These people set out from Fenglingdu, walked for nearly ten days, did not stay and rest, did not carry a pot to cook, when hungry they nibbled on a hard flax cake, when they were thirsty they drank a sip of cold raw water, when they were tired, they poured a few sips of spicy soju, they were really sleepy and couldn't stand it, so they lay on the back of the horse and squinted for a while, and the only opportunity to get off the horse and step on the ground was to and pee.

For nearly ten days in a row, the iron-beaten people couldn't bear it, and just after the boundary of Ganzhou, the young and middle-aged people were already tired.

Liu Yi, who was full of frost hair, was accustomed to such a sandy road, and his spirit was not bad, biting the dry tobacco bag, riding on the horse and swaying leisurely, looking at the west with half-squinted eyes, looking back at the horse, his voice was full of vicissitudes, and he said with a smile: "Li Darttou, the front is the white horse, and there is a small post station on the side. ”

Li Yushan urged the horse to gallop a few steps, caught up with Liu Yi, and looked at the west together, and sure enough, they saw simple houses of high and low in the wilderness.

At the place where the yellow sand is rolling, a beacon is towering, and the rising sun falls on it, which is particularly solemn.

Traveling all the way west along the foothills of Qilian Mountain, the more desolate it became, from the grass to the yellow sand wilderness, a heart became more and more depressed.

Although the sky is still blue and the clouds are flying, the grass on the majestic mountains is becoming more and more sparse, and the snow that originally covered only the top of the mountain gradually spreads to the mountainside, and it does not melt all year round, glowing with a dazzling cold light.

Li Yushan looked back, and the team of sleepy people and horses moved forward slowly, and he couldn't help but sink his heart.

This has not yet entered the boundary of Suzhou, and even the shadow of Yumen Pass has not been touched, it has already become this dusty servant, half-dead appearance, waiting for the spring breeze to blow the Yumen Pass, the long yellow sand of the Western Regions trade route, back and forth to go back and forth for half a year, how can these people live.

It seems that you still have to be relaxed, and you can't blindly rush your life.

He asked in a low voice: "Brother, when you arrive in Baimashu, how long will it take to enter Suzhou." ”

Liu Yi squinted his eyes and poured a sip of soju: "Soon, after Baimashu, there are still three or four hundred miles to enter the boundary of Suzhou, and it will only take three or four days." ”

Li Yushan thought for a moment, calculated the days, they had complete road and government documents for this trip, as long as they walked forward step by step along the official road, there were Fengsui post stations along the way, and the garrison was on the border, so they would be much more stable and easy to walk.

In this way, there was still plenty of time, he raised his horsewhip and pointed forward, looked back and shouted at the dart team: "Hurry up, rush to the front post station at noon for lunch, and you can rest." ”

When everyone heard that they could rest their feet next to the ground, they all perked up and hurriedly urged their horses forward.

Han Changdui and Yao Qi were still slow, as if they hadn't bumped enough on horseback, and they fell at the back of the team.

Han Changwan turned sideways slightly, looking at Yao Qi, who was tightly wrapped in his head like a dumpling, and sighed in his heart.

Since entering the boundary of Liangzhou and gradually getting wind and sand, he has watched Yao Qi take out something like a trick and wrap himself in the same appearance as he is now.

Although it looks a little strange, it does seem to have suffered a lot from the wind and sand.

He also did the same, wrapped himself into a zongzi, and after wrapping it, he found that it was indeed very comfortable.

The two zongzi walked slowly side by side, looking quite funny.

Hearing Li Yushan's words, Yao Qi was stunned for a moment, she had completely read Tang Xuanzang's "Records of the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty" written after returning from studying scriptures, but her impression of this white horse was really vague.

She tilted her body and said in a low voice, "Childe, is there a pass ahead?" ”

Before leaving, Han Changdui also made sufficient preparations in advance, following Li Yushan's dart team all the way, he was always vigilant, compared the surrounding environment, and found that Li Yushan did not make side movements, but he was also a little relieved.

He nodded and said: "Yes, the White Horse Fortress is also a very famous pass, but the previous dynasty was abandoned, and after the reopening of the White Horse Fortress in this dynasty, there was no major construction repair, and the White Horse Fortress gradually became unknown, and now it is just a very small pass, and it is adjacent to a small post for travelers to rest." ”

Yao Qi pursed his dry lips, no matter how big or small the post station is, there is always a place to sit down and rest.

These days have been bumpy on horseback, and she is almost falling apart from her bones.

Han Changwan glanced at Yao Qi, and whispered with a solemn expression: "We are about to enter the Suzhou territory, we have to leave the dart team before entering Suzhou City, you are ready." ”

Yao nodded slightly in the felt blanket, and his lips moved slowly and stiffly, cracking a bloody wound, but his voice was firm and powerful: "Okay." ”

The sound of the wind blew away the voices of the two men, and no one in the dart team noticed their movements.

Han Changdui glanced at Yao Qi, who was wrapped in a strange shape, and raised his eyebrows in disbelief.

Yao Qi smiled calmly.

Isn't it just to act in a scene, what's so difficult about this, she is an acting school.

The white horse tree looks close, but it is really not close, which is enough to make people more and more desperate as they walk.

Yao Qi sighed.

The legendary Wangmei quenches thirst also depends on the distance of the plum tree, if it is such a dead horse running from the mountain, even if the plum boasts only in the sky, I am afraid it will not work.

From the initial excitement, urging the horse to gallop, to the later deflated, slowly and leisurely, until noon, the sun was shining, and people were almost smoking, before entering the white horse.

The White Horse Garrison is indeed not big, there are 20 garrisons stationed all the year round, half of the garrison is Han people, half of the Hu people, and the fire commander of the garrison is a Han man in his forties, and his face is full of wind and frost.

Seeing Li Yushan's group approaching, he walked to the pass with his hands behind his back.

Liu Yi hurriedly saluted the fire chief, and said with a smile: "Master Jun, Master Jun has worked hard. ”

Huo Chang smiled kindly: "This season is not good, why are you walking again, you are going to celebrate the New Year on the road." ”

Liu Yi said with a smile: "Thanks to the blessing of the imperial court, the jade gate is reopened, Yiwu Road is easy to walk, and the old man walks a few more horses, looking forward to being able to stop doing it early and enjoy the blessings of his children and grandchildren at home." ”

The fire chief smiled and waved at the garrison, and several people stepped forward to inspect the goods and customs documents.

Knowing that there was something wrong with the contents of the box, the people in the dart team were all calm, as if they knew that these garrisons couldn't find anything at all.

This is indeed the case along the way, and after passing several passes in a row, nothing was found to be inappropriate.

Han Changwei was very surprised, if it weren't for Yao Qi's nose working, he smelled that the contents of the box were indeed problematic and had not been replaced, he almost thought that this box had been tampered with again before he knew it, and the bag had been dropped.

It seems that if it weren't for the extremely clever means of the Weiyuan Dart Bureau, it would be that the garrisons along the way had colluded with the Zhou family.

At this time, there were not many caravans taking the trade route of the Western Regions, most of them were returning, and Guan Mu was very fast, but after relieving his breath on horseback, the fire chief waved his hand and let the dart team enter the post station.

The white horse is not big, the post station is smaller, the dark yellow earthen embryo wall encloses a two-entry courtyard, the front is a wine shop, for travelers to eat and drink, the back is an inn, for people to rest and stay, it is a post station.

Seeing Hao Hao Tangtang's group come in, the shopkeeper smiled and greeted him with a smile, the shopkeeper was a tall bearded man with a high nose and deep eyes, slightly bald hair, and he spoke Chinese very fluently.

The area around Hexi was originally the homeland of the Hu people, since the previous dynasty, the imperial court attached great importance to a large area of land in Hexi, several conquests, and finally collected the area of Hexi, stationed troops in the fields, and moved a large number of poor Han people and sinners to this place to open up wasteland.

Yao Qi had read a book in his previous life, mentioning this practice in ancient times, called "mixing sand." ”

A large number of Han people were moved to the homeland of the Hu people, and after a hundred years of mixed living, the Hu people were gradually assimilated by the Han people.

And assimilation is often not only blood, but also living habits, customs, and language.

It's not terrible to lose your bloodline, it's the most terrible thing to lose your inheritance.

In this way, handfuls of sand are mixed in, and the Hu people and the children of the Han people grow up.

The Hu people in the Hexi area are no longer the weathered, barbaric and warlike Hu people they used to be.

And the Han people in the Hexi area are no longer the Han people who were slaughtered and bullied as they used to be.

Perhaps this is the charm of seeking common ground while reserving differences.

Over the past 100 years, some of these Hu and Han people joined the army at the age of 20 and fought on the border for decades, earning a piece of military merit and salary, and some traveled through the vast desert to earn that meager amount of financing.

Yao Qi sighed, the world is difficult, and all he earns is a life money.

And myself, why not.

She clamped the horse's belly and urged the horse into the station.

Entering the narrow courtyard gate, the eyes suddenly opened up, dozens of poplar branches in the corner have long since withered, but they have always stood tall, and at the foot of the dry trees, a few clusters of slender weeds have emerged.

The yellow mud on the walls was peeling off, and the ground was full of yellow mud and sand, only at the foot of the tree and at the base of the wall, there was a little bit of greenery that looked very bleak.

Yao Qi tied the horse to the poplar trunk, she was so tired that the bones that were bumping on the horse's back were about to fall apart, and she didn't care to see if the ground was clean, she sat on the spot against the wall, and breathed a sigh of relief.

The courtyard was lit early, and a large black iron pot was set up, the flames were bright red, licking the iron pot, making a crackling sound.

This iron pot is old, and oil and smoke stains have seeped into the pot.

Han Changdui tied up his horse, slowly walked to Yao Qi and sat down, and asked indifferently: "I see that your horse is riding very well." ”

That tone was very meaningful, and with a faint smile at the corner of his lips, Yao Qi shuddered.

“......”

How can this person keep thinking about clichés all the time, it is really outrageous to be conscientious, Yao Qi doesn't know what to say.