On the boundless desert, a man and a horse came slowly.
Accompanied by the sound of 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 have come 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 hide 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 the Hu family farmhouse, the three of them originally wanted to go back to Ganninggan.
Unexpectedly, on the way, I 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 Jia Lian are all skilled in martial arts, especially Aqi's archery skills can be said to be able to penetrate the enemy with a hundred steps. If we are facing the enemy in a battle formation, it is not a problem to have dozens of rabble, 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 contrary, the bandits had all kinds of weapons on them, so Jia Lian and the others could only rely on their horses to avoid them.
Traveling all the way to the southwest, I don't know how far I ran. After throwing away the bandits, I faced the vast desert and 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, some are barbarians, 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, with Jia Lian in the middle.
After escaping from danger, Jia Lian cherished the BMW and was worried that it would learn from the past, so he decided to dismount and walk by himself, and most of the time only two women, who were 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 decoration of the spacious tea shop is monotonous, it is divided into two floors. There are people scattered upstairs and downstairs, but it does not 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 wearing what looked like swords at their waists, their various gazes gradually returned to peace and tranquility.
I ordered a pot of hot tea and asked the waiter to serve as many dishes as he wanted. 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 strayed from the Ganning Pass and entered the ancient silk road built by countless merchants from ancient times from west to south.
This place is called Wutuo, and it is one of the most famous border cities 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, there are countless merchants and tourists passing through this place every year.
Suddenly, the noise in the teahouse became quieter. Jia Lian looked back and saw an elegant storyteller of about forty sitting on the three-foot wooden platform in the middle.
The tea shop was quiet because everyone was looking towards him.
The waiter who was still wandering around saw the doubts of Jia Lian and others, turned around and smiled with everyone: "These guest officials are very lucky today. They belong to our shopkeeper. They studied storytelling when they were young. Now they are
After entering 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 of what our shopkeeper said in the book 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 here. There is nowhere else to listen. If you don’t believe me, just sit here today.
Many of them 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 great 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, this century, who was both civil and military and famous all over the world.
In the morning, we told the story of ‘He bravely conquered the three armies and became the lone savior’ and ‘The weak defeated the strong, two battles and two wins’. Now, let’s tell the story of ‘General Jia outsmarted 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 at him.
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, our 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 quite complete, and he has established a
Looking back?
But he didn't say 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, whose full name is 'Dushohut-Bahamu', it doesn't matter if you didn'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 it is allowed to achieve its goal, 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. The rebels were horrified to find that the headless body of their prince slowly fell into a pool of blood. When he looked up, he saw a seven-foot-long man wearing white clothes.
The young general in military uniform stood 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 attentively and cheer again and again.
But someone also asked the waiter beside him with a smile: "I don't know how many people have heard the news story about General Jia these 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 the story 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 "a young talent, a famous family," and "literary that moved the capital, the princess fell in love with him" and so on.
Princess Zhaoyang listened with great interest and looked back at Jia Lian with a smile from time to time.
However, Jia Lian gradually realized that something that happened not long ago had spread so widely and quickly among the people, even in this remote border city, that it was probably someone who had done 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, is it possible to charge this?"
The shopkeeper, who had perfectly switched back from Mr. Storyteller, his eyes suddenly lit 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 for a living 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 use 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? I want this thing for a hundred cents!"
A big rough hand came from behind, grabbed the jade on the table, and began to look at it.
The more I look, the brighter my eyes become.
Although not everyone knows jade, some people still have basic value judgments.
Obviously this big guy wanted to get a bargain.
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: "My lord, 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."
Please be careful, guest, and 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 a loss at the hands of these escorts.
Jia Lian nodded, it turned out to be the rumored Northwestern Bodyguard!
Yes, even the three of them encountered a wave of horse bandits in the desert, which shows that the desert is not peaceful.
And if these merchants carrying valuable goods dare to pass through the desert, they must have something to rely on.
These strong and powerful escorts are what they rely on for their safe passage. Of course, the price of hiring them 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 able to exchange for my square jade."
Jia Lian's sword was naturally the Shang Fang sword given by the emperor. However, in order 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, when the big man who was originally very interested and looked like he was having fun with Jia Lian, his eyes narrowed involuntarily 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. He is paid for his life as an escort, not for killing people and selling goods.
Even if you want to kill people and get goods, you will not choose here. Because there are still Wei border troops stationed in the frontier city!
Just now he just wanted to take advantage and bully 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 a group of friends, he couldn't lose face, so he sneered and said: "Boy, you are crazy."
As he said that, he also made a gesture to draw the knife. He didn't want to kill anyone, so he thought there was nothing wrong with scaring the brat 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. 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 astonished 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 illness on her body like Daiyu's, and she appears more energetic and healthy.
Not wanting to 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 exquisite in texture."
, with fine and even textures, such a beautiful jade is worth at least dozens of taels of silver!"
Hearing this, everyone gave a sigh of relief to the big man in front of him. The big man spread his hands and looked like I'm not an expert, 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 a little nervousness in her voice. She liked this exquisite jade pendant very much.
Jia Lian saw her uneasiness and couldn't help but smile. Perhaps this was also the case for this little girl, who rarely opened her mouth to discuss business with others, fearing that the talks would collapse.
So he nodded and smiled: "Okay, but little sister, can you make the decision?"
He just wanted to change some money casually 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 Zhang Shuo's mother had given this piece of jade to him, and 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 servant 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.