The scope of Shennongjia is very large, there is a 209 national highway running from south to north, which can be roughly divided into scenic spots in the south and forest areas in the north. However, this division is not strict, and there is also a 307 provincial highway in the northern forest area that penetrates from east to west, converging with the 209 national highway, and the developed scenic spots are basically concentrated on both sides of the highway.

Hongping Town is located next to the 209 National Highway, this area has both the characteristics of wide and sparsely populated and narrow and densely populated, the so-called wide and sparsely populated refers to the deep mountains and dense forests, many places are difficult to reach, the so-called narrow and densely populated refers to the mountainous areas suitable for living and cultivating the land is not much, villages and towns are distributed in the narrow area along the river valley.

The gate of Hongping Valley Scenic Area is opposite the Gallery Pavilion Hotel booked by Ding Qi, which is not open at the moment, and there is a sign of "Scenic Area Maintenance" outside the ticket office. Many scenic areas with difficult terrain need to be maintained all year round, especially in the summer when the rainfall is abundant, roads and facilities are often washed away, and rockslides can also bring many safety hazards.

Ding Qi checked in, went to the room for a while, and then came out with his bag on his back, leaving nothing in the hotel. He walked a short distance along the national highway and turned a corner to reach the town.

It is a lively and chaotic place, and the whole town is built along the banks of a small river, which is sandwiched between mountains and has a stone arch bridge over the river. The town is full of souvenir shops, restaurants, hotels, and farmhouses, and there are many cars parked on the side of the road, and pedestrians are in groups, which makes it particularly crowded and lively.

At the end of August, it was the autumn tiger weather, and it happened to be another weekend, which was just the right time to escape the heat in the mountains. Ding Qi couldn't help but think of the Sishuiping in Emei Back Mountain, which should also be crowded with tourists at this time. The scenery of Shennongjia is excellent, but this Hongping Town is far from being as comfortable and beautiful as Sishui Town, and the development is very messy, also because the terrain is too cramped.

I had lunch in the town first, and as soon as I walked out of the door of the hotel, a middle-aged woman came over and asked, "Boss, do you live in a hotel?" Standard rooms, 24-hour hot water, and three meals a day, 200 a day, 4,000 ......a month for long-term rental."

He was still carrying luggage, and he looked like a tourist who had just arrived in town, so someone came to ask for business. Ding Qi looked very interested: "Oh, what is your place?"

The middle-aged woman said: "It's my own yard, backed by the mountain, but it's quiet." If you need a guide, I can also help you introduce, Shennongjia Scenic Area is the boss, there are many interesting places, but outsiders don't know ......"

Ding Qi cut the price with her for a while, and heard that he did not rent for a long time, and the other party was a little disappointed, and finally negotiated a price of 15 per day to live for three days, and he could eat with the boss's family. Ding Qi carried his bag and walked with the middle-aged woman, walked through the houses near the river to the edge of the town at the foot of the mountain, and came to a farmhouse.

As the saying goes, in the past, most of the locals picked some mountain goods, medicinal herbs, and then hunted some game to subsidize their families, and now most of them are making a fuss about tourism. The family renovated their three-story building and created several guest rooms, each with a separate bathroom.

The farmhouse is run by a husband and wife, and their home is far away from the main road in the town, so the proprietress is responsible for going to the town every day to pick up customers, and her son and daughter-in-law help to work, which is the livelihood of the whole family. There are very few guests here in winter, and summer is the peak season, and five of the six rooms, including Ding Qi, have been rented out.

Tintze didn't plan to stay at the Gallery Pavilion Hotel, he booked the hotel in advance and checked in. After checking in again and paying the deposit, Ding Qi went out for a stroll.

Ding Qi behaved normally on the road, or it was natural, as if he wanted to come quietly to investigate alone after hearing the news of Xiaoyang Kingdom. When he arrived in town, he was extra cautious, and he changed the farmhouse instead of staying at the hotel he had booked, which would definitely attract attention if someone was spying on him.

The town is not large, and Ding Qi quickly walked around the banks of the river and found that there were still many tourists here. Some people pass by for a day or two, while some people just stay here for a summer vacation for ten days and half a month, and many come to engage in sketching and photography, and there are also signs hanging in the courtyard of some art academies to create sketching bases.

I remember that in my hometown of Huangtian Ancient Village in Jingyang County, there is also such a creative sketching base, there are teachers and students from art academies all over the country, who usually do not live in hotels, but rent houses from local villagers, which is similar to where Ding Qi lives.

After visiting the town, Ding Qi walked into the mountains, as if he was enjoying the wild scenery, looking at the flowers and plants, and when he walked down a small hill, he had an extra stick in his hand, as if he had made it in the woods.

In fact, this is the demon king's wooden long stick that Ding Qi is used to, and someone put it at the agreed place. With the stick in hand, Tintze knew that everyone else had arrived. Ding Qi's Jingwen stone is actually a "magic weapon", which can be thrown out to smash people, but this stick is the most handy, and it can be regarded as his self-defense weapon.

It is even more rare that this long stick is inconspicuous and can also be used as a trekking pole. Many climbers like to carry a stick in their hands, and there are many local shops selling trekking poles made from wild miscellaneous wood, which look similar, but shorter than his stick.

Ding Qi didn't go far in the field outside the town, he went around the foot of the hill, and when he came to the outside of the farmhouse, he suddenly jumped backwards with a long stick, and quickly dodged into another alley sandwiched between two courtyard walls, startling a middle-aged man and throwing his mobile phone to the ground.

Fortunately, it was a dirt road, and the phone was not broken, so he picked up the phone and muttered dissatisfiedly: "What's the matter with you, suddenly jumping over scary?"

Ding Qi didn't talk nonsense, and asked directly: "Why are you following me?"

The panic in the man's eyes flashed, and he denied it: "I don't know you, why are you following?"

Ding Qi: "I saw you when I got out of the car, and I saw you outside the door when I was eating, and now when I go back to the place where I live, I see you nearby." ”

The middle-aged man shouted: "It's really inexplicable, is this place your home? I can go shopping if you can go around, just by chance, I also said that you are following me!"

Ding Qi: "I saw you taking pictures of me with your phone." ”

Middle-aged man: "I'm just taking pictures." ”

Tincey: "Really?"

Middle-aged man: "Who are you, can I talk nonsense? There is also a police station in this place, if you harass again, I will call the police!"

Dingzi: "If you don't follow me, get out." ”

Middle-aged man: "What do you mean, do you need to care where I go? I'll stay here!"

Ding Qi stared into his eyes and said, "Okay then, you just stand here." ”

The middle-aged man: "You said I'll stand here if you say I'll stand here, psycho!" he said as he bypassed Ding Qi and walked out of the alley.

Ding Qi suddenly shouted in the back: "Wait." ”

The man turned impatiently and said, "Are you really insane?"

The moment the two made eye contact, Ding Qi showed a gangster appearance and said, "Be careful, if I find out that you are following me, I will not be polite!"

Ding Qi's gaze gave people an inexplicable sense of oppression, and the man suddenly lost his mind, but still sneered: "I can go wherever I like, and the next time I see you, you have to be careful for me!"

Ding Qi glanced at him and said nothing, turned around and left, went around in a circle and returned to the farmhouse where he lived. The middle-aged man put the mobile phone he was holding in his pocket, and his palms were already sweaty. Ding Qi didn't ask to see his phone just now, and even if he did, he would never agree, because there were indeed several photos of Ding Qi in his phone.

Of course, these photos were not taken directly at Ding Qi, but secretly taken when pretending to swipe his mobile phone, including the scene of Ding Qi entering the Gallery Pavilion Hotel, as well as the appearance of him eating in the restaurant, the picture of being led into the farmhouse by the boss, and the back of walking alone outside the town...... When he took the photo, he kept a relatively long distance, hiding in the chaos of pedestrians, but he was still noticed by the keen Ding Qi.

Confirming that Ding Qi had returned to the farmhouse, the middle-aged man hurriedly left. He was just a little minion, he was ordered to confirm that Ding Qi really appeared, and report the situation in time, and he had been told in advance, not to get too close to Ding Qi, just confirm that this person is here and find his whereabouts.

And Ding Qi behaved a bit like an unreasonable gangster, just because he saw the same person in several places, he ran over and scolded him, it was probably a temptation, and it seemed that his vigilance was quite high.

The man returned to the hotel where he was staying, closed the door and contacted his accomplices, sent all the photos he had just taken, and then reported the "distress" experience not long ago, that is, he was blocked by Ding Qi and asked for a while, and then received new instructions. He went out and drove out of Hongping Town to Ziyanziya, which is also next to National Highway 209, and has to pass through a tunnel in the middle.

In Yanziya, he met a man named Third Brother. The third brother carefully inquired about his encounter with Ding Qi head-on, and then nodded: "This person is very vigilant, he just suspects you, so he deliberately tried it." Big eyes, since you have already met him, don't go back to Hongping Town to show up, go to the bar as planned and bring the guy with you. ”

The middle-aged man said, "It's getting dark, I'm afraid it's too late today." ”

Third brother: "I'll set off at dawn tomorrow, I don't need to say what to do, let the old spirit stare at it in Hongping Town." ”

Early the next morning, the middle-aged man named Big Eyes entered the depths of the Shennongjia Scenic Area along a hidden path, where there were already people in ambush in advance, and a temporary camp was set up. He met another leader named Brother Gongzi and other accomplices, a total of a dozen people with guys.

Those who can cross mountains and mountains to come to this place are not ordinary people, this group of people are all extraordinary, and two of them have at least three realms of cultivation, but they don't know what kind of kung fu they are practicing. Not only did they carry sharpened steel pipes, machetes, daggers, but even several shotguns from nowhere.

Brother Gongzi assigned tasks and asked them to ambush in different locations, waiting for the signal to move at any time. Although it was cool inside the mountain, I was wearing a thick anti-mosquito camouflage uniform, and my big eyes were sweating, so I couldn't help but feel a little sleepy, and opened my mouth to yawn......

At this moment, he suddenly came back to his senses and found himself standing in a narrow alley, with half-wet dirt under his feet and courtyard walls on both sides, and Ding Qi's voice sounding in his ears: "Be careful, if I find out that you are following me, I will not be polite!"

The big eyes felt a little dazed, but they still subconsciously sneered: "I can go wherever I like, and the next time I see you, you have to be careful for me!"

Ding Qi didn't say anything more, retracted his gaze and turned away, making a small circle back to the farmhouse where he lived. The situation seemed to be a little wrong, Big Eye felt that his head was a little dizzy, and his body was also very tired, so he shook his head vigorously, but he couldn't remember anything, he only remembered that he was ordered by the third brother to monitor Ding Qi to confirm whether this person had appeared and where he had settled.

He has been very careful to keep his distance, but he didn't expect the other party to be so alert, he actually blocked him into the alley and asked, almost scared out of a cold sweat, it seems that the other party has suspected his head, but he is not sure, so he deliberately tried it. Big Eyes decided to hurry back and report the situation to the third brother.

As everyone knows, Ding Qi's really powerful means have never been to fight with people, nor to cast magic spells such as skimming swords and rubbing fireballs. In the trance just now, Ding Qi had already "tracked" what he was going to do next, and there was no trace of it, it was really unpredictable and mysterious.