On the ridges on both sides of the Dead Man's Ditch, there are three or four equally secret row-type earthen buildings. At Jiang Cheng's suggestion, the fifth Tingyun looked at all the bayonets near and far, but each bayonet was quietly hidden in the green forest, and none of them had flags.

"How's it going? Jiang Cheng returned to the front of the team and directed the convoy to move quickly towards the Dead Man's Gully.

Fifth Tingyun was also a little relieved, since Huang Xiangtang had already set up a bayonet on the mountains on both sides of the river, it showed that they had absolute control over the Dead Man's Ditch. The commanding heights on both sides are their own people, so naturally there is no need to be afraid.

"Let's go too. He said to Bai Jie, and then led the horse to follow.

After entering the boundary of the Dead Man's Gully, the ground became much more damp and soft, probably because the valley floor was sandwiched by two mountains, and it was not exposed to direct sunlight all year round. In addition, the dead leaves fall on the ground, accumulating more and more, and after a long time, the fallen leaves decay, forming another layer of rotten leaves on the original ground.

"Everyone follow closely, there are swamps in some places in this dead man's ditch, which are covered by dead leaves and cannot be seen, and it is not easy to get up once you step on it. Jiang Cheng led the way in front of the horse, and did not forget to remind the team behind him loudly, "This ghost place is very cold, and the big guy is sharp." ”

This shout echoed in the forest, and was reflected by the mountains on both sides, forming an echo, which constantly echoed in the ditch of the dead. At first listen, it was fun, but over time, the echo slowly became a little weirder.

As the saying goes, Wangshan runs a dead horse, which is not false at all. When he did not enter the Dead Man's Ditch, the fifth Tingyun looked at it and did not feel how long or deep the Dead Man's Ditch was. But after he really walked in, he found that he might not be able to get out of the dead man's ditch until dusk.

Walking in this jungle, the small team occasionally encountered one or two groups of beasts, and with Jiang Cheng's Lingxuan Realm cultivation, plus more than ten Nayuan Realm cultivators in the team, they could easily eliminate the beasts. As for the large demonic beasts, the team has been traveling for almost half a day, but they have never encountered them.

Presumably, there is a miasma of smoke under this dead man's ditch, and there are swamp traps at every turn, and the monsters do not want to live under it. Thinking about it this way, Huang Xiangtang really had a lot of considerations for developing the Dead Man's Ditch into their secret transportation route.

"Xiaojie, you're tired of walking, just go to the horse for a while. ”

Although Bai Jie has always regarded herself as a sword maid, she is a little girl after all, and the fifth Tingyun is worried that she will not be able to walk this muddy and rotten road. But in fact, he was too worried, Bai Jie originally lived with her grandfather in the deep mountains and old forests, and when it came to walking the mountain road, she might have more experience than the fifth Tingyun.

"Childe, I'm not tired. Bai Jie smiled and said, "I'm Childe's swordsman, Childe is not tired, how can I be tired?"

"What about returning the sword servant, you look like this, where do you look like a sword squire?" Fifth Tingyun half-jokingly, "Catch Ming'er to Yuzhong, I'll see if I can get you a good sword." After all, this sword is wide and heavy, and it is not suitable for you girls. ”

Girls, swordsmanship must take the light route, like the women in the Sanchuan Emei faction use soft swords. When not in use, the soft sword can even be wrapped around the waist, and when it encounters the enemy, it is suddenly withdrawn, and you can hear a burst of "boom" sword sounds.

Bai Jie was naturally very happy when he heard that the fifth hearing was going to give him a sword.

Just as the two of them were laughing, the line in front of them suddenly stopped. The team has just rested for a long time, shouldn't it stop and rest again so quickly, should something happen? Fifth Tingyun thought to himself, leading Bai Jie from both sides of the team to the front.

The two brothers of Huang Xiangtang were leaning in front of Jiang Cheng, holding their stomachs and shouting, "Deputy hall master, the brothers should have eaten something bad, I can't stand the stomach pain at this time." You tell the team to stop and wait for us for a while, and the brothers will return to the team as soon as they are done. ”

As he spoke, the two of them groaned and screamed.

Jiang Cheng frowned, looked at the brothers behind him again, and had no choice but to say, "Go and come back quickly!"

The two men were probably in a hurry, and after a hurry, they hurried into the woods by the roadside. Everyone didn't pay attention, and after the two disappeared into the jungle, several brothers came to pester Jiang Cheng to tell stories again. Jiang Cheng has been traveling south and north in Huangxiangtang for so many years, and he has experienced a lot of things, anyway, he is idle and bored, so he chatted with his brothers again.

Now Bai Jie also came to the front, and as soon as she heard that she was going to tell a story, she immediately became interested.

Dozens of people gathered around to discuss a story for a while, but the two troubled brothers had not yet returned. So he began to tell the second story, one after the other, Jiang Cheng spoke so vigorously that the brothers listened to it interestingly, and they completely forgot the time.

"Stop, stop, stop. The fifth Tingyun seized the opportunity to finish the story and reminded, "Something is wrong, why haven't you two brothers come back yet?"

After he said this, everyone reacted. Jiang Cheng also looked puzzled, but then it was covered up, he pointed to the two people beside him, and said, "You two go and take a look." ”

"Take care of the goods, ready to go at any time!" After sending the two of them, Jiang Cheng turned over and shouted.

Judging from Jiang Cheng's reaction, he should have felt something. The fifth Tingyun came to Jiang Cheng's horse and asked, "Jiang Vice Hall, what's going on?"

"Nothing serious. Jiang Cheng replied indifferently, not wanting to say more.

At this moment, the fifth Tingyun's heart moved, and a voice sounded in his head: "My lord, there is a group of people surrounding. "This is the voice of the sword spirit of the detached sword.

"Vice Hall Jiang, we are in ambush. As for the perception of the detached person, the fifth Tingyun completely believed it, and after a little thought, he guessed the general situation.

"Mom, it's really these two rabbit cubs!" Jiang Cheng raised his whip and blurted out scolding. Then he cried out, "Brothers, rush forward as fast as you can......

Before he finished speaking, everyone could only hear a "boom" in the sky, and when they looked up, more than a hundred arrows were shot down like rain. This was okay, and the crowd rushed forward, relying on the carriage and the rocks on the side of the road, and took shelter.

Several of the brothers who did not have time to react were immediately shot in half, and before they could even close their eyes, they had already lost their breath and fell straight to the ground.

Jiang Cheng sat on his horse, and when he saw the arrows coming through the air, he slammed his palm into the air, and more than a dozen arrows broke in the air. Taking advantage of this opportunity, he rolled down his horse and hid behind a large tree in two ups and downs. And the fifth Tingyun had a movement long before he saw the arrow, and took Bai Jie to hide behind a big rock early, and the arrow nailed to the rock and constantly made a sonorous sound.

With the supernormal perception of the sword spirit, the fifth listening cloud can be regarded as a real enemy first.

"There are quite a few people, fifty or sixty people, and it seems that they have been waiting for us here for a long time. The fifth Tingyun and Bai Jie were hiding on the rock, not far from Jiang Cheng, he crouched behind the rock and asked, "Jiang Vice Hall, you already knew that there were ghosts in the team, right?"

At this time, Jiang Cheng no longer concealed it: "That's right, and our mission this time is not only to transport this batch of goods, but also to find out the spies planted by the Criminal Department in Huangxiangtang." ”

"The spy planted by the Criminal Department?" Fifth Tingyun faintly felt that he had been trapped, "Damn/Damn, all the people who came were from the Criminal Department?"