A few horsemen were about to say something, but Li Muying had already turned around and walked forward. It turned out that it was the student who heard the movement here, turned his head, and saw Li Muying, and the anxiety on his face was immediately replaced by surprise. I saw him lift the hem of his robe slightly, take three steps and make two steps, and come forward:

"Big boss, big boss, you're back."

In all directions, the twilight was four, and the whole basin was full of people shouting and neighing, and busy figures were swaying everywhere.

The young man in the long shirt who came forward walked briskly and looked eager, and the whole person gave Li Muying a feeling of both familiarity and strangeness.

"yes, it's back, well, I heard...... Mr. Tse was not very satisfied with the location of the temporary kitchen. I think it should be built on the edge of a mountain stream, dare to ask Mr. Xie, what is the reason why you want us to do this? ”

The two of them, walking in opposite directions, stopped in front of a low bush. Li Muying looked at the young man in front of her, and her interest became stronger and stronger.

Well, the origin is a little unknown, and he is dressed in a trendy and luxurious outfit, and he seems to be a rich boy from a good background....... Uh, it is said that he is a classmate of Young Master Chen of Qingluo Village....... This trip is to go to Tanghu Wei to take a boat to Nanjing...... There is nothing wrong with that. However, the tall and capable figure, the resolute air revealed between the eyebrows, and it seems that he has had military experience.

However, this is only a young man of about twenty years old, and his excessively young face, and his carefree and heartless smile all reveal his youthfulness...... What is the origin of this young man in front of him, Li Muying, who has read countless people for a while, is not sure.

"Big boss, big boss, let's take a step to talk!"

In the surprised and inexplicable gaze of several horse-chasers, the big proprietor followed the foreign student to the side, and he didn't know what he muttered, only to see the big proprietor slap his head a few times, obviously convinced by his words.

After a while, I saw Li Dongjia turn around, greet this side, and signal to stop work.

Lingma, a few horsemen looked at each other, and at this time, Li Dongjia had already walked towards the deep stream in the middle of the basin with this young fellow.

After a day's drive today, I was frightened, and several horsemen were already hungry and tired. Just now, everyone was sweating like rain with hoes and pickaxes, and the foreign student had been pouring cold water on the side...... What do you say that there are gods in the head, when you go out, you must pay attention to the rules, this mountain camping, the first important thing is the location of this stove. Don't bump into the Lord of the Stove.

A few horsemen had already held back their popularity, and at this time, they saw that the big proprietor was also confused, and they were turned into the ditch by this guy. The crowd was even more angry.

Lockout? Rest? It's good to stop work and rest. It's best to be able to cook without digging a stove. The gentlemen are still idle.

Everyone abandoned their hoes and shovels, and sat on the edge of the ditch where the turf had just been dug up, resting while chatting with each other, and some took out their cigarette pouches and pipes, took out tobacco shreds and filled them, lit a fire, squinted their eyes, and began to swallow clouds and smoke.

But the good times didn't last long, and after a while, Li Dongjia's assistant Leopard turned around and asked everyone to go to the side of the mountain stream and continue to dig the stove.

A group of people carried tools and dragged to the edge of the stream to take a look, and several horsemen were almost angry and turned their backs.

I saw that this nervous foreign student, with the assistance of the leopard and others, had roughly delineated the area to be excavated by the stove with one branch after another.

The branches of the trees are planted straight among the grass, clearly indicating the amount of work that will be started soon:

Five cauldron stoves are lined up in front of the mountain stream, and the head and tail are fully stretched out for more than 100 meters. What's worse is that there seems to be a ditch connected between the stoves, which ...... This is digging a stove, this is clearly digging a pond and boiling water.

A few horsemen were not happy at once, and now everyone was hungry and tired, not to mention what the purpose of this was, just to complete the opening of the water, and then make dinner, I am afraid that before a few bites, it will be the light of day.

When a few horsemen were hesitating, the seven or eight young men under Li Muying didn't say a word, picked up the guys and started working.

At this moment, the twilight became thicker.

Li Dongjia smiled and said a few words to the leopard, and the leopard went in a hurry, and after a while, he and Big Scar Liu brought a large group of people to help.

A lot of things are like that, and the more you fear it, the harder it will be. You have to make up your mind to do it, and that's exactly what it is. The current caravan is full of people and is working hard in one place. In a short time, the stove was a success.

A few horsemen who were in charge of cooking set up the pot and began to cook on the fire. The firewood was blazing, the smoke was rising, and the darkness of the night was getting thicker and thicker, and the whole basin suddenly became a densely populated and sparsely lit village.

Li Muying took the leopard and others and continued to inspect the entire campsite.

Throughout the basin, there are five roads leading to the outside world, of which two are on the west bank. One is the big road leading to Tanghu Wei, about two cows wide, the exit is in the northwest direction of the basin, this is also the road that the caravan will take tomorrow, early tomorrow morning, the caravan will go to Tanghu Wei through this road; The other is a rugged trail that winds through the basil bushes and winds its way to the deep mountains and forests to the west.

In the area on the east bank of the basin, where the eighteen rows are camped, there are three roads. Of course, there are two roads, but they are actually one road: a sheep's gut trail runs through the basin with a mountain stream, forming an exit in the southwest-northeast direction.

Among them, the southwest exit leads to the direction of Wulong Gorge, which is the road of the caravan in the afternoon.

In addition, in the middle of the mountains to the east of the basin, there is a mountain pass, and there is a slightly larger road outside the pass, which twists and turns between the mountains, and you can reach the famous horse gang: the Fox Ridge Trail.

Huling Trail is the busiest underground material transportation route in Luoxiao Mountain, along the way are deep mountains and old forests, there are dense bead net forks distributed in the meantime, even people who often walk this road, can not fully understand the ins and outs of those forks. On that path, morality and law have completely replaced morality and law.

There have been several cottages that have tried to monopolize the area, but in the end they have all failed. The Eighteenth Platoon had also ruled there for a while, and that was when the Eighteenth Platoon was at its most beautiful.

On the east bank was the camp of the 18th Platoon, and the 18th Platoon was naturally responsible for the problems of the night sentry.

However, out of consideration for common security, Li Muying still kindly reminded the leprosy tiger and asked him to strengthen the night guard and be prepared.

The Leper Tiger accepted his suggestion and immediately deployed sentinels in all three directions. In particular, the main road due east was not only equipped with sentinels, but also arranged for a team of ten people to set up a shack and live directly outside the mountain pass.

In the caravan's camp on the west bank, the leopards had already set up sentry guards at both intersections. Li Muying personally set up a precautionary guard post outside the valley mouth in the direction of Tanghuwei in the direction of Tanghu Wei, and only then did he put his mind at ease and come back.

By the time the group returned to the camp, the smell of rice and meat wafted from the open-air kitchen built on the edge of the mountain stream, and several figures were busy around the stove.

A tarpaulin was laid on the edge of the stream, and several figures with knives were busy around the half-horses—the three strongest mules in the caravan, who had been killed in the evening shootout, which directly solved the problem of meat for dinner. The horse gang was given the second mule that Xie Yucheng and Niu Er used as a cover. The half of the meal tonight has been chopped into the pot, and now the half of the meal has to be cleaned, and then divided into two or three pounds of small pieces and smeared with salt, so that it can be carried tomorrow.

At this moment, the voice of a sentry suddenly sounded by the wooden bridge: "Two old brothers, is there something wrong?" ”

When everyone heard the reputation, they saw that in the shadowy firelight, two bandits stood at the opposite bridgehead, and one of the older bandits arched his hand and said, "This brother, our big boss has invited Chief Li of your department, the leader of the horse gang Liu, and Mr. Xie to go over and drink together." ”

"Wait, I'll let someone inform them!" As soon as the sentry finished speaking, a small soldier who was helping in the kitchen raised his hand and said "I'll go", and then ran away.

"Xiao Qin, I'm here, you don't have to call. You go and inform Mr. Xie and Ma Bang Liu Ye, oh, we are waiting for them here. Li Muying said and walked into the firelight.

At this time, someone in the row of people sitting in front of the stove pond shouted, "Big Boss, I'm here." ”

It turns out that the mountains and fields are cool at night, and many people choose to sit in the stove and grill the fire after taking a bath. By the way, the washed wet clothes are propped up in the stove with a branch and baked. Xie Yucheng changed into another long shirt, but most of them were naked and roasting the fire. Niu Er, who was sitting next to Xie Yucheng, was no exception, and the firelight caressed his bony body, shining.

Hearing someone call his name, Xie Yucheng stood up in the stove pond when he heard the sound, and smiled at Li Muying who was not far away, with a mouthful of snow-white teeth shining like stars: "Big Dongjia, I'm here." ”

"Oh, yes. Li Zhangpan invited us to drink. We'll go with you later. Li Muying said with a smile, and when Xie Yucheng responded, he turned to Xiao Qin again, "Xiao Qin, you go and inform Liu Ye." After Xiao Qin was ordered to leave, he walked to the bridge and waved his hand to the two bandits on the other side: "Lord Tiger invites, we must go over." Please come back first, I'll wait for them here for a while. ”

The two of them smiled: "Chief Li, if you're not busy, it's the same if you wait here." Not busy, not busy. With that, they turned around and bowed to Xie Yucheng in front of the stove pond: "Thank you, thank you, Mr. Xie for your face." ”

Xie Yucheng was a little strange, where did this bandit come from so many gifts, but after thinking about it, this gift had to be returned, but before he could start moving, Niu Er, who was shirtless next to him, stood up and bowed his hand from afar: "Thank you, two brothers, let's wait until Liu Ye is together, and we will go over immediately." ”

The two bandits looked at Niu Er, they didn't know who he was, they glanced at each other, and finally didn't say anything, and nodded in response: "Thank you, two masters." ”

"Well said, well said." Niu Er smiled lovely, ignoring the fact that the people around him looked at him like a monster. After answering, he looked left and right, and didn't care, hehe smiled, Dama Jindao sat down, his eyes stared at Xie Yuzhen, who was stunned, his chin was raised, and he muttered seriously, "Tiger Master's face, I still have to give it to Niu Er." ”

At this moment, there was a sudden smell of burnt paste in the stove, and everyone was in a daze, and Niu Er beside Xie Yucheng was suddenly shocked: "Oops, my clothes." Hurriedly stepped forward, hurriedly rescued, and when it was easy to extinguish the fireworks above, he found that the corner of the gown had been burned a gap, and he was so distressed that he trembled while patting: "Oops, oops..... It's a new dress, it's over, it's over. ”

A burst of laughter erupted in front of the fire.