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Chapter 654 The Fragrance of Cumin

Zong Xin regretted, "Then...can we take the Yangguan road on the return journey?"

"Yes." Zhao Kuangyin replied, because he was not interested in this kind of place either.The most important thing now is to hurry, who knows when it will be dark, if it is delayed, everyone will have to sleep in the wild.

Zong Xin put his hands together and said: "Thank you Master Cao for taking care of me all the way. When the poor monk returns, I will definitely bring some good things unique to the Western Regions to Master Cao. When the time comes, you must accept it."

"sure."

Zong Dao said, "Then... the poor monk and his party will leave, and Mr. Cao should not send it away. It has already been sent for tens of miles, but it is not appropriate to send it off."

Cao Yuanzhong regretted: "Master Zongxin has a smooth journey, remember to come back. All the people in Shazhou are waiting for the master to preach the scriptures."

"Lord Cao, the poor monk really doesn't know how to recite scriptures. I haven't learned it after studying for a while...I'm not kidding you." Zong said: "Forget it, let's talk about it when we get back. Take care, Master Cao, remember to send a letter to my father-in-law In the past, he would definitely accept the surrender of Shazhou and guard the last piece of land in Tubo territory of the Han people."

Cao Yuanzhong said: "Master Zong Xin, don't worry, Cao will definitely do his best and die."

Zong Xin nodded and said, "Well, goodbye."

"Farewell."

Zong Xin got into the carriage, Youyun Shibaqi and Zheng Ziming drove away.

The biggest function of Dunhuang, Shazhou is to provide camels. Merchants have replaced all the horses with camels, leaving only some horses that they are reluctant to replace or ride on themselves. After all, the survival ability of camels in the desert is much higher than that of horses. In a dangerous situation, the chances of surviving a camel are much higher.

After leaving Yumen Pass, instead of going straight all the way, it went northwest.This time, there was no need to hire a guide, because no one wanted to leave the customs, nor did they want to go to the dangerous Western Regions. At most, the guides only took people to the vicinity of Yumen Pass. The vicinity was full of Tubo and Turkic territory, and they did not dare to go too far.

After leaving the customs, Youyun Shibaqi and Zheng Ziming trotted all the way in the camel cart. This place is not a pure desert. Most of the ground is extremely dry or even cracked rotten soil, but there is a lot of sand mixed in it.

Of course, this is not the point, the battle is that there are too many rocks here, the trotting camel is fine, but the leading camel cart is bumping very badly, Zong Xin's whole body's bones are about to fall apart.Because the skills had not recovered at all, both Zong Xin and Zhao Kuangyin's bodies were very weak, and they only retained some instincts of martial arts practitioners.

Zong Xin was a little better, because of the Nine Suns Burning Heaven Art, even if he didn't have true energy in his body, he wouldn't be afraid of heat.What's more, Zong Xin's martial arts has begun to recover slowly, and the poor true energy in his body has been reactivated. As long as there is the support of internal strength, the true energy will be fully restored soon, but a quieter environment is necessary. , this road is hopeless.

Zhao Kuangyin's condition is slightly worse, his dantian is empty, and his injury has only improved but has not fully recovered.Zong Xin has withdrawn all the remaining true energy in Zhao Kuangyin's body. Zhao Kuangyin's current state is like an ordinary person with only internal strength, and the internal strength has to suppress the injury, so there is not much to provide recovery.

There are still some sporadic small villages and small towns on the way, but these small villages look very dilapidated. They are attacked by wind and sand all the year round. The earthen houses have no edges and corners, and they are all smooth surfaces. It is also very limited, and the people here are relatively thin.

After leaving Yumenguan for about a day, everyone camped in the desert for one night, and the group found an inn in the desert.In fact, it was not far from a small town, and the appearance of the inn was still dilapidated, but it was not bad, at least it was much better than the dilapidated houses in the small town.

It was getting dark again. Zong Xin and his party had already passed by the inn, but they returned to this inn after being strongly urged, planning to stay here for one night and eat something good by the way.After finally coming to the outside of the pass, everyone is looking forward to what kind of food there is outside the pass.

Although there is red wine with cheese, dry biscuits and butter in the carriage, they still want to eat some local delicacies.Zong Xin was tortured by the little goblin, Yaoyao, so he had no choice but to turn around and go to the inn for one night.

In fact, Zong Xin also knew that Yaoyao was worried about his body, and if there was a chance, it would be better not to sleep in the wild, so he decided to settle down early.He Meiyu was also very worried about Zhao Kuangyin's health, and after only one day of driving, Zhao Kuangyin's complexion was getting worse and worse. Apart from being able to take care of himself, Zong Xin and Zhao Kuangyin's trip was almost useless.

Zong Xin didn't want to waste Yaoyao's kindness, besides, it's okay to waste a little time.What's more, in a place like an inn, you can inquire about some news, and you can't just rush on your way. What if you go wrong?
Zong Xin deliberately asked the five wolves to play farther away, so as not to scare these ordinary people.During this period of time, Zong Xin was wearing casual clothes. He was an eminent monk, and Zong Xin didn't want to reveal his identity. If others knew that he had made a mistake in his move, it would be embarrassing for him to fight with his own people... It would be embarrassing.

Of course, Zong Xin wanted to cover this kind of thing and never mention it again.What's more, Zong Xin's name is quite big, so he changed into casual clothes to hide his identity.

Back in front of the inn again, there is still a flag outside the inn, which says 'Dongquan Inn', with white characters on a black background, which looks very eye-catching.A few horses and camels were tied outside the inn, and the innkeeper was adding fodder and water to the animals.

Seeing several cars approaching, the two guys rushed forward very politely.

"You guys have worked hard, come in and rest your feet. The store just bought some fat sheep today, and some guest officials have taken it orally. You can taste the roasted whole sheep and mutton soup that the proprietress of the store is best at. The roasted sheep here Whole lamb is a must in the local area, I guarantee that you will miss the taste of roasted whole lamb here thousands of miles away, I don’t know how many guests come from thousands of miles to taste the best roasted whole lamb of our proprietress.”

The guy was unexpectedly polite, talking eloquently, and he took the rein of the camel as soon as he came up, as if he was reluctant to let the guest run away, making it impossible to refuse.It seems that it is very difficult for such a small shop to have customers, and the shopkeepers cherish it very much.

Zong Xin stuck his head out of the car window, then nodded and said, "Well, just try this roasted whole lamb and the mutton soup you mentioned. Help us feed our horses and camels. We are staying here today."

"Please hurry please."

The man excitedly pulled the leading camel to the inn, while the other man went back to the inn to prepare.The guy in the desert was very polite. After making all the arrangements, he bent over and led Zong Xin and his party to the inn.

"Don't move." As soon as he reached the door, he suddenly heard a very crisp voice from inside, and then a beautiful woman came out, walked up to Zong Xin and squatted down, picked up a small beetle from the ground, Then a sweet smile appeared.

"Hmph~ I was almost trampled to death by you."

The waiter said politely: "Miss Boss, it's not easy for guests to come, so don't scare them away. Don't mind me, the Madam Boss is kind-hearted, she doesn't want to kill anything, she doesn't even have the heart to hurt a small bug."

Zong Xin thought for a while, and then asked curiously: "If you can't even bear the little bugs... then can we still eat our roasted whole lamb?"

"What's wrong with the guest officer? Our staff did the slaughtering of the sheep. How can the lady boss slaughter the sheep herself? The lady boss is only in charge of roasting." The man laughed and said, "Please, the guest officer, the lady boss don't care about the worm, go and roast it quickly." Sheep. The guest officer said that he wants to eat roasted whole sheep and mutton soup, which are all your specialties."

Zong Xin walked to the inn, what was unexpected was that this remote inn was still somewhat popular.There are two tables of guests already drinking and eating inside.Zong Xin picked up his nose and smelled it, and suddenly his eyes lit up, as if he smelled something familiar.

"Dude~! Does the roasted whole lamb here use a seasoning called cumin?"

The guy scratched his head and said, "Cumin? I haven't heard of it."

"Cumin is also called fennel, and it should be produced in the Western Regions. It has been exported here, and the merchants in the past should have some, so you have this kind of seasoning, right?"

The proprietress suddenly smiled and said: "So I'm an expert, please sit inside, I'm going to roast a lamb for the guests to taste."

Zong Xin said excitedly: "Hurry up, I can't wait any longer. Finally, I can eat the smell of cumin again."

"Sanggong, how many good things have you eaten? We have never heard of them." Yaoyao complained: "Could it be that you sneaked somewhere to eat while we were away? .”

Tian Ya shook his head and said, "It's not very likely, it should be something my brother-in-law ate when he was a child. But thinking about it, it's strange, since my brother-in-law had no money or power when he was a child, why did he eat more food than us?"

"That's right... Although my father has no money, he is still very powerful. I have never eaten many things." Ning An was also a little depressed, why did Zong Xin eat so many things that no one else had.

Zhao Kuangyin sighed helplessly: "My family is rich and powerful, but the food I ate when I was young... don't mention it, you understand the family rules of Zhao."

As soon as Zhao Kuangyin spoke, everyone felt embarrassed to complain.The Zhao Clan is really rich and powerful, but the people surnamed Zhao are very hard-pressed, and they can even be described as stingy.Zhao Kuangyin was not valued by everyone when he was young, so he was treated worse than other Zhao people, even worse than some servants.That is to say, if a shameless person like Zhao Kuangyin can survive, if he wants to live this kind of life as a young master from other aristocrats, he would be crazy.

He Meiyu said: "Sister Xingyue, you must be very rich, have you ever eaten this kind of cumin? I can see that your expression is always calm, you must have eaten it, right?"

Dugu Xingyue nodded and said: "That's right, I have eaten some cumin roast meat brought from the Western Regions, but they are all dried meat, the taste is very strange, I can't explain it clearly, you will know it once you eat it gone."

(End of this chapter)