The envoys of Pakistan came to the country of Jilan.

And the Lan country is a vassal state of Yelang, a tribal country second only to Yelang, but its reputation is overshadowed by the well-known "Yelang arrogance".

Entering the city of Jilan (about present-day Huangping, Guizhou), Bagui met with the chief of the Lan Dynasty and was highly entertained by the hospitable Helan people.

And Lan Junchang intends to discuss economic issues such as the existence of exchanges with Baguay.

In Yelang's territory, the biggest resource is the population, so it is not a secret that Lan Junchang especially wants to do slave business with Baguay—-- and the tribes of Bagua have bought back many slaves from Yelang.

Baguay had a very clear mission on this mission, and he had no interest in this area, and he knew that it would be impossible for Lan Junchang to discuss with him the most urgent military issues at present without the approval of the Marquis of Yelang, so he left Gelan the next day.

With the help of Lan Jun, Bagui and his entourage successfully arrived at the capital of Yelang (about today's Yelang Town, Tongzi, Guizhou).

What appeared in front of Baguay was an open valley, surrounded by mountains, and the Yelang stream gurgling and crystal clear, and the western corner of the valley was the capital of Yelang, Yelang Dam.

Entering the capital of Yelang, Bagui found that this is a city with a peculiar style, the buildings are mainly wood and bamboo, mostly on the first floor, and some on the first floor and one bottom.

In the city, two rows of buildings are lined up opposite each other, and in the middle, there is a bluestone street about a width of more than a zhang, which is in the shape of a fish ridge.

Here, it is located on the main road from Bashu to Yunnan and Vietnam.

Later, it was the county seat of the Tang Dynasty and Song Yelang, and it was also the exile place of the Tang Dynasty poet Li Bai.

Along the way, Bagui saw a lot of strange local customs, such as eating without chopsticks and spoons, grabbing food directly with your hands (this habit is also found in many tribes of the Bagui people), and strangely, they also have the habit of nose drinking.

The Ba people who came from afar also found that the Yelang people had many vertebrae buns, some were naked, and some wore barrel skirts and head-worn clothes, which was somewhat similar to the Ba people. In particular, some people have chiseled teeth (called "tooth punching").

There are a lot of strange things, and Bagui has something on his mind, so he has no time to look at the local scenery and people, so he hurries to the quaint and luxurious palace to meet the Marquis of Yelang.

Yelanghou recently accepted a new beauty, looking for joy day and night. This beauty came from Pingyi (about present-day Bijie, Guizhou).

At this time, it was almost noon, and Yelanghou was still lingering, and when he heard that the envoy of Pakistan asked to see him, he lay in the arms of the beauty and asked, "Sent by Pasir An?"

The messenger replied, "It was sent by Ba Ping'an." ”

"Who is Ba Ping'an? I haven't heard of it!" Ye Langhou finished speaking, and climbed onto the woman's naked body again.

It turned out that before, in Pakistan, one of the most strategic figures, the second son of Pasir An, from the time he was stationed in the Shicheng military camp, he believed that the relationship between Pakistan and Yelang was extremely important to the safety of the Danfu River Basin, and sent people to Yelang several times to get through. This night Langhou only bought Basian's account.

Later, Brazil lost power, and then was killed, and the connection between Pakistan and the upper echelons of Yelang was broken.

Yelanghou's attitude is like this, in two or three days, Baguay used a lot of treasures, thought of many ways, and found several ways, just like making an appointment with each other, all of them gave the Pakistani people food behind closed doors.

On this night, the moon and stars were scarce, in the dead of night, Bagui could not sleep steadily, got up, walked out of the room alone, came to a small garden in the pavilion, stood in front of a row of golden bamboos, looked up at the bright moon, sighed for a long time, and thought hard about the best plan.

After a long time, I heard an unfamiliar voice behind me: "Ba Xingren!"

In the dead of night, Bagui was lightly taken aback.

Bagui turned around and saw an old man in the moonlight, holding an "iron sweeper" (a broom made of a local thin-branched and wear-resistant plant, known as the iron sweeper in later generations), recognized it as an old servant who was doing chores in the building, and said, "Old man, are you calling me?"

"When the old man sees you in the past few days, he is so busy that his feet don't touch the ground, he doesn't eat on time, and he can't sleep at night, so he must have encountered difficulties. ”

"Thank you! To be honest, this time, I really shouldn't be able to shout every day. ”

"Heh! There is no endless road, why should the people of Ba Xing be like this. ”

Listening to his tone, Bagui was calm and full of energy, and there seemed to be something in his words, so he said, "Old man, please have something to say." ”

"The old man stole the material, and the Ba Xingren were worried about not being able to meet the monarch. ”

"Please advise the old man!" Bagui thought to himself, he was a pedestrian from Pakistan, and of course he came to Yelang to meet his master, and it was not difficult to guess, so he said politely.

"If the Ba Xing people really want to see the Lord, the old man has a way. ”

"What's the way?" said Bagui excitedly.

"You might as well go and ask to see the Ten Princesses. ”

"Ten princesses?"

"The tenth princess, is a strange woman. She is the Maharaja's favorite princess. Six or seven years ago, according to the agreement, the tenth princess would marry and be the son of the Lan Kingdom. I don't want to, the son of that life is thin, and more than a month before the wedding, he died of a violent illness. Poor ten princesses, who became widows before they got married.

About two years later, the tenth princess remarried and married a military general of the Yelang Kingdom. No, a few months later, General Nawu died of his wounds in a battle.

"Last year, she married again, to the head of a clan. At the end of the year, the leader also died. ”

The more Bagui listened, the more he felt that the woman was evil, could it be the often said Kefu, and said, "How did this one die?"

"I heard it was in bed. ”

"Oh", Baguay didn't know what to say for a while.

"You might as well go meet her. The old man smiled softly.

"Thank you, old man! ”

"But it doesn't hurt to talk about it. ”

"I look at the demeanor and tone of your voice, old man, you don't look like a subordinate. ”

"Hehehe! The old man is the original subordinate. But after decades here, what character hasn't you seen?"

Bagyu nodded.

"In the past few days, I have seen you eat the same food and live in the same room as the servants, and you and them are like brothers, and I have seen that you are not a vulgar thing, but a good person. I happened to come to clean the garden tonight, and I sighed when I saw you, so I asked. If the pedestrian is interested, tomorrow morning, I will let a boy lead the way for you. ”

Seeing that Bagui was skeptical, the old man smiled and said: "Tomorrow morning, someone will come to you, if you believe me, you might as well use a dead horse as a live horse doctor." ”

Bagui said goodbye to the old man, returned to the room, and thought about what kind of woman that woman was.

Bagua, like all Bagua, is a complete superstitious braincase, and does not want to be contaminated with such a woman, but his mission has not been completed, maybe Xiaoguan has already started a war, time is not waiting, make up your mind, and ask to see the tenth princess.

I had my first good night's sleep in a foreign country.

When I got up the next day, sure enough, a boy came to Bagui and asked, "Do you want to serve?"

Bagui ordered the servant to take the money and reward the boy, and asked him to lead the way, and specially asked the servant to find the famous disguise powder of Ba that was originally going to be given to the harem of Yelang Hou, and only took a man of twenty-five or six to the residence of the tenth princess.

Unexpectedly, the residence of the tenth princess is not in the capital, but outside Yelang City.

The three of them walked along the Yelang River for about an hour, and there were fewer and fewer people.

Arrived at the mouth of a bridge.

Under the guidance of the guide, Bagui looked at the other side of the Yelang River, in a bamboo forest, a small manor could be vaguely seen.

The guide said to Bagui: "The villain can only lead here, and after crossing the river, it is the residence of the ten princesses." Don't say I got it. ”

Baguay laughs.

"Also, Ba Xingren, you have to be careful, I heard that she is a White Tiger Star. ”

"What are the White Tiger Star afraid of, I am the descendant of the White Tiger God!" Coming along the same road, Bagui felt that this kid was a little slippery head, and said with a smile.

"Ba Xingren, don't laugh, what the villain said is all for your good. ”

Bagua's servant humane: "What is the White Tiger Star?"

"It's the edge of the ditch, it's barren land......" the boy laughed indecently.

Bagui pursed his lips, smiled lightly, and said, "Calling her White Tiger Star and Black Tiger Star, I'm here to do business." ”

"After the tenth princess was widowed, she never married. The villain guessed that the old man was looking for a handsome man from outside the tenth princess. ”

"Really?" asked him, "Really?" and it was impossible to tell whether it was worry or jealousy.

"I don't know if it's true or not, anyway, every time my uncle asks me to send people, none of them are crooked melons and cracked dates. ”

"Hehe, look, am I handsome?" said Bagyu, teasing him.

"Of course! Ba Xingren is a blessed person, and his bearing is extraordinary! Not like a villain, with a sharp mouth and monkey gills. The kid flattered.

The two thanked the guide, and the guide returned the same way.

Baguey turned around, looked at the bridge in front of him, and found that including the bridge pillars, all made of bamboo, it seems, it has been some years, secretly thinking, through the ordinary?

From the person who got on the bridge first, it felt a little shaky, but it was fine.

The two of them cautiously crossed the bridge, crossed a bamboo road, and arrived at the gate of the manor, and saw that the gate was open on both sides, and there was no one there.

Looking at the shape of this manor, it is also all bamboo structure, only one floor, and all around is bamboo. However, except for the bottom of the bamboo forest, there is not a single scattered bamboo leaf in the outer dam, which is very clean.

Bagyu asked.

After a while, a middle-aged woman came out of it, dressed simply and cleanly, and Shi Li asked, "May I ask the guest's name, what is the reason for this?"

Bagui secretly thought, this woman knows some etiquette, and she is worthy of being the person next to the tenth princess, and she also said politely: "Baguyu, a pedestrian from Pakistan, is here to meet the tenth princess!"

The woman said, "Let me report first." "Turn around and go in.

After waiting for a long time, the woman came and asked Bagui to go in alone, and said that she was not allowed to bring weapons with her.

Bagui will take the short sword off and will give it to the servant.

He secretly thought, "Is it really as the kid said?" and did not dare to ask, so he had to wait anxiously and with mixed emotions outside.

Bagui went in and took a look, and sure enough, as he guessed, it was a courtyard with a quadrangle, all of which were bamboo forest structures, small in scale, and also very neat. The decoration on the bamboo and wood walls is not complicated, and it is mostly simple checkered patterns and patterns.

Except for the woman who led the way, there was no one else, and Bagui thought to himself: "This courtyard is also the residence of the tenth princess, how can there be no guards and servants?"

The more pure he was, the more uneasy he became.

"When you arrive, please let the pedestrians go inside. ”

Passing through the bluestone courtyard in the middle, to the door of a room on the left, the woman said.

Without waiting for Baguay to speak, the woman turned and left.

Bagui looked up at the door, there was nothing special, he calmed down, and walked into the room.

Baguay stepped into it like a maze.