When I arrived at Heigu's current home, it was completely dark. As soon as the group approached the gate of Heigu's courtyard, they heard a wild barking of hounds in the courtyard.

"Da Zhuang, Er Zhuang, stop, there are guests coming." Hei Gu pushed open the wooden fence door and yelled at the two tall and fierce hounds barking inside the door.

The two hounds immediately stopped barking and sniffed around the crowd as they entered.

When Jang Jae-geun heard the noise, he pushed the door and walked out of the house, happily inviting everyone to come in.

Dinner was just ready. A small wooden table is full of all kinds of wild game and mountain dishes in the mountains. The smell of meat in the house aroused everyone's appetite.

Zhang Zaigen also deliberately took out a bottle of treasured old wine to entertain everyone.

Everyone sat around the wooden table, chatting while eating, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.

From Zhang Zaigen's mouth, I learned that the cave on the cliff on the east side of Zhongdao Peak is located in the middle and upper part of the cliff, and it is about 20 zhang high from the water surface of the Han River below.

"Can you climb up to this hole from below?" After listening to Zhang Zaigen's narration, Luo Shiyin asked.

"It's difficult. The cliff is almost straight up and down, with no slope at all. I've never heard of anyone able to climb such a cliff. Zhang Zaigen looked embarrassed and said.

"My lord, why don't I give it a try, after all, this is a way to be able to climb the Middle Dao Peak to investigate, and it is worth considering." Shi Lang took the initiative to ask.

"This hero, don't take any chances, this cliff dozens of feet high, once you miss, it's not a joke." Before Luo Shiyin could speak, Zhang Zaigen preemptively said to Shi Lang.

"Yes, Brother Shi Lang, it's better to be cautious." Ye Ruliu obviously didn't want Shi Lang to take this risk, and persuaded him.

Luo Shiyin didn't speak, he was considering the pros and cons of all aspects.

Luo Shiyin wasn't worried that Shi Lang would be in any danger, according to his understanding of Shi Lang, climbing this kind of cliff was actually not difficult for the agile Shi Lang.

Luo Shiyin considered that once Shi Lang was discovered by the enemy during the operation, it would startle the snake and bring difficulties to the follow-up reconnaissance operation.

"Brother Bau, if you don't let our monkey brother go up, it's the best at this." Shi Tianji saw that no one spoke, so he said something that was half a joke.

"What are you letting it go up for? To tickle the Wa people? Bau thought that Shi Tianji wanted to joke about jumping, and said angrily.

"Otherwise, let my two disciples work hard, their light skills and climbing ability are okay." Abbot Xiu Neng seemed to think that this method was feasible, so he recommended his two disciples to Luo Shiyin.

"Abbot, I'd better go up. Although I do not doubt the skill of the two brothers, after going up, it is probably not their strong point to detect close enemies. After Shi Lang was unwilling, he said to the abbot of Hueneng.

"How sure do you feel?" Luo Shiyin knew that his question was purely superfluous, and he had already decided to agree to Shi Lang's request in his heart, but because of the worry about Shi Lang expressed by Ye Ruliu just now, he still felt inconvenient to directly agree to Shi Lang's request.

"Sir, don't you know me? Climbing such a cliff is no more difficult than a wall that is several feet high and has no grips. As long as I be careful, nothing will be a problem. Don't worry about me. Shi Lang understood Luo Shiyin's good intentions in questioning, and he looked at him when he said the last sentence

The ground fell on Ye Ruliu's face.

Of course, Ye Ruliu understood what the commander was thinking, so he bowed his head slightly to Shi Lang and didn't say anything more.

"Okay, that's it. We'll get started tomorrow. Luo Shiyin saw that all aspects of his emotions had been taken care of, so he ordered.

"I'm afraid I can't move during the day, because below the entrance of the cave is the surface of the Han River, and there is no shelter, so it is easy to be discovered by the Japanese people above.

"Do you think this is okay, tomorrow Heigu and I will lead everyone to the bamboo forest in the back mountain to the north to tie up a bamboo raft, and then float over on the bamboo raft at night. From here, you can only get to the cliff of Nakondo Peak by going down the Han River from the back mountain to the north. Jang Jae-geun said.

"So how do we get the raft to rest safely on the river below the cave?" Ye Ruliu asked.

"The cliff does not stand directly in the water, there is a bank less than a meter wide between them. We tie a long rope to the bamboo raft, and when the time comes, I prop the bamboo raft to the shore, and a few people can go up and pull the bamboo raft up. Jang Jae-geun replied.

"Okay, everyone have a good rest tonight, and we will act according to this plan tomorrow." Luo Shiyin saw that the plan basically considered Zhou Xiang, so he said.

The next day, the team took a bamboo raft tied to the roots and arrived at the river below the Middle Road Peak.

Considering the load-bearing capacity of the bamboo raft and the actual needs, Shi Tianji and Xie Yuan did not go along, and the two stayed at Heigu's house on standby.

At this time, the night sky is misty with moonlight. The south-flowing water of the Han River gently laps against the rocks on the shore with a faint sound.

Looking up, Nakamichi Peak stands proudly on the west side of the river. Through the faint moonlight, you can faintly see the cave located on the cliff of Nakamichi Peak.

The entrance of the cave is a regular circular structure, because the crescent moon is west at this time, the entrance of the cave appears to be a black hole, and the entire middle road peak is like a one-eyed giant beast standing on the riverside.

Zhang Zaigen held a long bamboo in his hand and propped the raft to the bank of the river near the peak of the middle road. Heigu, Ye Ruliu, Luo Shiyin, Shi Lang and others climbed on the rocks on the shore in turn.

Seeing that Hei Gu had already tied the rope tied to the right side of the bamboo raft firmly to a raised rock, Zhang Zaigen finally landed on the shore.

With the help of Ye Ruliu, Shi Lang simply sorted out the climbing supplies and weapons and tools used for self-defense and reconnaissance that he carried with him.

"After going up, try not to startle the snake, and after completing the task, evacuate immediately. We're here to meet you below. Seeing that Shi Lang was cleaned up, Luo Shiyin said softly to Shi Lang.

"Don't worry, sir." Shi Lang said.

"Once discovered by the enemy, safety comes first, and quickly withdraws." Luo Shiyin once again admonished Shi Lang.

"Okay." Shi Lang promised.

"Okay, action." Luo Shiyin commanded in a low voice.

"Brother Shi Lang, come on." Ye Ruliu met Shi Lang's right hand stretched out to him and lightly high-fived, and said in a low voice.

Shi Lang found a protrusion of the rock, clasped his hands on the protruding rock, and climbed up.

This kind of cliff seems to be steep and steep, but due to the ingenuity of nature, it is often covered with all kinds of rock crevices and sharp stones, which is not too difficult for Shi Lang, who can climb the city wall with his bare hands.

The only thing that worries Shi Lang is whether there will be a bird's nest on this cliff, if so, once the wild birds in it are disturbed, it may make a noise and startle the Japanese people above.

Shi Lang cautiously climbed upwards, trying not to make any noise.

Luckily, Shi Lang climbed close to the lower edge of the cave, and there were no startled birds, and it seemed that there was no suitable place for birds to nest on this cliff.

Of course, it is also possible that the daily water collection activities of the Japanese people above have disturbed the birds that used to nest here, so that they have to find another place to nest.

Climbing to the lower edge of the cave, Shi Lang pressed his whole body against the stone wall, listening carefully to the movement in the cave above his body.

After a long while, after confirming that there was no sound in the cave, Shi Lang climbed the stone wall with his hands and poked out half of his head into the cave.

The cave was pitch black. Shi Lang calmed down and looked inward. Shi Lang saw that about one meter below the wall of the cave was an artificially excavated platform. Judging by the height of the platform from the lower edge of the cave wall, it was clearly dug for the convenience of the people in the cave standing on it to get water. Below the platform is a stone path with about five or six stone steps.

The bottom of the stone staircase leads to a large cave hall. In the cave hall, dozens of long wooden tables are placed horizontally, and on each side of each wooden table, a long wooden bench is placed. Based on the number and length of the wooden tables, it is estimated that this cave hall can accommodate hundreds of people at a time.

The stone walls on the north and south sides of the cave hall are carved into stone closets, and you can vaguely see that there are porcelain bowls, porcelain basins and other eating utensils stacked in the closet.

Shi Lang preliminarily judged that this cave hall was very likely to be the restaurant of the Japanese people on the peak. Once again, he carefully looked at all the corners of the cave, and when he made sure that no one was there, he jumped into the cave and landed gently on the platform under the cave wall.

Shi Lang hid his figure and looked around. There was silence in the cave hall.

Shi Lang slowed down the steps and went down to the cave hall, and then, rolling forward, he quickly flashed to the nearest round stone platform with wooden barrels on the east side of the cave hall.

A thick rope was attached to the stone platform, and judging by the length of the rope that was scattered on the ground, it should be enough to carry the bucket down the river below to draw water.

To the west of the barrel was a large pool of water that had been dug out in public, and it was filled with clean water.

Shi Lang held his breath and carefully observed the situation in the cave again. From the top of the cave hall, traces of artificial carving can be clearly seen.

Could it be that this cave hall was not formed naturally, but was completely excavated by the Japanese people? Shi Lang didn't have time to think about this kind of thing, he saw that there were indeed no Japanese people in the cave, so he stood up and walked inward.

Walking about a dozen steps away, an inconspicuous hole suddenly appeared on the stone wall on the right side of the cave hall. Shi Lang dodged against the stone wall on the east side of the cave entrance and listened carefully to the movement in the cave.

The cave was silent and unusually silent.

Shi Lang didn't dare to enter rashly, he picked up a small pebble on the ground and gently threw it into the cave. Except for the soft sound of stones falling to the ground, no movement was heard in the cave.

Shi Lang stuck to the stone wall at the entrance of the cave and moved into the cave.

The space inside the cave is about one-fifth of what the outside hall is. The cave was empty.

On the west side of the cave, there are several cauldrons, and on one side of each cauldron there is a pot table.

On the top of the pot, there are all kinds of kitchen utensils and some wild vegetables and beast meat that have not been used up.

It seems that this is the kitchen of the Japanese people. Shi Lang didn't want to delay too much time here, so he turned around and walked towards the cave hall just now.

At the moment when Shi Lang turned around, Shi Lang, who had a keen eye, suddenly found that on the stone wall on the south side of the pot in the southernmost place, there was a small closed wooden door.