Although it seems that the city wall is in disrepair, and the perennial wind and rain make the city wall look a little old, it does not affect the momentum of the entire city at all.

The entire city is almost separated by a line from the lush grasslands, but it does not set foot in the grasslands that are considered rare.

If you stand on the grassland and look at it from a distance, it seems that the whole city is built in the desert, and when the wind blows, the whole city will be swallowed by yellow sand.

But it is such a city built on the desert, but it has always stood on the desert for many years, welcoming to send to many merchants and passers-by, once the Tang Empire tried to seize the control of the city, but in the end it still failed, and it can only be tacitly able to stand there.

When Lucius and their caravan lined up in front of the city gate, the two soldiers stationed in front of the city gate saw Li Chengxian in the caravan at a glance.

The two soldiers immediately stepped forward flatteringly, nodded and greeted Li Chengxian: "Uncle Li, you, have you come back from the east again?" Actually, you don't have to queue up, your head has already been explained, and your camel team does not need to pay any fees, and you can enter the city. ”

Hearing this, Lucius turned his head and glanced at Li Chengxian, who did not say anything, but said to the two soldiers with a calm face: "In that case, get out of the way, let's hurry into the city." ”

The two soldiers guarding the city gate naturally did not dare to slack off, and immediately shouted for the people in front to get out of the way: "Hey, hey, what are you doing with your troubles? Hurry up and get out of the way, all the people in front of you dodge, don't you hear? ”

Driven by two soldiers, the road in front of the city gate was soon cleared, and the two soldiers flatteringly invited Li Chengxian and his caravan into the city.

However, when Lucius and the others planned to follow into the city, they were stopped by the two soldiers and did not let Lucius and them follow Li Chengxian into the city.

Faced with the resistance of the soldiers. Lucius didn't rush to speak, but looked at the two soldiers with a puzzled face.

The soldiers looked at Lucius and the others, and found that Lucius and the others were all dressed in the Western Regions, both men and women were wearing the orthodox costumes of the Western Regions, and several women were wrapped tightly all over their bodies, and it was almost impossible to see their faces and figures.

Glancing at the people of Lucius, one of the soldiers shouted at Lucius, "If you want to enter the city, you need to pay the money first, and each person enters the city for ten cents." ”

As he spoke, he looked at the camels again and said, "These beasts." I won't take any money from you. ”

Seeing that the soldiers guarding the city actually stopped Lucius and them, and opened their mouths to ask them for money, Li Chengxian, who had already entered the city, hurriedly ran back and said to the two soldiers guarding the city: "Two, they are friends of my caravan, can they be accommodating?"

A soldier glanced at Lu Xiusi and them, then looked at Li Chengxian, and said with some embarrassment: "Uncle Li, there is really no way to accommodate this matter. You also know that after all, we also do things according to orders from above, and we are not qualified to disobey orders like us. ”

Li Chengxian originally wanted to say something more, but was stopped by Lucius. Lucius took a bag of money from his waist and threw it directly to the two guards.

The guard caught the money bag thrown by Lucius, weighed it in his hand, and said with a smile, "Hehe." Thank you so much that you and your entourage are able to enter the city. ”

Lucius didn't have anything to say, so he led the camel and walked into the city. As for the others behind him, they didn't even glance at the guard, and the group rushed into the castle.

Although the gate of the city seems to be a little childish, but when you enter the city, it is a different scene, the city is very bright, and the street that runs through the city gate is very spacious, and it seems that at least four camels can walk side by side.

Such a spacious passageway, lined with houses covered with loess, looks like the city wall, and looks gray and covered with loess.

However, the business in the shops on both sides of the street was very lively, and the merchants who came and went would approach those shops to have a look, and some would hand over the goods they brought to those shops to make a sum of money on the spot, and then change the things in the shops, and then leave the city directly and rush back.

The whole city is like a huge market, and almost everyone in the city is busy, constantly shouting and selling what they have in their hands.

Walking beside Lucius with a camel, Li Chengxian introduced to Lucius in a low voice: "In fact, Dunxu City is a huge hub, and many businessmen who are unwilling to travel long distances to Datang will change their things here and go back directly." ”

Lucius asked a little strangely: "Since this is the case, wouldn't many merchants not go to Datang?

Li Chengxian smiled and shook his head: "That won't happen, although some merchants are reluctant to continue the trek, most of the merchants still want to go to Datang, because their trek will get a richer reward, that is, this Dunxu City itself also has a caravan to go to Datang." ”

After a pause, Li Chengxian lowered his voice and said: "Moreover, in the Western Regions, outside these cities, there may be attacks, but as long as you pass Dunyu City, you will not encounter any more attacks, and it can be said that the trade route to Datang is very safe." ”

Before Lucius could reply, Christine behind him couldn't help but interject: "Wow, it will actually be attacked?

Li Chengxian smiled bitterly when he heard this: "How can you manage it? The countries of the Western Regions are just a plate of scattered sand, who will care about that kind of thing? Not to mention that others can attack and plunder caravans, and I can naturally do it, so all countries are actually secretly involved, so naturally no one cares." ”

Christine squinted her eyes, as if she had found something, looked at Li Chengxian and said, "Speaking of which, I'm afraid that your children should have been robbed by that turtle country, right?"

Li Chengxian didn't expect that Christine could actually guess, but he didn't plan to continue to hide it, and nodded directly: "Not bad." ”

However, as soon as Li Chengxian's words fell, Modex spoke: "I'm afraid it's not just like that, you have also spent a lot of time in the Western Regions, and I believe that you have some reputation in the Western Regions, which can be seen from your entry into this Dunyu City." ”

"However, the country of Guizi still captured several of your children, and it looks like something must have been discovered. I'm afraid that your children will be arrested because they have to escort something out of the Western Regions, right?"

Modes's words made Li Chengxian startled, and he looked a little panicked when he looked at Lucius, obviously Modis was in one sentence, saying the secret in Li Chengxian's heart, and it was also the truth he had hidden from Lucius along the way.

Lucius didn't have any other feelings, just quietly looked around at the people and things in the city, and didn't seem to care about Li Chengxian's conversation at all.

However, the more Lucius looks like this, the more bottomless Li Chengxian's heart becomes. After being silent for a long time, he couldn't help but whisper to Lucius: "Your Highness Lucius, please allow me to explain to you slowly later." ”

Seeing that Li Chengxian had already admitted defeat, and Christine and the others were no longer aggressive, Lucius smiled and nodded and said, "Yes, we don't need to worry." ”

Li Chengxian promised it, but in fact, he was very anxious now, after all, his son and daughter were still imprisoned. And the goods that were escorted were also seized, so it can be said that the whole incident was very urgent.

Otherwise, it would be impossible for him to disobey the orders of the two saints and contact Lucius privately, wanting to use Lucius's power to save people. Because the Tang Empire has no way to intervene, if the cavalry of the Tang Dynasty appears in the Western Regions, I am afraid that it will be resisted or even attacked by the entire Western Regions.

In that case, even if Li Chengxian's children are rescued. Li Chengxian will also not be able to gain a foothold in the Western Regions, and will be squeezed out of the Western Regions by the countries of the Western Regions and driven out of the Western Regions.

Li Chengxian secretly contacted the Holy Emperor and the Holy Empress many times. When Lucius was still fighting in Songjiang City, Li Chengxian almost continuously asked the two saints for help, hoping that the two saints could send someone to help, but there was no news, and in the end, the Holy Emperor only sent a letter asking him to wait.

Faced with this situation, Li Chengxian knew very well that the two sages had now pacified the south, and wanted to dispose of Lucius first and maintain the stability of Middle Earth, so he didn't want to touch the affairs of the Western Regions, so as to avoid causing the hostility of the Western Regions countries, which would cause the Western Regions countries to revolt.

In this case, it cannot be said that it is inappropriate for the second saint to make such a judgment, but for Li Chengxian, it is very difficult.

In desperation, Li Chengxian could only contact Lucius in the end, hoping that Lucius could come forward to help him, and promised that this time Lucius helped him, he would definitely write to the second saint and advise the second saint not to continue to target Lucius.

It just so happened that at that time, Lucius had already settled the Battle of Songjiang Castle and was thinking about where to go after handing over Songjiang Castle.

After receiving Li Chengxian's request for help, Lucius immediately decided to go to the Western Regions.

Helping Li Chengxian is just by the way, in fact, Lu Xius's real purpose is to explore the strength of the countries of the Western Regions, and at the same time go to the sand sea to have a look and learn about some of the conditions of the Sand Sea Empire.

After receiving Lucius's response and knowing that Lucius promised to help, Li Chengxian was really excited, so he was ready to greet Lucius and the others as if he was a god, and he also took the initiative to guide Lucius and them.

But in fact, Li Chengxian's true purpose in his heart has not been achieved so far, and he now needs Lucius to go to Qiuzi City as much as possible to rescue his children.

Li Chengxian wanted to find a place to stay, and then told Lucius all the things, but Lucius didn't seem to be in a hurry, but continued to walk around the city, and seemed to be very curious about the whole city, wanting to know about every place in the city.

Lucius's unhurried approach made Li Chengxian feel anxious, but he didn't dare to urge, so he could only accompany Lucius and the others around the city.

It wasn't until the sun was gradually setting in the west that Lucius finally stopped wandering around, but was ready to follow Li Chengxian back to the post house he had already arranged to rest.

Li Chengxian was really happy that he was finally able to let Lucius return to the inn, and he was ready to give away Yiqiē and Pan.

But on the way back to the inn, suddenly a group of men rushed out and blocked their way.

As the soldiers with spears in their hands dispersed, a middle-aged man riding a high-headed horse, wearing gorgeous Western costumes, and wearing various gold and silver ornaments, came to everyone with a big horse and a golden sword.

Sitting on horseback, the middle-aged man looked down at Lecius and the others, and when he saw Li Chengxian, he immediately smiled and said: "Haha, Elder Li, I really didn't expect to meet you here, I sent someone to find you for an afternoon, ready to pick up the wind and wash the dust for you, how about it?

Li Chengxian looked at the middle-aged man, the expression on his face became a little ugly, but he still tried his best to restrain his anger and said, "I'm sorry City Lord Liu, I'm a little tired from traveling today, so I won't bother you, Lord City Lord." ”

"Hahaha......" The middle-aged man laughed on his back when he heard this, "Elder Li doesn't have to be so polite, we are old friends, there is no trouble or trouble, if Elder Li refuses to appreciate the light, then he looks down on me Liu?"

In the end, killing intent suddenly appeared on the middle-aged man's face, and Li Chengxian was even more annoyed when he saw this.

But before Li Chengxian could speak, Lucius stopped him and whispered, "You'd better not be too tough, this guy is clearly here to find fault." ”

Li Chengxian was already very anxious at the moment, coupled with the strength of the middle-aged man, he suddenly felt very unhappy, but Lu Xiusius's reminder made Li Chengxian a lot more cautious.

He looked at the middle-aged man carefully, and said in a deep voice: "City Lord Liu, you are busy, why do you have to embarrass me? I am actually just passing by here, if I have time in the future, I will definitely have a drink with you City Lord Liu, but today is really not good." ”

The middle-aged man had a smile on his face, and put on an annoyed look and said, "Speaking of which, Li Lao doesn't give face?"

Lucius couldn't help but sigh and whispered to Li Chengxian: "It seems that you have really offended a lot of people, this guy has made it clear that he wants to do it." ”

Hearing that Lucius said that the other party was clearly going to make a move, Li Chengxian suddenly felt a little dazed, and whispered: "However, I have no grudge against him, and we have always had a good relationship." ”

Next to him, Christine teased angrily: "Needless to say, hehe, it must be something that you were seized by the Turtle Kingdom, and it has been known to the people of the entire Western Regions, I'm afraid they are going to unite this time and catch you, no matter what it is, but you must also be very important to that thing." ”

Christine's teasing did not annoy Li Chengxian, on the contrary, Li Chengxian was shocked, recalling that his children were arrested and that thing was detained, and he suddenly understood.

Raising his head to look at the aggressive middle-aged man, he couldn't help but shout: "City Lord Liu, it seems that you have made it clear that you are joining hands and want to catch the old man?

Seeing that Li Chengxian said it so bluntly, the middle-aged man stopped pretending, and said with a cruel smile: "Hahaha, Li Chengxian, since you can see it, then Lao Tzu doesn't have to pretend, if you know each other, you can be arrested obediently, I can let you go to reunite with your children." (To be continued......)