Imperial.

Desperate city.

Located on the side of the imperial capital, it is one of the four David cities that defend the imperial capital, ruling the Mochizuki River, with countless soldiers and money, no matter in the court or in the opposition, the peerless city has an unshakable position.

If you want to say that the largest family in the Absolute City, that is the Wei family where Wei Qing is located, who once received the grace of the Holy Lord, allowed them to live in the Absolute City, and raised all the important military and political affairs in the Absolute City.

The city lord of the desperate city, that is, Wei Qing's father Wei Jue, after he took office, rectified the rule of officials, persuaded the farmers to teach the mulberry, lightly punished the meager endowment, and would take the lead in the war, so Wei Jue was quite prestigious in the desperate city, and the people and officers and soldiers all loved him.

As for Wei Qing, instead of inheriting half of his father's merits, he spent all his time drinking and dying in the name of the young master of the Desperate City, drunk and dreaming of death, if it weren't for Wei Jue's painstaking persuasion this time, he would not have come to a poor and desolate place like Tianshuichuan.

In the past, when Gaozu ascended the throne, he once divided the territory of the empire into thirteen, called the thirteen rivers of Dayi, of which Tianshuichuan is located in the northwest of the empire, because it borders the powerful Chu State, so in recent years, Tianshuichuan wars are quite frequent, the reason why Wei Jue let Wei Qing come here is to let Wei Qing come here in the future, after a hundred years, Wei Qing has enough qualifications to inherit his mantle, but this point, Wei Qing can't think of it even if he wants to break his head.

According to his understanding, it was his father who thought he had nothing to do in the Desperate City, so he sent him to Tianshuichuan to endure some hardship, but the garrison generals of Tianshuichuan and the 100,000 elite soldiers were all soldiers of the Desperate City, so even if he arrived at the Border Fortress, Wei Qing was still the same as when he was in the Desperate City.

The general also understood Wei Jue's intentions, never restrained Wei Qing, and even sent a team of elite soldiers to protect Wei Qing's safety.

"Young master, we have to hurry up, we have to go over the mountain in front of us before dark, maybe we can find someone to stay at, otherwise we may have to spend the night here." Wei An walked in front and urged.

Wei Qing replied helplessly, dragging his body like a walking corpse to follow.

As far as the eye can see, the mountain road winds endlessly.

Here is the most famous Cen barren mountain range of the empire, stretching for nearly three thousand miles, there are craggy strange stones, there are dangerous peaks, the upper is the ridge tree can cover the eyes of thousands of miles, the lower is the river flow like nine intestines, the distance is the flower blooming a hundred feet, the foot is the stone out of ten thousand feet, there are fierce tigers in the court, the head is held high, the elk in the mountains are busy. There are long snakes in the evening, sucking blood and spitting red letters, and birds and beasts have nowhere to hide.

There is a peak in the mountain, hidden in the clouds and mist, the ancestor sealed the altar and gave the name of Wanshou, called Wanshou Peak. According to historical records, Wanshou Peak is about 13,000 zhang high, straight to the sky, there are thousands of autumn snow at the top, cook it into tea, and prolong life.

However, in the past hundred years, countless capable people and strangers want to climb high and be poor, all of them have turned into dry bones under the peak, so there is a saying in the market, longevity and poor livelihood, as if the cave is a pot, the peak is a thousand autumn snow, and the peak is dry for a hundred years.

"No, I really can't walk." Wei Qing sat in the shadows, surrounded by yellow sand and strange rocks, the only thing that supported him to move forward was the lush woods not far away, but he had walked for nearly an hour, and the woods were still there, close at hand, and far away in the world.

"Oh, young master, if you insist on it, while it's not dark yet, we have to find someone to live in quickly." Wei An said that he was going to go over to help Wei Qing, but at this time, Wei Qing was like a mess of mud, and the muscles and joints of his body seemed to be falling apart.

In fact, Wei Qing can't be blamed for this, he has never walked such a long way in the past 20 years, because his mother died early, Wei Jue felt ashamed, so he doted on him, and he didn't have to worry about the big and small matters in the family, and even gave him a coachman and a few horses to replace his feet.

Even when going to Tianshui River from the Jedi City, Wei Jue had already arranged the carriage and horse, although the road was bumpy, but Wei Qing had never walked many roads, if it wasn't for the fact that when they just came out of Tianshui River this time, their horses were deceived by a charlatan, and they would not have abandoned the official road and walked such a mountain road.

"No, let's just rest here, when will it be a head if we go on like this?" Wei Qing cried with a sad face.

Wei An couldn't do anything about him, so he had to sit next to Wei Qing, "That's okay, let's take a rest, but young master, we have to say okay, rest is rest, you can't help but hurry, Cen Barren Mountain doesn't have to go anywhere else, you see the sun is scorching now, and when it comes to night, the cold will penetrate deep into the bone marrow, and I heard that there are many bandits and horse thieves here......"

"Alright, okay, stop nagging!" Seeing that Wei An was going to continue, Wei Qing waved his hand impatiently, "I found that you have become more and more like my father recently, and you have to nag about big things for a long time, and my ears are calloused." ”

Seeing that there was some anger in Wei Qing's words, Wei An didn't dare to continue, he sighed softly, leaned on the luggage behind him, looked at the blue sky, and couldn't help but feel a little sleepy.

I don't know where a breeze blows, just to relieve the heat in the mountains, and the wind is mixed with the unique aroma of the trees, which makes people feel refreshed.

The mountain breeze tiptoed past the two of them, blowing Wei Qing's purple and white robe, revealing a vigorous and powerful character inside:

Wei.

I don't know how long it took, Wei An also fell asleep deeply, and the snoring of the two of them came and went, and it sounded quite rhythmic.

"Bell bell bell ......"

A shrill bell rang, waking them up from their dreams.

"What's going on?" Wei Qing looked dazed.

"I don't know, young master, you rest here first, I'll go over and take a look." Wei An said that he was about to stand up.

I saw that when the bell rang, two teams of people rushed left and right, surrounding the two.

"What are they going to do?" Wei Qing stood up and looked around vigilantly, and at this time a trace of bad premonition had surged in his heart.

"Let's see." Wei An said in a low voice.

As soon as the words fell, the two teams of men and horses had already been surrounded, led by a black-faced evil man, with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, covered with a wide mink, riding a rugged and thin horse under his crotch, staring at two ringed eyes, stepping on a pair of leather shoes, and getting rid of a bandit, Wei Qing swallowed his saliva when he saw it.

Wei An was also frightened, but he could only take a step forward with courage, and before he could ask a question, he saw a man under the evil man's horse, five feet long, like a peasant naughty boy, but he had to be hideous, and shouted,

"I opened this mountain, I planted this tree, if you want to pass here, leave to buy road wealth!"