Chapter 181: Mystery
This is the closest post station to Xianxia Mountain.
At the entrance of the post station, there were two people squatting, one was a mountain man wearing animal clothes, at least about fifty years old, with white hair, a pile of folds on his face, thick calluses in his hands, and a crude smoking gun in his hand, squatting on the ground and spitting out clouds.
The other was much younger, only in his twenties, with an ordinary face, dressed in scarlet official clothes, only this pair of eyes showed a careful calculation.
"Whew-"
Dull white smoke came out of the old man's mouth. His expression was not as comfortable as the pressure was released, but he had a frowning and bitter face, and he couldn't stop sighing.
There is tobacco in this world, but few people will smoke it, and most of the poor and farmers will grow some tobacco leaves and cultivate it with fertilizers such as cow dung and donkey dung. And because of the problem of technology, the taste of smoking is big and extremely choking, and only a small number of people will smoke.
"Okay, old man...... You are familiar with the road to Yanmen Village, who will go if you don't go, I'll go?"
The young man's surname was Zhou, and he squatted beside the old man, kneading a piece of grass in his hand, and sneered at the corner of his mouth.
"What's the matter, good fellow...... I know that I am a common man, I sigh and can't do it?!" The old man looked excited, and he couldn't help but smoke a puff of dry tobacco after speaking. The cheeks puffed out violently, and mist gushed out of his mouth and nose.
Zhou Yashi didn't care about the choking smell that poured into his nose, he glanced at the old man seriously, and his words seemed to be warning and reminding: "Don't play tricks with your temper, the people who will come later are all characters you can't afford to provoke, if you say the wrong word, you will die!"
The old man looked at Zhou Yashi in a daze, his eyes darkened, he sighed heavily, and muttered a few words at the corner of his mouth, which probably meant swearing.
"And ...... Don't speak in tongues, speak in elegant tongues. ”
"Got it, got it, got it, old man got it!"
A smile appeared on the corner of Zhou Ya's mouth, patted the old man's shoulder hard, and said, "Don't worry, we will help you solve the house and life of your son's family." ”
Old Han nodded silently, but the faint light of the fire on the cigarette gun was uncertain.
After a while, the sound of horses' hooves rushing in the distance was heard, and from far to near, ten horses appeared at the end of the official road, and at the forefront were a black horse and a white horse.
It was almost a blink of an eye, only to hear the sound of "huh-", a pull of the reins, everyone dismounted, and then it was up the mountain, the mountain road was rugged and steep, not suitable for riding, and the rest of the road was all on a pair of feet.
"Let's go...... Past. ”
Zhou Yashi rubbed his face, sorted out his emotions, adjusted his facial expression, whispered, and walked over with a smile on his face.
The old man stretched out his calloused hand to extinguish the spark in the smoking gun, inserted it directly into his waist, rubbed his left and right hands against each other, and showed a flattering smile on his face, following behind the officer.
"See the two or five hundred masters, see the chief arrester, the villain Zhou Wangwang. ”
When he came closer, the official bowed respectfully and bowed his hand, and then he pointed to the old man who was a step behind him and said: "This person's surname is Ma, and he is known as Old Man Ma, and he is familiar with the way to Yanmen Village." ”
"Next, the little old man will take the adults there. The old man smiled flatteringly, there was a trace of fear in his pupils, it was really Li Xian's body was too tall, and he felt that he was standing a majestic mountain in front of him a little farther away.
Xing Shan nodded, but Li Xian said, "Mr. Lao." ”
The old man was obviously a little flattered, and hurriedly waved his hand and said urgently:
"Don't dare to be, don't dare to be. ”
"Alright...... The matter was urgent, and we set off immediately. Xingshan looked around and made a loud noise. "Ma Lao, lead the way. ”
"Ladies and gentlemen, please come with me. ”
As soon as the words fell, the old man Ma took the lead in the forefront, not to mention his age, he walked like a fly, and his legs and feet were no worse than those of young people.
Xingshan carried a Yanling knife on his waist, Li Xian, Li Zhao and others followed, and the five-person group glanced at each other and followed closely behind. And the catcher surnamed Zhou fell behind at this time.
When passing by the Zhou servant, the eyes of the two collided, and Zhou Zhutou immediately followed.
Wait for the group to drift away......
Zhou Yashi pursed his lips, clapped his hands, looked at the ten precious horses in front of him, and muttered: "This is the real horse master." ”
stepped forward to take the reins of the horses, pulled them to the post station, and took care of the second child of his own shop, these things have already been ordered.
After a while, Zhou Yashi squatted at the door again, only this time there was a pile of fine stones on the ground in front of him.
After a stick of incense, the stone jumped up and down and trembled, a smile appeared on his face, and when he looked up, the yellow mist swept up the sky on the official road in the distance.
People are coming!
......
......
Under the leadership of the old man, a group of ten people officially entered Xianxia Mountain, and after a little clear direction, they quickly moved towards the location of Yanmen Village.
In front, Xing Shan and Old Man Wu walked side by side, and Li Xian and Li Zhao fell behind at the end of the team, faintly forming a formation, so that no matter what unexpected situation they encountered, they could counterattack as soon as possible.
I was speechless all the way, and I hurried away.
While walking, Li Xian looked at the surrounding environment, and he found that the biggest difference between Xianxia Mountain and Yandang Mountain was ...... The ecological environment here is exceptionally good, and you can often see some hares and roe deer burrowing through the blades of grass, and even have the courage to look at them.
At the same time, the mountain road here is indeed extremely rugged and steep, which is very difficult to walk.
Half an hour later, the mountain road under his feet disappeared, replaced by dense bushes, ancient trees that covered the sky and the sun, fortunately, the group was not an ordinary person, only to see the dense bushes in front of Old Man Wu was cut off by an invisible energy, which was much faster than cutting down with weapons to see the road.
The mountain road, the more people walk, the road will come out, but now the road under the feet has disappeared, how can people get out?
"Why is there no road? There is no road...... How did those villagers get the wine down?" Ding Qing felt strange, walked to Old Man Wu's side a little faster, and asked suspiciously.
Old man Wu's hands and feet are very flexible, and he can't tell that he is an old man who is over half a hundred years old, and he can still walk on the ground under the rugged mountain road, and the speed can be said to be quite fast.
He showed a somewhat flattering smile, and the folds on his smiling face were suddenly squeezed together, and said: "They just walked down like we are now, carrying a big bamboo cage on their backs, which contained jars of monkey wine, and turned over all the way down the ridge. ”
Hearing this, Ding Qing could fully imagine the scene in Old Man Wu's words. Dozens of young men, carrying a bamboo cage with a thick linen cloth inside, descended the mountain like apes.
"Actually...... The people living in dozens of villages near Xianxia Mountain are accustomed to walking like this, and even if there is no road under their feet, they can rely on their familiarity with the mountains to climb the mountains. ”
Maybe the adults were not as vicious as they imagined, and the old man Wu, who was walking in front, couldn't help but say a few more words, and there was a faint pride in his tone.
"Those of us who have lived in Xianxia Mountain for generations, both the villagers and the mountain people are very grateful for the blessings brought by this mountain, so we can live, so we tacitly abide by the rules and do not deliberately go out of a mountain road. ”
Hearing this, some people looked disdainful, some people mocked, all kinds of demeanors, but they didn't make a sound, but the atmosphere was wrong so that the old man Wu who was walking in front was keenly perceived, and a stupid smile appeared on his face, no longer speaking, and hurried away.
This scene naturally fell into the eyes of Li Xian and the others who walked behind.
"Actually...... The biggest feature of this Xianxia Mountain Range is that its environment is too good, and the mountain road that the front foot just walked out may be covered with weeds tomorrow. ”
Li Zhao stepped over the thin river under his feet, glanced at the ancient trees around him that seemed to reach into the sky, and explained to Li Xian with a smile.
"It's really completely different from Yandang Mountain. ”
Li Xian nodded.
He has been observing this route all the way, and there are traces of knives and axes on the ancient trees nearby, and the traces are three points into the wood, indicating that this road is really being walked by someone.
It's just that it is covered up by the strange vegetation and tree growth environment of this mountain.
Little by little, the sun rises to its highest and then comes down little by little.
The faces of the five people sent by the Chamber of Commerce were a little ugly, they never thought that this part of the road to Yanmen Village would be so far away...... There is a heart to scold angrily, accusing this old immortal of not playing tricks on them.
It's just that when they saw Xingshan's accustomed face, they forcibly suppressed the dissatisfaction in their hearts, they were not stupid, and from Xingshan's face, it could be seen that the location of the so-called Yanmen Village was so far away.
In fact, the main reason for walking so slowly is that I am worried that there will be a fierce battle when I arrive in Yanmen Village, even if the physical strength of the martial artist must not be constantly theorized, but for the sake of insurance, the speed of this walk is only the same as that of the old man.
With a tear, the bushes in front of Old Man Wu were torn apart by the invisible energy, and the scenery suddenly brightened.
"We're about to arrive at Yanmen Village!"
The mountain path beneath your feet has reappeared.
Li Xian found that before he knew it, everyone had walked close to the top of the mountain, and now they were on a hillside, and a hundred steps away from the side was a cliff, from which they could faintly see the huge black silhouette at the end of the line of sight.
There is Wujun Mansion.
It's just that his attention is not on this at all now, and his gaze is looking upward.
The clouds were dyed red by the setting sunset, and a red sun stood there in the distance, the winding mountains loomed in the mist, and the cold wind on the top of the mountain seemed to become warmer.
"It turns out that this is Xianxia Mountain. Li Xian thought to himself.
"Bang Bang Bang-"
Ahead, Xing Shan clapped his palms and pulled back the thoughts of everyone who were caught in the beautiful scenery, and he said: "There is still a distance from the location of Yanmen Village, everyone hurry up." “
Hearing this, everyone clenched the weapons in their hands, after all, the specific situation ahead was unknown, and there was no news of the twenty officials there, what happened here?
Ding Qing glanced back at Li Xian and Li Zhao at this time, and the latter noticed his gaze and smiled and gestured.
He was at ease.
Let's be honest...... Regarding this operation, Li Xian and Li Zhao seemed to have a more detailed plan, and Young Master Zhao revealed only some of them to him, and there were many things he didn't know.
And at the end of the day, the three of them barely talked, and this kind of uncontrollable mentality made his emotions a little irritable, but fortunately, the lord and Young Master Zhao shouldn't hurt themselves, right?
Li Zhao's scheme, Ding Qing has seen it many times, his style is conspiracy mixed with yang schemes, like a poisonous snake quietly crawling to your neck, and then killing with one blow.
Therefore, in addition to respect for Li Zhao, Ding Qing also has an imperceptible fear in his heart, and the other party's mind is like an iceberg that will never melt and cannot be seen through.
Li Xian...... is also the same way, under the mountain-like body, it is like a vicious tiger that only chooses people to devour, and will be buried in the tiger's mouth if there is a slight flaw.
In just a stick of incense, the surrounding environment suddenly became different, there were farmland on both sides of the mountain road, the tall wheat swayed in the wind, and the pure river flowed through the ditch dug out by hand, which was a paradise.
When we reached a fork in the road, a distant sound drifted in the wind.
What was that?
Suona sound!
Everyone turned their heads to look at a small path on the left, and after a while, a figure appeared at the end of the road, but the group was not ordinary people, and their excellent eyesight allowed them to see clearly...... It turned out to be a team to send off relatives.
The big red bridge, there are young young people in front and back, a total of eight young people, and the eight bridges are nothing more than that.
At the same time, the sound of gongs and drums is endless.
"What's going on?" someone asked, confused, with a hint of disbelief in his tone.
The situation in front of them made everyone a little confused, and they didn't understand why a village that was already in danger in the imagination suddenly appeared with a team to send off relatives?
"Xing Zhutou...... Do you want to go up and arrest someone and ask?" Ding Qing stood beside Xingshan and whispered.
Xing Shan didn't speak, just kept looking at the big red sedan chair with his eyes.
The procession soon passed in front of everyone and walked inside.
The cool wind blew up the red curtain, and also blew the red cloth on the faces of the people in the sedan chair, Li Xian, who had been observing Huaqiao, looked slightly condensed.
At this time, Old Man Ma seemed to have discovered something, his tone raised slightly, and he shouted: "Han Dashu!"
As if hearing the voice of the old man Ma, a man with a wooden face in the team turned his head, found a few people standing on the side of the mountain road, hesitated twice, and ran over.
"Ma Lao? How did you get here?" The man asked, somewhat surprised.
Old man Ma glanced at the adults behind him, the folds on his face were dripping with dense sweat, no matter how good his body was after walking for a day, he couldn't withstand such fatigue.
The calloused hands shook nervously, looked at Han Dashu, who looked wooden in front of him, but there was a hint of joy in his eyes, and asked:
"What's going on in your village, why don't you hear from all the adults in the yamen now, and what are you doing now?"
Hearing Old Man Ma's words, the man named Han Dashu behaved very strangely, he could feel the several burning gazes behind the old man, as if as long as he lied, he would be killed immediately.
He touched the back of his neck nervously and vigorously, and replied: "There is nothing particularly big happening in the village, all the adults in the yamen are in the village, and today is a good day for the village chief's son to marry!"
"The village chief's son?"
Old Man Ma's expression was a little strange, but this abnormality converged extremely quickly, and even Xingshan behind him didn't notice it.
Although the voice of the two of them was not loud, the people behind them heard it very clearly, looking at each other, and the absurd and speechless emotions in their hearts came to their hearts.
The corners of Xingshan's mouth hooked up a trace of coldness, and finally slapped the board: "Go to the village and see what's going on!"
The group continued to set off, hanging at the back of the family sending off procession, the sound of gongs and drums always lingering in their ears, and whispers sounded quietly.
I thought I was going to face a fight, but I didn't expect it to be a mystery.
In about five or six minutes, a village in the distance sits at the end of the line of sight, covering an area that is definitely not small, with a wooden fence protecting the outer perimeter of the village, and a few small trees crisscrossing the entrance of the village.
When they got closer, they found that the road under their feet was specially paved with a bluestone slab, winding into the distance, and the houses on both sides were made of bricks and tiles.
The noisy voices of people can still be heard clearly from hundreds of meters away, the crowd of people is crowded together, the flowing water seats fill half of the village, and the fragrance of the dishes enters the nose with the wind.
"Good ...... How many taels of silver did this Yanmen Village earn by relying on this monkey wine to transform it into this kind of shape in the deep mountains and old forests?!" The martial artist surnamed Cao said in surprise.
Although the others did not speak, their hearts were smacking.
The mountain road of Xianxia Mountain is already rugged, and it is really hard to imagine that this is a village in the deep mountains and old forests.
"Eh, isn't that Wei Zhutou?"
It was Zhou Zhutou who spoke, and he pointed to a figure coming out of a room in the distance with a surprised expression.
"Let's go, let's ask what the hell is going on!?"
Xing Shan looked indifferent, raised his feet and walked towards the village, and everyone hurriedly followed.
I saw his lips move slightly, and the Wei Catcher in front of him suddenly stopped, turned around and found the Xingshan group walking over.
No one noticed that there was a figure standing motionless at the entrance of the village, seemingly hiding between several trees, his figure hidden in the shadow of the setting sun.
Even if Li Xian and his party turned around, they couldn't really see it, because there was a blind spot in the field of vision from different angles, and the trees were staggered side by side, as if forming a wall, and only when they got closer could they see the eyes that were exposed.
Li Xian walked at the end of the line, and turned to look at the entrance of the village, which was very quiet.
"What's the matter, young master?" Li Zhao noticed Li Xian's abnormality and stopped and asked.
"It's okay......"
The corners of Li Xian's mouth grinned a vicious smile.