Early the next morning, Kong Rui felt that there was nothing special here, so he thought of buying a horse from here and going all the way south on the grassland, so he asked Ba En: "Brother Ba, the little brother wants to buy a horse and continue to drive, I wonder if Brother Ba can help?"

Seeing that Kong Rui was in shabby clothes and didn't seem to be able to come up with a lot of money, and that it was impossible for him to give him a horse for nothing, Barn hesitated a little and said, "Brother, you know that our shepherds here are not very wealthy, and I am afraid that they will not be willing to sell them if the price is low." ”

Kong Rui smiled and said: "The little brother is confident that he still has some silver taels, and the eldest brother can make a price." ”

Barn thought for a while, gritted his teeth, and said, "Then ten taels of silver, my brother will ride my jujube red horse away if he wants to see it." ”

Kong Rui guessed that this price might be half sold and half given away by Barn, so he said, "Then thank you, big brother." Then he stretched out his hand, and took out of the storage bag, and took out a minath of fifty taels and a few ingots of silver, about a hundred or so taels, and gave them to Bath.

Barn saw that there was a lot more, and hurriedly said: "Brother, our herdsmen on the grassland will never deceive our friends, and that horse is worth a maximum of twenty taels of silver, why did my brother take out so much?"

Kong Rui stuffed all the silver into Barn's hand, and said, "Big Brother Ba, since you think that your younger brother is a friend, you should accept this money." Jujube Red Horse is the love of Big Brother, and it is not right for the younger brother to win the love of others, so he naturally has to pay more. ”

When Barn heard him say this, he was no longer polite, and accepted the money and said, "Brother must treat this horse well in the future, so that I can rest assured." ”

Kong Rui hurriedly said: "This is natural, the little brother must treat it well." ”

Barn took the red horse, handed the reins to Kong Rui, and reluctantly sent them away.

Kong Rui rode his horse all the way to the southwest, the scenery on the grassland in this spring was magnificent, the folk customs were simple, and there was no sign of large-scale intervention by the people, Kong Rui had a feeling of being out of the world.

After leaving the grassland, Kong Rui entered a stretch of desert, and the population suddenly became much sparser.

On the way, Kong Rui asked the three riders, "The eldest brothers, the younger brothers come from the north, there is a grassland, but why has this become such a large desert?

The three of them laughed, and they all thought that this young man's question was a little funny, and an older rider said: "Brother doesn't know, this was originally also a grassland, but the nearby trees were cut down, and the grass was eaten by cows, sheep, and yellow rats, and it became like this." ”

Kong Rui knew that the herdsmen here cherished the pasture very much, so how could they cut down trees for some reason? ”

The rider sighed and said: "This generation can't be blamed, this is closer to the hinterland of the Great Yan Country, and it used to be a place where wars were often fought, and those people sent soldiers to cut down a large number of trees in order to fight, and it got worse and worse over time, and this place became a desert." ”

As soon as he heard that this was the case, Kong Rui sighed secretly, it seemed that this war was really the root of all evil.

After walking for a while, the three riders and Kong Rui parted ways, and Kong Rui walked alone for two more days, and then he saw the green mountains in the distance, and of course he was overjoyed, and hurriedly rode his horse forward.

In the mountainous areas, although the population is denser, there are also many barren mountains and mountains, but fortunately, Kong Rui doesn't mind these very much, so he still goes all the way.

On this day, Kong Rui arrived at a market town, this market town looks not small, but many of them are ruined and ruined, full of devastation, obviously, this is the place where the country of Qijiao and the country of Great Yan once fought, but now the armies of both sides no longer know where to go, Kong Rui found a passer-by on the side and asked, only to know that he has now arrived at the boundary of Shancha Prefecture.

When he arrived in Shanchazhou, Kong Rui thought of Lu Geng, Liu Baisheng and Zheng Ping, who he knew back then, and now that he was here, he might as well visit them to see if there were any new changes during this time, and he paid special attention to finding out where Liu Baisheng and Zheng Ping were.

Fortunately, the common people here basically knew the area of activity of the Shancha Army, Kong Rui quickly found a small unit of the Shancha Army, and after explaining his intentions, he soon met Lu Geng, and also knew the location of Liu Baisheng and Zheng Ping.

Within a day, Kong Rui found Liu Baisheng and Zheng Ping's station, and after explaining their identities, Liu Baisheng and Zheng Ping hurriedly invited Kong Rui in.

As soon as they met, Zheng Ping said, "Brother Kong, I haven't seen you for many days, why don't you, a cultivator, drive the clouds and change to riding a horse?"

Kong Rui smiled and said, "Brother Liu, Brother Zheng, and junior brother have only done some earthly things these days, so they can only ride horses." After speaking, the three of them laughed and walked into the small courtyard together, and there was an orderly next to them who took the horse in Kong Rui's hand and tied it to the side.

Kong Rui knew that the Qiqian people had already started a war with the Asimi country, and thought that the situation in the Great Yan Country should be better, so he asked Liu Baisheng: "Brother Liu, now that the Qiqian people have fought with the Asimi country, the pressure on our Shancha army should be much less, right?"

Liu Baisheng said: "It seems that Brother Kong is still very concerned about state affairs." Now the pressure of the people in my Great Yan Country is still very huge, and my mountain inspection army is not immune. ”

Kong Rui was a little strange and said, "It's not that the people of the Qi Dynasty have spent a lot of effort to fight against the Ah Simi Country, where do they have so many troops in my Great Yan Country?"

On the side, Zheng Ping said: "Brother Kong doesn't know, this person has changed their supreme commander in the Great Yan Country, this person knows a lot about my Great Yan Country, and many of his methods are very targeted to us; ”

Of course, Kong Rui knew that this person was Ning Gang, and it seemed that this Ning Gang was really a powerful character, so he asked Zheng Pingdao: "Why are so many officers and soldiers of the imperial court going to take refuge in the Yan people? Aren't they the descendants of Emperor Yan of my Great Yan Kingdom?"

Zheng Ping sighed and said: "This matter is difficult to explain, my Great Yan Kingdom has been immoral for many years, and many people have already forgotten their ancestral teachings. ”

Hearing this, Kong Rui immediately thought of the Shiming Mountain and the Miaokong Sect, such two powerful sects did not dare to come forward, and many ordinary people naturally did not dare to fight to the death with the Qiyan people. He couldn't help but say: "Also, as far as the junior brother knows, the Shiming Mountain and the Miaokong Sect have also declined, so the people are so rampant." ”

Zheng Ping nodded and said: "Exactly, especially Shiming Mountain, his Ten Ming Daoism was originally the soul of my people in the Great Yan Country, and it is also the backbone of my Great Yan Country. ”

Kong Rui nodded thoughtfully.

Zheng Ping asked again: "Brother Kong is coming back this time, is he going to stay for a few more days?"

Kong Rui said: "I'm afraid I can't live permanently, and I may leave in a few days." He suddenly remembered that he had helped here last time, and he didn't know if there were any troubles left, so he hurriedly asked again: "Brother Liu, Brother Zheng, after the junior brother left last time, did any cultivators come to trouble you?"

Liu Baisheng and Zheng Ping glanced at each other, and Liu Baisheng said: "Those cultivators are looking for trouble with us every day, when have they not looked for us?" Kong Rui was stunned for a moment, and immediately reacted, but when he saw that Liu Baisheng and Zheng Ping were safe in front of him, he was a lot relieved, and said, "That's good." Liu Baisheng and Zheng Ping felt inexplicable and didn't ask him.

Kong Rui probably introduced Liu Baisheng and Zheng Ping about his inquiries in the Suishan Mining Valley and Heihu Mountain in the Northland, but he didn't say anything about his trip to Suidu to find out the news.

Unexpectedly, Liu Baisheng and Zheng Ping were extremely interested, and kept asking Zhao Er and Chen Daniu about their situation, and Kong Rui explained them one by one.