The master handed the document to Lin Yuan, Lin Yuan looked at the document and thought: "I can't see anything wrong from above, if I want to see through the conspiracy of the British, it is better for me to blend into their capture team, but what is the way for me to get in?" ”

Lin Yuan looked at the British paperwork repeatedly, and suddenly, a clue jumped into his mind, that is: There is no guide in the list of British! The mountainous terrain is complex, the climate is changeable, and the trees are thick, it is difficult to distinguish the direction, and it is impossible for outsiders to enter the mountain alive without the local people as guides.

Lin Yuan thought to himself: "I'll use the name of the guide to infiltrate the arrest team and see what tricks they have!" Lin Yuan made up his mind and came to the military camp on the outskirts of Fengtian City, the supreme commander of the troops stationed here was none other than Deng Hong, he was also quite surprised when he saw Lin Yuan, and asked, "Why do you have time to come to me?" ”

Lin Yuan said: "The British are about to come out with moths again, and they actually organized a capture team to go to Shaling Mountain to find the Tiger King." Deng Hong was also taken aback and said, "Are there tigers in this area of Liaoning?" It is said in the animal world that there are tigers in Changbai Mountain, but Changbai Mountain is in Jilin! ”

Lin Yuan said: "That's right, so the British must have some conspiracy, I plan to pretend to be a guide and blend into their team." ”

Deng Hong said in surprise: "Do you know the terrain inside the Shaling Mountain?" ”

Lin Yuan shook his head and said with a smile: "I don't know the Dao either, but I can find someone who knows the Dao." ”

Deng Hong asked, "What does this mean?" I don't understand. ”

Lin Yuan said: "Soon you will understand, the British will enter the mountain in a few days, they have a lot of people, and they have a lot of equipment, it is impossible to take the forest path, you can only go into the main road of the mountain, you led the troops, on the grounds of the exercise, blocked the entrance to the west, north and south of Shaling Mountain. ”

Deng Hong asked, "Why do you want to block the entrance in these three directions?" ”

Lin Yuan said: "Since there is no guide in the British team, they will definitely look for one nearby, only the East Mountain Pass can enter the mountain, they will definitely look for a guide in the villages outside the East Mountain Pass, and they will never go far and go to other villages to find it, so that I know where to go to prepare." ”

Lin Yuan gave Deng Hong an order, and instructed his master to reveal the news of the blockade of the mountain pass to the British, and then took an entourage and set off to the village outside the East Mountain Pass, there is only one small village outside the East Mountain Pass, called "Dongshan Village", and there are only 100 households in the village, all of whom make a living from hunting.

Lin Yuan found an old man at random and asked, "Old man, I want to go into the mountain and want to find a guide, who do you say is appropriate?" ”

The old man pointed to the north with his hand and replied: "You go forward and walk a mile, there is a family surnamed Cui, there are two fathers and sons in the family, the old man's name is Cui Lao Wu, and his son's name is Cui Rui, both of them are good hunters, they have entered the deep mountains that no one dares to enter, and they are the best to find a guide, but ......."

Lin Yuan asked, "But what?" ”

The old man said: "That Cui Lao Wu has been sick recently, and Cui Rui is a filial son, I'm afraid I can't be a guide and go into the mountain with you." ”

Lin Yuan inquired a few more people, they all said that this Cui Rui was the best candidate, Lin Yuan found Cui Rui's home, only to see a young man in the yard holding a white thing, and said to the person in front of him: "Take a good look, this is a high-quality white fox skin, look at this color, it is so white and bright, and then touch this fur, how soft, you can't find such a good thing with a lantern, so you only give three taels of silver, is it a little less?" ”

The man in front of him said, "Three taels of silver!" One more copper plate no! ”

After hearing these words, Lin Yuan had already guessed: the young man was Cui Rui, and the person in front of him was the merchant who received the leather goods, and the leather merchant must have known that Cui Rui's father was sick and needed money urgently, so he deliberately lowered the price.

Lin Yuan walked into the courtyard and said with a smile: "How much is this white fox skin worth, I want it." ”

When the merchant heard this, he immediately said, "I came first." ”

When Lin Yuan heard this, he couldn't help but laugh and said, "Is it also a matter of first come and last when doing business?" Whoever pays the highest price, this thing is naturally who's, how much silver is this white fox skin worth? ”

Cui Rui said: "It's worth at least thirty taels of silver." ”

When Lin Yuan heard this, he said, "Okay, I'll give sixty taels." ”

When the leather merchant heard this, he hurriedly said: "Brother Cui, I will pay sixty-five taels, for the sake of our friendship for so many years......

Lin Yuan was happy again when he heard this, and thought to himself: "You have pressed other people's things to three taels of silver, and you dare to talk to others!" No amount of money you have can exceed mine. ”

So Lin Yuan stretched out a finger, waved it in front of the leather merchant, and said, "I'll give you a hundred taels!" Do you still increase the price? ”

When the furrier heard this, he slapped his head, turned around and left, Cui Rui looked at Lin Yuan and said, "Do you really want to pay a hundred taels of silver?" ”

Lin Yuan replied, "What did I lie to you for?" ”

Cui Rui lowered his head and thought for a while, and said, "You should give sixty taels, although this white fox skin is good, it is not worth a hundred taels of silver." ”

Lin Yuan waved his hand to the entourage, and the entourage immediately took out a silver ticket of one hundred taels and handed it to Cui Rui, Cui Rui refused, Lin Yuan said: "You accept the silver, I have something important to ask for." ”

Cui Rui listened, and hurriedly invited Lin Yuan to the house, as soon as Lin Yuan entered the house, he saw an old man lying on half of the earthen kang, his eyes were closed, his face was pale, and he knew that Lu Dao was seriously ill at a glance, Lin Yuan asked, "What disease did your father have?" ”

Cui Rui sighed and said, "I don't know what to do, I want to go to Fengtian to find a doctor, isn't this making up money." ”

Lin Yuan instructed his entourage: "You go back in a while, send a car, and send this old man to me, and the money for the doctor will be wrapped around me." ”

Without waiting for Cui Rui to refuse, Lin Yuan said, "Don't say more, I'll discuss the next thing with you." ”

When Lin Yuan and Cui Rui finished discussing, the next day, the British came, and they formed a team of twelve people, led by Jefferson, who, like Lin Yuan, asked someone in the village before finding Cui Rui.

Jefferson explained his intentions, and Cui Rui said: "It's okay to ask me to be a guide to enter the mountain, but you have to promise me one condition." ”

Jefferson hurriedly said: "Whatever the conditions, we will agree." ”

Cui Rui pointed to a young man and said: "This person is my brother, born stupid, I want to go into the mountain, I have to take him with me." ”

It turned out that this young man was Lin Yuan, which was also Lin Yuan's strategy, he pretended to be a fool, the purpose was to make the British lower their precautions against him, so that he could take this opportunity to reconnoitre.

Jefferson asked, "Didn't I hear you had a stupid brother?" ”

Lin Yuan had already taught Cui Rui how to speak, and Cui Rui said: "He is my distant cousin, and he only came recently, and the neighbors still don't know what to do." ”

Jefferson didn't think much about it, seeing that it was getting late, he rested at Cui Rui's house for the night, and then set off into the mountains the next day.

Lin Yuan's acting skills are not bad, he "hehe" smirked, looking at the busy British, looking for every opportunity to start, at this moment, he saw Jefferson sitting by the kang, taking out a book and a pen from the cloth bag next to him, and reading something on the page.

Lin Yuan thought to himself: "If you can read the contents of that book clearly, you will be able to know what they are going to do in the mountains." ”

Just then, someone outside greeted Jefferson, who put down his book and pen and walked out of the room.