Chapter 216: The First Night of the Journey of the Martial Arts Conference
Early the next morning, Mo Cong officially announced that he would take Xiaolan Xiaoyue and Xiaowan Xiaoting to participate in the martial arts conference, so that the three people except Xiaolan could use one day to learn equestrianism.
"Young master, I have already been to the barracks last time, so let's give this opportunity to the other sisters. Xiaolan looked at the envious and lost looks of the other maids, and said sensibly.
"You better go, the four of us are only going to you, and there are very few of you, and if you don't go, the young master's food, clothing and daily life will be affected." Xiaomei said.
Hearing Xiaomei say this, Xiaolan didn't say anything more.
"Everyone knows that it is not enough to try to catch up, and there is no need to hang down. Short-term success or failure does not mean anything, long-term efforts are the most important. If you don't go this time, you also have the advantage of not going, that is, you can stay at home and practice well, anyway, the days are still long, and it's not the only time to go out. Mo Cong looked around at Xiaomei and the other nine maid rings and said.
"We're going to do our best. The girls said one after another.
After saying the matter, Mo Cong went to the horse shed to take out the war horse Feilong, stepped on the horse and walked out of the gate of the Mo Mansion and left.
Before noon, Mo Cong arrived at the base camp of the Flying Dragon Camp, inquired about some situations and arranged some things, and rode back to the capital after lunch.
In the afternoon, Mo Cong returned to Mo Mansion, the preparations at home have been almost carried out, Xiaoyue Xiaowan Xiaoting has learned to ride a horse, due to the long journey, Xiaolan also deliberately made thickening and leather on Mo Cong and the breeches of the four rings to prevent the side of the leg from being bruised by riding a horse for a long time. The clothes that need to be brought are wrapped around Mo Min has been packed up for Mo Cong, and let the subordinates prepare three umbrellas in case of rainy days, and the hidden weapons that need to be brought Mo Min also helped the four rings to sort out, and the storage position, extraction method, throwing control skills, etc., are all carefully taught. When Steward Mo learned that Mo Cong was going to go far away, he specially arranged for the cooks to prepare dry food, dim sum, sauce, braised beef and other things that were easy to bring and easy to put in case they were not in the village and there was no store to eat a little emergency, and they also used wine and water bladders to fill wine and water for drinking on the road.
In the evening, the things that should be prepared were basically ready, Mo Cong hurriedly went to the Yan Mansion, and after returning to the Mo Mansion, he explained to the four maids.
Early the next morning, one master, four servants and five people rode out of Mofu and left the capital from the south gate. The sky is not yet bright, and there are no people on the road, when passing through a forest in the southern suburbs, the five people went in and looked simple, and when they came out, they all became the image of a chivalrous man wearing black clothes and carrying a saber on his back, and even his appearance was a little different from before.
Zhongmuro Mountain is in the southwest of the capital, about 1,200 miles away from Shangdu, and it takes five or six days to ride a horse according to the distance, but a few people are riding BMWs from Jialong Province and even Longma County, and they don't bring anything bulky, so if you really let go of the horse speed and run, you can get it in more than a day. But Mo Cong took into account that several Yahuan were riding horses for the first time, and this time they came out to experience rather than rush, so he made the time very free, and he left directly in seven days before the martial arts conference.
The group marched south for a while, and after a while they arrived at the bank of the Dujiang River, where some large and small ships were docked, the big boats were basically from the Qinglong Gang, and the small ones were some people's fishing boats. Mo Cong did not choose to take a boat, but walked directly to the west along the official road separated by dozens of zhang on the river bank, and arrived at a place where the water was narrow and turbulent at noon, and crossed the Dujiang River along the stone bridge more than a mile long on the water, and then headed to the southwest after crossing the river.
After a morning's trek, although the horse speed was not fast, a few maid rings were still a little tired, and it happened to be time for dinner, so the group dismounted and found a place to sharpen. There is nothing delicious at the roadside stalls, but a few people are more about resting than eating, and they are not too picky about eating.
After eating and resting for a while, a few people continued to get on the horse and hurry, Mo Cong told the girls about some precautions for staying in the top stores on the rivers and lakes, and paid special attention to food, wine, houses near trees, etc., and looked at the surrounding routes before settling down.
"Anyway, the principle is that I can't live there, I'd rather sleep in the wilderness than live in an inn with suspicious terrain and food, so that on the one hand, I can avoid the trouble of thieves and black shops. Mo Cong said, "This time we are riding a horse, the target is a bit big, so there is no way to completely disappear in terms of whereabouts, and when you come out to act in the future, you will not have these eye-catching horses, you can choose a different route when you travel, rely on mountains, rivers, grass and trees to hide the traces, and clean up all the clues in time after each camping." ”
"Master, can we live in a hotel and not stay in a hotel at the same time, I mean... When the time comes, we will choose some inns with vacant rooms to live in quietly, and we don't even know about the store. This will not only prevent you from being discovered, but also avoid sleeping in the wilderness. Satsuki asked.
"If the martial arts people are all relying on their martial arts to secretly stay overnight, then how can the business of the inn be done? Of course, the rule is that the dead are alive, and if there is an emergency, any place can be used as a hideout, not limited to inns. Mo Cong said.
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The group walked and stopped and walked for 200 miles in a day, and when Mo Cong passed through the towns, villages, mountains, rivers, rivers and forests along the way, he instructed the girls to various tracking and anti-tracking methods, and finally entered a forest to tie the horses to a real battle. Several of the maid rings are all rookie level, some got lost directly in the forest, some followed the traces deliberately left by Mo Cong all the way to the past and were knocked unconscious by a hand knife, and some fell into a simple trap while walking. It was almost evening, Mo Cong rescued the four maids and brought them back to the place where the horses were bolted, and then discussed the success or failure of the performance just now.
"Young Master, are we going to stay here at night?" Seeing that the sky was getting darker, there was a whining wolf howl in the distance, and several maids were a little scared.
"It's nice to be quiet and undisturbed. You sit down for a while, Xiaolan and I will go to get some firewood and prey, and when we will have a bonfire and eat something, I won't panic. As he spoke, Mo Cong got up and took Xiaolan away.
"Sister Xiaoyue, have you ever lived in the wilderness before?" Xiao Ting asked scaredly as she looked at the shadows of the trees around her that were gradually fading into the night.
"No, but I've seen a wolf once before, and it's scary anyway. Satsuki shuddered as she spoke.
A few people were talking, when suddenly they heard a rustling sound in the distance, and the five horses next to them began to be restless, as if some beast was approaching. The three maids' faces turned white suddenly, but they didn't scream. Under Xiao Yue's command, the three Yahuan stood up and stood side by side in the direction of the voice, Xiao Wan Xiaoting unsheathed her saber, and Xiao Yue held the hidden weapon in her hand.
The three of them were holding their hearts as if they were facing a great enemy, and a rustling sound suddenly sounded in the other direction, and several people turned their heads, and finally saw that it was Mo Cong and Xiaolan who were back.
"What's wrong with you, what did you hear?" Mo Cong asked a few maids while building firewood.
"There's a bit of movement over there. Satsuki said.
"The breath of horses is too easy to attract wild beasts, and it may be better for you not to ride horses in the future. Mo Cong had already lit the bonfire as he spoke, and the flames were crackling and burning, and the faces of several girls were also bloody, and they were no longer so white.
On the bonfire, five people put two hares that had been washed and fur off and roasted them on the branches, because it was not long after the autumn, the two hares were not very fat, each was three or four pounds, and the fat was almost none. Mo Cong used to often see Mo Xiao roasting rabbits, and when he returned to Lingyun Mountain with Mo Min, he often cooked and ate by himself, although he was not as profound as Mo Xiao's accomplishments in cooking, he was still passable. A few girls roasted on the bonfire and smelled the rabbit, the fear gradually disappeared, and the feeling of hunger gradually grew.
After roasting the rabbit, Mo Cong asked Xiaolan to take out the dry food, snacks and water he brought with him for the maids to eat, and he took a wine bag to drink wine while eating rabbit meat.
The five of them ate rabbit meat by the campfire and talked about the past, present and future. After chatting for more than half an hour while eating, the maids, who were not used to long journeys, were a little tired and fell asleep leaning on a few trees.
Mo Cong looked at the four girls who were tired and couldn't sleep stretched, and felt that this kind of wild sleeping was indeed a bit difficult for them, thinking about whether to stay in the hotel tomorrow, but after thinking about it, this time it was originally an experience, so he gave up ruthlessly, and instead got some branches and pads and some clothes as pillows for them to stretch out and sleep well, and he himself meditated with his back against a big tree, sometimes adding firewood to the fire.