"The news revealed by the Ruyang Palace..."
"Lingyun Cave...hehe..."
"There is some cleverness, but it's a pity that it was a step too late and the person was gone long ago."
Ren Yingying threw the information presented by her subordinates on the table with a sneer on her face.
This news came back from the Meng Yuan branch in Shuiyunjian.
It is said that three guests from Ruyang Palace accidentally mentioned it while drinking in the store.
But how could this little trick hide from Ren Yingying's sharp eyes?
As the chief housekeeper in charge of the palace's intelligence, she is the most aware of every move between Zhao Min and Zhao Yan.
Naturally, he immediately saw the intention behind this source of information.
"I haven't even married into the palace yet, but I've already started to play tricks..."
"Forget it, I won't get involved too much. It depends on your fate."
She muttered a few words to herself, got up and walked to a small window behind her.
This window opened on the mountain wall overlooks the entire Sanxian Villa.
The direction in which the small window is opened happens to be facing the northwest, which is the direction of the Kurchi Desert.
The scenery outside the window is pleasant, but thousands of miles away in Kurchi, the sky is filled with yellow sand.
Zhao Yan is at the edge of the desert right now...
He had only been walking along the camel trail for less than half a day when he encountered all kinds of bad weather.
For a while, dark clouds covered the sky and the sky was dark, and for a while, strong winds blew up billowing sand and dust.
But most of the time, the heat is unavoidable.
Zhao Yan even saw a mirage, an endless giant city looming in the heat wave.
If it hadn't been too hot and the mirage was swaying due to the rolling air waves, he could even see the expressions of some people clearly.
After looking at the different weather conditions, Zhao Yan suddenly felt that the desert in Kyushu was really a little restless.
They say the weather in the desert is changeable and unpredictable.
But it shouldn’t be so active…
He was now wearing a white robe and a white cap, covering his whole body with only two eyes exposed.
Although the strong internal force can resist most of the heat, it will still be a little hot.
The most important thing is that the fierce and cruel sunlight will tan him.
So necessary sun protection is still required.
The Dragon Gate Inn is located in an oasis in the center of the Kurqi Desert. It is still hundreds of miles away.
Zhao Yan did not choose to set off alone, but followed a camel team transporting goods.
Every three days, a caravan will depart from Bada City in Xixia to deliver necessary supplies to Longmen Inn.
By the way, I will also bring some goods and send them to Qin for sale.
Zhao Yan's identity at this time was one of the stewards of Qingyi Pavilion escorting the goods with the caravan.
"Is this your first time taking this train, young master?"
Just after escaping from a violent sandstorm and the caravan resumed its journey, a middle-aged man with an extremely rough appearance came to Zhao Yan and struck up a conversation.
Along the way, this was the first caravan attendant who took the initiative to greet him.
"I can tell?"
"You can see it! The young master is not dressed like a steward of Qingyi Pavilion, but more like one of the shopkeepers' ladies."
Zhao Yan looked at the big man with some confusion. Fortunately, his eyes were not blocked and the big man could see the meaning in his eyes.
"Qingyi Pavilion rarely lets small caravans like us carry goods. They have their own fleet, and the volume is large and the number of trips is frequent."
"But occasionally we will be asked to bring some small goods."
"But I've always been a casual guy, and I've always been in charge of things, but I don't dress like a young man."
His eyes were teasing, obviously saying that Zhao Yan's outfit was a bit exaggerated.
Looking at the big man, he was only wearing a white thin shirt, with a piece of cotton hanging on his head to cover it.
In comparison, it is too simple.
"The sun is too hot, what's the problem with taking more protection?"
"No problem, no problem, you are all decent people, that's how it should be."
"The ladies who are the shopkeepers of Qingyi Pavilion also cover their faces when they go out so that no one can see their faces."
"So the villain misunderstood the young master at first, thinking that the young master was one of those noble people, and did not dare to come forward to talk to him. Now that he sees that the young master is a man, he has the courage..."
The man scratched his head and smiled sheepishly.
"Well."
Zhao Yan nodded casually.
The custom of Xixia is different from that of other countries. Women must cover their faces when traveling. There is nothing wrong with this.
only…
I have no breasts!
How can I be recognized as a woman?
But from the look of this man, he didn't seem to be teasing him intentionally, and Zhao Yan didn't notice any bad emotions from him, so he had no intention of getting along with him.
"How long does it take to walk from here to Longmen Inn?"
Anyway, he was idle. Seeing that the man hadn't left yet, Zhao Yan asked.
He didn't know much about this desert, so it would be nice to have someone familiar with it.
"It's almost time. According to our pace, if everything goes well, we will arrive in seven or eight days."
“……”
Zhao Yan was speechless.
Is this called fast?
It will take seven or eight days to go smoothly!
How long will it take if it doesn't go well...
The man seemed to know what he was thinking, and then said:
"If it doesn't go well, it's possible that you won't be able to go back."
"What do you mean by this?"
"Young master, you don't know. The sand pirates are rampant in the Kurqi Desert. There are dozens of bands, large and small, and they are counting on us caravans to make a living!"
The man's tone was brisk and he seemed not to care about these sand thieves.
This made Zhao Yan even more confused. They were all businessmen, so they should be at odds with the sand bandits.
Once the two sides meet, they will both fight tooth and nail...
How could it be so easy to get to him?
"Aren't you afraid of death?"
"Afraid! Of course I'm afraid! But our caravan is very safe."
"Why?"
"Because we are delivering supplies to Longmen Inn."
"That's all?"
"hey-hey……"
The man smiled mysteriously and stopped showing off.
"Of course our face is useless...but the face of the proprietress of Longmen Inn is very useful."
"Gold inlaid with jade?"
Zhao Yan asked in surprise.
"Exactly, there are three great witches in the Kurqi Desert... They are Jellyfish Yin Ji, the master of Shenshui Palace, Shi Guanyin, the master of the dense cave in the stone forest, and Jin Xiangyu of Longmen Inn!"
"The sand thieves can do whatever they want in the desert, but they never dare to provoke these three witches!"
"If the proprietress knows that those of us who deliver goods to her have been robbed by sand thieves, the bandits will be wiped out in three days at most. Sir, who else would dare to be so bold?"
Yeah?
Zhao Yan asked in his heart.
This was information that Ren Yingying had not told him.
It was also the first time that he knew that he actually had such good subordinates...
This gold inlaid jade doesn't seem to be even in the Transcendent Realm... How can it be called one of the three great witches along with the two masters of the Celestial Realm?
Only when such a doubt came to his mind, the man started to educate him again.
"Shi Guanyin and Jellyfish Yin Ji can't deal with each other, but they and Shopkeeper Jin are like sisters. If you encounter any difficulties in the Kurqi Desert, it's useless to look for anyone. You can only look for Shopkeeper Jin. There is a way!"
The man talked eloquently, obviously admiring the gold inlaid jade very much.
"Oh? How did this gold-inlaid jade come from such good skills?"
"As far as I know, Jellyfish Yinji and Shi Guanyin are both rare super masters. How can they have such a good relationship with a female innkeeper?"
Zhao Yan asked.
You must know that masters have their own pride and naturally have a fixed circle of friends.
Generally, only masters of the same level can gain access to their Dharma eyes.
Otherwise, it will be like a god looking down at the common people, without even looking at it.
Gold inlaid with jade can win the favor of two people, and naturally it has its own unique method.
But why didn’t Sister Yingying tell me the news?
"This is not a secret that a villain can know. If you can know the doorway here, I am afraid that the surrounding caravans will rush to do it. Who doesn't want to run a business safely?"
"With the support of two masters, how can any sand pirate dare to take action?"
The man said with an envious look.
It can be seen that these businessmen who have been troubled by sand pirates for a long time are really annoyed.
"I see…"
Zhao Yan nodded thoughtfully.
Of course, he doesn't know the secret here, but this further shows that Jin Xiangyu's ability is extraordinary.
Being able to thrive in this desert shows that his ability to grasp people's hearts is first-rate.
With this familiar man chatting away, Zhao Yan's journey was not so boring.
He was not in a hurry. After all, although Xiang Feiliu's plan had already begun to be implemented, it would still take at least half a month to wait for masters from all over Kyushu to get the news and rush to Longmen Inn.
If you want to catch all these people, you must send as many people as possible to Lingyun's fake cave.
Therefore, the opening time of Lingyun Fake Cave is very important, at least in recent days it is impossible to open it.
It can be said that in the coming days, Longmen Inn will become a meat grinding ground for martial arts warriors...
Those knights who come here for adventure are not allowed to fight when they meet their enemies?
For housing, for various frictions, in short, when there are more people, there will be more conflicts.
The simplest way for people in the world to resolve conflicts is to make a fight between life and death.
Even if you are not dead, the contradiction will always be there. Only by dying can it be resolved.
It’s like a game…
Longmen Inn is just an audition.
Here, all cannon fodder characters will be eliminated.
Only those with certain abilities can get the opportunity to go to Lingyun Cave.
After arriving at Lingyun Cave, the elimination round begins. The mechanisms and poisons inside will kill most of the weak Jianghu people.
Only the strongest knights can go to the third underground floor to die...
Zhao Yan could already imagine how many people would die in the battle at Lingyun Cave.
countless!
Xuanjilou planned and planned, just to disrupt the Jiuzhou Jianghu, but they planned so many things, but the impact they caused was not as good as the strategy Gu Yu set eight years ago.
Sometimes, the level of martial arts really doesn't determine everything.
Two days after the caravan left, they said whatever they wanted.
At first, a group of bandits targeted them, but after the caravan hung up the banner of Longmen Inn, the hidden sand bandits automatically retreated.
This also allowed Zhao Yan to see the power of the name Longmen Inn in the Kurqi Desert.
In the next few days, as they went deeper into the center of the desert, more and more sand pirates targeted the caravan, but they were all scared away by the name of the Dragon Gate Inn.
But this endless stream of sand thieves also made Zhao Yan really feel the difficulties of doing business in this desert...
Judging from the number of bandits encountered in the past few days, if there were not enough guards, the whole army would be annihilated before they could make it halfway.
No wonder that although this route is short, there are not so many chambers of commerce who dare to take it.
To bypass the Kurchi Desert, the distance is twice as long.
These days, Zhao Yan also saw the peripheral scenes of the stone forest maze from a distance.
In the boundless desert, there are strange stone pillars sticking out from the sand, just standing in the yellow sand.
It looks weird and majestic, and it's hard to imagine that the owner of this dense forest is a woman of stunning beauty.
He also saw the two magnetic mountains in the mirage, like two twins split apart by a sword, and they were completely symmetrical on the left and right.
This mysterious and quiet place is about to become a bloody place.
The weirdness and gratuitousness of the Kurqi Desert really opened Zhao Yan's eyes.
There are all kinds of weather here in an endless stream throughout the day. It will rain violently at this moment, then there will be a fierce dust storm a few miles away, and further down the road, there will be unprovoked thunder...
In short, if Zhao Yan were to evaluate it, he felt that this place didn't look like a desert at all.
More like a chaotic place...
All the rules outside are invalid here.
However, after seven days of various unique experiences, Zhao Yan finally arrived at the Longmen Inn with the caravan smoothly.
"Brother Yan, look, have you seen the spring water? That's the Dragon Gate Inn!"
After spending so many days together, Zhao Yan had become very familiar with this familiar man.
He called Zhao Yan "Brother Yan", and Zhao Yan called him "Old Han".
At this moment, Lao Han happily pointed him in the direction.
Zhao Yan looked in the direction he pointed.
I saw a sunken valley suddenly in the vast desert.
And in this valley, there is a green pool.
On the edge of the water source, there are countless two- and three-story buildings built densely.
Although the houses are not luxurious and exquisite, they are more outstanding in their number and scale.
Before coming here, he had thought that Longmen Inn was just a small inn...
But when he got here, he realized that this was more than just an inn!
It is much larger than Sanxian Village.
Sanxian Villa still has vacant areas such as the garden lobby, but this Longmen Inn is almost entirely filled with houses.
"Isn't this... this too crowded?"
Zhao Yan felt like he was suffering from trypophobia.
"If we don't build it like this, we can't even live in it! There is only such an oasis in a radius of two hundred miles. If the caravans from all directions in the west don't live here, there will be no place to replenish supplies!"
"Let's go, enjoy two days when you get here. Brother Yan is still a young boy, right? I'll find you the most coquettish one, so you can remember this night well!"
"……no."
Old Han looked at Zhao Yan with an ambiguous smile, patted him on the back, and asked him to move forward.
Zhao Yan naturally understood this kind of understanding between men.
But how could he be Chu'er!
The majestic King of Song and Qi is still a young boy in his twenties, so why should he be laughed to death?
Oh shit!
Zhao Yan cursed secretly, and then suddenly remembered it in his heart.
According to what Lao Han said...
Damn it, this Longmen Inn is still in the leather and meat business?
