The military gate accepted the surrender letter, and a sword traveled more than 10,000 miles.

Han Zu praised Lou Jingce, but married the princess to Yu.

The Han family is full of Yin Mountain, and they don't send Hu'er back.

If you want to serve the country with this length, why should you be born in Yumen Pass?

—Don Des

Out of Lanzhou City, along the official road all the way to the west through Wuwei, Zhangye two places, and then through the Jiayu Pass, it is regarded as out of the territory of this dynasty, to the "don't lose the country of eight miles" established by the Wuer people; but more than 400 miles to the west of the Yumen Pass, there are still 100,000 troops of the Dynasty garrisoned, to establish the northwest fortifications. Therefore, the hundreds of miles from outside Jiayu Pass to inside Yumen Pass, although nominally belong to Beishu Bali, in fact, it is ruled by the Han people.

The so-called "Yumen Pass" was placed when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty opened the road to the Western Regions and set up the four counties of Hexi, because the Western Regions had taken the road here when importing jade, so it was named "Yumen". When this dynasty ruled the world, the current emperor did not have the interest of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty in the past to pacify the Western Regions, so he took Jiayuguan as the boundary and let the countries outside the border take power on their own and become the state of this dynasty. However, in order to consolidate the northwest defense line, King Tai, the seventh prince who led the army to garrison the northwest, sent 100,000 troops west out of Jiayu Pass and re-established the Yumen Pass defense line of this dynasty on the site of Yumen Pass in the Han Dynasty, as the northwest gateway.

Xie Yixiang, Xian Jingyue and Shang Buqi were rushing to Yumen Pass together because of the third case "Yumen Walking Corpse" left by Ning Cui. The trio rode first on horseback, then on camels, and when they crossed the border of Jiayuguan, they were divided into two by a lonely official road, and would almost be like a desert if it were not for the scattered weeds in the wilderness. Because there are no mountains and rivers on the way, and there are no people, so that the wind and sand are extremely strong and blowing in the face, as long as you breathe or talk a little, you will immediately have a mouth full of sand, so the pedestrians along the way can only learn the dress of the color people, and cover their mouths and noses tightly with silk scarves.

The three of them came to the Western Regions for the first time, and they had no experience in rushing in the wind and sand, but they were more than 2,000 miles away, and they actually walked out of more than half a month. Thinking back to the reason for this trip, in the final analysis, it was just a gambling contract between Ning Cui and Shang Buren, Xie Yixiang experienced this hardship, although she didn't say it, there was a faint trace of regret in her heart.

Not only Xie Yixiang, but Xian Jingyue was not in a good mood at this time, not because of the hardships along the way, but because of the "harvesting and cutting" of the beggars who helped Lanzhou divide the rudder before. At that time, Ning Cui slaughtered the beggars to help Lanzhou branch the rudder, and Prince Geshu also cooperated with the servants in the yamen of Lanzhou Mansion to wipe out the power of the beggar gang, and even the two Han people in the yamen were also killed. However, the dozens of "people" rescued from the beggars' dens did not know how to settle them.

Fortunately, in the end, the governor of Lanzhou Prefecture Yin came forward and arranged for those people to live in a manor on the outskirts of Lanzhou City, during which all food, clothing, shelter, and transportation were provided by the yamen. It's a pity that those people are devastated by this, and no matter what kind of compensation they get, this life is doomed to be ruined. Whenever she thinks of this, Xian Jingyue can't help but feel heartbroken.

Only Shang Bu gave up and was still in high spirits, and kept saying that he wanted to arrest Ning Cui. After more than half a month of day and night, until the evening of this day, the three of them finally came to the front of the Yumen Pass;

I saw a city wall more than 20 zhang high rising from the wilderness, with the city gate facing the official road at the foot as the center, extending to the left and right respectively. The city wall is connected to the barren mountains and cliffs in the north at one end, and the cliffs and valleys in the south at the other end, which is actually seven or eight miles long. In addition to this city wall, there is no other fortification here, and the 100,000 troops stationed here can only camp in the city wall of Yumen Pass, and the camp tent stretches out for more than ten miles, but it is divided into two from the middle, and the official road leading to the city gate is vacated for pedestrians to enter and exit Yumen Pass.

You must know that the so-called prosperous place since ancient times has its root cause after all people, even if it is poor mountains and bad waters, as long as it is a place where there are people, it will never be deserted. Although this Yumen Pass is only a city wall in the wilderness, since there are 100,000 troops stationed in the imperial court, it means that there are 100,000 people who need food, clothing, shelter and transportation, and gradually there are people to do business, including not only people with colored eyes, but also many Han people. After years of operation, these people engaged in business actually built a bustling street on both sides of the official road vacated by the garrison camp tent within the city wall of Yumen Pass, and the scale can almost be called a small town. Although it is all stone houses, but in the meantime, restaurants, inns, car dealers, horse dealers, grocery stores, etc., can be said to be readily available, in addition to being able to do the business of the 100,000 garrisons, there are also a lot of income from the caravan guests who enter and leave the Yumen Pass.

Xie Yixiang, Xian Jingyue and Shang Buqi were all coming to Yumen Pass for the first time, and since this was already in the territory of the Bali Country, they didn't know what rules to follow, so they found an inn to live in on the streets within the city wall, and asked the innkeeper about the situation. This inn is run by a middle-aged Han couple, the husband led the three to the room, while explaining to them, saying that since the seventh prince King Tai was stationed in the northwest, in order to prevent the people from making trouble, they set up three lines of defense in turn, Yumen Pass, Jiayu Pass and Lanzhou Wei, and the Yumen Pass in front of him is the first line of defense.

Speaking of the generals under the command of the King of Thailand, Lu Yuanpo, Gong Baisheng and Chen Yang, the three generals are the most prestigious, and they are also called the "three marshals of the northwest" by the local people, and they are stationed in Yumen Pass, Jiayu Pass and Lanzhou Wei in turn; among them, this Lu Yuanpo Lu general, who is stationed at Yumen Pass, can be called one of the world's famous generals. Since this place belongs to Beshin Bali after all, it is impossible for the imperial court to appoint officials to govern it, and it is not subject to the laws of this dynasty, so it should be a place of miasma. Unexpectedly, under the governance of General Lu over the years, there has never been any major chaos in this Yumen Pass area, and it can even be described by the words "orderly". Although there is no law, if he encounters a traitor, General Lu will also deal with him with military law, and he must convince everyone.

In addition to being stationed here, General Lu also set up checkpoints at the gate of Yumen Pass in accordance with the instructions of the King of Thailand, strictly checking the identity documents of all people entering and leaving the pass, and prohibiting people from entering and leaving Yumen Pass if they encounter unidentified people. Even the goods carried by the caravans must be checked one by one, and there is no room for error.

After listening to the innkeeper's story, Xie Yixiang couldn't help but laugh secretly. If she wants to say the name "Lu Yuanpo", she has heard of it, it seems that he was once a young general under her father Xie Fengxuan, whether it is ability or military exploits, compared with Xie Fengxuan and Bi Wuzong, it is not only one or two grades worse? If he can also be regarded as one of the "famous generals in the world", it is a bit too exaggerated.

At that moment, the three of them rested in the inn and stayed until the early morning of the second day, under the guidance of the innkeeper, the three of them went all the way to the office set up by General Lu under the wall of Yumen Pass, intending to visit this General Lu directly to see if they could find out the case of "Yumen Walking Corpse" left by Ning Cui.

Since this Yumen Pass is an important place for military aircraft, and it is under the full management of the general who leads the troops, it is inconvenient for Xian Jingyue to show the identity of the pro-army governor's mansion, so as not to arouse the suspicion of the other party. Therefore, the three of them still used the identity of Xie Yixiang Jinling Torture Arrest Room, and only said that they came to Yumen Pass to investigate a case, and they wanted to meet General Lu in person. After the sergeant guarding the door had passed the courtesy, he invited the three of them in, but he saw that there was only a middle-aged man with a sharp beak and monkey cheeks in the room, dressed as a scribe, calling himself "Master Zhou", and he was one of the staff members under General Lu.

When Xie Yixiang revealed the identity of "Xie Fengxuan's daughter", Master Zhou was even more awe-inspired, and hurriedly got up to salute and drank tea for the sergeant. Everyone casually exchanged a few words, and Xie Yixiang got straight to the point and directly asked if there was a case of "Yumen Walking Corpse" here. Master Zhou's face changed suddenly, and he blurted out: "Walking corpse......s? How can this walking corpse be a case?"