Tongguan is the most important gate between the two capitals and one of the most important channels for the circulation of people and goods in the East and West. Although it is due to the Taiwan-style martial arts, the guards and defenses cannot be completely closed. Every day, the channels on both sides of the city will be opened for people and goods to pass through.

These two hours of every day are also the most noisy moments before the pass. In order to ensure the efficiency of traffic, the travel platform adopts the traffic rules for the separation of people and vehicles. The chariots and horses pass through the pass, and the personnel go up the plateau and then collect the car on the west side of the pass through the pass.

Among them, no one interrogated the person passing the pass, but the car driver would charge ten yuan of customs duty. Of course, if there are any wealthy people who pass by, they are not willing to hike and climb the plateau, there are also car rentals before the pass, which cost a hundred yuan per car.

Every day, there are all-round people who pass the teachings every day, because this rule also creates many disputes.

In the early morning, the official road began to pass, and the travelers who were staying east of the city began to hurry up and line up to pass the pass. The soldiers kept shouting repeatedly on the watchtowers on both sides of the road: "Pedals climb the plateau, and cars and horses go down to the pass! Listen to lawsuits before the pass, and those who are in the road are shackles!"

Among the pedestrians lined up to pass the customs, there was a team of eight cars in front and behind, and there were slaves on the left and right, and they looked good. The generals and soldiers who were inspecting the customs before the customs also paid considerable attention to the team, with seven or eight swordsman guarding and guarding each other not far away.

When he arrived at the checkpoint where the people and vehicles were separated, the guards in charge of dispatching the guards entered the front, and did not dare to force the command. He clasped his fists and said, "Please ask the owner of the car to get off the car, take the credit here, and click to check and submit the deposit after passing the customs."

Although the number of members of this chariot was quite considerable, they were not very arrogant and arrogant. Before waiting for the queue to pass the customs, they knew the rules, so after hearing this, the people in the car got off one after another. Among them, a middle-aged scholar in the car said to the official in front of the car: "There are many relatives accompanying you, and you need to rent the first five vehicles in front of the car. The car is in charge of the goods, and the officials are helping to take care of them."

"Please rest assured that even if the car is down, a family member can follow the car to take care of it. After delivery, if any matter is lost, a judge will handle the lawsuit before the customs are closed."

Seeing that the group got out of the car, the official instructed the pawns to wrap the frame with felt cloth before entering, lock it with knots, combine it into wooden decks, and pay the bills, and attract the rental carriage. After a busy trip, it was not very long.

When the group changed their cars and continued to pass the customs, the back side encountered obstacles. A noble slave angrily said, "You, Qiu Ba, know who my husband is? The two capitals and Guifangs are also sitting in and out. After this level, they will be humiliated by the slaves!"

While speaking, Haonu threw a famous post on the official's face. The official bent down to pick up the post, retreated back and waved his hand. The group of armor pulled and pulled the group out of the original team and went straight to the front of the pass to deal with it without stopping the team from moving forward.

The middle-aged man who rented the car in front of the car just now sighed after seeing this: "The guards of Tongguan are really fierce. I heard from the family that boast about the road, and it seems that the family of Zhao Shilang, the Ministry of Revenue, cannot be treated with disdain. His Highness Yong in the recent years in Shendu City is full of praise and criticism, and it is probably related to these law enforcement officers being arrogant and domineering!"

The middle-aged man sighed so much, but no one responded in the car, but he still talked about it and continued to sigh: "There are so many people who come and go in Tongguan every day. Although not everyone's luggage is as strong as my family, I saw it in a short time before the pass. A car worth ten yuan per car and a hundred yuan a car, just passing the pass, and the cost is more than half a piece. If you add the cost of staying in a guest post in front of the pass, just Tongguan alone will be afraid that you will lose to the business of Taiwan every day. It is a good idea to make money. No wonder the more the west is, the east is less...

"Although Xingtai is divided into Shaanxi, it is also responsible for Western military affairs and makes Kanto free of disturbances. It is not only a demarcation of the territory. My uncle's wild roads and leisure discussions should also be stopped. If the passers-by hear it and spread it again, it will only make people misunderstand it even deeper!"

A clear sound sounded in the car, and Shangguan Wan'er looked at her uncle Zheng Xiuyuan with some displeasure. For the convenience of her journey, she wore a round neck robe and her hair was gathered inside her head. At first glance, she looked like a handsome man from a wealthy family and wandered from all walks of life.

After hearing this, Zheng Xiuyuan laughed dryly, no longer continued the topic, and then said something else: "Alang, what are our plans after entering Chang'an? Isn't it true that I will visit the mansion?"

When Shangguan Wan'er heard this, her eyes were a little dim and she was silent for a moment before she said, "Since she has entered the wilderness, she doesn't need to bother with the past. She will live in the yard and become familiar with the human feelings and scenery, and then she will think of buying a property and supporting her family. These people will come with me in the garden and always have to make a living for them."

Before leaving Shangyang Palace, Shangguan Wan'er was not alone. Some palace maids, eunuchs and others had nowhere to join after leaving the palace, and had no way to make a living, so she simply gathered around her and came to Xijing together.

"Oh, living in all kinds of things is good, and entering the world is a thousand difficulties. I am not depressed, but the difficulties I experienced in the old year... Although the world is vast, if there is no power, there will be no peace and happiness forever! Forget it, I won't say anything. I know you are disgusted, so I will go to the back car to take care of my sister."

Zheng Xiuyuan frowned when he saw Shangguan Wan'er, and then stopped talking awkwardly.

"We all have our own skills and will definitely not be a drag..."

When Zheng Xiuyuan left, Liu Anzi, the former maid who was in the car, said nervously.

After hearing this, Shangguan Wan'er patted the little lady's cheek and said with a smile: "Silly lady, I'm not afraid that you will drag me down. Instead, I will drag you down? Princess Yong asked you to follow me, afraid that my house would be in trouble and unable to make a living. When it is important, you will ask for help?"

"Lang, do you understand?"

When Liu Anzi heard this, his face was a little panicked: "I didn't mean to hide it from my husband, but the princess told me..."

"The princess is dignified and generous, so she can be worthy of the famous king. I will receive the affection and friendship by myself, but if you follow me and are not used to being poor, you will enter the palace and return to your life after entering the capital."

Shangguan Wan'er sighed, feeling a little relieved and a little sad.

After passing the customs, the group paused for a moment in front of the city, waiting for the original car to be taken back, and then they saw a group of pedestrians still walking on the plateau.

"Those are all food that have lost their families. There are soup cakes on the plateau to allow them to keep their worries and continue their journey westward."

Zheng Xiuyuan, who was leading the car back, explained, and said with emotion: "Before passing the customs, I really underestimated the politics of Taiwan. I only thought that this place was set up to collect money just to make money. Unexpectedly, as soon as I entered the Guanxi River, I would like to spread the political work. In this article "Swallow Fu", everyone who passed the customs was given a post. As long as they could remember and chant deeply, there would be soup cakes along the way to feed the dead. It is said that as long as the county and county can write it, one word would be divided into one acre of land."

"Writing a word will bring you acre of land?"

When everyone who came to Zheng Xiuyuan said this, including Shangguan Wan'er was shocked. Shangguan Wan'er came in front of him and took the copybook from Zheng Xiuyuan. Seeing that the copybook was more than 200 words in the whole article, there were few words that were used in daily life.

People like her who are well-read in poetry and well-educated when they are young, naturally cannot be a test, and they can write them correctly after reading them once. However, for some dead people in the countryside who have been ignorant of their lives since they were born, this test is not difficult.

"Your Highness Yong is going to spread the teachings of scriptures into the countryside and to include the kings and the people!"

Shangguan Wan'er was so delicate that she knew this unusual style. After a moment of thinking, she understood it. The font of this copybook was Zhuang and elegant, which was the new Kai created by King Yong. Because of the name of King Yong and the title of the title was unpredictable, Shi Liu simply named Wang Kai. Especially, it was highly praised by officials in Taiwan and almost became the first choice for the administrative documents of the imperial court.

Of course, the copybook in his hand is not written by King Yong. It is rigid and dull, full of craftsmanship, and does not even look like it is written by humans, but more like the printed book used by Buddhist temples to preach the meaning of the scriptures. Now it has been used by Xingtai, and it has become a trick to educate the people to learn to read and express the meaning.

In addition, Zheng Xiuyuan also received another copybook. This was not a copybook that taught people to read, but a price list for daily necessities in Chang'an, which was something that merchants liked.

But it is not just merchants. When Zheng Xiuyuan saw this clear and clear price order, he couldn't help but say: "There is such a huge difference between the time goods in the two Beijing markets. It is not enough to stay for a few days to allow me to return to Kanto and prepare a batch of time goods to enter Beijing. In addition to losing, can I also make up for the consumption of the route?"

Speaking of this, he added: "At present, martial arts are being performed on the plateau, and His Highness Yong is living here to train military forces. When you move forward at this time, there are many obstacles on the road..."

"Just as my uncle said, don't be greedy for profit, just do it in moderation."

Shangguan Wan'er pondered for a moment after hearing this, then nodded and said. She couldn't tell whether she was moved by the reason her uncle said, or she was lingering in this state and reluctant to leave her moving forward.

Zheng Xiuyuan arranged his group in the guest residence in the west of Tongguan, and then led a dozen servants to pass the customs and return to Guandong, using the price table as a guide to collect and sell a batch of goods.

The scenes of martial arts performances on the Taiwan Strait are naturally impossible to make public. However, the drums and roars on the plateau are terrified, which makes the surrounding areas scared and the bandits disappear. The entire Tongguan road is also very safe and the public security is very good, and there is no way to pick up the remains.

Shangguan Wan'er and her party stayed at the office road next to the post road. On that day, a team of horsemen visited and carefully checked the guests. Almost all of them came from Dawen, and their temperaments were naturally different from those of the people. Especially a group of dozens of officials and officials, the difference between them was seen from ordinary men, so they were naturally investigated.

When Shangguan Wan'er was in Shendu, she was almost the minister of the palace. Now that she left the palace and entered the wilderness, the letter of confession was naturally arranged. The people were just old palace servants sent to the palace and were preparing to settle in Chang'an.

Similar situations are not uncommon, especially after the Shendu Revolution, a large number of palace servants were sent out of the palace among the palaces of Shendu. A considerable number of people were originally from the pass, and in the old year, they followed the saint to Shendu and left their hometown for more than ten years. They suddenly left Dawei and were at a loss. The first thing they thought was to return to their roots and return to Chang'an to settle down.

"It turns out that it's an old man from the palace, it's rude."

After checking the documents, the soldiers in charge of checking the right documents, their attitude was polite. They saw Shangguan Wan'eryin as the leader of the people, with temperament and appearance. After thinking about it, they gave a note to sign military seals and said, "Please take this order properly. Although there are few bees and thieves in Shaanxi provinces, they might as well abduct people from the prefectures and counties as slaves. Especially the old people who left the palace should be wary of this matter. If you have this order, you can sue the government directly when you encounter any trouble, so you can protect yourself."

The wealthy families abducted people and stored slaves. Although Xingtai focused on cracking down on it, it was still banned. Some powerful people dominate the countryside and like to play wild ways, and they are even more coveted by the old people in the palace. Shangguan Wan'er and her party have so many people, if they are really targeted by the powerful people, their situation may be bad.

Of course, since he dared to go on the road like this, Shangguan Wan'er was not unprepared. Although the eunuchs accompanying him seemed to be less masculine, they were either strong men from Yunshao Mansion in the inner sect or armored disciples in the inner stable, and their martial power was very strong. If there were really no eye-catching powerful men who dared to plunder, they would be afraid of being bleeding.

After a group of people checked, they took away several passengers who had unknown origins, but did not cause any greater storm.

On this day, Shangguan Wan'er was reading a book in the guest house in the museum. Suddenly, his maid Liu Anzi hurriedly walked over and said excitedly: "Mr. Langjun, I'll go to the streets! Today, Your Highness Yong returned to the capital with a polite ceremony and was passing through the road!"

When Shangguan Wan'er heard this, she felt a sudden throbbing, but her expression was still calm. She just closed the book and sighed: "It's not that I haven't seen it before, why bother to make trouble again?"

Liu Anzi walked in front of her and pulled her arm and begged, "Go and take a look, just look! Although I have seen you in previous years, who would be disgusted with your nobleman's style? I don't know when I will be lucky to see you next year..."

"Then go and take a look!"

Shangguan Wan'er smiled helplessly, and stood up and said as if she was talking to herself: "Only one look..."

The rural post road is not as majestic as the Shendu Mingtang Building, but there have been cavalry teams on both sides of the post road, holding flags, and rushing flags, and horse hooves are as powerful as thunder.

The inn is one mile away from Yilu Avenue. When Shangguan Wan'er and others walked out, the open space on the left side of the road was already full of spectators waiting to admire the charm, full of people, and at first glance, they were filled with people.

"Here you can see the post road ceremonial guards here. It only costs a hundred yuan to go on stage! When will the noble gods of Your Highness Yong go to the countryside? If you miss this day, I will regret it for the rest of my life!"

Here, the owner of the inn has already built a bamboo platform in the courtyard. He is currently wandering among the crowds of people trying to attract visitors. But the country travelers will be uncomfortable with money. Even if they are rich, they should remember to keep their wealth in the air. There is really no need to show off. If the owner of the shop is talking to the lotus, there will be few people who will respond.

"Give you money, go to the points yourself, don't stop people from waiting and watching!"

Seeing that the crowd could no longer be squeezed into it, Liu Anzi simply pulled Shangguan Wan'er to the bamboo platform in the courtyard, threw a money bag to the shop owner, hurriedly stepped onto the stage, tiptoed to see the flags passing by on the post road, and couldn't help but say anxiously: "That tree crown is really annoying! Where is His Highness Yong?"

Shangguan Wan'er also looked at her eyes, but her lips were pursed tightly. After a moment, tears suddenly appeared in her beautiful eyes, and soon she cleared her tears and covered her face and stepped down.

A few days after King Yong returned to the capital, Zheng Xiuyuan, who returned to Guandong to sell goods, rushed back again. He was shocked to hear that Shangguan Wan'er was lying sick on the bed, so he was naturally panicked. At this time, what he was most afraid of was that he was sick, so he died and went against the traveler.

Fortunately, after passing Tongguan, it was not far from Chang'an, so Zheng Xiuyuan didn't care about selling goods for profit. He left some of the members to suppress the goods and slow down. He personally led other people to drive in a soft car and went straight into Chang'an. The capital of Chang'an Pass, the medical conditions were naturally far from comparable to those in the countryside.

Before leaving Shendu, the group had already sent troops to purchase industries in Zhaoguofang, Chang'an, and settled in their houses immediately after entering the city.

Shangguan Wan'er's illness came very severe this time, and she was running around on the way and was unable to treat it. After entering the city, she was almost in danger. Zheng Xiuyuan and other family members were also as anxious as ants on a hot pan. All the famous doctors they could invite in Chang'an City were invited to the residence. Only after suffering for a few days did the condition finally improve.

"I'm alive again?"

One night, Shangguan Wan'er woke up slowly from the bedside, and saw her mother, Liu Anzi, and others holding Buddhist scriptures at the head of the bed.

"My wife cherishes her voice and savages her anger. Just tell me what she wants."

Liu Anzi hurried in front of him, holding Shangguan Wan'er's pale wrist and whispered.

Shangguan Wan'er still wandered her eyes and had no focus. After a while, she pointed at her mother and whispered: "Send her mother back to bed first. I will almost become unfilial. Don't let her mother be infected by the disease again..."

The maids hurriedly came in and helped the old lady out. When Liu Anzi saw Shangguan Wan'er's breath gradually stabilize, he hurriedly presented the soup for her to drink.

A bowl of soup was in his stomach, and his cheeks, which were so thin that they were as pale as paper, gradually recovered from blood. Shangguan Wan'er was lying on the bed and gasping for a moment, but her dim and unconscious eyes turned to Liu Anzi and sighed: "You guys are really not good. Even if I can't help this time, there is no wealth in the box for you to divide and make a living? Since I have already pulled out my slave roots, why bother to regenerate my slave nature? Let my behavior become a joke in people's eyes..."

"What did the wife say? The maid doesn't know..."

After hearing this, Liu Anzi's eyes dodged a little, and he tucked the corner of the quilt tightly in front of him, and said dryly: "My wife is newly recovering, and she is still waiting for peace. Get off early and don't worry about it..."

"I am sick, not foolish. You, a lady, have not yet been born, and I am already living in the palace. What kind of custard medicine can't be tasted?"

After hearing this, Shangguan Wan'er sighed. When her eyes swept across a corner of the screen, her face changed again, and she said quickly: "Come on the tent, hurry!"

The curtain fell, and the inside and outside were isolated, and the footsteps moved lightly. Shangguan Wan'er inside the curtain heard the deadly voice outside the curtain: "After a lot of twists and turns, I almost died, is this what you are willing to do? Is it not good to enter the capital peacefully and peacefully? Is it possible to cover my eyes. Is it impossible to see the haggard and nearly dead look in the past few days?"

"I don't know! I don't know, I just don't want to see you..."

A moment later, Shangguan Wan'er's humble voice sounded in the tent. Li Tong frowned when he heard the sound, raised his hand and wanted to lift the curtain. However, his wrist was suddenly held by the thin hand stretched out from the tent, accompanied by a whisper: "Please..."

Hearing this weak tone, Li Tong sighed again, sat on the edge of the couch and whispered: "I know you are sick and haggard, and don't want to see others? I'll push everything away and stay for a few days. Can you know that I'm not greedy? After I go back to my house, I can live together in the same building without losing my care. Recently, I've been hiding out at night with people during the day and causing me to be quiet..."

"I am old and weak, and I know that I don't need your highness to mention it! Your Highness is deeply concerned about my old love, and I am grateful, but I don't need to give you any rewards. When I was not calm in previous years, I did not lose my care. I deserve the medicine for the doctor. As for inviting to the mansion, should I be with the concubine and be cared for together?"

When Li Tong heard this, his face suddenly sank and said in a deep voice: "What did you say?"

"Your Highness is in Shaanxi and is famous in China. What kind of woman can't play with? I can only be interested in this. At this moment, I raise my bed to wait! I know that I can't serve you, but I insist on going west. Isn't this kind of intention? I am lucky to be merciful to me, so I am here to ask for pleasure, so why should I die!"

Li Tong's face changed, and it took a while to suppress the anger in his heart, and said calmly: "I don't want to force you with love, and you don't have to touch me harshly. Public opinion is slandering or praise for me, and it is not up to you to be a mere slave. I have my own plans for all human relationships, and I don't need you to be distant in person, and I cry behind others. A love arouses the fate of fate, and I will slay your love. Even if you abandon this love, you will only regret it for me, and you will have no right to others..."

"I am arbitrary plan, which made Your Highness laugh. I am full of my thoughts, but fortunately, I can tell you that I will make a living in the royal sect from then on, and I dare not have any greed again!"
To be continued...