Shuofang City is majestic and magnificent, the rich Hetao rises above the big city on the ground, chokes the throat between Mengyin Mountain and the Yellow River, Yelu Dashi first came here, looking at it from afar across the Yellow River, I can't help but sigh in my heart that the North Mastiff must take the Hetao if it wants to go south, and the Hetao will be pulled out of Shuofang City.

The Great Wall on both sides of Shuofang City stretches to the sky, this is the Great Wall built by Daqin in the past years, the Hu and Han families in the prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty, the grassland has become the inland of the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty is ashamed to build the Great Wall all his life, and he has been arrogant, Li Jing is my Great Wall. The Tang Dynasty iron cavalry roamed the world without encountering opponents, but the Tang Dynasty fell to the country, the princes were divided, the grassland peoples gradually became stronger, and the northern mastiff faintly had a tendency to unify the grassland, and the northern countries repaired on the basis of the Great Wall of Qin and Han dynasties, and re-established a defense line of 10,000 miles.

The Balahai Ferry is the only passage to Shuofang City, and there are many armor soldiers at the ferry, Xu Tianran vaguely senses that there are several strong spiritual power fluctuations, at least the military monks of the Little Grandmaster realm.

Shuofang city north of the north of the mastiff, west through the Western Regions, south of the Guanzhong, is not only the place where the soldiers must fight, but also the place where the businessmen must pass, the wealth of Shuofang is not like the border Xiongguan, the rivers and lakes have the reputation of small Chang'an.

Xu Tianran and his entourage have already dressed up in disguise and changed their Hu clothes, Yelu Dashi was originally a Hu person, and immediately had the temperament of Hu Shang when he put on Hu clothes, Xu Tianran disguised himself as a waiter, bowed his head and followed behind Yelu Dashi, Lu Xiaobu, Soul Eater and Soul Snatcher became coachmen, since it was a businessman, how could he go out of the customs without bringing goods, and the group bought three carriages in the nearby market, carrying two carts full of Lin'an silk and a cart of tea out of the customs, which was no different from ordinary Hu merchants. Chihiro followed closely with a few horses.

The guard at the ferry saw that Yelu Dashi and his party were about to ferry, and several people surrounded him, and the chief grinned and asked, "What kind of goods are they?"

Xu Tianran carefully handed over the forged customs documents that were difficult to distinguish between true and false, and did not forget to take out a small ingot of silver from his arms, quietly stuffed it into the hands of the military master, and whispered: "Military master, the little meaning is not respectful, most of the goods in the car have paid the customs tax, and they all have documents, so they carry a small part of the tea, and the military master also knows that if all of them are taxed, they will not make money." I also hope that the military master will be accommodating. ”

Shi Chang was obviously not surprised, and checked the three truckloads of goods one by one, and sure enough, there were no prohibited items flowing out of the customs, and grinned: "I understand, but your documents only have silk but no tea, and this cart full of tea is a little different from what you said." ”

Xu Tianran cried with a sad face, and sighed: "Our son is also the first time to leave home to practice business, and he bought silk in Middle Earth and was cheated of a lot of silver. This is not bad, in addition to the pass, you also have to worry about the sound of the horse, if you are not careful, you will lose both people and money. My young master is also anxious, and he wants to earn more money in a hurry, otherwise he will beat and scold him when he returns home. Master Jun, do you have a way for my son-in-law to save the tax of the Balahai Ferry and the customs duty of Shuofang City, and my son-in-law promised to give the military master a hundred taels of silver. ”

Shi Chang's eyes rolled, there had been no big business for a long time, and he could only earn some scraps of silver these days, and the brothers under his hands were going to starve to death. However, he couldn't do such a big business, so Shi Chang thought for a moment and said, "Brother, wait a while, I'll ask the standard chief for instructions." ”

Xu Tianran flattered: "There is Master Lao, and a small ingot of silver is stuffed." ”

Shi Chang held the tattoo silver in his arms, his eyes were full of smiles, and this kid said.

Yelu Dashi glanced at the wanted portraits of their group hanging on the wall of the ferry from a distance, and he admired Xu Tianran even more, and even thought of smuggling goods out of customs. Where did those soldiers think that wanted criminals would dare to swagger and bargain with them to start a smuggling business.

Lu Xiaobu sneaked a glance at the wanted notice on the wall, and it turned out that Brother Natural and Brother Dashi were both on the list, why didn't Qianxun and himself make the list, could it be that they were wanted and looked down on people.

The standard commander is a burly man, his body is extremely evil, at a glance he knows that he is not a good stubble, and his military exploits are really on the battlefield.

However, the standard commander has just been transferred in the past few days, and the hundreds of brothers under his hand have died on the battlefield nine times, he is tired of the boring days of the battlefield, and took out all his net worth to bribe the captain, and got this errand, I thought that this was the work of the daily gold, but I didn't expect the first ferry to be the ten standard guards in turn, so that there are only three days in a month, and the road sign chief who seems to be very profitable has lost a lot, after all, he has to pay a lot of tribute, if there is no way, the brothers will be kicked back to the border army by the captain, and return to the old business, with their heads hanging on the horse, and they will fight for a reward with their lives。

As soon as the chief heard what Shi Chang said, a big business came to the door, and he couldn't help but scold: "These eight lambs originally earned this kind of money, a sum of only one hundred taels, and a month's offering money was available." We are still too young, we only know how to kill people and not do business. ”

Shi Chang nodded and agreed: "However, we have to think of ways to let their goods pass through Shuofang, otherwise we won't be able to earn this money." ”

Biao Chang smiled heartily: "Today, the guards at the north gate of Shuofang are my brothers, and if you lead them to go with me, they will be unimpeded." ”

Shi Chang nodded yes.

The standard commander suddenly said, "Stop." ”

Shi Chang immediately stopped and turned around.

Biao Chang thought for a moment and said: "Yesterday, the palace sent a wanted warrant, once Xu Tong and Yelu Dashi are found, they will be taken immediately, but you must be careful not to let the prisoner go." ”

Shi Chang replied respectfully: "No, the brothers have carefully identified those thieves, and those thieves dare to break through, and they will definitely be taken immediately." ”

The standard chief nodded reassuringly, and immediately drew a talisman on the desk, saying that the book was just written a few big words.

Shi Chang trotted all the way back to the ferry, and gestured and said, "Yes." ”

Xu Tianran approached Shi Chang's body and quietly stuffed a certain five taels of silver into Shi Chang's arms, "This silver coin is dedicated to honoring the military master, don't be seen by others." ”

Shi Chang was very appreciative of this Hu man who was fluent in official dialect in the Central Plains, and all the money collected by Shi Chang at the ferry would be confiscated, and then it would be distributed by the standard chief, and only the five taels of silver would really fall into his pocket.

Shi Chang smiled and said, "Come with me, and I'll take you out of the customs." ”

Xu Tianran and his entourage followed Shi Chang on the ferry, and directly contracted a whole ferry, Shi Chang got the handwritten letter of the standard chief, and went straight to the north gate of Shuofang City.

Shuofang City is full of flowers, restaurants and shops are lined up, Qinglou brothels are all in Xiulin Lane in the south city, Xu Tianran and his party pass through Xiulin Lane, a burst of rouge gouache fragrance comes to the nose, this is about the largest gold cave in Shuofang City.

Xu Tianran seemed to be a brother and sister, "Brother, the next time you pass by Shuofang City, you will definitely do business, and it will be our brother who comes to this Xiulin Lane to have a good time." ”

Shi Chang said with a smile: "This dare is good." ”

Walking to the north gate, Shi Chang found the chief of the north city and handed over the letter written by the chief of the standard, Xu Tianran glanced at it from a distance, and the words of Dou Da came into view, and he almost didn't spurt out a mouthful of old blood.

The north gate standard chief took a look, and sure enough, it was a handwritten letter from his brother, and there were only five big characters: release, fifty taels.

Xu Tianran sighed that most of the soldiers were vulgar, and the standard commander was still like this, not to mention the illiterate soldiers. However, I also feel that the military camp is simple, and talking about money does not hurt feelings.

The head of the north gate nodded, checked his identity again, confirmed that it was correct, and was ready to be released, Xu Tianran presented the prepared one hundred taels of silver and silver tickets to Shi Chang with both hands, and everyone was relieved that they could finally get out of the customs.

Suddenly, a small sect master monk guarding the gate on the city gate snorted coldly: "Wait a minute. ”

Xu Tianran's heart sank, and he bowed respectfully.

The gatekeeper also clasped his fists and saluted, and said calmly: "Mr. Ruilin, their identities are verified correctly, and they can go out of the city." ”

Ruilin is a monk in the army, and the little grandmaster realm is at the same level as the captain in the army, and it is not something that he can provoke as a small standard commander.

Ruilin got up, walked towards Xu Tianran, his eyes were sharp, he glanced at Xu Tianran's hand, and said, "You practice knives?"

Xu Tianran replied: "If you don't have any ability to do business at the border gate, isn't it in vain." ”

Ruilin suddenly stabbed Xu Tianran with a sword, Xu Tianran suddenly took out an ordinary long knife from the carriage ground to block, but the huge spiritual power knocked Xu Tianran away and smashed heavily on the city wall, Xu Tianran slowly got up and vomited a mouthful of blood.

Ruilin's long sword was returned to the sheath and said calmly: "There is a three-grade realm, and he has some ability at a young age." ”

Xu Tianran endured the pain, hugged his fists and said: "Thank you Ruilin Sword Immortal for accepting mercy, otherwise the head will fall to the ground with a sword." ”

Ruilin seriously looked at the people in the convoy, only Xu Tianran and Yelu Dashi had some spiritual power fluctuations, about all of them were in the three-grade realm, where could the merchants in and out of the border have no ability at all, and the west was full of horses, but most of the merchants were below the second-grade realm, and the first-grade monks were pampered everywhere, how could they do lowly business.

Ruilin had also seen the wanted warrant from the palace this morning, and he should not bother to pay attention to the mortals when they went out, but the monks had to check carefully for fear of letting the prisoners out of the customs.

Ruilin is not much interested in Hu Shang and the border army colluding to do some smuggling business, each has its own way of making a living, as long as he does not step on the bottom line, he will turn a blind eye, otherwise where will there be a large amount of money in the pocket every month. Cultivation is the most costly, the pills needed are innumerable, once there is a cheat book in the world, the price is surprisingly high, many monks do not hesitate to fight for life and death for a cheat, but he is in the Jin border army can rely on military merits to obtain the cheats, if you can catch Xu Tong and Yelu Dashi two prisoners, you have made a great contribution, if you can get a cheat book to let yourself break the mirror into a product, no longer need to eat soil here as a watchdog. He can also go to Jinyang, have a mansion, and sit on the high immortals.

Ruilin carefully checked for a long time, there was nothing wrong with it, this group of people was indeed not like a prisoner who had absconded, where did any wanted criminal dare to do smuggling business. Ruilin waved his hand, and the goalkeeper was ready to release people.

Xu Tianran put the standard saber into the sheath, placed it under the carriage, gave a respectful salute, and went out towards the north gate.

Ruilin looked at Xu Tianran's distant back, and said thoughtfully: "Stop." ”

Xu Tianran was helpless, and had to turn around and smile to accompany him.

Ruilin said calmly: "The little brother has good roots, it's a pity to only be a businessman, are you willing to join the army?" ”

Xu Tianran smiled with a smile on his face, and politely refused: "Master is kind to me, after I pay off this kindness, if I want to join the army and then find the sword immortal seniors, I hope that the seniors will not dislike it and be humble in the lower cultivation." ”

Xu Tianran replied without leaking, and Ruilin waved his hand and said, "Yes." ”

Xu Tianran waved his hand at Ruilin, he actually liked this unsmiling military monk a little. Sure enough, he is talented, and he has deliberately hidden his cultivation, but he still can't stand his outstanding talent, and he is liked everywhere.

Yelu Dashi looked at the fourth brother who was smiling like a spring breeze, and said with a smile: "Don't be shy." ”

Xu Tianran smiled: "Okay, son." ”

Out of Shuofang in the west, the sky is high and the sea is wide, and the heart is relaxed.