In the mountain stream in the dark night, the sound of water is mixed with the cooing of unknown strange birds.

There were torches lit around him, and three hundred men stood on the other side of the river, filling the shore.

Lu Pengyuan stood in the middle of everyone, and he was close to Shen Ze. His right hand was bandaged because of an injury, but it had not fully recovered.

The three hundred sergeants quickly dispersed and began to probe the way to the entrance of the cave. In Shen Ze's words, the group of people came here to respond at that time. He didn't dare to stay here for long, but he could see that there were people stationed here.

As expected, since the remnants of the Qing Dynasty have received the tax silver, he will naturally not leave it here, and someone will definitely take care of it.

"Put out all the fires, and you lead people in the other direction."

Lu Pengyuan called two captains, each with a hundred people, and touched the direction of the cave along both sides of the river. Because they were worried about being seen by the remnants of the Qing Dynasty near the cave, everyone walked in the dark.

Tang Yun and Lu Pengyuan followed Shen Ze one after the other, and by coincidence, both of them were injured, and there was no way to pick up the blade for the time being. However, looking at the desolation around here, it is unlikely that a large army will be stationed here.

Ordinary scattered pawns, three hundred elite soldiers are enough to deal with.

The farther you go, the more turbulent the river becomes, and the sound of the rapids falls into your ears. The road was clearly trodden, and some of the riverside pebbles were neatly stacked on both sides, paving a road.

It was getting dark, and it was a little cloudy, and at night, the wind began to blow in the mountains and forests. The trees on the cliffs swayed in all directions, like beasts with teeth and claws in the night sky.

"There's a stone staircase that goes up here."

Lu Pengyuan pointed to the side, the two mountains are not vertical cliffs, it has a gentle slope. On the edge of the gentle slope, you can see a stone staircase. The stone steps were crudely built, basically made of boulders, and the surface was not calm, only allowing one person to pass through.

Tang Yun was about to go up, and Lu Pengyuan said: "Your injury is not healed yet, I have someone here, Brother Tang should follow me." ”

Tang Yun was silent for a moment: "It's okay." ”

Sergeants with shields in hand walked ahead, and everyone closed their mouths and looked around cautiously while drawing their swords.

Since there are man-made stone steps here, it is assumed that there are people stationed here, and there may be danger in the surrounding area at all times.

In such an environment, Lu Pengyuan felt unprecedented tension. It's just that the thought of cracking the tax silver and robbing it, and allowing the remnants of the Qing Dynasty to destroy it, made him excited, and his nervousness was swept away.

With these two great achievements in hand, he is now a great general, and if he goes further, it is not impossible to regain the title of his father King Xin. After all, he is the empress's own nephew, and when he becomes a prince, he doesn't have to run around like this.

It's funny to say, Lu Pengyuan has encountered countless opportunities to seize great achievements, but unfortunately they all escaped from him. He made up his mind that this time he couldn't let the credit slip away from his hands no matter what!

The further you go, the stronger the wind.

Originally, it was okay to say below, but halfway up the mountain, everyone was clinging to the stone wall. There is no guardrail on the outside of the stone steps, and if you fall from above, even if you fall into the river, with the depth of the river, you will be crippled if you don't die.

The front suddenly stopped, and after a while, the news came from the front, and the road was broken.

"There's a split rift that needs to be roped through."

The sergeant in front said to Tang Yun and Lu Pengyuan.

"It is estimated that the remnants of the Qing Dynasty got some news and cut off the road early." Lu Pengyuan was silent for a moment, then turned his head and asked Shen Ze, "Is there any other way here?" ”

Shen Ze shook his head: "No, I tried to enter that cave, the river inside is deeper, and the light is also very dark." I don't think the crowd would have hid their silver in that place either. ”

Only this road can lead to the mountain, Lu Pengyuan gritted his teeth: "Prepare the rope, let's forcibly climb over!" ”

The general gave the order, and the sergeant had to go even if he was stubborn. I couldn't see what was going on, but it was a long time before I could move slowly.

Tang Yun and Lu Pengyuan approached, only to find that the distance between the stone steps was one zhang wide. Below is an endless cliff with ropes on either side. Several sergeants had already crawled along the ropes.

This place is really a bit inexplicable, and it is hard to imagine how the remnants of the Qing Dynasty eradicated the entire mountain road.

The rope was built very strong, and the two of them crawled over. Shen Ze kept muttering about his fear of heights, and was forced by several sergeants to run over the rope.

After this rift, the road is much smoother. Climbing up from a few boulders, we finally reached the top of the mountain.

As soon as Tang Yun walked up, he saw an ancient building with five or six floors high, with flying eaves and orderly pavilions. In the vicinity of this ancient building, there are also many simple houses made of stones. A torn tarpaulin was blown up by the wind and hunted rattles.

"These remnants of the Qing Dynasty are really here, give them to me, and slaughter them all!"

Lu Pengyuan gave the order viciously, and then the sergeant behind him swarmed up. With so many people here, don't even think about hiding your whereabouts. It's better to wait for the remnants of the Qing Dynasty to react and kill him by surprise.

Tang Yun wondered in his heart, such a big movement, it was quiet in this neighborhood.

These rudimentary stone houses were probably improvised, with boulders built on them, gaps filled with sand, and topped with a worn tarpaulin. It's just that now the tarpaulin has been completely torn open, and the stone house doesn't even have a door, lit by torches, and only some couches and the like can be seen, and no one is inside.

Boom!

The door of the ancient building was kicked open, and several sergeants broke in, and a rotten aura came to their faces. Under the torches, dust floats in the air and is clearly visible.

I don't know how much effort these people have spent to build such a tall building. A wooden staircase leads to the top floor, where tall pillars stand in the main hall on the first floor.

Bang dang!

A sergeant tried to step on the wooden ladder to go up, but he didn't expect that the wooden ladder was rotten and dilapidated.

As the wooden ladders cracked, the wooden ladders leading to the upper floors began to shake, and the wind blew in from outside, crunching some of the broken planks.

In such a dilapidated place, there are no people living at all.

Tang Yun and Lu Pengyuan continued to explore in the main hall under the light of torches. The main hall on the first floor is very spacious, and there is a lobby in the middle, but the door is blocked by something.

The sergeants worked together to slam the door open.

Under the light of the torches, I saw a dense coffin in front of me, arranged in the entire lobby.

In the center, there is a tall statue of a god.

This idol is exactly the same as the evil god worshiped in the village.

A face, prominent, eyes open, staring at everyone who broke in.