Soon, China followed Beiguang to his homeland, the great power of the West, the nations. Most of the nations are mountainous, with a small plain in the east, and the capital is built on a hill, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

The place where they are located is relatively remote, close to the northern frontier, but the climate in this area is not as cold as the grassland, but rather warm and humid.

The mountains are full of wildflowers, butterflies and bees come and go, vying for flowers. A small river flowed quietly out of nowhere, turned over the green hills, and hid its head and tail. A fresh breeze came, and the flowers and plants swayed like waves.

China likes high places, and every time it goes to the highest place, it barks twice. Standing tall and looking far away, from this end of the horizon to the other end, it did not see a single human population, but often saw some white bones. I don't know if these people died because of disease, because of robbers, or because of war.

Many years ago, there were four major powers in the world, constantly fighting each other, and the people in the border areas suffered unspeakably because of the fierce battles they fought for many years. After Beiguang served the nations, the nations sang triumphant songs all the way, and once wanted to become the world's hegemon. Later, Beiguang rebelled, which greatly damaged the vitality of the other countries, so that the other three countries could breathe. The Eastern Qi State and the Southern Jade Kingdom took the opportunity to restore the country, although the monarch changed, but the general team remained unchanged. Only the north, which was suppressed by the other three countries, did not establish a state, and could only be divided into many tribes.

A large western country, the country name is "Lie", and the capital is Tiandu; A large country in the East, the country name is "Qi", and the capital is He Zhao. A large country in the south, the country is named Xinjing, the "new" capital. The new country is a country after the jade country, and at that time, Beiguang forced the jade country to change the name of the country and change the monarch, so that there was a new country.

In order to facilitate memory, merchants named them after the south, south, and northwest on unofficial occasions. Over time, the serious country names of various countries did not sound, but the directions replaced the country names.

Beiguang and Chena have entered the borders of the nations. It is still uninhabited, the country is large, the population is not large, and the population is mostly concentrated in large cities. Coupled with the frequent wars in previous years, there are basically no people in these border areas.

In the past two years, there have been fewer wars, and there have been more merchants coming and going, and they have sold more grain, leather goods, jewelry, porcelain, tea and salt, and other goods, and there are few garrisons on the road, which has made bandits and bandits even more rampant. Therefore, in every caravan, there will be arms. These armed forces are basically veterans, and some are rangers and the like. There is another kind of dart game, they specialize in this kind of escort work, and they dare to do it, because they are very strong and have acquaintances in all roads. Some darts not only receive darts, but also participate in wars, so darts and mercenary groups are often indistinguishable from each other, but the emphasis of the two is different.

Beiguang and China were walking in a field full of wildflowers, when they heard the sound of horses' hooves behind them, and they stopped by the side of the road to watch. Several men rode horses in front, and those behind followed on foot with swords in hand. They guarded the cargo in the middle of the line, their eyes vigilantly watching the movements around them.

Seeing Beiguang and China, the captain immediately became vigilant, pressed his hand on the hilt of his sword, beckoned everyone, and shouted: "Cheer me up, I will be in the town in two days, and there will be enough good wine and meat." In another seven or eight days, when they come to the city, and they have sold their goods, they will pay you. He was on the horse, his eyes were fixed on China, although China had become smaller, but the snow wolf was worth a lot, and what he saw in his eyes was not a snow wolf, but a lump of gold.

With a low roar, China frightened his horse into running a few paces, and the captain was caught off guard, leaning back and almost falling. Hurriedly rein in the reins, and Fang controlled the horse.

The captain steadied his horse and shouted on horseback, "Hey, old man, where are you going?" How do you take a snow wolf cub? Do you sell or not? I'll give twenty gold! ”

Beiguang knew that he couldn't afford it, and said with a smile: "You sold it for forty gold as soon as you sold it, this transaction is too bad, I won't do it." ”

"Hahaha, forty gold is less. Now that the price of the snow wolf has risen, your old man will make a fortune this time, haha. The captain pointed to the front and said, "You see that there is no bamboo forest in front, there are Yelin people living in that place, and they eat people." If you will give ten taels of silver, I will escort you to the city ahead. ”

Beiguang raised the Zen staff in his hand and waved it, and said with a smile: "Look at my crutch, to say the least, there are twenty or thirty pounds, the old man's body and bones are quite tough, and a few barbarians can barely cope with it." You don't have to worry about it. ”

"Haha, okay! Good luck then! When the time comes, don't blame me for not reminding you! The captain felt that Beiguang was not easy to mess with, and the person who could let the snow wolf follow him was estimated to be unusual, and he didn't want to make any extraneous branches, so he raised his horsewhip and shouted: "Let's go!" Before leaving, I didn't forget to look at the snow wolf twice, and sighed twice.

"There are cannibals in front, I'll go and kill them." "It's just trying to desert and find some food to eat. When he was hungry, he had to gnaw on some dry bones on the side of the road, and he had not eaten for most of the day.

Beiguang said: "As long as you don't mess with them, you'll be fine." To say that there are also Yelin people, they live in the new country. Where did the cannibals come from? It's all rumors. The captain wanted to scam me out of a few bucks, deliberately saying that he was a cannibal. In fact, there is a kind orc tribe living in the bamboo forest in front, and they are authentic vegetarians. The wine they make is a must, and you can smell the aroma two miles away. Many vendors go to them to sell wine, and two taels of gold are the most expensive wine in the world. Let's go see how? ”

When it comes to wine, China doesn't pay much attention to it, it has never drunk wine, and even if it did, it was a matter of a previous life, and I don't remember what it tasted like. Thinking that Beiguang wanted to drink, he promised him to go with him to have a look, and it was convenient for him to find some food to eat. Sure enough, when I was two miles away from the bamboo forest, the smell of wine wafted in the air. The fragrance was very mellow, and the sauce was so fragrant that even China, who had never drunk alcohol, smelled it, and his mouth watered. It had just rained, and the forest was full of fog, which added a bit of psychedelic color from a distance. They walked into the bamboo forest along the river, as if they had entered a fairyland on earth. The path inside winds left and right, and one or two figures can be seen shaking from time to time.

Suddenly, there was a soft crack, and someone laughed and said, "Hahaha, you lost, you can't rely on it this time." ”

I heard another person laugh and scold: "When did Lao Tzu rely on it? ”

Beiguang smiled: "People here have two hobbies, one is drinking, and the other is playing chess. ”

After a few more turns, they came across a bamboo house.

Hearing footsteps, a head poked out of the window, with white hair on its head, two round black ears standing on its head, and a pair of dark circles under its eyes. He had a piece of bamboo in his mouth, and when he spoke, the bamboo moved up and down. The man didn't seem to wake up, and was lazily lying on the window.

China recognized what species he was at a glance and said to Beiguang, "It's a panda man!" ”

"You've got some knowledge." Beiguang nodded.

I only heard the panda man say, "Are you merchants who have come to exchange wine?" Register with me first. Hey, what about your goods, did you bring spices? ”

Beiguang said: "We are not businessmen, we are here to visit friends. May I ask if Xiong Changyu is there? ”

The panda man turned around and shouted, "Daddy Changyu, someone is looking for you." That shout shook a magpie in the bamboo forest.

After a while, an old panda came out, with a round belly, a shiny purple bamboo cane in his hand, and a wide pair of shorts around his big belly. Take a closer look at Beiguang, jump to the feet, and say in surprise: "Beiguang!" Long time no see! You Homo sapiens are aging so fast, I don't even recognize you! Come with me, where have you been begging all these years, and you don't often come to see old friends. I went to your mountain to look for you, and they all said that you were not there, and you hadn't been back for more than ten years, and I thought you were dead outside. ”

Beiguang laughed: "It's almost there." I'm here this time, but I want to drink your ten jars of good wine. ”

Xiong Changyu glanced at him: "Then you have to exchange things, but you can't drink for nothing." ”

Xiong Changyu took Beiguang to a bamboo house in the depths of the bamboo forest, and there was a bamboo house about the same size next to it. No one was moving around here, and a few birds and chickens were heard from time to time. The environment here has always been quiet, and because the bamboo forest is too dense, it is full of verdant greenery at a glance, and there are not many houses in sight.

Seven or eight red pandas were lying lazily on a tree not far from the house, which was bare, without a single leaf, and the trunk was polished to a reflective color, apparently a dead tree, for the pandas to perch and play. Seeing China and Beiguang approaching, they looked up at them curiously. A baby panda rolled to the ground with a thud and slowly crawled to this side, climbing up the steps and hugging China's big tail back and forth.

Anna chased the tail around twice, helpless against the little one, so she had to let it drag.

Xiong Changyu shouted: "Xiong Huang, a guest is here!" Come out and entertain. ”

"Huh! Knowing Dad, I'm coming. "Listening to the voice, Xiong Huang looks like he is in his twenties.

Xiong Changyu led Beiguang to sit down, and there was a couch and a coffee table in the room. There was a chessboard engraved on the coffee table, and a bunch of black and white pieces were lined up on it, Beiguang looked at it, thought for a moment, picked up a white piece at random, and knocked it on the chessboard.

Xiong Changyu saw him fall, looked down at the chessboard, took the white piece back, and said with a smile: "Watching chess is silent, watching chess is silent." Don't tell him. Come on, come on, sit in the house. ”

Beiguang smiled: "I've practiced chess all my life, but I'm not as good as a half-ass." ”

Xiong Changyu smiled: "Don't say that, I think that the people of Tianding Mountain were a generation of chess saints back then, and as his disciple, you can't be too modest." ”

They entered the house, where there were several low stools on the floor and a rocking chair with a fan lying horizontally on it.

Xiong Changyu sat on a low stool, and Beiguang swaggered back and forth on the rocking chair, fanning the fan with one hand, squeaking back and forth. China stood guard at the door, pestering the panda cub.