Chapter 42: The Bandit Sentry Tower
Shui Yue wiped the beads of sweat from her forehead with the sleeves of her robe torn off, and leaned against the mountain wall with great relief in her heart, listening to the familiar voice coming from ahead. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Because there were long rocks stretching out to block the moonlight, such a distance was enough for Shui Yue to hide well in the darkness without being discovered by Mo He and the others, she looked at them like this for a while, and then knelt on the ground contentedly.
She took out one of the Mizuyun katanas from her back, and pulled out a short thin wooden stick from her robe, and cut them into wooden sticks one by one.
In the second half of the night, she finished sharpening all the wooden sticks, and the voice of the chat in front of her had already been quiet, Shui Yun put away the wooden sticks, Shui Yun knife inserted back into the scabbard, and gently rested against the mountain wall behind her.
When morning came, the birds flying from the mountains and forests near Daofeng Mountain were chirping, and Mo He and others were unable to make a fire, so they simply ate dry food for breakfast.
When the first sound of the wheels of the carriage turned, Suigetsu had already noticed it and woke up from her sleep. The whole person hid in the shadow of the mountain wall, waiting for Mo He and the others to follow after walking a little farther away.
Mizuki walked cautiously along the mountain path, paying attention not only to the front, but also to the behind.
These trails are staggered up and down, stretching around the perimeter of the mountain and into more peaks.
Although Shuiyue's current mountain road is three or four hundred meters behind Mo He and others, the actual straight-line distance is only a few dozen meters, and the mountain road on Shuiyue's side is higher than the mountain road walked by Mo He and a few people, so Shuiyue can easily see Mo He's situation, but Mo He and others may not be able to easily find Shuiyue.
Shui Yue watched Mo He and the others walk from right to left, turning into the two mountains, so she hurriedly stood up and ran quickly.
When she came to the bend that Mo He had turned before, she heard the voice of someone talking in front of her, so she hurriedly leaned against the mountain wall and quietly poked out one eye to check the situation.
A wooden structure sentry tower gatehouse spanning two mountains, the mountain road on the left has a wooden staircase to go up to the sentry tower gate, and the right side is where the water moon is currently located There is no passage to the sentry tower gatehouse.
The aisle on the right is blocked by a wooden gate placed on the watchtower gatehouse, and in order to pass, you must ask the people on the watchtower to put away the wooden gate, otherwise you have to break the gate to pass.
There is also a gate on the left, but it is now stowed away.
There are five bandits on the watchtower, some of them have short crossbows, non-military, very small, can be held and fired with one hand, the whole crossbow arrow is only about 20 centimeters long, the range is about thirty or forty meters, and its power is enough to protect such a place.
There are two wooden spears with rough iron covers, which can be used as spears in melee combat, or as javelins to attack enemies a little farther away.
One of them was holding a long saber and was now lying on the side of the watchtower talking to Mo He and the others below.
"Wait, we'll open the door, and you'll come along the mountain path. (Mizuki doesn't understand)"
The bandits twisted a winch on the watchtower, and the chains raised the wooden gates, revealing a five-meter-wide passage.
Mo He and the five people got off their horses and carriages, led the horses and continued to move forward.
This is an N-shaped curve, and you can go around to the left by walking along the mountain road for a few dozen meters.
A bandit with a wooden gun came down from the watchtower, he led the way in front and led Mo He and the others to the bend, the mountain wall blocked Shui Yue's view, and he was no longer visible.
Hidden behind the protruding rocks of the rock face, the water moon observes the gatehouse of the watchtower in front of him.
The wooden gates have been lowered again, and the way that used to be has been cut off again.
However, even if the gate was not closed, Shui Yue would not rashly walk over the mountain road, and the N-shaped mountain road of tens of meters was enough to completely expose her to the view of the bandits on the sentry tower.
In the past, the opposite side could only climb over this sentry tower gate, but Shui Yue was a little hesitant, there were still four bandits on it, whether to destroy them.
Mo He and the others are definitely not bandits, but what they are doing here, Shui Yue doesn't know, if Mo He is here to visit friends or negotiate with bandits, then he can't kill these people casually.
Shui Yue looked back at the mountain road behind her, and then looked up at the mountain road on the other side when she came, and only after making sure that there was no one behind her did she continue to watch the movements of the four bandits.
It seems that it is best not to alarm the other party and sneak under their noses quietly.
Don't alarm the bandits, pass through the gatehouse of the watchtower, enter the corner of the opposite mountain road, and follow Mo Hesang.
Shui Yue clearly received the order, and the spirit of the whole person was condensed, like a female leopard with an eye on the target, once the time was ripe, she would not hesitate to rush out.
All the bandits' eyes are not on this side.
Shui Yue picked up two small stones casually, quickly dodged out from behind the hiding rocks, and quickly approached the gatehouse with his body low.
The hiding place was more than twenty meters from the gatehouse, and she quickly approached the gatehouse while noting the bandits' movements.
There was a bandit with a crossbow who was about to turn around.
Without hesitation, Suizuki threw a small stone at the opposite side, and with a snap, the small stone hit the opposite mountain wall, and then rolled down the irregular mountain wall onto the road.
In such a quiet place, the sound attracted the attention of all the bandits, and Suizuki successfully walked the last distance and came to the gate of the gatehouse.
She walked as silently as a cat, so the bandits did not notice that anyone was coming under the gatehouse.
Several people were attracted by the small stones before, and when they saw the small stones rolling down the mountain road clearly, they ignored them and continued to walk around casually.
The bandits walked around for a while, perhaps bored, except for one with a crossbow who was drinking and looking in the direction of the water moon, and the other three went into the gatehouse to rest and have fun.
Mizuki took the belt of the robe, strung the clogs under his feet, and hung the clogs around his neck in a circle around his head.
He then took off half of his robe, revealing half of his wounded shoulders and a blood-stained white undershirt.
Tie the robes around the sleeves of the robe as a belt, and then use your hands and feet together to climb up the wooden pillars of the gatehouse.
Her movements were quite agile, her feet in white socks like pliers, gripping the edge of the log very firmly, and her slender fingers hooking like iron hooks to any gap that could be hooked.
Her body was also very light, and even if she was now hanging upside down and crawling under the gate of the watchtower, she did not look clumsy, and really crawled under the feet of the drinking bandit as quickly as a monkey.
But now Shui Yue has crossed a difficult problem, and the wooden gate on the left is pulled up, blocking her way to continue crawling.
Now you need to climb to the top of the watchtower to get through, but now the drinking bandit doesn't seem to have any intention of turning around or leaving.
Shui Yue just climbed upside down on the abyss between the two mountains to think about countermeasures.
The mountain wind was whistling and blowing the black robe on her body, which had been hanging like this, and her physical exertion was very huge, and the fingers that grabbed the buckle showed signs of soreness, and in a few minutes she might fall off her hand and fall into the deep stream.
Shuiyue ventured to let go of the foot holding the log, and the whole person was ** under the gatehouse, so that she could face the direction of the climb, and she could observe the bandit with his hand outside the guardrail very well.
The bandit's crossbow hung on the side of the guardrail, and his elbow rested on the guardrail, looking very pleasant, and there was no intention of moving it at all.
Shui Yue couldn't wait any longer, she let go of a hand and reached into her arms to retrieve the small stone she had put away before.
It may be that his fingers are a little numb, and the moment the little stone is taken out of his arms, he misses and falls, and the little stone is grabbed by Shui Yue as soon as it falls to his waist.
The hanging hand almost let go because of such a big movement, and Shuiyue's heart beat violently, but fortunately, the hand still firmly grasped the log.
This time, Mizuki had no way to throw stones, and if she moved too much, she might be discovered, or throw herself off.
This time, the target is smaller, and she wants to knock out the crossbow that the bandit has put aside, so that she can attract the attention of the other party without revealing her whereabouts.
She catapulted the pebble in her hand, and there was only one chance to bounce off the bandit's crossbow.
The crossbow was accurately hit by a small stone and then fell on the floor of the gatehouse.
The bandit hurriedly picked up the crossbow beside him, and the people in the house heard the movement, and a person came out, and when he saw the bandit picking up the crossbow on the ground, he greeted him, and then the crossbow picker left the guardrail.
After Shui Yue finished shooting the pebble, she hurriedly grabbed the log with both hands, even if her arm was strong, she couldn't support the weight of her entire body for a long time with one hand, otherwise her whole arm would be numb for a while, and it would be difficult for her to climb up again.
After staying silent for a while, and making sure that there was no sound of bandits outside, Shui Yue quickly climbed the gatehouse guardrail and jumped into the gatehouse platform.
For a moment, her eyes quickly focused on the only wooden building at the top of the gatehouse, and the eyes of a bandit in the window casually looked at her.
Shui Yue didn't panic, squatted down and rolled to the corner of the window, hiding under the wall of the house.
A bandit ran out to check.
"Strange! I just saw a man in a hat standing here. (Mizuki doesn't understand)"
The bandit checked around again, and the rest of the bandits followed out to see what the bandit was doing.
"You must be dazzled by drinking, how can someone suddenly appear here? Let's go! Keep drinking and playing cards! You don't want to play just because you win!"
One of the thieves walked around the platform and, when he saw nothing, was the first to return to the house.
"When have you ever seen me cheat? Don't look for it, maybe it's really dazzling. Keep playing cards!" the thieves who came out first followed back to the house.
The remaining two thieves who had come out to check on each other smiled at each other, and they all followed into the cabin.
Soon there was the sound of playing cards inside.
Only then did Shui Yue get down from the roof where he was hiding, and carefully came to the ground along the Z-shaped wooden staircase.
Seeing that no bandits came out, Shui Yue quickly ran into the corner of the mountain road, the mountain blocked her body, and it was impossible for the bandits on the sentry tower to see her again.