Chapter 20: Speculation and Battle
Nie Ming was very decisive after determining some things, and Chen Liang, who had done the same thing on the other side, also made a similar choice.
However, although they evacuated in different directions and moved with different frequencies, in the end, after a period of concealment and counter-reconnaissance operations, they finally returned to the tea tree where they first met, and everything here remained the same as when they left.
The crown of the tea tree was tall and straight, the branches were thick and grayish-yellow, the buds and leaves were fluffy and soft like cotton, and it emitted an alluring fragrance, which seemed to hide the presence of the corpse very well, so there were no strange snakes, insects, rats and ants here.
The two of them each made their own judgments about the condition of the corpse before they spoke, as it had been some time since they had left the corpse under the tea tree, which to some people could speak.
After comparing the state of the corpses twice, Nie Ming roughly deduced that the other party should not have deliberately ambushed them, because judging from the condition of the corpses, they had not been here for a long time, and the collection of new leaves also took time.
So according to their speculation, this group of people is not just a few ambushes here, these people obviously stayed behind the palace to clear the field, and this unlucky guy under the tree fell here alone because the palace queen was attacked by Zhu Yeqing.
However, these guys disguised as Dongying people seem to have a great malice towards all the entrants, which can be seen from their merciless hands.
"It seems that these people have other purposes, what do you think, Gongzi Chen?" Nie Ming looked at Chen Liang, "I don't think it seems that this corpse has an ulterior motive for appearing here. ”
"Nie Gongzi naturally knows the information contained in the state of the corpse more clearly than me, and the time of this person's death is about two hours before we enter." Speaking of this, Chen Liang paused for a moment, "As for why these people would rather carry out an ambush than bury this person, there are only two possibilities. ”
"Two? I would like to hear about it. There was a hint of surprise in Nie Ming's eyes.
Chen Liang snapped and opened the folding fan on his waist, and then slowly fanned it up: "Two possibilities, the first is that they are in a hurry and have no time to restrain the corpse; The second possibility is that others simply don't bother to restrain their teammates' corpses. ”
"The first one is very unlikely, but if it's really two, the result will be very interesting." Nie Ming heard the meaning of the other party's words.
Chen Liang means that these people should be the dead soldiers secretly cultivated by a certain force, and the dead soldiers have no identity of their own at the moment they become dead soldiers, and people without identity naturally do not need to be restrained.
"There's nothing wrong with that, but the guy who has the ability to directly arrange his own people here should be a person who is very familiar with this place, and we, the Su family, and Jinyiwei don't seem to have this condition."
"I see what you mean, but I have reservations." Nie Ming glanced deeply at Chen Liang and then said, "Your person should be nearby, then I will take the first step." ”
"It seems that Brother Nie doesn't trust me very much, I'm so sad, I was the one who fought side by side with you just now!" Chen Liang said with some grievances.
Nie Ming shrugged: "I'm sorry, although you helped me just now, but you should know that if you don't make a move, they won't be my opponents." And I'm not your teammate, Chen Gongzi, I'm destined to see you again. ”
With that, he climbed out of the rock crevices and headed straight for a distant mountain, this time he was going to abandon several possible places of origin on the outskirts of the inner mountain, and his destination was the water golden turtle on the cliff of Niulankeng deep in the inner mountain.
The water golden turtle, like the iron arhat, is also one of the four famous clusters in Wuyi rock tea.
According to the records in the book, its only stable production area is on the half-cliff under the Gezhai Peak of Niulankeng Society in Wuyi Mountain. It is named because the tea leaves are dense and shiny, and they look like golden turtles.
The water beetle is mainly two-leaf or three-leafed, the color is green and red, the taste is sweet, the aroma is high, and the drink is strong and there is no bitterness. The color is green brown and bright, showing "treasure light".
Wuyi Qi Tea crowns the world, the water beetle is a semi-fermented tea, there is the sweetness of Tieguanyin, and the fragrance of green tea, with fresh, glycol, elegant and aromatic characteristics, it is a treasure in tea.
However, the distance between Lufeng and Niulankeng is not short, and even though Nie Ming has great confidence in himself, he still feels that it will take at least one to two days to travel.
At this time, the mountains were full of dangers, and he didn't know when a new crisis would appear in front of him, but Nie Ming, who was still at the peak, was not worried, and went all the way to the mountains to the west.
In the day of walking through the mountains and forests, he first turned around Baiyan Gang, and then crossed Jinpenling, and he also met a lot of tea customers along the way, but everyone avoided each other after seeing each other from a distance. For these reactions of other people, Nie Ming is also happy to accept this, after all, it is already very good that this person does not get involved in the turmoil and cause chaos.
After leaving Chen Liang, he also had a new guess, which he did not expect under the influence of Chen Liang. That's these guys disguised as Dongying people, maybe not from the same side! There may be more than one person behind the scenes!
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Nie Ming confirmed that the goal was steadily advancing, and Su Canghai encountered some minor troubles.
Because before setting off, Nie Ming said his own collection route, so Su Canghai and his party did not go in the same direction as him, after a short decision, they decided to go straight to the core of the inner mountain from south to north, after passing through the "White Rooster Crown" production area.
The white rooster comb can be called the four famous fir trees of Wuyi Mountain together with the big red robe, the iron arhat, and the water golden turtle, which naturally has its own uniqueness, and the danger of its origin and the unique quality of the tea make it have an excellent reputation among tea tasters.
According to the rumors of the tea farmers, there are two places in the mountain where the white rooster comb is produced, one of which is produced in the ghost cave stream under the flame peak of Huiyuan Rock, and the other is the tea tree in the mountain behind the Wuyi Mountain Ancestral Hall.
But then again, according to the records, except for the only iron arhat on the top of Lufeng, there seems to be no other famous bush that is not in the real danger, compared to them, the steep and treacherous terrain of Lufeng is really insignificant.
The white cockscomb buds and leaves are peculiar, the leaf color is light green, the green is white, the buds are bent and obvious, the form of the white cockscomb is like the cockscomb on the head of the white brocade chicken, so it is called the white cockscomb.
A story of a rooster comb tea curing evil diseases in the previous dynasty made the white rooster comb tea famous. This tree is also mainly two-leaf or three-leafed, and the color of the adult leaves is green and red, and the quality is sweet and eternal.
There are also a lot of tea customers who have similar choices with Su Canghai, after all, the rare teas on the periphery of the inner mountain are basically well-known, and only the group with the best foot strength has the opportunity to get new tea.
There are risks and opportunities, once you find a new excellent tea tree, you don't have to worry about the benefits for years or even decades!
Su Canghai and his entourage quickly walked through the mountains and forests, this time they were fully prepared, so the complex terrain in the mountains and the humid insects and ants could not affect them, and the only thing that could intercept them was the unexpected.
On the second day of their entry into the mountain, on an unnamed peak in the inner mountain, Su Canghai and a pair of Dongying Ronin met unexpectedly, and it was a coincidence that Su Canghai walked from the outside to the inside, while the other party walked from the inside out.
So the two sides met head-on, and both sides were shocked when they suddenly encountered.
"In Su Canghai, the second son of the Su family in Xiajiangling, who will report his name!" Su Canghai shouted, and the blood-colored long sword on his waist was directly unsheathed.
After all, these people in front of them are all masked in black scarves, sneaky, and have no corresponding tools in their hands, so they are not serious tea customers at first glance.
A man who looked very strong walked out of the crowd on the other side, and he replied in a broken official dialect, "Toei ninja, Yanagi family, Yanagi Rantaro." ”
Boy! It's really Dongying people! The corners of Su Canghai's mouth twitched, he didn't fully believe it when Nie Ming mentioned this matter to him before, because in his speculation, these people were probably pretended to be people from other forces, after all, they often used this method.
But if you really meet it, needless to say, Su Canghai let out a low sigh and chose to do it directly!
Because there was a gust of wind blowing just now, and the wind that passed through the other party was directly stained with a faint smell of blood, and this smell of blood was very fresh, and it was obvious that the other party's people had just experienced a killing.
And they didn't hear any of the beast's death roars in the vicinity, so there was no need to say what the other party had done.
Moreover, Su Canghai and the three of them came all the way but did not meet anyone, originally they were still wondering if this road was a place that had been discovered, but now it seems that the situation is not so simple.
"Whether it's the Dongying people or the lackeys invited by someone in the court, but what you have done has violated the laws of the Holy Dynasty and the morality of the rivers and lakes, so you all have to stay here today!" Su Canghai shouted this sentence before colliding with the other party.
And the other party just smiled contemptuously: "The law of the jungle is the nature of all things, and it is not a joke to be conceited about life and death, I think your reason is just that our camp is different and I am a Dongying person." Yanagi Rantaro drew his sword with his backhand, and one by one he met Su Canghai's sword.
A sword and a sword slammed into each other in the air, making a crisp collision sound.
At the same time, the three doormen behind Su Canghai also pulled out their weapons tied to their backs, and at the same time that Su Canghai and Yanagi Rantaro collided, they also met the other Dongying people who rushed in, although they were outnumbered, but they were not afraid.