Chapter 1468: Crossing the Black Tiger Forest
Lush trees rise from the ground, connecting into a forest, stretching away with no end in sight.
After walking for half a day, when they were still five or six miles away from the Black Tiger Forest, everyone looked up and could see the dark and endless forest in front of them.
It was especially clear in Qiao Xuan's eyes.
The towering ancient trees were so huge, dark and oppressive like a mountain, giving people a strong sense of oppression. The temperature around them seemed to have dropped by several degrees.
This is the Black Tiger Forest, the only way back to Daqin. One must cross it for dozens of miles.
It was only three o'clock in the afternoon, but without any instructions, everyone had stopped consciously. They would definitely not go into the forest today. They would camp outside the forest for the night and set off early tomorrow morning. There was no need to stop in between and they would try to pass through the Black Tiger Forest in one breath.
In a place like this, the environment is complex, the visibility is poor, and it is located in a desolate wilderness with no human habitation within hundreds of miles. Who knows if there will be any accidents?
Not to mention the bandits and thieves roaming around on the grassland, it would be fatal if you encountered a group of powerful beasts.
That night, Qiao Xuan, Shao Yunduan, Sun Bai, Sun Qian and others did not sleep well.
This is an excellent place for an ambush. If the Fourth Prince and his men really sent people here, they would not miss this place.
At dawn the next day, everyone got up, quickly prepared some food, packed up the tents, and neatly loaded them onto the carriage. They set off before the sun rose.
Sun Bai and Sun Qian sent out five scouts to explore the way at full speed. Leading the way was a team of fifty guards, with more than a hundred people guarding the rear in sections, and the rest of the guards followed everyone.
"No matter what happens, my lady, don't get off the carriage unless Aye comes. My lady, you must remember my words!" Before leaving, Shao Yunduan held Qiao Xuan's hand and reminded her again and again.
Qiao Xuan smiled sweetly and nodded in agreement.
As for whether they will do so at that time, that of course depends on the situation.
This section of jungle is extremely difficult to walk through, because there are very few people coming and going on weekdays. Even the caravans traveling between Daqin and Qingdi only make one or two trips a year from mid-spring to late summer. As a result, the grass and vines grow very fast. If no one passes by for a while, the one path that was barely opened up would have long been submerged in the grass and vines.
There were many other horse-drawn carriages accompanying the group. In addition to the ones carried by Qiao Xuan and the others, most of them were carrying various supplies.
Besides, they had finally come to Qingdi, so they couldn't possibly not bring any local specialties, right? Especially some of the precious medicinal materials, gemstones, jade, furs, felt carpets, etc. that were unique to this place, they bought some of them, as well as some gifts from Qingdi to the emperor, some gifts to Shao Yunduan, etc. Therefore, there were a total of 60 carriages in this team.
Shao Yunduan had anticipated this from the beginning and issued an order stipulating that each person was only allowed to purchase a certain amount of things.
Otherwise, it would be hard to say even if the number is doubled.
After all, the various rubies, sapphires, tourmalines, malachites, jades, turquoises, cat's eyes, lapis lazuli, etc. here are really cheap, and the leather is even cheaper. Once these things are brought back to the capital, the price difference will be at least five to ten times.
Even Qiao Xuan secretly bought a lot of gems and hid them all in the space. She even bought several diamonds of excellent quality.
(End of this chapter)
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