The vast Gobi, thousands of miles of desert.

Under the blazing sun, the desert sparkles like a bronze mirror.

If it was placed in the past, as long as he thought of the desert, Lin Jue would think of the lack of water, heat, fire, such a few limited words, as long as he could ensure that he could supply sufficient water, he could easily get out of the desert no matter how he walked. But after actually stepping on the desert, Lin Jue began to feel that he still thought about the desert environment too simply.

At least for now, it seems that with the abundance of water resources, Lin Jue's only impression of the desert is heat, just like being in a furnace, stuffy, unbearable to death. He began to complain that if the Kingdom of Orlante had so many ships that could cross the oceans, why should he suffer such a crime.

But speaking of which, if there is a transport ship, why should he come to the Yan Empire to buy a transport ship himself?

At this time, Lin Jue needed to pass through this entire desert, arrive at the Zhengui Pass, and enter the territory of the Yan Empire. He was accompanied by a caravan that walked in the desert all year round, a caravan of camels, well, and a bird.

"Well, when people go out, they are all starting with a knife and a dog. And I, with a bird. ”

That bird is the little phoenix Phoenix, at this time, she is changing into her body, lying on Lin Jue's shoulder, if it weren't for the fiery red feathers all over her body that betrayed her, otherwise everyone thought that she was a falcon domesticated by Lin Jue.

After being exposed to the sun in the desert for half a month, Lin Jue's originally fair skin became dark, and under the care of the strong wind and sand, many fine wounds were added to his body.

Lin Jue wiped the sweat from his forehead, he took off the kettle on his waist, poured a sip of water, looked at the blazing fireball in the sky, and sighed softly.

"Uncle Chen, how far is this town ghost pass?" Lin Jue asked a gray-haired, dark-skinned old man following behind him.

Uncle Chen said respectfully: "Don't worry, my lord, I will be able to arrive before sunset tonight." ”

Lin Jue sighed helplessly, patted Fenix's head with his hand, and said, "Little Phoenix, you fly up and see if you can see the shadow of the ghost control here." ”

Under Lin Jue's urging, Phoenix flew into the sky very reluctantly, circled in the sky, returned to the ground, turned into her body, and said viciously to Lin Jue: "If you dare to slap the old lady's head again, I will tear off your ears." ”

Lin Jue smiled and stretched out his hand, gently patted the girl in front of him who was a head shorter than himself, watched her instinctively lean her head up, and said with a smile: "I said no, but my body is very honest." ”

Fenrix was stunned for a moment, then stared at Lin Jue viciously, clenched her fists, and waved, "What did you say?"

Lin Jue shook his head and said, "I'm just asking you, is the ghost in front of you?"

Phinex snorted coldly and said, "Don't worry, it's not too far, you can see it over the sand dunes in front." ”

The caravan members behind Lin Jue couldn't help laughing, to be honest, along the way, they had already discovered that Phoenix's body was a phoenix, after all, the phoenix is a creature that almost only exists in legends, and when they saw her change her human form, everyone almost worshipped her as a god on the spot.

At the beginning, they were still dissatisfied with accepting the task of escorting such an official master all the way, especially when they saw that this official master was like a rich boy, with fine skin and tender meat, and he couldn't stand it not long after he walked into the desert, so he began to feel disdain.

But after learning that this phoenix was actually Lin Jue's entourage, they were very surprised, and their worship of the phoenix began to be transferred to Lin Jue, as if he was a god. After a period of time, Lin Jue began to gradually adapt to the environment in the desert, and his skin was tanned, and everyone admired it even more, and gradually let go of the mind in his heart.

Of course, Lin Jue was completely unaware of the mental journey of the caravan members.

At this time, the sun was almost setting, and the caravan finally came to the front of the town ghost pass.

Zhengui Pass is worthy of the name of the first Xiongguan of the Yan Empire, the wall is fifteen meters high, and there is no end at both ends. At this gate alone, hundreds of sturdy soldiers lined up neatly on the city wall, ready for battle, and several patrol teams were patrolling outside the gate. Outside the gate, a stone tablet as high as ten meters high, engraved with eight blood-colored characters: geese cry blood, gods and ghosts do not enter, in the vigorous handwriting, a burst of murderous air hit the face.

Lin Jue couldn't help but say: "What a goose has cried blood, the gods and ghosts are inaccessible, and the ghost control is worthy of the title of the world's first male pass." ”

At the gate of the city, countless caravans were queuing up to enter the city, Lin Jue was a little stunned, because he could only see his own caravan along the way just now, and he really didn't know where these caravans came from. I only waited in line here for about ten minutes, and behind me, there were already two more caravans. After waiting for a long time, it was finally my turn. Lin Jue handed out the customs clearance document stamped with the seal of the king of Orlanto, and the soldier in charge of the investigation took it and handed it back respectfully, saying, "Distinguished guest, please wait a moment." ”

He turned to one of the soldiers guarding the gate and said, "You have come to take this lord to the pavilion to rest." ”

Coming to the town ghost pass, Lin Jue became more and more surprised, no matter how majestic the town ghost pass looked from the outside, it still couldn't hide the desolate atmosphere. But beyond the city wall, once inside, it is completely different, the whole city, prosperous, lively, full of pedestrians, full of exotic customs.

The pedestrians are dressed differently, it is obvious that everyone is a caravan from different places, this town ghost pass is not only a gateway to the Yan Empire, but also a meeting point of land trade of the countries in the northwest, and the prosperity is no less than the Orlante King City in the center of the northwest coast corridor, Oasis City.

Lin Jue was shocked by the scene in front of him, and said secretly in his heart: "How similar to the earth, the powerful empire established by the Han people, with the countries of the Western Regions, is extremely prosperous, how powerful this Yan Empire should be." ”

The streets are filled with a variety of goods and are unusually beautiful, and even if it is almost night, the popularity of the streets is not diminished in the slightest. Lin Jue can only recognize the goods, not long after he came to this other world, he can't recognize where the various goods come from. There are all kinds of rare treasures, gold and silver jewelry, rare medicinal materials, animal skins, swords and blades, precious spices, it seems to be ...... There are also people.

In one corner, a group of ragged refugees, shackled, are being dumped here and sold as commodities. Lin Jue frowned slightly, pointed over there and asked, "Uncle Chen, is this ?......?"

Uncle Chen glanced at it and said respectfully, "My lord, this is a slave for sale. ”

Lin Jue frowned slightly, and said suspiciously: "As the first powerful country in the world, the Yan Empire lives and works in peace and contentment, and the country and the people are safe, why is there still a situation where living people are sold as commodities?"

Uncle Chen smiled bitterly: "My lord, you also know that the people of the Yan Empire live and work in peace and contentment, but the surrounding countries are not, many neighboring countries, many people can't live, and they have fled here, just hoping that life can be better." These are all black market people, there are a large number of them, they have no identity, they can't survive in the Yan Empire, and they can only be sold as slaves, which is the only way to live in the Yan Empire. ”

"Even though the Yan Empire explicitly prohibits human trafficking, but if so many people are just expelled, they can't be driven away, and if they are all killed, the sin is too heavy. ”

Lin Jue nodded thoughtfully, after all, people are powerless to change their backgrounds, and everyone hopes to have a good future, although this method is a little inappropriate, it is their only way out.

Sure enough, such a situation, even in the previous world, was nothing new, let alone a world with a more backward level of social development. ”

Knowing the whole story of this transaction, Lin Jue sighed softly, shook his head, no longer bothered about this matter, and followed the soldier to continue to the pavilion. After all, he doesn't have a flood of the heart of the Virgin, and he has no way to manage this matter, let alone manage it, even if he has the ability to stop this seemingly dirty deal, but once he stops it, it is equivalent to pushing these refugees to death with his own hands.