Shi Chengzhou looked at the line drawn by the eldest girl on the ground, studied it carefully, and said in surprise: "The eldest girl is going to go out of the jade straight pass?" From Yuzhi Pass, you have to go around such a circle to reach the west of the pass. ”

Fu Yuanling bowed his head, "That's right." You send a letter to the Northwest Horse Farm, so that they can receive the grain and grass sent by the caravan and send it directly to the King of Chu in Xilinguan, and we will not go to Xilinguan. ”

Shi Chengzhou's face was stubble, scratching his head and looking at the big girl, hey, the little girl's temperament is like this, but she still readily agreed, "Okay, I'll go and release the pigeon." ”

Shi Chengzhou naturally attaches more importance to the safety of his eldest girl, and it is naturally much safer not to go to the west to face the northern Xinjiang army.

From Yuzhi Pass, you have to go around a big circle, and the road is full of people, maybe when they arrive, the battle is over.

Fu Yuanling took out a crumpled map, which Xiao Jiuqi had drawn by himself when he was in Beijing.

At the beginning, Xiao Jiuqi had already made up her mind to go back to Xilinguan, so she had been studying the map around Xilinguan for a while, and Fu Yuanling would take a few glances with him when she had nothing to do, this picture was something she had never seen, before coming out of the palace, she went to the study to find something, and accidentally saw it from the bookcase.

At the time, I only thought that the picture might be useful, but along the way, I felt more and more familiar with the picture.

Later, after thinking about it carefully, isn't this picture the Yuzhiguan next to the west of the pass?

Xiao Jiuqi has nothing to do to see what Yu Zhiguan does, and he has painted it himself, he is such a lazy person, since he has started to paint, I am afraid that there is no use.

So after thinking about it, Fu Yuanling still felt that she couldn't go to Xilinguan, anyway, their road was not far from Yuzhiguan, and her intuition made her feel that she had chosen the right one.

Then give it a try.

The group changed their route and arrived at Yuzhiguan seven or eight days later, and there was no customs clearance paperwork, but she took out the golden seal of the palace that Xiao Jiuqi left for her before leaving.

Seeing the golden seal of King Jin's mansion, the soldiers guarding the gate opened the city gate and let them go.

Because Fu Yuanling and the others were all dressed in men's clothes, no one thought that it was Princess Jin, they only thought it was King Jin's team.

Out of the Yuzhi Pass, the scenery outside the pass is completely different from the inside of the pass, the further you go north, the more cold the weather becomes.

It is no wonder that the northern frontier has to fight a quick battle, the colder the weather, the more unfavorable it will be for them.

Shi Chengzhou invited a local guide, and Fu Yuanling specially took out the map drawn by Xiao Jiuqi himself and showed it to the guide, and even the guide said that the path above was very remote, and some local young people did not necessarily know it.

Fu Yuanling's heart sank, and he knew where Xiao Jiuqi was drawn casually, which he deliberately found out with his heart.

No wonder he accompanied her to read books for a while, and he was happy to read a book of regional chronicles all day long.

Fu Yuanling didn't think much about it at the time, he just felt that there might be a war, and he learned about the situation in Xilinguan in advance, but how could he think of it......

Fu Yuanling is now very sure that Xiao Jiuqi must have decided to do this before he came to Xilinguan.

I just don't know where this road will eventually lead, what Fu Yuanling can do is to follow this road and continue to move forward, if he is lucky, he may be able to meet Xiao Jiuqi and others who have turned back.

After all, after all this time, no matter what you want to do, it should be decided whether it will be successful or not.

The guide took a lot of money, and led the way very dedicatedly, although most of the people in this team talked to him Shi Chengzhou, but he could see that it was the handsome boy in front of him who was in charge.

At this time, when he heard the young man's question, he hurriedly said: "I don't know where this road will eventually lead, I haven't walked that long, but I know that if I go all the way from here, it will lead to the royal city in the northern Xinjiang." In the early years, this road was bombed and buried by the northern Xinjiang, and later people outside the pass walked more, and there was no big road and it became a rugged and difficult path. ”

The guide was in his early forties, a man who had been farming all the year round, and his body was very strong, he looked up and pointed ahead and said: "The noble man looks ahead, there is a faint place on a small hill over there, that is, the mountain that was once blown up, only half of it is left, so only a shadow can be seen." ”

Fu Yuanling looked up, and sure enough, he saw a shadow standing in front of him, "Did you cross that mountain and enter the boundary of Northern Xinjiang?" ”

"Yes, so the locals are basically just the remnant mountain, they are all active on the remnant mountain, and after the remnant mountain, it is unpredictable, and no one wants to take the risk."

It took half a day to walk from this side to the foot of the remnant mountain, and when I got to the front and looked at the ruins, it was hard to imagine what the mountain looked like when it was just blown up.

When the guide walked here, he hesitated whether to continue walking, and seeing that everyone had no intention of stopping, he opened his mouth to persuade a few words, "Now there is a war going on in the West Linguan, and there are cavalry from the Northern Frontier everywhere, and it is very dangerous to climb over the mountain." If you don't have anything important, don't joke with your life. ”

Shi Chengzhou looked at the other party's sincere persuasion, and said: "We don't want to take risks either, it's just that the family is missing in this area, and we have to find people back." ”

When the guide heard this, he couldn't help muttering in his heart, this family is bold enough, and they dare to run around at this time, but he really doesn't dare to move forward, he can't bear to refuse the rich silver, and before leaving, he still said to them, "You go over and take a look, if the situation is not good, you have to come back quickly, the people of northern Xinjiang are very fierce, and they will cut people with knives, which is unreasonable." ”

Fu Yuanling asked clearly about the direction of the mountain, said goodbye to the guide, and the group stepped on the path of the remnant mountain.

This mountain is not high, about 30 zhang high, the horse can turn over, but the road is not easy to walk, you have to lead the horse to go.

Fu Yuanling's snow treading was very obedient and walked slowly behind her.

Suddenly the snow stopped, the horse's hooves stepped on the ground restlessly, Fu Yuanling felt that the snow was a little excited, and hurriedly stopped to appease it, who knew that the snow was rubbing against her neck and kept squirting, staring at one direction and pacing back and forth with an anxious expression.

Fu Yuanling had never seen such a snowwalk, and he didn't know what to do for a while, so he listened to Shi Chengzhou and said, "Let's follow it to have a look." ”

Fu Yuanling glanced at Shi Chengzhou, "You mean what you might have discovered when stepping on the snow?" ”

Shi Chengzhou touched his chin, "These beasts are more sensitive than people, there is no word about the old horse knowing the way, stepping on the snow is so impatient, maybe he really found something." ”

"Then go check it out." Fu Yuanling asked Shi Chengzhou to integrate the team, patted the head of the snow, and "lead the way." ”

Treading Snow excitedly sprayed her face and walked forward happily.

Fu Yuanling and the others followed behind the snow, and found that the road it was going to take had broken away from the original path on the mountain, ran through a bush, and went straight to the depths.