Shuiqing Mountain Range starts from the east gate of Chang'an City to the north five miles, extends infinitely from north to south, the mountain is full of thorns, there are often wild beasts infested, except for the side of Shuiqing Temple, there are often human tracks, the rest of the land has no people, and there is only one road to enter it, it seems that the other roads have been destroyed by man, this only road is also quite wide, can accommodate three carriages in parallel.

The four of them walked all the way to a fork in the middle of the mountain, which was divided into two branches, one was the official road leading to Xingyang County in the east, and the other was the dirt road leading to the mountain range.

"That's it!" Sheng Linyun pointed to the road under his feet and said.

"Hmm~ I heard from my colleagues in the academy that Lu Qiming has sealed this road, and it is impossible for anyone except the people from Lu Mansion to walk in as an outsider." Xu Shangao played with the brand-new fan in his hand and looked at Sheng Linyun: "Blatantly walk in, I'm afraid it's not good!" ”

"There are thorns and weeds on both sides of the road, I'm afraid it's not easy to detour, let's walk ahead and try to see if it's possible to avoid each other's eyeline!" Sheng Linyun observed the surrounding terrain, and it was not difficult to find that this mountain range was an excellent blessed place for those who were marching and fighting, easy to defend and difficult to attack!

The four of them were about to move forward, and six wrestlers walked out of the two plates of the road, these six people were uniformly dressed, Sheng Linyun and Xu Shangao saw at a glance that this dress was exactly the same as the strong man looking for Xiao Wenjin in Shuiqing Temple.

"Stop! What to do? One of the leading wrestlers stepped forward quickly.

"We are students from Xingyang County who are rushing to take the exam, this is not about to be the New Year, and we are ready to go back to our hometown!" Xu Shangao immediately bowed and explained.

"Go over there!" Lux didn't talk nonsense, and immediately pointed to another road, "That is the official road to Xingyang." ”

"Oh~ Xiaosheng knows that he walked that way when he came, and seeing that the weather is getting colder, he thinks about whether it will be faster to walk the mountain road~" Xu Shangao continued to explain.

Lux plucked a weed, folded his head and put it in his teeth, and bit it, stretched out his thumb and pointed behind him, "This way, living people!" I can't go~"

Xu Shangao made a surprised expression: "Why is this?" ”

"You seem to be very curious~" Lux was puzzled, and observed around Sheng Linyun and the four of them, his eyes locked on Xu Jiangyuan, "You take off the mask~"

"Aba? Aba! Xu Jiangyuan hurriedly shook his hand.

"This big brother, his face is full of pus, it is inconvenient to see people, it will hinder your appetite!" Sheng Linyun hurriedly stepped forward and patted Xu Jiangyuan's money bag, and apologized to Lux, "Let's leave immediately!" ”

Xu Jiangyuan understood what Sheng Linyun meant, so he reluctantly took off the money bag and handed it to Lux, but he didn't expect to be scattered to the ground.

"I'm going to see your face today!" Lux glanced at his companion, and the other wrestlers all gathered around, "How many of you are sneaky at the fork in the road, and you still claim to be students rushing to take the exam?" Although I haven't read a book, I still have eyesight, and students who are walking to take the exam can shoot so generously? ”

Lux kicked open the money bag on the ground, and looked at Sheng Linyun and the four of them with a smile in his face, "Say it~ What is the purpose?" What else does a Jiangnan accent say about Xingyang's candidates, big brother, I am long-standing, people are not stupid! ”

Xu Jiangyuan was wearing a mask, and everyone naturally couldn't see his disdainful look, "Still investigating the case, it's okay to touch the nail, go back with me!" While thinking about it, Xu Jiangyuan was already ready to draw his sword and finish off a few wrestlers.

"Ding~" Suddenly a crisp copper bell sounded from the grass on the side, and then the copper bell continued to ring in the mountains and forests, continuing into the depths of the mountain range in a very regular manner.

"Not good! Someone broke in! You! Looking at the four of them, the others went back with me, and in pairs they took their weapons and followed the brass bells to find them! The leading wrestler commanded instantly, seemingly bloated in shape, but his thinking was extremely agile.

"You four, half-squat and stretch out your hands, spread your five fingers, press them on the ground, move quickly!" The one of the wrestlers left behind was not flustered at all, staring at Sheng Linyun and the four with bright eyes.

Sheng Linyun's mind was all on the copper bell at the moment, and he didn't notice the words of Lux, 'The mountains are full of copper bells, and the copper bells are ringing first, and then driving the copper bells all over the mountain?' It should be pulled by a rope, according to the law of the bell just now, it seems that someone has broken in, it seems that someone also wants to enter the mountain, but does not want to take this ordinary road. ’

"Tell me about you!" Seeing that Sheng Linyun didn't react, Lux immediately clenched his fists and was about to pound, but Lukaka kicked Lux to the ankle in an instant, knocking him to the ground.

Sheng Linyun relieved himself at this time, pulled up Lukaka and Xu Shangao and ran, "Hurry up!" There should be a lot of enemies later! ”

"Don't run!" Lux immediately stood up, originally wanting to chase Sheng Linyun, but saw that Xu Jiangyuan did not run, so he grabbed Xu Jiangyuan's arm, "You! Honestly, who are you? If you can run, the monk can't run the temple, come back with me! Lux grabbed Xu Jiangyuan's arm and dragged it twice, but he couldn't move it at all, and still stood lightly.

"Hi ~ I gave you face!" Lux raised his fist and was about to hit Xu Jiangyuan in the face.

"Your boss just asked you to look at us~" Xu Jiangyuan muttered in his mouth, drawing the knife, waving the knife, and closing the knife in one go.

"Assertive minions!" Xu Jiangyuan didn't have a trace of debris on his body, looked around calmly, and then chased in the direction of Sheng Linyun's escape, shouting hoarsely as he ran, "Abba ~ Abba ~"

And Lux was as if he was caught in the acupoint, and he didn't move at all, except for the slight contraction of his pupils, presumably because of the fire that was a little dazzling when he drew the knife.

The four of them rushed to the foot of the mountain and found a small forest to hide.

"Misstep! Blunder! They must have made a note of what we looked like! Xu Shangao knocked his head with a fan, looking a little remorseful.

"It's us who underestimated the other party, just now that lot is close to the official road, and the eyeliner has been arranged, and even the surrounding area has been laid out, the copper bell must be used as an alarm, this Lu Qiming should not be underestimated." Sheng Linyun frowned, he looked extremely stupid now about letting everyone blatantly walk over, and said silently in his heart, "Am I too confident? ’

"Let's go back again!" Sheng Linyun bit his thumb.

"What... Aba? Sheng Linyun's decision made Xu Jiangyuan, who was gloating on the side, almost speak.

"This time we're just going to explore the way, but we're going to walk through the woods!" Sheng Linyun lowered his posture and slowly moved in the forest, and suddenly a "barrier" formed by thorns blocked in front of him.

"This seems to be artificial~" Xu Shangao said after taking a closer look.

"Hmm~"

"Then I'll cut them open~" Rukaka said as he prepared to do it.

"Wait!" Sheng Linyun hurriedly stopped Rukaka, and gently pushed away a bunch of thorn branches with his hand, and a red thin rope appeared on the ground.

"That's it!" Sheng Linyun had a smug smile on his face.

"Aba?" Xu Jiangyuan interjected.

"I think this mountain must be covered with such red ropes, every few places will be tied to a copper bell, as long as someone does not enter the mountain from the mountain road will pull the red rope, causing the copper bells to ring one after another, the wrestlers can find people as long as they look for the sound!" Sheng Linyun gently put down the thorn branch: "Rukaka, did you bring a dagger?" ”

"Bring it~" Rukaka hurriedly took out a knife from his waist.

"Cut it, I want to see how dense the copper bell is, and whether it can pass people carefully!" Sheng Linyun said and gave up his position, Lukaka stood in Sheng Linyun's position, carefully cutting each thorny branch, and not long after, a slender red rope appeared in front of the four of them.

"There will be a copper bell about a zhang or so, and you can walk if you are careful~" Sheng Linyun then thought of another question, "Lukaka, how did you tell if there were iron clips around when you used to hunt birds in the woods?" ”

"Cishi!" Rukaka said as he unloaded a piece of cloth from between his legs, and saw several strips of Cishi tied to his calves by Lukaka with a rope, after the rope was untied, Rukaka lifted one of his legs, and Cishi was tied to his ankle vertically by a short wire "I usually shuttle back and forth between tree trunks, sometimes I will fall to the ground, if there is a boar trap underneath, the cishi under my feet will be sucked first, and when I step on it, the clip has failed!" ”

'What's the matter with this boy?' Heavily armed, huh? Xu Jiangyuan became more and more unable to understand Lukaka, and dug out his ears speechlessly.

Sheng Linyun showed a very appreciative look, "It's really yours!" ”

"Ding! Bite! Bite! The brass bells between the mountains became louder and louder, and the four of them came.

"It seems that it is not appropriate to enter the mountain today~ The copper bell is getting closer and closer, and it is estimated that the person who has just broken into the mountain is coming out!" Sheng Linyun looked at Xu Shangao and wanted to ask for his opinion.

"Hmm~" Xu Shangao nodded thoughtfully, and it could be seen that his eyes had the same sense of humiliation as Sheng Linyun.

"Don't run !!" The sound of the wrestlers chasing after them continued to be heard on the mountain, and a black shadow swept over the heads of Sheng Linyun and the four people, and a drop of blood happened to fall on Rukaka's face.

"Don't move!" Sheng Linyun reminded Lukaka, who turned around when he noticed something unusual, and asked him not to make a sound yet.

"It's blood~" Xu Shangao also found the red that penetrated Rukaka's clothes.

"Wait for them to leave first, and then we will move, otherwise we will be discovered~" Sheng Linyun made a booing motion, and after a while, several light masters flew through the forest, and there were dozens of wrestlers on the ground running with all their might.

"That person just now was..."Xu Jiangyuan recalled that the black shadow's body was extremely familiar, but he didn't dare to confirm whether it was the person he thought in his heart.

It wasn't until birds flew in the grove again that Sheng Linyun and the four dared to get up, and after walking a few miles along the other official road of the fork, they went down the mountain from the trail and then circled back to Chang'an City.