Seven days later, the trio arrived at the small town of Mokou, which is the border between the grassland and the Central Plains, surrounded by a vast Gobi desert, which is the only way to go south to Youzhou.

In the lobby of the inn, the three of them sat at a small table and drank silently, although it was the height of summer in the Central Plains, the night in the Gobi Desert was still very cool, and when someone opened the leather curtain and came in, it would be involved in a cold wind.

They are about to break up when they arrive at the town of Mokou, Cheng Yanjin wants to go back to Turtledove Town to fulfill his filial piety to his mother, Wei Chigong also wants to return to his wife and children in Mayi County, and Zhang Xuan wants to return to Luoyang to sell his leave to Yang Qi, and everyone goes in a different direction.

Although both of them expressed their willingness to continue to follow him, Jang Hyun thought about it for a long time and still felt that now was not the time.

Zhang Xuan's trip to the north was very profitable, and the capital of five hundred taels of gold quadrupled, of course, it was also related to Tulle's willingness to buy his goods at a high price.

Although he had negotiated the price with Cheng Yanjin and Wei Chigong in advance, he didn't want to do that, everyone was born and died together, and when it was time to separate, he also wanted to make a little friendship.

Zhang Xuan divided the two thousand taels of gold into three, he took out two cloth bags, each containing five hundred taels of gold, he pushed the package to the two of them, "This is your share!" ”

The share given to Cheng Yanjin is not much, after all, Zhang Xuan promised him two parts, only one hundred taels of gold more than the share that should be given to him, but Cheng Yanjin knows very well in his heart that no one is willing to give him five hundred taels of gold.

Cheng Yanjin is not a person who doesn't know what to do, he usually pretends to be crazy and stupid, but his heart is like a mirror, but he is used to joking, and he doesn't know how to express his inner gratitude, he silently remembers Zhang Xuan's affection in his heart.

But Wei Chigong refused to accept it, this is not known how many times the price agreed in advance, five hundred taels of gold! How could he take it.

Zhang Xuan's face sank, "Jingde, although you are a guard I paid for, I have never treated you as a buddy, you are my brother, money is just something outside my body, if you think five hundred taels of gold is not enough, then I can give you all the gold, as long as you are willing to recognize me as a brother." ”

Wei Chigong was extremely moved, his nose was sour, tears almost couldn't help pouring out, he also knew that he had to accept this bag of gold, so he nodded, "Since the son is willing to be my brother, I will admit it, okay!" Thank you brother for the gift of meeting me. ”

Zhang Xuan saw that he was willing to accept it, and he was willing to recognize his brother, he was overjoyed, and he asked Cheng Yanjin again, "What about you?" What's next. ”

"I want to honor my mother first, and then... And then! ”

Cheng Biting Jin's face was swollen red, and his eyes looked at Zhang Xuan pleadingly, "Childe, I still want to join Wagang-"

"If a good person doesn't do it, he has to be a thief!"

Wei Chigong was a little angry, and glared at Cheng Yanjin fiercely, "Can't you follow Gongzi?" ”

Cheng Yanjin's face was flushed, he lowered his head and felt uneasy, a trip to Mobei, although he always hung up, but deep down he regarded Zhang Xuan as his proprietor and his benefactor, although it was his wish for many years to go to Wagang, but if Zhang Xuan was willing to stay with him, he could also give up his ideals.

"Childe, I-"

Without waiting for Cheng to bite Jin to speak, Zhang Xuan waved his hand to interrupt him, "I understand the wish, you go to Wagang, I only have one request, if one day you really can't stay in Wagang, it just so happens that I also have an army, I hope you will come to me at that time." ”

Cheng Yanjin was so moved that he wanted to cry, he grinned, and finally lowered his head, "I remember!" ”

"Alright, don't say that!"

Zhang Xuan raised the wine bowl and said with a smile: "For the next reunion of our three brothers, we will make this bowl of wine!" ”

"!" The three of them drank the wine in the bowl.

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Youzhou was renamed Zhuo County after Yang Guang ascended the throne, and the county governed Jixian County, which is today's Beijing, the capital of the ancient Yan Kingdom.

Since Yang Guang launched the war against Goguryeo, Zhuo County has become the logistics center of the war, and the world's materials and people have gathered in Zhuo County, making Ji County become extremely prosperous in just a few years, with a sharp increase in population and a doubling of the size of the city.

At the turn of the spring and summer of the tenth year of the Great Cause, Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty launched the third war against Goguryeo, nearly a million people in the world were requisitioned and transferred to Zhuo County, all kinds of food and materials were piled up, and more than 500,000 troops were transferred to Liaodong from various military governments, and the war was about to break out.

In mid-May, Yang Guangqin led 100,000 Xiaoguo troops to Zhuo County, living in the Linshuo Palace south of Jixian County, and the security of Jixian County also became strict.

On this morning, a man riding a double horse came on the official road in the north of Jixian County, he was tall and straight, with dark skin, a sharp face and deep eyes, it was Zhang Xuan who had just returned from Saibei, he had broken up with Yu Chigong and Cheng Yanjin, and came to Jixian alone.

Zhang Xuan has two war horses, both of which are the best horses given to him by Tulle, with slender limbs, strong physique, pure and unmixed coats, one is crimson and the other is pure white, Zhang Xuan's luggage is not much, in addition to the leather bag he carries, there is only a fifty-pound spear and a piece of Gasha Xuan Iron obtained from the shore of Beihai Lake, but these two things alone need a war horse to be specially consigned.

"Stop!"

Several soldiers guarding the city gate stopped him, Zhang Xuan's spear was still very conspicuous despite the sheath, but it was still very conspicuous, and was stared at by the soldiers guarding the gate, ordinary people were forbidden to carry long weapons, although all kinds of long weapons have long been flooded among the people, but the ban has not been abolished, it has become a way for many patrol soldiers to collect money.

"Where did it come from?" The leading officer looked at Zhang Xuan and saw that he was dressed very strangely, including the military uniform of the Sui army, the breeches of the Hu people, and the headscarves of ordinary people, and more importantly, he had two majestic horses, and these two horses alone were worth a thousand gold.

The officer wondered in his heart and wondered in his heart, 'Is this man also a deserter?' ’

If the other party is a deserter, if he catches it, he can be promoted to a higher level, and this person carries a lot of items, maybe he can make a small fortune, the more he thinks about it, the more suspicious he becomes, with a wave of his hand, more than a dozen soldiers will hold spears and surround Zhang Xuan, and the officer shouted: "You fled from Liaodong?" ”

Zhang Xuan took out the bronze medal of the guard of the Yanwang Mansion from the horse bag, and shook it in front of the officer guarding the door, "Do you know it?" ”

The officer guarding the gate was so frightened that he hurriedly bowed down and said, "Please enter the city!" ”

Zhang Xuan snorted and rode into the north city gate, the officer guarding the gate looked at him in the distance, and couldn't help but pinch a cold sweat in his hand, it turned out to be someone from Yan Wangfu, and he almost did something stupid.

"Boss, will it be fake?" A soldier asked in a whisper.

The officer guarding the door slapped him hard, "Go die!" Who dares to counterfeit the token of the Yan King. ”

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Jixian is a majestic city, the circumference of the city is nearly fifty miles, and the population is more than 300,000, but because of several wars against Goguryeo, a large number of floating populations have been brought about, making Jixian County overcrowded, and the streets are crowded with all kinds of people, there are groups of beggars, there are also merchants from foreign lands, and adventurers from all over the world, and more are bankrupt farmers.

The streets and alleys were filled with all kinds of rudimentary mud and straw houses, and patrolling soldiers rushed through in processions, filling the whole city with chaos and unrest.

Zhang Xuan only walked more than 100 steps, and then was surrounded and entangled by three groups of beggars, he was also a little bored in his heart, and saw an inn not far away, three stories high, the façade was quite luxurious, and a huge dead lantern was written with the four big words 'Ping An Inn'.

He rushed out of the beggars' encirclement, led the horse and walked quickly towards the inn, and a man hurriedly greeted him, "Does the guest stay in the hotel?" ”

"Is there a separate courtyard?"

Zhang Xuan doesn't care too much about food and housing, but he cares about his horses, now the world is not peaceful, good horses are easy to be stolen, and generally a single courtyard has a special stable, which can solve this problem.

"There is a separate courtyard!"

When the guy heard that he was going to live in a single courtyard, he was immediately impressed, and hurriedly stepped forward to lead the horse to lead the way for Zhang Xuan.

"It's wise for Childe to live in a single courtyard, your two horses are BMWs, and you can't afford to lose your shop."

Zhang Xuan walked into the backyard with him, there are five or six single courtyards, and there seems to be only one courtyard for residents, Zhang Xuan smiled: "It seems that your business is not very good." ”

"Hey! Now the rich people who want to come to Zhuo County can't hide when they see that the war is about to start. ”

At this time, the door of the courtyard where the people lived suddenly opened, and out of it came a burly and tall man, about thirty years old, with very long hands and feet, a wide forehead, and a pair of eyebrows like steel brushes, and a very peculiar appearance.

There seemed to be a person behind the man, he was talking to the person behind him, he didn't pay attention to Zhang Xuan and his buddy in front of him, he almost bumped into Zhang Xuan, the man hurriedly took a step back and looked Zhang Xuan up and down.

Zhang Xuan saw the person behind him, a middle-aged man, gorgeously dressed, wearing a black gauze hat, wearing a white brocade robe, a jade belt around his waist, and a long sword inlaid with gold and gemstones.

The middle-aged man also saw Zhang Xuan, he didn't seem to expect to meet the guy, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, glared at the guy fiercely, and walked out of the courtyard gate quickly, looking very cramped, as if he was afraid that others would recognize him, and hurriedly went to the east gate.

But the man with thick eyebrows was calm and calm, he was the guest of this courtyard, he no longer looked at Zhang Xuan, coughed heavily, and said to the guy: "The water tank in my yard is empty, you can fill it for me later." ”

"Yes! Be! The villain immediately complied. ”

The thick-eyebrow man glanced at Zhang Xuan again, but his eyes fell on Zhang Xuan's two war horses, and his eyes suddenly lit up, and he actually flashed a strange look.

Zhang Xuan's heart suddenly became vigilant, this person is not a good person, and it may not be a good thing for him to be interested in his horse.

The man didn't say hello to Jang Hyun, he passed by, walked quickly to the front yard, and when he turned the corner, he looked back and took a deep look at Jang Hyun's war horse.

"Who was that guy just now?" Jang Hyun asked the guy in a low voice.

"He seems to be surnamed Lu, but the surname Lu is the number one surname in our Zhuo County, have you heard of Lu Zhi of the Three Kingdoms? It is the ancestor of the Fanyang Lu family. ”

The guy looked at the back of another middle-aged man who had just disappeared, and said to himself, "It's strange, why is he here?" ”

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