After listening to Qi Yuxuan's story, Xu Ziyu still didn't understand, why let the descendant of that prince be a bandit here? In theory, if you want to keep them alive, wouldn't it be better to put them under house arrest in the capital?

Qi Yuxuan didn't know how the ten-year-old little prince had a secret conversation with the emperor at that time, but he estimated that it should be related to the secret passage in the back mountain.

"Secret way?" Hearing this word, Xu Ziyu suddenly became excited as if he had been beaten with blood.

Although the original text did not mention any secret passages at all, but according to the general inertia, there will be treasures in this secret passage!

Hearing Xu Ziyu's words, Qi Yuxuan was a little dumbfounded, and he rubbed Xu Ziyu's head: "What are you thinking about! This secret road is a road leading to the outside of the customs. It is said that it is a secret road. In fact, many businesses They will all use this secret passage for smuggling.”

"Oh..." Hearing that there was no treasure, Xu Ziyu felt a lot, but soon he found the key word: "Smuggling?"

"Yes, smuggling." Qi Yuxuan nodded.

Xu Ziyu's eyes widened: "The descendant of that prince... smuggling here?"

Qi Yuxuan shook his head: "They don't smuggle, they are responsible for guarding this secret passage. This secret passage can connect the inside and outside of the customs, but there are several very narrow intersections. Of course, don't be afraid of 10,000, but if they accidentally fall, they will destroy those key locations, and as long as those places are destroyed, the road will be cut off."

Xu Ziyu frowned: "Since this road is dangerous, why not just destroy it?"

"Because the country of Daliang needs this road." Qi Yuxuan said calmly: "Those foreigners are unfamiliar white-eyed láng, but they have a lot of cattle and sheep skins and some strange herbs in their hands. The country of Daliang needs these things. , but due to official reasons, the Daliang Kingdom has no way to open a mutual market in the border areas, so it can only use the method of smuggling to achieve its goal."

"But... aren't these businessmen afraid of being killed by those foreigners?"

"No, those foreigners don't dare. Anyone who can 'smuggle' through this secret passage has been checked, and those businessmen are inextricably linked with certain ministers in the court, except for salt. And tea, no strategic materials can enter the grassland through this secret road, most of these 'businessmen' smuggled in the past are some luxury goods." Qi Yuxuan explained in detail.

"In addition to guarding the secret passage, the people here also need to check whether the merchants are carrying illegal private goods. Some things are inconvenient for the court to do, so they will do it for them."

"No wonder..." Xu Ziyu suddenly realized, he just said, with Qi Yuxuan's character, how could he tolerate bandits on his own territory, it turns out that these people are not bandits, more like... Customs?

Forget it, neither the bandit nor the customs has anything to do with him, it would be better for him to leave here with Xiao Xuanxuan as soon as possible.

It's a pity that the vision is very rich, and the reality is very skinny. Originally, Xu Ziyu thought that he had prepared a prescription for that Boss Yan and would be able to leave soon.

Unexpectedly, their appearance was too coincidental, which made the boss Yan suspicious. When he explained that he wanted to leave, the other party kept him very enthusiastically. That kind of enthusiastic attitude was simply creepy. Xu Ziyu never knew that Enthusiasm can be so terrifying.

"What should I do now?" Xu Ziyu and Qi Yuxuan sat in the room and looked at each other.

They are now under house arrest in disguise, although Boss Yan's tone is kind, but it cannot hide the fact that they are trapped in the cottage.

"Wait." Qi Yuxuan said calmly.

Although they were placed under house arrest, Boss Yan's attitude towards them did not become bad, and they were not locked up, but they were restricted from leaving the cottage.

"You're not in a hurry." Xu Ziyu didn't know what to say, but he thought that Qi Yuxuan was an important male supporting role in this world. Before the scene of his death, God was still very kind to him. Yes, there shouldn't be any problem... right?

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Qi Yuxuan turned his head and looked out the window. Now that it is winter, the weather is getting colder and cooler. There is a pessimistic atmosphere in the cottage. Qi Yuxuan doesn't know why, but it seems to be related to the secret road in the back mountain.

This stay lasted for five days. Xu Ziyu counted the time when Li Xiaolin was assassinated with his fingers. Counting the time they spent in the woods with the assassin, they had been missing for nearly half a month. It was said in the original book that Li Xiaolin only returned to the capital nearly a month after Qi Yuxuan disappeared, that is to say, if they wanted to catch up with that episode, they could only spend ten days here at most, otherwise it would be too late on the road. .

To be honest, Xu Ziyu also thought about staying here and dragging out the plot. Although doing so would probably lead to Li Xiaolin's death, in Xu Ziyu's heart, if he could use Li Xiaolin's death in exchange for it Qi Yuxuan's life, he will definitely not hesitate to be so gān.