The Lu family has been stationed in the northwest for several generations, and they are not unfamiliar with the terrain of the northwest.

Lu Zheng studied the art of war with his grandfather and father since he was a child, read through the Northwest Geography, and had such a master as Ji Miaoshan, it was not as difficult as he imagined to find a legendary place.

It's just that Ji Miaoshan is not as good as him in the end, and he is resistant to fighting and falling.

It was easy to kidnap the master, and Lu Zheng took care of him very carefully all the way.

Ji Miaoshan, a person with a literati body, but his temperament is like a military general, he is very informal, and he goes all the way to the northwest, and Lu Zheng and Ji Miaoshan get along very happily.

The two of them were still relatively relaxed at this time, and they were both somewhat sure, so they were not bored.

Lu Zheng used to go to the northwest, mostly to fight, and it was the first time that he walked like this time.

It's not necessarily said to be lounging, it's mainly to hide people's eyes.

His current identity is Ji Miaoshan's guard.

His husband likes to travel the world, and he heard that there is an extremely cold place in the northwest where the most beautiful snow lotus in the world grows, so if you want to come and see, he will follow him to protect the safety of his husband.

To put it bluntly, he's a thug.

In order to match the identity of the thug, Lu Zheng made a "scar" on his face.

The secret guards under the prince are versatile, and they can do some disguise techniques, and it is not difficult to stick some beards and scars on Lu Zheng's face.

With such a dress, Lu Zheng seems to be a different person.

He has been on the battlefield all the year round, and he already has a murderous aura on his body, but now that this scar has been added, he really has a little more gangsterism, like a fierce guard.

Ji Miaoshan already has a tall face, and he looks like a knowledgeable gentleman, so they have not been suspected by others at all along the way.

Four days later, after arriving in the northwest and settling Ji Miaoshan, Lu Zheng took a secret guard and went out to find someone to come back.

Ji Miaoshan didn't ask him who he was looking for, and waited in the inn in a leisurely manner.

When the interest came, he also instructed the innkeeper to make a mutton dish, which made the shopkeeper happy, and there was no doubt about his identity.

After a while, Lu Zheng and the secret guard returned, and with the two of them, there was a thin old man.

The old man had a beard and was half white, and most of his face was obscured in a mess.

However, the old man was quite familiar with the people in the inn, and as soon as he arrived at the inn, he begged the shopkeeper for wine.

The shopkeeper didn't say anything, and gave him the wine with a smile.

The shopkeeper was in a good mood today, and he had just learned a good dish, so he teased the old man with words: "Old man Hu, you have found a big deal again." ”

Hu Laohan is a famous guide here, who can go to places that ordinary people can't go, and many people will come to him if they want to go to remote places.

Hu Laohan originally relied on this ability to lead the way, and he gained a lot, but he was a good drinker, and most of the money he earned was used to buy wine and eat, and he didn't have a family, so he couldn't save any money.

Hu Laohan took the wine handed to him by the shopkeeper, waved his hand with a smile and said, "What a big deal, why don't you just change the wine money." ”

As he spoke, he raised the flask to drink, and his posture was quite uninhibited.

Seeing this, the secret guard who followed Lu Zheng couldn't help but be a little worried, approached Lu Zheng, and asked in a low voice: "Boss, this ......"

Lu Zheng is more familiar with his face in the northwest, so in order to avoid being recognized, he specially made a disguise, and in order not to reveal his identity, several secret guards directly called Lu Zheng the boss and did not announce his official identity.

Before the secret guard finished speaking, Lu Zheng raised his hand to stop him and motioned him not to say more.

Before the secret guards went out, they were instructed by the prince to listen to Lu Zheng's arrangements for this trip, and there would be no objections.

Therefore, the Dark Guard said no more.

Lu Zheng took another step forward and said to Hu Laohan: "My husband wants to see the old man first, can you move upstairs to talk, Mr. is also good wine, and good wine is being prepared in the room." ”

Hu Laohan didn't hear anything else, only heard the word good wine, and his two feet spontaneously went upstairs.

Lu Zheng followed with the secret guard and didn't say much.

When he arrived at the gate of Ji Miaoshan, he stopped and let Hu Laohan in.

Hu Laohan was not worried at all, and walked in with square steps.

As soon as I entered, I saw a middle-aged man who looked like a Confucian sitting in the room, and there was a pot of wine and a celadon wine glass in front of the middle-aged man's table.

The wine in the wine glass seemed to have a hook, and it hooked directly into Hu Laohan's heart.

Hu Laohan looked at it with a blank eye, and Ji Miaoshan was immediately happy.

He was a good drinker, and at a glance, he knew that this old man was a fellow traveler.

This is good, he has a problem, people who don't like the eye, don't want to say more than half a sentence, if it's pleasing to the eye, he can call you a brother and brother immediately.

Coincidentally, this old man Hu is also such a personality.

The two hit it off at first sight, and after a few glasses of wine, they became brothers.

Several secret guards looked at it staggeringly, and their hearts were in line with the master of the fairy wind and bones along the way in Ji Miaoshan, don't they all be fake, right?

After a pot of wine, Hu Laohan had already introduced Ji Miaoshan as a confidant, and when he heard that Ji Miaoshan wanted to go to an extremely cold place to see Snow Lotus, after hesitating for a while, he nodded and agreed to lead the way.

Ji Miaoshan laughed, thanked Hu Laohan, turned his head and collided with Lu Zheng, and raised his eyebrows slightly.

A few of the guards saw that something was wrong.

Listening to the meaning of this old man Hu, don't you really know where the so-called extremely cold place is?

He is the most famous local guide, the emperor sent someone before, he must have looked for him, but he didn't find the extremely cold place, could it be that this old man Hu didn't lead the way at all?

Thinking of this, several secret guards were shocked in their hearts, and when they looked at Lu Zheng again, there was a little more awe in their eyes.

Hu Laohan said that he wanted to lead the way, but he was really unambiguous, and he turned his head and told Lu Zheng to let them prepare something and set off early tomorrow morning.

Lu Zheng wrote down the things that Hu Laohan asked for one by one, opened another upper room, and let Hu Laohan live, while he took two secret guards out to buy things, leaving two secret guards to protect Ji Miaoshan's safety.

It is not strange that Hu Laohan asked for things, mostly some tools to keep out the cold and climb mountains, and of course, some spirits.

Speaking of this spirit, Lu Zheng knew that it was really not Hu Laohan who was greedy for a cup.

The northwest is bitter cold all year round, and the climate in the legendary extremely cold place must be even worse, and spirits are a good thing to warm up.

Lu Zheng has been fighting in the northwest all the year round, and he is not unaware of the things to be prepared for entering the mountains, so he deliberately added a few things to be prepared.

In the evening, Hu Laohan and Ji Miaoshan had another drink, and the two of them talked happily, and their relationship was further improved, and they talked for a long time before they went back to their rooms to sleep.

The next morning, as soon as it was daylight, the people got up.

After packing up a little, having a hot breakfast, I took plenty of dry food and jerky and set off.