The weather was already cold at the beginning of winter, the dead leaves on the trees had fallen all the bare branches, and the cold wind was howling like sharp needles going straight into the cracks of the bones.

The fallen dead branches broke with a crisp sound when stepped on, and the exhaled breath immediately turned into snow mist when it met the cold wind, and the corners of the eyes were blown by the cold wind, and they couldn't cover their eyes completely, so they had to trot back.

The climate in the mountains is particularly cold, and the distant hills look as white as jade covered with a thin layer of snow, which is naturally formed by the trees.

"The master's cotton clothes, quilts, charcoal fires and other materials have been distributed, and the camp tents everywhere have been reinforced to keep warm to ensure that this winter will be spent safely." Hongming finished the things that his master had told him to do and came back to his life.

"The fourth group of Secret Guards will arrive tonight." Hong Mingyu said, "The professor there doesn't have a good grasp of the code language. "It's 108,000 miles worse than the Dark Guard.

"Sue them for saying that the secret is not the end of the optics, and those who fail the exam once a month will be severely punished." The Xi Dynasty looks down on the people who are not used to being lazy, and this bad problem has to be cured.

"Yes." Hong Ming replied with a smile, "Do you use pen and paper to prepare?" ”

"No, you don't." The exam that Xi Chao said is not a simple paper effort, but the right way to learn and apply it.

"The day after tomorrow, stop training and test the application of code language." The Xi Dynasty plans to let people out, stay in a certain and safe circle for a long time, dependence will develop, and it is time for them to get out of the camp and go to the mountains to experience.

"Yes." Hongming remembered the incident and asked, "How to deal with the Master's New Year's Day?" "The family reunion during the New Year can't trap these 4,000 people in the mountains and spend them alone, there will be complaints.

"The master should also go back when the time comes." The emperor is waiting. Besides, how can the Ministry of Industry not be an official for a long time, the more Hongming thinks about it, the more headache he has, and it is a big deal for the guards to go home. How to do confidential work.

"Ask them questions about where to stay at the end of the day after tomorrow." The Xi Dynasty is going back, and there is a banquet in the palace that must be present, and the tense situation in the court and China makes people take the handle, and the father and emperor who have just recovered from a serious illness should be worried again.

"Yes." Hongming thought that most people would definitely be willing to go home for the New Year, and it was not as comfortable as being at home, and the remaining few who were helpless could be arranged separately.

There is nothing else to do Hongming retire to inform the guards of the arrangements the day after tomorrow, I hope they can have a good appearance.

As soon as I heard that there was no need to train the day after tomorrow, the expression on everyone's face was nothing but surprise, and after listening to the second half of the sentence, it instantly turned into fright. The code language also uses an exam, and it is not a paper and pencil but a test in the dense forest in the mountains, and the specific details are unknown.

What the hell is the Winged King doing? This is everyone's voice, the Wing King is always ingenious and changes tricks to toss people, and the men who have suffered a lot of losses unanimously show a bitter face.

"The code language still needs to be examined, isn't it the top scorer in the exam?" Meng Zhou, who was the least good at code language, was worried. At first, I just wanted to learn to have fun, but I didn't expect to take the exam.

"Take advantage of today and tomorrow to make up for it quickly. When the Wing King has a problem, he will have a bottom in his heart. Zhang Qi joked that Meng Zhou was not attentive when he was studying, and he had to temporarily hold on to his feet, so what would he do earlier.

"Don't just talk about me, you're not good." Meng Zhou was not too angry, "As the saying goes, people who joke about people are not as good as others. ”

"Who knows what kind of unexpected competition method the Wing King will come up with this time." In the end, what Zhang Qi is afraid of is the heavy punishment afterwards, and the meaning of adding a heavy word is extraordinary.

"The Wing King's requirements are really high enough." Meng Zhou looked depressed, it seemed that he had to make up for it, and he couldn't hold people back.

"The Winged King, that is, it is clearly related to the code word assessment, and we should not take it lightly." Wu Yue pondered. "Where do the code words come in? It is also related to entering the mountains. "This puzzle is a bit difficult.

"Do you want us to communicate in code?" Meng Zhou muttered and said a random word.

"It's possible, the Wing King advocates learning to use it." Zheng Ke added. "Now let's start to review the old days, so that we can take advantage of them then."

Not only did Zhang Qi and the four of them revisit their studies, but they also seized the time to sharpen their guns elsewhere, and they would not be embarrassed in front of many pairs of eyes when the time came.

In the blink of an eye, the appointed day came, and everyone stood at the assembly place in heavy cotton clothes, waiting for the upcoming test.

"Get out of here today and go to the belly of the mountain to find something." Xi Chao opened his mouth and explained the next things to pay attention to, "Divide into four groups, each group will be led by five men in black, and the map will be distributed, and the goal is to find the treasure chests of their respective teams. ”

As soon as everyone heard that it was a treasure hunt, they immediately came to the spirit, and they were eager to try it one by one, eager to set off now, and they were all guessing what treasure was placed in the treasure chest?

"During this period, except for the man in black who led the team, the rest of the people had to talk in code." Xi Chao put forward the key point, "Don't open your mouth to speak, in order to better adapt to everyone has five opportunities to speak, please be conscious, don't use extraordinary means here, there is no one in the mountains and there is silence all around, whoever opens his mouth is easy to find, and the number of times accumulated to ten times is considered a loss." ”

As soon as this remark came out, everyone complained bitterly, what kind of rule is this, not to speak can only be used in code, that thing is only suitable for handwriting, and it can't be said at all, let alone awkwardly, and the excitement of the treasure hunt was folded in half.

"There's one more thing you can except." A little bit of interest appeared in Xichao's good-looking dark eyes, "Screams or laughter are avoided." ”

Screaming? Everyone was stunned, how could there be such a thing as exclamation, the laughter was easy to understand, could it be that there was some terrible trap in the mountains and forests? By the way, even if the treasure hunt is so easy, there will be many difficulties along the way, and you will cheer after getting the treasure chest.

Some people pouted and were dissatisfied, and it was not a girl's family, so they were startled and screamed, they were pure husbands, and they couldn't help but be scared and looked down on people.

"The man in black will not help you find the treasure chest, it depends on everyone's efforts along the way, and only the role of the person who opens the mouth will be supervised." Xi Chao left half a sentence, the secret guard also has to protect the safety of everyone, of course, this is not suitable to be said on the surface, there is a suspicion of despising everyone.

"Two copies of the topographic map will be distributed to each team to prevent accidental loss, and the man in black and the team will each hold one copy, and they will return early in the morning and at noon, and the food distribution can also be solved by prey in the forest."

Some people can't help but ask, "How can I communicate in code words without pen and paper?" "You can't always bring a heavy pen, ink, paper, and inkstone, right?

"Is this still taught by the master?" Hongrui raised her eyebrows and chuckled, "Have you ever heard of using the sky as a bed and the earth as a bed?" "There are still questions that can be solved anywhere. How stupid it has to be.

The interrogator's face turned red when he was said, he didn't expect that he would be puzzled if he didn't believe it, and he was just a bird.

The crowd observed a moment of silence for those who came forward. Asking a stupid question and being ridiculed was a terrible taste.

"If you want to bring pen and paper, you can bring it, and remember not to throw it away." Xichao has a distribution of paper and pen, the paper is a palm-sized cut in advance, and the pen is a carbon strip that is convenient to use.

"Alright, let's go." Xichao looked at the sun overhead, counting the hours. Announcing the departure.

Everyone stepped forward to take their share of things and put them with them, and followed the divided team to leave the camp with the man in black one after another and embark on a treasure hunt.

There were quite a few people in one team who took pen and paper. Although I can write on the ground, I can erase it at any time, so I took a pen and paper for convenience.

Winter is much better than summer, with less wooded fencing. The view is wide and the rugged mountain road is still difficult to walk. It's a little laborious for the guards who are martial.

During this period, someone unconsciously opened his mouth a few times, and was reminded by the man in black by name, at first he was extremely unaccustomed to it, and it was too troublesome to write code words, and some people came up with a way to gesture.

It's a pity that only he understands the gestures, this method came to naught, and one by one the gourds that became saws did not dare to speak, and really entered the depths of the mountains and forests, and the man in black stepped down from the position of the leader. Walk to the back of the line.

Everyone was really suffocated all the way, even such a trivial thing as relieving their hands. If you want to get out of the team, you have to explain it first, mainly because you are afraid of getting lost in the mountains.

Gesturing needs to correctly point out the key points, and undoubtedly point to your important parts to express your intentions, which caused many people to laugh. The echo of the empty mountains and forests sounded, which made people feel embarrassed.

The face of the person who was laughed at was swollen red, and he couldn't open his mouth to know that he would say less than once, no matter how bold he was, he didn't dare to cross this hurdle, and no one was willing to try the heavy punishment in the mouth of the Wing King.

Others laughed and laughed, because this kind of thing happens to everyone, and some people turn their brains and index fingers to make a shushing gesture on the edge of their mouths as a signal.

It's a pity that after the behavior that he thought he was not foul was strictly warned by the man in black, one by one the eggplants that were beaten like frost wilted.

Meng Zhou, who was in the team, saw this scene, and his heart was convex, fortunately, Zheng Cao pulled himself just now, otherwise he would have committed an iron foul, what a fucking trick is this.

Meng Zhou, who talks a lot, must keep his mouth closed at all times, he is too aggrieved, and he doesn't know what he will encounter if he goes all the way.

Everyone has to do not only walk the rugged mountain road, but also need to climb the mountains and cross the river to deal with the active insects and ants, there are hardships along the way, and there is no shortage of chickens, flying dogs and jumping, and many people unconsciously use up the power to speak.

It is really difficult to ensure that there is no opening along the way, and people who have used up the right to speak have to be forced to use the paper and pen they carry with them to communicate, but fortunately, the characteristics of the code language are concise, and the simple symbols express a lot of meanings, and it is convenient and quick to use in writing.

People who communicate with code words are not only partners who are connected with the same disease, but also communicate with others, which makes people who do not use code words must use code words as answers, and their eyes understand the code words, and the faces blurted out become pig liver color, forcing them to use each other's pens to answer on the same piece of paper, and the number of people who use them gradually increases over time.

This is a good start, and everyone is more or less relieved, it turns out that the use of code words is still very convenient.

The man in black urged everyone to hurry up, to rush back within the specified time limit, and there was no delay on the way, as for the traps that everyone had guessed before, there were no traps, and they had already walked two-thirds of the way, and everyone was much more relaxed.

Along the way, the people who were full of foreign faces finally found the location of the treasure chest under the guidance of the map, and everyone carefully dug out the treasure chest, cheering one after another, it was really not easy, and they almost cried with joy.

As soon as Meng Zhou opened his mouth, he was covered by Zhang Qi, who was in a hurry next to him, and Meng Zhou screamed under Zhang Qi's palm for some reason.

Zhang Qi used up a right to speak in order to save trouble, in order to let Meng Zhou not be stupid, "It's too early to be happy, I said shut up, do you want to foul this trip before it ends?" ”

Meng Zhou, who is not very good at code language, has already used up his right to speak stupidly on the road, but fortunately he didn't foul, I really don't know what to say about Meng Zhou.

The original condition of the Wing King only said that there would be a heavy penalty for committing ten articles, and it is uncertain whether the punishment below ten articles is light, what is called happiness and sorrow now.

Many speakers listened to Zhang Qi's words and instantly became dumb. The mouth is not closed, nor is the face ever-changing, digging a hole to bury your heart.

Because there are people in this group of people who are just stuck on the nine lines, what a horror. The heartbeat was a little faster, almost a dangerous distance.

The excitement of finding the treasure chest was overwhelmed by apprehension in an instant, and he lost the mood to open the treasure chest now, Hao Xuan subconsciously went to see the five men in black, and wanted to ask how many people in the team were about to step on the minefield, and the curious words rushed to his throat, rolled around and swallowed back into his stomach.

Never mind. At this time, don't increase the pressure on everyone, choose a person to tie the box with strips of cloth, and save effort on the way back.

The chest is not heavy in your hand. Obviously, it is not a thing of gold and jade, and there is no sound, which is strange and curious, without everyone's consent. Opening a treasure chest without permission is rude. It's not too late to go back and open it anyway.

On the way back, everyone is extra cautious, as much as possible to control the opportunity to speak subconsciously, the way back is easier than when they came, rush back to the camp at the given moment, their team is not the first to complete the rate of the task back, there is already a team of people in the assembly place, the treasure chest is placed in front of the team, it seems that it has not been opened.

The team that came back first heard the sound and turned their heads to see which team had returned. The expression was quite calm, and there was no greeting with a grin. There was no chatter, let alone asking about the results.

When the returnees saw this strange situation at first glance, the ease of returning to their residence was gone, and they couldn't help but wonder what had happened to make the group of people who came back first quiet and weird.

The slightly loose footsteps stopped abruptly, and he couldn't help but take half a step back, looking at them with strange eyes, do you want to step forward?

After a moment's pause, adjust the feelings, no matter what kind of situation arises, you can't avoid it, where is the manly spirit going.

Walked over and pretended to be cold and dumb, suppressed the suspicion in his heart, walked to the right side of the first team and pretended to be deep without saying a word, the people of the first team pretended to be, they can still be in this team, the people in the team passed a tacit look to each other, all of them were solemn, and the treasure chest was also placed in the open space in front of them, and patiently waited for the other two teams to come back.

The remaining two teams came back together, saving a lot of waiting time, and at the same time, they were startled by the strange eyes of the two teams who came back first.

"What's the matter, the face of a dead man is expressionless?" Some people ask bold questions, and when they can speak, they naturally enjoy the pleasure of speaking.

Meng Zhou wanted to reply immediately, you are a dead face, and Wu Yue, who was passive, was in a hurry, and warned Meng Zhou'an with his eyes.

Meng Zhou stared at the two eyeballs and was puzzled, why can't he speak when he comes back?

Zhang Qi acted as a commentator again, stretched out his hand and pointed to the sky, signaling Meng Zhou to look up, Meng Zhou followed Zhang Qi's gesture and looked up, the actions of the two attracted the attention of the people around them, and they looked up at the decoration one by one, but they didn't find anything different? What does this mean?

Meng Zhou tilted his head and said I didn't understand what you are talking about, so I can't say a happy word, and I'm in a hurry.

"Hours." Zhang Qi was speechless, and wasted another opportunity for himself, glaring at Meng Zhou, who couldn't understand it.

This time the pot was fried, especially the one who spoke, his face was distorted, his face was pale, and he didn't know whether he was angry or frightened.

Many people suddenly realized that the time is not over yet, so the rules still exist, and the person who opens his mouth is more uncomfortable than swallowing a fly.

When the time came to solve the puzzle, Xi Chao appeared in front of the venue, glanced at the treasure chests in front of their respective teams, and their eyes fell on everyone.

"First of all, congratulations on completing the request." As soon as Xi Chao's voice fell, he obviously heard a lot of exhalation.

"Congratulations again for not opening the treasure chest in a hurry." It can't be opened, but Xi Chao intends to sell a pass on the treasure chest, and when the words fell, he heard everyone's inhalation again, and it seemed that he was frightened.

"Let's talk about what makes everyone happy." Xi Chao kindly spoke, "The reward for each team is in the treasure chest, one for each person." ”

Everyone finally smiled when they heard this, the hard work paid off, the hard work along the way was worth it, and if it was what they wanted, it would be more beautiful.

Some people doubt that the small treasure chest can hold the things that nearly a thousand people deserve? Except for the small size and weight of gold and silver, which is large enough for everyone to share, other objects are unlikely.

Even if he doubts, no one dares to make another time in front of the Wing King, it is not easy to be a bird, and no matter how much doubt there is, he has to swallow it in his stomach, and ask another question afterwards.

"Take the captains selected by each team of the treasure chest and hand them back early tomorrow morning." The Xi Dynasty left behind a puzzle that inspires reverie.

"Now about fouls." Xi Chao's dark eyes were dyed with a slight smile, "Those who violate the ten rules will be severely punished." Pause to admire the nervous expressions of the crowd.

"Ten members of the church who are unqualified in the secret language will be given three days." The original intention of the Xi Dynasty was to urge everyone to do their best to learn and use the code language, like a part of speaking, regardless of each other, beckoning.

This punishment made the fouler's hanging heart fall to the ground, and I thought it was an alternative punishment, but fortunately, there was a kind of relief for the rest of his life.

"Those who do not commit fouls and retain the right to speak in five articles have one chance to go down the mountain, and the time limit is half a day." Long-term stubbornness will cause hope for the outside world, and the breeding of rebellious psychology will hinder the next high-intensity training.

For a while, it stirred up a thousand waves, what an attractive reward for going down the mountain, many people present wanted to go down the mountain and wanted to go crazy, because of the pressure of face, hoping to wait until the New Year Festival had the opportunity to go back, I didn't expect someone to be so good, everyone couldn't help but look at the people around them, and wanted to distinguish from their expressions that they were lucky enough to be hit by a pie.

"Okay, each team has taken the treasure chest and can disperse." Xi Chao said the end, "Tomorrow will rest for half a day, and those who can't go down the mountain can go hunting together, pay attention to safety." ”

The Wing King walked away in a chic manner, and there were still a lot of puzzles among the people who were left behind, stuck in their throats, and there was no place to vomit. (To be continued......)