The original origin of the word 'Western Regions' has been left in the dust of time, without a trace. The oldest document owned by the scholars of the Yonghua Kingdom is the literary masterpiece "Chronicles of the Dynasty", which was written in the heyday of the True Dragon Dynasty before the Great Dream of the World. And this "Chronicles of the Dynasty", because it has a history of more than 400 years, there are many fragments in it, and it is also very difficult to study. However, through unremitting efforts, Yonghua scholars finally found the word 'Western Regions' in the book.

The book says that when the True Dragon Dynasty was at its peak, the population was as high as 10,000, and although the territory was not as big as the dream of dominating the world later, it was also bounded by the Tianxing Mountain that ran through the continent, encompassing the entire east of the Tianxing Mountain. However, its core territory is still the water and soil in the north of today's Yonghua Kingdom and the south of the Junwu Kingdom. These territories were divided into states and counties by the True Dragon Emperor, with a total of 12 states and 73 counties. Although the rest of the land is also hung with the True Dragon Swallowing Sun Flag, according to the book, those territories are not managed by prefectures and counties, but have the title of 'so-and-so capital protector'. Except for the need to pay taxes on a regular basis and act in times of war in accordance with the will of the True Dragon Emperor, these places are almost not under the jurisdiction of the True Dragon Imperial Court and have great autonomy. In the heyday of Zhenlong, there were six major capital protectorates, namely 'Anxi, Anbei, South Desert, North Desert, West Garden, and North Garden'. Among them, 'Anxi', 'Xiting' and 'Southern Desert' are called the Western Regions Protectorate, and 'Beiting', 'Anbei' and 'Northern Desert' are called the nomadic Protectorate.

And the word "Western Regions" in the Western Regions Protectorate is the earliest source of the word "Western Regions" as it is known today. Although the land of the Western Regions is not as fertile as the Central Plains, it is far better than the desolate northern border. In addition, three hundred years ago, after the two dynasties of the east and west of Tianxing Mountain, Gu Xian and Zhenlong, recognized the existence of each other and established the 'Silk Road' across the southern desert, the land of the Western Regions has become a place where Eastern and Western cultures blend.

It is precisely because of this, coupled with Emperor Gao's self-knowledge that day, that the number of Qimen in the Western Regions is much more than that in the Central Plains. The towns established by the people of the four Qimen in the world, three of Mengyue, Lanting, Zhenhuang, and Yongyang, Mengyue, Lanting, and Zhenhuang, are all within the territory of the Western Regions Protectorate—although they are nominally the land of the True Dragon Dynasty.

Now, the True Dragon Dynasty has been dead for more than 130 years, and the dream of dominating the world for 30 years has disappeared a hundred years ago.

And this has led to the fact that the prosperity of Qimen rivers and lakes in the Western Regions today can be said to be unparalleled in the past five hundred years.

......

The white clothes slowly changed their heads and looked at the brown city that was close at hand.

The afterglow of dusk splashed on it, which was more than ten feet high, shining brightly on the plaque with black letters on a red background.

'Meng Yue'.

Meng, Changye, Yue, Shanye.

Meng Yue, the chief of the mountains.

However, this does not mean that there is the first mountain in the world in this Mengyue City - the first mountain in the world, only the ten thousand peaks on the Tianxing Mountain can win the crown. After all, the 10,000-zhang peak, but no matter where you are, as long as you raise your head can see the wonders of the world, and only it can truly deserve the beautiful words that storytellers often hang on their lips as '3,000 zhang into the clouds, 6,000 zhang to pick the stars, and 9,000 zhang to listen to the heavenly court'.

The mountains mentioned by Meng Yuecheng refer to the small hills with the name of Qimen when the Qimen family still occupied the mountains as kings and were not much different from today's grass kou.

At that time, the enthusiastic young generation of Xuanshi did not want to live in seclusion in the mountains and forests, and regardless of the bitter nagging of the elders, they went down the mountain together and came to the Western Regions. Longing for a prosperous city like the capital of the True Dragon King, they established the first Qimen city in the world, Mengyue City, at the pass between the Western Regions and the Central Plains with the power of Qimen. It is precisely because Meng Yue is the first city of Qimen, and tens of thousands of the 300,000 people in the city are Qimen people, so there is also a saying in the rivers and lakes that 'the world's strange gate comes out of Mengyue'.

However, it has been about seven or eight hundred years since this incident, and the ancient books and documents that have been recorded have long been lost in the years of time and endless wars, and the only words left behind are only word of mouth between the older generation and the younger generation, which cannot be said to be conclusive.

Bai Yi lowered his head and looked out from the open Sanzhang City Gate.

The buildings in the city are mostly gray-black hard hilltop buildings, the roof is bounded by the middle transverse ridge, divided into front and back slopes, and the left and right gables are either level with the roof or higher than the roof. At a glance, although the scenery in the city is not as magnificent as Yongyang City, which is now the capital of Yonghua, and the carved railings and jade buildings, it also gives people a sense of generosity because of its spacious and smooth avenues and buildings.

Wang Manxiu, who was holding an iron sword, took a light breath, brushed the hem of his robe, and stepped forward.

Zhang Shanli Shi, who was standing behind him, also clenched his fist slightly and followed.

In this way, in the sunset and afterglow, step by step, the three of them stepped into this Meng Yue, who looked very dignified......

"Stop!

A soft shout accompanied by an iron spear lay in front of them.

The three of them were stunned, and they all looked stunned.

However, their surprise was not because of this entry into the city to investigate-although the jurisdiction of the towns in the Western Regions was much more relaxed than that of the cities in the Central Plains, and there were only caravans and military brigades that needed to be prepared for customs clearance. But when you enter the city, you are asked a few words by the janitor, and you pay a little 'tax' or something, which is not unusual.

They were amazed because of the cowhide armor of the gatekeeper in front of them.

The goalkeeper who is not as tall as the chest of the white clothes, not as strong as the half of the body of the white clothes, and the childishness on his face has not been taken off at all.

It's clearly just a yellow-mouthed!

Wang Manxiu blinked in some surprise and looked up at the gatekeeper standing on the other side of the gate—the latter was not much different from the one he remembered as the doorman with a tiger's back on his back. But the janitor was blind to the scene, as if he thought it was not unusual to have a boy of his old age as a janitor.

"Hey, I'll talk to you. ”

The voice was milky, but I could hear that I was trying my best to lower my voice and make a sharp appearance.

Wang Manxiu hurriedly came back to his senses, and his gaze moved down to a quarter of the length of the iron spear, which was about two meters long, before finally landing on the forehead and eyebrows of the young gatekeeper. He thought for a moment, and finally, as usual, bent down with his sleeves and made a compilation: "I'm sorry, it's Xiaosheng...... In the next faux pas. ”

The boy blinked, moved the iron spear with some difficulty, and punched him.

Then, he looked at the white clothes and the two black robes behind him, and said in a low voice, "Where are you from, and what are your names?"

"Pingshui, Wang Manxiu. Bai Yi said softly, pointed sideways behind him, and said, "These two fellow villagers are my fellow villagers, and their names are Zhang Shan and Li Shi respectively. ”

The boy frowned, followed by a moment of silence.

Wang Manxiu seemed to have guessed something, and immediately smiled: "It's Pingshui County." Yonghua country, Pingshui County, Yongzhou. ”

"Oh, it's from Yonghua Kingdom. The young man's brows were stretched, as if he had suddenly realized. He then asked, "Then what are the three of you going to do when you come to my hometown?"

"Come and find someone. ”

Wang Manxiu replied softly.

Zhang Shan and Li Shi behind him glanced at each other.

The young man nodded and asked, "Looking for someone, are you looking for family and friends?"

"Ah...... This is a bit difficult to talk about. Wang Manxiu hesitated, and made a compilation with a smile, "I hope that the little brother will be accommodating." ”

The young man blinked his eyes, and then looked at the white clothes in front of him who held the Yiyi iron sword, and the two black clothes behind him who were wearing robes and hats, and wearing swords around their waists.

Although the boy is young, after all, he was born and grew up in the Western Regions, and this is no more obvious way, how can there be a reason that cannot be seen clearly.

He coughed lightly, clenched the iron spear in his hand, and whispered, "Surrender...... Two pieces of silver, and I gave them. ”

Two coins of silver, about 200 copper coins.

For the three people in white who did not have goods to accompany them, it was not cheap.

"Yes. ”

Wang Manxiu smiled slightly, turned around and made a gesture of 'I have no money on me' to Zhang Shan beside him. Zhang Shanxin nodded understandingly, took out a small cyan money bag in his arms, and handed it to Bai Yi's hand.

Man Xiu thanked Zhang Shen silently, poured out a small piece of broken silver from the money bag, and stuffed it into the young man's hand.

The young man took the broken silver, weighed it, leaned in front of him to look at it, turned his head and bit it with his teeth, and finally stuffed the silver into his arms, and with a slight sigh of relief, turned sideways, and made way of the way.

Wang Manxiu smiled lightly and made a compilation at him.

The young man was stunned for a moment, and was about to return the salute when the three of them suddenly heard three drums sounding on the city wall above their heads. Then a figure sped past them, rushing through the open gate into the city, and speeding along the wide square avenue.

Wang Manxiu, who saw the figure away, blinked and said curiously: "Little brother, what is this?"

"It's our Meng Yue's Qimen Ma Kuai. The young man puffed up his chest with some pride, and said loudly, "Aren't you running faster than a horse?"

"Hehehe, the little brother is right. Bai Yi said with a smile: "It is worthy of being 'the world's strange door out of Meng Yue', and it is an eye-opener today." ”

"Hey, that's nature. The young man shouldered the iron spear, straightened his waist, and said to him: "Yonghua is here, I don't care what you want to do in my hometown, but if you want to be safe, don't go to trouble those Qimen masters in the city." If you provoke the Qimen masters, I won't be able to help you. ”

Looking at the way the young man spoke, Wang Manxiu was slightly stunned.

But he quickly smiled lightly and said softly: "Thank you little brother for your kind words, remember them below." ”

The young man exhaled and smiled and said 'um-'.

Holding the iron spear, he turned around, watched the white robe, led the two black robes behind him, and slowly walked into the city gate.

Now he is only twelve and three months old, and it is the first time he has seen a traveler from Yonghua Kingdom. Adults say that everyone in this Yonghua country wears gold and silver, behaves arrogantly and has no one in their eyes - but this polite brother in white is not like it at all.

The young man raised his head, looked at the iron spear in his right hand, measured his head with his left hand, and measured the height of the white robe.

"That, little brother. ”

A clear male voice suddenly sounded in front of him.

The young man was startled, quickly put down his left hand, blushed slightly, and raised his eyes to look at the white clothes in front of him that were two heads taller than himself: "What are you doing?"

"I'm sorry. Bai Yi smiled: "But there is something I want to inquire about." ”

"Oh...... What's the matter?"

The young man settled down and asked in a low voice.

Wang Manxiu smiled faintly and turned sideways slightly.

"Excuse me, where is the Meng Yue Yin family?"