The Crown Prince Chases His Wife

Chapter 1           Gu City (1/2)

In the Northwest, outside the mountain pass, several carriages galloped through the continuous hills.

In the carriage, a young man in brocade clothing was pale at the front and tried to resist the queasiness in his stomach.
He let the fast-moving carriage jolt him up and down, and his body bumped against the wall of the carriage from time to time.

“Uncle Luo, how long will it take, how long will it take to get to Gu City…”

Before he could finish speaking, the young man quickly stuck his head out of the carriage window and finally couldn’t help but vomit.

On the other side of the carriage sat a middle-aged man in a plain long shirt.
He frowned and lifted the carriage curtain on the other side, looking at the barren rock mound in front of him, his frown smoothed out slightly.

“It is less than ten miles away from Gu City after we get out of the mountain pass up ahead.
I hope the people from the escort bureau can hold it back.”

This middle-aged man was Wen Luo, the shopkeeper of the wealthy businessman of the Yu family in Yangzhou, and the adopted son of the old master of the Yu family.
He had experienced many ups and downs in the business world for many years.
He had a calm personality and ruthless behavior.

Three years ago, when the old master passed away, and the day after the old master was buried, Wen Luo was sent to the Northwest to explore trade routes by the current head of the family, Wen Luo’s adopted elder brother, Yu Shenghai.

At that time, the Great Xia had a truce with the Turks and Xirong* for less than a year.
The Great Xia reopened the border city and encouraged border trade with the Western Regions with extremely low tariffs.
At that time, he was sent to the Northwest, under the pretense of seizing business opportunities, but it was also to kick Wen Luo out of the center of power at home.

(Xirong* – tribesmen of the western borders in the Zhou dynasty)

Gu City, which was located a hundred miles away from Xiaoguan* on the northwest border of the Great Xia, was located on the only road from the Great Xia to the Western Regions.
At the same time, it was also the common border of the three kingdoms, Great Xia, Xirong, and the Turks Empire.
It was originally an unregulated zone, where refugees, fugitives, swordsmen, bandits, and other people from different countries were all mixed.

(Xiaoguan* – is an important pass in the Northwest)

Since the Great Xia reopened the border city, a group of silver armored cavalry occupied Gu City with an unyielding attitude and turned it into a border trade port between the Great Xia and the Western Regions.
These cavalrymen were called Silver Armored Guards, and the leader was called the City Master of Gu City.

Now that border affairs were stable, the trading establishment run by Wen Luo had also established a foothold in Gu City and had made a lot of profits.

A month ago, Wen Luo returned to Yangzhou to worship his ancestors.
The young man beside him, Yu Qing, the youngest son of the head of the family, wanted to follow Wen Luo to Gu City on the grounds of learning business.

How could Wen Luo not understand this? It was true that Yu Qing wanted to learn business, but it was also true that he came to Gu City to stare at his business.

This adopted brother was really worried about his cheap brother.

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A frantic horse’s hooves, mixed with shouts, came from the rear of the convoy.
It was the horse bandits chasing after them and the people in the escort bureau were probably unlucky.

“Young Master, abandon the carriage and get on the horse.
It’s important to save your life.” Wen Luo said solemnly to the young man.