The Yellow River is far above the white clouds, a lonely city and ten thousand mountains. The pen and fun pavilion www.biquge.info talking about the northwest gateway, one of the two passes, Yumen Pass. It is like a mountain rising from the ground, standing still in the yellow sand.

Yumen Pass is not one of those small counties in the northwest that can be compared, as the first town on the border of the Han Dynasty, it is a real stone city, in order to demonstrate the prestige of the Han Dynasty, but also to deter the border.

Yumen Pass has no county order, although it is a city, the chief officer is the commander of the Northwest Army, this city is very large, stationed 8,000 well-equipped Han border troops, and enough grain and grass for the whole city to support five years.

Gao Zhong did not let Shaoyuan continue to play the role of Qincha here, but personally returned to Qincha, and took the letter to visit the guard here, Gongsun De. When Gongsun De returned to his hometown, Gongsun De was only a young man in his early twenties, so Gao Zheng asked Gongsun De to be transferred to the northwest, and over the years he was able to become the main general of the northwest, but he did not dare to forget the grace of the promotion. The old man and the teacher's son came in person, and they came with the emperor's order, and he had to entertain them well.

The grain and grass still have to be counted, but the place of Yumen Pass can be trusted by Gao Pet, he knows that the city here cannot be affected, and secondly, the grain and grass that is close to 200,000 stones cannot be completed in a day or two after the inventory. This time, Gao Zhong did not sneak out with Shaoyuan and them, but stayed in the General's Mansion. After all, there are some things that are most familiar only when you ask this northwest chief.

The study room on the general's mansion, except for the simple study room four treasures, one or two books, there are no decorations, no porcelain and wine, Gongsun De's wife served tea to the two, although he was in the Western Regions, but Gongsun De still honestly set a Central Plains wife, a lifetime of military service, killed a lifetime of foreigners, let him marry a foreigner, it is estimated that he himself can not stand it.

After drinking tea, Gongsun De asked, "Senior brother, how are the teacher and the senior sister feeling recently?"

"Thank you for your concern, my father and mother have been in good health"

Gongsun De then asked, "Since the teacher and the teacher are healthy, there will not be much greetings, junior brother, the countries in the Western Regions have been too quiet recently, so there are more caravans, and the northwest is also peaceful, but it is too strangely quiet."

Gao Zhong asked, "Senior brother, the Xiongnu who were originally in the northwest have disappeared recently, and there is no herdsman in the four hundred miles of the station."

Gongsun De frowned, he knew that 'the invisible enemy is the most terrible', and the biggest enemy in the northwest was these Huns, who suddenly disappeared mysteriously, and no one could be happy. "Do you have any news?"

Gao Chong shook his head, "I don't know very well, but now there is a clue" Immediately, Gao Chong's eyes were sharp, "Senior brother, have you noticed how the price of tea has been recently?"

Gongsun De thought for a while, "I heard that it is a lot more expensive, and a caravan came here to buy a large amount of tea and ship it to the Western Regions, and now it is in short supply."

Gao Zhong nodded, "And now in the territory, I don't see any foreign nomadic tribes coming to our local tea merchants to exchange tea." This year's tea and horse market, the scale is pitiful, all this is too coincidental, right?"

Gongsun De immediately realized Gao Chong's words, "These Huns have gone to the Western Regions?" but the Western Regions have not received any news of the Xiongnu attacking, and there are still thousands of troops stationed in the Western Regions, if there is any trouble, they can report immediately."

Gao Zhong asked, "Senior brother, can you send some military scouts to follow the caravan of this tea collector where the goods are going?"

Gongsun De nodded, "This is a trivial matter, junior brother, I still have official business, so I won't talk to you more, come back to the house for dinner tonight, I will let the lady cook a few more side dishes"

Gao Pet gave his hand "Thank you senior brother, then I won't keep senior brother"

The market in Yumen Pass is a market full of military town characteristics, and around the market, there are more than 100 soldiers patrolling, and the reason for this feature is this. Largely because in the market, there are a large number of bodyguards waiting to be hired, there are people from the Western Regions, there are also people from the Central Plains, although the Dingyuan Dart Bureau is the first dart game of the Han Dynasty, but because the composition is mainly Han people, so the scope of the escort, the farthest place is to send to this Yumen Pass, and the west out of the Yumen Pass is not accepted.

In desperation, if the caravan buys a large number of goods and finds that there are not enough people in the team, many will choose these bodyguards. Over time, more and more people gathered here, hoping to become a bodyguard thug. The reasons why they became bodyguards are very complicated, there are people who avoid debts, there are people who avoid disasters, there are adventures, there are people who want to live a new life, all kinds of people come here, they may have their own stories, but they all have a characteristic, that is, they are murderous, and so many people gathered together with murderous spirits, it is inevitable that there will be friction, there have been several large-scale fights of a bad nature, and the army suppressed and took over the market security by thunderous means, and these people have been honest.

Shaoyuan looked at these people while thinking about the rules, but it was a bit similar to Baihu Street, but it was not a person hired here, generally three hundred taels could hire a bodyguard team of about seven or eight people, all the people here would not act alone, they all acted together, and three, three, five, five formed a team to take over business.

And there is a special place in this market, that is, even prostitutes will come out in groups to solicit business, which is very shocking, there are official prostitutes, mostly Han prisoner women, and private prostitutes, that is, mainly foreigners. In this way, there is both a team of bodyguards who keep the caravan safe, and a team of prostitutes who take care of the needs of the entire caravan.

Shao Yuan couldn't help but sigh, "It's really colorful, the world is big, there are no surprises" Shao Yuan didn't sigh twice, but he felt a tightness in his right hand, it was Xiao Yue's clenched hand, it seemed that Xiao Yue was afraid of something, Shao Yuan asked, "What's wrong Xiao Yue?

Satsuki nodded and looked at the prostitutes "Just looking at them, a little scared, like seeing my former self"

Shaoyuan remembered Xiaoyue's origin, so he held her hand and said, "Lu Xiaoyue, what are you thinking? You are now called 'Mrs. Xiaoyue', how can you compare with them, and besides, you are all involuntarily, many times, the situation becomes like this, and it is not for you to choose"

Xiao Yue nodded timidly, "Official, why don't we go back?"

Shaoyuan just looked at it with the mentality of taking a casual look, since his wife was unwilling to stay longer, he would not force him to stay, so he nodded immediately and took Xiaoyue to the outside of the market.