Summer goes to autumn, and as the time enters August, the weather gradually becomes a little cooler, and the caravans on the official road have also increased several times compared with the scorching summer.

On the vast plains in the northwest of Yunzhou, there are golden ears of rice on the left and right, and a straight official road leads to the far northwest, and the breeze brings golden waves in the rice fields, and also blows the camel bell on the neck of the camel.

Jingle bell ~~ Jingle bell ~~

The caravan pulling several carts of silk and satin marched quickly on the official road, followed by more than a dozen dart masters, and behind were several carriages, sometimes the curtain was raised, revealing the face of the woman in the car, and whispered chatter came from the carriage:

"It's Wuguan ahead, right? I often see it on the map, but this is the first time I've been here. The last time Miss Fan entered the customs, she left here? ”

"Yes, now that the two countries are in trade, the caravans are all from Liangzhou and Yanzhou, and there are too many mountains on the other side of Yazhou, and the last time I came here alone, I walked there......"

"Twitter......"

"What are you talking about? I ate two boxes of jerky, and I got fat into a ball......"

"Twitter......"

……

In the carriage at the rear, the night terror hall was still wrapped in bandages, sitting cross-legged on a small couch, and after a period of meditation and exercise, he rested halfway, lifted the curtain, and looked at the field that he had seen once.

Because the situation of the Queen Mother was urgent, the imperial court did not dare to delay, and the next morning after the chaos in Yutan Villa, Dongfang Liren prepared the vehicle, and then set off directly to the northwest pass thousands of miles away.

The Great Wei waterway extends in all directions, except for Liangzhou and Shazhou, only one waterway is still upstream, and it is difficult to walk, so few businessmen take the waterway, which also leads to the bottom of the rivers and lakes in other states are mostly boat gangs, and Liangzhou is a horse gang, and the night terror hall wants to return to its hometown, and it has to be the same as when it came, with the convoy by land.

When he and the Queen Mother left the country, it was obvious that they could not be made public, so the team dressed up as a caravan, and the goods they brought seemed to be quite a lot, but they were all silk and silk, and basically had no weight, so as to maintain speed.

There are a lot of people in the caravan, in front of him is She Long, who is pretending to be a dart master, and the old dart master Yang Chao is familiar with the route and walks in the front to lead the way; In the middle are several black government chief arresters; The last one is the human hand brought by Fan Qinghe, the clan elder Jiang Laojiu and others of the Winter Underworld Tribe.

Sanniang didn't have time to dispatch people to prepare for the night, so she waited for Song Chi and others to come over in Yun'an; Ning'er wants to give the Pingtian Sect Master a breath, accompany Sanniang in the capital, and then meet in Honghe Town and then go out together.

As for Xuanji Zhenren, because the empress's physical condition is still unstable, she can't leave without permission, and it is estimated that it will take a while to come over to help.

After all, when encountering forces such as the King of Liang or the Northern Liang court, the identity of the Night Terror Hall may not be able to be suppressed, and Dongfang Liren has to come forward to communicate when necessary.

The caravan set off from Yun'an, five days have passed in a blink of an eye, and after passing the Wuguan, there will be no more direct official roads and town supplies, and the team is greeted by more than two hundred miles of wasteland, and then it will reach the realm of Liangzhou, the road will become more and more difficult to walk, and the speed of progress will slow down.

After looking out of the window a few times, Night Terror turned to look at the other side of the carriage, and his eyes showed a little sadness.

The Queen Mother, who changed into a lady's clothes, lay flat on the couch in the carriage, but there was no sign of waking up; The round and jade red jade knelt beside her, because she had been caring for two patients at the same time, and she was already tired and asleep.

Every other hour in the past few days, Fan Qinghe will come to check her body, the Queen Mother's body is more stable than expected, but the toxins in the body have not disappeared, and the whole person only lives on a few mouthfuls of porridge every day, and the naked eye is gradually losing weight, and I don't know how long I can last.

If this state continues, it may not be out of Liangzhou yet, and the Queen Mother will be gone.

In the past few days, the night terror hall has been conditioning the injuries without leaving home, the external injuries have basically healed, and the internal injuries have also healed a lot, I am afraid that in another ten days, it will be able to completely recover as before, and see that the queen mother has not improved at all, and her condition is getting worse, how happy is her heart.

After watching the night terror hall on the couch for a long time, the convoy arrived at Wuguan Town.

He was afraid that these temporary disguised dart masters in the team would not be able to walk out of the wasteland because they were inexperienced and did not bring enough supplies, so he picked up his saber and got up and walked out of the carriage.

Grunt coo –

"Bun ......"

"Authentic Liangzhou roast leg of lamb, after this village, there is no ...... this shop"

Wuguan Town is the last big town in the northwest of Yunzhou, where all the caravans between the two continents are entrenched, because the people of Liangzhou are too strong, and people who have no ability dare not go at all, so there are many warriors and guides waiting to be hired in the town.

Night Terror Hall got out of the carriage, and happened to see the big stupid man dressed as a boy in white, and got off the car with the exotic beauty Fan Qinghe.

The birds and birds flapped their wings anxiously, looking at the barbecue stall in the distance, looking like they were hungry for the taste of their hometown.

Seeing the night terror hall come out, Dongfang, who was originally breezy and calm, was slightly frightened, and hurriedly walked over, grabbed his arm, and frowned:

"Why did you get out?"

"After sitting in the carriage for so many days, my whole body is sore, and I came out for a walk."

Night Terror chuckled, and then led Dongfang Liren to the front of the caravan, and commanded:

"Lao Yang, you look at it, prepare enough water, you can't see a river after Wuguan, I almost died of thirst last time I came over......"

"Don't worry, I'll load a carload of water ...... this time"

"What's the use of loading a car, buy more water bladders, and prepare according to the number of heads for three days......"

"Holo ......"

Dongfang Liren was originally holding the arm of the night terror, but she was very tall and dressed as a son, which attracted the strange eyes of many passers-by for a while, so she quickly stopped her hand and stood up straight, making the appearance of the owner of the merchant's house, and looked at the street scene left and right.

When Fan Qinghe met the Night Terror Hall, the Night Terror Hall was already a big figure in the imperial court, and he didn't know the past of the Night Terror Hall, seeing the Night Terror Hall walking around the caravan front and back, he was quite familiar with the preparations for the no-man's land, and came to him and said curiously:

"Nightboy used to dart a lot?"

"Hehe, I have always been a dart master before April, and I have run all over Liangzhou, but unfortunately my father-in-law did not allow it, and I didn't go to the ...... outside the customs."

After checking it for a while, Night Terror went to the stall on the side of the street, ordered a few roast leg of lamb, and asked:

"Beiliang is far away, Honghe Town is closed to news, and there are not many rumors that can be heard. What is the situation in the rivers and lakes over there, and are there any powerful people? ”

Dongfang Liren pulled the bird that wanted to pounce on the stove, and interjected:

"The population of the Northern Liang territory is not less than that of the Great Wei, and there are naturally more masters. However, there is only one 'first in the world', Fengguancheng is recognized as invincible in the northern and southern dynasties, and the North Liang still wants to dig Fengguancheng to the North Liang at the end of the previous dynasty, but Fengguancheng went to the south of the Tiannan Sea, and made it clear that he no longer cares about the mundane affairs of the two dynasties......"

Fan Qinghe, as the 'Northern Liang Thief Saint', knows far more about the rivers and lakes of Beiliang than in the East, and answered:

"In fact, in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the rulers of the rivers and lakes are all 'Ten Grandmasters', this statement originated in the Great Liang Dynasty;

"As long as Fengguan City is put aside, the quota of the Northern and Southern Dynasties is exactly the same, they are all ten great masters, and there has not been much change since ancient times."

Night Terror Hall nodded, and said curiously: "The top ten grandmasters of Northern Liang are more powerful than Great Wei over there?" ”

Fan Qinghe shook his head: "It's hard to say. The name of the Northern Liang is different from that of the Great Wei, the Great Grandmaster is called the Great Grandmaster, the last six and Wu Kui are the first gear, and the first four and the second saints are the first grade, and are called the 'Four Saints of the Northern Liang', and the Holy Doctor is not the same concept as the Holy Doctor or something. The first in the world is on the side of Great Wei, but aside from Fengguancheng, Beiliang should be a little stronger. ”

Dongfang Liren, as the prince of Great Wei, naturally didn't like this, and retorted:

"I don't think Beiliang can compare to Great Wei. The national teacher Lu Taiqing stayed in the north all the year round, and none of the four sages of the Northern Liang dared to step into the Great Wei for half a step, especially the Zuoxian King Li Gong, who was not very capable of being crazy, and as a result, the national teacher invited him to Yashan to discuss the Tao, and he didn't see him come to the door after waiting for a few years......"

Fan Qinghe shook his head and said, "Eh, you can't say that." King Zuo Xian may not be able to beat Lu Taiqing, but it is still easy to clean up the people below. As a result, just when he was about to integrate the various departments, King Zuo Xian came over, and he was so surprised that King Gou Chen showed loyalty to Beiliang on the spot, and never had the idea of integrating the tribes again......"

Night Terror listened carefully to the exchange between the two women, secretly jotting down all kinds of useful information, while Bird Bird waited for the roast leg of lamb.

But the three of them chatted for a while, and before the leg of lamb was cooked, they heard a voice from the rear of the convoy:

"Ahem......"

"Too ...... Woowoo woo ......"

"Shh......h

？！

The three of them were speechless for a moment, and then their eyes showed ecstasy, and they hurriedly ran to the carriage......

——

Earlier, in the carriage.

"Liangzhou Authentic Roast Lamb Leg ......"

"Steamed bun wonton ......"

……

The shouts of street vendors are carried into the carriage along with the appetizing aroma.

Hongyu, who was sleeping soundly on the edge of the small couch, subconsciously sniffled, and the Queen Mother, who was lying flat on the pillow, swallowed her saliva and quietly opened her apricot eyes, which could be seen that her eyes were almost green.

A few days ago, there was an accident in Yutan Villa, and the Queen Mother's plan was to wake up after leaving the capital, and then say a few words to Night Terror, and let Night Terror Hall take her around Liangzhou to see the various places mentioned by Cleopatra's secret history, such as the wasteland where the Queen Mother and the prince camped together, the river bay where they lived in seclusion, and so on.

According to the Queen Mother's assumption, in such a hurry, it should be that the Night Terror Hall rode a fast horse, carried her on her back, and galloped outside the gate in a hurry.

But it's a pity that she didn't find out until she set off that she was followed by more than 20 people, and she was also with them.

If she woke up after leaving the capital, she would definitely not be able to grind the Night Terror Hall and let him take her to those places, maybe turn around and go back.

For this reason, the Queen Mother thought about walking for a few more days, so that even if she wanted to go back when she woke up, she could see the scenery of Yunzhou on the road.

Along the way, the night terror's inseparable concerned gaze was very intoxicating, but the body was quite hard.

Night Terror Hall was sitting in the carriage, she was afraid that it would be convenient to eat too much, so she had to wake up, so she drank two sips of porridge every day and resisted, and she was almost starved to death in the past few days.

At this time, I have walked to Wuguan, and then I will go to the wasteland, and it is very laborious to walk, so the Queen Mother will wake up now, report safety to everyone, and then probe the wind to see if you can continue to go to Liangzhou.

According to the queen mother's vision, this waking up also has to have a sense of ceremony, probably - night terror hall came back, her fingers moved, and then night terror hall hurriedly came over and squatted in front of her, she slowly opened her eyes, and said "night terror hall" sickly...... How long does Hongu sleep? This palace is fine, you don't have to worry about ......'.

But the roast leg of lamb on the outside is so fragrant!

The Queen Mother has been hungry for four or five days, and she wants to restrain her appetite, but her body has become more anxious than that of birds, and she can't wait to rush out now and hold the roast leg of lamb and nibble on two bites.

After waiting for a while, the night terror hall didn't come in, and the queen mother couldn't hold it back, so she turned her eyes to look at the small case next to her.

There were a few pastries on the table for Ruby and Night Terror, she didn't like to eat these sweets at all, but now she saw that her eyes were greener.

Trembling~

The Queen Mother's throat moved, and then she quietly raised her hand, took a small amount of pastry from the tray and put it in her mouth, wanting to chew it slowly, but it was obviously wrong to lie down and eat.

As soon as the pastry entered her mouth, the crumbs fell into her throat, and the irritated Queen Mother coughed:

"Ahem—"

Hongyu, who was lying in front of her, was suddenly awakened, quickly raised her head, and found that the Queen Mother was covering her mouth with her cheeks puffed out, looking at her with frightened eyes, and said anxiously and happily:

"Too ...... Woohoo......"

The Queen Mother hurriedly covered her stupid red jade mouth, and at the same time devoured it, wanting to swallow the pastry and destroy the corpse.

As a result, almost the next moment, there was a few "huhu-" sounds outside, the curtain was lifted, and the faces of Night Terror, Dongfang Liren, Fan Qinghe, Meng Jiao and others all appeared outside the carriage, staring at her.

“……”

The Queen Mother blinked her eyes wide, reacted quickly and made a dazed look, and looked left and right:

"Tight Palace...... Ahem......"

Night Terror's eyes were full of surprise, and he hurriedly jumped into the carriage, helped the Queen Mother, who was stuffed with a mouth full of pastries and couldn't speak clearly, and picked up the water cup from the side:

"Don't worry, don't worry, eat slowly, know that the mother is hungry......"

Dongfang Liren also came to him and stroked the back of the Queen Mother:

"Beware of choking. Hongyu, hurry up and prepare some porridge......"

The Queen Mother was caught between the two of them and asked for warmth, and when she saw a few concerned eyes, she was really a little embarrassed.

But when she heard the preparation of porridge and was driven by a strong appetite, the Queen Mother's first sentence was:

"Ahem...... What's out there? It smells so good......"

Fan Qinghe came to him and said solemnly: "The Queen Mother has just woken up from a serious illness, she can't eat heavy oil and salt, so she will drink porridge for a few days to nourish her stomach." Go out, don't gather around here. ”

Seeing this, Night Terror quickly got up and exited the carriage, and said very considerately to the outside:

"Pull the carriage out of town and don't let the smell of oil smoke come through......"

？！

The Queen Mother didn't let her smell it when she heard it, and she was a little aggrieved in her eyes, but she had no choice but to be honestly leaned on the carriage by Fan Qinghe, waiting to continue drinking porridge......

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On the other side, the middle of Liangzhou.

At noon in the Mid-Autumn Festival in August, the sun is still blazing on the Great Gobi Desert of the Barren Bone Beach.

The scene at the end of the field of vision was distorted by the rising heat, and as far as the eye could see, it was difficult to see half a living creature except for a white skeleton hanging on the side of the road with its right hand pointing northwest.

White bones are the unique road signs of Liangzhou, generally the corpses of horse robbers, some are hanged and some are worn on wooden sticks, and the big gangs that are a little more particular will hang a dried human skin, with some colored ropes on it, and it looks like a colorful flag fluttering in the wind from a distance.

Hoof, hoof......

"Drive-"

Under the scorching sun, six fast horses galloped from the sky, because there was no road on the Gobi Desert, and it was impossible to tell where they came from, but in an instant, they were under the white bone road sign.

Driving the horse to the front, it was Cao Aning, who was wearing a hat and dressed as a northwest swordsman, and raised his hand to signal the right hand of the white bone being suspended by the rope:

"Generally, if you follow the road signs and walk ten miles forward, you can find towns and villages, where the Hu Boss of the Black Flag Gang should be now......

Behind Cao Aning are Lu Jieyun's eldest apprentice Xu Tianying and second apprentice Tang Yudan; And the next three are Cao Aning's entourage for ten years.

The news of Lu Jieyun's death has spread in the rivers and lakes, and Xu Tianying, as an apprentice of Yanzhou, because he used to be the second-in-command of Yanzhou, he naturally became the new overlord of Yanzhou when the master died.

This sounds like good news, but in fact, for the people of the rivers and lakes, it is tantamount to a life talisman.

Because in history, after the death of the old Wu Kui, few of the martial artists who obtained the name of Bakui by 'order' can live for more than three years, and they will always be infamous when they are alive.

For this reason, Xu Tianying and the others did not even return to Yanzhou, and at the same time offended the dead Yan King and the imperial court, and did not dare to go back, and after leaving Yun'an, they rushed here as soon as possible.

At this time, standing under the white bone road sign, looking at the wild scene that is completely different from the other states of Great Wei, Tang Yudan even asked a little naïvely:

"Liangzhou Jianghu is so blatantly peeling and peeling off the bones and hanging on the side of the road, are you really not afraid of the government looking for trouble?"

These words came from the mouths of the people in the rivers and lakes, which is really a bit funny, but it is no wonder that Tang Yudan is no wonder.

Because in other states, no matter how vicious the devils on the rivers and lakes are, killing people and setting fires are also in secret, and it is impossible to be like Liang Zhou, blatantly hanging the evidence of the crime at the door of the house as a road sign, for fear that the government will not find a den.

Cao Aning lightly clamped the horse's belly and rushed to the northwest with five people, chuckling on the way:

"Liangzhou sandbar combined, the territory accounts for one-third of the Great Wei, but the population is less than half of Jiangzhou, usually leaving the town, it is hundreds of miles of uninhabited land, in which the horse bandits come and go like the wind, where does the imperial court come from so many people?

"Normally, each area is assigned to the local caravan, and the government acquiesces to it to collect money and do some gray business, and the caravan is responsible for maintaining law and order in the territory, and even some of the boss of the caravan still holds the official position of county lieutenant in the county government......

Xu Tian commented on this: "Driving the tiger and devouring the wolf, and using the razor to defeat the wolf, this method is tantamount to raising Gu." No wonder Liang Zhou is so poor, but his master is like a cloud and does not lose to Tiannan Yanzhou. ”

"That's true. For example, Liu Qiansheng, Jiang Zahu, and Night Terror Hall are all Gu Kings killed by Liang Zhou, and they are all not from good backgrounds without exception, and they were even born in the ditch, either orphans or with a deep hatred of blood.

"When we were still learning art to lay the foundation, people had already run around and carried dozens of lives, that alertness and ruthlessness, people in other rivers and lakes are really incomparable, it is said that the night of the great Yama until now, sleep without leaving the knife, open one eye......"

Tang Yudan came out of the capital alive, and was already convinced of Cao Aning's words, and after listening to it for a while, he asked:

"This Black Flag Gang doesn't have a good reputation in other places, but it seems to be very powerful in Liangzhou, who is behind it?"

"The Black Flag Gang is not an ordinary force in the rivers and lakes, it has the connections of Liang Wangfu behind it, and its strength is not as strong as the Hongshan Gang, but in Liangzhou, which is an acre of three points, even the Hongshan Gang has to give three points. The Hu Yanjing we are looking for is the leader of the Black Flag Gang, who has dealt with me a lot before, and can get involved...... Eh, isn't that coming......"

While Cao Aning was talking, a horse team composed of dozens of people appeared on the horizon of the Gobi Desert.

In front of the horse team was a man in an open-chested undershirt, holding a horse chopping knife in his hand, with a sturdy body and a tall horse, looking murderous, just like the leader of the horse bandits who came to rob the road.

Seeing this, Cao Aning turned over and dismounted, and said from afar:

"In Xia Cao Aning, this trip is here to join your gang......"

The galloping horse team soon approached.

Hu Yanjing, who was the leader, was quite irritable, and immediately stabbed in front of the six people, pointing into the distance:

"How far you guys, how far to Lao Tzu! Lao Tzu This is a serious gang, don't set Lao Tzu on fire. For the sake of past friendships, let you run for half an hour and then notify the government, and from now on clear up each other's grievances......"

"Eh!"

Cao Aning hurriedly raised his hand, ran to the horse quickly, took out a stack of silver tickets from his sleeve, and said in a low voice:

"I came here this time because I wanted to defect to King Liang. Behind me are Xu Tianying and Tang Yudan, both of whom are descendants of Yanzhou Jieyun Palace, and there are also some masters of Jieyun Palace who are rushing to this side behind, and they are not a small force together; And I know a lot of secrets in the capital, which are of great use to King Liang, and I also ask the Hu gang master to pass on a message......"

Hu Yanjing took the silver ticket and looked at it, then turned over and dismounted, let his subordinates back a little, and asked:

"Do you want to take refuge in King Liang and help King Liang rebel?"

"Huh! This is what I said, the Dongfang clan of King Liang is the eight classics, I am setting things right......"

"Phew!"

Hu Yanjing didn't have a good face, and after spitting on the ground, he raised his hand and nodded:

"Don't think I don't know, you are a secret stake released by the empress, deliberately wandering among the kings, instigating the kings to rebel......"

Cao Aning was stunned: "What are you kidding, I am a diehard loyalist of Great Wei, but I am loyal to the first emperor, how can I be the empress's person." ”

Hu Yanjing snorted coldly: "Do you think King Liang is blind and doesn't know anything about things outside?" You first instigated King Wu to rebel, and then induced the prince of Yan to assassinate, and now King Wu is directly gone, King Yan has suffered a dilemma, and only King Liang is left alone; You're here to join King Liang again, what's the matter? Are you going to give King Liang another name for the private collection of dragon robe and jade seals, so that the court can serve it in a pot?

"Let me tell you, King Liang is loyal to the empress, so he wants to be an honest prince to guard the border for the empress, and he has no intention of rebelling, if I don't have a personal relationship with you, I may not be able to catch a few of you, and I will send you to the government now. Get out of here! ”

Cao Aning opened his mouth, but he had nothing to say, so he could only say:

"How capable I am, it's just a matchmaker, they can't make it, no wonder I'm a pawn. King Liang doesn't want me to wait, and I don't force it, Hu Gang Master has some connections outside the gate, can you help with a line? I have a little ability, and someone is willing to take it in, as long as I find a place to stay, I will definitely remember a big favor from the Hu gang leader. ”

Since Hu Yanjing came out to meet the guests, it must not be as simple as picking up a random person, he looked back again, and then took out a letter from his sleeve:

"According to what is written in the letter, go outside the customs to find a connector, and naturally someone will lead the way to take you to see which nobleman."

Cao Aning took the envelope and opened it to look at it, then bowed:

"Thank you. When we find a home, we will definitely give a lot of money to thank the Hu gang leader......"

"Get out of here. Got messed with a lot of urine and ran to my gang openly, do you have any eyesight? ”

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm going to say goodbye ......"

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