Economic and Trade Song Dynasty

If you don't pay attention to such a small stele, you may miss it.

No wonder they walked around for a while after entering the forest, it turned out that Taohua was looking for this stele.

Who is sleeping under the stele, and why did Peach Blossom pry open the niche behind the stele after bowing down.

It is said to be an earth niche, but it is actually a mound of earth.

Seeing Taohua squatting down to dig the soil with the scabbard, already sweating profusely from exhaustion, Qin Juan couldn't help Gu Yue even if he held Gu Yue hostage.

Gu Yue snorted coldly: "It's such a time, you guys are big-hearted, if you can't pass the Vulture Ridge before noon tomorrow, the gods won't be able to help you!"

After Taohua dug open the mound, a pile of white bones was exposed under the firelight.

For this, Xiao Qu'er lowered her head in fear.

The pile of bones was very small, it must not be human bones, what could it be... Both Qin Juan and Gu Yue were guessing.

Until Taohua took out something from the pile of bones, and quickly covered the pile of bones with soil, she was silent for a moment while concentrating on the pile of soil and the stone tablet...

After a while, Tao Hua turned around and walked towards Xiao Qu'er.

"It's done, let's go." Taohua looked at Qin Juan after getting on the horse and said.

Qin Juan didn't ask him anything else, and asked Gu Yue to lead them the way.

Tao Hua seemed to be relieved, but Gu Yue stared at Tao Hua.

It wasn't until Qin Juan asked Gu Yue to help them pass Siwu Pass that Gu Yue withdrew his thoughts.

When they arrived at Siwu Pass, Gu Yue left the city after giving her orders.

"It's strange why General Gu is out so late?" the soldier guarding the gate muttered.

"Maybe I went to Qiaolimen to find General Guda. Hasn't General Guda come back yet?"

"It's true." Hearing the soldiers' comments, Qin Juan and Tao Hua's hearts were suspended for a moment.

They didn't feel relieved until they were far away and no pursuers came after them.

After the two checkpoints, the bridge gate is also the only way for them to pass.

After about half an hour, Taohua's hand has been holding tightly

One thing was the most important thing he took back from the forest outside Siwu Pass.

I especially remember that year, he went from Dali to Guoyu, and from Guoyu to Yinshan.

Half a month in Siwuguan, only an old sheep accompanied him.

What the Yinshan Miao royal family wanted was also what his mother and his people wanted from him.

Also, what he is holding tightly in his hand now.

The White Bone Seal is a symbol of royal power of the Miao people in Dali. Apart from his mother, the Dali royal family also wanted it. They all thought that his grandmother passed it to him when she died.

They were right, they did pass it on to him.

It's just that they couldn't find it from him, so they went to pry open his grandmother's tomb.

It wasn't until he came to Yinshan that they completely believed that he didn't have the Bone Seal on him.

He let the old sheep swallow the bone seal day after day tirelessly, and checked the old sheep's feces day after day.

The bone jade seal the size of a thumbcap was preserved.

Until one day, someone from the Yinshan royal family came, and the king in the Yinshan king's palace killed his old sheep, and he cried a lot...

Maybe it was the first time that the king showed mercy. He allowed Taohua to bury his old sheep, and then had Taohua thrown into the brothel.

That's it, Taohua buried the old sheep in the forest of Siwuguan, and never came to see his old sheep again. He remembered the forest of Siwuguan and engraved it deeply in his mind, but forced him to Don't go to see the old sheep by yourself.

Because he wants everyone who knows him to forget that there was an old sheep with him when he came

It was not until 18 years later that he came to Siwu Pass again.

With the jade seal in his hand, he knew that one day, those who once despised him would submit to him.

He is the king among the Miao people, the orthodox king.

Arriving at the gate in the bridge, looking at the pass from a distance, Qin Juan stopped.

"Gu Da defends the city, don't say you dare not go there, neither do I." Gu Yue sneered.

Taohua roughly knew that an insider like Gu Yue could go as far as the bridge gate at most.

Getting out of the inner gate of the bridge requires the will of King Yinshan.

"Is there a place with fewer guards here?" Qin Juan asked him.

"What? You still want to force your way in?" Gu Yue raised her eyebrows.

"If you have no other way, I'll take you to break through." Qin Juan's tone didn't sound like a joke at all.

Gu Yue was speechless: "..."

Xiao Qu'er fell asleep in Taohua's arms. He didn't sleep much after returning from Qin Juan's place last night. He thought about how to escape today in the middle of the night.

He came out through the window, but he didn't expect to find that there was no guard outside the door when he came out, so he went to find Qin Juan smoothly.

Qin Juan didn't say a word to Gu Yue, only heard the sound of horseshoes in the distance.

They quickly hid in the nearby woods

Qin Juan looked thoughtfully at the cavalry team of a dozen or so who had gone away.

Gu Yue said: "You don't have to think about it anymore, Wang Dian found that you are missing."

The crescent flag is the emergency military order flag of the young master of Yinshan, and it is the thirteen cavalry of the young master of Yinshan.

"What do you mean? People from Yin Tianshu?" Qin Juan growled.

Gu Yue: "Exactly."

He sneered and continued: "You can't escape, and I can't do anything if you can't get out of the bridge gate. Although Yinshan is not very powerful, it is not difficult to find people. place to go."

These are more than a dozen passes, which are the only way to go down the mountain and also the only way to go up the mountain, all of which are heavily guarded.

This is also the reason why Yinshan is easy to defend and difficult to attack. The other sides are cliffs, which cannot be climbed up. Only this road that has been opened up by generations of people can enter.

But this is also extremely bad, that is, once a pass is occupied, it is difficult to regain it, and it is easy to break apart like a chain.

A place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack for others, once occupied by others, is also easy to defend and difficult to attack for you.

After staying for about a quarter of an hour, a horn was suddenly heard.

When the horn sounded, Gu Yue was stunned for a moment.

"Vulture Ridge has been attacked." Gu Yue was very surprised, "Is God helping you?"

The sound of the horn was the sound of the attack on Vulture Ridge.

It came from Vulture Ridge section by section.

In other words, Vulture Ridge was attacked at least two hours ago.

Vulture Ridge is of great strategic significance to Yinshan, and it is the most important place on the periphery of Yinshan.

Outsiders generally enter Yinshan from Vulture Ridge.

When the Miao people in Yinshan migrated here, they first conquered Vulture Ridge before they could establish a century-old foundation here.

In the past hundred years, the number of times that Vulture Ridge has been attacked can be counted on the fingers.

When Qin Juan heard Gu Yue's words, he immediately said to Tao Hua: "God helped me. They are attacked in Vulture Ridge, and they will definitely dispatch troops. There will be soldiers and horses flowing at every pass. Let's find a way to get out."

Taohua nodded.

After they got out of the bridge gate, the other levels went smoothly.

There was a huge flow of troops and the incident happened suddenly, so there was no time to check it carefully, and Gu Yue's token could fool them.

The next morning when they were only twenty miles away from Tujiu Ridge, Qin Juan asked Gu Yue, "How do I get around Tujiu Ridge?"

"I don't know, I'm an internal general." Gu Yue snorted coldly.

Qin Juan: "Ghost letter, you are cunning and have been thinking about it for many years. Can you figure out Vulture Ridge?"

"you……"

"Aren't you good at learning?" Qin Juan punched Gu Yue's face with his fist.

Gu Yue really wanted to peel Qin Juan and cramp it!

He has never met such a hateful person...

Gu Yue: "You go out on your own. I won't help you. If you don't believe me, you will kill me. Anyway, Yin Tianshu has discovered that I was taken away by you. I may not be well after I go back."

Qin Juan raised his eyebrows, apparently in disbelief, this person suddenly behaved?Here's how he does it.

"Tao Hua, you and Xiao Qu'er hide in this forest, I'll go find the way first." Qin Juan put his legs between his legs and left.

About half an hour later, Qin Juan returned to the forest.

It was already high in the sun, and it seemed that the sound of fighting on the distant battlefield could still be heard.

"Peach Blossom!" Qin Juan yelled a few times, and it took about a quarter of an hour before he saw Peach Blossom coming out of the forest.

Tao Hua is cautious by nature, and came out only after making sure that Qin Juan was not being held hostage by pursuers.

"We walked from the southwest. I saw a river there. If there is a river, there will be other roads. If this river does not pass through Vulture Ridge, then the exit of this river will not pass through Vulture Ridge."

Just as Qin Juan finished speaking, Gu Yue's eyes narrowed and she even gritted her teeth.

Gu Yue didn't expect this brat to be such a thief.

This is the only river that flows from the southwest side of Vulture Ridge, although the river runs through a virgin forest...

It's really irritating.

Qin Juan speeded up and walked downstream of the river.

He didn't walk for long, Gu Yue said loudly: "Since you already know the way, why didn't you let me go?"

Qin Juan raised his eyebrows: "This is the way I found myself, and you didn't tell me."

"You are so disgusting."

"Ah..." Qin Juan froze for a moment, the reason was that this person's words didn't sound like scolding him, but rather like playing petty temper...

Gu Yue came back to her senses and realized that something was wrong, she almost died of embarrassment, trembling with anger.

Qin Juan frowned slightly, and asked, "Didn't you say that Yin Tianshu already suspected you? Why are you going back?"

He didn't figure it out?Is Gu Yue going back to rebel?Do you have this force?

Gu Yue: "What does it have to do with you?"

"My life is in my hands, do you think it has anything to do with me?" Qin Juan looked sharply, "You have to answer when I ask you, understand? You still don't behave well!"

As he spoke, he punched Gu Yue in the face again.Both Xiaoqu'er and Taohua felt pain for Gu Yue.

After this punch, Qin Juan also noticed that Gu Yue had already received three punches from him, and there was no change on her face at all.

"What's the matter with your face?" Qin Juan wanted to pinch it while talking.

"Scholars can be killed without humiliation! You kill me!" Gu Yue growled.

Qin Juan: "..."

Qin Juan didn't know what to do when he said that.

Taohua's soft voice came: "General Gu was already the most beautiful man in Yinshan when he was 13 years old."

"Shut up, you bastard!" Gu Yue's eyes suddenly became much colder.

Tao Hua smiled, and looked at Gu Yue: "I still remember the appearance of General Gu at that time. His white skin is better than snow, and his eyes are picturesque..."