Crossing the Yellow River north, you will enter Hebei Road not far away. To the west is Hedong Road, roughly the main part of Shanxi. To the east is Shandong, also called Jingdong East Road. The division of this administrative region is divided with Bianjing as the center. Jingdong West and Hebei Road are also divided into two roads, east and west, and grow strips on the map, from south to north.

After going north by Daming Prefecture, if you go north by Hebei, you will be not far from the border town.

The vast North China Plain is a different scene. The roads are straight and wide, with little ups and downs. Looking into the distance, the villages and towns dotted everywhere in the field of view. This scene is difficult to see in the south. There are many hills and mountainous areas in the south, with dense water systems, and only alluvial plains on both sides of the Yangtze River. Plains are often accompanied by larger rivers and are not very wide.

Three fast horses headed north. Xu Jie probably knew that a team of constables and yamen were following him a hundred miles behind him. More than a dozen lives were next to the official road. How could the official constables not investigate and track them? After the identity of the deceased was found, the masters of the Jindian Guard were afraid that they would come out of the capital.

The reason for the death of the eldest son of the Chang family must be not difficult to find out. It is not difficult to find out that Changsheng took people out to intercept Xu Jie, but Xu Jie was not afraid of these. It was easy to pass the ordinary government office worker, and Xu Jie had the documents from the Ministry of Justice in his hand.

As for the Golden Palace Guard, behind the Golden Palace Guard is the old emperor Xia Qian. Many things make sense after all. Changsheng took his masters from his family to intercept Xu Jie, but was killed by Xu Jie. The old emperor would probably turn a blind eye. The old emperor Xia Qian was going to attack the nobles, so the Li and Chang families were naturally the first to be affected.

As for the people under the table, the Chang family is coming to seek revenge on Xu Jie, Xu Jie is naturally not afraid. In this case, it is just a revenge killing in the world. The soldiers come to block the water and soil, and it depends on who has the more powerful means. As for the millions of troops mentioned by Chang Sheng, it is just a joke. If Chang Kai, the general of Datong, can really mobilize tens of thousands of troops stationed in the border town to surround Xu Jie, then the world will be a chaotic world.

I quickly arrived at Hejian Prefecture. I thought it was Yanyun to the north, and it was not far from the border town. Going east, I entered the ground of Cangzhou. The Cangbei Sect, as the name suggests, is the Jianghu Sect in the northern part of Cangzhou.

Yan and Zhao are many generous and tragic people, and the most people in the northland are playing swords. The swordsmen in the northland, from the northwest to Hebei, are mostly big and big, and are the most famous swordsmen. The swordsmen in the northwest are mostly famous for their bravery. The swordsmen are short and thick, and they don’t even have sharp blades, just for chopping. It is a completely different way of fighting. Outside Chang'an City, the fat and thin Shu had suffered the losses of the swordsmen in the northwest. They did not find the place after they entered the innate world.

The swordsmen in Hebei often use long swords that look like in the army, and because the border town is not far away, the people are strong. From the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Qi, Lu, Zhao and Yan were both overlord countries, and Zhao was once the biggest opponent of the powerful Qin. After the Han Dynasty, it was a place of battles. After the Sui and Tang Dynasties, it became a place of disputes in the world. Hedong Road and Hebei Road have always been a forewarned place for the Central Plains for thousands of years, and it is always a place of four battles.

Most swordsmen and noble families are accompanied by each other, and they slowly go south. Swordsmen and battle formations are accompanied by each other and stay in the north. Of course, it does not mean that there are no swordsmen in the north and there are no swordsmen in the south. What we are talking about here is a universality.

Xu Jie had just gone east from Hejian Prefecture. After leaving the city, there were more people walking on the road than in the south, and the tough people's customs were undoubtedly revealed.

The rivers and lakes in the north are obviously more chaotic than the rivers and lakes in the south. The underworld business here is different from the south. There are not only traditional businesses such as private salt, but also horse sellers and robbers.

Horses are not valuable on the grassland, but the Shiwei people will not let horses circulate south. Therefore, someone needs to smuggle horses to the south. The profits are unimaginable, but the risks are even more unimaginable.

He smuggled out of the country with cloth, needles, salt and other household items, and exchanged for horses to smuggle back. A horse costs dozens of taels of silver, and the economic cost is indeed extremely low. However, the Shiwei people who were on the horse were chasing and chasing them without any effort.

As for robbery, the first choice is this kind of horse dealer. The transaction without a lot has exceeded the road and charges tolls, because the benefits are too great and the value of a horse is too expensive. Those horse dealers are also taking risks with their heads, which is even more difficult to grasp. The foundation of peaceful negotiations has been lost, and they are mostly done with real swords and guns.

On the contrary, the government mostly turned a blind eye to those men who were selling horses. Even the generals of the border town would instigate these people to do it, and would even pay deposits to order horses directly.

Most of the stories of these horse dealers come from Xu Zhong's mouth, and there are also supplementary words from Yang Sanpang. The Dragon and Tiger Escort Agency transported goods to Taiyuan Prefecture include private salt and other goods. Most of the people who receive the goods are horse dealers. The most scarce thing on the grassland is salt. When salt reaches the grassland, it is hard currency.

In the final analysis, the world of the world is never free from blood.

In the evening, Xu Jie, on the horse, watched a group of Jianghu people walk into an inn on the roadside, and then drove away, and followed those Jianghu people into the inn on the roadside.

Opening inns where there is no village in front and no shop behind is mostly used to entertain these people in the martial arts world. The owners of this inn are also a bit courageous, and perhaps they have good methods.

Xu Jie deliberately chose such an inn to enter and listen to some gossips from the people of the northern rivers and lakes.

After instructing the servant to take care of the horses, Xu Jie, Xu Zhong and Sanpang entered the inn.

The inn has nothing to do with luxury, and it is even a bit worn. The benches, tables and chairs are very thick, but there are many traces of chopping knives and axes on these woods. I don’t know if it’s because of the fight, or even if someone is idle and has nothing to do to cut tables and chairs to play.

The weather is getting colder, and there are several fire pits on the left and right of the hall. Firewood is burning and passing guests are warm first. In the winter in the north, the wind is cold, and these inns often set up fire pits in the hall. Once guests enter the store, they must keep warm first.

So several fire pits were surrounded by people. Xu Jie walked in front of the three people and rushed towards the fire pit. After squeezing, the crowd attracted the glaring eyes of others. After waiting for the squeezed person to look back and look at Xu Zhong behind Xu Jie, he saw Xu Zhong with one leg. The short and fat Yang Sanpang finally had some vision. He gave in and let the three of them squeeze in.

The northward, the earlier the winter comes, the snow has not yet fallen, but the frost has begun. This kind of inn fire pit that entertains the people of the Jianghu people is really hard to roast.

There were no seats, and most of them sat on the ground. Xu Jie squeezed to the front, took off his boots, and roasted them next to the fire, which made him feel a little comfortable.

Yang Sanpang turned around and said, "Waiter, bring a few pots of wine and cut a few pounds of beef."

Cows are originally controlled by the government. Even if they die, they must report to the government. The government will also send people to investigate the cause of death of the cattle. They are dying of illness, old age, or accidental death. They must be recorded because cattle is the most fundamental means of production for the farming nation. The law stipulates that slaughtering live cattle is strictly prohibited, otherwise it will be a serious crime.

But this beef is naturally still to be eaten, because the beef will die in the end. The government has collected the cowhide tendon, which is a must-have for making armor. The main raw materials for leather armor are cowhide, the main connection of iron armor, and the rope made of cowhide, as well as saddle binding, etc. After drying the beef tendon, pound it opens and soaks it, rub it, and puts a bowstring, these are all war preparation supplies. Beef is naturally used for eating.

As the wine and meat came up, Yang Sanpang let go and feasted.

The people around the world also started chatting and bragging, whoever killed this person, who would defeat him. Who would be ready to go out of seclusion, and who would make money.

As he talked, he talked about the things in the world. The fall of the Qiantang Great Tide Sword Immortal, the Jiangnan Blood Sword Hall and other things were mentioned again, and it was also spread to the point of being amazing.

Xu Jie was also stunned and Yang Sanpang was also drunk frequently. Fortunately, no one deliberately offended him, but he was mostly respectful. Otherwise, someone would die under Yang Sanpang's knife.

After talking about the major events coming from the south, we gradually talked about some local things.

Then I heard someone say: "Everyone in the Dong family in Cangbei knows it. I heard something. It is said that Dong Dayi's eldest son is not his biological son. Dong Dayi even drove his eldest son out of the house and sent someone to chase him several times."

When Xu Jie heard this, he hurriedly turned to look at Xu Zhong beside him. The two of them looked at each other and their ears stood up.

Then he heard someone say, "Nonsense, where did you hear this? I heard that Dong Dayi's eldest son was betrayed from the house, not driven out of the house. The reason was because he fought with Dong Dayi's second son for a woman. Dong Dayi told the marriage to his second son, so the eldest son was so angry that he betrayed the house and made bold statements, and he was successful in martial arts and came back to steal the bride."

When others heard such words, they often felt that the second person was more credible and their eyes were gathered on him.

So he also showed off and said, "Do you know who the woman the brothers are fighting for?"

Everyone was filled with confusion and inquisitive eyes, and he was satisfied and asked and answered: "It was the old man's daughter of the Yunzhong Village in Luliang Mountain. Zeng Unhappy was Dong Dayi's brother-in-law. Dong Dayi's two sons competed for a cousin, how could they not fight?"

Everyone suddenly realized, and some people joked: "I was unhappy that the old man didn't have more daughters, so the two brothers of the Dong family would not have to argue, right..."

"That old man, he only married a woman in his thirties. It would be nice to keep a man and a half girl. If he is a few years older, maybe that thing is useless. Haha..."

When someone heard this, he suddenly thought a little more and continued, "No wonder these two brothers were fighting for each other. He was not happy with this one daughter, and his family was big and his dowry was amazing. Yunzhongzhai has made a lot of money over the years, and he has sold horses by himself and robbed other people's horses. I heard that the generals of Taiyuan Town were all offering him. These brothers are not fighting for women, they are just fighting for family property."

Yunzhong Village is on Yunzhong Mountain, which is the Dongguan Mountain of Luliang Mountain. It is not far from Taiyuan. Taiyuan Town is also an important town in the border area. From Taiyuan Town, you will leave the first barrier of the Great Wall and you can enter the grassland.

"Damn it, why don't I have such good luck? It's okay to marry into a married woman. It's okay to be a cow or a horse for him. I've been unhappy when I was dying. Isn't I the big Yunzhong Village still the final decision?" The person who spoke, with his big yellow teeth, smiled particularly conspicuously.

The people sitting in a circle were teasing each other, and then someone said, "You're okay, do you have a good father like Dong Dayi? Without such a father, you can't suppress the scene. Maybe you will die in a dream one day. Those people in Yunzhong Village are all fierce and evil, and they will teach you how to die if you die."

Dahuangya was angry when she heard this, waved her fists a few times and said, "Why are you afraid of me in this martial arts? I was once unhappy that the old man was a master of innateness and could not afford to offend him. I am not afraid of the 3000-year-old minions under his command."

"Not afraid? Then you go to Yunzhongshan to see if you can come back alive."

Xu Jie understood roughly, and saw that these people seemed to have changed the topic of the Dong family, he interrupted everyone: "Good men, I'm just here for the first time. I'll ask you a question, where is Dong Dayi in Cangzhou?"

Everyone looked at Xu Jie, and saw Xu Jie's good looks. Someone smiled and said, "This young man is very smart. His daughter who was once unhappy cannot be married. Dong Dayi seems to have a young daughter, but the young man is attracted to that girl?"

Xu Jie smiled and said, "Then you have to look at it first, then you'll say it? If you grow up like a female yaksha, you won't want to be rich and silver."

Dahuangya answered, "Young Master, I heard that the Dong family's daughter is really good. Why don't I go with you? Who can win the ability to calculate the heart?"

Xu Jie also smiled and said, "It's okay to go together, but please point out the direction so that you can know where to go, right?"

Dahuangya laughed and said, "The Dong family is in Xiaonan River in Cangzhou. But seeing you as an outsider, I can't find the Xiaonan River. You go north and go east to Baoding Junzhou, and you can directly lead to Xiaonan River. A big town. But as you say that, you probably can't find it. Let's go with you. When you go to meet the little girl from the Dong family for a while, you might become the Dong family's son-in-law."

Xu Jie smiled and said, "Thank you, thank you."

Xu Jie didn't laugh at the big yellow teeth. It was interesting to say that the big yellow teeth were. Although it seemed like a toad wanted to eat swan meat, men always had to pursue it. This big yellow teeth are not bad, and they were enthusiastic about guiding Xu Jie on the way.
Chapter completed!