Seeing that Deputy General Cao had no objections, Fang Zilan explained everything to him in detail, then went to the market and sold two horses, and exchanged the last horse for a pony for Awan.
"Just sell the horse, why do you need to replace it?" Awan looked at the pony in front of her, which was not much taller than her, with disgust, shook her head and said, "Besides, I'm not that delicate, so it's okay if I don't ride a horse."
"I know, little Awan is the best." Fang Zilan reached out and touched her head, "But this horse is useful."
"What's the use?" Awan looked confused, and Fang Zilan smiled mysteriously, "You will know when the time comes."
After arranging the horses, the three of them took a short rest in the village and town, and then left one after another.
Fang Zilan and Awan took the lead and arrived in front of Mushan Pass. As expected, they saw the city gate being heavily guarded. And although there were only a few people entering and exiting, there was still a long queue waiting to cross the border.
Seeing this situation, Awan couldn't help but frown. After observing carefully for a while, he couldn't help but said: "Even the packages you carry with you are opened and inspected. With such strict defense, what happened at Mushan Pass?"
Fang Zilan ignored her words and just whispered: "Sure enough, no pedestrians were riding."
"What?" A Wan looked at the people waiting beside her in confusion. She was about to dismount when she stopped her, "Sit tight."
Awan was obedient and did not act rashly. She lowered her eyes and asked softly: "Why is there no pedestrian riding in the past?"
Fang Zilan said quietly: "There are three possibilities. Either Mushan Pass is not allowed to pass by people from far away, and the pedestrians are from nearby. Or Mo Bin secretly changed the warrant and strictly controlled the horse riders to prevent people from sneaking into the army."
She suddenly stopped mid-sentence, and Awan couldn't help but ask: "What's another possibility?"
"There is another possibility, and it is the worst one." Fang Zilan held the riding whip tightly in her hands and said in a deep voice: "The so-called pedestrians we see now are all pretended by Mo Bin, in order to create a kind of Mushan Pass The illusion of still being able to get in and out.”
"What?" Awan whispered, "If this is possible, we will be detained when we pass the customs, and we will not be able to get in at all."
She glanced at Vice Admiral Cao, who was already walking not far behind them, and said uneasily: "Then let's..."
"Just wait and see what happens." Fang Zilan adjusted the reins in his hands and said comfortingly: "Since we have to open the package for inspection, it may not be an act to do this."
"But..." Awan was just about to say something when he saw someone walking towards them.
The person who came was one of the soldiers guarding the city. He looked at them warily and asked loudly: "Where did you two come from? Why are you standing still in front of our Mushan Pass?"
"This official, we are distant relatives of Lord Mo Han, and we came here specifically to seek refuge with Lord Mo Han." Fang Zilan opened her mouth to come, and Awan, who was sitting on the horse, was shocked.
"Lord Mo Han's distant relative?" The guarding soldier looked at the two of them suspiciously, and finally his eyes fell on Fang Zilan, asking: "What evidence is there?"
"I am your aunt Mo Han's second uncle's third uncle's third uncle's third uncle's fifth son's aunt's cousin." Fang Zilan reported a long list of relationships in one breath, and then said with a smile: "It's a little far apart..."
The soldier guarding the city was very dizzy by her long list of relationships and looked impatient, "I'm asking if you have any credentials, not what is your relationship with Lord Mo Han?"
"Does the warrant given by Master Mo Han himself count?" Fang Zilan quickly took out the Mo Bin warrant that General Shen gave her before, and obediently handed it to the hands of the soldiers guarding the city.
The soldier guarding the city checked it carefully, and said with a relaxed brow: "There is nothing wrong with the warrant, but you..."
He raised his head and motioned for the two of them to look towards the top of the city tower. "Sir Mo Han happens to be on the top of the city tower. I will take you to see him. Whether they are relatives or not is up to Master Mo Han."
Hearing this, Awan broke into a cold sweat on his back, and secretly screamed in his heart. If he saw Mo Han, he was afraid that the secret would be exposed immediately.
Unexpectedly, Fang Zilan nodded indifferently and said politely: "Then Mr. Lao will lead the way."
"It's easy to talk." The guarding soldier said and glanced at their horses, "Your horses..."
Fang Zilan quickly interrupted the soldiers guarding the city and said, "My sister really can't walk anymore. We pawned all our valuables to buy this."
As expected, after listening to her words, the attention of the soldiers guarding the city was attracted to the horse.
She bumped Awan with her elbow and smiled flatteringly at the soldiers guarding the city. She spoke quickly, "But if the official likes it, just take him away."
Awan understood this and jumped off the horse. She hugged the horse's neck and cried loudly: "Sister, we are penniless now, and this horse is still worth some money. How could you let someone take it away?" !”
The look of her acting out was so lifelike that the soldiers guarding the city looked disgusted and said, "This broken horse is still worthy of being a treasure."
"You're going too far!" Awan's eyes turned red and she was about to cry. Her voice attracted the side glances of the soldiers guarding the city and passers-by. For a moment, the soldiers who were checking and letting people go didn't look so carefully.
Fang Zilan quickly pulled her aside, hugged her and comforted her: "Little sister, you are not in good health, please don't cry! The official is well-informed and will definitely look down on our horse." She said quietly He glanced at Deputy General Cao who was not far away.
Vice General Cao walked non-stop, walked past them without looking back, and went straight to the back of the crowd queuing up to enter the customs.
Fang Zilan hugged Awan and followed the city guards to the bottom of the city tower. She raised her head and looked at the blurry white figure on the tower, feeling a little more uneasy in her heart.
However, she concealed her face very well and shouted loudly to the soldiers on the stone steps: "I am a relative of Sir Mo Han. Please forgive me and allow me to see Sir Mo Han."
The passers-by who were curious to watch the excitement couldn't help but talk about her words.
"This girl is young and seems to be a decent girl. How dare she make a fuss in front of Mushan Pass to meet Lord Mo Han?"
"Yes, she is too courageous."
"She knows people but not their hearts. Look at her appearance. It doesn't look like it's her first time to recognize a relative. She's not here to deceive her, is she?"
"Who says it's not the case? Look at Lord Mo Han on the tower, he doesn't react at all."
"It's a good girl's family. It's not shameful to show up like this..."
While Fang Zilan listened to the curious or disdainful comments about her from the people around her, she paid close attention to the people queuing up to enter the customs. Seeing that they were about to reach Vice General Cao, she simply shouted in a loud voice, "Master Mo Han, are you serious?" Don’t want to see me?”
