Chu Xunyu and the three of them drove to southern Xinjiang, the three of them chatted while walking on horses, Chu Xunyu suddenly asked Mu Yuan for no reason: "Bajie, what should you do about killing people?"

"This ......" Mu Yuan was silent for a while, and then said slowly: "I have been thinking about this for a long time, and I don't have any specific way, the killing ring is a big commandment, once I go back, it is estimated that I will be expelled from the division for ten or eight years, so after thinking about it, I still decided to accompany you to finish this way, and then go back and be punished slowly." ”

Chu Xunyu patted him on the shoulder and said, "If I can survive, then I will accompany you to find Master Hui Tan and make it clear, this is also a last resort, you once asked me why I killed so many people, now you know the answer, it's not every time you want to keep your hand." ”

"Hey......" Mu Yuan sighed, and his eyes suddenly dimmed a lot.

The three of them wore the stars and the moon all the way, walked south along the Yajiang River, walked for nearly a month, and entered a dense forest, the mountains are endless, and the big trees are towering and lush, the three of them have been walking for three days since they entered this vast forest sea, and they have not seen the edge, Mu Yuan was a little anxious at the moment, and led the horse to drink the horse by the stream while asking Chu Xunyu: "I said Yelangzhong, how far do you have to go, is it going in the wrong direction, you won't get lost." ”

"Nope. Chu Xunyu shook his head and took out a map, "This map was given by the people of Shushan, depicting the entire territory of Shudi, this forest is indeed very large, I have heard people in the army before, after this forest, you will go to a guard of thousands of households, which is the last garrison in the south, and after there, it is the southern Xinjiang."

"I see, let's take a look. ”

The three of them walked for three more days, six days in a row, and finally walked out of this vast forest sea, looking down from the cliff, they could clearly see that there was a camp in the flat land below, among which there were many soldier drills, and there was a small village around the camp, with people coming and going, endlessly, Mu Yuanxi said: "Finally came out." ”

"Go down!" Chu Xunyu was also happy.

After approaching along the mountain road, he could already see the figure in the distance, Chu Xunyu suddenly dismounted, and said to the two: "Take out the goods, let's dress up, and after this pass, it will be southern Xinjiang." ”

Mu Yuan and Wangchen took out the goods they had purchased in Shu to change their clothes, and Mu Yuan asked again: "Ye Lang, what kind of thousand households are this, and what is the biggest official?

"The biggest is a thousand households, and there are five products. ”

"Hey, what are we pretending to be? Mu Yuan took out a gold medal, "You were the left waiter of the military department back then, from the third grade, take your gold medal and go up directly, what else to pretend, maybe when people see you coming, they will invite us to eat." ”

Chu Xunyu then remembered that the gold medal for Mu Yuan in Xuzhou City was still in his hand, and he grabbed it angrily and said: "Are you a fool to be a person? These thousands of households were all sent by the Ministry of War, and they used to be errand workers in Yingtian, do you think they have never seen the current squire of the Ministry of War? Remember, we are now merchants from the Central Plains, who came to southern Xinjiang to trade." ”

The three of them dressed up and walked into this village, they can already see a lot of people of different races wearing Miao clothes and Dai clothes shuttling back and forth, there are many Han people in it, all of them are formed by perennial historical legacies, in the vicinity of the thousands of households set up by the Han people, many people on both sides of the mutual trade live with each other, and over time, it has become like this, the three of them do not plan to stay, it is still early to see that it is still early, and they are ready to pass directly into the southern Xinjiang, but they are stopped by a group of soldiers who guard the door, and one of them asks: "Stop! What are you doing?" ”

"Oh, the one who buys and sells, the one who buys and sells. Chu Xunyu is experienced in the rivers and lakes, and immediately went up to stuff silver in his hand while lifting the cover of the goods on the horse, "It's all brocade, salt, fur or something, and I hope that the military master will have a convenient trip, and drink a small bar with the silver." ”

Unexpectedly, after the head soldier Ding took the silver, he still asked people to check the goods of the three people, and after making sure that there was no problem, he slowed down his expression, pulled the three people to the side, and asked: "This is not a matter of silver, and it is also quite good to see my brother, to tell you the truth, didn't you find anything wrong with yourself?"

"What's wrong?" The three of them looked at each other strangely for a long time, and finally Chu Xunyu was alert, and found that no one came to this level for so long, as if the three of them were going to pass, and asked strangely at the moment, "Why didn't anyone pass the level today?"

Nodding his head: "Knowingly asking, my brother doesn't look at what day it is." ”

Chu Xunyu counted his fingers, and suddenly sighed: "It turns out that today is the thirtieth month of the lunar month." ”

"What?, do you have any explanation?" asked Mu Yuan strangely.

Glaring at the bull's eyes: "Today is the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, the Daming law stipulates that the New Year Pass is forbidden to leave the country, and those who forcibly break through the pass are regarded as defectors, and the ban will be lifted on the third day of the first year, brothers don't bother, stay in the town for a few days." ”

Chu Xunyu nodded hurriedly: "I have been out trading all the year round, and I have forgotten the days, I have to work, let's go to the town to live for two days, and come back after the New Year." ”

"Okay, please. "Bow your head.

The three of them turned around and walked towards the town, and Mu Yuan sighed: "I didn't expect it to be the New Year, and I didn't notice it much." ”

"yes. Chu Xunyu was also full of emotion, "I haven't been home for many years. ”

"You're good. Mu Yuan smiled bitterly, "At least you are still spending the New Year at home, I am an orphan and have never had a New Year." ”

"This year's New Year, we have passed together. Forget Chen patted Mu Yuan's shoulder, and the three of them walked into the town together.

There are a lot of merchants here from south to north, so there are a lot of inns, Chu Xunyu and the three of them randomly found an ordinary two-story small building to settle down, put down their luggage, and found the shopkeeper to set up a banquet in the evening, to see that the time was still early, so they walked around the town and familiarized themselves with the customs of southern Xinjiang in advance. Mu Yuan asked curiously: "How do we distinguish between Dai and Miao?"

"It's very easy to do, just look at the clothes. Chu Xunyu pointed to the group of people walking in front of him and said, "Most of the Miao clothes are dyed, and you can often see that there is a waist around the waist, and there are many ornaments on the body, women with jewelry, men with animal bone decorations, etc.; ”

"I see. Mu Yuan suddenly realized.

Since the Chinese New Year is approaching, the shops and stalls on the street are closing early, Mu Yuan only bought a silver hairpin, Chu Xunyu asked curiously: "What do you buy this for?"

Mu Yuan replied happily: "During these days in Shushan, I was communicating with Senior Sister Shang Qian, I told her that we were coming to Southern Xinjiang, and she asked me to help her bring a gift, and I helped her pick a hairpin." ”

"Hehe, I haven't seen her for a long time, how is she doing?" Chu Xunyu asked.

"It's okay, she said that she was always suffocated at home, and she wanted to go out with us, but as soon as she said that she came to southern Xinjiang, her father decisively refused, so she had to hope that we would tell her about it when we came back. Mu Yuan looked left and right, and there were fewer and fewer people on the street, so he had to say stupidly, "What should I do now?"

"That's all there is to it. The three of them reluctantly went back to the inn and found a table to drink tea at random to polish their time.

At this time, there must not be many people in the store, it was empty, only one of the shopkeepers greeted the guests, even Xiao Er had already gone home for the New Year, the old shopkeeper was a Han man, and he lived here, so let Chu Xunyu them feel free, and he went to the back to be busy Chinese New Year's Eve cooking with his wife, and the three of them held the teacup to chat about their spiritual experience, but suddenly a blunt Chinese sentence interrupted them, and when they looked back, they saw several Miao men entering the door with a big grin......