The night in winter is particularly cold, especially the snow just a few days ago, it is even more frosty, Hongli and the three of them hid in a cave, the entrance of the cave was sealed by a large stone brought by Ah Gui, and used branches and weeds as a cover to avoid those secret guards who searched the mountains everywhere, but they have been trapped in it because of this, and they dare not go out.

"Fourth Elder Brother, those people must have been sent by Second Elder Brother and want your life." Ah Gui said as he took a hard bite of the flatbread, this was the dry food they brought, it was supposed to be in case of emergency, but now it has become their life-saving food.

"This also requires you to say, except for the second elder brother, who will send someone to assassinate us; It's you, this is the last big cake, what do you eat for the fourth elder brother? Zhaohui glared at Ah Gui angrily, who shook his head a little embarrassedly and muttered, "Since last night, I have only had one cake, and I can't stand it when I'm really hungry." Saying this, he tore off the unbitten half of the cake and handed it to Hongli, "Fourth elder brother, you can also eat some to cushion your stomach." ”

"I'm not hungry." Hongli shook his head and took the sheepskin bag to drink water, but found that the water in it had long been gone, and only an empty bag remained.

"Fourth elder brother, it's not a way for us to hide like this, even if they can't find us, we will starve to death and die of thirst, and we have to find a way to escape from this mountain."

"But now there are people outside, and it may be discovered as soon as we get out, we can't beat so many people, and the road down the mountain is guarded, what else can be done." Ah Gui didn't want to grow up others to destroy his prestige, but this was the case, so he couldn't accept it.

Zhaohui said: "There is no way, we have to come up with a way, we finally escaped from death, and we have come to this point, how can we be trapped here." ”

"I didn't expect Hongshi to know that I was not dead, and he sent someone to ambush at the gate of the city in advance to prevent us from entering the city." Hongli patted the hard stone beside him hard, and the faint scar on his face turned red as blood with hatred.

"Could it be that the person who sent the letter to Prince Yi was discovered by him, so as to know that you are still alive, Fourth Elder Brother, in this way, it also explains why Prince Yi has never sent someone to pick us up, nor has he told the emperor about this." Zhao Hui didn't know that the messenger had been bitten to death by a poisonous snake, but he guessed based on the existing clues.

"Whatever it is, the most important thing now is how to escape from under the noses of these people." Hongli forced himself to calm down, after so many things, he has gradually learned to control his emotions, meditate for a while, he said: "Ah Gui, you just said that the road down the mountain is guarded, right?" ”

Ah Gui finished eating the bread in his hand three times and said: "Well, when we first found this cave, I went to investigate, and there were people guarding every intersection, and at least there were more than three people, and I don't know if they set traps." ”

With the moonlight shining through the cracks in the stone, Hongli smiled coldly and said, "In other words, where there is no road, there is no one to guard, right?" ”

His words made the two of them stunned, and they didn't understand what he meant, Zhaohui was the first to react, and said with a hint of surprise: "Don't you want to go from the mountain road, Fourth Elder Brother?" But apart from those roads, there are other places where it is either impossible to walk at all, or the cliffs are difficult to pass. ”

Hongli said coldly: "But apart from this method, is there any other way to go down the mountain?" ”

His words made Zhaohui and them silent, and he said for a long time: "But no matter what, this method is too risky, if one is not good, his life will not be guaranteed, the fourth elder brother is a daughter, don't take this risk." ”

"It's better to take risks than to sit back! As for what kind of daughter's body......" Hongli shook his head and smiled bitterly: "It's a joke to say this now, it's just a joke, I'm now being chased around by Hongshi like a lost dog, and I can't even go back to my own home." ”

Seeing that Hongli made up his mind, Zhaohui and Ah Gui didn't say anything anymore, the three of them joined together, and began to discuss how to go down the mountain, Ah Gui had gone out to explore the road, according to him, the east side of the mountain, although it is also very steep, but it is much better than the other sides, if you really want to venture down the mountain, the east is undoubtedly the best choice.

After deliberating, the three of them took advantage of the darkness to leave the cave and walked east in the dark with the guidance of the stars in the sky, carefully avoiding those who searched them along the way.

I finally came to the east and found that there were people searching here, and after everyone was gone, I found that there was no rope, and I could only climb down the mountain with my hands and feet. One by one, they held their breath and did not dare to make a sound, and cautiously climbed down the mountain.

Although the east side is relatively flat, it is only comparative, and it is still extremely difficult to get up, especially for Hongli, who has not healed from his injuries, the range of movement is large, and the chest hurts faintly, and the throat is itchy and wants to cough all the time.

If someone sees Hongli and them at this time, they will find that they are like a few monkeys climbing on the mountain, but they are much clumsier than monkeys, and the sky is dark, only a little light of the stars and moons, and they can't see the road under their feet at all.

However, there was no danger all the way, and they climbed until they reached the halfway point of the mountain, and there was a small mound here, where they had a little rest to regain their strength, but they did not dare to speak, for fear of being heard.

Just as the three of them stood up and were about to climb again, Ah Gui stepped on the air and almost fell, thanks to Hongli's quick reaction, firmly grasped his hand, and did not let him fall into a puddle of flesh, but the stone under his feet rolled down along the mountain, although Ah Gui did not fall, but the sound of the stone falling down alarmed the dark guards not far away, gathering towards this place. Hongli and the others nervously didn't even move, hoping that those dark guards would leave quickly, but the more they thought about it, the more things went in the opposite direction, not only did those dark guards not leave, but several of them also climbed down, getting closer and closer to the place where Hongli and the others were.

What to do? What to do? If this continues, sooner or later they will be discovered, and when the time comes, they will really die here.

The three of them looked at each other in the dark, and they all saw the panic in each other's eyes, and the crisis was imminent, but they couldn't think of a way to resolve it. Ah Gui was even more annoyed in his heart, if he hadn't accidentally stepped on a loose stone, how could he attract so many people. The fourth elder brother came back this time to take revenge on the second elder brother, how could he die in such a ghost place for no apparent reason.

Thinking of this, he suddenly grabbed Zhaohui's hand and wrote it stroke by stroke in the palm of his hand, and when he wrote it, Zhaohui's hand was already trembling, but he didn't say anything, just squeezed Ah Gui's hand hard.