Probably because it was too close to Menghua, most of the merchants in the town fled to Ailao Mountain.

Luo Youlan pointed to the end of the town road on all sides and said: "The mountain is tight, when the road is built with a bunker, and the flag is planted on the fort, it is about the key pass of Tongmenghua. The general sent by General You must be here. But what did such a poor earthen fort, this poor soldier, deserve? The officers and soldiers were too child's play. ”

Li Chengfeng sighed and said: "Just because I hate this, in ordinary times, the enemy and bandits generally don't take the officers and soldiers to heart, so they are bold and reckless. Supposedly, since we have arrived here, we should first meet with the local guards and find a place to stay in the town. However, it is a matter of confidentiality, and it is inevitable that the rumors will be revealed if it is leaked. Fortunately, it is just past noon at this moment, and we need to meet Sister Rakshasa first. She wrote in the letter that she was taking the apes with her, sitting in a bamboo sedan chair, and the road was a little closer than us, so she would definitely arrive first. We might as well send someone to the town to see if there are any secret notes left before reasoning. ”

As soon as she said that, the sturdy woman standing behind Luo Youlan suddenly sighed, her eyes straightened, and she stared at a big cedar tree not far away. When everyone turned to look, it turned out that there was a bamboo arrow more than two feet long stuck in the tree, and the arrow was wearing a colorful brocade pheasant.

Closer inspection, this bamboo arrow is not a real feather arrow with a bent bow, and there is no arrowhead, but just a vertical thin bamboo branch to pass the pheasant through the ridge and then deeply into the tree. Why is it stuck in a cedar tree like this? It's kind of peculiar.

Luo Youlan took a closer look at the brocade pheasant, as if she had an understanding, and then looked at the mountains on both sides, pulled out the bamboo arrows from the tree casually, and threw the brocade pheasant in the distance, saying: "You don't need to send someone to the town first, come with me." ”

Li Chengfeng was inexplicable, so let's go with her. I walked an arrow to the west, and climbed up another rocky hill, full of strange-shaped stone forests, as if there was no way to go. Luo Youlan, who led the way first, was also stunned, looking around. Suddenly, Gege smiled, pointed to the screen-like stone wall, and said with a smile: "It's here." ”

When Li Chengfeng panicked over and took a closer look, it turned out that a bird's head was painted on the stone with red clay, and the bird's beak was facing to the right. As soon as he looked at the bird's head, he immediately understood, and said with a smile: "I can't think of her, so I secretly remember that I am here." ”

It turned out that the brocade pheasant on the cedar tree and the bird's head on the stone wall were originally the secret notes agreed with Lady Rakshasa on the reply letter. Just now, Luo Youlan saw the brocade pheasant piercing the arrow on the cedar tree, and she didn't understand it, and then she saw that the neck of the brocade pheasant was not as soft as a dead bird, but it was like a living bird, and it looked west with the bird's head sideways. When I looked closer, I realized that I used another thin bamboo and nailed the bird's head to the tree, which I understood a little. I didn't dare to conclude for a while, so I walked in the direction pointed by the bird's head, and sure enough, I found the secret mark on the stone wall, and then concluded that Lady Rakshasa had arrived first.

Don't leave a secret mark in Jiannan Town, but specially leave a note on this peak, of course, with ulterior motives. And it was calculated that from the White Tiger City to the South Stream, it must be over this peak, and it was inconvenient to draw secret notes in the woods, so it was replaced by a brocade pheasant. The two of them effortlessly found the secret mark of Lady Rakshasa, and their spirits were steep, and they immediately followed the direction indicated by the secret mark on the stone wall.

Sure enough, whenever the direction is not distinguished, and where the bird path diverges, there is a secret mark indicating the direction of progress. However, all I walked was barren rocks and mountains, deep and gloomy ravines.

Li Chengfeng Luo Youlan cultivated to be pure, of course, he took risks as usual, only suffered the three soldiers who came with him, a woman, and followed the master desperately, climbed the mountains and mountains, and walked dizzy.

I don't know how many treacherous valleys I have passed, and I don't remember the distance or the direction. I felt that the shadow of the sun on the top had sunk in the west, and the mountains were stacked on all sides, and there was no path for the barren grass. The strange birds in the forest are roaring, and the realm is terrifying.

When Li Chengfeng and Luo Youlan walked here, they felt that there was a secret mark in this section of the road, could it be that they were in the wrong direction and had forked the road? Look at the late sky, the sunlight in the deep mountains is covered by the mountains, and it is easy to get dark as soon as the sun goes down.

Li Chengfeng took out the compass beside him to take a look, and felt that the direction was not wrong, but there were several mountain passes here, which mountain pass should he enter? How to move without a secret memory?

Suddenly, a wisp of white smoke rose from a pine forest in the mouth of the mountain on the left. Luo Youlan said happily: "All the way over, there is no one occupied, there must be someone on that side, let's go find out the name of the place and the distance." ”

Everyone ran towards the place where the white smoke started, entered the mountain bay, and passed through a pine forest, which was a deep valley. There is a clear clear pond in the valley, with an area of dozens of acres.

There is a thatched canopy on the side of the pool, which is built with coarse bamboo and pine dry, and the top is covered with green pine hair, which must be newly built, but there is no figure walking around quietly.

On the side of the thatched canopy, it is stacked with mountain stones to form a pair of colorful birds with long tails, and on the green bamboo skin of the door frame, the words "and live is better" are drawn with a knife. There was a layer of pine feathers and leaves on the inside of the thatched tent, and two bamboo pockets were stacked on one side, and a dead sika deer and a few leftover animal legs were piled on the corners of the tent, and the rest was empty.

Luo Youlan said, "Of course, Sister Rakshasa prepared this situation for us, but where did the people go?"

Li Chengfeng said: "There is smoke on the stone pier outside, and we may not go far, and we are tired, so we will go to rest in the thatched tent for a while." ”

The two entered the thatched tent and ordered the entourage to take off the clothes on their backs, take out the portable copper pot, scoop some pool water, boil water on the stove to quench their thirst, and eat some dry food at will to quench their hunger and thirst. The sturdy woman who came with her took the copper pot and went to the edge of the pool with a soldier to scoop water. In the thatched tent, Li Chengfeng Luo Youlan and two generals were sorting out their belongings and other items, and they were saying that they were going to sit in this thatched tent tonight to watch the dawn......

As soon as the words came out, I suddenly heard a strange sound of the water in the pool outside the tent, and at the same time, a ghost screamed, and I heard the shout of the woman who went to scoop the water. Li Chengfeng Luo Youlan jumped out one after another, and the two generals who were sorting out their outfits in the thatched tent also ran out.

Seeing that there was nothing unusual in the pool, the woman fell on the edge of the pool, throwing the copper pot in her hand on the grass, and a soldier beside her also changed his face like a chicken.

Li Chengfeng asked, "What's the matter?"

The soldier looked straight at the other side of the stream, and after a while, he shuddered and exclaimed: "Big water monster!

Everyone looked at the place he pointed to, and there was nothing strange about it. Only the grass by the pond is drenched with water. Luo Youlan lifted up the woman who was so frightened that she fell and asked her about her affection.

The woman rolled her eyes and said in a dumb voice: "I went to the edge of the pond with this general, and I was squatting down to wash the copper pot and scoop some water. From the water tower, a large water monster like King Kong appeared, with a bloody mouth and a big mouth, bared its teeth and smiled at us, turned around, ran to the other side, only a vertical, flew into the pine forest, and disappeared. Ahh If you don't believe it, ask this general, and this general will be stunned. The place was completely unpopulated, and it was slowly getting dark. We only want peace, so let's leave the murderous land as soon as possible!"