On the boundless desert, a man and a horse came slowly.
Accompanied by a horse's cry, people and horses stopped on the flat hill.
Looking at the Han Chinese town in the distance that was filled with the smell of fireworks, a woman on the horse couldn't help but smile and said: "Finally, we came out."
Although she spoke with joy, she turned her head and looked at the man holding the horse for them, but there was a trace of reluctance and regret in her eyes.
Although the sand and dust outside the Great Wall obscured Liu Guang's beauty, it could not conceal her beautiful face and heroic figure.
It was the three princesses of Zhaoyang who finally returned to the Han Dynasty after more than half a month.
After having sex at Hu's Farmhouse, the three of them originally wanted to go back to Ganninggan.
Unexpectedly, on the way, they encountered bandits who robbed the road, robbed horses, and robbed women.
And because of the appearance of Zhaoyang and Aqi, the bandit leader was obsessed with lust and pursued them relentlessly.
Although the three of them, Jia Lian, are all skilled in martial arts, Aqi, in particular, is an expert in archery. If we are facing the enemy in a battle formation, it is not a problem to have dozens of rabble, we can just divide them and kill them.
However, the three of them were sneaking in disguise, carrying neither strong bows nor sabers or spears. On the other hand, the rogue bandits were equipped with all kinds of weapons, so Jia Lian and the other three could only rely on their horses to avoid them.
Traveling southwest, I don’t know how far I ran. So after throwing away the bandits, facing the vast desert, we just sighed that the journey back was getting farther and farther.
Following the general direction, going around and around, today I finally returned to Han Dynasty.
Jia Lian nodded, then led the horse down Pingqiu, walking along the ancient Huangsha Avenue towards the town.
It is said to be a town, but in fact it is better to be said to be a border city.
Before entering the city, you can see many merchants carrying goods. Most of them are Han people, but there are also Hu people, and even some Xifan people in strange costumes.
"Would you like to come down and have a cup of tea first?" Seeing a spacious tea shop on the roadside, Jia Lian asked the two girls immediately.
"Um."
As soon as Princess Zhaoyang responded, Aqi behind her jumped down first.
They were originally one person and one horse, but one of the horses was hit by an arrow on the road and the other fell down from exhaustion. Only Jia Lian's white-haired war horse was tall and strong and carried it over.
At first, the three of them rode together, and Jia Lian was in the middle.
After escaping from danger, Jia Lian cherished the BMW and was worried that it would serve as a lesson to others, so he decided to dismount and walk on his own, and most of the time only the two women, who were both light-bodied, shared the ride.
The two women were not familiar with each other and had different statuses. They immediately bumped into each other and naturally felt uncomfortable.
Although the spacious tea shop is monotonously decorated, it is divided into two floors. There are people scattered upstairs and downstairs, but it doesn't have a lively and prosperous atmosphere.
Jia Lian, a Hu man, and two beautiful women, such a strange combination, naturally attracted the attention of many people when they entered the tea shop.
However, when they saw Jia Lian and the three of them carrying swords around their waists, their numerous gazes gradually returned to peace and tranquility.
I ordered a pot of hot tea and asked the waiter to serve a few plates of food. When the waiter served the tea, he directly asked him the name of the place and how far it was from Ganning Pass.
Although the waiter was surprised that Jia Lian and others were clearly dressed as foreigners but spoke with a pure Chinese accent, he still answered Jia Lian's questions honestly.
It turned out that Jia Lian and others had already deviated from Ganning Pass, and had entered the ancient silk road built by countless merchants since ancient times from west to south.
This place is called Wutuo, and it is one of the most famous border markets on the border of the Wei Dynasty. Less than a hundred miles to the west, it is the Qianxiang Kingdom of the Wei Dynasty.
Therefore, countless businessmen and tourists come and go here every year.
Suddenly, the noise in the teahouse became quieter. Jia Lian looked back and saw an elegant storyteller in his forties sitting on the three-foot wooden platform in the middle.
The tea shop was quiet because everyone was looking at him.
The waiter who was still wandering around saw the doubts of Jia Lian and others, turned around and smiled with everyone: "The guests are very lucky today. They belong to our shopkeeper. They studied story telling when they were young, and now they are After leaving this teahouse, he still kept his old business alive and often went on stage to tell stories and plays for everyone.
It is precisely because our shopkeeper Shu said well that among all the tea shops in the surrounding area, our business is the best!
Especially in the past few days, our shopkeeper has told the freshest and most interesting stories, and only our shopkeeper can hear them. Apart from here, there is nowhere to listen. If you don’t believe me, look at this. Many of the people sitting here today have made a special trip to listen to our shopkeeper’s stories. "
Because of the waiter's bragging, Jia Lian and others looked at it with interest.
After the shopkeeper cleared his throat, he said loudly: "Today we will still tell the story of Jia Lian, a young general in this dynasty, in this era, who was both civil and military and famous all over the world.
In the morning, we told the stories of 'Courageous champion of three armies, single savior' and 'The weak defeated the strong, two battles and two wins'. Now, let's talk about the story of "General Jia Zhizhi Killed the Third Prince of Wala"! "
"good!"
"I've been waiting here for a long time. Let's talk quickly. Don't waste time."
The shopkeeper just paused deliberately, which caused many dissatisfied people to yell.
On Jia Lian's side, Princess Zhaoyang and Aqi also looked over at Jia Lian.
The eyes of the two women, from surprised at first, slowly became interesting.
Princess Zhaoyang even came over and laughed in a low voice: "What a fresh and interesting story Yuandao is, it turns out to be this. I don't know, Erlang, who is famous all over the world and has both civil and military skills, is interested in hearing about himself from others. s story?"
Jia Lian also had an inexplicable strange feeling in his heart. Who would have thought that in such a remote and wild desert, someone would compile a book about his deeds. And it sounds like the whole process is quite complete, and a review has been established?
But he didn't mean anything. After wandering outside the Great Wall for a month, he still needed to know what was going on with the court and the mission.
From what these idle people said, they might be able to infer something that they wanted, so they just glanced at Princess Zhaoyang and signaled her to be calm.
Seeing that he had successfully attracted everyone's attention, the shopkeeper smiled and stopped talking nonsense:
"Speaking of which, the third prince of Nawala, his full name is 'Dushuohute Bahamu'. It doesn't matter if you don't hear the name clearly. Anyway, as long as you know that this person is a prince of King Wala.
It is said that this man was extremely ugly, with a deer head and mouse eyes, dark complexion, covered with downy hair, and only five feet tall.
Relying on his status as an allied envoy, he pretended to please the court and asked to marry my superior princess, but at the same time he secretly colluded with the Tatars.
Its purpose is to collude with the Tatars to kidnap our princess and massacre our envoys, in order to achieve the purpose of destroying the alliance between the two countries.
The ambition of the wolf is obvious. If its purpose is allowed to be achieved, the consequences will be disastrous!
Fortunately, the imperial envoy escorting the princess out of the country was the young general Jia Lian...
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It was too late, but soon, there was only a flash of white light in the darkness, and the rebels were horrified to find that their prince's headless body slowly fell into a pool of blood. When he looked up, he saw a seven-foot-long young general wearing a white uniform standing on horseback with his head held high, holding an eight-foot spear in one hand. The tip of the spear was picking up the head of the thief!
The rebels were panic-stricken and at a loss what to do, and then they heard the young general who had banished an immortal to the mortal world shout loudly: "Surrender!"
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All the thieves were heartbroken, dropped their weapons in panic, and knelt down to beg for mercy..."
The specious and extravagant explanation made the guests in the teahouse from all over the world concentrate their attention and cheer again and again.
But someone also asked the waiter next to him with a smile: "I don't know how many people have heard the news story about General Jia in the past few days. Why do you say that only your shop owner can hear it?"
"Then others heard it from our shopkeeper, and then spread it around to others..."
"Hahaha, stop bragging. We came all the way from the capital and have heard much more than what your shopkeeper said.
In addition to the story about General Jia after he was ordered to send the princess out of seclusion, I have also heard stories about General Jia before. "
"Really, then come and tell us. General Jia is too powerful, he can't be a god descending to earth..."
Listening to the people around him spontaneously starting to talk about things like "Young talent, famous family and constellations", "Art that moved the capital, the princess fell in love" and so on.
Princess Zhaoyang listened with interest and looked back at Jia Lian with a smile from time to time.
Jia Lian gradually realized that something that happened not long ago spread so widely and quickly among the people, even in this remote border city, that it was probably someone who did it intentionally.
It seems that we can no longer delay outside and have to go back early.
Seeing that Duke Zhaoyang and his daughter had finished eating and drinking, Jia Lian got up and went to the counter, took off a piece of jade from his waist and put it on the counter.
"Shopkeeper, can I accept this?"
The shopkeeper, who had perfectly switched back from Storyteller, suddenly brightened up when he saw Jia Lian's jade pendant, which was so radiant and so valuable at first sight.
Quickly pick it up and take a closer look.
But after watching for a long time, the shopkeeper still put down the jade pendant and said sincerely to Jia Lian: "This guest, our shop is running on a small budget and we really can't accept such a valuable thing.
If the guest is short of spare money, he can go to a pawn shop in the city called Hengyulou. It is the most reputable pawn shop in our local area and I believe it can give the guest a reasonable price. "
In fact, it’s not that I can’t accept it but I don’t dare to accept it.
Although the shopkeeper can feel that this piece of jade is valuable, he is not doing this business after all.
This place is desolate, and although tea and snacks are much more expensive than those in the Central Plains, they only cost a few tens of pennies.
He is also afraid of being cheated.
How could Jia Lian completely understand the shopkeeper's heart, but he was helpless.
He was not traveling this time. Neither he nor Princess Zhaoyang and her two daughters had any money with them.
We can't let Princess Zhaoyang pull out her jewelry to cover the cost of accommodation and meals... Princess Zhaoyang didn't have many pieces of jewelry with her.
He was just thinking that since the shopkeeper was his mysterious brother, he could give him a few taels of silver to deal with it, which would give him an advantage.
"Boy, you are short of money, right? Then I want this thing for a hundred cents!"
A big rough hand reached out from behind, grabbed the jade on the table, and began to look at it.
The more he looked, the brighter his eyes became.
Although not everyone knows about jade, some people still have basic value judgments.
Obviously this big man wanted to take advantage.
Jia Lian looked back at him and saw that this big man was eight feet tall, with big arms and a round waist, and a body full of muscles.
At several tables behind him, there were about a dozen men in similar attire sitting at random.
Seeing that Jia Lian looked unkind, the shopkeeper hurriedly tugged on Jia Lian's sleeve and whispered: "Guest, please don't be impulsive. These people are the escorts of the wealthy merchants. They are the most ferocious. Even the horse bandits in the desert are afraid of them.
Guest officer, be careful to suffer a loss. "
The shopkeeper saw that Jia Lian was weak and had no money, so he thought he was a newbie and was afraid that he would suffer at the hands of these escorts.
Jia Lian nodded, it turned out to be the rumored Northwestern Daredevil!
Yes, even the three of them encountered a wave of horse bandits in the desert, which shows that the desert is not peaceful.
And these merchants carrying valuable goods must have something to rely on if they dare to pass through the desert.
These escorts, who are strong and powerful, rely on them to pass safely. Of course, the price of hiring is also high.
But Jia Lian just smiled, touched the sword at his waist with one hand, and said with a contemptuous smile:
"One tael of silver, plus your life, may be exchanged for my square jade."
Jia Lian's sword is naturally the Shang Fang sword given by the emperor. Just to hide it from people's eyes and ears, a layer of coarse cloth was wrapped around the scabbard.
But despite this, it is not difficult to tell from the appearance that Jia Lian is equipped with a sword.
Therefore, the big man who was originally very interested and looked like he was having fun with Jia Lian couldn't help but narrow his eyes when he saw Jia Lian's reaction.
He is not a vicious bandit, but an escort who has been living in the desert all year round. What he got was the money from the bodyguard's life, not the money from killing people and selling goods.
Even if he wanted to kill people and steal goods, he would not choose here. Because there are still Wei border troops stationed in the border city ahead!
Just now he just wanted to take advantage of Jia Lian, who was young and ignorant.
Who would have known that Jia Lian would ask him to trade with his life.
In front of all his friends, he couldn't lose face, so he sneered: "Boy, you are crazy."
As he said that, he also made a gesture to draw his sword. He didn't want to kill anyone, so he thought there was nothing wrong with scaring the young boy in front of him.
Jia Lian's face became colder and colder. Just when he was thinking about whether he really wanted to destroy this person, a young man's voice rang out: "Stop!"
Everyone looked up and saw a pair of golden boys and girls walking down from the second floor.
They are all about ten years old, and what is striking is that both boys and girls are the most handsome in the world.
Behind the boys and girls, there were several servants. They were obviously from a truly wealthy family and exuded nobility.
The old servant walked up to the front and shouted to the big man: "Fan Zhong, what do you want to do? You have forgotten the boss's rules!
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The big man smiled and said nothing. He just cupped his hands to the young boy and girl, put down his jade pendant, turned around and retreated.
Obviously, this boy and girl are the owners of these escorts.
At this time, the girl came over, looked at the jade pendant on the counter, suddenly raised her head and said to Jia Lian, "Can I take a look?"
Jia Lian was also surprised at this time. There was such an exquisite and beautiful little girl in the world, and she still appeared in such a place.
Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be even more beautiful than Daiyu.
There is not even a trace of Daiyu's sick look on her body, and she looks more energetic and healthy.
Not letting himself act like a weirdo, Jia Lian nodded and handed the jade pendant to her.
After the little girl took it, she looked at it carefully with a pair of beautiful big black eyes. She also glanced up at Jia Lian and finally said: "This jade is made of the finest blue field jade. It is green in color and has exquisite and clear texture." , with fine and even textures, such a beautiful jade is worth at least dozens of taels of silver!"
Hearing this, everyone gave the big man a sigh of relief. The big man spread his hands and looked like I'm not an expert, so how do I know?
The little girl glanced at her brother again, and then said to Jia Lian: "Brother, if you want to exchange this piece of jade, you don't have to go to the pawn shop. Can we change your career with you for thirty taels of silver?"
There was still a little nervousness in his voice. She liked this exquisite jade pendant very much.
Jia Lian saw her anxiety and couldn't help but smile. Perhaps this is also why this little girl rarely opens her mouth to discuss business with others, fearing that the talks will collapse.
So he nodded and smiled: "Okay, but little sister, can you make the decision?"
He just wanted to change some money to cope with the situation at hand, and he didn't care much about whether he suffered a loss or not. He vaguely remembered that this piece of jade was given to him by Zhang Shuo's mother. To show that he valued it, he often carried it with him.
Although he knew that this piece of jade would definitely be worth more than thirty taels when he returned to the Central Plains, who told him that he would like this little girl.
Seeing that Jia Lian agreed, the little girl seemed very happy and immediately showed the jade pendant to her brother and asked him to knock on the board.
Xu knew his sister's vision, so the young man did not object. He just handed over to Jia Lian and asked the slave to pay.
After the business was completed, the little girl left with her brother and others. Before leaving, she gave Jia Lian a grateful look.
