Pucheng is located to the north of Daliang. Many years ago, it was a small tribe belonging to the Xiongnu. After some disputes with the Xiongnu, it boldly declared independence.
Naturally, the Xiongnu were not happy, they assembled a hundred thousand troops, and wanted to go south to destroy this tribe, but this small tribe was also clever, and they turned to Daliang in a blink of an eye.
Frankly speaking, this kind of wall grass is not popular, so the imperial court didn't really regard it as its own city. When the Xiongnu went to war, they could still borrow food from them, and they didn't have to pay back what they borrowed, so why not do it
Doing so by the imperial court would definitely anger the Xiongnu, but the relationship between the imperial court and the Huns was already tense, and the two sides would always fight without this matter, so they did not take Pucheng's troubles seriously.
If there hadn't been such an affair between the emperor and the empress, Pucheng would have been a pretty good ally and barrier.
The buildings in Pucheng are similar to those of the Tana people. They are tall castles, impregnable. A moat five feet wide was dug around the castle. If any army wanted to attack it, they would be thrown up by the towers before crossing the river. The random arrows were shot to death.
There are only two city gates in Pucheng, the south gate and the north gate. If you leave the south gate, you will find Qishui Town in Daliang, and if you leave the north gate, you will find the Yuxiang Mountain of the Xiongnu.
The gate of Pucheng is opened twice a day, one hour each time, in the morning and afternoon.
When Cangjiu and his party arrived at the gate of the south city in a mighty way, it was already past the opening time in the morning. If they wanted to enter the city, they had to wait until the afternoon, but they had no time to wait. One more point of danger of being overtaken.
Three inconspicuous carriages stopped on the official road, and a row of dead soldiers stood majestically beside them. Cang Jiu rode forward slowly and looked at the guards on the tower. With a strong internal force, it spread out: "Where is the city lord?"
A man in armor came out, and the guards on the tower made way for him, bowed his hands and saluted: "General Shen."
The young man called General Shen walked to the edge of the city wall, put one hand casually on a protruding square stone, and stared down at the group of people downstairs with his unfriendly eyes.
An old man took the lead, and thirty powerful guards could not feel the slightest breath of life in their eyes.
Surrounded by the guards were three inconspicuous carriages, all of which were very quiet, but when his eyes fell on the third carriage, a chill passed through his heart for no reason.
It's like... there's something scary inside.
General Shen is also considered a veteran in the battlefield. There are very few people who can scare him from a carriage and such a long distance. He hopes that his intuition is wrong.
He straightened his expression, looked at Cangjiu, and said in a flat tone: "He Fang Xiaoxiao, dare to spy on the whereabouts of the city lord?"
Cangjiu raised her head, under her wrinkled eyelids, her eyes were as sharp as a sword: "We are going into the city."
General Shen snorted and said, "The city gate is closed, come back next time."
Cangjiu said: "We need to enter the city now, you go and inform your city lord that Ye Luo envoy is visiting, please open the city gate quickly."
"Yeluo?" General Shen murmured suspiciously. The news of the Yeluo people infiltrating the Huns' envoys to visit Daliang had already spread to Pucheng. They should have been surprised by the fact that the Yeluo people reappeared. What surprised him now was, if they were really from Yeluo, why did they come to Pucheng
"Foreign envoys to pass the customs must go to Yuan'an City."
Yuan'an City is the territory of Liang Zheng'er's Eight Classics.
Cangjiu looked at him and said, "I'm afraid Yuan'an City won't be able to leave, so I ask the Lord of Pucheng to make it easier for me."
General Shen sneered: "Is there anything you can't leave? Could it be that your talks with the court have collapsed and you are being hunted down by the court?"
Cangjiu took a fixed look at him, and was not in a hurry to refute his words. Instead, she took out a small box from her bosom and threw it at General Shen with enough internal energy.
General Shen was not stupid enough to pick it up with his hands, he wrapped the brocade box with a whip, and threw it against the wall, the brocade box was smashed to pieces, and a letter and Ye Luo's Changfeng Order fell out.
The guard picked up the letter and token and presented it to General Shen with both hands.
General Shen first looked at the token to make sure it was not forged, and then opened the letter.
After reading it, a meaningful smile appeared on the corner of General Shen's lips: "So it's a distinguished guest, no respect, no respect. Come here, let's put the suspension bridge and open the city gate!"
…
Just as Ye Luo and his party walked up the Pucheng Suspension Bridge and walked into the city gate, Qiao Wei and Ji Mingxiu also found a suitable starting point and were about to enter Pucheng.
With their embarrassing identities in the imperial court, it is basically impossible to enter Pucheng openly. Pucheng's inspection is much stricter than other cities. Even if they change their appearance, there is a risk of being found out. For the proper way.
Behind a small hillside, Qiao Wei tied up her braids and rubbed her dagger into her short boots. Ji Mingxiu took off her cloak, revealing a slim and tight outfit. I'm weak when I take off my clothes, but when I saw her today, I realized that even with clothes on, my full and firm muscles still couldn't be covered.
Qiao Wei pinched herself secretly, she wanted to save a pair of children, but she was almost seduced by male sex at such a critical moment, she was so beastly!
The young couple got ready, Qiao Wei hid behind the hillside, and Ji Mingxiu used the cover of the branches to pay close attention to the movement on the tower, and when the guard who guarded the city turned around to do something, Ji Mingxiu gave a He took Qiao Wei's hand and dived into the moat with her.
It is worth mentioning that the water in the moat is stagnant water, and the water quality is not very good. Thanks to this, the two of them were able to dive successfully, otherwise they would be discovered by the guards upstairs before they dived halfway.
But this is also miserable for the two of them, especially Ji Mingxiu. Although his degree of cleanliness is not as good as that of Gongsun Changli, being in a pool of dirty water with dead fish floating in it is no different from soaking in a pool of excrement. up.
Just when Young Master Ming could bear it no longer, the two finally swam to the bottom of the city, their heads popped out of the water quickly, and they let out a long breath.
This piece can be regarded as a dead corner of the city, built above the water.
Qiao Wei touched the bluestone slab on the top: "It's quite thick."
Ji Mingxiu wiped the dirty water off his face with disgust, resisted the urge to vomit, and asked, "Can you open it?"
"I'll try." Qiao Wei pulled out the dagger from her short boots.
Ji Mingxiu held her waist firmly.
Qiao Wei didn't need to waste effort to suspend in the water, and concentrated on cutting the bluestone slab on the top. In fact, they were not sure where the cut would be. Maybe it was a room, maybe a prison cell. If it was the latter, they would The luck of this trip is really too good to be scary.
Fen Tian slashed iron like mud, even rocks. After a few swipes, Qiao Wei cut a small slit, and looked at that slit with one eye. The dazzling sunlight almost blinded her. Eye poked blind!
"Hiss—" She closed her eyes and took a deep breath.
Ji Mingxiu listened intently, it was quite noisy, but after observing for a while, no one walked past it.
"What the hell is this place?" Qiao Wei rubbed her eyes and asked.
Ji Mingxiu's big palm covered her eyes, making her close them comfortably, and said, "It's an open place, and there are streets nearby."
Qiao Wei was taken aback: "Street? Will we be arrested in the morning?"
Inexplicably, there were two extra people on the ground. Anyone who saw them would think they were thieves, which would alarm the guards guarding the city.
Ji Mingxiu took away the hand covering her eyes, and brushed away the wet hair on her cheeks, a trace of guilt and distress flashed in her eyes, which was well concealed, so she didn't see it: "No, the voice is a bit Far away, there is no one in this area, move faster, and you should be able to avoid being discovered."
Qiao Wei believed him. He said that he would not be discovered, so he would definitely not be discovered: "I'm going to dig a big one, can you bear it? You can let me go..."
Ji Mingxiu interrupted her: "How can I not even hug you?"
Qiao Wei smiled, and didn't hold on any longer, and used Fen Tian to cut a hole on the top that could allow a man as big as Ji Mingxiu to pass through. People found that Qiao Wei blocked the hole again with stones.
Ji Mingxiu's judgment was correct. This place was indeed near the street, which happened to be within the city wall. Because there was a smelly stable in front of it, few people came and walked around.
After bypassing the stables, you came to the endlessly flowing street.
The two of them were not in the mood to appreciate the customs of Pucheng at the moment, so they hurriedly found the nearest small inn, gave Xiao Er a nail of ingots, and asked him to buy two sets of dry clothes.
As soon as the two of them stepped into the inn, General Shen led Cang Jiu and his party on the back, passing by the door in a mighty way.
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Along the way, General Shen kept his eyes on the three carriages behind him from time to time, and whenever he saw the third carriage, he would have a creepy feeling.
Cangjiu rode his horse and walked beside him without looking sideways, as if he didn't know General Shen's sizing up.
General Shen opened his mouth to ask something, but finally held back.
After half an hour, several people arrived at a post station.
General Shen said to Cangjiu: "Please rest here for a while. I will report to the City Lord's Mansion first, and I will send someone to welcome the queen later."
Cangjiu bowed slightly: "I'm sorry, General Shen."
General Shen rode away.
This inn is an official inn, and usually there are few people living there. The officials of the inn took several people to the best house in the inn. The officials wanted to stay and help, but Cangjiu refused.
Cangjiu followed the queen into the house.
After closing the door, the queen took off her veil and took a sip of tea, "Is everything ready?"
Cangjiu nodded and said: "All are ready, a box of two fruits, a pair of sky crystals, a bottle of Yulu nectar and five thousand taels of silver."
Silver is made up, not a rare thing, but the remaining three have some origins. Sky crystal is a kind of ore unique to Yeluo, which is beautiful and hard. One drop can be worth a hundred gold, and it can be regarded as a rare thing. As for the two fruits, let alone, its efficacy is not comparable to that of Sky Crystal and Yulu Wine.
"Master, do you really want to offer a whole box of two fruits?" Cangjiu asked in pain.
Although the Sky Crystal and Yulu Qiongjiang are precious, they are all things that Yeluo can get out. The two fruits are different. There is no other place to pick the two fruits except the Yinzu. This box of fruits is from He Lanqin not long ago There were only a few brought by the Yin clan, and they were all given to Qiao Wei.
Qiao Wei used two to heal King Yin and Master Huo, and there were only 20 left. Among the 20, the queen took out two and gave them to the man in the carriage...
Cangjiu's selfishness is to hope that he can also get one or two of them.
The queen clearly saw his selfishness, and said with a snort, "How many fruits do you want when you take down the Yin clan in the future?"
"What the lord said is very true." Cang Jiu lowered his head and said.
The queen said indifferently: "What's more, you are so easy to impress when you are the lord of Pucheng? You have to be thankful that he has an incompatible relationship with the court, otherwise he may not be willing to be tempted by a hundred fruits, let alone a dozen."
Is there anyone in this world who is not tempted by the two fruits
Cangjiu secretly doubted.
The queen took a sip of tea quietly: "How is that man?"
Cangjiu looked at the third carriage parked in the courtyard through the crack of the door, and said in a low voice: "He's coming soon, double the dose from today, and there will be a new ghost king in less than a month." gone."
The corner of the Queen's lips slowly pulled out a faint smile: "How about your qualifications?"
Cangjiu said: "Much better than the last one."
The last ghost king was considered one in a million martial arts prodigy, that's why he was able to stand out among so many dead men and become the ghost king that Ye Luo hadn't met in a hundred years. It's just a junior ghost king, so after he breaks through, he will at least reach the third level or above.
You know, the ancestor of the national master has only trained a third-level ghost king. Since the ancestor of the national master, no one in Yeluo has trained such a powerful ghost king.
Even in the past few hundred years, not even a ghost king has been seen.
Cangjiu made a nightly salute: "This subordinate is here, congratulations to the master first."
The queen put down the cup and said: "I'll talk about the congratulations at that time. Go and check the things first. People from the City Lord's Mansion will arrive soon."
"yes."
Just as Cangjiu turned around, she was taught by the queen again: "The Lord of Pucheng is not as simple as he appears on the surface, so don't offend him easily."
"The subordinate understands."
After Cangjiu finished speaking, she stepped out of the house, asked people to move the things on the carriage to a temporary warehouse, and assigned special personnel to guard it, while she went to the street to find out about the current situation in Pucheng.
Not long after Cangjiu left, a closed door creaked open, and a small round head poked out from inside, with a pair of big shiny black eyes on the small head, the thief stared at the two. In a blink of an eye, seeing that everyone was busy with her own business, and no one paid attention to her, she twisted her chubby little body and squeezed out from the crack of the door.
The gap in the door is really too small, she squeezed so hard!
Brother fell asleep, and sister Fu went to the toilet. I don't understand why sister Fu pees so much!
She was very hungry, very hungry, but no one gave her something to eat.
Well, I actually did, but she wasn't full yet!
She has lost weight!
Xiao Wangshu, who has gained two catties, thought very sadly.
The sad little fat man began to look around for food.
"Migu!"
(Ye Luo's words: Come here.)
The guard guarding the warehouse was called away by his companions.
Wang Shu slipped into the room, she first smelled a refreshing fragrance, she moved her small nose, sniffed and smelled, and finally smelled a big box.
The big box was locked, but how could such a lock work for her
With a twist of the little meaty hand, it opened.
Wang Shu opened the box and found one hundred (eighteen) white and fat fruits lying inside!
Isn't this the sour and sweet little fruit she has eaten
Wang Shu's saliva flowed down, picked up a small fruit, and gnawed it.
How could these dozen or so small fruits be enough for her to eat? Hang Chi Hang Chi finished eating.
Then, put the core back very carefully.
The fruit was not enough, and she smelled a different kind of fragrance. She opened a box next to it, and there were two jade bottles in it. She uncorked the bottle, and the sweet smell came .
She picked up the bottle, caught the mouth of the bottle with her small red mouth, and drank it with a gurgle.
The two bottles of Yulu Qiongjiu were finished in the blink of an eye.
She touched her chubby belly, well, she was finally ninety percent full.
The little fat man put the bottle back, pushed the lock back, and left the room drunk.
Half an hour later, General Shen brought the butler of the City Lord's Mansion to the door.
The butler paid homage to the queen respectfully, and then happily returned home with the queen and his party, as well as the big gift the queen had prepared for the Lord of Pucheng!