Because you will reach the border after crossing this mountain, you will reach Chang'an City by walking more than 30 miles from the border. The www.biquge.info caravans wanted to climb the mountain before dark, so that they could find an inn on the border and stay overnight, and then enter the city after dawn. Now that they've suddenly stopped here, it looks like something must have happened.

To be honest, Qing Xuan was a little bold when he walked this road alone, and he wanted to go with this caravan, so he stepped forward and asked what was going on.

A man dressed in cloth and looking like a servant was sitting on the side of the road, his legs curled up, his hands on his knees, and his eyes staring vacantly at the rainbow in the sky. Qing Xuan stepped forward and dismounted sideways, the man didn't know where his mind was wandering, and he didn't notice that there was a stranger standing beside him.

"Brother, it's getting dark, why don't you caravan go forward?" Qing Xuan asked.

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The guy didn't seem to hear him, didn't react at all, and still stared blankly at the sky.

"Brother, little brother......" Qing Xuan called out twice.

"Huh? ......" The servant was startled, suddenly came back to his senses, and looked at Qing Xuan in horror, probably thinking that the robbers were coming. But seeing that it was a handsome young man standing in front of him, looking at the dress, it must be the son of a famous family, so he suddenly realized his faux pas, and hurriedly got up and bowed: "This young master, I'm sorry, I didn't hear your question just now, can you please say it again?" ”

"Oh, it's okay, I'd like to ask what's going on ahead that brought your caravan to a halt. Are you planning to spend the night here? "Qing Xuan wants to say, don't you know that there will be jackals, tigers and leopards here at night, and there will be spider spirits coming out to hurt people?

"Back to the master, the day before yesterday, there was a heavy rain, there was a mudslide, blocking the original road, my master is worried about what to do."

"The caravan is stuck here, and although there is food and water, everyone is neither hungry nor thirsty. But in this barren mountain range, there are wild beasts everywhere, and when you are unlucky, you will encounter robbers. ”

"Although we have a few strong martial arts people here, but it's dark and we are not familiar with the surrounding environment, we are in the open and in the dark, and it is not us who will suffer in the end?!"

"We wish we could go over the mountain as soon as possible, and find a small inn to live in, why have no way out, you say, what can we do?" The little servant sighed as he spoke.

I see. He suddenly remembered that when he came here to dig for treasure last year, he had found a road, but the right side of the road was a cliff overhanging, and the left side was covered with thorns, and the road passed under the Pansi Cave, because no one had walked all year round, and the bluestone slabs on the road were submerged in the wild grass.

"I know a way, I don't know if I can go from there, you take me to meet your master first, and see what his opinion is." Qing Xuan said to the servant.

"If there really is a way to cross, that's great!" When the servants heard this, they danced with joy. "Okay, I'll take you to our master now." The servant led the way as he muttered, "It seems that I can sleep well in the inn's bed tonight." ”

After a while, the two of them walked to the front of the group, and saw a richly dressed, burly, ruddy-faced man, no more than thirty years old, pacing back and forth with a frown.

"Master, I have good news for you, this young master said that he knows that there is another road leading to the other side of the mountain." Before he could reach him, the servant was anxious to report the good news to his master.

"Oh?" The man stopped, looked Qing Xuan up and down, for a long time, his frowning brows stretched slightly, and a sentence popped out between his teeth: "Sure enough, there are other roads that lead to the border?" ”

"Yes, if I'm not mistaken, on the left side of this road, there is an old road that leads to the border, which may have been paved a long time ago and then abandoned for some unknown reason. If we go from there, we will probably reach the border before dark. Qing Xuan said to the strange man with a sincere face.

"It seems that there is no end to the sky, but ......" the man stopped again halfway through his words.

"It's just that there's no guide, huh?" Qing Xuan said what the man didn't finish.

"How do you know I'm going to say this?" The man looked at the handsome young man in front of him in amazement, and felt more and more that he had met a strange person.

"Hehe," Qing Xuan tugged at the corners of his mouth, and the glow of the evening sunset hit the young man's face, making the young man look even more heroic and heroic.

"It just so happens that I also want to go back to Chang'an, why don't we move forward together, the two sides can also take care of each other, and by the way, I will be your guide."

It seems very hypocritical to say this to take care of each other, because Qingxuan is only one person, and he is a huge caravan, and he has to take care of others, and he seems to have nothing to take care of others.

But that guide was a good bait, and Qing Xuan racked his brains in order to find a suitable reason for the caravan to agree to take him, and finally thought of this condition.

Qing Xuan said as he looked at the man beside him who was a head taller than him, his eyes were full of sincerity and friendliness.

"It's just ......" Before the man could answer, he popped out two more words. The word "just" immediately whetted the man's appetite.

The man just thought that what the young man said was a bit true or false, but before he could tell clearly, he heard the young man say the word "but", as if there was something unspeakable, could it be that he wanted to offer higher conditions, or did he not plan to lead them again?

The man was in a hurry, and hurriedly smiled apologetically: "If the hero can take us over this mountain, Bai will be grateful, and he will definitely offer a hundred taels of silver to express his gratitude." ”

"Hehe, Mr. is too worried. I mean, I've only walked this road once, and now it's overgrown with weeds, and I'm afraid it's a little difficult to find. Let me find it slowly. If you could send a few men with me to explore the way, I think we would find it faster. ”

Bai Mantang immediately agreed, and called a few guards to go with him to explore the way, while he and the rest of the people stood in place and waited.

Time passed minute by minute, and the mood of waiting changed from hope at the beginning to a little bit of loss, then to restlessness, and finally a bit like an ant on a hot pot.

The crowd also began to stir, and the team began to mumble quietly, and then the voices gradually became louder, and finally, they all simply crowded in front of Bai Mantang to express their opinions:

A: "Boss, will that kid trick us?" Why haven't you come back for so long? ”

B: "Will you encounter a wild beast, or fall into a trap set by a hunter, or should you come back now?" ”

C: "Did that kid leave us here and go over the mountain by himself?" ”

Ding: "Perhaps, he doesn't know the way at all, and he just lied to us." ”

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For a while, there was everything.