Amaterasu stood for a long time on the top of the mountain with a strong wind, and as it gradually got dark, Mrs. Wang and two maids came to his side, and their voices were a little hoarse: "The mountain wind is strong, let's go back!" Amaterasu looked back at his father's tomb, no longer insisted, and the four of them slowly walked towards the residence.

It was getting late, and the walls of the chamber were lit with blazing pine wax candles.

Ziyun Dao said: "Thanks to everyone, I can afford to push me to be the master, although I am immoral and incompetent, at a critical juncture, I will do my best, the enemy soldiers have arrived at the bottom of the mountain, and everyone should be united." I don't have any good opinions, so please tell me about it. ”

Lu Jiuyi said calmly: "Don't panic, everyone, this mountain is high and steep, and there are huge trees and stones on the mountain, and they can't attack it." Dong Xiaoshan asked, "What if the enemy army has not attacked and besieged this place for a long time?"

Military advisor Wang Chengdao: "This place is not far from Kyoto, it has been attacked many times and has not been captured, naturally there is a reason, you want to besiege for a long time and finally have a slack off, we are not exposed to the sun and rain in the mountains, there is food and drink, to wait for work, when they are paralyzed, give them a night attack, so that they are exhausted, and finally have to retreat." ”

Daoist Ziyun also put his mind at ease and said: "This is a good method, you can sit back and relax for the time being!" Hu Jiaguo proposed: "I think it is better for the Zhaimen to be guarded by us, after all, our people are a regular team and their strength is strong." Jin Feihu, the owner of the second village, said: "General Nangong's people are running all the way, people are sleepy and tired, rest for a while, or I will guard the gate of the village first, and then exchange after fatigue." ”

Lu Jiuyi agreed: "What the master of Erzhai said makes sense, it's better for our people to keep it first, and you are not very familiar with it when you first came." Ziyun Dao Chang: "That's what I meant just now, it is consistent with several village owners, our people will rest for a few days before talking, don't discuss this matter anymore, I'm tired of you these days." ”

Amaterasu tossed and turned in bed and couldn't sleep, the pain in his heart was like a boulder pressing on his heart, there was nowhere to tell, he got out of bed and quietly opened the door and went out, outside the door a round of autumn moon, the light was cold, and it was the mountain high moon that was brighter. Unconsciously walked out of the second pass, the second gate keeper saw that it was Amaterasu, was recognized, and did not stop, Amaterasu slowly walked downward, and when he arrived at a distance of more than 100 zhang from the first pass, he saw that the gate was closed, and stopped. I couldn't sleep when I went back, so I simply found a place to sit down, holding the sword left by my father tightly with both hands, and involuntarily remembered my father's love for me.

Not long after, the mountain gate opened, and the tall general led a team of officers and soldiers to swagger in, and the deputy owner of the village, Jin Feihu, greeted him with a smile on his face: "All of them fall asleep, and no one is missed." The tall general said: "Now you have made a great contribution, and it is certain that you will be promoted and make a fortune." ”

Jin Feihu, the deputy owner of the village: "It depends on the general's good words." ”

Amaterasu understood the situation, turned around and ran up, and when he reached the gate of the second pass, he shouted to the people guarding the pass: "Close the gate, the enemy is coming." "In order to facilitate the people in the village to enter and exit the second pass, the people who guard the pass have always been lax, how can they believe the words of a child, open their sleepy eyes, and be indifferent.

"Hurry up, it's too late, I saw with my own eyes, the enemy soldiers are coming soon. Amaterasu aggravated his tone in a hurry.

It happened that Nangong Qi took people to inspect the barracks at night, and when he saw that Amaterasu was not indoors, he brought people to look for Amaterasu, and just heard Amaterasu's words, Nangong Qi immediately sent someone to invite Lu Jiuyi, the owner of the village, Nangong Qi was a cautious person, and at the same time ordered to call up all the people he brought, just in case.

Lu Jiuyi came to the place of the walled gate with sleepy eyes, and listened to Nangong Qi talk about such a thing, and he didn't believe it at all: "Jin Feihu has been my brother for many years, and his love is deep..."

"The deputy owner of the village is here. "There is humanity. Jin Feihu led more than 100 people to pick up the ladder from below with torches, and Lu Jiuyi noticed that there were many shadows behind him, followed by many mysterious people, and a few people around him did not know each other, and his suspicion suddenly rose.

Lu Jiuyi didn't wait for Jin Feihu to walk into the gate of the village, and asked: "The deputy owner of the village has Yaxing coming up late at night..." Jin Feihu was stunned when he heard this, stopped, and then laughed: "It turns out that the eldest brother hasn't fallen asleep yet, so I don't have to go to you." ”

Fu led people up quickly, and Lu Jiuyi immediately said: "If you have something to do, you can come up and tell me alone, you don't need to bring so many people." ”

The person behind Jin Feihu was Ouyang Hengtong's subordinate, knowing that the matter was revealed, he waved his hand and shouted, and the person behind him rushed up, wanting to be caught off guard, but was intercepted by Nangong Qi and others, and hit him violently, Jin Feihu and others were Nangong Qi's opponents, and they couldn't resist it, Nangong Qi led people to chase after him, Jin Feihu and the disguised officers and soldiers suffered countless casualties, and chased for a while, and suddenly a team of people blocked the way, let go of Jin Feihu and his party, and shot at Nangong Qi and others, Nangong Qi saw that the enemy forces could not rush over, and had to return.

Lu Jiuyi, the owner of the village, ordered the gate of the village to be closed, and the officers and soldiers of the brigade shouted and followed to kill, most of the people in the cottage had already risen, and they had released arrows one after another, and stones were smashed indiscriminately, the road was steep and narrow, and the officers and soldiers left dozens of corpses and did not dare to move forward.

When resting in the hall, Nangong Qi asked: "How many days can the grain on the mountain last?" Lu Jiuyi frowned and said: "It's bad, most of the grain is at the first pass, and the grain here can only last for a few days." Then he began to curse Jin Feihu.

Ziyun Dao said: "If you can hold on for a few days, you might as well find a way out slowly." Nangong Qi couldn't help but ask: "Where does the water come from?" Lu Jiuyi looked extremely ugly when he heard that it was like pouring cold water: "The water is a little troublesome, and the water is usually taken from the first pass, and there is only one water source." Hu Jiaguo, who came with Nangong Qi, said: "It's broken, there is no water, and it won't last for two days." Lu Jiuyi began to curse again: "This Jin Feihu shameless child, I will definitely break you into thousands of pieces in the future."

Nangong Qi said: "Scolding people can't solve the problem, the only thing to do now is to take advantage of the fact that the officers and soldiers are not on a stable foothold, and everyone will fight to the death and drive the officers and soldiers down the mountain." Daoist Ziyun disagreed: "You have seen the situation just now, the other party is ready, there are more people than us, there are many archers, and they will definitely not be able to go down the mountain, I don't know if there are other ways down the mountain." Lu Jiuyi stopped scolding, and said with a desolate expression: "There are cliffs on the left and right, behind you, and there is only a path in front of you to go down the mountain." ”

After hearing this, everyone's hearts were like ashes and they were silent. They all know that the future is not good, and they are worried. Lu Jiuyi couldn't help but keep scolding Jin Feihu, and kept greeting Jin Feihu's old ancestor, but he still didn't get rid of his hatred.

While everyone sighed and hung their heads, a young voice said: "You can go down from the cliff behind the mountain, and in the afternoon I saw that the slope of the mountainside is gentle, not too high." Just slide down the cliff with a rope and you'll be able to walk down the mountain. ”

Everyone went looking for prestige, and it turned out to be Amaterasu.

Lu Jiuyi listened: "But there are no long ropes on the mountain?" Amaterasu said: "You can pick the mountain vines on the mountain! In the afternoon, I saw a lot of mountain vines on the mountain" "It doesn't work, there are officers and soldiers camped at the bottom of the mountain and Longyun Mountain on the right side, how can they get out?" Lu Jiuyi shook his head.

Amaterasu replied, as if he was a master of problem solving, "Halfway down the mountain, there is a forest, from which we can break through to the right and back. ”

As soon as he was reminded, everyone woke up as if in a dream, and there was a thunderous cry of joy, and someone said: "He is worthy of being the son of the prime minister to come up with such a method." After a while, there was another humanitarian: "What if there are ambush soldiers in the forest, or what if they are found when they go down the mountain?" Nangong Qi said: "This is the only way out, there will be more soldiers after dawn, in case there are ambush soldiers in the forest, they can only fight to the death, but they can't light torches when they go down the mountain, and they can't speak loudly." ”

Lu Jiuyi thought for a few minutes and said: "The cliff is thirty or forty zhang high, and there is a gentle slope below, it is feasible to think of it with ropes, there is no other good way, only so." ”

Nangong Qi asked two or three hundred soldiers to collect mountain vines, and Lu Jiuyi asked people to collect all the ropes for drying clothes and knead them into a large and long rope. In less than a moment, there were more than thirty long ropes. Nangong Qi led most of the people to the top of the mountain, and the Purple Cloud Dao Governor led the Prime Minister's Mansion to bring the remaining more than fifty people to guard the second pass, light more torches, bluff and concentrate the horses at the gate of the village, puzzled the other party.

At the top of the mountain, the cliff under the night is unfathomable, and the tied rope keeps shaking under the mountain wind, and the timid do not dare to approach the edge of the cliff at all, let alone women and children. It's okay to let the young and strong people slide down first, what about the others, Nangong Qi was worried, Amaterasu knew Nangong Qi's thoughts and walked over and said: "Uncle Nangong, I have a way, why don't you add a rope and a wooden stick to make a rope ladder." Nangong Qi couldn't help but say with joy: "It's really a tiger father without a dog, it's good now." At that moment, he called two rope ladders for women and children, and in less than an hour, people almost arrived at the bottom of the cliff, and Nangong Qi called someone to call the chief of Ziyun Dao to go down the mountain, and the chief of Ziyun Dao tied the horses to the pass, and made dozens of thatched people standing at the pass. Arranged properly, they went down the mountain with everyone.

Ouyang Hengtong received a secret report from Ouyang Yubo's fast horse, and heard that Prime Minister Cheng and others had been besieged in Longshou Mountain, and secretly said that now they had nowhere to escape, and smiled proudly.

Ouyang Hengtong arranged for Ouyang Bokun to guard the capital, gathered all the men and horses, and personally led the troops to Longshou Mountain overnight.

Nangong Qi, Lu Jiuyi and others met with the head of Ziyun Dao and walked along the mountainside from the forest to Longwei. Walking to the foot of Longyun Mountain, I suddenly saw fires in several places in the forest, which turned out to be the officers and soldiers who camped here to stop them. I haven't seen it at Longshou Mountain because of the distance, and a large group of people will be found when they pass through, which is really a hundred secrets. Nangong Qi frowned: "When you get here, you can only kill it by fighting to the death." Lu Jiuyi did have a different opinion: "I'm afraid of alarming the officers and soldiers, but it's not good, but there is no reason to return here." "There's a new conundrum ahead of you.

Purple Cloud Daoist: "I have a way. Everyone asked, "Please say it!" Ziyun Dao long hand stroked his long beard: "I still have a hidden weapon to numb the people on duty, sneak in, and solve all the soldiers in the camp, but not alarm the other horses." After the discussion was properly discussed, the Purple Cloud Dao Commander selected dozens of people with better skills, went in the night, shot down the soldiers on duty, opened the camp gate, and put in the brigade of people, and hundreds of people in the whole battalion were all wiped out in their dreams.

Nangong Qi and his entourage staggered along the mountainside again, and Lu Jiuyi led people to open the road in front, overcoming thorns and thorns, and walked more than 20 miles, before going down the mountain and onto the avenue.

Ouyang Hengtong led his troops to Longshou Mountain in the starry night and entered the Ouyang Yubo camp at the foot of Longshou Mountain.

After sitting down, Ouyang Hengtong asked: "Yubo, are all the thieves trapped?" Ouyang Yubo replied: "Father, all of them have been besieged and have never escaped, and they will take the cottage in one go after dawn." Ouyang Hengtong was puzzled: "Why don't you conquer the cottage overnight, and delay it again and again, if you escape, it will be troublesome." Ouyang Yubo said with a smile: "Father, rest assured, we have captured the first pass of the cottage, and when we attacked the second pass, we were blocked, and our troops were limited, so we will not attack it for the time being." Ouyang Hengtong was about to go up the mountain, but Ouyang Yubo stopped: "Father, don't be in a hurry, the mountain road up the mountain is steep and slippery, very difficult to walk, according to Jin Feihu, the person who dedicated the village, heard that the old man was dead and buried on the mountain, and the trapped people had no food and no water, and they couldn't last a few days." ”

Ouyang Hengtong smiled proudly: "Haha, I heard that Lao'er also has today!" put his mind at ease, and said with a smile: "Who is Jin Feihu? Ouyang Yubo said: "This Jin Feihu is the deputy owner of the cottage, and it is his ventilation to report the news, Fang knows that Nangong Qi and others escaped from the mountain, and sacrificed the first pass, and now the front and back have been surrounded, and the thieves must be panicked." ”

Ouyang Hengtong was overjoyed: "Tomorrow is a good day!"

Ouyang Hengtong went to sleep with peace of mind that night and had a sweet dream all night.