The inside of Xiaofangpan City is as poor as its appearance. There are almost no houses made of blue bricks in the city. They are all earth houses made of rammed loess. There are less than 10,000 residents in the city, and there are not many shops on the streets.
However, the residents in Xiaofangpan City come from a variety of sources, and the household registration records are not strictly managed. There are wanderers from the thirty-six countries in the Western Region who came here accidentally, and there are even horse bandits who live in seclusion here incognito.
You can see groups of young children playing in the streets, some of them have blue eyes and some have curly hair.
At this point in time, the Han Dynasty did not know much about the Western Regions. Xiaofangpan City was not yet the most important gate in the world in the future, and Yangguan, which had the same fate as it, was in the same situation now.
The noble man who changed the fate of the twins is currently staying in the city and has not yet embarked on his magnificent journey.
Wherever there are people, there are rivers and lakes. Although Xiaofangpan City is small, there are still some small gangs who come to the city to work for the people and go out to work as bandits to make a living here. There are also some sporadic caravans who still stay in the city.
However, when Chen Duo and Hu Xiuwu were walking on the dilapidated dirt roads of Xiaofangpan City, no one came to provoke them without looking at them. Even the children knew how to avoid them.
This is not because the news of Hu Xiuwu’s manifestation in front of people at the city gate has been spread back to the city. There is no mobile phone here. The transmission and fermentation of messages take time.
The reason why they avoided them was because of the six horses they were holding.
In this era when one horse is hard to find, it is definitely not easy for someone to lead six horses. Some smart people discovered that Hu Xiuwu and Chen Duo were unusual.
Even though they were in the Gobi desert, the skin of these two people was still as white and tender as suet.
There are almost no fools who can make a living on the frontier, and there are still a few people who are short-sighted like the horse bandits who gave them maps and horses. No local snake is willing to easily provoke these two people before knowing the details of them.
Chen Duo was indifferent to the spies who stared at them warily in the dark, and the fearful eyes of children. She had seen these many times in the bunker and the Yaoxian Society.
She was more curious about what had just happened at the city gate. That situation went against the common sense given to her by the bunker. She asked Hu Xiuwu doubtfully:
"Why did you just show the golden light spell to that person at the door and he let you in? Didn't you say that aliens should keep a low profile?"
"That's modern times. The power of aliens can no longer surpass the power of ordinary people."
Hu Xiuwu said with emotion: "The situation was very different in the Han Dynasty. At this time, Yiren's status was very high. This was the last era when Yiren were active in the court on a large scale."
In ancient times, the status of foreigners was different from that in modern times. The more ignorant the era, the higher the status of foreigners. During the Xia and Zhou Dynasties, only the strongest foreigners among the royal descendants were eligible to ascend the throne.
It was not until the First Emperor, despite his lack of talent and low cultivation, still destroyed the six kingdoms and unified the world that this tradition ended.
However, Yiren's status has not declined. In the early Han Dynasty, Yiren's status was still very high.
After all, although Liu Bang is not a stranger, his subordinates Zhang Liang and Han Xin all possess special skills.
Therefore, at this time, there is even an unspoken rule that the position of the Three Lords cannot be occupied by a stranger with profound cultivation. Each of the hundreds of schools of thought that have been passed down to this day has its own unique skills.
People today believe that those who can practice strange arts and are far better than ordinary people in governing the country must be better than ordinary people. Just like people today believe in the words of so-called successful people, thinking that if they can achieve one thing, they can achieve everything. thing.
Ordinary people are not qualified to become the Three Lords and Nine Ministers, and the sad thing is that ordinary people themselves think so.
Princes, generals and prime ministers, this sentence seems to have nothing to do with them.
After telling Chen Duo the history of the aliens, Hu Xiuwu said mysteriously: "The Golden Light Curse can be miraculous in this era. Do you still remember the full name of Longhu Mountain?"
Before Chen Duo could answer, Hu Xiuwu fell in love with a restaurant and pulled her towards the restaurant:
"There is a restaurant here! Let's take a rest here first so that Shazhu's people can report first."
"Our trip to Jingjue Ancient City will fall on him."
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In the main hall of the county government office in Xiaofangpan City, a tall, imposing and handsome young man was sitting in the main seat, while Xu Yuanjin, the county magistrate of Xiaofangpan City, was reporting to him the progress of material collection. Condition.
There was also a big man with ferocious muscles, dark skin, and slightly curly hair in the room. He ignored Xu Yuanjin's report and was busy playing with the strong bow in his hand and maintaining the bowstring in his hand. However, Xu Yuanjin only dared to scold him for being vulgar in his heart. Barbarians dare not speak out.
Because this big man's eyes were golden, Xu Yuanjin always felt a tingling sensation in his head when he stared at him.
This big man is a stranger.
There is no good place in Xiaofangpancheng, and the post station is small and in poor condition. It cannot accommodate more than a hundred people for the mission, so Xu Yuanjin donated the house behind the county government office in Xiaofangpancheng, which was also the only blue brick wooden house in the city. came out to let the people of the mission live, and has been sparing no effort to help the mission raise supplies.
Xu Yuanjin, who was nearly forty years old and worked so hard to help the envoy, naturally had his own thoughts. He just hoped that after the envoy returned to Chang'an, he would recognize his hard work and say a few kind words for him in front of His Majesty. It can give him a promotion.
He had had enough of this miserable place.
After reporting the situation, Xu Yuanjin complimented the young envoy sitting on the throne a few more times before leaving.
After he left, the young envoy slumped down with his straight waist and lay directly on the couch, lying in a way that seemed very unseemly to people at this time, but very comfortable, with an expression of great enjoyment.
But the big man who had been keeping calm just now, busy with his own work, finally said:
"Hmph, if this county magistrate knew the truth about this mission, I wonder if he would work so hard, Zhang Qian?"
He called Zhang Qian by his name without any politeness at all. Zhang Qian, who was lying on the collapse, was not angry, but said lazily:
"Gan Fu (Tang Yi's father), don't talk nonsense. What's the truth about the mission? It's just that this trip may be a little more dangerous. But isn't there still you?"
A golden light flashed in Tang Yi's father's eyes, and he sneered: "Only foreigners like me who want to get out of the prison are willing to follow you. If you linger in Chang'an, don't you just want to invite someone?" help."
"But who did you invite? Zhang Qian! What you and your master are doing is contrary to the world, and it will not end well! Maybe there must be a new mission in Chang'an now."
Zhang Qian chuckled lightly and changed his position so that he could better talk to Tang Yi's father:
"I didn't take it just to invite people. Forget it, why are you here?"
After Tang Yi's father strung his bow, he said coldly: "Besides, your father has placed a restraint on me. The restraint will only be lifted if I bring you back to Chang'an safely."
"When I return to Chang'an, with this experience, I can join the next batch of missions and strive for a better future."
"There won't be another mission. I will definitely return to Chang'an with the Da Yuezhi's covenant."
Zhang Qian changed his lazy tone and said decisively.
Tread, tap, tap,
The sound of boots stepping on the wooden boards came from outside the house. The sound was dense and chaotic. In the Han Dynasty, all wooden houses were built, so before entering the house, you had to take off your boots to show respect. The visitor actually wore boots to enter the house, which seemed like he was in a hurry. anxious.
Hearing the movement outside the house, Zhang Qian stood up in an instant, straightened his back, and sat upright, maintaining the demeanor of a majestic envoy.
The person who came over in a hurry turned out to be Xu Yuanjin who had left and returned. Zhang Qian said suspiciously:
"Does Mr. Xu County have anything else to do?"
Xu Yuanjin said anxiously: "Report to the envoy, my men just came to report that two strangers came to the city."
Zhang Qian was also a little surprised: "Yiren, your men saw it right, right?"
Xu Yuanjin hurriedly shook his head: "The Shaxian Lieutenant of this county was also present. In front of them, the stranger was covered in golden light and created a crack one foot long on the ground."
"Golden light? Did they tell you where it came from?"
Xu Yuanjin said worriedly: "No, I just said their last name was Zhang!"
Tang Yi's father looked at Zhang Qian: "Are you here for the mission?"
However, Tang Yi's father was worried that someone inside the Han Dynasty was trying to prevent Zhang Qian from sending an envoy to the Dayue clan, but Zhang Qian himself was not worried about this.
Although there were many people in Chang'an who hoped that his mission to the Yuezhi would fail, within the territory of the Han Dynasty, no one dared to use their brains.
Your Majesty is not someone who is easy to fool. If something happens to the mission within the Han Dynasty, it will be a slap in his face.
"You are covered in golden light, and your surname is Zhang?"
He seemed to have thought of something, and stood up from the collapse. Zhang Qian said to Xu Yuanjin:
"Where are they now? Take me there quickly!"
"Here!"
