Peacock Terrace repelled the bandits, buried the corpses, and waited until the qiē was cleaned up, seeing that it was about to dawn, since Wu Shizhao, the chief manager, was gone, and the affairs of the qiē were naturally assigned by the hairy horses.

The hairy colt ordered the whole team to pack up their tents and prepare to go.

Wu Shizhao was tied hand and foot, covered his mouth, and threw him in a cart, and when the tent was packed up and loaded into the vehicle, Jinling had already got into the carriage.

For the next two days, there was nothing wrong along the way.

At noon on the third day, Mao Renju came to Chu Huan's side and said with a smile: "Bamboo hero, there are ten miles ahead, it should be the territory of Hexi Road, and if we enter the territory of Hexi Road, we will be safe." ”

Mao Renju said is not bad, ten miles of road, naturally did not take too long, the junction of the two, there is no steep checkpoint, there is a stone tablet erected on the side of the road, on which is written the word "Hexi", naturally refers to has entered the territory of Hexi.

There were no defenders on the border of Hexi, after all, it was all Daqin crossing, and the brigade of chariots and horses slowly advanced forward on a gray ribbon that stretched into the sky.

Entering the territory of Hexi, Chu Huan's biggest feeling is that compared with other roads, the official roads in Hexi are wide and smooth, and it is obvious that he has put a lot of effort into the road.

There are many grassland areas in Hexi, so there are eight major horse farms in the empire, and Hexi also occupies one horse farm.

In the sixteen roads of the Great Qin, Hexi is rich in cattle, which is also famous, Hexi cattle is not only one of the delicious delicacies of the empire, and the cowhide of Hexi cattle is also one of the most expensive resources, since the founding of the country, Hexi has to pay a huge amount of cowhide to the imperial court every year, cowhide belongs to one of the important resources of the empire's control, and the largest place for cowhide is naturally used to make armor, the most elite royal guard of the empire, its armor is almost all caused by rhinoceros skin, and the toughness is extremely strong.

Just entered the territory of Hexi, as far as the eye can see, are rolling hills, although the road is open, but both sides are overgrown with weeds, Chu Huan followed the team forward, while observing the terrain of the Hexi Corridor, the more he looked, the more frightened, this is a road to the hinterland of Hexi, but there are many hills on both sides, undulating, Chu Huan can't help but think, if the enemy attacks Hexi from the Hexi Corridor, I am afraid that it will be difficult, and the hills on both sides are natural ambush areas.

Entering the territory of Hexi and walking less than 20 miles, I finally saw a sentry, a triple fence across the road, there are watchtowers built on both sides, I saw the team coming, immediately a few soldiers came forward, the leader looked at the attire, obviously a school captain, the hairy horse had already slapped the horse forward, turned over and dismounted, and the side had already shouted: "Who are you?" ”

Mao Renju has already bowed his hand and said: "Master Bing, we are Jinling Peacock Terrace, and we are ordered to go to Wuping Mansion in Hexi to present our skills for ......the Holy Sacrifice Heaven's Birthday Gift!" He had already taken out a customs clearance document in his hand and handed it over, the captain took it, returned immediately, and said with a smile: "It turned out to be Peacock Terrace, we have already received the news, and the Ministry of Rites has also passed the word, and when you get here, I will send a team of people to escort you to Wuping Mansion." ”

Mao Renju smiled: "Thank you! ”

Chu Huan heard it not far behind Mao Renju, and secretly thought in his heart, the face of this Peacock Terrace is not small, originally this kind of troupe is only a ninth-rate, and the Hexi side even sent someone to escort it, obviously attaches great importance to the Peacock Terrace.

This time the emperor sacrificed to the sky, I am afraid that it is not only the team of Peacock Terrace who came to perform, but there must be many teams who came by order, but I don't know if all the teams will have such treatment.

Mao Renju said a few words to the captain, the captain had already opened the fence and let him go, and immediately went to transfer a team of soldiers, there were nearly twenty people, all of them were cavalry, the leader was a small colonel, a few words, the team did not delay, the Hexi soldiers opened the way in front, and Peacock Terrace followed behind.

The next trip, but it became very smooth, Hexi side on the road to Wuping Mansion, there are post stations along the way, every dusk, Hexi soldiers will take everyone to stay in the post station, no matter how food and lodging, the post station is settled very properly, Chu Huan always feels a little strange in his heart, only feel that although Jinling Bird is famous, but in terms of its status, it does not have to be so valued by Hexi, but in fact, those Hexi soldiers are also respectful to Peacock Terrace, along the way, No matter what the Peacock Terrace requires, the Hexi soldiers are responsive, and even when loading and unloading objects, these Hexi soldiers also personally stepped forward to help.

Chu Huan is the governor of Xiguan Province, so he can naturally see that these Hexi soldiers are obviously not ordinary soldiers guarding the pass, judging from their equipment and skills, they are all absolute elite soldiers, and they should all have the qualifications to be incorporated into the governor's Praetorian Guard, but they are wearing state army armor, Chu Huan only feels that if even the state army in Hexi has such sophisticated equipment and well-trained skills, then the combat effectiveness of the Hexi army is only far above that of the Northwest Army.

Hexi Province has jurisdiction over three states, which are Wuzhou in the northeast, Yunzhou in the northwest and Yingzhou in the south, and Wuping Mansion is in Yingzhou, through the Hexi Corridor, and one day, you can enter Yingzhou.

After four or five days in the Hexi Corridor, he finally walked out, and it took another day to finally enter Yingzhou, Chu Huan observed the landform of Hexi along the way, and on the way, he saw that the people of Hexi were cultivating the fields very steadily, but the people who cultivated the land, many of them were old and weak and even women, a little strange, and couldn't help but ask the Hexi Colonel.

The little school was very polite to the people of Peacock Terrace from beginning to end, and when he heard Chu Huan ask, although he was not polite, his tone was very flat: "Do you know that Hexi is building the Heavenly Palace?" ”

Chu Huan naturally knew that Feng Yuanpo had advised the emperor in the Iron Blood Garden a few years ago to build a heavenly palace for the emperor in Hexi, which was known to the world, and the emperor exempted Hexi from taxes for several years, and even agreed to Feng Yuanpo's request to build a Hexi trading field. It's just that it is not yet known whether the Heavenly Palace has been fully completed.

"In order to build the Heavenly Palace, 100,000 strong men were requisitioned, and in the past few years, the Heavenly Palace has been built day and night, and when the personnel are insufficient, there have been several requisitioned manpower, so the labor of the cultivated land is lacking, and the old and weak and women can only be on top." Xiao Xiao explained, his tone was still very polite, but Chu Huan faintly felt that there was a trace of dissatisfaction hidden in this Xiao Xiaoxiao's tone, but he didn't know who this dissatisfaction was aimed at.

Approaching Wuping Mansion, there are two more days to travel, you can arrive at Wuping Mansion, and at dusk, Hexi soldiers led Peacock Terrace to stay at a post station.

After several days of hurrying, whether it was the Hexi soldiers or the peacock platform, they were quite tired, and many people went to rest immediately after eating.

Chu Huan lay in the house, tossing and turning, but he couldn't sleep, the night was quiet, he came out of the house, and came straight to a firewood room in the post station, outside the firewood room, a martial artist from Peacock Terrace leaned against the wall, saw Chu Huan coming, and said with a smile: "Bamboo Daxia hasn't slept yet?" ”

"After a day's journey, you haven't been able to rest properly, so let's go sleep for a while." Chu Huan said: "I'm in good spirits, I can't sleep for a while, I'll help you watch for a while." ”

The martial artist yawned again and again, and suddenly became overjoyed when he heard the words, and after thanking him, he was afraid that Chu Huan would regret it and leave quickly.

Chu Huan pushed open the door, the room was dim, Chu Huan's eyes were sharp, and he saw a person lying on the edge of the hay in the corner, it was Wu Shizhao, Wu Shizhao was tied hands and feet, his mouth was also covered, and he was obviously not asleep, he heard someone come in, and when he made a "woo" sound in his mouth, Chu Huan closed the door with his hand, and then slowly approached the past, and squatted down beside Wu Shizhao.

Chu Huan stretched out his hand and pulled out the cloth towel stuffed in Wu Shizhao's mouth, Wu Shizhao took a few big breaths, then struggled to sit up, stared at Chu Huan, and sneered: "What are you doing here?" ”

"It seems that Mr. Wu still has a lot of opinions about me." Chu Huan sighed: "You have to know, if it weren't for me, that night, Mao Renju would have killed you with one sword." ”

Wu Shizhao said coldly: "If it weren't for you, my plan would have succeeded, Zhu ...... Hmph, surnamed Zhu, since you hurt me, what are you doing here now? ”

"Manager Wu, I only want to ask you one word, if you don't want to say it, I'll turn around and leave now." Chu Huan smiled and asked softly, "Let me ask you, do you want to die or live?" ”

"You...... What do you mean by that? ”

"I'll tell you the truth, Mao Renju agreed to keep you alive, of course it's not a big kindness." Chu Huan said softly: "When you arrive at Wuping Mansion, you will be sent to the official mansion as a Mao Renju for their credit, if nothing else, as long as Mao Renju says a word, you will definitely be separated by your head at that time, and your Chief Manager Wu is also a smart person, this should be understood." ”

Wu Shizhao said: "What is the use of talking about this now? It's a pity that you are so stupid, you can get the silver and the Jinling Sparrow at your fingertips, but you don't join forces with me, how much do you think they will repay you? ”

Chu Huan smiled lightly, sat down opposite Wu Shizhao, and said in a low voice, "If I ask you, you haven't answered yet." ”

Wu Shizhao hesitated for a moment, and finally said, "Can you let me live?" ”

"Since I can let you plan to go bankrupt, of course I can also let you die." Chu Huan said: "You don't have to doubt this. ”

Wu Shizhao's eyes lit up slightly, but he still said calmly: "Of course you won't be kind, say, what do you want me to do?" ”

"Talking to Mr. Wu is a pleasure." Chu Huan said with a smile: "Manager Wu, I just want to ask you a few questions, as long as you answer honestly and tell the truth, I can guarantee that your life is worry-free." ”