On the border of Xiliangzhou, several teams of rangers galloped through.

Not far away is the Wujia River, a tributary of the Qinghe River, where the rich water vapor spreads, turning it into a verdant grassland.

On the banks of the Uga River, at this time stood a young man and a woman, a wooden man and a rickety old man, who seemed to be waiting for the ferry.

The woman's face was pale, as if she was weak and leaning lightly against the man, the man's long hair was tied back at will, and he was wearing a dark robe, and his face was not very good.

Zi Shuiyang frowned, and asked Xiao Yu, who insisted on waiting for the ferry: "Now that Xiliangzhou has become a dangerous situation, if I take the eldest prince to fly with my magical powers, I should be able to go to Wusiyuan in this space, why go all the way back." ”

Xiao Yu smiled, "Qin Quan didn't reject my proposal, which means that he himself has been shaken, then Xiliangzhou may not be in danger, and besides, take a walk to take a look." ”

Zi Shuiyang didn't have much interest in these so-called important military matters, so he just hummed and stopped talking.

Xiao Yu paused and continued: "But Elder Zi is right, Xiliangzhou is not a grassland after all, so let's ask Senior Huang to escort Qiu Si back to the grassland first." I'll be back after a while. ”

Huang Shuiquan, whose face was blank, nodded silently.

Qiu Si, who had been a little sick since he woke up, wanted to speak and stopped, but he still stood up straight lightly and whispered to Xiao Yu: "Then I'll go back first, you be careful yourself." ”

Xiao Yu stretched out his hand to help her pull down the neckline of her cloak, nodded and smiled: "Don't worry." ”

The group of four separated on the bank of the Wujia River, Huang Shuiquan wrapped Qiu Si and flew towards Wusi Yuan, while Xiao Yu took Zishuiyang and walked slowly along the Wujia River.

Xiao Yu and Zi Shuiyang walked side by side, and asked with a smile, "Zi Lao, are you okay?"

Xiao Yu didn't specify what was okay, but Zi Shuiyang knew it and snorted coldly, "The eldest prince asked knowingly." There are some things I have wanted to say a long time ago, why do you want me to make you a cow and a horse, don't you rely on having a father who is the first in the world, and I am sure that I am not convinced. However, when people are old, they will be less courageous, you have your back against the big tree of Taoism, and Xiao Lie to support you, what can you do if you are not convinced? It's not that you do things honestly, at most, at the moment of life and death, you just leave yourself and slip away. ”

Xiao Yu didn't mind and smiled, "Elder Zi is telling the truth. ”

Zi Shuiyang clasped his hands in his sleeves and leaned over, a bit like an old farmer in the countryside, "However, since the eldest prince has given hope, my Zi Shuiyang has nothing to be dissatisfied, which is better than being killed by Xiao Lie on the spot in the Witch Sect Ancestral Court." ”

Xiao Yu said with emotion: "When Zi Lao was in the ancestral court, he once said that the industry was small and the family was poor, so he had to make small calculations, I Xiao Yu can't say that I started from scratch, I can be regarded as half a son-in-law, but the family business left by the old man is really full of holes, and the newly found owner of the Taoist sect has a big family business, but there are many non-profits." Therefore, many things have to be done in person, and in the future, I will have to work more for Zi Lao to support Xiao Yu. ”

Zi Shuiyang's eyes were complicated, and he only vaguely agreed.

Xiao Yu didn't say more, suddenly stopped, beckoned, and a sheepskin raft drifting down from the upstream docked on the shore.

The old man and the child are wearing dirty sheepskin jackets, the difference is that the old man is holding a brace in his hand and standing at the bow of the boat, while the child is sitting in the cabin, revealing a face that is not white, and looking at Xiao Yu and Zi Shuiyang curiously with a pair of dripping eyes.

The old man looked at Xiao Yu and asked with a smile, "Two guest officers, are you going to cross the river?"

Xiao Yu also smiled and agreed, asked the price, and got on the boat after handing the old man the two boats.

Sitting on the boat, Xiao Yu was not in a hurry to cross the river, but floated down the Wujia River for a while, Xiao Yu asked casually: "How long has the old man been doing this?"

The old man said with a smile while holding the boat: "I have been doing it since I was twenty years old, and I have been doing it almost for a lifetime." ”

Xiao Yu became interested and asked, "How old is the old man this year?"

The old man thought for a moment and replied, "Seventy-three years old." ”

Xiao Yu was a little surprised: "So you've been doing it for more than fifty years, old man?"

The old man said with a smile: "What the son said is that the old man's home is in a village in the upper reaches of the river, and he has been living by ferrying for fifty years. ”

Xiao Yu was slightly embarrassed and smiled: "Fortunately, fortunately." ”

The old man asked, "Childe, are you going to the grassland?"

Xiao Yu nodded and said: "Yes, there is still a little business on the grassland, I heard that there is going to be a war in the northwest, so I quickly ended the matter while there was no war." ”

The old man said in a low voice: "That son has to be careful, I heard that the king of the grassland has been replaced by a person from the Central Plains, killing people everywhere on the grassland, and the current grassland is not as good as before." ”

Xiao Yu smiled slightly bitterly, but still thanked him: "Thank you for reminding the old man." ”

At this time, the child, who had been quietly listening to Xiao Yu and the old man talking, suddenly asked, "That son, what kind of business do you do when you go to the grassland?"

The old man glared at the child, the child shrunk his neck, but he was not afraid at all, and still looked at Xiao Yu curiously.

Xiao Yu smiled and patiently explained: "In the business of the grassland, if it is transported from Dazheng to the grassland, it is nothing more than tea, iron and salt, and from the grassland to our Central Plains, it is horses." My family has a small business, salt and iron can't touch it, and horses don't dare to touch it, so it's just a business of smuggling tea. ”

The old man hurriedly said, "This is also a big deal." ”

Along the way, Xiao Yu talked a lot with the old man first, and went down the river for a hundred miles before Xiao Yu got off the boat. Officially out of Xiliangzhou, stepped into the grassland boundary.

Zi Shuiyang, who had been squinting and not saying a word since he got on the boat, got off the boat and glanced at Xiao Yu, "What about playing micro-service private interviews?"

Xiao Yu smiled and said: I'm not so idle, just chatting by the way. ”

Zi Shuiyang didn't dwell on this, and asked, "Where are we going next?"

Xiao Yu thought about it for a while, and used his hand to draw a topographic map of the northwest on the ground that was comparable to a ghost painting.

He pointed to the position of the pass where the grassland iron rode south to Xiliang in previous years and said, "This is it." ”

The Xiliang Corridor starts from Wusheling in the east and reaches Yumen Pass in the west.

Wushei Ridge.

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Three days later, Huang Shuiquan escorted Qiu Si back to the royal court.

After Lin Yinping, who was dressed in a white fox fur, visited Qiu Si, who was seriously injured, he found Huang Shuiquan and asked coldly, "What about the horses, why didn't they come back together?"

Huangshuiquan wanted to speak and stopped.

Lin Yinping's lips trembled, and he said angrily: "It's okay to hide it from me and go to Xiliang Prefecture alone, why don't you come back yet? Elder Huang, can you give me an explanation?"

A wry smile appeared on Huang Shuiquan Mu Ne's face, and he secretly scolded in his heart No wonder when Xiao Yu let himself come back, Zi Shuiyang, the old fox, didn't speak, he was waiting for him here, and at the same time faced the princess Her Royal Highness carefully worded: "I think, the concubine also doesn't want His Highness to worry too much." ”

Lin Yinping took a deep breath, calmed down, and smiled at Huang Shuiquan reluctantly: "I'm sorry, Elder Huang, I was too excited just now. ”

Huang Shuiquan also breathed a sigh of relief, and shook his head to indicate that it was nothing. I have always heard that Lin Yinping has a very good relationship with Murong of Autumn Leaves Daoist, and Xiao Yu also treats Her Royal Highness the princess very well. Now he is under the eaves of the Yellow Water Spring, and it doesn't matter if he bows his head. Throughout the ages, how many heroes and famous generals have not died on the battlefield, but have died under the wind of a woman's pillow. He didn't want to repeat it.

Lin Yinping walked into the courtyard a little dejected, looked up at the sky, and said with a hint of crying: "Xiao Yu, you have the ability to never come back!"