Li Siye smiled, he knew this story, Li Linfu himself was shallow in knowledge, and he made some jokes about words. His brother-in-law is too often Shaoqing Jiang Du got a son, Li Linfu wrote a letter to celebrate, Jiang Du in order to show off, deliberately opened the letter for the guests to see, but just opened it dumbfounded, hurriedly closed the letter, but a few sharp-eyed guests have already seen the content of the letter clearly, Li Linfu's letter is impressively written: "I heard that there is a celebration of the deer......"

All the guests couldn't help but laugh, the dignified prime minister actually wrote a typo, and wrote Zhangyu's Zhang as a roe deer, in the era of Kaiyuan's cultural governance level was quite high, it was natural to be spread and ridiculed by officials and literati, and now not only the officialdom, but even the people are also talking about it as a joke.

The caravan walked out of the Devil's City and continued to march forward, but it was snowing heavily on the way, the north wind was howling, and the whole world was white, and everyone gathered the camel caravan together and continued to advance against the wind and snow. In the face of this situation, it is natural to remind people of Cen Shen's two poems: "The north wind sweeps the ground and the grass folds, and the snow flies in August." ”

Everyone's faces and beards were white, although Li Siye was wearing a thick shirt inside, he was wearing cold iron armor outside, and he was blown by the wind and snow, and it was cold from the inside out.

The old guide Suotong cheered everyone up: "A hundred miles further on, there is Gaochang City, and we will rest in the city." ”

But the snow was falling heavier and the visibility was so low that the people lost their way, and they came to an abandoned fortress on a hill, where they rested for half an hour. When he hit the road again, not only did the experienced elder Dashi not know the direction, but even Suotong was completely blind.

Astronomy to distinguish the direction, there is no sun, moon and stars in the sky, to distinguish by geography, the surface of the mountains and rivers are covered by snowflakes, which is a kind of heavy snow on the road, completely lost the sense of direction. Soton consulted with the elder for a moment, wanting to wait until the snow had completely stopped before leaving.

Li Siye hurriedly caught up with the team of Du Hu, and hurriedly asked, "Don't you have a compass in your caravan?" ”

The elder shook his head: "No, we are frequent visitors on this road, and we usually follow the terrain or distinguish the sun and the moon, who would have thought that we could encounter this situation." ”

"I have, I brought an improvised compass."

Li Siye took out his simple compass from his backpack, and the elder was overjoyed when he saw it, and hurriedly beckoned everyone to set off, facing the wind and snow and continuing to move forward.

Not long after they hit the road, two armored figures appeared in front of them, covered in snow and with frost on their faces. Suotong, the head of the caravan, stepped forward to ask for directions: "Dare to ask the two military masters, how far is it from Gaochang City ahead?" ”

"There are still more than sixty miles!" The leading officer tugged at the horse's reins, the horse's legs kept stamping its hooves, and the horse's nose spewed out white gas. The officer shouted at the top of his voice, "Have you ever seen an officer on the way?" Tall, it is Li Shuzheng, who went to Anxi to take up his post. ”

Li Siye was familiar with this voice, and heard them inquire about him, so he hurriedly rode forward and shouted, "Tian Zhen! Fujimaki! ”

The two were overjoyed when they heard this, and hurriedly stepped forward to meet Li Siye.

"God, I've finally found you! Team Lu Qian was saying that you pulled down your things halfway and went back to look for them. We escorted the supplies to Qiuzi Town, and hurriedly came out to find you. The desert is really dangerous, you are trekking alone, I'm afraid you won't be able to find it! ”

Li Siye smiled, nodded and said: "I did go back to look for something, and I met bandits on the way here, but fortunately I packed them all up, and then I met the big food caravan, and rushed to chase the team that guarded the capital." ”

"Duhu has returned to Anxi Duhu Mansion, the wind and snow here are too big, let's go back!"

Li Siye didn't tell them about Lu Qian, this was his personal hatred, and he needed to solve it himself.

Tian Zhen and Fuji Mu guided in front of the team, and soon arrived at the foot of Gaochang City, but the heavy snow also stopped.

Entering the city of Gaochang, the city is in full swing, and the soldiers and civilians of Gaochang are clearing the snow. The streets in the city are not as well-planned as those in Chang'an and other cities in the Central Plains, except for the main street, which is straight and smooth, and the rest of the streets and alleys are zigzag. The houses built are also exotic, most of them are flat-roofed houses made of sand and stone, and most of them are wealthy families who admire the culture of the Central Plains. The domed church of the Great Qin Sect stands among the many buildings.

The Gaochang people stood on the roof to clear the snow, and when they saw the big food caravan, they shouted in the local language to welcome them, and the caravan personnel also hugged their chests and saluted.

The elder invited Li Siye to go in and rest, but Li Siye refused and decided to go to the official post in the city with the two of them to rest for the night, and then hurry tomorrow.

Suo Tong and Suo Yuanlang and Suo Yuanyu brothers and sisters were reluctant to give up, and sent the three of them out of the street.

"Li Shuzheng, my Suo family is a surname in Guazhou, if you pass by Guazhou in the future, you must come to your home as a guest, and Suotong will entertain the three of them as VIPs."

Li Siye replied loudly: "Okay, I will definitely go when the time comes." ”

He led the horse step by step and turned around, Suo Yuanyu's cold and red face swirled with dimples, and waved his narrow sleeves to him.

"Li Lang, you must come when the time comes."

The crisp sound came from the snow-covered streets, making the roofs white and the cold air pure, Li Siye smiled and waved his hand and turned away.

Tian Zhen shook the beard at the corner of her lips, squinted and said playfully: "This little lady seems to have taken a fancy to you." ”

"How do you know he's a woman?"

Tian Zhen snorted and said: "Lao Tzu also traveled south and north, how can his knowledge be vain, how can he not distinguish between male and female?" ”

Li Siye didn't answer, and the marriage issue was not considered for the time being, and he would wait for him to gain a firm foothold in Anxi.

The three of them came to the Gaochang Post Station, and the Yicheng arranged an upstairs room for them, with straw mats and sheep felt on the ground, and then left their luggage, and then went to the streets of Gaochang City to wander around to understand the local customs of Gaochang.

There are few pedestrians on the streets, many people wear Hanfu, the flags hanging in and outside the wine shop are also Chinese characters, and there are orchids in the wine shop, and the Sanle pulp sold is cheaper than that in the Central Plains.

Li Siye and the three of them went in to sell two buckets of wine, cut some yak meat, and drank until it was dark before going back to rest.

In the early morning of the second day, the three of them rode horses and camels on the road, and arrived at Yanqi Town, one of the four towns of Anxi, in the afternoon, this city has been expanded several times, the scale is far greater than Gaochang, and there are many Tang-style buildings in the city, and Yanqi Town makes the mansion live in the north of the city. The three of them rested for a day at the official post in the city, and after a two-day long journey, they finally came to the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate in Qiuzi.

The location of the Anxi Duhufu in the city of Qiuci is the same as that of the Central Plains, occupying the north of the city and facing south, but the architectural style combines the style of the Central Plains and the Western Regions, the buildings around the mansion are all the style of resting mountains and heavy eaves, and the rest of the departments are adapted to local conditions, adopting the flat-topped round arch style of the anvil building of the Western Regions, and even a few houses with a combination of Chinese and Western styles, and building a bucket arch tile ridge on the edge of the rock roof.

When Li Siye came to the gate of the mansion, he immediately asked to enter the mansion to meet Laiyao, and the guards immediately went in to report, and he waited outside the door for half an hour before he was allowed to enter.

As soon as he entered the mansion, he saw Lu Qian, the leader of the rear team of the Laiyao personal guard, and this person was also promoted, and he became the leader of the Duhu family. When he saw Li Siye come to the mansion safe and sound, a stunned expression appeared on his face, maybe he didn't expect that Li Siye would be able to escape and survive.

Lu Qian looked down and saw the five heads hanging on Li Siye's mount, which were blown by the cold wind day and night, and had already formed an ice head, with long ice picks hanging under his bruised chin.