Xi Junmai never knew that there was such a persistent and dead-eyed woman in the world, and this woman happened to be his wife, looking directly at Bai Ruhui in the crowd, Xi Junmai's helpless smile never broke, he passed through everyone's bodies, his eyes were firmly fixed on Bai Ruhui without blinking, Bai Ruhui hung her head, hiding in the crowd of Hu merchants, she didn't care too much about the things outside the team, and the long journey was tiring, so that her spirit became a little numb, she only knew to ride on a camel and stop and stop, and when it was time to rest, she followed the caravan and campedWhen it's time to hit the road, silently pack your luggage, step on the camel and continue to walk to the unknown and strange distance. At this moment, the Hu caravan has been stopped on the road for a while, but Bai Ruhui still doesn't know what happened in front of the team, she has been hanging her head and thinking about her thoughts, after a while, as if a spiritual light flashed through her mind, she suddenly raised her head, stared at it, through the noisy crowd, she saw Xi Junmai's soft and warm gaze at first sight, Bai Ruhui was stunned, closed her eyes in disbelief, as if she wondered if she had a hallucination, and when she opened it again, that gaze was still so real, so real that it seemed to be close in front of her eyes, within reach, Tears instantly filled his eyes, and then poured down like pearls, Bai Ruhui bit her lower lip hard, her tear-stained face bloomed like a spring breeze, and after looking at each other for a long time, Xi Junmai walked towards the Hu caravan, and a guard who Xi Junmai didn't know why, so he hurriedly stopped him.

"Commander, at this time, the enemy and I are unknown, you should not get close to them."

Nayan's eyelids jerked a few times. Head? What kind of officer is the regimental commander? He seems to be quite young? Suppressing the suspicion in his heart, he bowed down and saluted Xi Junmai.

"His Majesty's loyal courtiers of the Tang Dynasty, the merchant of Qiuci greets you, the villain goes back and forth between the Tang Dynasty and Qiuci, sells some goods to earn money, and has no malice towards anyone in the Tang Dynasty, please be the head of the group."

Xi Junmai stood still in front of Na Yan, glanced at him, and then beckoned to Bai Ruhui in the crowd of Hu merchants in the distance and smiled bitterly.

"Bai Ruhui, you crazy woman, come here."

Na Yan and some black soldiers who didn't know the truth gasped at the same time, and they all turned their heads to look, but they saw Bai Ruhui getting off the camel's back with clumsy movements, and they didn't forget to raise their hands to tidy up their sideburns that were messy by the wind, and then they jumped like a happy deer and ran towards Xi Junmai.

"Lang Jun!"

Bai Ruhui gasped slightly, ran to Xi Junmai, seemed to want to open her arms and hug him, Xi Junmai but after all, she was not used to this kind of intimate action between men and women, Bai Ruhui saw that Xi Junmai didn't want to hug her, she had to twist the corners of her clothes with her hands for a long time, and finally bent down to Xi Junmai and squatted, Chu Chu and weakly lowered her head, but the corners of her mouth quietly raised a touching chuckle, she secretly ran out of the house, it was already a big rebellion for many women in Datang, and it was completely contrary to the women's moral education she had received for many years. But after the joy and excitement of the reunion, Bai Ruhui was inevitably worried in her heart, and cautiously looked up at Xi Junmai, Xi Junmai just smiled bitterly, but there seemed to be no sign of life, Bai Ruhui hurriedly lowered her head again, and did not dare to look at him with a weak heart, for a long time, she heard Li Su's helpless sigh.

"You, what's going on in your head?"

Bai Ruhui didn't dare to raise her head, and lowered her head and said.

"Is Lang Jun a concubine?"

Xi Junmai said with a straight face at this time.

"I know you anticipate my answer, and there's a good chance I'll say I don't blame you."

Bai Ru Huiqiao's face turned white, looking at her uneasy appearance, Xi Junmai said with a bitter smile.

"Well, you guessed it."

Bai Ruhui's face regained its ruddy color, and the two of them completely ignored the stunned black soldiers and Na Yan, Xi Junmai looked at her and smiled gently.

"When did you run out of the house?"

Bai Ruhui replied sheepishly

"Lang Jun set off on the front foot, and the concubine quietly followed on the back foot."

Looking up timidly at Lao Xu not far away, she hesitated for a moment and added.

"The concubine saw Brother Xu on the road, he is not very good at riding a horse, he is not very steady, and the concubine has watched him fall several times."

Xi Junmai turned his head and glanced at Lao Xu, this guy was embarrassed and thrown at his grandmother's house.

"Why didn't you tell Lao Xu earlier? Let me know sooner. ”

Bai Ruhui shook her head and said.

"I don't know if Brother Xu will forcibly drive the concubine home."

Xi Junmai pointed to the Hu people caravan and said.

"So you're with Hu Shang? You're not a small coward. ”

Bai Ruhui replied with a chuckle.

"The concubine felt that it was too dangerous for a woman to dress up, so she prepared a man's dress and a camel, and then waited at the gate of the city, and when she met a caravan that was going out of the city to the west, she stopped and asked, and gave him five yuan of money, just to go to Liangzhou together, and then find other caravans to go to Xizhou with the concubine in Liangzhou."

Xi Junmai didn't know whether to laugh or sigh at this time, this woman was really bold, she thought that if she changed her body to a man and dressed up as someone else, she really thought she was a man? Whether it's her skin, her bulging breasts, or her voice, Xi Junmai can find more than five loopholes in her body with just a glance, these Hu businessmen didn't bully her, I'm afraid most of them are honest, they don't dare to covet the Tang people, for fear of causing big trouble to themselves, of course, the face of money is also one of the reasons, in general, Bai Ruhui's life is too good, the ancestors of the Bai family turned all their families into luck and filled in Bai Ruhui, so Bai Ruhui's luck is so good.

"You ......"

Xi Junmai opened his mouth, but he really didn't know how to evaluate his wife, so a thousand words had to be turned into one sentence.

"If you dare to run around in the future, your leg will be broken!"

"Oh!"

Bai Ruhui lowered her head and responded aggrievedly, but the corners of her mouth hooked up a faint smile, she knew that after Lang Jun's words, this matter would no longer be bothered with her, the merchant Na Yan of Guizi remained in a stunned state, seeing that a woman appeared inexplicably in his caravan, and it was actually the wife of the young regiment leader in front of him, a layer of white sweat suddenly appeared on his back, and his mind was racing, Na Yan carefully recalled the acquaintance with the captain's wife, and recalled it from beginning to end, Now that he and his companions in the caravan were not rude to her, she wiped her cold sweat and let go, and at the same time Na Yan also felt a burst of joy and fear, fortunately he and his companions did not do anything to the head of the regiment, in fact, as early as when they left Chang'an City, everyone saw Bai Ruhui's identity as a woman, but they just received her money, and in the territory of Datang, the Hu people still abide by the laws of Datang, and the majesty of the Heavenly Empire made them dare not do anything illegal. Then strike while the iron is hot, thinking that he is very implicitly in front of Xi Junmai to invite credit, to the effect that we have taken care of your wife so thoughtfully along the way, not even a cold hair, not to mention the wind blowing off, Tang and Gui two countries, as friendly neighbors, can we be allowed to walk with the head of the regiment Yunyun, speaking of this, Xi Junmai did not admit that he couldn't do it, so he had to reluctantly agree, after resting for half a day, the team continued to set off, this time there was a caravan of more than a hundred camels, and the team also grew, Under the gaze of many envious eyes, Bai Ruhui was helped on her horse by Xi Junmai, there was a carriage on the march of the black army, and even Li Yong rode Xiaobai when he went on the expedition, Bai Ruhui was so haggard at this time that she couldn't do it, her lips that were red and dripping in the past were now dry and cracked, Xi Junmai took out a kettle filled with water from the bag next to the horse and handed it to her, Bai Ruhui hesitated for a moment and shook her head, pushed the leather bag back and said.

"The concubine is not thirsty, I heard that the water on the road is very precious."

"Drink, there's a lot of water, do you see the two big barrel carriages behind us? It's filled with water. ”

The husband and wife reunited after parting, and the reunion was so poetic, but Xi Junmai and Bai Ruhui did not have the passion after the reunion between husband and wife, after the initial excitement, the two returned to their previous respectful appearance, one played a conscientious husband, and the other played a virtuous wife, although everyone knew in their hearts that under the appearance of being polite to each other, there was a heart of alienation or helplessness, and his marriage with Bai Ruhui was actually a family arrangement when Xi Junmai did not come to Xishan, So what kind of feelings do they have in their arranged marriage, plus they are still young and know what love is, so they rarely know that Xi Junmai, the young head of the Xishan battalion, has such a lady, Xi Junmai is also very helpless about his marriage, he has always hoped that this relationship can be maintained until he is old, it is best that he and her will be so polite all their lives, and they will not block each other, although today when Bai Ruhui ran to him with a haggard and excited face, he did have a faint touch in his heart at that time, Moved by this woman's stupidity, the swaying horses, Bai Ru Huiwenwen sat quietly on the horseback, sitting very dignified, on the other hand, Xi Junmai, but sitting straight, looking at the front, the husband and wife had nothing to say, in fact, there seemed to be more things between the husband and wife, and it seemed that they were still as strange as ever, the horses walked very slowly, after leaving Jingzhou, the road was not smooth, Xi Junmai sat on the back of the horse, but his body did not move, no matter how the horse swayed, his body was still nailed to the horse like a nail. Bai Ruhui looked at Xi Jun buying, and the more she looked at it, the more surprised she became.

"How did Lang Jun do it? Can I be taught? ”

"Huh?"

Xi Junmai looked at her puzzled.

"It's your horseback riding skills, how did you manage to be able to stay still?"

Bai Ruhui asked with great interest, a touch of shame flashed on Xi Junmai's black face, and he even began to feel uncomfortable in his sitting posture, twisted his body, and didn't dare to look at her, but said lightly.

"When I was a child, my mother taught me, and my mother said that although the Xi family is a lowly businessman, the family style and rules cannot be low, whether it is a man or a woman, they must be angry, and in the future, whether the Xi family goes out to wander or a woman marries, they cannot be looked down upon by others."

Bai Huiru was stunned for a moment and praised sincerely.

"Mother is really a heroine, a heroine."

"Heroines?"

Xi Junmai muttered and repeated, with a faint smile on his face.

"Mrs. is worthy of being a scholar, and she is very particular about her words."

Bai Ruhui's tutor is really good, but unlike Xi Jun's background in buying a businessman, she has a strong aristocratic atmosphere, as long as she sees her words and deeds, no one will treat her as an ordinary woman, she is a lady who has been educated by the aristocracy for a long time, and she was born to be the material of the lady, however, look at himself again, Bai Ruhui glanced at Xi Junmai with a pair of pretty eyes, and when she saw his mighty appearance, she hurriedly lowered her head in shame and did not dare to look at it again, since ancient times, beauties love heroes, and so is Bai Ruhui, Xi Junmai didn't realize that the way he was looking now made his wife, who had no feelings, look like this.

"What, the journey is too tiring, besides, you are a woman, you and I don't have to stick to vulgar etiquette, you also know that Xishan is not prosperous, and I will talk about horseback riding later."

Xu Mingzhu endured shyness and nodded and said.

"That's what Lang Jun said."

Xi Jun buys the right color road.

"Although there is inevitably bias in the speech between husband and wife, I can see from your sincere expression that what you just said is the truth, and it can stand the temper and test."

Bai Ruhui blinked, obviously not very suitable for such a conversation mode of Xi Junmai, and then looked at Xi Junmai in a daze, Xi Junmai smiled bitterly, the brothers who changed the black army will definitely understand when they hear this, and Bai Ruhui can only be in a daze, this is the difference between them, although Xi Junmai is very clear, Bai Ruhui has received education since childhood, they have Xishan, she does not go out of the door, and she does not understand the customs and habits of Xishan.

"Don't run around in the future, you know? It's very dangerous outside, it's not as peaceful as you think, you don't know how lucky you are, and you can still see me with the Hu people caravan who doesn't know the roots. ”

Xi Junmai sighed, and Bai Ruhui also replied softly.

"Before getting married, my mother said that if you get married, you have to follow your husband, where Langjun goes, and where does the concubine go."

"What if I am a bad person? What if I go and do bad things that have destroyed my conscience? ”

Bai Ruhui raised her head and said softly.

"Lang Jun is a good person, what Lang Jun does is a good thing, after the concubine came to Xishan, there are things we haven't seen before, Lang Jun's army is also the most powerful in the world, what you do for Hou Ye and the people of Xishan is right, Hou Ye is a good person, and Fu Jun is also a good person,"

Well, it feels really good to be worshipped, but it's a pity that Li Yong didn't hear it, the horses walked and swayed, Bai Ruhui was a little drowsy, and the swaying journey unconsciously passed half a month, after leaving Jingzhou, the black army went all the way to the north, passing through Yuanzhou, wearing Liangzhou, and half a month later it had arrived in Ganzhou, which has been out of Guanzhong, close to Longyou Road, if you stand outside the gate of Ganzhou, you can feel the wind in the wilderness outside the city, both the air and soil are very different from Guanzhong, and it seems that you have come to a completely different world, There are loess plains on all sides, you can feel the oncoming wind mixed with wind and sand without entering the desert, standing outside for a short time full of dust, the air is unusually dry, there is a kind of panic that is about to wither, the people of Ganzhou City are also very different from Guanzhong, the people here seem to be less soft, a little more domineering and strong, from the inside to the outside there is a fierce taste, the rough man in the northwest walks alone in the city, looks like a lonely knight with superb skills from a distance, a few more people walk together, the style of painting immediately changed again, Like a group of horse bandits into the city lurking and stepping on the point, there is a pavilion post in Ganzhou City, but the pavilion post can't live in people, it's too simple, it's simply a mud house made of loess, and those who live in it suspect that snoring will cause a tragic house collapse tragedy, seeing the ghost of Ganzhou City, Xi Junmai doesn't want to go in, this is just a little better in the wilderness and a wall and tiles, so he decisively gave up the plan to go here to see, the next day, he directly ordered the camp to continue the journey, Ganzhou City is too dilapidated, Even if their black army can go in and live here, Xi Junmai they would rather choose to sleep in the wilderness, their tents are a hundred and ten times more luxurious than in Ganzhou City, after leaving Ganzhou, the black army team gradually changed direction, from north to west, along the Qilian Mountains towards the direction of Yumen Pass, the monotonous journey took more than half a month, the team passed the Yumen Pass, the moment they stepped out of the gate, Xi Junmai and his party were called the real out of the plug, this month and the caravan of the Qiuzi merchants, from ancient times to the present, the merchants are not stupid, Na Yan is a sober person, knowing that the benefits of holding the thighs of the elite cavalry and high-ranking officials of the Tang Dynasty are many, not only along the way, I heard that this young regiment commander is going to Xizhou, and Xizhou happens to be stuck on the Silk Road, with this friendship, in the future, Na Yan will come and go between Qiuzi and Datang, and the benefits must be a lot, under the deliberate stammering of Na Yan, Xi Junmai finally made friends with him, no way, this guy sends some delicate and valuable gadgets every two days, now a rare pearl, a clear opal, just a few days, The once innocent and upright commander of the third regiment of the Black Army was corrupted by Na Yan into a small corrupt official who accepted money when he saw it, not that Xi Junmai was not strong-willed, but the color of those gems was too beautiful, and it was too easy to arouse the collection of human beings, and the military regulations of the Black Army were not so rigid, as long as he was not robbing the common people, and Xi Jun would be paid if he bought it.

"I've inquired, that's the nobleman of the Qiuzi country."

Late at night, Lao Xu and Xi Junmai sat by the campfire outside the camp owner's tent, watching the roasted leg of lamb in Xi Junmai's hand and swallowing saliva, not forgetting to report to work.

"The name of the prime minister of the country of Qiuci is 'Nali', he is the cousin of Nayan, Nali is quite powerful in the country of Qiuci, in recent years, there has been a hidden posture of suppressing the lord of Qiuci, and now the country is quite unstable, and the signs of competition between the lord and the minister of the country are becoming more and more obvious."

Xi Junmai's brows gradually furrowed when he heard this, pondered for a moment, and sighed.

"I didn't expect that Qiuci is not very peaceful in the country, I have seen the map, Qiuci is not far from Xizhou, the border is about a few hundred miles away from Xizhou, I heard that Qiuci and the Western Turks are secretly colluding, if Qiuzi internal strife starts a war, Xizhou is bound to be the first to be implicated."

Lao Xu said with some surprise.

"It's unlikely, right? How can Xizhou say that it is also the Tang Dynasty, the army over there is already burning high incense if they don't get them, who dares to provoke the army of the imperial court? ”

Xi Junmai sneered when he heard this.

"The commander said such a sentence, called Tiangao Emperor Yuan, do you know what it means? That's why the command asked us to open up the western road and take over the defense of the western state. ”