The sun is like blood, and the mountain breeze is gentle.

Qin Huaidao and the three of them came to the entrance of Lanwudao and stopped, there was a stone tablet next to it, which was engraved with the three big characters of "Lanwudao", the stone tablet was obviously eroded, some years, the road ahead was not wide, winding, disappeared in the green trees, the ground wheel traces were obvious, and there were various mules and horses of dung.

"Young master, Xue has something unclear, and I want to ask the young master to solve my doubts." Xue Rengui couldn't help but ask.

"Tell me about it."

"The Qinling Mountains are long, and there are post roads such as Kugu Road, Yigu Road, Meridian Road, and Chencang Road when Chang'an enters the Qinling Mountains, and the bandits may be hiding somewhere in any of the ancient post roads, why did the young master choose the Blue Martial Arts Road?" Xue Rengui asked.

"There are two considerations, first, Lantian County is the closest to Chang'an, which is convenient for bandits to contact the Wang family, and second, Lanwu Road leads to Nanyang, Jingxiang, Jiangnan and even Lingnan Road Post Road, which are all rich places, and the Wang family secretly supports thousands of bandits in Qinling.

"What does the young master mean is that it is a bandit, but also a caravan that trades between the royal family and the rich land in the southeast, can trade, can bandit?" Xue Rengui was thoughtful.

"There is another possibility, Chang'an can only take the Blue Martial Arts Road to the rich land in the southeast, once occupied, the Wang family can use this to win over and suppress a large number of families, and the good ones will pass, and the hostile ones will be robbed, how can there be this good way to guard other post roads?"

"The young master is wise, and Xue has been taught." Xue Rengui said sincerely.

"The mountains are high and the forests are dense, be careful of cold arrows, go."

Qin Huaidao reminded him, took out the long knife from his back, clamped the horse's belly between his legs, and walked forward.

Xue Rengui and Luo Zhang also took out their long knives one after another and waited for them.

Walking slowly all the way, walking not fast, Qin Huaidao divided half of his attention on the ground, walked for about ten miles and suddenly stopped, his eyes staring at the woods next to him.

There is no road in the woods, but the grass and trees on the ground are artificially stepped out of a passable path, as well as mule and horse dung, which is very abnormal in the vast primitive mountain forest, and even more abnormal is that the grass and trees on the post road are artificially lifted up, for fear of being found to have trampling marks in general, but the camouflage is not careful enough, a little perfunctory.

It's right to think about it, someone in the DPRK and China reported the news, and the officials and soldiers knew that even if the bandit leader asked for it, the specific implementation below would be hastily carried out, and there was no fear of exposure at all.

Looking at this scene, Qin Huaidao had a bottom in his heart.

"Hey, it looks like a person passing by." Xue Rengui came over and said.

Luo Zhang also said: "There are still a lot of mule and horse feces in the woods in front, something is wrong. ”

"Isn't it strange to see the wheel marks on the ground?" Qin Huaidao reminded.

Xue Rengui and Luo Zhang looked down and didn't find anything abnormal, Luo Zhang couldn't help but say, "Uncle, there are wheels all the way, and there are also in front, nothing strange." ”

"Young master, is there any problem?" Xue Rengui also asked curiously.

"All the way over, the wheels are in the middle of the post road, that is, the caravans are worried about the carriage overturning, so they try to go in the middle, but here the wheels are very side, and they are deeper than the others, there is only one explanation, there are carriages carrying heavy goods often stop here to unload."

"Grain trucks?" Xue Rengui and Luo Zhang said in unison.

Seeing Qin Huaidao nodded, Xue Rengui sighed a little, feeling that he had read the book in vain, and said sincerely: "The young master is delicate and observant, and Xue is not as good." ”

"Whether it's or not, just go and see, let's go." Qin Huaidao turned over and led the horse forward, the trees in front of him were dense, and it was inconvenient to ride a horse.

The three of them led the horse forward for a distance, and the front became open, Qin Huaidao felt that something was wrong, tied the horse to a tree, and whispered: "There is a smell of rotting corpses." ”

"Seems to be." Xue Rengui also hurriedly tied up his horse.

"Shall I take a look?" Luo Zhang proposed after tying up his horse.

"Don't worry." Qin Huaidao's cold eyes were like electricity, he looked carefully ahead, and the path he stepped out of extended from the middle of the two small hills, in front of which was a towering mountain, and the road led to the cliff halfway up the mountain, the sky was dark, and he couldn't see it from afar.

The two small hillsides were densely shrubbed, and I didn't know if there were people hidden, Qin Huaidao observed for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "I'll take the lead, Brother Xue is in charge of the back, Luo Zhang, you are responsible for staring at the sides, pulling each other away for about ten meters, pressing down, and being careful of cold arrows." ”

"Understood!" The two whispered.

"Let's go!"

Qin Huaidao pulled out his long knife, bowed his body and rushed forward, his feet were like flying, and soon he came to the middle of the two hillsides, hid under a bush, looked around vigilantly, and pricked up his ears to listen to the movement.

Except for the rustle of the mountain wind blowing the branches of the trees, the cries of various unknown insects, and the chirping of birds in the distance, everything was normal.

Generally speaking, there will be secret sentinels near the station, Qin Huaidao was puzzled, is it because these people are too poor in literacy and don't know how to arrange secret sentinels, or are they too careful and overestimate the bandits of this era?

After observing for a while, there was no abnormality, Qin Huaidao bowed his body and continued to rush forward, with the help of the cover of the bushes next to him, like a wild leopard hunting for food, he quietly approached the target, and walked dozens of meters, Qin Huaidao suddenly stopped, and when he saw the ravine next to him, his eyes were suddenly split, and his killing intent soared to the sky.

There were more than a dozen corpses lying in the ravine, the body was eaten by wild beasts and only the white bones remained, the clothes were tattered, full of blood, and it was vaguely distinguishable that it was a woman, and one of them had a complete head, a teenage woman, with round eyes, dead eyes, and endless despair and helplessness.

The thick stench of corpses wafted in the wind.

"How can there be so many corpses of girls, is it?" Qin Huaidao thought of a possibility, and the killing intent could not be contained, and he rushed forward quickly.

In front of the cliff is a cliff, there is a path paved with stone slabs and wood, only for one person, and in front of it is a stone cave, the entrance is not large, there is green smoke wafting out of it, and there is a sound of talking.

Qin Huaidao quickly hid, vigilantly observing the surroundings, and when Xue Rengui and Luo Zhang came over, he pointed to the cliff in front of him and said, "It should be hidden inside." ”

"It's hidden enough, it's actually hidden in a cave, no wonder the officers and soldiers haven't been able to find it, but the terrain here is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it's not easy to do." Xue Rengui looked ahead and whispered.

Qin Huaidao sniffed the air vigorously, there was a faint smell of meat, and hurriedly said: "The people inside should be eating at this time, otherwise there is no reason to come all the way to the sentry, the opportunity is rare, don't separate after you go in, the old rules, I will take the lead, Brother Xue, Luo Zhangce responds." ”

"Uncle, I'll take the lead." Luo Zhang, please fight.

"Obey orders."

Qin Huaidao didn't say anything more, and quickly rushed over.

The path on the cliff is quite strong, once exposed, only one person and one bow are needed, and they can't rush through at all, the opportunity is fleeting, Qin Huaidao sprinted with all his strength, walked like flying, and came to the vicinity of the cave in one breath, and saw a person walking out while eating a piece of meat, humming something in his mouth, as if venting his dissatisfaction.

Qin Huaidao pounced, directly twisted the opponent's neck, and then dragged the corpse back a little, and after avoiding the front of the cave, he threw it casually, and the corpse fell off the cliff, the movement was crisp and neat, and no sound was made.

"Huh, can you do this?" Xue Rengui was amazed by Qin Huaidao's whistle touching methods.