According to the address given by Liu Dashan, Zhu Ge went north along the road, and he was going to a mountain hundreds of miles away, where the field troops were hiding.

The afternoon sun was scorching, Zhu Ge was riding on a horse, his mouth was a little dry, he had already left Long County, the suburbs were sparsely populated, and occasionally there were refugees with families coming from the north.

He dismounted and stopped a dusty man, and asked, "Big brother, where do you come from?" Is there a war ahead? ”

The man shook his head and sighed: "We are fighting in the northeast, and we are fighting everywhere we go along the way, so we can only flee all the way to the south, a family of eight, fleeing and fleeing, only this one is left, hey......"

Zhu Ge saw that behind the man, an old man with gray hair was holding a three- or four-year-old doll in his arms, and at a glance he knew that it was three generations of grandchildren.

"Don't go north, if you go, you'll die."

"Even if you die, you must go down."

Zhu Ge grabbed the saddle and was about to get on his horse, when he saw a group of Kuomintang regular troops coming towards him, led by Zheng Liang.

When the soldiers saw that the people had horses, they had to rob them, which was a tacit matter for the superiors, so before Zhu Ge went up to find someone to settle the account, the two people over there came out first, and they were about to leave with the horses.

"What are you doing!" Zhu Ge held the reins tightly, but he didn't let go. Without horses, how would he have to travel hundreds of miles to find martial arts.

"Your horse has been requisitioned." There is no room for whether Zhu Ge agrees or not.

"We are a regular army, it is your honor to requisition your horse, a powerless scholar like you has to rely on us to go to the battlefield to kill the enemy and protect it, so it is cheap for you to donate a horse!"

"How unreasonable! You claim to be a regular army, but your style is not regular at all! The two of them each tugged at the reins of their horses, and they were at a stalemate.

Zheng Liang, who was standing in the team, suddenly heard a familiar voice, and his heart was shocked, how did it sound like him!

Apparently calm, he strode forward and walked around the horse, where Zhu Ge stood with a red face confronting his men.

"Platoon commander, this person doesn't know what to do, it seems that he has to learn a lesson!" When the man saw Zheng Liang coming, he wanted to behave in front of the platoon commander, so he took out his gun and put it on Zhu Ge's forehead.

"Go back!" Zheng Liang's expression froze, and the soldier immediately put away his domineering appearance just now and retreated.

Zheng Liang and Zhu Ge stood opposite each other, he was sure that he saw hatred in Zhu Ge's eyes, so it seemed that he must have known about what happened last night.

"Where are you going?" Zheng Liang opened his mouth to break the silence.

"Is it possible that he is still alive?" Zhu Ge replied to the question, he fired the gun, where it hit and what the angle was, he knew best.

Zheng Liang knew that the "he" in Zhu Ge's mouth was martial arts, and his heart was immediately a little depressed, he thought that he was much stronger than that reckless bandit in all aspects, why couldn't Zhu Ge tolerate him in his eyes.

"The bullet hit the head, and there is little hope of survival." He wanted to say that he was going to die, but when he saw Zhu Ge's instantly pale face, he couldn't bear it.

"He spared you once, why did you take revenge?" Zhu Ge's expression was gloomy, and his tone was full of disappointment and anger.

"I haven't seen you for a long time, let's reminisce about the past." Zheng Liang's tone was very soft, and there was even a flattering look on his face.

He stretched out his hand to pull Zhu Ge's arm, but Zhu Ge vigorously shook it away, and everyone behind him saw that their platoon commander had such a low profile towards a weak scholar, and they couldn't help but wonder a little, and the person who wanted to grab the horse before was even more weak, it seemed that the two knew each other, and that person was here with the platoon commander, and it seemed to be a high-ranking existence.

"I have nothing to say to you, and from this day on, you and I are strangers."

"Just for a bandit? Can you abandon our fellow-classmates? How am I inferior to him? Zheng Liang was enraged by Zhu Ge's words, he breathed a sigh in his chest, and wanted to attack, but because of the men behind him, he grabbed Zhu Ge's arm and pulled him to the side of the horse, blocking the view of others, "The bandit is dead, you should die." ”

"Dead to see corpses!" Zhu Ge raised his hand to push Zheng Liang away, ignoring the complicated emotions revealed in his eyes, turned over on his horse, and rode away with the wind.

Zhu Ge left in the dust, Zheng Liang's face was extremely ugly, he returned to the team and scolded loudly: "What the hell are you doing in a daze, don't you hurry up!" ”

Fools can see that their platoon commander is not in the right mood, who dares to slack off, and the group quickly sorted out the formation and pulled out the camp to return to the city.

When he returned to the station, the first thing Zheng Liang did was to send two people and two horses to change into civilian clothes to track down Zhu Ge. First, it was to protect his safety, and second, if he guessed correctly, Zhu Ge was going to the field hospital of the Eighth Route Army, where many tasks of the leadership of the Eighth Route Army lived, but the superiors had always wanted to find the place!

Zhu Ge marched northward without stopping, begging for bowls of water on the roadside when he was thirsty, gnawing on dry food when he was hungry, looking for an inn to settle down at night, walking for three days in a row, he was embarrassed, and the speed of the horses became slower and slower.

On the evening of the third day, Zhu Ge arrived at a small town, which looked quiet and peaceful on the surface, but he felt a little strange, since entering the town, many people's eyes were looking at him, and even a few people seemed to have been dangling around him, never leaving within five meters.

Zhu Ge didn't know the bottom of his heart, so he simply found a restaurant, tied the horses to the stakes outside the door, and entered the door to eat.

"Boss, let's have a bowl of noodles." Zhu Ge was dusty, and the people who ate in the restaurant were observing, intentionally or unintentionally, an outsider.

Soon, a bowl of hot noodles was served, Zhu Ge took off his cloak and put it on the stool beside him, ignoring that the noodles were still a little hot, and ate them in a big gulp.

In order to find a place to settle before dark, he hurried continuously and had not eaten all day.

The shopkeeper went and returned, holding a plate of pickles in his hand.

"Guest officer, this is a homemade pickle from the shop, I'll give you a plate." The shopkeeper said crisply.

"Thank you!" Zhu Ge picked up a piece and put it in his mouth, and the pickle was as clear and crisp as Xiao Er's voice, "Not bad, it has a lot of flavor." ”

"Thank you for the compliment, but looking at your appearance, it seems that you have come from a long journey, our town is remote and hard to find, how did you find it?" The shopkeeper seemed to be very curious about Zhu Ge.

"I'm here to go to a place, and I inquired all the way to get here, by the way," Zhu Ge took out a note from Liu Dashan from his pocket and pointed it to Xiao Er, "May I ask the store, do you know how far away it is from here now?" ”

When the shopkeeper saw the words on the note, he was stunned for a moment, and then replied with a smile: "It shouldn't be far away, I don't know why you want to come to this place, I heard that there are deep mountains and old forests, jackals, tigers and leopards, you can't get in and out, and few people usually set foot in it." ”

Not to mention jackals, tigers and leopards, even if it is the Hades Palace, Zhu Ge has to break through this time.

"A friend is here, and now I don't know whether he is alive or dead, I must have taken a look."

"Then why did your friend go here?" The shopkeeper continued to ask.

Zhu Ge felt that this little second asked a bit too much, after all, his destination was secret, and he couldn't be known to outsiders, so how could he tell others casually.

"You also said that there are many jackals, tigers and leopards in this place, and my friend is a hunter." He bowed his head and ate noodles very intently, and it was obvious that he didn't want to continue the conversation.

The shopkeeper didn't ask anymore and walked away.

After eating all night, Zhu Ge got up and was about to go out, when he inadvertently swept to the door of the restaurant and walked past two people and two horses, one of whom seemed to have a look inside.

He was a little strange, these two people seemed to have been on the same road with him for a long time, but they were always one step behind him, not far and not close, he once thought that Liu Dashan was sent to protect him, and he wanted to stop and ask on the way, but as long as he stopped, those two people must not catch up.

So he was a little skeptical that they weren't following him.

"Shopkeeper, do you know which direction to go to the place I just asked, and how long it will take to get there?" Zhu Ge didn't want to delay any longer, so he decided to rush overnight.

The shopkeeper looked a little embarrassed, he looked back at the boss at the counter, and the boss came over with a smile and asked.

"What's wrong?"

"Boss, this guest officer wants to enter the mountain now." Xiao Er's voice was very low, but Zhu Ge still heard it, how could he make these two so embarrassed if he wanted to enter the mountain?

"Guest officer, it is not a wise choice to enter the mountain now, the mountain road is not easy to walk, and there are wild beasts in the mountain, seeing that you are bookish, you must be a scholar, so rashly entering the mountain is more auspicious. Why don't you stay in my little shop for one night, and after dawn, let my little two take you there. ”

Zhu Ge walked to the door, just in time to see the two of them sitting on the stall diagonally opposite the restaurant eating, and their eyes kept sweeping this way while eating.

He was now sure that the two were stalking him!

Wouldn't it expose the location of the hospital if it set off so rashly?

"Okay, then please ask the store to arrange a room." Zhu Ge took out some silver dollars from his baggage and gave them to the boss, "By the way, please take care of the horses outside the door." ”

"Okay, Xiao Er, take the guests to the room to rest!"

So Zhu Ge followed the shopkeeper into the backyard from the back door of the restaurant.

The backyard is a courtyard-style building, which is quite spacious, and under the eaves of the main house are two people in their forties, who are chatting about something, and when they see Zhu Ge coming in, they are immediately silenced.

"When you arrive, you'll stay here." Zhu Ge was taken to a room in the west wing, and Xiao Er pushed the door open, and inside was a simple furnishing of a table and a bed.

"The thatched house is at the back, I live in the east chamber with the boss, and you can talk about something."

Zhu Ge took out some silver dollars and stuffed them into the small second-hand hand, and said in a low voice: "How to get to that place, can you tell me, there is an urgent matter below, you must rush there as soon as possible." ”

The shopkeeper swept the silver dollar in his hand, and said with some embarrassment: "I can help you, but I have to wait until the front closes." You'll be waiting for me in your room, about three or four hours. ”

"Thank you very much!"

Zhu Ge sat on the bed, although his body was tired and his eyelids were fighting, he didn't dare to sleep, he had to wait until the shopkeeper closed, get rid of the two people outside at night, and immediately go into the mountain.

He got up and went to the table, picked up the teapot and shook it, but it was empty. Maybe drinking some strong tea will make you feel better.

It was already dark, it was quiet outside, and there was a dim light in the other guest rooms, Zhu Ge walked out of the room with a white porcelain teapot, intending to go to the front to ask for a pot of tea.

He walked through the courtyard to the back door, and was about to push the door in, when he heard a conversation coming from inside.

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