Rebirth of the Phoenix Princess novel Chapter 1417

Hearing Yun Shang's words, Liu Man was also a little worried. "Then what should we do?"

Yun Shang gently stroked the gold ornament on her waist. After a moment of silence, she said, "The less things we bring, the less likely we will have a problem. There is no caravan around us now. Tonight, we will bury all our goods, gold, silver and jewelry. When we pass the customs tomorrow, we will say that we have been robbed by sand bandits and all our goods have been taken away.

"Let's pretend to be a little pitiful. If there is anything wrong, we can use it to cover it up. The soldiers at the pass should not inquire us too much."

Liu Man's eyes lit up, "That's a good idea. I'll arrange it right away."

The secret guards started to prepare. After a while, Liu Man asked Yun Shang, "What about the food and water we have brought? Shall we bury them as well?"

Yun Shang meditated for a moment and said, "Bury them. We will say that it was too chaotic at that time. Water and food were all spilled. The more pitiful we are, the better. However, we have to hide some water and food in case of any accident. Also bring some jewelries in secret. We will trade the jewelries for money when we arrive in the Wu Er'he City. Then we'll stay in an inn and buy some water and food."

"Okay."

After burying the goods, she took off the gold ornaments and jewelry on her clothes, making herself a little embarrassed. Yun Shang carefully checked if there were any flaws, and then set off with her people.

The carriage was simple and they only brought two camels, so the speed of their journey was naturally much faster.

Along the way, many caravans saw Yun Shang and the others and showed concern.

"What happened to you? Were you robbed by the sand bandits?"

"Yes."

"When did it happen?"

"Just last night."

"Did you find a place to rest? Why don't you join other trade groups? "

"It's our first time to run a business. We're inexperienced."

"What a bad luck..."

Although they attracted the attention of many trade groups, nothing unusual happened. In the afternoon, they had arrived outside the pass.

The guards on the pass seemed to have seen this kind of situation quite a lot. They didn't ask more questions. They only searched the remaining luggage of the group and let them go.

It was not until they passed the pass that they felt a little relieved.

After passing the pass and two or three miles to the north, they arrived at the Wu Er'he City.

Everything went well in the city. After Yun Sheng and the others entered the city, they specially found an ordinary inn. Then they traded their jewelries for money, and asked the owner of the inn to buy some dry food.

Although they had entered the city successfully, Yun Shang felt that she was more nervous than when she was in the desert.

She knew only a little about the city. Although she had recited some information about it, it was useless.

Yun Shang nodded and began to eat. She hadn't eaten anything since last night, so she was indeed a little hungry.

The inn they lived in was very ordinary, and the furnishings were simple. There was only a table. Yun Shang sat by the table for dinner, and Liu Man saw the letters on the other side of the table.

Liu Man knew that Yun Shang would write to the Emperor every day. Seeing these letters on the table and thinking of what had happened these days, he guessed what the letters were for.

"I went to explore the city this morning."

Yun Shang nodded, not surprised at all. "What did you find?"

"Originally, the Wu Er'he City was just an ordinary city in the State of Yelang because it was situated in the desert. In fact, it was not prosperous.

But because the State of Yelang has been defeated and lost three cities in the war with the State of Xia, the city is now barely considered a border city. In addition, it has a special geographical location, and now it has become the only city that the trade groups from the State of Xia and the State of Yelang have to pass through. That's why it is getting more and more prosperous.

But it has only been more than half a year since the trade groups started to trade frequently. Therefore, the Wu Er'he City is more prosperous than before, but it hasn't really developed yet.

But since it has become a fake border city, there are more guards here than before. There are patrolmen patrolling the city day and night from all directions, and eight new Beacon Towers have been built. They keep an eye on the desert for twenty-four hours a day to see if there is anything unusual.

Besides, the city is surrounded by deserts. It's not easy to set defenses in the desert, so most of the patrolmen around the city are archers to prevent people from spreading the news through eagles."

Yun Shang paused for a while and asked, "Archers? To prevent someone from spreading the news through eagles or something like that?" "Yes." Liu Man smiled bitterly, "They usually only guard against big birds like eagles, because there is very little oasis in this desert. Ordinary carrier pigeons can't fly out at all."

Yun Shang glanced at the letters on the table and said, "But there should be some people who need to send letters in the city, right? How did they send the letters out?"