Qingluo Village.

Lin Wanwan gently knocked on the door, and after getting a response from the room, she carefully entered the house with tea.

There were only two people in the empty room.

The young man in blue sat cross-legged in front of the low bamboo couch, holding his head in thought.

The short-bearded middle-aged literati was pacing around the room, looking rather anxious.

Lin Wanwan put the water on the low couch and was about to leave, but was stopped by Su Qiao.

"Awan, sit down and listen together."

If it was in the past, Lin Wanwan would definitely protest, and would have pestered Su Qiao to call her "Wanwan", instead of the more distant "Awan".

But now she just wants to stay by Su Qiao's side silently.

As for going home, not to mention the difficulties, even if you go home, you can only be abandoned by your family.

In fact, since she was taken captive, she has been homeless.

It's good like this, at least I can be by Brother Qiao's side, watching him get married and have children, happy and healthy.

Su Qiao didn't notice Lin Wanwan's strange appearance, he called it so just because it was more appropriate.

The two families are neighbors, he is three years older, he has always regarded Lin Wanwan as his sister, put his mind on the imperial examination, and later exiled to Lanzhou, and has no time to think about the relationship between these children and daughters.

Lin Wanwan's feelings for him, he also understands, but many things can't be twisted, only family affection can't give birth to other love thoughts.

Keeping the due distance in this way can be regarded as protecting Lin Wanwan.

Peng Wenxing took a sip of the water cup, the fragrance of flowers on the tip of his nose relieved some of his anxiety, and he stopped pacing, and sat opposite Su Qiao.

"Miss Wen doesn't have any news yet?"

Su Qiao shook his head with a calm expression, "Uncle Peng, don't worry about Miss Wen, she is slippery, ordinary people can't hurt her." ”

Peng Wenxing gritted his teeth, and his voice squeezed out from between his teeth, "I'm not worried about her, I'm asking her to come back and deal with things for me!" ”

The day he arrived in Qingluo Village, he heard the meaning of the Tibetan poem, and he also suspected that Village Chief Zhang's group of people had bad intentions, and he wanted to observe it for a while, but he didn't expect Wen Yunxi to do it so quickly.

There was no choice but to cooperate with Wen Yunxi, and as a result, the secret was dug deeper and deeper, not only involving the Zhanyue clan, but even some officials in Gyeongju.

At first, he really thought that Village Chief Zhang and they were just selling Han people as slaves, but he didn't expect that there was a route in Gyeongju to abduct and sell women.

Now that Village Chief Zhang and his gang have been completely killed, I don't know who killed several of them, if the upstream of the transaction with Village Chief Zhang is found, no one in Qingluo Village will be able to get out of it.

I really shouldn't be the head of this village!

The benefits haven't been reaped yet, and they have provoked a fishy smell first.

Wen Yunxi was fine, threw down a mess and ran away by himself.

Su Qiao pushed the water cup in front of him, "Uncle Peng, don't get angry, Miss Wen is not that kind of person, and the upstream of the transaction will not notice it so quickly, at least there is still a month." ”

There are already few Han people in Lanzhou, except for the group that came five years ago, and dozens of people who were exiled later, and there are less than 2,000 people in Manchu.

As the actual controller of Lanzhou, the Zhanyue clan has no one to control the robbing, but if they want to maintain the image of being close to the Han people, they can only come secretly.

This is also the survival of the Han people in Lanzhou.

"Well, there's still a month to go, what do you think we can do to save ourselves?"

Peng Wenxing took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down, and the top priority was to solve the problem.

Su Qiao poured some tea on the table, and slowly drew a large circle, "This is the Zhanyue clan." ”

Subsequently, he drew more than two dozen small circles.

Su Qiao pointed to a slightly larger circle and said, "This is the Shui Yi clan." ”

He connected a straight line before the two, "I inquired in Heishi County two years ago, the Zhanyue clan and the Shuiyi clan have been fighting for many years, and now the Zhanyue clan is dominant, and the Shuiyi clan is constantly squeezed. ”

Su Qiao smiled, "If you become a king or lose a king, the only way out for the Shuiyi clan is to defeat the Zhanyue clan." ”

Peng Wenxing nodded, of course he understood these truths, but he was involved in the dispute between the two clans, wouldn't they be more dangerous.

Su Qiao shook his head, he still preferred to discuss with Wen Yunxi, and he was thorough at all.

"Miss Wen will definitely have a big harvest when she goes to the Shuiyi tribe, and besides, other tribes can also unite."

He put the whole circle outside these circles into a large circle, and drew a small circle next to it.

"The two forces will be constantly fighting, so either they will merge and become one, or they will become a three-legged power."

Su Qiao nodded to the newly painted circle, "And the arrival of King Lin is this third-party force." ”

"Alas, Xiaoqiao, you are still too young." Peng Wenxing shook his head with a wry smile and erased the small circle, "King Lin, it's difficult to live, how can it be considered a force." ”

Xuanlin, who was not favored, was sitting on a deck chair watching the sunset.

It was obviously a hot summer, but he was not only holding the stove, but also wrapped tightly by the fox fur, as if he was spending a cold winter.

"Lord, go into the house, it's cold at night."

Manager Liu was wearing a spacious and thin shirt, but he tightened Xuanlin's fox fur collar again, for fear that the wind would blow in.

Xuanlin shook his head and continued to look at the red glow at the end of the grassland.

"Manager Liu, I want to see more, I don't have much time."

Manager Liu hurriedly snorted three mouthfuls on the ground, "How can you say such a thing, the prince is a long-lived daughter, so naturally he can come to Jitai." ”

Xuan Lin smiled, his body, he himself knew.

The father made people cold and poison corpses, and he originally came for his life.

If he hadn't met Wen Yunxi, he would have died on the way to Lanzhou.

But even Wen Yunxi, who rescued him, couldn't cure this poison completely, and now he was just suppressing it with silver needles and medicine.

Once the poisonous blood strikes his heart again, he will surely die.

Commander Fang hurriedly ran over, first glared at Manager Liu, and said in a stiff tone: "Lord Wang, please pay attention to your body." ”

Manager Liu glared back fiercely, the prince wanted to watch the sunset outside, and he could only persuade him, so he couldn't force him back to the house.

Xuanlin ignored the two of them's mutual glare, "How's it going?" ”

Seeing that he could not be persuaded to move, Commander Fang simply gave up, unfolded the paper in his hand, and asked Xuanlin to look at the map above.

Lanzhou is surrounded by mountains on three sides and faces the sea in the south.

But the seaside is controlled by the Zhan Yue clan and his allies, and is exclusively for the Zhan Yue clan.

Walking inside from the seaside, there are more than 20 ethnic groups of all sizes, which are represented by the leaders of the party in large and small boxes.

There are circles that are used everywhere.

Without waiting for Xuan Lin to ask, Commander Fang pointed to the map and explained.

"The Zhanyue clan now has two territories, the lower right is their original settlement, and the middle one is the original bazaar where the various ethnic groups traded, and it is also now Heishi County, which is controlled by the Zhanyue clan."

After saying that, he moved his finger to the side again.

"This is the settlement of the Shuiyi people, and there are rumors among the Han people that this tribe cannibalizes people and buys and sells Han slaves."

Xuan Lin chuckled, his tone was very affirmative, "The Shuiyi clan and the Zhanyue clan used to be opposed. ”

Commander Fang nodded, quite ashamed of the Zhan Yue clan's behavior of slandering his opponent.

"Oh no, Miss Wen, aren't they in danger." Manager Liu looked at the small circle at the end and exclaimed.

Xuanlin clenched his fingers suddenly, and ordered, "Send someone to protect her." ”