(qíng) This thing makes her constantly discover a new self one after another.

Until now, Su Jinyao felt that she was really a normal person. But the feeling in her heart made her really uncomfortable.

Zhuang Liantang gritted his teeth, but did not speak. With his head down, he clenched his fists tightly, and he could even hear the bones making a "click" sound when he clenched his fists.

Gu Shangqing looked at an archer next to him. He looked the oldest, and there were tears in his eyes at this point.

At the same time, Gu Shangqing also found that these people looked at Su Jinyao's gaze with guilt and joy.

Gu Shangqing pointed at the elderly archer with the snake bone whip in his hand and asked, "Tell me, what is the reason why you are treacherous and become deserters?" You should know that this is not just a dishonorable thing (qíng), it is even a lifelong shame for you. ”

"We ...... We are doing what we are told. When the archer said this, tears flowed from his eyes.

Zhuang Liantang's lowered head suddenly raised, and there were tears in his eyes at this time. The boxy face was full of remorse, but he looked at Su Jinyao with a hint of hope, and said, "Young master, you can stab me to death with the Luan Feng cone in your hand." I, we don't deserve to live, we just survive. ”

"What's going on? If you don't make it clear, how can we understand? How will you be adjudicated? After Gu Shangqing finished speaking, he patted Su Jinyao on the shoulder and said, "Jinyao, go and untie the (xué) path of those people first." ”

Gu Shangqing was referring to the rattan players who had just played against them. Su Jinyao stopped their (xué) Dao and lay on the ground.

Su Jinyao nodded, walked over and explained them one by one (xué).

When most of those people regained consciousness, they did not stand up, but like those archers, they knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times to Su Jinyao.

Only those who were injured by Gu Shangqing's snake bone whip couldn't stand up if they wanted to, but as long as they could turn (shēn) and lie on the ground, they also used their heads to pestle the ground and saluted Su Jinyao.

Su Jinyao looked at Gu Shangqing, then walked in front of Zhuang Liantang, pointed at him with the Luan Feng cone in her hand and asked, "Now, you tell me the situation (qíng)." Otherwise, I have a hundred ways to make your life worse than death. ”

Zhuang Liantang was not only frightened when he heard this, but also smiled with relief, and said: "I beg the young master to fulfill it, and you must not let me die too happily." ”

"What the hell is the reason for?" Su Jinyao roared, and the Luan Feng cone in her hand poked Zhuang Liantang's shoulder, and immediately saw blood.

But this is not the point, there will be no death at all, at most Su Jinyao wants to vent (qíng) the feelings.

This time, it was the old archer who knelt forward a few steps forward and said, "Young master, you might as well ask our boss about this matter." Back then, it was he who received General Gu's order and left with our team. The coach must be more aware of the specific situation (qíng). ”

Gu Shangqing immediately asked, "Who is your boss?" Feng Jihe? ”

The archer nodded and said, "It's Lord Feng." ”

Gu Shangqing grabbed Su Jinyao and said, "Let's go, let's go to Pingba Mountain." I'll just say, how can a bandit on the top of the mountain make such a delicate trap, it turned out to be him. ”

Su Jinyao followed Gu Shangqing and asked, "Who is Feng Jihe?" Why do I get more confused the more I listen? ”

"He is the vanguard officer of the third uncle, and he is a person who is proficient in formations and tricks." After Gu Shangqing finished speaking, he turned back to Zhuang Liantang and said, "If you intend to repent, kneel here and wait for us to come back." ”

"Yes." Zhuang Liantang agreed loudly, and at the same time kowtowed heavily in the direction where Su Jinyao and Gu Shangqing left.

The rest of the people also kowtowed together, and the scene was a little touching for a while.

As I walked down the mountain, I came to the platform again. Dongzi is wiping the face of a man who is still unconscious, but has vomited full (shēn).

Su Jinyao didn't expect that Dongzi would be so kind, and he wouldn't be dirty.

But now is not the time to praise Dongzi, Su Jinyao glanced at it and said, "Those who wake up will be fine." If you are still unconscious, you should be hopeless. We have something to go to Pingba Mountain, it's very dangerous, don't come with us, just go back to the post house and wait for us. ”

After speaking, without waiting for Dongzi to ask anything more, he left with Gu Shangqing.

On the way, Gu Shangqing told Su Jinyao what he knew, about Feng Jihe and Zhuang Liantang (qíng).

Gu Shangqing said: "I actually don't have any impression of this Zhuang Liantang. Before the third uncle set out on the expedition, these people were summoned. But Zhuang Liantang is really not a big deal, so I've only heard of the name. As for Feng Jihe, he is really a character, good at fiddling with tricks and setting traps. The third uncle mentioned this person to me many times back then, and said that he had another ability to survey the terrain, and he was the most suitable as a pioneer officer. ”

Speaking of this, Gu Shangqing sighed and said, "I don't know much about the events of the year (qíng), and I don't know that Feng Jihe actually defected here with a team of people. ”

Feng Jihe is a talent

For the events of the year (qíng), even the ancient family is secretive. Moreover, Gu Shangqing was also shallow in his mind back then, and after learning that the third uncle sacrificed his life for the country, he was just sad, and he never thought that there might be another reason for it.

Now it seems that things (qíng) may not be simple, maybe the Gu family knows, maybe the Gu family is also kept in the dark.

If you go to Pingba Mountain now, you may find the truth, but is the truth really so easy to accept? At this point, even Gu Shangqing hesitated.

When I came to the foot of the mountain, I heard someone shouting at the back of the mountain: "Young master, please wait a moment." ”

Su Jinyao and Gu Shangqing turned around and saw that it was the older archer chasing after them.

"Is there something wrong?" Gu Shangqing didn't have much disgust with this person, so his tone was also peaceful.

The archer said, "In Xia Fange, he is the squad leader of this team of archers." It was Master Zhuang who called me to escort the young master and his son to Pingba Mountain. ”

Gu Shangqing nodded and said, "Indeed, I have been to Pingba Mountain once, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is really not easy to break through. ”

Fan Ge nodded and said, "Please follow me, there is a small road, you don't need to bypass Hujialing behind." ”

It seems that these three mountains can really be connected. Moreover, the big boss of Pingba Mountain is also the head of Hujialing and Guozi Mountain.

Thinking of this, Gu Shangqing took out the brass beast button again, handed it to Fan Ge, and asked, "This thing is actually not a token of Guozi Mountain or Hujialing, right?" Is it a token of your Pingba Mountain master? ”

Fan Ge looked at it, nodded with a smile, and said, "This is similar to the effect of the tiger talisman that the general gives orders, which is divided into two males and females. Childe has a female beast in his hand, and our boss has a male beast in his hand. If you have any emergency (qíng), take out this beast button, and you can ask the coach for help. They gave it to you, Childe, and you should really want to surrender. ”

Gu Shangqing nodded and said, "However, they obviously decided to surrender, and you came to stop them again?" Are you still lining up here to defend against us? ”

Fan Ge said: "We didn't know that it would be the young master. If you know, the boss will definitely come in person to welcome the young master to Pingba Mountain. ”

Hearing this, Gu Shangqing looked at Su Jinyao, and then asked, "However, the Kong Xiao we met before ambushed people and horses halfway up the mountain, and also laid down a large number of rolling logs. Had it not been for our retinue going up in a roundabout way and subduing them, I am afraid that we would all be crushed into (ròu) bread by now. ”

Fan Ge heard the name "Kong Xiao", spit out a mouthful of "bah", and said: "This is also a matter of no way (qíng)." Although he can be regarded as a villain, after all, our boss said that he is a brother to each other, and he cannot be killed in person no matter what. You can only try to control it as much as possible, so that he can do less bad things. ”

When Gu Shangqing heard this, he was puzzled: "Since he is such a bad person, why do you want to keep him?" There must be another reason for this. ”

"Yes, back then, we had a group of more than 100 people, and we didn't dare to go back to the capital, and we didn't have any specific footholds. Let's get together and walk, I'm afraid it will be discovered by the officers and soldiers of the city-state; scattered, and I was afraid that there would be no news from each other. Therefore, I simply went up the mountain, and I ended up at Pingba Mountain. ”

"At that time, Pingba Mountain was this Kong Xiao who was the big boss. His power was not very large, but he often harassed the people of the nearby villages. When our boss heard about it, he wanted to take us up the hill. As a result, this Kong Xiao was good at using poison, so he knocked down the boss and many brothers. But I didn't expect him to kill us, but he was very kind to us, and persuaded the boss to stay in his cottage (shēn). It can be said that this Kong Xiao can also be regarded as our benefactor, and he is willing to give us all his family funds, and the coach is naturally very grateful, so he stayed. ”

"It's just that we found out later that this hole is terrible in his bones, whether it is a good-looking woman he wants, or a good-looking man. The reason why he took us in was because he liked that we were so many and powerful that the coach had the ability and care (qíng) points, and would support him, so he could do more bad things. At first, the coach still persuaded and strictly disciplined him a few times. Later, he simply cut off his share of the second master, as long as he lived in the stockade (rì) with peace of mind. But he is a tào in front of the coach, and he still does a lot of bad things behind his back. We all hate him for ruining our reputation, but after all, he took us in in the first place. Alas......"

After hearing this, Su Jinyao rolled her eyes and said, "Your boss is an elm head." Arrange a few risky errands for Kong Xiao, the kind that will kill him if he goes, didn't he have already cleaned him up? ”

"This ...... What the young master said is very true. But after all, the boss doesn't have the scheming of the young master. The coach is a stereotyped and pronounced (qíng) person, just like Lord Zhuang. After Fan Ge finished speaking, he pointed to a few big trees in front of him and said, "There is a cave in the past of these trees, which leads directly to the back mountain." After a little further walking, you will reach the foot of Pingba Mountain. ”

If Fan Ge didn't say it, Su Jinyao and Gu Shangqing would certainly not have thought that the cave behind the tree would still be able to pass through the mountain.

I followed Fan Ge into the cave and found that the cave was half naturally formed and half artificially excavated. It's not a big project, it's just a very narrow area.

But the narrowest place can only be passed by one person (shēn). It seems that it is really a very secret cave, otherwise it will be difficult for people to get out if they come in and be blocked by both ends.

After passing the cave tunnel, they had already gone around to the back of Hujialing, and the distance was really close.

But Fan Ge still did not lead them up the Pingba Mountain Road, but went around the back mountain.

Su Jinyao was more alert and asked, "Why did you go to Houshan?" ”

"There are hanging baskets on the cliff behind the mountain, which can hang us up, so we can directly avoid those mechanisms. Otherwise, the three of us will have to bypass the mechanism, and we may not be able to reach it before the (rì) falls. ”

After Fan Ge finished speaking, he pointed to the cliff in front of him and said, "Young master, don't worry, the hanging basket is a hinge made of iron cables and pulleys, which is very safe." And after it was done, our coach personally sat there a few times, and they were all safe. ”

Su Jinyao looked in the direction of Fan Ge's finger and saw that there was really an artificially built platform on the top of the cliff, and a hinge-like device was installed on it.

Su Jinyao couldn't help but be surprised: "This is what your coach Feng Jihe did?" ”

Fan Ge said proudly: "Of course." There are also those mechanisms on the way up the mountain, which are all made by the coach himself. Of course, the manager is not alone, we have seven or eight brothers who have been learning from the manager and they help the manager. ”

The military soul imprinted in the bones

Fan Ge led Su Jinyao and Gu Shangqing to the bottom of the cliff, then took off the bow and arrow on his back, put on a wooden arrow with a special red arrow, and went up.

After a while, the hinges above made an even and powerful sound, and a rattan basket was literally hung down from above.

However, the size of the rattan basket is not large, and at most two people can stand on it. Fan Ge explained: "The boss said that because of the height, the weight of the shēn is already very heavy, so it is possible to take up to two people at a time, otherwise it will be very dangerous. ”

Gu Shangqing wanted Su Jinyao to go up first, but after thinking about it, he was worried about what was wrong with it, so he said, "Jinyao, I'll go up with him first, and you wait down here for a while." ”

Su Jinyao understood what Gu Shangqing meant, nodded and agreed.

Gu Shangqing and Fan Ge sat on the hanging basket, Fan Ge pulled the rope on the hanging basket, sent a signal upward, and the basket began to rise slowly.

Su Jinyao stood below, looking up at the hanging basket getting higher and higher, and she didn't want to wait here on a whim.

She rope (xìng) thrust the luan phoenix cone into her waist, straighten her sleeves and trouser legs, and directly use her climbing skills to start climbing.

Gu Shangqing was originally on the rattan basket and was still listening to Fan Ge explain the convenience of the basket, and he was also paying attention to the surrounding movements from time to time, so as not to fall into an ambush. Unexpectedly, as soon as he lowered his head again, he found that Su Jinyao below was gone.

Gu Shangqing was about to scream anxiously, but he saw Su Jinyao like a big gecko, using his arms and legs, as well as the strength of his hands and feet, to grasp the rock crevice and climb up.

"Jinyao, what are you going to do? It's too dangerous. Gu Shangqing was so anxious that he almost jumped out of the rattan basket, and hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Go down, go down quickly." ”

Fan Ge also took a jump, but he didn't expect this little girl to look heroic, and she still had the courage and kung fu.

But Gu Shangqing was so anxious that the rattan basket also swayed from side to side. Frightened, Fan Ge grabbed Gu Shangqing's arm and said, "Childe, childe, don't shake it." Don't be less lord there is no danger, we both fell and fell. ”

"No, stop, it's dangerous." Gu Shangqing was a little incoherent in a hurry, and for a while Fan Ge couldn't figure out whether he wanted to stop this rattan basket or Su Jinyao.

Su Jinyao raised her head, smiled at Gu Shangqing, and shouted, "Brother, don't worry, I'm fine." When I was on the mountain with Master in the past, I climbed cliffs higher and steeper than this, and it was common to collect medicine on and under the cliffs (qíng). ”

After speaking, Su Jinyao also made a difficult throwing and jumping action, that is, using the strength of her arms to lift the body (shēn) up and jump to a higher height.

Gu Shangqing's heart was about to pop out, staring at Su Jinyao's eyes and not daring to make a mistake, he shouted: "Jinyao, if you want to climb, you can climb obediently, it's not okay to toss like this." ”

"Okay, I won't toss, you sit down. We were almost able to get there together. Su Jinyao glanced up at it and said, "It's not very far, I'm about to catch up with you soon." Just remember to give me a hand in a moment. ”

Gu Shangqing was helpless, and he also knew that Su Jinyao's temper was not something he could stop, so he had to watch silently, but his heart was still hanging.

Fortunately, this Pingba Mountain is not very high, and such a cliff is only about seven stories high.

Su Jinyao climbed the rock with her bare hands and climbed the seven-story building. Almost at the same time as Gu Shangqing and the others arrived, Su Jinyao also came up, and the speed was really amazing.

Gu Shangqing stretched out his hand and pulled Su Jinyao onto the platform with hinges, and his arms trembled a little. It can be seen that he is really worried about Su Jinyao.

It's not a question of trusting her (shēn) hand, as long as you really care, as long as you treat the other person as your closest family member, then a little seemingly simple thing (qíng) will be worrying.

Su Jinyao could see that Gu Shangqing's protection of herself was sincere.

Patting Gu Shangqing's shoulder, Su Jinyao looked at the surrounding environment. From the side of the cliff, the Hujialing and Guozi Mountains in front of them are much shorter, which shows that this Pingba Mountain is still relatively steep.

Of course, this is only in comparison. Comparing Pingba Mountain with those famous mountains and mountains, it is still not the same (rì).

There are also two middle-aged men on the platform, who are swarthy and strong, and they look like the kind that live in the mountains all year round. However, they saw that Su Jinyao and Gu Shangqing did not show hostility except for the strange things they behaved.

It seems that Fan Ge is really here to lead the way, not to take the opportunity to make some stumbling blocks for them.

The two middle-aged men came over and asked Fan Ge a few words, it was nothing more than what these two people were.