However, it was said that Zhu Youzhen and his entourage set off at dawn and arrived outside Xi'an in a short time. At this point, Zhu Youzhen didn't dare to ride a horse anymore, for fear that he would be recognized by the people of Dongchang or Jinyiwei.

Fortunately, Li Zhenyan had already made careful arrangements, and thirty men from the Huanghai Merchant Gang were already waiting outside the Dongcheng Gate with the carriage carrying the goods. During the time when the two left, Zhu Cunqi was responsible for the operation of the Shang Gang. Every day, there is a special person to send the account books and information of each store and various places to Qinwangzhuang, and Zhu Cunqi can control the overall situation remotely without leaving home. In this way, she has something to do, so that she will not be too bored in the palace.

After the team rendezvous, Zhu Youzhen really started a new journey. The route they predetermined was to go all the way east from Xi'an, cross the Guanzhong Plain, and enter Henan from Tongguan. Then along the official road on the south bank of the Yellow River, pass through Lingbao, Hanguguan and Mianchi, and arrive at the ancient capital of Luoyang. Then go east from Luoyang to Kaifeng, the provincial capital, turn northeast from Kaifeng, and enter Shandong along the old road of the Yellow River. After arriving at Jinan, the provincial capital, it turns due east and arrives at Penglai, the seat of Dengzhou.

The journey was more than 2,500 miles long, and although there were plains along the way, the official road was in disrepair and full of potholes. Everyone was driving a carriage again, and there were still a lot of supplies and goods on the carriage, and it would be good to be able to walk fifty miles a day. According to this calculation, even if there is no delay on the road, it will take nearly two months to arrive in Dengzhou.

However, Zhu Youzhen and Chen Yuanyuan are both people who have not been out for a long time, and when they first embark on the journey, they feel very fresh and do not feel tired at all. And Qi Meifeng, Li Zhenyan and others have been practicing martial arts all year round, so they will not take this hard work seriously.

Therefore, every day everyone takes advantage of the cool to set off on the road, marching to two or three o'clock, when the weather is hot, they stop to take a nap in the shade of the roadside. When the heat gradually subsides, they will return to the road, and when it is dark, they will find a village or town to stay. It didn't matter if they missed the lodging, so everyone set up the tents they carried with them and set up camp to rest. There were 20 special combat soldiers and 30 merchant gang men escorting them all the way, and the idle thieves would never dare to attack their ideas.

Everyone talked and laughed along the way, especially at night, Zhu Youzhen, Qi Meifeng, Li Zhenyan, and Chen Yuanyuan were lying side by side on the grass exuding the fragrance of earth, looking up at the dark blue sky, counting the bright stars, and chatting in the north and south, not to mention how tired they were.

The topics they talked about were also colorful, one moment was Qi Li and the second daughter talking about martial arts, and the other was Zhu Youzhen and Chen Yuanyuan discussing music and rhythm. Of course, what everyone is interested in and can talk about the most is what they have seen and heard along the way.

You must know that the road they have taken is the purest and most prosperous land of the Central Plains of Chinese civilization, whether it is natural scenery or cultural scenery, it is beautiful and breathtaking. For example, in Shaanxi, they visited the Baqiao Bridge in Xi'an, the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang in Lishan, the Huaqing Pool where Yang Guifei once bathed, the Hongmen Banquet Ruins in Lintong, and the Huashan Mountain in Huayin.

Of course, they are still in a hurry, and if they pass by, they will stop by to play, and as for the green mountains and beautiful mountains, they just look at it from a distance. And when he rests at night, Zhu Youzhen will tell several beauties about the history and anecdotes of these attractions.

Thinking about his previous life, Zhu Youzhen was just a poor student, of course he couldn't afford to go to these famous tourist attractions, so he had to look at them from film and television books and Baidu Encyclopedia, and he had a good time. But because of this, he knows a lot about these attractions, and at this time, the three beauties were stunned. None of them would have imagined that Zhu Youzhen, as a prince who grew up in the deep palace, would know the great rivers and mountains of the motherland well.

Therefore, they also increased their admiration for Zhu Youzhen, and pestered him to tell stories one by one, until Zhu Youzhen was so sleepy that he didn't even know what he was talking about, and the women reluctantly helped him back to the car to rest.

The three of them huddled together in another carriage, and continued to talk about intimate topics that only women could discuss with each other, and laughed like silver bells from time to time until late at night. Zhu Youzhen, who was not far away, wanted to eavesdrop but couldn't really hear it, but he felt that the topics of the women always seemed to revolve around him, and his heart was itchy and sweet.

In this way, everyone was hungry and thirsty and drank Xiaoxing overnight, and after passing Tongguan and then going east, they entered the territory of Henan. This is the end of the Guanzhong Plain, and further east is the undulating mountains, among which there are also steep and majestic places.

On this day, the convoy came to Hangu Pass, 30 miles north of Lingbao County, Zhu Youzhen saw that this place is close to the Yellow River, both sides are high peaks, Guancheng is just stuck in the narrowest part of the canyon, it can really be described as a pass, ten thousand people do not open, can not help but praise.

At this time, the sun set in the west mountain, and everyone stayed in Guanzhong. However, this Hanguguan is not like big cities such as Jingshi and Xi'an, there are few residents in the city, and there is no decent inn, so Li Zhenyan had to lead the team to live in a large car shop as a place to rest tonight.

The so-called "big car shop", as the name suggests, is mainly set up for merchants who come and go from east to west. The main target of service is not so much people as livestock, so the conditions are extremely rudimentary.

Zhu Youzhen looked into the store and couldn't help frowning. I saw that it was dirty and messy, and the stench was stinking, with flies and mosquitoes flying everywhere, and even a lot of them fell on the dinner that was served. The attitude of the shop guy is also extremely bad, anyway, this big car shop is the only one in Hanguguan, there is no other semicolon, it doesn't matter if it's dirty, I can't live in it.

That's not all, the worst thing is that there is only one leaky room in the store, and there is only one large bunk in the guest room. According to the length of the bunk, it can sleep sixty or seventy people, but there are still female dependents in the convoy, how can this be good?

Zhu Youzhen was in trouble, but Chen Yuanyuan took the initiative to empathize that the three of them did not live in the store, and they could only endure it all night in the car.

"Then what's the matter, this road is tiring, Miss Chen should also sleep well..."

Before Zhu Youzhen finished speaking, Qi Meifeng glared at him and said, "Does the prince want the three of us to sleep in the Chase Shop with you?" ”

"This..."Zhu Youzhen has no recruitment, the conditions are simple, and it can only be like this!

However, Li Zhenyan said with concern: "The three of us are not in front of us, and the prince still has to be more careful at night." Please sleep next to Shi Biao, in case there is a disturbance, you will have time to get out. ”

Zhu Youzhen had no choice but to agree, and after eating dinner indiscriminately, the special combat team members and their men climbed up to the Chase Shop. There were already more than 20 customers in this big car shop, and they were even more crowded when they came.

Except for a few special combat personnel who were on duty all around, the others were also in a hurry, and they all fell asleep. After a while, the snoring on the Chase shop was like thunder. Zhu Youzhen was awkward enough to squeeze into sleep with a group of old men, but he couldn't fall asleep even more when he heard the snoring, so he had to endure the smell of sweat and feet all over the room, and lay in the corner with his eyes closed to recuperate.

Unexpectedly, after a while, I heard that not far away, the three young people lying on the same bunk were not only not sleeping like themselves, but also discussing enthusiastically!