The inky sky gradually brightened, and the unquiet night finally passed.

When the sky was slightly bright, everyone resting in the post station woke up one after another and packed up.

And when they were about to clean up the bones in the courtyard, they found that all the bones had disappeared, and there were a few more inconspicuous dirt pits in the corners of the courtyard.

Just when everyone was suspicious, Lu Zheng came out and told them that all the corpses had been buried by himself in the night.

Everyone was stunned, and they didn't think much about it at all. After thanking him repeatedly, Xi Gongzi came to the pit where the martial artist was buried and mourned for a moment.

Afterwards, everyone led out the horses, fed the horses with food and water, and walked out of the compound of the post station one after another.

The sky was still a little dark, but it didn't hinder the hurry, Lu Zheng confirmed the general direction, turned over his horse, and led the expanded team of three to set off.

Although the number of people increased, because Xi Gongzi's side had the foot strength of four horses, after Ning Kun and the others shared some of the mountain goods, the speed of the team was one point faster.

With the physical strength of the horses, they needed to stop and rest every half an hour of running, and everyone walked and stopped all the way, and at noon, they passed through the deserted Gobi wilderness and entered a large area of mountains and lush hills.

At this moment, there is only a small and half distance left from the Western Xinjiang Dasai, compared to the desolation of the wilderness Gobi, this large area of endless hills and mountains dotted with verdant colors gives people a sense of vitality, but compared to the road, it is more difficult to walk, and the speed of the team has slowed down significantly.

Seeing that the sun was high and people were tired, Lu Zheng, the leader, raised his hand, and at his signal, everyone pulled the reins and slowed down, and then stopped at the foot of the mountain to rest and eat on the spot.

The water and dry food that everyone carried with them were very abundant, and the food was delicious, and Xi Gongzi, who seemed to be pampered, sat together with Ye Ningkun and others, gnawing on the jerky in their hands without paying attention to it.

"Your Excellency, you have to be careful if you go any further. ”

While eating, she said to Lu Zheng:

"The road behind this hill is the only way for many cities to go to the Western Frontier, so there are often thieves and horse bandits who haunt and rob caravans. Most of these thieves are in groups, and their strength is not weak, and it will be a big trouble if they are targeted. ”

Lu Zheng nodded, signaling that he knew, and Ning Kun on the side also said:

"What Xi Gongzi said is right, when I was leading a business with Shi Longwu in the past, I also encountered many times, and most of the manpower was lost under their hands. But this time, if there are so many of us, if it is just a small group of horse bandits, we are not afraid. ”

"That's right. ”

Xi Gongzi also nodded approvingly.

The Western Xinjiang Dasai has cleaned the surrounding area many times, most of the thieves and horse bandits are small groups of people running around, and the leader Lu Zheng is a very fierce man, as long as they are not extremely unlucky to meet the horse bandits and thieves of the brigade, they really don't have to worry about anything.

In this way, everyone talked without a match, and when the horse's strength was almost recovered, they all turned over and set off again.

On the way, everyone maintained full vigilance, always paying attention to whether there was anything unusual on the road ahead, but maybe it was luck, maybe it was because they traveled lightly and did not carry much of the goods they carried, and there were no unsightly thieves and horse bandits on the road to intercept them.

In any case, this is a good thing, and everyone is also in a light mood and quick to whip up.

And the road hurried slowly, and after another two or three hours, they were already running on a plain, and at the end of the line of sight, a shadow of the outline of an extremely large city was in sight.

The Great Fortress of Western Xinjiang is coming soon!

On horseback, whether it was people like Lu Zheng and Xu Yong who had never been to the Western Xinjiang Dasai, or Xi Gongzi and others, who were physically and mentally exhausted after rushing continuously, their spirits suddenly perked up.

At this moment, the long wind on the plain is mighty, the sky is high and far away, and the clouds in the sky are indifferent, rendered into a red color by the setting sun in the west, and fed back to the vast earth, like a layer of fiery red sand.

On the plains, you can clearly see the traces of a road that stretches into the distance, and further on, there are caravans of horses and convoys rushing forward, which seem to be merchants from other places.

The crowd hastened their horses, overtook several caravans on the main road, and accelerated for a while, until they finally came to the distant city before the sky was dark.

Looking up, this is a huge ancient city that is extremely magnificent, continuous I don't know how long, the city wall is more than three zhang high standing on the plain, full of vicissitudes, the weather is extremely solemn.

In the middle of the city wall, the huge city gate towers, there is a lot of traffic in front of the gate, there is a team of powerful guards to set up cards, a large number of convoys, horse teams gather here, pouring in, showing the prosperity here.

Seeing such a huge and majestic city, as well as the prosperous scene in front of the city gate, Xu Yong, who grew up in the walled city since he was a child, was inexplicably excited, Xu Hu and Song Yuan, who had only been here once, also sighed again and again.

As for Lu Zheng, apart from being amazed, he didn't have much reaction.

After all, he is a modern person, and he has long been accustomed to the sky-high buildings and prosperity in the metropolis, and although the scale of the Western Xinjiang Dasai in front of him is not small, it is not enough to surprise him.

When the destination arrived, there was not much communication, and Xi Gongzi immediately acted as a guide, leading Lu Zheng and others to line up at the gate of the city, ready to pay customs duties and enter the city.

The Western Xinjiang Dasai is the commercial center of the Western Xinjiang, and the merchants entering the city have to pay a tax according to the capitation, and each person has ten copper horns. When it was Lu Zheng and the others' turn, the elite guards didn't check much, took a silver tooth paid by Xi Gongzi, and waved it on the spot to let them go.

Passing through the heavy city gate, the sight suddenly opens up, the bluestone street is very spacious, the lofts on both sides are wide and wide, row upon row, and the shadows of the continuous tall buildings can not be seen, showing prosperity in the embellishment of lights.

There are people everywhere, and you can see martial artists with swords on their waists everywhere, and their temperament is fierce, which also reveals the prosperity of the development of martial arts here.

Under the leadership of Xi Gongzi, everyone controlled the speed of the horse and followed behind, and the few people in the walled city on horseback were almost dazzled as if Grandma Liu had entered the Grand View Garden.

Lu Zheng also glanced at everything around him with great interest, and experienced the customs of this big city.

According to the introduction of Xi Gongzi Road, the population of Xijiang Dasai is one million, and there are also outer cities and inner cities, of which the outer city covers an area of more than eighty percent, and the common people are the main residents.

In addition to the common people, there are also various martial arts halls in the outer city to recruit apprentices, and thousands of young people come to the surrounding cities every year, which makes it seem that the outer city is mixed.

The inner city is generally the place where the dignitaries and businessmen live in the rich and powerful, and the environmental security is far better than that of the outer city, and I don't know how many small merchants have their lifelong goal to be qualified to settle in the inner city, as if this can change the class.

"Such a routine, it seems familiar, it is really the same ancient and modern......"

Recalling this information, Lu Zheng silently complained in his heart, and then looked forward to it in his heart.

Because according to what Xi Gongzi said, several famous black markets in Dasai in Western Xinjiang are all in the outer city, and after settling down, it will be time for him to find a way to use the price difference bug to brush up on the essence of strengthening!