March 2023, 3 I am going to die. . .

Qiuji Road, outside Louguan.

"Master, we are about to enter the city." Under the sun, Rui Luo's skin looked even darker.

Hu Gui, dressed in a long robe, looked at the pass not far away, with a steady and mature look of a young man.

"Well, give the order, wake up and don't make any mistakes."

Rui Luo nodded slightly, replacing the unique etiquette of Youbei Grassland.

We are about to enter the Da Chong Kingdom, so we must be very careful in everything we say and do. If we are not careful and are exposed during the ceremony, it will be a big mistake.

They dressed up as a group of Hu merchants and rested under a tree.

Rui Luo passed all the luggage carefully as usual, including the wooden box used for show.

The corner of his clothes brushed against the wheel of the ox cart. Just as Rui Luo was about to walk past the inconspicuous box in front of him, an almost faint inhalation sound tripped his footsteps.

Rui Luo's vigilance suddenly rose, and he slowly placed his hand on his waist, where hung a scimitar that he had not had time to remove before entering the city.

After receiving the leader's signal, several followers nearby slowly began to gather in front of the box, preparing for battle.

The machete slowly came out from the gap between the box and Rui Luo flipped his hand, the lock slid open and the wooden box was opened.

A group of people came forward with knives in hand, and when they took a closer look, they were all dumbfounded.

"Princess?" Rui Luo could hardly speak clearly, so he quickly put away the knife and handed his hand over so that someone could use the force to get out.

This is not a very big box. It took at least several days to walk from Youbei King's tent to here. Rui Luo found it hard to imagine how she could have curled up all the way and endured the bumps to get here.

Luo Ya, wearing a neat riding suit, rubbed her neck, and climbed up by herself without helping Rui Luo.

Hu Gui had just closed his eyes and sat under a tree. Before he could rest for a moment, he heard the noise here and walked over to check.

"Luoya? Why are you here!?"

Seeing her brother coming over, even though he looked unhappy, Luo Ya still jumped out of the car and smiled at Hu Gui very skillfully, "Brother, what a coincidence."

Hu Gui was at a good age to grow up, and he had grown up a lot this year, and was almost as tall as the adult Rui Luo. Although Luo Ya was taller than the average girl, she was only as tall as the waists of two men because she was still young.

"Brother, don't be angry." She looked up at Hu Gui and cleverly reached out to shake Hu Gui's sleeve.

Her brother was a very soft-hearted man. In the past, whenever she was naughty and got into trouble, she would just ask Hugui for help and he would help her solve all the troubles.

"Have you been in this box these days?" Hu Gui frowned, and his handsome features were tinged with anger.

They had seldom rested during this journey and had been on the go all the time. It was fine if they were riding horses, but this ox cart was bumpy and smelly. This little girl really had no sense of crisis at all!

"I... well." Luo Ya touched her hair, "When you guys are resting, you usually don't pay attention to these goods, so I asked Ge Yun to secretly follow us for Fang Feng."

Even though he hadn't blamed her yet, his eyes started to turn red, showing his understanding.

"Where is Ge Yun?" Hu Gui put his hands on his waist and raised his voice.

Soon, a young man with brown curly hair knelt on the ground silently.

Ge Yun's eyes are a very beautiful green, which is extremely rare in Youbei.

His mother was the daughter of the leader of the Duhe tribe. During the early war in the north, in order to obtain help from the Louqi Kingdom under the snow-capped mountains, she was married to the King of Louqi.

Ge Yun is the second prince of Louqi. Of course, this is based on the premise that Louqi still exists.

Soon after Youbei gained a foothold on the grassland, he began to settle accounts with his former allies. Most of the surrounding small tribes were invaded and incorporated, and Louqi was no exception.

After King Louqi was killed, the queen was faced with the choice of her mother's clan on one side and Louqi who had treated her well for many years on the other. Unable to balance the pros and cons, she committed suicide by cutting her own throat.

The two young princes were sent to the Duhe tribe as hostages.

Ge Yun's elder brother was sixteen years old and was assigned to raise horses. Ge Yun was only fourteen this year and could not do heavy work, so he was selected to accompany Prince Hugui.

"How dare you help the princess do such a thing!"

Hu Gui saw that he didn't say anything and scolded him with a stern face.

But before Fang wanted to say a few more words, his disappointing sister stood in front of Ge Yun with a righteous look.

"Brother, don't be so mean to Ge Yun! He can't speak, don't bully him, just hit me!" At this time, Luo Ya didn't seem to be pretending to be pitiful at all.

She looked very majestic, even more impressive than her brother drawing the bow on horseback.

Suddenly he was stunned.

He knew that this was the prince of Louqi, and had no intention of punishing him, he just asked a question.

But what I didn’t expect was that he couldn’t speak?
This trip was already a headache for Hu Gui, and his sister appearing out of nowhere made him even more worried.

"Forget it." Hu Gui sighed, "Rui Luo, quickly send a letter to the king's tent and tell father that Luo Ya is following us, otherwise they will be very worried."

Luo Ya no longer cared about her beloved brother at this moment. She quickly helped Ge Yun up from the ground and brushed the dirt off him.

"I'm sorry, Ge Yun. I shouldn't have asked you to hide it for me." Luo Ya muttered in a low voice, "But if I don't come with you, Mother said that I won't see my brother for half a year, and he will grow up to be someone I won't recognize."

Luoya's face was like the gorgeous clouds on the grassland, but when she thought of the sad things, it became less gorgeous.

Ge Yun could only pat her silently as a way of comforting her. He could no longer speak since his mother committed suicide.

After arriving at King Youbei's tent, Ge Yun was first sent to cut grass, but he was young and weak, so he could not do much.

One day, because he helped the little princess Luoya catch a runaway lamb, he was left with the princess. Soon after, because the prince needed to replace his entourage, Ge Yun was replaced with Hu Gui.

Hu Gui treats everyone around him equally well. I still remember the day when I left Luo Ya, she smiled and said, "Don't worry, brother will definitely treat you well."

Until a few days ago, Ge Yun was ordered to travel with Hu Gui, and he found Luo Ya acting suspiciously behind the carriage.

It's only been a year since I last saw her, but she has grown a lot taller.

This is the only person in the entire Youbei that Ge Yun can call a friend, so Ge ​​Yun took the risk to help her.

Rui Luo put the parchment roll into the wooden barrel and immediately sent a fast horse to take it back to the king's tent. Looking at the remaining people, he couldn't help but feel worried.

"Master, we can't continue with our current identities. Louguan City has been in a stalemate with us for many years and is very familiar with the situation in our royal tent. If we bring the princess with us now, it will be easy for them to see through our identities."

Hu Gui nodded in agreement, "You are right. Now you are the boss of the caravan, Luoya is your daughter, how about we change our attire?"

In fact, with the imperial edict from the new emperor of Dachong, they could even enter the capital through Yuanzhou in their original identities. But since the war had not started for a long time, King Youbei needed to find out the current situation of the three roads in Kezhou in order to make preparations.

Especially in the main city of Kezhou, when necessary, one would have to take the risk to meet their governor.

That's why you have to be more careful about your disguise.

This can be considered as a test that King Youbei gave to his son.

After resting for half a day, they took advantage of the high traffic at noon and entered Louguan. Fortunately, it was the early summer, the most prosperous time of the year for the trade, and Rui Luo had obtained authentic documents and did not bring any prohibited items, so they were quickly checked and passed the customs smoothly.

After crossing mountains and rivers, they finally arrived in Kezhou City, just when the Chamber of Commerce in the city was undergoing a major overhaul.

All the caravans had no time to make arrangements and all stayed in the post station on West Street.

"Rest today. There will be a banquet at Changqing Tower in the city tomorrow. You can attend it after you get well."

The group sat at a table in the lobby of the inn and finally had some hot food.

The food of the Youbei people is very different from that of the Central Plains. It is barely edible, but Luo Ya misses the cattle and sheep on the grassland more. Hu Gui is used to it. He used to learn literature from his master, and he often cooked Han food.

After taking the last mouthful of porridge, Hu Gui noticed Rui Luo's eyes were fixed on him and he nodded calmly.

After getting the prince's approval, everyone dispersed and returned to their rooms.

Luo Ya was now Rui Luo's nominal daughter, so she had no choice but to go into the same room with him.

"Miss, I'm sorry to bother you to stay here. I will be in the outer room at night, so you don't have to worry." After closing the door, Rui Luo put down his things and started cleaning without any hesitation.

The men from Youbei were very hardworking, and in Ruiluo's opinion, providing a comfortable home for the little princess was his unshirkable responsibility.

Luo Ya leaned against the window and kept looking out. "Rui Luo, you and your brother are going out anyway. I want to go out and play too. I haven't been to Zhongyuan yet."

The silver tassel on her forehead rustled as she moved her legs and feet.

No one knew what was happening on the street today. Luo Ya saw a lot of people gathered there, wearing bright red clothes, beating gongs, drums, playing musical instruments and singing.

"This is not like home." Rui Luo's face became solemn. "Miss has already sneaked out and has already entered a dangerous area with us. She must not get involved in danger again."

"Oh! You are all so boring. There are not so many bad people in the Central Plains. I think my brother's master is much kinder than you!"

Luo Ya's movements became a little louder as she made such a commotion, and the string on her forehead ornament loosened and it suddenly fell down.

"Ah!" Luo Ya screamed.

The forehead ornament fell from the second floor and landed directly in a person's arms.

Luo Ya leaned forward a little, her voice and face still childish, "I'm sorry! I didn't mean it!"

This Central Plains dialect was terrible. He had learned it from Hu Gui, and it was not very advanced. When the people below heard it, they all looked up curiously.

The person who was hit was a woman with a bun and wearing a snow-blue dress, which perfectly matched the clear and bright weather of early summer.

Everyone looked up, and when the falling object landed in her hands, she also looked up.

After all, there were too many people around and Rui Luo was afraid of causing trouble, so he quickly shrank back and only supported Luo Ya from behind.

"Is this yours?"

This sound is clearer than the sound of silver colliding.

Today, it happened that Ah-yi was on shift and had to attend a wedding banquet. Halfway through the wedding, something that looked like a necklace fell from the sky into her arms.

When she looked up again, she saw a little girl with two braids and chubby cheeks. She couldn't help but smile and raised her arms to show her.

The sleeves slid down, revealing a section of the forearm.

Luo Ya's eyes lit up. This was the most beautiful Han Chinese person she had ever seen. She couldn't help but respond loudly, "Sister! Pretty sister! She's mine!"

When the people around saw this, they also started to rejoice.

This little girl must have come with the Western Regions caravan and has never seen how beautiful their young marquis's wife is.

(End of this chapter)

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