"I'll go with Your Highness, I won't see the second brother today. I won't be at ease. Xie Yaoguang turned his head to Zhuo Jing and ordered the others: "Qingluan, you take some people and General Huangfu to search for the bandit village, and everyone in the bandit village will be left alive." Suzaku Zhuojing, the two of you will take people together to find out if there is a way down the mountain nearby. ”

Everything was in order. Xie Yaoguang patiently waited for Zhuo Jing and them to find a way down the mountain, in her opinion, such a deep cliff probably has a path down the mountain. It's a little harder to walk left and right, but it's better than not going down the mountain. After less than half an hour, Zhuo Jing sent someone to report that he had found a path that could go down the mountain and asked Xie Yaoguang to take a look.

Trails are indeed trails. It was almost as simple as Xie Yaoguang expected, and it was a path that only allowed one person to pass, and it was also covered with thorns.

Even if a martial arts practitioner wants to go down the mountain along this path during the day, it is a little difficult, not to mention that the slightest mistake at night is to fall into the cliff.

And it seems that only Xie Yaoguang is present who doesn't know martial arts. If you really want to go down the mountain to find someone, you can only wait until daylight.

"Lord, it will be dawn in a few hours." Zhuo Jing considered his tone and said slowly: "My subordinates think that you might as well wait until dawn before going down the mountain to find someone." The subordinates believe that the second son, Taji, only has celestial phenomena. ”

Looking at the unusually rugged sheep intestine path again, Xie Yaoguang's eyes sank and finally agreed to Zhuo Jing's request. Accompanied by Suzaku, he returned to the carriage and closed his eyes for a while.

Ye Linchen saw Xie Yaoguang return to the carriage, found a random place to sit cross-legged, took out the jade pendant that Xie Yaoguang gave him before from his sleeve, carefully observed it for a while, and then put it back in his sleeve. This is the second time he has met Xie Yaoguang's subordinates, who are so excited.

originally thought that Xie Yaoguang was an extremely thoughtful strategist, and recruited several people to serve her. Unexpectedly, Xie Yaoguang did not only have those few people, but even a Jianghu organization that served her life. Those people have a clear division of labor, but he has just carefully observed that the positions of those people seem to be very casual, but in fact, they can return to Xie Yaoguang as quickly as possible when a crisis situation occurs.

"Your Highness, don't be surprised. We are all willing to serve the Lord, and the Lord knows people and makes good use of them. If it weren't for the Lord, I would just be a wanderer, and even if I died, no one would remember. Zhuo Jing walked up to Ye Linchen and sat down cross-legged with him, and chuckled lightly on his lap: "We all respect the Lord, she is a person who is extremely considerate of her subordinates. ”

"Listening to Brother Zhuo's tone, it seems that he has been following Yaoguang for a long time?" Ye Linchen glanced at Zhuo Jing and said suspiciously.

"Zheng" Zhuo Jing raised his hand and pulled out the sword, flicking the blade of the sword. The long sword in his hand rang loudly, and he lifted his lips and chuckled: "I am the first person to follow the Lord." At that time, she was still a little girl, and she already had the courage to impress ordinary people, and she told me that I should train her a sword that could be used by her. ”

"If you calculate carefully, Brother Zhuo shouldn't be big at that time, right?"

"Seventeen." Looking up at the sky, Zhuo Jing's tone was flat. And, "When I first entered the rivers and lakes, the first thing I saw was the Lord. The Lord is a wise man, and he tries to win me in every way. Make a bet with me that if she wins, I'll play for her. ”

"It turned out that she won, no wonder she trusts you so much. But you are indeed a rare martial arts master. Ye Linchen couldn't help but smile on the side of his lips. Thinking that Xie Yaoguang was about ten years old at that time, it was very interesting to be able to say such things in a serious way.

"Yes. Lord, she won very thoroughly. It didn't take long for me to follow her, and I made up my mind to follow her for the rest of my life. Her means and courage are enough to convince people. Zhuo Jing seemed to think of something, and a little smile appeared in his tone.

Zhuo Jing looked away wistfully, of course this story was fake. There has never been a chance encounter when I first entered the rivers and lakes, and some are just a guardian oath made when I was young. Inherit a promise, and will fulfill its deeds. But after all, it was because of Xie Yaoguang, otherwise he might have been buried in the grass long ago.

Unconsciously, a golden thread quietly jumped out of the sky, spreading along the mountain range inch by inch, and the morning mist rose together with the early sunset.

Xie Yaoguang hadn't been asleep last night, and he had gone over and over to sort out what Su Qinglin had done. A sneer bloomed on his lips, Su Qinglin wanted to use this to force himself to not be able to interfere in the matter of private salt, but everything made him so wishy-washy.

After a little grooming, Xie Yaoguang helped Suzaku get out of the carriage. In order to facilitate the journey, I deliberately changed into a crimson light suit. picked up Ye Linchen's robe and folded it properly, handed it to Suzaku.

"Let's almost go down the mountain." Slowly walk to the edge of the cliff and glimpse the craggy mountains and rocks gradually appearing. glanced at Zhuo Jing and signaled him to deploy all the arrangements.

"Whoa"

Zhuo Jing picked a few light skills first, and went down to the bottom of the valley to explore the situation with a hard rope. After waiting for half a burnt incense, a signal came from below. After making sure it was safe, the group went down the mountain along the rope separately.

Descending to the valley floor, you will be greeted by a verdant bamboo forest that grows and spreads along the lake. The people who came down earlier had already patrolled around and found a bluestone path that led to the interior of the bamboo forest.

"Let's go, let's go in and have a look." Xie Yao stood with his sleeves folded and raised his eyes: "I think there are probably a few peasant families here. ”

The group walked along the stone road to the interior of the bamboo forest, and the more they walked inside, the more they felt that the environment was quiet. The sound of silence grew heavier, and from time to time only the sound of birdsong came to my ears. After another stone's throw away, I finally saw a scattered village.

Smoke curls as far as the eye can see.

"Who are you? Why broke into our village. Before stepping into the village, several young men with long knives came out of the forest, looking at Xie Yaoguang and his party vigilantly.

Seeing this, Zhuo Jing and the others immediately protected Xie Yaoguang behind them.

After carefully looking at the young men guarding the village gate, Xie Yaoguang motioned for Zhuo Jing and the others to retreat. An extremely kind smile appeared on his face, "Everyone, I have no ill intentions, I just came to find a close relative, who accidentally fell off the cliff last night." ”

"Nonsense. We've never had outsiders here, so you'd better go back quickly. One of them scolded Xie Yaoguang.

Is there really none? Xie Yaoguang raised her eyes to stare at the young man who scolded her, and a sneer curled into her lips, "I know you have your own rules. But that person is too important to me, and I hope you will make it convenient. ”

"All said, we haven't saved anyone here. If you don't leave, don't blame us for being polite! ”

"Do it."

Seeing that they had no intention of compromise, a trace of coldness appeared on Xie Yaoguang's gentle face. Zhuo Jing and the others, who secretly got Xie Yaoguang's orders, did not slow down their means too ruthlessly even when they started.

A cup of tea, the young men who had just held their long knives, all clutched their arms and knees, and fell to the ground with their knees clutched, wailing in pain.