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Shi Suo strongly demanded that Zhang Shenjian be removed immediately, and he said: "Keeping such a person is not only harmful to us, but also to all the good people in the world. ”

He Yuan agreed, he said: "This guy has taken refuge in Lu Daya, it will be more harmful to us, get rid of him, I agree, Shi Suo, how are you practicing marksmanship now?" ”

"It's okay to fight a cow."

A-Ning laughed, and He Yuan shook his head, "That's not good, you still owe some fire in your marksmanship." Let's go a few more people and get guns. ”

Everyone discussed it, and a small team composed of Shi Suo, Duan Laosan, Xiao Jiling, Ah Bing, and Da Jiang went to kill Zhang Shenji. According to Gai's recollection, in that hidden cave, there seemed to be some pots and bowls and other living utensils, like Zhang Shenjian's lair. He Yuan formulated three plans, one was to go to the cave to "dig", the second was to have the beggars secretly visit his foothold in the city, and the third was for Hu Xuan to stare at Zhang Shenjian and send people to follow him and assassinate him when he attended the "citizens' meeting" next time.

In the afternoon, under the leadership of the little wit, Shi Suo and his party took weapons, ropes and other things, set off to run to the West Mountain, passed the Wuliu Peak, turned off the road, and walked on an ancient mountain road, according to the little wit, this road is the ancient tea horse road, and now the road is opened closer to the convenient road, this road is about to be abandoned, except for the mountain pickers and woodcutters, there are few people who go again. Sure enough, along the way, the scenery was desolate, and the wild grass almost flooded the road. Towering ancient trees, thorns and climbing vines, everywhere.

Walking into the Sanren Gorge, Duan Laosan ordered everyone to distance themselves and search forward, this place is really very narrow, there is a canyon between the two mountains, the narrowest place is still difficult for the three people to go in parallel, the vehicles are not passable, the cliffs on both sides, straight up to the sky, steep and abnormal, overhead, occasionally there are monkeys jumping around.

The little ghost led the way in front of the head, and walked to a road bend in the canyon, he stopped, looked around, here, both sides are huge mountain walls, as steep as elsewhere, but the right side of the mountain, like a lot of rocks crowded together, along the layers of rocky slopes, you can climb up, a few people followed behind the little ghost, up zigzag and climbed a zhang high, a huge cliff cypress, growing in the chaos of trees, the little ghost to the side, then bypassed the big tree, gone.

The stone lock followed behind, and also bypassed the big tree, and found a huge gap behind the tree, as if someone had split the rock, the gap was more than two feet wide, and it could be passed loosely and quickly, and after walking through this mountain crack, there was an open field in front of him.

This open land is really as the head of the cover said, like a big well, there are more than ten acres of size, all around are cliffs, straight down, here is at the bottom of the well, in addition to the rocks, is the weeds, look up, a few pigeons, in the "well" hovering and flying, there are some dwarf trees and climbing vines on the mountain wall, and the chirping of birds continues to enter the ear drums.

Stone Lock took the gun off his shoulder, pushed the bullet, searched carefully, the flat land at the bottom of the well, unobstructed, looking up, there was no shelter on the cliff, the little ghost pointed to a depression in the middle of the mountain wall, "That's the mouth of the cave." ”

Shi Suo and Duan Laosan looked at it for a while, but they didn't see that it didn't look like a hole, and everyone didn't find a rope, there were climbing vines on the cliff, but they were all real plants, and there was no sign of ropes.

"This guy may have moved," Shi Suo said, "Last time this villa was broken by you, did he dare to live here?" Moved. ”

"Then you have to go up and have a look," Duan Laosan said, "Little clever, you go up." ”

The little ghost tightened his belt, tied a rope to his waist, pulled the old vine with his hand, and climbed up the cliff, this cliff, almost straight up and down, the little ghost was thin, as flexible as a monkey, pedaling the folds on each mountain rock, grasping the climbing vine branches, climbing up little by little, Shi Suo and several other people were below, looking up at him, Shi Suo shook his head, "Can this be up?" Hey, little ghost, come down if you can't, be careful, I'll pick you up below. ”

"Don't worry," the little ghost dragged the old vine, like a swing on the mountain wall, the old vine in the early winter has dried up, but the toughness is very good, the little ghost body is as light as a swallow, and after a while he climbed two feet high, and climbed on a platform where he could stay.

This platform is about a foot square, can stand a person, but up is a smooth stone wall, can not use the foot to borrow strength, just by hand to climb the vine, it is very dangerous, if the climbing vine falls, it is easy to fall. Duan Laosan said, "Be careful, wait for a while." ”

Everyone was anxious below, and Shi Suo said: "How did this kid Zhang Shenjian climb up in the first place?" ”

The little ghost looked up, the entrance of the cave was close at hand, and he pulled the two climbing vines in front of him with his hand, "It's okay, I'll try." ”

"Slow down," Duan Laosan said below, "Little clever, you throw the rope and try it, there is a stone stone on it." ”

Sure enough, outside the entrance of the cave, a stone stone two or three feet high, towering upwards like a bamboo shoot, the little clever patted his head, "Yes, how did I forget the rope." He took the rope from his waist, pulled a noose, stood firm, took the old vine with one hand, threw it upwards with the other, and put the rope on the stone stone in one fell swoop.

"Stone lock, prepare to cover," Duan Laosan said, "Be careful that there are people in the cave." ”

The stone lock holds the rifle against the shoulder socket and aims for the hole.

The little ghost pulled the rope, felt very firm, very satisfied, he pulled the rope in his hand, rubbed it a few times, climbed to the entrance of the cave, looked inside, it was empty, and there was no figure.

The rope hangs down, Da Jiang, A Bing, Duan Laosan, climb up one after another, the stone lock is final, climb the rope to the entrance of the hole, the hole is very short, can only bow their heads to drill in, everyone climbs into the hole, find that it is quite spacious inside, about one person is more than high, five or six zhang deep, it is the afternoon at this time, the sun is sufficient, the scene in the cave is unobstructed, the cave is indeed natural, it is irregular Ya pear shape, there are stone flowers and stalagmites growing on the cave wall, on the corners, there are some pots and bowls and other stoves, there is a big water hyacinth, shake it, there is water inside. Next to the water hyacinth, there was a paper packet, and when I opened it, it was yellow powder, and the little ghost said: "This is the antidote to snake venom that Gai left his head for him." Maybe it's not used up, his injuries are healed, this bastard. ”

There are traces of blackening on the stone wall, obviously overused, on the ground, there is some hay, Duan Laosan took the pot and bowl and observed it carefully, and saw that there was a thick layer of dust on it, obviously it had not been used for a long time.

"I'll just say, this kid has moved." Shi Suo said.

After searching for a while, no valuable things were found, and there was no second exit from the cave, it was getting late, and there was no harvest to see if there was no gain, everyone came out of the cave and returned, and when they slipped down the rope, Duan Laosan said: "Rope, stay here first." He shoved the rope into the crack in the stone, looked up at the mouth of the cave, and said, "This place is so hidden, we may be able to use it in the future." ”

"It's a pity that I didn't find Zhang Shenji." Stone Lock was a little dissatisfied, and patted the rifle regretfully.

The group returned to the brick factory and reported to He Yuan the process of caving, Shi Suo patted the rifle and said: "Anyway, I will continue to search, as long as he is in Changsha, I don't believe that I can't catch this rabbit cub." ”

"No," He Yuan said: "You have other tasks, our first batch of willow straw products will be shipped out for sale soon, this matter is in charge of Lao Zhuang, you and Dafeng, as the escort task." ”

"Just that pile of wicker baskets and baskets of grass leaves, what is there to escort, what bandit doesn't have a long eye to grab that thing."

"Wrong, the bandits not only rob things, but also tie up meat tickets, and not only bandits, warlords' checkpoints along the road, investigation, there is no good thing, we are the first batch of goods, we must ensure that nothing goes wrong, otherwise people will not dare to trust us in the future."

"Yes, yes, I didn't use my brain." Stone Lock patted his head.

According to He Yuan's arrangement, Shi Suo and Dafeng entered the city to find Zhuang Xianming's small courtyard, and when they entered the courtyard, they saw that there was a young man sitting under the pomegranate tree, but it was Jiang Sheng, Shi Suo was a little surprised, "Haha, Jiang Sheng?" How did you end up here? ”

Jiang Sheng came up and grabbed Shi Suo's hand, and said excitedly: "I am engaged in transportation with Lao Zhuang to transport this batch of willow goods." I heard Lao Zhuang say that you are in charge of escorting, and I am very happy, but I didn't expect to meet an old acquaintance here. ”

Lao Zhuang smiled beside him: "Jiang Sheng and I are business partners, I didn't expect it, it turns out that you know each other, so it would be better." ”

The goods were loaded in the warehouse of Lao Zhuang, and a group of five carriages set off in a mighty manner.

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Cautious all the way, Shi Suo and Dafeng took turns to be on duty when they slept at night, but fortunately they were safe and sound, and the goods were handed over smoothly, but when they were returning, they encountered trouble on the way.

Because the goods have been sold, everyone is in a relaxed mood, when passing by a steep mountain road, they all got off the carriage, next to the car to protect the safety of the carriage, Shi Suo suddenly found that there is a green grass on the slope, it was already winter, the grass and trees withered, but that green, but no less than spring and summer, Shi Suo's eyes were sharp, and he said happily: "It seems to be a seven-leaf evergreen, a very magical grass, I have learned from Li Mei, it can make drugs, I have to go and see." Dafeng said, "I'll go too." ”

The two of them trotted all the way up this hillside, the mountain road was steep, but both of them had martial arts, as if walking on the ground, to the green plant, in a piece of withered yellow weeds, this green, particularly conspicuous, this is a thorn-like weed less than a foot high, the long and wide green leaves, in fact, have also withered, but its leaves are very fat, in autumn and winter, dry and withered, and the green is still, similar to "solidification", from a distance, it seems to be alive.

Shi Suo carefully plucked these green leaves, and said to Dafeng: "It's a pity that Xiao Li Mei is not here, otherwise, I can learn more pharmaceutical skills from her." ”

"You learn to shoot with Lao Wang today, learn martial arts from Xiong Dadao tomorrow, and learn medicine from Li Mei. I just didn't learn anything. ”

"Can I be blamed for this?" Shi Suo defended: "Every time I go back to school, the teacher leaves. ”

The two of them were making fun of it, when they suddenly heard a strange sound of wind in their ears, and when they looked up, they saw that an animal the size of a calf was rushing towards this side, this thing was black, and its fur was shiny, like a big dog, but it was much bigger than a dog, and the long hair on its head and body was half a foot long, and it opened its mouth with a bloody mouth, and ran up, rolling up a gust of wind.

Shi Suo and Da Feng jumped up at the same time, no one knew what this huge animal in front of them was, but it must be extremely vicious, the rifles of the two were placed on the carriage, so they had to kick the animal with their feet left and right.