Two days later.

Twenty pack horses, around the sheep intestine path, westward in the direction of Huazhou.

Chen Ziyun followed behind Nan Bowan, looked at the scenery in front of him, and sighed in his heart that these mountains were reckless, and then took a deep breath and said extremely comfortably: "The air here is really good. ”

This Huazhou is named after the Huashan Mountain in the territory, after the Jingwei, the left controls the Tongguan, the right blocks the Lantian Pass, it has been the military center of Guanzhong, and this batch of goods should belong to the important materials needed by the history of the Huazhou Thorn.

Chen Ziyun's eyes narrowed slightly, along the winding stone road, deep into the mountains, fish flowing, he looked back at the twenty pack horses, he thought in his heart that it should be escorted by officials and soldiers, but why would these villagers and young men who usually work in agriculture come to escort them?

There must be something wrong with this.

The current situation in the Tang Dynasty is not stable, and future generations see the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, but the current Li Shimin is busy appeasing his ministers and defending against external troubles, after all, this coup is not a child's play.

Now the Turks in the north are very powerful, Chen Ziyun calculated the days, and in some time, this northern Jing County will be occupied by hundreds of thousands of Turkic iron cavalry, and then it will be the time to test an empire.

Chen Ziyun smiled bitterly, not thinking about these things, they walked through the mountain roads, the roads here are naturally not as good as the official roads, the dining style is open, the Turkic horse thieves, the beasts in the mountains, these things are the things he should be thinking about.

He looked around, looking at the mountains deep in the clouds, and there was a little more nervousness in his heart, always feeling that something was going to happen.

......

In the past two days, along the way, everyone only felt that their energy and physical strength were consumed rapidly. Only Nan Bowan and Chen Ziyun are full of energy and radiant appearance, like two tigers sniffing roses, waiting for the moment when the eagle strikes the sky and shows their skills!

In the sound of horses' hooves, the weather was sweltering, and several of the bankers were already tired, and a few people behind them even tore off their strong clothes, looking like a gentleman, and there was no more majestic words.

Nan Bowan and Chen Ziyun looked at the group of villagers behind them who were beginning to lose their minds, especially Nan Bowan's squinting eyes, and there was a trace of disdain and sarcasm, and said: "A bunch of wine bags and rice bags, just this path still has to walk for some time." ”

When Chen Ziyun heard these words, his heart was also empty, although he did not have the demeanor when he went out of the city like the few people behind him, but this winding stone road with no end in sight was a trained person.

Chen Ziyun shook his head vigorously, and said with a cheer in his heart: "Grit your teeth, hold on!" ”

Nan Bowan glanced at the sweat flowing from the corners of Chen Ziyun's forehead, and said with a smile: "These people behind him look like young men who have come out to go green." If they really encounter any horse thieves and Turks, even if these people fight with all their might, they can save their lives, and thank God. ”

When Chen Ziyun heard this, he stiffened his radiant look, and just smiled, he watched the red sun already rub the western sky, dragging the pack horses and fourteen figures to grow longer.

After a while, Nambovan stopped, raised his hand and made a stop gesture, looked around, and then quickly climbed to the high ground, looked into the distance, and said: "The terrain here is open, so it is easy to see, and if there is any situation, you can deal with it as soon as possible." ”

A middle-aged man also climbed here, standing beside Nan Bowan, and said a little reluctantly: "Nan Dalang, although the terrain here is open, it is easy to be discovered, the high ground is not blocked, and the cool breeze at night cannot be ignored." ”

Nan Bowan squinted his eyes, did not pay attention to the self-righteous banker, his eyes glanced not far away uncontrollably, pointed to his feet with one hand, and said with a smile: "Rest here tonight!" ”

This middle-aged man's name is Wang Ning, and he escorted the goods after the slack, but he has always taken the official road, and the commission is not much, but the road is unimpeded, and there is no Turkic horse thief.

Wang Ning was the oldest, for fear of ruining his face, he frowned, a little displeased, after all, this Nan Bowan was only a young man in his early twenties, and this style of acting made him quite unhappy.

Wang Ning said in a cold voice: "You are the guide, then it depends on your opinion, but there is no shelter here, and the wind in the mountains can be very tough, if you freeze your body, I am afraid that the expected arrival date will be delayed." ”

Nan Bowan ignored the featherless old bird, and then said: "Have a wide field of vision, and safety is paramount!" ”

Wang Ning's face changed, showing a displeased look, with a wave of one hand, he turned around and left in front of the pack horse, and said coldly to the rest of the people: "Rest here tonight, the mountain wind is cold at night, everyone drape the sackcloth on your body!" ”

One by one, the bankers and several young men successively got down the goods on the pack horses, and at this time, Wang Ning stood in the middle of the waist and commanded the group.

At this time, Nan Bowan said to Wang Ning: "Wang Langjun, please also ask your subordinates to be responsible for chopping wood and boiling water." ”

Wang Ning just nodded, his cheeks tightened, and he didn't reply.

Everyone was not idle, Chen Ziyun and Nan Bowan were also busy, sorting out some loose hemp ropes for the goods, Chen Ziyun looked at the sunset, and said: "I haven't been to Huashan in Huazhou, and when I arrive in Huazhou to deliver this batch of goods, I will climb Huashan once." ”

Nan Bowan nodded, glanced at Chen Ziyun and said, "Nan Dalang, you actually know Huashan?" What did you do in the first place? ”

Chen Ziyun smiled faintly, his face was calm, he couldn't tell Nan Bowan that he was a person two thousand years later, let alone tell him that his geographical knowledge was a hundred times stronger than him.

Chen Ziyun's eyebrows twitched, he tied the hemp rope in his hand tightly, and said: "I used to live in the mountains with my master, and this time I hunted, and my ability to identify the direction is still a little bit understood. ”

Nan Bowan nodded, he remembered that Zhuge Changyun had told him when he was alive, don't underestimate Chen Ziyun, plus what he said in the letter to himself: "Ziyun, if you don't become a dome, you will enter the Nine Shadows!" ”

These ten words made him underestimate in his heart, he knew that Zhuge Changyun was capable, but when he was old, his head might not be bright, and he wanted to know very much how much skill this Chen Ziyun in front of him had.

Thinking of this, Nan Bowan turned around to get the package, Chen Ziyun was also lowering his head to sort out his package, but at this time, his ears moved slightly, and he heard a very low sound in the forest not far away.

"Click."

The mountain wind was blowing, and the surrounding trees made a rustling sound from time to time, but the sound of stepping on the broken branches a second ago, Chen Ziyun really heard it clearly, and at this moment he was tight, this sound was obviously the sound of people stepping on it, not beasts.

He continued to sort out the package, pretending that nothing had happened, and when he got up, he casually glanced at the dense forest where the sound came from, and then looked at Nan Bowan and a group of Zhuang Ke and Xia Shao not far away, but none of these people noticed the sound of stepping on a broken branch.

Chen Ziyun felt that the person hiding in the woods should have noticed the sound under his feet, and then he didn't dare to move his body.

Chen Ziyun pretended not to hear, but smiled meaningfully, picked up the burden in his hand, walked to Nan Bowan, who was busy with his head down, bent down, pretended to tidy up his bag, and then said in an extremely low voice: "There seems to be someone in the forest in the southwest." ”

When Nambovan heard this, he glanced at the hidden woods with one eye and the other, nodded, and went on to keep busy.

The night is accompanied by a cool breeze, and the silence is peaceful.

Everyone sat around the burning bonfire, the mountain wind at the moment was getting stronger, and the bright fire light would make everyone's faces red, Zhuang Ke was used to doing farm work in the farmland, and it was okay to get up early and be greedy to meet this gradually cold mountain wind, but a few young men in their early twenties wearing strong clothes were a little unbearable.

At this time, Wang Ning and several young heroes around him muttered in a low voice: "Nan Dalang said that someone has been eyeing us in the dark now, and when we go to sleep, don't sleep too deeply, and be ready to fight at any time." ”

"Fighting?"

A young man looked around and said a little nervously: "Brother Ning, didn't you say that there is no danger in the goods this time, and you can still earn a tael of silver?" ”

At this moment, Wang Ning's face was extremely complicated, and he whispered: "him!" I say that if there is no danger, there is no danger at all? Now it is the Li family in the world, this has been Wude for nine years, the Turks are also in harmony with our Tang Dynasty, and there are fewer horse thieves, and then just based on this Nan Bowan's words, it is said that someone in the mountains is eyeing us, although I don't believe it, but I just convey his words to you. ”

A few heroes looked at the dark surroundings and said, "I feel that there can be wild wolves, and there should be no problem if there are horse thieves in this barren mountain range." ”

Wang Ning took a sip of rice wine, and a voice of extreme satisfaction appeared, and said: "When this time is over, I will take my brothers to Hedong Road and go to the Governor's Mansion!" ”

......

The night is full of darkness, and the ink is deep.

A group of people fell asleep and seemed to be very calm by this Wang Ning's drinking words, at this moment only Nan Bowan was sitting at the campfire, his expression was also extremely cautious, and there was a strange weapon on his right hand.

He and Chen Ziyun had already discussed, and in the second half of the night, Chen Ziyun kept vigil, and as long as the sun was rising, they would start to leave immediately.

......

The night is full of darkness, but the ink is silent.

At this moment,

Not far from the dense forest,

There were already more than a dozen pairs of pupils flashing a creepy and fierce light, secretly staring at a few people through the gaps in the dense branches and leaves in front of them......