The green hills on both sides of the strait are picturesque. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

On the turquoise and clear river, several bamboo rafts are flowing downstream.

Shen Nishang looked back, and on the bamboo raft behind, Xuefeng and Mo Lei stood very steadily on the bamboo raft, occasionally looking left and right, and couldn't see the slightest fear of water. On the bamboo raft behind, Kong Xiang took the red cloud that had just recognized the master, and Ling Fei's red dragon, which was also abnormal, also stood firmly on the bamboo raft.

Seeing Shen Nishang's gaze, Xuefeng waved his tail and stretched his neck forward, Shen Nishang smiled when he saw this and withdrew his gaze.

"Are you tired? Mu Qing whispered, "If you are tired of sitting, it is better to get up and stand for a while and relax." ”

Mu Qing's face was ashamed.

Originally, it was planned to set off on the 16th, first go back to Yunzhou, and then go south, but the sudden fainting of the Queen Mother on the evening of the 13th forced them to change their plans. On the 15th, he set off from Yunzhou, stopped on the way, entered the territory of Maoguo two days later, and arrived at the Huijiang Wharf for another day.

Huijiang River from north to south, after arriving at Guicheng, there is just a tributary that runs through the east and west, although it is against the water, but the water flow of this tributary is gentle, and it is very fast and convenient to take a bamboo raft.

Now they are on this tributary, taking a bamboo raft upstream, and it only takes half a day to reach Encheng.

Eunseong is the entrance to the 100,000 mountains.

From the royal capital to Encheng, even if the ordinary business trip was accelerated, it would take at least twenty days, and it took less than six days for the four of them. Except for a night's rest on the first day of boarding the ship two days ago, the four of them have been sleeping in the wilderness.

The hardships are not enough for outsiders, but Shen Nishang also persevered with the three men, even though her face was tired, she did not complain.

"It won't take half a day, but it will be there in half a day. The captain held the bamboo raft and said with a smile, "A few guests go to Encheng, but they want to enter the 100,000 mountains?"

Ling Fei raised his eyebrows: "The boatman has good eyesight." ”

"There's nothing that doesn't have eyesight, you all look like you've come from afar. I went to Encheng either to enter the mountains or to buy seafood, but a few of them didn't look like merchants, so they naturally went into the mountains to find Nan. Gong Gong smiled, "The 100,000 Mountains are not so easy to enter, only those who have the ability to dare to go, those who don't have the ability can't enter, and if they enter, they may not be able to get out." ”

"Boatman, how many people are entering the mountains now?" asked Shen Nisheng.

"There were fewer people in the past, but in the past two years, it has been slightly better, but not much. In the past two years, I heard that the mountain bandits have stopped a little, as long as they worship the mountain and are willing to spend money to avoid disasters, they have never heard of harm to people's lives. But what is going on, you still have to go ashore to inquire, and if we don't go ashore, that is, we will hear what people say. ”

Mu Qing thanked him.

Shen Nishang looked at Ling Fei, Ling Fei nodded, and said, "There should be news on the shore." ”

Of Ling Fei's six secret guards, two were given to Zhang Shaohan, and among the remaining four, two of them were sent to set off in advance to fight the front station, and the remaining two brought some guards and a small fan, Yuchun Erya, to answer behind.

The red-blooded horse's feet were fast, and they originally planned to set off for the three of them first, but they didn't expect Kong Xiang to move to the stable quietly and sleep for three days and three nights, and finally let Hongyun recognize the master the night before they set off, and finally the four of them set off together.

The two guards set out four days in advance, so they should have arrived.

Shen Nishang bowed her head, although the journey was indeed hard, but it was quite smooth, and it was not in vain for their hard work.

It's just that the farther south you go, the hotter the weather becomes, and the human skin masks on their faces are not breathable, and they will feel some discomfort on their skin after wearing them for a long time.

These human skin masks were sent by Emperor Longwu before departure, and they looked very delicate and realistic, but Shen Nishang felt that they should be inferior to Luo Cai's masks.

However, it is better than nothing, after all, Ling Fei and Mu Qing have special identities, and the current situation in Middle-earth is sensitive, so it is best not to cause unnecessary trouble.

Thinking of this, Shen Nishang looked at the two of them and couldn't help but smile a little.

Emperor Longwu is also thoughtful, except for Shen Nishang's mask, the other three masks are only in their twenties, and their faces are extremely ordinary, Ling Fei is still somewhat similar to Mu Qing's mask, just pretending to be two brothers. One of the masks was a little older, and both of them were vying to be "elder brothers", Mu Qing felt that he was taller, and Ling Fei felt that he was old, and they all had a good word, and they couldn't hold each other, so they could only draw lots.

In the end, Mu Qing got his wish, he was very proud, and Ling Fei's teeth were so annoyed that he chased most of Mu Qing's individual courtyards, and fought hard before giving up.

And Shen Nishang is dressed as a woman in her thirties with a slightly dark complexion, which is more in line with her identity as a teacher looking for Nan.

Before leaving, Emperor Longwu did not summon Shen Nishang but sent a Nan master in the palace to the other courtyard, and after the Nan master returned to the palace, Emperor Longwu asked Yu Gonggong to send these masks, although he did not say it explicitly, but Yu Gonggong also hinted at Shen Nishang, let her do her best, if this trip can really find the medicine lead, he will have a heavy reward in the future.

If before, Shen Nishang really didn't think about asking for any reward for herself, but now it's different, she really has to think about it.

Unconsciously, immersed in thoughts, the bamboo raft docked at the pier.

Four men and four horses went ashore in turn.

Xue Feng leaned over affectionately, Shen Nishang took the reins, and Mu Qing and the three of them also picked up their own horses and walked towards the city gate not far ahead.

Inspecting the entrance to the city, Ling Fei found a mark left by the secret guard in the corner of the wall: "Go this way." ”

Shen Nishang looked around, although there were many houses in the city, but most of them were dilapidated and short, showing that the people's livelihood was not rich, but there were still a lot of business travelers on the street, most of them were in a hurry, with dark and rough skin, and they should be mostly maritime merchants passing by.

The four of them did not speak, but only walked and observed.

Suddenly there was a very festive suona sound in front of them, the four of them followed the reputation, only to see a house in front of them to be lit up, and a middle-aged man with the appearance of a groom official standing in front of the door is greeting guests, many pedestrians around stopped, and there were many children around in a circle of hip-hop laughter, and there were many guests who came to congratulate them, it was a lively scene.

"Why do you have a happy event at this time? Shouldn't you welcome your relatives in the morning?" Mu Qing felt strange.

"The first wedding is to welcome the bride in the morning, looking at the age of the groom, this family should be the second marriage. Kong Xiang knew more than the three of them, and explained in a low voice.

It turned out that there was still this kind of exquisiteness, Shen Nishang nodded, and suddenly looked ahead: "What's the matter with that woman?"

There were a lot of pedestrians watching the bustle, and Shen Nishang didn't pay much attention to it, but when she got closer, she found that the woman standing across the street looked a little wrong, and the other passers-by who were watching the bustle looked relaxed, but this woman with a burden looked a little weird.

Mu Qing and the three of them looked over, the distance was closer, and the side eyes of several people were also obvious, the woman seemed to notice it, glanced at this side, lowered her head and turned around and walked quickly, before she took two steps, she bumped into the person, and the burden in her arms also fell to the ground, and the person also fell.

Shen Nishang was a little sorry in her heart, seeing that the woman seemed to have fallen a lot, a few quick steps forward to help the person up, here Mu Qing also picked up the burden that the woman had scattered, Mu Qing's movements were just facing the sun, and the fabric in the burden suddenly reflected a very dazzling colorful luster, a few people were stunned, the woman snatched back the burden and covered it, hugged it in her arms, and whispered thank you to a few people a little crampedly, and left in a hurry.

Only the four Shen Nishang and the three people on the side who were hit were left in the same place.

"It's not long-" The attendant who was bumped into seemed to want to curse, but was stopped by his master.

"Let's go. The man said, nodded slightly at Mu Qing and the others, and left with two entourages.

Only then did Mu Qing see the man's appearance clearly, and he was slightly stunned.

When the three of them walked away, Ling Fei glanced in the direction of the three of them and asked Mu Qing in a low voice, "Do you know?"

Mu Qing looked left and right, nodded and whispered, "I've seen it once...... The boss of the ten-mile rice family is Houbang. Strange, how did he get here?"

"It turned out to be him. Ling Fei was also a little surprised.

Shen Nishang naturally recognized it, although she was a little surprised, but she didn't care about them: "Let's go." ”

The four of them followed the mark to an inn, and two secret guards pretending to be merchants were sitting in the lobby, and the four of them also pretended not to know each other, and booked four upper rooms and went upstairs directly.

"Auntie, you can rest for a while, and then I'll call you after dinner. Mu Qing sent Shen Nishang to the door of the room and said, then turned his head and instructed Xiao Er: "Hot water will be sent to this room first." ”

The second child should be down.

Ling Fei rolled his eyes on the side, while Kong Xiang turned his head and smiled.

Shen Nishang was also funny, but she still looked like an elder on her face and nodded reservedly.

She was indeed tired, the skin at the base of her leg was worn out, and she just needed to take a bath and take medicine.

Shen Nishang went into the room to wash, and Mu Qing and the three of them entered the opposite room.

Ling Fei crossed his arms and entered the door, and as soon as the door closed, he looked at Mu Qing with a smile: "Boy, are you really called?"

Mu Qing's ears were also a little red, although they had discussed their respective identities before leaving, but all the way to the present, neither of them was embarrassed to open their mouths, but there was only a shopkeeper on the side, and he wanted to tell Shen Nishang to rest for a while, so he could only speak like this.

Mu Qing went to the table and sat down, and poured a cup of tea: "Don't laugh, you have to call when the time comes." ”

Ling Fei raised his eyebrows disappreciatively, and Shi Shiran went over to take a seat: "You like to call you, I won't call you anyway." ”

There was a knock on the door, Kong Xiang went over to open the door, and a secret guard dodged in.

"A has seen his master. "The Dark Guard wants to salute.

Ling Fei waved his hand: "Get up, where is Bingsan?"

The subordinate wanted the house facing the backyard stable, and Bingsan watched from the room. A Yiyu reported.

Ling Fei nodded: "You arrived yesterday, did you inquire about the situation?"

A shook his head: "The local city guard's surname is Cai, and he has only been in office for a short time this year, so he didn't inquire about anything special." 100,000 mountains around the original eleven mountain bandit villages, two years ago there was infighting, now there are still eight villages, in addition to the deepest position of the 'widow's village', the remaining seven are said to have signed a covenant, now only collect money not life, as long as the past business travel gives silver, as long as the mountain visitors are willing to take a cut, they can all pass. ”

"It seems that there are capable people in this mountain bandit. Ling Fei was thoughtful.

A shook his head: "My subordinates inquired about it, and this matter was caused by Qingfeng Village." There is only one road into the 100,000 mountains, this Qingfeng Village will guard the place where it must pass after entering the mountain, there are two mountain bandits on this road, all of them were destroyed by Qingfeng Village and the other six together, and then these few seem to have drawn the territory, Qingfeng Village gave most of the dividends of the maritime merchants to several others, and now several other families also faintly have a posture headed by it. Qingfeng Village has a total of three masters, the big boss surnamed Lu, known as Lu Feihu, it is said that he killed the enemy and fell into the grass for Kou, the skill should be in the middle of the six layers to the high level, the second master surnamed Xue, is a literati, and does not understand martial arts, but the brain is good, very trusted by the big boss, the three family members are called the black panther, not Maoguo, but ten years ago from Pakistan committed a crime and escaped, brought a pair of people to join Lu Feihu, the skill should be under Lu Feihu. There are about 800 people in the village, which is the largest bandit force in the 100,000 mountains. ”

"In other words, this Qingfeng Village has at least two sixth-level intermediate ranks," Mu Qing thought for a moment, "What's going on with that widow's village?"

The knock sounded again, Kong Xiang opened the door, and Shen Nishang walked in.

"Didn't you want to rest for a while?" Ling Fei glanced at it, Shen Nishang had already changed into clothes, her hair was half dry, and she obviously came over after bathing.

"I heard a knock at the door, so I came and listened. Shen Nishang walked to the table and sat down, "It's not too late to rest later, where are you going?"

Ling Fei repeated what Jia Yi had said.

"This second leader seems to be acting as a think tank...... Shen Nishang muttered, but at the same time it was a little strange, "How can this person think of being a mountain bandit if he doesn't know martial arts?"

"This is somewhat related to what Young Master Mu asked. A smiled, "Among the eight mountain bandit villages, including this Qingfeng Village, the other seven are on the periphery of the 100,000 Great Mountain, even if the Qingfeng Village is deeper, but it has not entered the inner perimeter." Only this widow's village is located in the depths of the 100,000 mountains, but the specific location is not inquired by the subordinates. It is said that this Xue Er's family had some entanglements with the black rakshasa of the widow's village, and it was also for this black rakshasa that he entered the mountain to become a mountain bandit. But the specifics are unknown. ”

"Then why are there such rumors?" asked Mu Qing.

Jia Yi smiled when he heard this: "Originally, no one knew, but in the past two years, there have been more people entering the mountain than before, and those who entered the mountain visited the dock of Qingfeng Village, and it is said that Xue Er's master had to let people bring a letter into the mountain to indicate it to the Black Rakshasa, and some people secretly opened it and found that it was a love poem." Later, such rumors came out. ”

The mountain bandit leader writes love poems to the mountain bandit mother-in-law?

Shen Nishang and the four of them looked at each other, all of them were a little weird and funny.

"Widow's Village, how do you call this name - could it be that all the people in it are widows?" Ling Fei raised his eyebrows.