Chapter 50: The Frontier City
"Are you sure the man in the portrait is a skinny boy?"
After Di Xue's words, the innkeeper was not sure again, and after trying to think about it, she returned:
"Looking at the dress is a man's appearance, but when you think about it, there is some feminine beauty, yes, there is an equally thin little scholar next to him, although the two are in the caravan, but their expressions have been very nervous."
"Have you robbed them?"
After listening to Di Xue's words, the proprietress hurriedly shook her head: "This adult, we really didn't rob them, we just ......"
Looking at the proprietress Di Xue and asked, "It's just what, I haven't confessed it yet, it seems that I have to go to the government to make it clear." ”
"My lord, I say, I say! Due to the poverty of the city, these caravans often resell some things from other places to sell near the city, so they often pass through here, and they also know our rules, so they will pay a part of the toll in advance, and then we will ensure that they pass through here safely! ”
Listening to the words of the proprietress Di Xue nodded, from the analysis of the situation in this place, she was not lying, but what was the purpose of the princess going to Xinjiang City?
It can't be fun.
Thinking of this, Di Xue's heart hung again, the purpose of the mission being attacked on the border was probably to provoke the contradiction between the Eastern Wu Kingdom and the South Yue Kingdom.
So who is most beneficial to this contradiction?
The first is Warat, who has just been defeated and needs to recuperate, and it is their intention to stir up strife among the other two countries.
It is more likely that they were attacked, but it cannot be ruled out that the embassy was attacked due to the political strife within the South Vietnamese and Eastern Ochow states.
Could the people who attacked Di Xue be with this force?
Di Xue had a number of speculations in her heart for a while.
She sat irritably at the side of the inn, ignoring the others, but took the silver needle from her bun and a purple thread from her purse around her waist.
grabbed the corner of Chu Ran's clothes beside him and embroidered them.
As for why it is shown on the corner of Chu Ran's clothes, it is because Chu Ran is wearing a white robe today, and the brocade robe is decorated with purple embroidery, which is more compatible with Di Xue's silk thread.
Here Di Xue was embroidering flowers wholeheartedly, and Chu Ran was looking down at her.
Neither pulled out the corners of her clothes, nor did she refuse them out loud, but let her leave marks on the corners of her clothes.
For a while, Chu Ran actually hoped that time would stop like this, maybe he would have to take good care of this dress in the future!
However, unlike Chu Ran's thoughts, Di Xue focused on the case.
According to speculation, no matter which force it is, it will not be the original people of Jiangcheng, and it is very likely that they have also passed through here when they come to Jiangcheng, and it is very likely that the proprietress and others have robbed them.
But although they are strong in martial arts, they will not confront Di Xue and the others in the inn openly, because their trip is very secret and will not be exposed, so there is a high probability that they will pay the money.
As for the mission, it is very likely that they have also come to this store, because the territory of Xinjiang is remote and the city is small, and next to the big city of Xuanfu, so the official inn is located in Xuancheng, but it takes half a day to get to the official inn.
In addition, the dignitaries who can generally live in the official inn are reluctant to come to this small city.
Over time, those who went to Xinjiang City did not go to the official inn of Xuanfu to live.
However, the mission was dressed peculiarly and was very conspicuous, and this place was close to the South Vietnamese country, and the proprietress and others could not figure out the details, and they did not dare to start easily, so most of them were let go.
Thinking of this, Di Xue repaired a small purple flower, then got up and asked the innkeeper to arrive:
"Let me ask you, did you receive a group of people with many horses and carriages, strange accents, and strange costumes, mostly red and blue, a few days ago?"
The proprietress thought for a moment and nodded:
"Those people are wearing the costumes of Nanyue, they came to live in my store, they also lived in our store when they entered the Dongwu Kingdom, we knew that they were envoys, so we didn't feel embarrassed, and sent them away respectfully, we were also afraid of making trouble for us!"
"What strange people are there before and after that group of people from the South Vietnamese Kingdom came, who don't seem to be easy to mess with, but obediently paid the toll?"
After Di Xue finished speaking, the proprietress immediately replied:
"Yes, the day before the mission came, this group of people came to the inn, they looked well-trained, not like ordinary people, we hesitated for a long time and decided to do it, but the sweat medicine was as effective as yours, but they didn't fight back, but gave money, and asked us not to tell the story that they had been here."
"And what other perverse behaviors do they have?"
After Di Xue finished speaking, the proprietress returned:
"They just ate some food and then left before dawn the next day."
"But they left before the mission came?"
The proprietress nodded, and then continued as if she suddenly remembered the club:
"And they don't seem to talk much, there is only one person who communicates with us the whole time, and it is this person who orders everything, but this person!"
"Can you remember the faces of these guys?" After Di Xue finished speaking, the proprietress was in a difficult situation, but she still described the face of the person she had the most contact with.
After half a burnt incense, Di Xue drew the portrait, and Chu Ran took it and said:
"This person looks no different from the Central Plains."
Di Xue listened to Chu Ran's words and knew that he was similar to his own guess, and suspected that this group of people was Warat.
However, it cannot be inferred from the face alone, if it is really the people of Warat, then in order to avoid exposure, they will definitely choose some people with similar faces to the people of the Eastern Wu Kingdom to attack.
However, some people did not speak, which made Di Xue suspicious.
Warat and the Eastern Wu State fought all the year round, and many of the people of the Eastern Wu Kingdom were taken captive in the early days of the emperor's lifetime, and this phenomenon was not changed until the Eastern Wu State became strong and the first emperor moved the capital to Yuanjing in the north, and the people of the Eastern Wu State were able to live and work in peace and contentment in the border city.
If that group of people was really from Warat, it was very likely that they were the descendants of these exiled people of the Eastern Wu Kingdom.
Trained to be a killer in Warat.
Thinking of this, Di Xue decided not to stay any longer, and took Chu Ran and the others to Jiangcheng.
As for the people of the inn, Di Xue told them not to rob anymore, thinking that they did not harm people's lives, and let them use the money they received to help their neighbors, and they should give porridge every month.
In the eyes of the people in the inn who were grateful to Dade, Di Xue and the others set off towards the frontier city.
Passing through a wasteland on the way, Di Xue found traces of a fight, and many soldiers searched for it.
Di Xue guessed that these were sent by the Jiangcheng government to find the mission.
So he said hello and walked towards the city, which was quite orderly.
The government seems a little plain.
However, after seeing the people of the mission in Jiangcheng in the post station arranged by the Jiangcheng government, Di Xue also met a person who surprised her very much.