The Wohua Mountain area, originally a mountain forest with more beasts than people, before the Wohua Mountain bandits established a city here, like a spark of people scattered everywhere, originally because of the dispute between the barbarians and the Qin Dynasty, although it can be regarded as Qin land, but the Qin Emperor seems to only use this area as a strategic site, and the people in it are just goods that can be exchanged for benefits at any time.

In this way, this area has become the abandoned land of various forces, in the Wohua Mountain Lord Zong Kun to fight in all directions, after bringing the army here, actively establish the besieged village, in a very short period of time has the prototype of the current Wohua Mountain forces, from the eastern Jinhui City, stretching to the west of the Jiaozhi Mountains, the hills under the high cliffs south of the northern mountain forests, the broken wall is the lowest breakthrough, the north of the southern pass, it seems to become a long strip of land like a ribbon, outsiders call this area Wohua Mountain.

Because the strategic location is like accumulation, the Qin Emperor did not implement too many actions to inhibit the development of Wohua Mountain at the beginning, and then Zong Kun used his own political means to put forward "the sky is dead, the yellow sky should stand" and "it is difficult to gather righteousness and appeasement" For many years, many of the people who have suffered from the chaos of the Qin Dynasty are no longer afraid of the nature of the bandits in Wohua Mountain, and they have decided to find a better way of life for their lives, and now there are hundreds of thousands of people settled in the Wohua Mountain area, and now Wohua Mountain has been comparable to a small county town.

In the Wohua Mountain area, because the mountain road is narrow and cramped, can not be used for large carriages and horses to pass, if it is passed in the mountains and forests, and a large number of manpower is needed, in order to solve the problem that the east and west regions gather too far away, the grain reserve is not good to turnover, a plank road is built on the edge of the cliff in the mountain village, for the grain production area in the east to transport grain to the residential area in the west.

Later, the Battle of the Jiaozhi Plain began, and this plank road became the only way for the army to eat and grass. Under normal circumstances, from the eastern part of Wohua Mountain to the Jiaozhi Plain, a single fast horse and a small team can only take a day and a half night to reach the path in the mountains and forests, and it takes three days for manpower to walk through it, and a large convoy wants to come to the Jiaozhi Plain, it must drive through the grain plank road, so it takes about seven days. Of course, this process does not include weather reasons, road reasons, and the time for preparing grain and grass in Wohua Mountain, if there are other factors hindering it, I am afraid that this time will be much longer.

The Liangjin military camp originally stationed on the Jiaozhi Plain could only rely on the grain production area in the eastern part of Wohua Mountain to supply grain and grass, and the whole battalion was 20,000 or 30,000 horses, and the amount of grain and grass needed to ensure such a team was extremely large.

When Liang Jin led the people to flee from the Jiaozhi Mountains and forcefully broke the gate of Jiaozhi City, their whole army fell into a food crisis again, although there were still only 6,000 remnants left, but whether it was ordinary soldiers or commanders, even heavy cavalry and few remaining light cavalry horses, they needed a huge supply of food and grass.

When Liang Jin and the other commanders were worried, they even put forward the idea of forcing Yangtafeng to provide food and grass, but they were subsequently vetoed, because the time they spent in Jiaozhi City was not a day or two, and if such an early morning aroused the anger of Yangtafeng and the people of Jiaozhi City, I am afraid that they would not be able to gain a firm foothold in Jiaozhi City. However, if the matter of food and grass is not resolved, these more than 6,000 people will not be able to live in peace.

Jiang Ming then put forward a proposal to ask for help from Act Seven, although Chang An was disgusted by the way Chang An ordered the alchemist to exchange his life for a deal, but it had to be said that at this time, only the absolutely just force of Act Seventh could help them get out of their predicament.

On the day of entering the city, Jiang Ming came to the Qianfeng Inn again, and the meeting with Chang An became a power deal this time, it seemed that because Jiang Ming agreed to participate in the flag battle, Chang An did not have any embarrassment about his request, and bluntly said that it was just for the sake of interests, for the benefit of the seventh act.

Jiang Ming's eyes were gloomy, although Chang An looked as kind as ever, just like when he and Shen Yi lived in the Qianfeng Inn, there was no difference between him, his face was just the appearance of an ordinary middle-aged person, and he had never changed his original gentleness, but Jiang Ming had no way to expect any mercy from the landlord of the seventh act.

The scenery of Qianfeng Inn still has not changed, the waterfront pavilion in the inner courtyard, the rockery and green bamboo, the weeping willows and blue streams, and only the garden are condensed in one courtyard, Jiang Ming is alone in the courtyard, but there is some sadness in his heart that is difficult to hide, it seems that things are still things, but people don't know where they went.

Every time she thinks of Shen Yiyou, Jiang Ming feels guilty, the return passage she tried to come to didn't seem to take long, because of Shen Yiyou's disappearance and it was abolished, it seems that everything is intentionally or unintentionally covering up the traces of her existence, but if Yequan hadn't told him, I'm afraid he would have fallen into madness.

"Alas!"

Sighing heavily, Jiang Ming continued to walk, and when he saw the hall, he immediately greeted it, but he immediately saw the plaque with the word "tea dock" that was removed by the two servants, and he panicked in his heart, and hurriedly took two steps, only to slowly remember that there was no tea maker in this Qianfeng Inn, and his eyes were involuntarily looking for something, but the news that came before was not wrong, and the graceful and cold flower arranger girl was gone, and he couldn't help but fall into a huge loss in the faint hope.

"Mr. Tea Refiner, you exchanged your life for Meng Lang's life, but in fact, there is still no cure for the epidemic. That deal, Chang An's order, you seem to have come to the Wohua Mountain Barracks with great courage, but it's a pity that I can only watch you become a victim of interests, it's really too mediocre. I can't fulfill my promise to you, but as long as I find the White Girl, I will definitely fulfill my responsibility and help you take care of her. ”

Jiang Ming stood for a long time in front of the tea dock that was being rectified, like a sculpture and like a dead wood.

In the attic in the distance, Chang An was looking at this scene with a smile, as if he had some doubts, and said to Hao and Miao behind him: "Look, this Jiang Ming seems to be a very nostalgic person, because of the mission, several of you martial arts masters are not in the inn, only Lao Bai is alone, at that time, the old son of the Liu family's calf protector came to provoke, and he helped repel it, it seems that he has a good relationship with Bai Lao." ”

Neither Hao nor Miao spoke, they didn't know how to deal with this conversation.

Chang An said again: "It's a pity, it's a pity." It seems that I also regret it a little, and exchanged Lao Bai and Xiao Bai for his promise to participate in the flag battle, after all, it was a little abrupt, and after they left, this Qianfeng Inn was a lot more deserted all of a sudden. ”

Hao opened his mouth, and Miao on the side made a look, but Hao didn't seem to do anything, and still said: "Landlord, the old father and daughter have actually done a lot of things, and the subordinates always feel that the inn is ashamed of them, although it may cause the landlord's disgust, but I still want to say that the landlord should not implement that plan! ”

"Shut up, Hao, do you know what you're talking about?" Miao stopped drinking in time, but Hao turned a deaf ear and still preached his thoughts, and Chang An's face slowly darkened.

Miao knelt down on one knee and said: "Landlord, Hao doesn't mean to offend, please don't blame the landlord, he just ......"

"What's wrong with him?" Chang An smiled, stretched out his hand to help Miao up, looked at Hao's calm face, and said: "Don't be so afraid, I'm not so ruthless, just a few words, how can I be so intolerant? I know that I am calculating, which makes you all resentful, after all, you are all people who work together, how can you have no feelings? However, I can't help it?"

Hao said: "Thank you for the landlord's shirt, Bai Lao naturally doesn't need to say, he agreed to the deal with the landlord, but Miss Bai suffered the pain of losing her father, and we still treat her like this, it is inevitable that there is some ...... Some people have become inhumane. ”

Chang An was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "I know what you think in your heart, we all see your friendship for Xiaobai, but the flag battle is a big deal, no matter what the above commands, I can only do this." Let Lao Bai become a bargaining chip to complete the transaction, there is no way to do it, if there is another way, I naturally will not let him die. As for Xiaobai, you should keep track of her, she is no longer a person in the seventh act now, if you want to find it, just look for it, I won't stop you. ”

"But the landlord ......"

"Alright, that's all for now!"

Hao lowered his eyes weakly, although Chang An was still smiling, but he knew that he couldn't ask any more, and the white girl of the flower arrangement would never have a chance to regain her will.

Jiang Ming stayed at the Qianfeng Inn for a long time before slowly coming to the avenue and returning to the city wall where the Wohua Mountain army was stationed.

Jiang Ming's relationship with Act Seventh is now delicate, but fortunately, the matter of grain and grass has been resolved, Wohua Mountain has money and no grain, and Act Seventh follows the formal transaction, and when the supply of grain and grass is settled, the leaders of Wohua Mountain are finally relieved.

Liang Jin smiled: "Jiang Ming, thank you for your hard work, if it weren't for your relationship with the seventh act, I'm afraid they wouldn't help us." ”

Jiang Ming smiled reluctantly and said, "No, if you can help, you can make the best use of it." ”

Lin Han heard the ridicule in Jiang Ming's words, frowned and asked, "Is there no trace of the white girl of the flower arrangement girl in the Qianfeng Inn?"

Jiang Ming shook his head and said, "Chang An said that the white girl is no longer the person of the seventh act, as early as after the tea refiner left, she secretly left the Qianfeng Inn, and now no one knows where she is, and I have no acquaintances in the current Qianfeng Inn." "Fat Cat Literature Network

Lin Han sighed lowly, keenly noticed Jiang Ming's gloom in secret, was silent for a long time, and said, "In the future, I will help you find the white girl, and if you owe someone else, you have to pay it back." ”

Jiang Ming said: "If you want to pay it back, you may not be able to pay it back in your lifetime." ”

After this day, Liang Jin once again sent a team to the Wohua Mountain area to find out the whereabouts of the grain transportation team, but five days passed, and after several of them met with Yangtafeng, they finally noticed the strangeness of the grain transportation team, whether it was taking the plank road or the mountain road, how could it be so long, but the team sent by Liang Jin had no news, and others couldn't help but suspect that there were other changes.

In the middle of a temporary conference hall, the great leaders of Wohua Mountain gathered again.

"Jiang Ming, isn't Mr. Mu Ya coming to the meeting?" Liang Jin asked.

saw Jiang Ming holding a dagger carving a wooden figure, and Jiang Ming was the only one who could be so casual in this hall.

Hearing Liang Jin's words, Jiang Ming did not divert his gaze, continued to concentrate on carving, and replied casually: "Wait a while...... Immediately...... Mu Ya, I'm going to leave the day after tomorrow, saying that I won't be in the barracks anymore, what's wrong?"

Liang Jin thought slightly, but he was a little confused, he only solved the contradiction with Mu Ya not long ago, but he had to face parting in a few days, which made him feel a little negative, but he didn't have time to sigh, so he said: "Since you are preparing for the matter before parting, then don't bother Mr. Mu Ya, today's matter about grain and grass, let's discuss it!"

Several people should be in unison, but Lin Han sat next to Jiang Ming, staring at the movements of Jiang Ming's hands, and said, "I didn't expect you to be a carpenter? What are you doing?" like a villain. ”

Jiang Ming was stunned, glanced at Lin Han, and then began to concentrate on his own affairs again, and said slowly: "You may not know, my original profession is a carpenter, although the skills are not too exquisite, but it is an out-and-out carpenter. ”

Lin Han frowned and said with a smile: "Your 'out-and-out' use is too appropriate, let me see that you are indeed a very ambitious person, you can change from a carpenter to a general, it seems that you have experienced a lot, have time to tell me about it?"

Jiang Ming said: "There's nothing to say, it's all a little bit of a child, growing up in a small town in the Nine Provinces Alliance, I can only follow the king carpenter in the town as an apprentice, and then I only have this skill, I originally planned to use woodworking skills to conquer the wood of the whole world, but that big event happened, forcing me to change wood from martial arts, don't you think it's ridiculous?"

Lin Han was stunned and said: "It's not very ridiculous, but this 'Changing Wood from Martial Arts' is a bit too down-to-earth, which makes me react a little, but I still want to know, what are you carving." ”

"This, it's a parting gift I plan to give to Mu Ya and his wife, although it's ......" Jiang Ming was about to continue, but he felt a person standing in front of him, no, it didn't seem to be a person. Jiang Ming slowly raised his head, but found that Liang Jin, Meng Lang, Luo Hu, and Chu Hong were already around him, and Lin Han smiled and coughed twice, and went to the side.

Liang Jin said coldly: "You guys have a good chat, have you forgotten what time it is?"

Jiang Ming smiled awkwardly, hurriedly put away the dagger and the wooden man, with a sincere look, and did not forget to stare at Lin Han, who was unrighteous in his eyes.

Several people took their seats again, and this time Jiang Ming and Lin Han didn't dare to do anything else, and listened intently to Liang Jin's speech.

Liang Jin glanced at everyone and said, "I think you also have some feelings, the grain and grass that should have been sent from Wohua Mountain have been delayed, and the team I sent out has no news, I suspect that something has happened in the Wohua Mountain area." Now we live in Jiaozhi City, the entrance of the Jiaozhi Mountains to the Wohua Mountain area is released, although there is Huyanwu guarded by Huyanwu, but the Daming Grottoes and Pang Lu people are likely to take the opportunity to enter, I am always at ease. ”

Meng Lang said: "Lao Jin, since there is Huyanwu to defend it, I believe that there is a large number of troops hoarded, that guy is arrogant, the latest order of the mountain lord has not yet arrived, and we don't have to help Huyanwu." It's just that the matter of grain and grass is a bit tricky, and the key is that there is no news of the people we sent out, which makes people feel very weird. ”

Lin Han pondered: "Do you think it is possible for the enemy to infiltrate the Wohua Mountain region and endanger our grain transportation team?"

Luo Hu said: "The probability of this possibility is very small, after all, with the lesson of the last time, the mountain lord has set up a lot of post points in the area of the high cliff, and even sent Hu Yanwu to guard along the road, if someone invades, according to Hu Yanwu's ability, he will definitely be able to react at the first time, and there has been no news of the battle for so long, I don't think it will be the enemy who invades." ”

Lin Han said: "I agree with Luohu's statement, there is a great chance that there is no enemy invasion, so what is the reason for the delay in the arrival of the grain transport team? Could it be our own people?"

Own?

As soon as these three words came out, everyone's faces became a lot weirder, although it was hard to believe that there would be a ghost in Wohua Mountain, but at this time, it seemed that it was more realistic to believe such a statement.

Liang Jin said: "Anyway, let's send someone to take a look earlier, for the sake of insurance, my opinion is that two of you will go, two martial arts masters, you can almost advance and retreat freely, and if you encounter danger, you can also take care of each other, what do you think?"

Everyone agreed, and Luo Hu suddenly smiled: "Jiang Ming, Hanzi, why don't you two go, how about it?"

Lin Han waved his hand helplessly, indicating that he didn't care, but Jiang Ming hesitated, frowned, and said, "How many days does this trip take?"

Luo Hu said: "If you ride a fast horse, you will definitely be able to walk back and forth within four days." ”

"Four days?" Jiang Ming thought for a while, then said: "Liang Jin, I don't think I'm going to go, if I miss Mu Ya's departure, I will be extremely sorry, how about you make arrangements again?"

Liang Jin nodded after hearing this, and said, "Then let ......"

The guard suddenly said outside the hall: "Ninth Commander, your deputy general Fan Qiong asked to see him, saying that he was in a hurry to see him." ”

Jiang Ming said, "Let him in!"

After a while, Fan Qiong came, because this was the memory of the commanders, he didn't make a sound, but just handed a yellowed piece of paper to Jiang Ming.

After Jiang Ming saw it, his face gradually became solidified, and he looked at everyone with a puzzled expression, and said, "It was Mu Ya who gave me the words, he said that I should go to the Wohua Mountain area to find out the grain and grass problem." ”