Sacrificial ceremony.

Before you know it, a few days have passed, and in two days it will be the day of the Qi Kingdom Sacrifice Ceremony. On this day, all the people of Gaojing have begun to put up lanterns, and red prayer paper has been pasted on the door. Children and adults alike have changed into new clothes, and the city has seen a number of entertainers, some vendors selling novelty and sweets, and some large caravans.

Jingle jingle bells.

There was a faint sound of camel bells in the air.

Hearing this voice, the young guard at the south gate couldn't help but get nervous, and the slightly older middle-aged guard next to him was still calm and relaxed, looking expected.

"Xiao Zhang, don't be nervous, this is not a big enemy, but a white camel caravan is coming!"

The guard known as Xiao Zhang looked puzzled, he scratched his head and asked, "White camel caravan?" Brother Ge, what is that, an ordinary caravan?"

The guard known as Brother Ge laughed. "See for yourself. ”

I saw that a mysterious caravan gradually came out of the thick white fog, showing their true colors. At the head was a ten-meter-tall white camel, and the twin peaks of the white camel were not ordinary camels, but two ice crystal halls. It was followed by a troop of unitrian gray camels, their hump, square, and a wooden door that could be opened. This hump functions like a kangaroo's nursery pouch and is used to raise the young, but has been modified by caravans to load goods.

After the cyclomedary gray camel, there are one-legged blue-feathered birds, which resemble ostriches, with a bunch of goods strapped on their backs, and they walk two meters high.

There are also several wooden carapace centipedes that are twenty meters long, their eyes are like white crystal stones, crystal clear, and exude white light. On its body, it was a flat brown wooden back armor, on which were bound with hemp rope for countless goods. There were also many people looking after the goods, some old and some young, some of them were monks, some were warriors. Around the wooden armor centipede, followed by a group of young people in hardcover clothes, they are ordinary mortals, who have come to beg for food or have a long experience.

In addition to these, there are also some black-backed green beetles, giant red dragonflies, light film lizards and other strange beasts that help carry goods. It's just that their numbers are relatively small, and the caravans used to transport the most are the dromedary gray camel and the one-legged blue-feathered bird.

On top of the head of the white camel, stood a middle-aged man with a pair of mustaches on his flat lips, a pair of triangular eyes, and a kind smile on his round face. He was the leader of the caravan, Luo Hao, a monk in the early meridian period, from the Luo family, who was proficient in commerce in the western part of southern Xinjiang.

"Brother Luo, this year is one day earlier than last year, and I have worked hard along the way. "Nangong Yingyang, as the leader of the royal capital guards and the secret guards of the Qi State Intelligence Office, when the caravan was ten miles away from Gaojing, someone informed him of the news. Luo Hao has a meridian period of cultivation, and Nangong Yingyang, as the leader of the royal capital guards, is naturally very necessary to come to greet him in person.

Here, it is necessary to explain the pattern of monks in the world. This world is divided into five domains and nine heavens, the nine days are the black sky and daytime visible to mortals, and the seven days of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple. The nine heavens are covered by the five domains, but only the black sky and the day are constantly alternating, and mortals can see it with the naked eye. The other seven days, some deserted, some occupied by power, and some inaccessible, will not be explained in detail here.

The five regions are the East China Sea, Southern Xinjiang, Western Desert, Northern Plains, and Zhongzhou. The pattern of southern Xinjiang is to divide southern Xinjiang into two, divided into two dynasties, the Nanye Dynasty and the Nansheng Dynasty, the Nanye Dynasty is close to the Western Desert, the Nansheng Dynasty is close to the East China Sea, between the borders of the two dynasties, there are several small countries, Qi State is one of them. Southern Xinjiang is mountainous, there are 100,000 mountains, and the so-called capital of the king of Qi, Gaojing, is also located on the Qishan Mountain. On every mountain, there are cottages and sects, but because the Nanye Dynasty is a new dynasty, the family strength is not very strong, so there are more sects in the Nanye Dynasty, and there are basically no families.

Between the mountains, dense forests, cliffs, and treacherous abnormalities. In particular, the mountains and forests are inhabited by countless poisonous insects and beasts, and mountain spirits.

Mortals don't have any hope of passing at all, even if a monk wants to fight alone, overcome these hardships and dangers, and come to other cottage sects, he needs at least the cultivation of the morning stage. The monks of the Ning Morning Period, in some small families or sects, are already family elders or elders under one person and above ten thousand people. And in the meridian period, in a small family/sect, he can already act as the patriarch/sect leader.

With such inconvenient transportation, there is naturally no way for the economy to develop. After all, if you want to get rich, you must first build roads.

But this also gave rise to caravans, a special way of trade.

Only when powerful monks take the lead, will a large number of monks follow, with a part of the mortals, help each other, and walk together. Overcome all kinds of obstacles, trade from one mountain to another.

A dark cloud appeared on Luo Hao's face, and he sighed. "Alas, this mountain road is not easy to walk! As soon as we set off, we encountered a group of electric wolves, then a group of demon monks robbing the road, and finally encountered two families on the Cold Wind Ridge, and we encountered another unwarranted disaster. Master Nangong was worried. However, since it is a grand event of your country, and the lord of the country has personally invited us, our caravan will naturally not be absent. ”

Between the two of them, they are very polite, on the one hand, the customer is God, and they are kind and wealthy. On the other hand, it is also the caravan that can bring a lot of goods that Gaojing needs, as well as some strange things.

"If there is no danger, it is good that people are fine. Our lord has prepared a banquet for Brother Luo to pick up the wind and wash the dust for the caravan. Nangong Ying said in an invitation.

"You're welcome, your lordship is polite. Luo Hao looked flattered. "It's better to be respectful than to obey your orders, then you will disturb the lord of the country and the commander. ”

The arrival of the caravan was like a drop of water dripping from hot oil, which caused a lot of waves.

"Fortunately, there is no delay this year, and it has even been a little early. The display cases of some taverns and restaurants exhaled. The festival in Qi Country is generally held once every five years, and during this time, the flow of people will be the highest in recent years. Taverns and restaurants will take advantage of this opportunity to sell Gaojing's specialty sake and pastries to those caravans and travelers to make huge profits.

The caravan arrived at Qishan, where Gaojing was located, in the morning, and camped outside the city at noon, and set up tents of different sizes and colors for rest. At night, temporary shops have been set up, and their use of space is also extreme, and there are many stalls selling gadgets between tents. When night falls, it's just like a night market, and it's brightly lit.

An endless stream of people poured out of Gaojing City and flocked to the place where the caravan was stationed. There are old people, there are children, and there are some middle-aged people who come to have fun. Ying Si also thought about it with Wei Xuan and a few of them, come to the caravan's booth to have a look and relieve their boredom.

"Come and see, come and see! The best Taki's tobacco tea, take a sip, and be happy like a fairy!" At a stall, a tobacco and tea seller was shouting loudly.

"Watermelon, watermelon, sweet and sweet watermelon, free to taste, not sweet and no money. "On a carriage, there are yellow and white oval melons and fruits, and when you cut them, the golden flesh inside exudes a sweet fragrance.

"King Cricket! King Cricket from the Nansheng Dynasty, who dares to fight with me? The bottom price of the gambling capital is half a spirit stone, and if you win my Cricket King, you can get ten spirit stones!" Unexpectedly, there were not only those who sold goods in this caravan, but also one or two little gamblers who relied on gambling to fight crickets to earn spirit stones.

"I said, junior brother, when did you decide to go to the Gaojing Palace to find treasures and complete the task!" Wei Xuan was displaced in the flow of people, and he didn't forget to send a message to Ying Si from the bottom of his heart.

The leader of Wei Xuan's three-person squad in this operation was not Wei Xuan, but Ying Si, who was a junior disciple. This is the arrangement of the team leader Yin Xinhan, even if Wei Xuan has complaints, there is no way to say anything. But if you think about it again and again, and repeatedly stop Wei Xuan from attacking the palace at night, Wei Xuan can't bear it.

"Little junior brother, you said that you are cowardly and afraid of things, what is the matter of stopping me from going? If you drag it out any longer, the team leader and they will arrive, and then the opportunity will fail!

Wei Xuan saw that Jiang Wanwan had not responded, and when he looked back, he found that she had long since disappeared.

Ying Si replied calmly: "Wanwan's little sister must have seen some novel gadgets, senior brother don't worry." As for stopping you before, it was because the matter of the Sheephorn Demon had not yet passed, and the palace would definitely be heavily guarded. Not only are we harder to infiltrate, but we're also more likely to be mistaken for Sheephorn's accomplices. On the other hand, now, the celebration of Qi Kingdom is imminent, and the palace will definitely relax its vigilance. During the festival, if you sneak in, you will definitely get twice the result with half the effort. ”

"Oh, then are you planning to go to the palace to steal treasures at night in the next few days?" Wei Xuan's tone softened, and then asked, "When is that exactly?"

Ying Si looked at the bright moon in the sky and groaned. "The moon and stars are scarce, and the black magpie flies south, so let's go to the palace after the grand ceremony. Because, before the celebration, the eyes of all the palace ministers and the people of Gaojing were focused on the celebration, and the treasure responsible for the sacrifice was the most important. But after the celebration is over, whether it is the lord of the country or the people, their tense minds will definitely relax, and then it will be a good opportunity for us to grab the treasure at night. ”

After Wei Xuan heard this, he didn't say anything anymore, because what Ying Si said did make sense.

On the other side, Jiang Wanwan, who has been living in Lingxiao Pavilion and has basically never descended the mountain, is like Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden - dazzling. "Wow, this toy is so cute, that's good, I want it, I want it. ”

"What is this? Wow, it's beautiful. Jiang Wanwan picked up a jade hairpin in a stall, its texture was Lingxiang jade, and a Qingluan was carved on it, which was very exquisite.

"Miss, you really have a vision, this jade hairpin is carved from Lingxiang jade, and the carving on it is the sacred Qingluan Bird. The jade hairpin is not expensive, only one hundred and seventy spirit stones. The peddler was full of smiles, and he knew at a glance that Jiang Wanwan was a chick who had not seen much of the world, and this time some of them made money.