Yang Peng said with a smile: "The children of the grassland are like this, they will say whatever comes to mind, and there is no malice. Yan Ji said angrily: "The concubine didn't say that she had malicious intentions. ”

Yang Peng smiled, returned to Yan Ji and sat down, held Yan Ji's slender hand and said, "We have to change the name, although there are not many foreigners who know Chinese, but we still have to be just in case." Yan Ji nodded and said, "Whatever the husband says, do whatever you want." Yang Peng said with a smile: "The husband is still called the husband, but don't call yourself a concubine." Yan Ji smiled: "The concubine has written it down." Yang Peng smiled and said, "That's it." ”

Yan Ji thought of the current situation of the two, and couldn't help but worry, and asked, "Husband, should we go back like this?" ”

Yang Peng said: "I've already thought about this. Let's go to Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire. "Constantinople, now the capital of Turkey, Istanbul, is located at the mouth of the Black Sea into the Mediterranean, and is not only strategically important, but also one of the most developed trading cities in the entire Western world, and its prosperity is almost comparable to that of Quanzhou in the East.

Yang Peng said: "Constantinople not only has your Hua Xu's subordinates, but also many of our Ming merchants, as long as you get there, it will be much easier to return to China." Yan Ji nodded. Yang Peng looked at Yan Ji, "In addition, Constantinople should be able to find good doctors and medicinal herbs, and you also need to cultivate in a good place for a period of time." Then he smiled and said, "It's like the two of us going to Constantinople for our honeymoon." Yan Ji asked in surprise, "What is a honeymoon?" Yang Peng was stunned for a moment and explained with a smile. Yan Ji listened to her lover's explanation, and couldn't help but be overjoyed, and said, "It's good to spend your honeymoon with your husband as a concubine!" Yang Peng smiled, covered her with a quilt, and said, "You are not in good health, take a good rest." Yan Ji nodded softly and closed her eyes.

Yang Peng looked at Yan Ji who was sleeping and couldn't help but show a gentle smile.

Yang Peng quieted down alone, and couldn't help but think of the battle situation in Xiliao, and couldn't help but be very worried: "How is the situation in the cold rain?" She should be fine, right? And what about the generals of the armies? Then his thoughts flew to Bianliang again, and he only felt that he was missing, and he was afraid that Bianliang was going to explode. smiled bitterly, sighed, and muttered, "I can't take care of these things now!" Let's hope there won't be any mess! Feeling tired, he leaned back on the edge of the bed and fell asleep.

Suddenly, a rapid sound of horses' hooves poured into the dream, and Yang Peng woke up in horror. Then he heard the sound of horses' hooves outside the tent, and he was quickly approaching the tent he was in. At this time, Yan Ji also woke up and asked with some anxiety, "What's wrong?" Yang Peng smiled and said, "Don't worry, I'll go out and have a look." Then he grabbed his horizontal knife and ran out of the tent. Suddenly, he saw dozens of knights rushing towards him, surrounding him and the tents behind him. The knights wore furs, had a variety of weapons, and had a very fierce temperament, like horse thieves.

The knight at the head pointed at Yang Peng with a horsewhip and asked in Khorezm: "You are the fat sheep from the east?" ”

Yang Peng's heart moved, and he smiled: "Do you think I will answer this question?" ”

At this moment, a familiar figure rushed to the knight's side, and it turned out to be the old lady who warmly entertained her. I saw that the old lady saluted the knight with a flattering face, and then pointed at Yang Peng and shouted: "Don't try to deny it, I will tell the master of Kunshan everything!" ”

Yang Peng understood, shook his head and sighed: "Auntie, I thought you were a good person, but I didn't expect you to be so dirty!" ”

The old lady said angrily: "What are the benefits of being a good person, why should I be a good person?" Then he said to the Kunshan lord: "Kunshan lord, the two horses brought by this fat sheep are good horses that I have never seen," at this time, the Kunshan lord's eyes were staring at the two horses tied to the tent, with a greedy look, listening to the old woman's words, he couldn't help but nod and said: "Not bad!" I've never seen such a good horse, it's like a legendary Pegasus! Then he said to one of his attendants: "Reward." The attendant immediately took out a heavy money bag and threw it to the old woman. The old woman took the money bag and quickly opened it to see that the face like the bark of the valley tree was blooming. Then he flattered the old man of Kunshan and said: "The master doesn't know, among the treasures brought by this fat sheep, those two heavenly horses are really nothing!" There is also a woman beside him, tsk, she is really countless times more beautiful than the legendary goddess! ”

When Kunshan heard this, he became excited, and said to Chen Xiao: "Boy, take your woman out and show it to the master." If the master is satisfied, maybe he will be merciful and let you live. The old woman immediately chimed in: "Listen to the master, otherwise your boy will definitely die a good death!" ”

Yang Peng ignored the old woman, looked at Kunshan and said with a smile: "Master Kunshan, right?" You could have lived, but unfortunately you said something you shouldn't have said, and now you don't want to live even if you kneel on the ground and beg for mercy. ”

Everyone was stunned when they heard this, and then laughed insolently. The old man of Kunshan pointed at Yang Peng and smiled: "I didn't listen to the song wrong, this fat sheep dares to threaten us!" The old woman flattered and said, "That fat sheep is obviously frightened and crazy!" ”

Yang Peng smiled coldly and suddenly rushed towards the master of Kunshan. Everyone didn't expect Yang Peng to really dare to make a move, and they were all stunned after this scene. Before he could react, he saw a flash of cold light, and flew straight towards the master of Kunshan. The old man of Kunshan was horrified and wanted to dodge, but where did he have time, seeing the cold light sweeping, there was a click! The old man of Kunshan was infinitely frightened, and then he screamed, and the upper half of his body was broken backwards, and blood spurted wildly. The crowd was shocked. The old woman crawled backwards and fled for her life, and the men of the master of Kunshan shouted and besieged him.

The old woman climbed to the edge of the tent and turned to look. Seeing that the young man was surrounded by the knights, she couldn't help but rejoice. However, as soon as a smile appeared on his face, he froze. She saw the sword light flying wildly in the crowd, like lightning and dragons, and the knights surrounding him turned their horses and flew with flesh and blood, and the screams were endless, and in just a moment, more than two dozen knights fell in a pool of blood! The last of the remaining knights looked at the terrible sight before them, and with a terrible cry, they turned their horses and ran away. Yang Peng quickly put his knife back into the sheath, rushed to the side of the black dragon, uncovered the large cloth pocket by the saddle, took out the cloud-piercing bow and wolf tooth arrow, and aimed the bow and arrow at the last knight who was running for his life! When the old woman saw Chen Xiao's side face, she only felt that the young man at this moment was even more terrifying than the legendary Grim Reaper! All of a sudden, she felt like she had done something stupid, and she couldn't help but tremble!

Yang Peng aimed at the knight who was running, and as soon as his fingers loosened, he only heard a scream, and almost at the same time, the knight who had escaped dozens of steps away screamed and fell off his horse.

Yang Peng glanced at the scene and saw a knight still struggling in a pool of blood, so he stepped forward. When the knight saw Yang Peng coming, he was so frightened that he shouted, "You, don't come here!" While screaming, he crawled backwards to escape, but unfortunately his injuries were not light, and it was very difficult for him to even stand up, let alone escape. The herders are hiding in their homes, shivering and fearful. At this moment, for everyone here, that heroic young man had turned into a bloodthirsty demon.

Yang Peng walked up to the wounded knight and stepped on him, he was terrified to the extreme, and begged for mercy. Yang Peng's face was cold and he slowly raised the horizontal knife, the blade reflected the moonlight, and it was extremely cold. The sword flashed, clicked, and the cry for mercy stopped abruptly, and a head rolled to the ground.

"You old pious woman, let me go!" Yan Ji's angry shouts suddenly came.

Yang Peng immediately turned around, only to see that the old pious woman actually walked out of the tent with Yan Ji in her hand, holding a sharp knife for killing cattle on Yan Ji's snow-white neck. Yang Peng frowned and said, "Do you want to die?" The woman who dared to hijack me! ”

The old goddess's eyes showed infinite fear, and she cried out hysterically: "Don't come, or I will kill her at once!" Yan Ji was so angry that she wanted to die, but she couldn't resist, if in normal times, she would have cooked such an old pious woman in three or two clicks, but now she is seriously injured and weak, it is difficult to move, let alone kill people, she can only let this old pious woman hold herself hostage and threaten her lover, how can she not blow up her lungs.

Yang Peng said: "Auntie, you don't have to be like this, I won't kill you." But if you hurt my woman, do you think you will still live? ”

When the old pious woman heard Yang Peng say this, she couldn't help but feel at a loss.

Yang Peng took the opportunity to take a few steps forward. The old goddess noticed it, was startled, and immediately took a step back with Yan Ji in her arms, and shouted hysterically: "Don't come here, otherwise I will really kill her!" ”

Yang Peng stopped, and then the two saw that there were about three or four steps away from each other. Yang Peng said with a smile: "Auntie, your courage is really not small, and no one has ever dared to kidnap my woman!" Immediately, Yang Peng looked at the old woman behind him, and his face showed a look of horror. The old goddess thought that something was happening behind her, and she couldn't help but be startled, and subconsciously turned her head to look. I only saw emptiness, nothing at all.

The old goddess hadn't reacted yet. Yang Peng had already gone up with an arrow, grabbed the old pious woman's right hand holding the knife in his left hand and dragged it out, the old pious woman screamed and the whole person flew towards Yang Peng, and he was completely at a loss for a while.

Yang Peng dragged the old goddess away with his left hand, and then his knee slammed up and slammed into the old woman's chest with a loud bang. The old goddess screamed, spurted out a mouthful of blood, and fell to the ground, turning her whole body into a prawn bow, and her mouth was whimpering and snorting.

Yang Peng couldn't take care of this old pious woman, so he hurriedly ran to Yan Ji, threw away the cloud-piercing bow and horizontal knife, picked up Yan Ji, and asked urgently: "Wife, are you okay?" Seeing that there was a thrilling blood mark on Yan Ji's snow-white neck, I couldn't help but feel scattered! Trembling his fingers and gently stroking it, he found that it was not a big deal to scratch a little floating skin, and he was greatly relieved, only to feel that the whole person was about to collapse. Yan Ji gently held her lover's palm and said with a smile: "Seeing that my husband is so worried, the concubine is so happy!" Yang Peng glanced at her angrily, looked back at the old pious woman who was still lying on the ground and snorted painfully, and immediately grabbed the horizontal knife with his right hand and threw it over, only to see a flash of cold light, and the horizontal knife stabbed into her body from the back of the old pious woman with a snort. The old goddess screamed and stopped moving.

Yang Peng said: "This place is not suitable for a long time, let's leave immediately." Yan Ji nodded. Yang Peng immediately cleaned up, and then took Yan Ji to ride the black dragon and lead the rouge horse and left quickly.

After Yang Peng and the others left for a long time, the local residents dared to come out. Seeing that under the moonlight, the corpses on the ground were all over the ground, and they were all frightened.

Yang Peng took Yan Ji all the way to the west, and finally came to the border of the Byzantine Empire after a few days, only to see that the two sides were bounded by an unknown river, and there were camps on both sides, and the flags of the two camps were double-headed eagle flags, but the double-headed eagle flags on the west camp were red backgrounds, and the double-headed eagle flags on the east side were black backgrounds. This is the symbol of the two countries, the red double-headed eagle is the flag of the Byzantine Empire, and the black double-headed eagle is the flag of the Holy Roman Empire. Why are the two flags similar? Because both can be said to be the inheritance of the Roman Empire, and the symbol of the Roman Empire is the double-headed eagle flag.

Seeing that there was not only the Byzantine Empire garrisoned at the border, but also the troops of the Holy Roman Empire, Yang Peng couldn't help frowning and said to Yan Ji: "It seems that we can bypass here." "When he looked around, he saw a city of considerable scale faintly on the horizon in the north, and immediately rode over.

The two of them came to a hill outside the city, and saw that the city in front of them was a city composed of countless tents, carrying various goods in and out of the mule and horse teams, and the city was crowded with people and bustling.

Seeing this scene, Yan Ji said in surprise: "What kind of place is this?" How strange! ”

Yang Peng hugged Yan Ji in his arms and said with a smile: "This should be the legendary tent city." It is a city formed by merchants from all over the world to rest on the trade routes, similar to the city we formed on the southern island because of trade. This kind of urban mobility and complexity is exactly what we need! He glanced at Yan Ji and said with a smile: "Let's go there first to buy some foreign costumes and makeup, and then find a way to go to Byzantium, and at the same time see if we can get information from the east." Yan Ji couldn't help but say worriedly: "Your Majesty's disappearance, I'm afraid our army will be in chaos, it's really worrying!" Yang Peng couldn't help but be very worried, but he said with a smile on his face: "Our army is different from those rabble, even without me, we will definitely not be taken advantage of by the enemy." Take 10,000 steps back and say, the worst-case scenario is just to lose Xiliao! Lose it now and take it back later! Yan Ji looked at her lover with an obsessive face, and couldn't help but say: "Husband is like this, no difficulties and dangers can defeat you!" ”

Yang Peng smiled, lowered his head and kissed Yan Ji's forehead, and then rode down the hillside and ran into the tent city. In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, before entering the tent city, Yang Peng deliberately covered Yan Ji's face with a face towel, but even Yang Peng felt that it might be useless to dress up like this, after all, Yan Ji's appearance was too beautiful, although the veil could not see her face clearly, there was another mysterious beauty. Yang Peng couldn't help but sigh: "It seems that it's not a good thing that my wife is sometimes too beautiful!" For her lover's words, Yan Ji was naturally happy in her heart.

The two entered the tent city, only to see people of all colors and costumes shuttling back and forth in the city, all kinds of strange goods piled up on both sides of the street, the vendors were shouting hard, and all kinds of languages were intertwined in their ears, which was really dizzying. Oh! There was a sudden tiger roar in front of him, and he saw a team of iron cage cars loaded with huge tigers coming towards him, Yang Peng and other pedestrians hurriedly gave way to the side of the road, and couldn't help but feel a little shocked when they saw the huge beast passing in front of them.

"Look, husband!" Yan Ji suddenly pointed to a place in the distance and shouted excitedly.

Yang Peng looked in the direction of Yan Ji's finger, and saw a group of men and women who looked like Han people in the distance were selling all kinds of oriental goods to passers-by. Silk and porcelain suddenly came into view, which made Yang Peng suddenly stretch out his cordiality and said with a smile: "It's our businessman, go talk to them." Then he urged the horse to go straight over.

When they came to their stalls, the merchants couldn't help but be happy when they saw the faces of an Oriental. Yang Peng greeted with a smile; "Hello, fellow!" The middle-aged man led by him also said with a happy face: "Little brother, it's okay to lie!" Oops, it feels so good to see the people back home! Then he saw Yan Ji in Yang Peng's arms, and couldn't help but be stunned, and asked with concern: "Little brother, is your wife sick?" Yang Peng nodded, and said with a worried face: "We met horse bandits on the road, and all our companions died, just the two of us escaped, and my wife was unfortunately injured by a knife!" Fellow, can you help us? The middle-aged man said without hesitation: "What else is there to say, of course you have to help!" Then he called to his wife and daughter-in-law, and instructed, "Take her to the tent behind to take care of her injuries." Several women answered and hurried forward.

Yang Peng turned over and dismounted, hugged Yan Ji and followed the women. Immediately, those who fetched water and those who took medicine took medicine were all busy.

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Night falls, and the stars and the moon take the place of the sun. The tent city is bustling with the sounds of singing and dancing, and the smell of food fills the air.

Yang Peng stayed by Yan Ji's side until she fell asleep, and then came out of the tent. The tent where Yang Peng and Yan Ji lived was made out by the villagers, and it was really thanks to meeting them.

Yang Peng saw the middle-aged man sitting not far away smoking a dry cigarette, so he stepped forward and sat down next to the middle-aged man. He glanced at the middle-aged man and asked, "Uncle, thank you for your help!" The middle-aged man smiled, waved his hand and said, "Thank you for what?" They are all Ming people, so they naturally have to help each other outside! ”

Yang Peng asked, "Don't know the uncle's name yet?" ”

The middle-aged man smiled: "My name is not good, my surname is Han, and my father and mother took a wealth word." Han Cai is me. But ah, it's finally as good as his name, and when he grew up, he made a living in business, and finally didn't disappoint his parents! Yang Peng couldn't help but smile. Han Cai asked, "What's the name of the little brother?" Then he glanced at Yang Peng and said, "Little brother's bearing is extraordinary!" We have also seen the general a few times when we were in Bianliang, but the momentum of the general is not as good as that of the little brother! The little brother's bearing can really be said to be a dragon and a phoenix among people! ”

Yang Peng smiled: "I teach Yang Mu, but I am not a great general. ”

Han Cai smiled: "If you are a general, how can you be here!" ”

Yang Peng said: "Listening to the uncle's accent, it seems to be from Guanzhong." ”

Han Cai smiled and nodded: "Yes, we are from Guanzhong." He looked at Yang Peng and said, "Where is the little brother?" I'm listening to you say it's official, I can't hear the calendar at all. ”

Yang Peng said: "I am from Bianliang. Han Cai nodded, but he didn't take it to heart.

Yang Peng asked, "Has the uncle been running business outside?" ”

Han Cai said: "That's not always, since His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty founded the Ming Dynasty, business is encouraged, and I have traded with my family on this line." The risk is not small, but the benefits are also very attractive, and doing it once is better than the benefits of a few years in the Central Plains! Then he glanced at Yang Peng and said with a smile: "Little brother, you are also in business, so you naturally understand the truth of this." ”

Yang Peng nodded with a smile, and then said: "But now that Shenluo is leading the army and we are in a dilemma, I am afraid that this business will not be easy to do." “

Han Cai couldn't help but show a worried look, and said, "So far, it hasn't had any impact. The HRE doesn't seem intent on embarrassing us merchants. ”

When Yang Peng heard this, he couldn't help but think: "It seems that this Empress of the Shenluo is not simple!" Han Cai laughed, patted Yang Peng's shoulder heavily, and teased: "What kind of role do you kid think you are, you actually evaluate the empress of Shinra like this!" Yang Peng smiled.

Han Cai asked, "Little brother, your caravan is finished, what are your plans?" ”

Yang Peng said: "I originally wanted to take my wife back, but there was a war in the east, so I came to the west, and I don't know what to do now." Han Cai said: "In this case, the little brother might as well follow our caravan." We are going to go to Constantinople and wait until the end of the great battle on the Western Liao side before we decide to stop. ”

Yang Peng had this intention, and listened to his initiative to invite, so he naturally agreed. Han Cai couldn't help but said worriedly: "Although the Shinra hasn't done anything to us Han people yet, who knows what will happen in the future!" It's better to avoid Byzantium first! ”

Yang Peng asked, "Uncle, have you heard any rumors about the battle situation in Xiliao?" ”

After all, what happens next, let's see how it will be broken down next time.