Jiaohe City stands on a platform that is more than five zhang above the flat ground.

The underground of the platform is the confluence of the two rivers, one east and one west, that is, because of the accumulation of these two rivers, the special landform of Jiaohe City is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

This is an extremely ancient city, it was originally the capital of the Western Regions Cheshi Kingdom, the whole city is in the shape of willow leaves, three miles long from north to south, and one hundred zhang wide from east to west.

It is a rammed earth city that is very common in the Western Regions, and its layout is similar to that of Chang'an City.

The city's markets, government offices, Buddhist temples, pagodas, streets and alleys, as well as workshops, dwellings, military drill grounds, and hidden trenches are all available.

With more than 80,000 inhabitants, it is one of the few giant cities in the Western Regions.

At the request of Wang Fangyi, Yun Chu and his entourage, after unloading their armor, entered this city that was extremely important to the capital of Anxi.

Jiaohe City is a lively place, and all the caravans that are ready to enter the Tang Dynasty to do business regard this place as the starting point.

Therefore, as long as the goods from the Western Regions can be seen in Chang'an, they are available here, but the price is not as good as that of Chang'an.

When the workers in the caravan saw this scene, they were all a little happy and didn't know why.

Only then did they enter the Western Regions, there would be ten times the benefits, it was too encouraging for them, if the goods they brought here were exchanged for the goods of the Western Regions at this time, they would be brought back and forth, and after removing the travel expenses, they would have at least three times the interest.

However, none of the caravan workers were tempted by this benefit, because, when they came, the shopkeeper made it very clear that this business activity should have at least ten times more benefits, so as to live up to their hard work.

Pei Xingjian didn't come to the city gate to greet Yun Chu, this guy has become more and more arrogant since he arrived in the Western Regions to serve as the protector of Anxi.

Just when Yun Chu and Wen Wen were angry and angry with Pei Xing's frugality, a huge team of monks appeared on the loess street in front of him.

Not only monks, but also nuns, some of the sturdy monks who looked more like robbers also held umbrellas and carried chariots, ignoring Yun Chu and the others, forcibly separated their team, and came to the slender carriage.

The eighteen senior monks of the Shaolin Temple changed into their bronze armor at this time, and after removing the hats, they revealed their black shiny bald heads and knotted necks, and the iron rods in their hands were shiny and polished by the wind and sand.

"Welcome to the Buddha Woman"

The old monk headed by the old monk folded his hands and saluted Naha's carriage, then he was speaking, and then, in the Sanskrit chanting of a group of monks, Yun Chu looked at Naha in a lotus robe, wearing a lotus crown, holding a lotus lamp, and stepping on lotus shoes, Naha leaned out of the carriage expressionlessly, and stepped on the broad back of the Shaolin Temple monks who knelt on one knee, and after walking eighteen steps, her foot fell on the step that was inlaid with the eight treasures of Buddhism.

Then he sat cross-legged, shook the lotus lantern in his hand, and was carried away by four bald monks, followed by a pure white camel, in which the sound of Sanskrit chanting did not stop.

Speaking of which, Yun Chu saw such a big personal display scene when Wu Mei was sealed.

After Naha sat on that chariot, she became a Buddha, and Yun Chu had a hard time understanding the smile on the child's face, it was a smile that could give people a sense of superiority, and whoever met Naha's gaze would feel that her gaze was full of compassion.

Yun Chu never knew that in addition to being used to drink water and eat, the bowl was also a musical instrument, and the monks and nuns knocked on their rice bowls and carried Naha away from Yun Chu.

Then, Yun Chu saw that Xiao Yuhua and Avanti also followed behind, walking neatly and neatly, and he didn't have a little nostalgia for Zhong Kui, the master.

I don't know when Pei Xingjian, who came over, stood beside Yun Chu and said, "I didn't come because I didn't want you to lose face, tsk, look at your sister's pomp, Huang Luo umbrella cover, wing screen with peacock feathers, feet do not touch the ground, step by step lotus, Sanskrit sound shrouded, the sound of praise soars to the sky, in the Tang Dynasty, you will definitely be convicted of trespassing and beheaded."

Yun Chu said, "Haven't you always claimed to be a loyal minister of the Tang Dynasty, why, this is turning a blind eye."

Pei Xingjian said embarrassedly, "The affairs of Buddhism don't count, let's go back and talk about the plan to make a fortune."

Pei Xingjian is already forty years old, if a person of this age has friendship, he doesn't need to maintain it too deliberately, and he can naturally maintain it, because everyone has long been a person who integrates into each other's lives, so there is no need to be too deliberate.

Coupled with the fact that the position is about the same, it is natural to say that it is profitable.

Yun Chu arrived at the Yamen of Anxi Duhu, which was a safe place surrounded by troops.

There is no need to lead, Yun Chu, gentle, Zhong Kui and the three of them went straight to the back house, and only then did they enter the small door, and the three of them came out together.

Pei Xingjian, who was following behind, laughed and said, "Brother has the righteousness of wealth, you have coveted your grandson for so long, but you are holding back in the face of these beauties?"

Gently and disdainfully, he said, "These women can't be the property left by the previous Anxi Duhu, right?"

Referring to the previous Anxi Du's protector of Lou Wuche, Pei Xingjian said indifferently, "It is not appropriate for Hu people to govern Hu after all."

said gently, "The background of the family is not simple, although it is Qihu on the bank of the Yellow River, he was able to serve as the commander of the personal guard brigade under the command of Emperor Taizong back then, and his loyalty is still guaranteed."

Pei Xingjian sneered and said, "The Hu people governing Hu will only make the Western Regions more Huhua, this is nature, it is no different from Sinicization, and it is also one of the sources that cause the Western Regions to be incompatible with the Central Plains."

Yun Chu stretched his neck and glanced at Pei Xingjian's back house again, and said, "You are also about to be humiliated, and you still have the face to talk about others?"

Pei Xingjian also said, "The Han people's methods of governing Hu are often too violent, which is also the source of the discord between the Western Regions and the Central Plains."

Gentleness's eyes widened, and she looked at Pei Xingjian and said, "So, you plan to follow King Wen of Zhou to give birth to his ninety-nine mixed-race sons, and then use these mixed-race sons to govern the Western Regions?"

Yun Chu laughed and arched his hand and said, "There is labor, there is labor."

Pei Xingjian scratched his head slightly embarrassed and said, "These are all presented by the vassal kings from all over the world, and I have already delivered them before I came, so it's not good to accept them."

Gentleness turned to Yun Chu and said, "Why don't the two of us have this kind of treatment? Or do those vassal kings look down on people?"

Zhong Kui narrowed his eyes and said, "You can use this as an excuse to cut it down."

Pei Xingjian waved his hand again and again and said, "Don't come nonsense, in the past, the Tang Anxi Army used too many troops in the Western Regions, and there were even Hui people who often used the name of my Tang Dynasty to occupy the pastures of other tribes at will, causing various tribes in the Western Regions to adopt a strategy of respecting and staying away from my Datang.

Yun Chu looked at Pei Xingjian and said, "What have you heard?"

Pei Xingjian smiled bitterly and said, "There are rumors in Chang'an that the eldest grandson has no jealousy to rebel, and the imperial historian reported the matter to His Majesty, and His Majesty said: Nonsense."

Spread his hands gently and said, "Since Your Majesty said that it was nonsense, someone should find evidence at this time to prove that he is not talking nonsense, this is the basic means of the imperial historians."

Pei Xingjian smiled bitterly, "First convict a person, and then look for evidence based on this crime, I don't think it's too difficult, what do you think?"

This kind of thing is gentle, Di Renjie and the three of them have done a lot, so they naturally know the process, and it is really not very difficult.

Yun Chu said, "So you plan to hide in the Western Regions for a while?"

Pei Xingjian spread his hands and said, "Naturally, now, the ministers in the court are all proud to go to the local office, and no one wants to stay in the court and go to the court every day with trepidation."

Gently snorted, laughed out and pointed at Pei Xingjian and said, "We people seem to take the initiative to go out to avoid trouble, but we don't know that the reason why we can come out is completely arranged by His Majesty, after all, only when we are outside, the rebellious ministers and thieves dare to come forward and do something they want to do but dare not do."

Yun Chu looked at it and said gently, "General Pei didn't even prepare for the banquet, and our group was covered with dust, and they didn't drink a mouthful of meat and wine, so you just said so much, it's not a loss."

Wine banquet, singing and dancing or something, Pei Xingjian naturally prepared, not only Yun Chu, Wen Wen, Zhong Kui, Zhang Donghai, Liang Ying, but also the officials above the eighth rank of the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate to accompany them, and even two people from the Xizhou Thorn History Yamen also came.

Yun Chu didn't see Fang Zheng, and was slightly disappointed, but after thinking about it for a while, he immediately understood that Fang was waiting for him to visit.

Jiaohe City is the station of Anxi Duhu, Xizhou Thorn History is stationed in Gaochang City, Gaochang City is also called Gaochang Wall, Gaochang Base, it is also a rammed earth city, only sixty miles away from Jiaohe City.

No matter what Yun Chu has become now, it should be him to visit Fang Zheng, who is kind to him, and only by doing this thing and showing that he has the intention of continuing to communicate, can everyone continue to lead.

The Western Regions cuisine prepared by the Metropolitan Protectorate is very good, and the most famous of them are the dishes made in Qiuzi in the early days of Yunchu, among which mutton noodles, pulled noodles and mutton rice are the most comforting to the hearts of long-distance travelers.

Cao, a worker from the Xizhou Thorn Mansion, carefully said to Yun Chu with a wine glass, "The lower officials heard that when the prince was in charge of Qiuzi, he was famous for being good at making food in the Western Regions, I wonder if these meals can be related to the prince?"

When Yun Chu heard this, he smiled slightly, put down the wine glass in his hand and said with a slight memory, "You don't know, when a certain family left the Cypriot tribe that had raised me for many years, a person and a horse came to Qiuci, and when I was panicked, I met Brother Fang Zheng of Qiuci Daguan, and when he saw that I was helpless, he stopped and asked me: Han family?

I replied: A certain Tang people are also at the beginning of the clouds

Brother Fang Zheng laughed and said: Since I am a Tang person, why do I have no food and clothing?

After that, he took me to the Daguan Ling Yamen...... Thinking about it to this day, it still makes a certain family cry."

After Yun Chu finished speaking, he raised his sleeves and touched his eyes, as if there were really tears there.

Without waiting for Yun Chu to put down his sleeves, he heard someone outside the curtain shouting, "Brother Yu Chuxian, I miss my brother to death."

Before the words fell, a fat figure like a mountain appeared outside the curtain, and ran to Yun Chu who got up to greet him with a cry.