqian obediently went to rest in the tent.

The oil lamp went out, the tent was dark, Jia Qianqian closed her eyes slightly, and seemed to say to herself, "I like a simple life, and I also like people who are bright and upright, and have an indifferent mood." ”

Nie Wuzheng in the dark didn't say anything, as if he was asleep, but only God knows, how his thoughts are churning, if he hadn't discovered the secret of the scepter, maybe he would have done the kind of person that Qianqian asked for, but at this time, he couldn't go back.