Late at night, the weather was fine and breezy, and it was the fourth night that the 7-member team had left home, to be exact, it was already the early morning of the fifth day.

Outside the calm village, insects chirped, frogs chirped, and after nearly two days of rain, there was still a hint of coolness in this midsummer night.

In the tent outside the village, everyone had fallen asleep, and Gu Laixi gently lifted the curtain of the tent and walked towards the village casually. came to the door of the guest room in the small courtyard where Daddy Tao was, chuckled, and entered directly through the wall.

In the house, Father Kong, the man surnamed Lu, and the other two were sleeping side by side on the big kang.

Gu Laixi came to the man surnamed Lu, stretched out his index finger and gently touched his head, and after about ten minutes, he removed his finger with a "sure enough" expression on his face. Then he clicked on the heads of two foreign people in turn, and then, in the same way, went to the guest room of another small courtyard and ordered the other three.

After everything was done, Gu Laixi quietly returned to his room in the tent and rested normally.

Early the next morning, the sky was still just dark, and the Gu Laixi people had already put away their tents and were ready to go.

"Everyone, pay attention, today you must be in good spirits, be extra cautious, and obey my unified command, and do not act recklessly. Let's go, let's go. After a simple instruction, Gu Laixi walked towards the grove at the edge of the village.

Not long after, Daddy Tao's caravan of 7 people and 3 ox carts appeared not far in front of several people.

After a long day's travel, in the evening, the caravan came to a winding mountain road with a small stone monument that read "Green Pine Ridge" on the side of the road.

Several members of the caravan looked suspicious, "Brother Ma, on the way to Chang'an, haven't you heard that there is a green pine ridge? This mountain road seems to be going northwest, but we are clearly going to the southwest?"

Lu and Ma looked at each other and smiled, nodded, and pulled out the long sword on his waist, and the man surnamed Lu put the long sword on the shoulder of Daddy Tao, and said, "Old Tao, my brother can't stand you, come with us up the mountain, my shopkeeper has a big business to talk about with you." ”。

Feeling the cold glow and weight not far from the erect neck, Father Tao instantly broke out in a cold sweat, knowing that he was very remorseful at this time, regretting that he should not have easily rejected the invitation of Ye Shiqing of Wanjie Supermarket, thinking about the lady at home and the young Tao Yueyi, if he is gone, how can the two of them survive.

At this time, on the branch not far away, Tao Yueyi had already prepared a water arrow, if it weren't for Gu Laixi's lack of words, she might have taken the life of this Lu family.

"It's easy to say, it's easy to say, it's easy to say, I'll go with you. Daddy Tao had no choice but to agree in a hurry.

At this time, a coachman who walked at the end of the line suddenly turned around, and ran wildly on the road when he came and went, but he didn't run a few meters, and was struck in the back by a man surnamed Ma who rushed over, and the man fell to the ground in response, and after struggling a few times, he fainted in pain, and a terrible wound on his back, bubbling with blood, and soon soaked the ground under him.

The other members of the caravan didn't dare to move anymore when they saw the situation, even Chen Sanpao and Kong Ping were stunned, and several children who had been practicing martial arts for many years saw such a bloody scene for the first time, and they were suddenly a little uncomfortable, and several people even trembled a little, and even felt a surge in their stomachs. Gu Laixi shook his head and didn't say much, because he wasn't much better at this time.

"You, go get behind the wheel. The man surnamed Ma pointed to the caravan and thought it was younger.

A commotion quickly subsided, the man surnamed Lu and Father Tao sat in the first ox cart, while the man surnamed Ma and the young man just now pressed on the last cart and slowly walked up the mountain.

Gu Laixi motioned to Chen Sanpao and Hu Tiequan to stay and check the injuries of the wounded, save them if they were angry, put them on the side of the road, leave some dry food and water, and then simply make up a small formation to prevent the attacks of wild beasts in the mountains. If you are already dead, you will be buried simply, and then three incense sticks will be lit and sacrificed. In fact, Gu Laixi didn't see that person's soul out of the body, probably just lost too much blood, and his life was not in danger for the time being, but he didn't know what the medical skills of the two apprentices were, and whether they could compete with death for time.

Gu Laixi followed the convoy until late at night, climbed several mountains, waded through two small rivers, and finally saw a little light on the slopes deep in the dense forest in the distance.

The man surnamed Lu took out a bamboo tube from his arms, put it on the ground in the distance, lit the fuse, and with the sound of "squeak", a ball of fire rushed up to the sky, and finally exploded with a bang.

Although the hillside not far away looks very close, but it is really impossible to walk and walk, and after walking for nearly an hour, I saw a group of people and horses coming towards me, all wearing round-necked, narrow-sleeved foreign costumes, and bearded hair, which looked very rough and strong, and the leader was riding a horse, which was even more powerful. And behind him, left and right, followed by two middle-aged men with deep internal strength, with serious expressions and sharp eyes.

Approaching the caravan, a group of people separated from two groups of people, holding torches, came to both sides of the caravan ox cart, the leader turned over and dismounted, and greeted everyone in the caravan boldly, like a friend who had not seen him for a long time.

When Lu and Ma saw the leader, they immediately got out of the carriage, walked in front of the big man, knelt on one knee, and shouted with their fists, "King, I've kept you waiting for a long time, my subordinates have picked up two merchants from Luoyang City." ”

The leading "king" hurriedly smiled and helped the two up, and by the light of the torches, he looked up and down at the trembling Daddy Tao, and couldn't help but pat Daddy Tao's shoulder hard, muttering "Okay, good, well done." Luo Di and Tongyu, you two have worked hard, and I will give you a great credit!" (The original words are Khitan, in view of the fact that there may be readers and friends who can't understand it, I will work harder, and translate it directly, no thanks.) ）

Lu and Ma stood up, came to Father Tao, and said, "Brother Tao, Brother Liu, this is the third prince of our Great Liao Kingdom, His Royal Highness Yelu Dexiong. ”

After listening to the introduction, the two of them trembled and saluted again, and Yelu Dexiong hurriedly helped him up, and said, "The two distinguished guests are coming, and they are not far away, so go and take a walk, and follow me up the mountain to drink!", and waved his hand to signal his subordinates to bring two good horses, and asked them to get on the horses, and they were led by people, and went up the mountain.

A few people in ancient times were also taken aback when they saw this scene, they thought that this time they were extremely dangerous to go up the mountain, but they never expected it to be such a scene, at this time, the Jurchen established Dajin was at a time when the army was strong, and the once invincible Da Liao in the north was defeated, and I didn't expect that there was a remnant force that fled into the territory of the Great Song Dynasty.

"This force must have a plan this time, and today's encounter is just to get rid of it, so as not to become a big trouble in the future. Gu Laixi thought in his heart, beckoning his apprentices to continue to follow quietly.