It is said that it is past noon, but it does not feel hot in this deep mountain. Yu Zhishan, Nalan Songhan and Lu Shikun dragged their hungry and tired bodies to walk under the "first line of sky" of the "judge's platform" covered by the thick shade.

"Damn, this deep mountain and old forest really looks like a place where gods live, it's too high, it's too deep, it's really easy to get lost, and I don't know how far that pine hairy cane is."

"Didn't that Cao Orion say that he would go straight along this mountain road?" Lu Shikun went on to say that he untied the water bladder from Nalan's waist, unplugged the kettle, and drank the water.

"I see that Orion has something to say, I don't know if you hear it?"

Nalan said.

"What words? I didn't hear it. Yu Zhishan took the water bladder handed over by Lu Shikun.

"You see what he said when he was leaving, he caught the trap of tigers and bears or something, do you feel that the bandits have set us up and are waiting for us to drill into it?" Nalan used a towel to wipe the sweat from his forehead.

"You're thinking too much, I think he's still in the middle, and he's a responsible person." Yu Zhishan said with a glare.

"But my hunch is that there is always someone watching us secretly." Lu Shikun said.

"Who is love, anyway, we're here, what are you afraid of? That Cao Da pole, can he still grow three heads and six arms? The bandit Lao Tzu has seen a lot, so he will come, what are you afraid of him? ”

As they spoke, the three of them had already walked out of the "first line of sky", and then went up the mountain, the road was even narrower, allowing only one person to pass, and this side of the mountain road was a bottomless mountain stream.

Occasionally, there is a crisp birdsong in the mountains and forests, which makes people nostalgic for this beautiful forest, the pine trees towering into the clouds, and the craggy mountains and rocks are strangely shaped. The three of them walked about six miles, there was no water in the water bladder, the only little beef left in the bag was gone, hunger and thirst were unbearable, and the body was weak, even though this Yu Zhishan was born in the army, after all, he was not forgiving, only Nalan who had insisted on practicing martial arts for many years was much better than the other two.

"Elder Ge, what do you think it is?" Nalan looked out over the cliff overhead.

Yu Zhishan followed the direction pointed by Nalan and looked up, only to see a long boulder masonry like a city wall faintly seen among the trees on the cliff, "That place, if I guess correctly, should be the pine hair." Keep up the effort, and we'll be there. As he spoke, he strode forward.

After a while, the three of them came to the city wall, but saw the castle-like place, the wall was more than three zhang high, there was a pine nailed open gate facing the mountain road, but in front of it was a mountain stream three zhang wide and bottomless, there was a suspension bridge nailed by pine planks at the door with two iron chains hanging obliquely, and on the top of the city wall floated with the wind a large flag with an apricot yellow flag and a red flame edge, and a big "flying eagle" pattern was embroidered with black silk thread.

"That's right, this must be the bandit cave of Cao Da's pole." Nalan put his hand on the pergola and looked up.

"Pavilion Elder? How do we get in? It's a bit harder to break in. Lu Shikun asked.

"That's easy to do, Lao Tzu was also a horse bandit back then, let's do it according to the rules of the rivers and lakes again, and worship him on the mountain. I said Yuntong, what is going on in this worship mountain? ”

"That's, in this way, don't reveal your identity, the three of us are so ......"

Yu Zhishan and Nalan both nodded yes.

Lu Shikun cleared his throat and shouted to the top: "Ah-------- the water above the water (Northeast bandit black language: sentry, the same below) Listen, the head of Jilin (the person who sells goods for the beard) is here to worship the mountain!" Please inform the boss! ”

After a while, seven or eight heads poked out from above, and one of them shouted down: "The leader of Jilin? What vine (what's the last name)? ”

Lu Shikun looked like a hero, raised his head with his chest straight, and stepped forward to hug his fist, "The eaves vine (surnamed Lu), the dragon in the cloud (Lu Shikun's name when he walked the rivers and lakes) is also!" ”

"Look at your white skin and gorgeous leaves (clothes), shouldn't you be a mighty kiln (official mansion)?"

"Annoying this side by side (brother) to inform the big boss, it is indeed the head of Jilin (the person who sells goods for the beard) Yun Zhonglong, and we were also the people of Lima (peers)!"

"Wait."

After about ten minutes, the shouting bandit in the mountain city replied, "Listen below, our big boss is not out in the mountains," "The 'tumbling man' (the military advisor in the bandit team) is at home, wait a minute." ”

After a while, I heard the "crunching -----" of the drawbridge, the city gate was opened, and two groups of bandits came out from inside, each with a rifle in his hand and a big knife at his waist, and a person walked out of the middle, wearing a silk melon skin hat, a thin tall man wearing a gray cloth robe, wearing black-framed glasses, a plate belt around his waist, a box cannon diagonally, and two thin beards, striding from the suspension bridge, behind him were three "gunners" (leaders), "Ah, this is the famous Changbai Mountain, on the bank of the Songhua River." Dragon in the clouds' big brother? Do you remember me? ”

Lu Shikun hesitated a little, "You are?" ……”

"You, what a noble man forgets. Do you remember what happened in Dunhua Xianghui Lane 14 years ago? On the birthday of the father of 'Zhan Tiandong' (a famous horse bandit at the junction of Heiji), you flew with two guns and killed the wicked 'Flying on the grass', if you hadn't made a timely move, I'm afraid that 'Zhan Tiandong' would have died a long time ago. ”

"Of course I remember, it was more than 10 years ago. How do you remember it clearly? ”

"Don't you know, I'm the biological brother of 'Zhan Tiandong', and the younger brother Lvlin reported the number of 'Dead Ghost'."

"Ah---- remember, when I chased that 'Flying on the Grass', it was the big black horse you sent me. At that time, you were a white-faced scholar, and it was really more than ten years. Let me introduce to you, this is my eldest brother of the alliance, Dingshuiman (surnamed Yu), this is my grain platform (the head of the main grain and grass), and Yijiaomen (surnamed Li). ”

The "dead ghost" seemed very enthusiastic, "Fortunately, then don't stand in this Gada, please." Then, with a wave of his hand, the bandits behind him raised their rifles, forming a field of guns over the aisle.

Yu Zhishan listened to the familiar Northeast bandit black words, and he understood that eight or nine were not far from ten, but Nalan was not hit, he couldn't understand these black words, he was confused, and he was even more confused, but he couldn't ask more.

Under the guidance of the "dead ghost", the three of them stepped on the suspension bridge, walked through the gun forest, and walked towards the city.

Lu Shikun looked at both sides while walking, but saw that the city wall was not only built by giant stone masonry on the outside, but also on the inside, which could be said to be impregnable, he and Yu Zhishan and Nalan were led to a large house with a six-bay blue tile roof, but saw a horizontal plaque hanging above the main entrance "Juyi Hall", both sides were large chairs made of pine nails, in the middle was a wide chair covered with tiger skin, and a bronze Buddha was offered on the long offering table behind. It is said that the bandit leaders of the Northeast worship the bronze Buddha, called "Dharma Dora", and worship it as their ancestor.

There was no one in the main seat in the hall, obviously the big boss was not there, and there were a few people sitting next to him.

In the northeastern region of that period, among the large bandits with hundreds or thousands of people, such as Songmaozi, the internal organizational structure was very tight and complete. The backbone of it is called "four beams and eight pillars", and "four beams" are divided into "inner four beams" and "outer four beams", and these eight kinds of people are also called "eight pillars". The "inner four beams" are the core figures among the bandits, including the "cannon head", that is, the small and medium-sized leaders; "Grain Taiwan" is the small leader of the main grain and grass, familiar with the local situation, can settle accounts, smart and clever; "Xiao Xiang" is the leader of the guard mission, when the bandit team goes out, every time they go to a place, "Xiao Xiang" will appoint cubs (little bandits) to set up a checkpoint; The role of the "turner" was very important, he was a military advisor in the bandit ranks, well versed in astronomy and geography, and often used the name of religion to choose a day for the big bosses to attack, or to encourage the cubs to act desperately. However, the "outer four beams" refer to the seedling house, the flower tongue, the insertion of thousands and the "word maker". "Yangzifang" is a bandit leader who specializes in dealing with kidnapping tickets, and must be ruthless; "Flower Tongue" is the liaison officer in the team, most of whom are eloquent and use various tricks to intimidate the family members of the meat ticket to pay the ransom; The "thousands" are scouts, who dress up and often act alone, to the destination where they are preparing to attack to reconnoiter intelligence; "Word maker", also known as Mr., is a person who plays with a pen among the bandits, generally can write a good hand, and some can also engrave seals, specializing in clerical affairs within the bandits.

"Count the dead ghosts" asked Lu Shikun to sit on the guest seats, and the cub next to them served each a big bowl of tea, "Let me introduce it to you," he pointed to the three people behind him, "This fat man is our 'Xiaoxiang'--- 'Big-eyed Golden Eagle', this short man is our 'flower tongue'---- 'drill beetle', and the one who wipes the gun is our 'seedling house' --- 'bald rat', come, you have seen Jilin's 'Cloud Dragon' shopkeeper." ”

The three of them politely stepped forward and clenched their fists, "Fortunately--- fortunately will ----."

At this time, I suddenly heard the "dead ghost" laughing loudly, laughing so horribly, "I don't want to live anymore, do I?" How bold? ”

(End of chapter)