Han Jie and Huangfu Sisi didn't have many personal interactions. Every time Han Jie stood quietly behind Gu Qing, watching helplessly as Gu Qing was single again and again due to his strong strength.

But Han Jie was still a little wary of Huangfu Sisi, because the Marquis said that this woman was a bit suspicious, and what the Marquis said must be correct. The Marquis said that she was suspicious, so Han Jie always treated her with a defensive attitude.

she.

But today, Huangfu Sisi actually found the garrison camp, which quite surprised Han Jie.

Outside the rough and solemn camp, a charming woman stands gracefully, like a peony blooming alone in the wilderness thousands of miles away. The picture is quite poignant.

Huangfu Sisi smiled, bowed to Han Jie, and then said with a smile: "Master Hou hasn't come to the inn for five days to eat. Is it because he thinks my food is not delicious?"

Han Jie twitched the corner of his mouth, smiled politely, and said: "Master Marquis is busy with military affairs and has no time to go to the city. Please forgive me, girl."

Huangfu blinked his eyes thoughtfully and said, "What will Master Hou do with his meals? What has he eaten these days?"

"You can grill the meat yourself, or the military cooks can prepare the food and send it to the commander's tent."

Huangfu Sisi chuckled and said: "Since the Marquis does not dislike the food cooked by me, I can send the food to the camp every day from now on. It won't be troublesome. How can a picky person like the Marquis get used to eating in the army?"

Food.”

Han Jie hummed and said, "Thank you very much, girl."

Huangfu Sisi handed over the food box he had brought and said with a smile: "General Han, please bring it to the Marquis. I made it myself and it is still warm. I will bring more food in the evening. Can I trouble General Han to go out to pick it up?"

How is it?"

Han Jie finally had a smile on his lips and nodded: "The girl is interested."

Huangfu Sisi sighed and said resentfully: "What's the point of having a heart? That piece of wood never had me in its heart..."

"If the metal and stone are opened, the girl will be blessed eventually."

Huangfu Sisi snorted and said, "Has the Marquis been very busy recently? He doesn't even have time to enter the city. The army has gone out to suppress the bandits. What can he do if he stays in the camp?"

Han Jie hesitated for a moment and said: "What worries you most now is that you cannot find the whereabouts of the people with the nine surnames of Zhaowu."

Huangfu Sisi frowned: "People with the nine surnames of Zhaowu? They used to be everywhere, and there are quite a few in Qiuci City. What does the Marquis want from the people with the nine surnames of Zhaowu?"

"The nine surnames of Zhaowu are good at doing business. The Marquis is short of talents and wants to win their hearts and use them for his own use."

Huangfu Sisi sighed: "After Gaojieshuai destroyed the Shi Kingdom, it was difficult to find the nine Zhaowu surnames. The tribesmen fled the Western Regions one after another. Even a few who did not want to leave their homeland are now hiding their names in various cities in the Western Regions, making it difficult to find them.

trace."

Han Jie smiled bitterly and shook his head without saying anything else. After bidding farewell to Huangfu Sisi, he carried the food box and entered the camp.

Huangfu Sisi was still standing outside the camp gate, staring blankly at the handsome white tent deep in the camp. After a long time, he bit his lower lip and turned around to leave.

…………

People who run inns have one advantage that ordinary people cannot match, and that is their wide network of contacts.

The inn is in the business of welcoming guests. A prosperous inn has a lot of customers every day. Among the guests from all over the world, as long as they are discerning enough and make selective friends, they will eventually give people some surprises.

Huangfu Sisi also has a wide network of contacts. She has been running an inn in Qiuci City for many years. From an ignorant and innocent little girl, she has become a fierce female shopkeeper who is good at dancing. She has experienced a lot of people and things over the years, and has met all kinds of people.

There were far more guests than Gu Qing imagined.

After returning to the inn from the camp, Huangfu Sisi sat alone in the room for a long time. It was already evening when he walked out of the room.

She changed into black clothes, covered her face with black gauze, put on a bamboo hat, walked out of the inn quietly, and walked toward a group of low-rise residential buildings to the west.

The residential complex was where Wang Gui fought with his sharpshooter enemy last time. After entering the residential complex, Huangfu Sisi turned left and right, passed through countless dark alleys, and came to a low house made of stone.

There was no light in the low house, the door was closed, and the yard looked desolate and dilapidated.

Huangfu Sisi calmed down and knocked on the door.

After knocking for a long time, there was no sound. The room looked like a ghost house that had been abandoned for many years. It was quiet and dilapidated and a bit eerie.

Huangfu thought about it but didn't give up. He still knocked on the door slowly, as if he was sure there was someone inside.

After knocking for a long time, Huangfu Sisi became impatient and said coldly: "I know you are in there, so feel free to come out. The master of Anxi is no longer Gao Xianzhi."

There was still no movement inside.

Huangfu Sisi's voice became a little louder and said, "I won't be able to call you if you don't respond anymore!"

There was finally a noise inside the door, and with an unpleasant creaking sound, the door was quietly opened, and a pair of cold eyes stared at her from the crack in the door.

Huangfu Sisi pushed the door open unceremoniously, causing the person inside to stumble and almost fall to the ground.

After entering the door, Huangfu Sisi lit the only oil lamp in the room. Under the dim light, she grabbed a futon and threw it to the ground, then sat down cross-legged unceremoniously.

The person in the room was a middle-aged man, about thirty years old, with messy hair, ragged clothes, and skinny bones. Only a pair of eyes were full of unyielding will, as if his life had been condensed in his eyes, and he was alive.

It's hard, but there's still a breath left.

"Miss Huangfu, we have agreed not to offend each other, what are you doing here?" The man's voice was hoarse and unpleasant, like a rat in a gutter gnawing at an iron bar.

Huangfu Sisi sneered: "What an ungrateful thing. Back then, you were hunted down by Gao Xianzhi's troops, and there was no place for you in the entire Western Region. You were the smartest one, and you actually dared to hide on the ground of the Anxi Protectorate. Back then,

You are penniless and dare not show your face. Who helped you secretly? Who helped you escape the pursuit of the government? "

The man was silent for a long time and said: "I am still grateful to Miss Huangfu for my kindness back then, but I am just afraid of causing trouble to her..."

Huangfu thought: "I'm not afraid of being implicated, and I just said that the Anxi Protectorate has changed. Gao Xianzhi has been tabooed by the emperor and has lost his power. He will be transferred back to Chang'an soon. The current Lord of Anxi

He is a young man, much better than Gao Xianzhi."

The man sneered, with hatred shining in his eyes: "So what if Anxi changes his master? People in the Tang Dynasty are all the same bunch of people who don't keep their promises and don't follow moral principles. No matter who it is, I won't believe it."

Huangfu Sisi's expression gradually softened and he whispered: "I know that the Tang army has a grudge against you to destroy the country and destroy the family. What Gao Xianzhi did was indeed contrary to morality. The emperor of Chang'an also realized it, so he sent another wise minister.

Replace it, the Tang court is correcting the mistakes made by Gao Xianzhi, and your hatred cannot be extended to the new Lord of Anxi."

The man sneered gloomily: "The Chang'an court easily dismissed this deep hatred with just a 'correction'? Should I kneel down in front of Chang'an to express my gratitude?"

Huangfu Sisi's tone became colder: "If you have revenge, why are you still hiding in this dark place and not daring to move? The new Lord of Anxi is different from Gao Xianzhi. He wants to repair the relationship between the Tang Dynasty and the Nine Surnames of Zhaowu.

, he wants to reuse the people of the nine surnames of Zhaowu. The murderer who destroyed the country and destroyed the family is Gao Xianzhi. Every injustice has its debtor and its owner. If you want revenge, you can go find him. What does it have to do with others?"

The man said with a frosty face: "You keep speaking for the new Lord of Anxi. Are you his lobbyist and loyal to him?"

Huangfu Sisi sighed: "It's really hard to talk to you people who have hatred in their bones. What you say is wrong..."

Looking at the man, Huangfu Sisi whispered: "Now and then, Anxi is different now. You can go out for a walk and see the new atmosphere of Qiuci City. The new Lord of Anxi has the talent to govern the country and stabilize the country.

, Kucha City is very different from before. Go out and have a look, listen to what people in the city think of it, and then consider what I just said."

"I can't advise you to let go of your hatred, but I advise you to accept his kindness. The object of your hatred has nothing to do with him. The two things cannot be confused. Not everyone in the Tang Dynasty is a bad person. The hatred I bear for destroying my family is no less than yours.

, but I still want to live in the sun."

The man said coldly: "Girl, if you have nothing else to do, please leave."

Huangfu Sisi sighed, took out a piece of silver cake worth about ten taels from his arms, placed it gently on the table, then turned and left.

…………

The sun sets in the desert and the wind and sand cover the sky.

After Shen Tian led the Khotan army's five thousand soldiers and horses to leave Qiuci, they walked in the desert for more than ten days.

The climate in the desert in winter is very harsh. The wind and sand are mixed with the cold wind, which cuts across your body and face like a knife. You have to endure the pain of thousands of arrows piercing your heart every moment while marching. If you are unlucky, you will encounter a sandstorm. This is a life-threatening situation.

Whether you die or not depends on God's will.

Shen Tian's headquarters just went through a sandstorm yesterday. The team was missing dozens of people, and a lot of food and drinking water were lost. After sorting out the remaining food and drinking water, Shen Tian was a little anxious. The army guide estimated the direction and pointed out the direction.

A few hundred miles to the east is Yangguan, where soldiers can enter to replenish food and drinking water.

"Yangguan" means the south of Yumen Pass, and the south is called "Yang", so it is called "Yangguan". It is said in a famous poem, "I urge you to drink another glass of wine. There will be no old friends when you leave Yangguan in the west."

This is Yangguan.

Yangguan is a military and civilian pass established since the Han Dynasty to defend the supply station of the Huns and merchants in the north. Shen Tian's troops departed from Qiuci City and headed eastward. Unknowingly, they were almost at Yumen Pass.

Unfortunately, no bandits were encountered along the way. Countless scouts were sent out, but no trace of the bandits was found.

Food and drinking water were already in short supply, so Shen Tian ordered an urgent march towards Yangguan. On the third day, as the team was getting closer and closer to Yangguan, a scout hurriedly rode up and reported a piece of news.

Thirty miles west of Yangguan, deep in the desert, the scouts discovered a troop of a thousand soldiers and horses. They were dressed in a variety of clothes and holding different weapons. They were resting in the lee of the sand dunes. Their whereabouts were quite suspicious.

Shen Tian summoned his generals to discuss for a long time, and then Shen Tian clenched his fist heavily and said coldly: "No matter what the origin is, you will know it after a beating. I would rather kill the wrong one than let him go!"
Chapter completed!