Seeing Jin Ling'er's resolute attitude, Nangong Shuo knew that it would be useless to ask for more, so he sighed secretly, took a step back in disappointment, and said disappointedly: "Since the girl refuses to show the way for Zaixia, Nangong Shuo doesn't dare to force it, say goodbye!" ”

Just walked a few steps, but heard the crisp voice sound again: "Nangong Shuo, you and I meet again, it can be regarded as fate, let me give you a hint, go southeast from here, there is a waterfall, you may be able to find a shortcut up the mountain there." ”

Nangong Shuo was overjoyed when he heard this, and was about to turn around to thank him, but he saw the green figure gradually drifting away, and finally disappeared behind the layers of strange stones.

At this time, Zhang Fu, who also went around and didn't find the way up the mountain, rushed to meet him.

Nangong Shuo pointed to the southeast direction and asked, "Guard Zhang, you came over there, have you ever seen a waterfall?" ”

Zhang Fudao: "After we separated, the little one searched carefully along the southeast direction, but we didn't find a way up the mountain, but I did see a waterfall, how did Young Master Nangong know?" ”

"Take me there!" Nangong Shuo hurriedly went up the mountain to save Xiao Lingji, and did not give Zhang Fu too much explanation.

Zhang Fu didn't ask much, and took Nangong Shuo all the way to the edge of a hanging waterfall before stopping. The waterfall is not big, but because it flows down from the extremely steep mountain, it forms a very rapid water hanging, and it crashes into the boulder below the mountain and rumbles, and the days are long, accumulating into a pool of turquoise and deep waterhole. Nangong Shuo and Zhang Fu walked around the waterfall and didn't find anything unusual.

It was almost noon, the sun made the two of them hot, and they had been on the road overnight, from last night to now, they had not drunk a sip of water, they had not eaten a mouthful of food, they all felt a little thirsty, and the two approached the waterhole under the waterfall, took some water to drink, and washed their faces, and felt much more comfortable. His mind was stirred by the icy pool, Nangong Shuo suddenly found that there was something wrong with the sound of flowing water, and after listening carefully, he was even more sure that there was no cliff behind the waterfall.

"Guard Zhang, follow me!" In Zhang Fu's surprised gaze, Nangong Shuo flew towards the direction of the waterfall, and to Zhang Fu's surprise, Nangong Shuo did not fall into the deep pool because he touched the stone wall behind the waterfall. He seemed to understand something, and he also raised his breath and flew straight to the waterfall, and sure enough, through the fast-flowing waterfall, his feet were firmly on the stone ground, and Nangong Shuo was already waiting for him beside him.

It turned out that behind the waterfall was a cave, and the two of them groped their way to the cave, and the further they went, the narrower the road became, and gradually only one person could pass through, although they were in the dark, they could all feel that the winding road in the cave was going up. After walking for about three hours, just when Zhang Fu was about to be driven crazy by the darkness and dampness in the cave, he finally saw a glimmer of light, and the two were overjoyed, and when they walked to the transparent place, they found that there was a cave covered by wild grass.

After coming out of the cave, Nangong Shuo judged according to the terrain that the two were already on the Crow Ridge. Looking from a distance, there was actually a courtyard in front of them, and the two walked forward cautiously, when they suddenly heard a sound of footsteps, Nangong Shuo and Zhang Fu glanced at each other and quickly hidden. The footsteps were getting closer and closer, Nangong Shuo saw through the bushes that it was two small minions patrolling with weapons, he made a gesture to Zhang Fu, the two jumped out of the bushes, one person controlled a small minion, Nangong Shuo knocked one person unconscious, and dragged the other person to a secluded place with Zhang Fu.

"If you want to live, don't scream!" Zhang Fu threatened.

When the little minion saw Nangong Shuo and Zhang Fu, he was shocked and scared, he was already stupid, he looked at the two of them in disbelief, he couldn't speak, and nodded very cooperatively.

Seeing this, Nangong Shuo let go of the sword around his neck and asked, "Did your leader Gu Qingfeng rob people up the mountain last night?" ”

The little minion replied in a trembling voice, "Yes, yes, last night the brothers came down from the mountain and robbed a man to come up." ”

"What kind of people? Where are the people now? Nangong Shuo asked again.

"A man of your age...... The man was wounded and put in a dungeon. "The little minion is in shock.

"Where's the dungeon? How many people are guarded? ”

"Walk straight along this road, and you will see an old cypress tree, and there are not many people guarding the dungeon, only three or four."

Nangong Shuo shot again, and the little minion rolled his eyes and fainted directly in panic.

Nangong Shuo and Zhang Fu changed into the clothes of two little minions, tied people up, picked up their weapons, and pretended to patrol and walked forward, and when they met people along the way, they bowed their heads and walked quickly, and they did not arouse suspicion, and sure enough, they saw an old cypress tree at the end of the road, next to the old cypress tree was a courtyard made of stone, and the two minions on the left and the right were standing crookedly.

"Guard Zhang, this should be the dungeon, there are many people in Crow Ridge, you and I can't break in, let's take a turn first, familiarize ourselves with the terrain, and wait until it gets dark before we make a calculation." Nangong Shuo said.

"Yes, Young Master Nangong." Being able to go up to Crow Ridge from the waterfall, Zhang Fu admired Nangong Shuo so much that he threw himself to the ground, who would have thought that there would be a road up the mountain hidden behind the waterfall.

The two of them went around and around, picking a secluded place to walk, and also had a general understanding of the terrain on the mountain, the houses on the Crow Ridge were forested, and from the perspective of the number of houses, the number of people in the mountains may indeed be as Guo Yicheng said, as many as a thousand. The strange thing is that so many people live on the mountain, but Nangong Shuo has not found a water source, that is, the water on the Crow Ridge needs to be transported from the bottom of the mountain. According to the observation, Nangong Shuo looked at the direction of the wind today, and suddenly had an idea in his heart, a grass shed in the stockade stored the forage for feeding the horses, and it was just right to start.

As the sun set and darkness came, Nangong Shuo and Zhang Fu took advantage of the darkness of the night to set a fire in the forage field, the wind danced with the fire, the fire moved with the wind, and soon, the entire Crow Ridge was full of fire. When the two saw that the fire had risen, they shouted: "The water is gone, come and put out the fire!" At this time, two people also ran out of the hay field in a panic, and while putting out the fire, they followed them to call for help.

Seeing more and more people coming, Nangong Shuo and Zhang Fu hurriedly ran to the direction of the dungeon, Nangong Shuo saw that the two minions guarding the door were looking in the direction of the firelight, and hurriedly pretended to be panicked and said: "Two big brothers, the forage field is watery, go and put out the fire." When the two minions heard this, they immediately ran to the hay field.

Nangong Shuo and Zhang Fu walked into the dungeon and saw two thieves drinking at the entrance. The two hurriedly checked one by one, fortunately, although the dungeon was big, there were not a few people, they soon found Xiao Lingji, Zhang Fu raised his true anger and used a knife to split the iron cable on the cell door, Xiao Lingji saw the two, surprised and delighted.

Without waiting for Xiao Lingji to speak, Nangong Shuo said: "Second prince, we don't have much time, let's go!" ”。

Xiao Lingji understood, and trotted all the way with the two, because they were walking on a secluded path, and the thieves on Crow Ridge were busy fighting fires, they didn't encounter any obstacles along the way, and soon arrived at the entrance of the cave where the grass was covered when they came, and in Xiao Lingji's surprised eyes, the two of them couldn't help but say, and pulled him in.