At noon, the sun hangs high.

Nearly 100 visitors traveled all the way through the mountains and rivers, and finally arrived at the southernmost foot of Beibi Mountain.

From here, the remnants of Beibi Mountain pierced through the Great Wall of the Border and plunged deep into the hinterland of Beiliang County like a sharp sword.

The mountain suddenly lowers here, and countless streams and waterfalls rush down the mountain, forming a large swamp in the south, and bottomless pools dot the mossy swamp with countless insects and snakes.

Under the mist, it looks mysterious and deep, and it is creepy.

If they don't want to climb over the Great Wall of the border, they can only cross this swamp with a radius of tens of miles, and then climb the northern mountain along the southern foothills.

This is the most secret and cost-effective way into the mountains.

Otherwise, these ginseng pickers will have to pay a large sum of silver to pass through the border checkpoint and enter the mountains from the prairie to the north.

After a moment of discussion, the old man on crutches was elected to lead the team, and he led the group through the dangerous swamp.

"Sure enough, people can't be disgraced."

Zhang Qi saw the lame old man walking in the front, and couldn't help but say secretly in his heart.

At this time, Yu Roe came over and said: "This old man is not simple, everyone calls him Sam Weng, his family lives in the east city of Baisha City, and his family has been collecting ginseng for a living for generations." Thirty years ago, he went into the mountains with his father and brother to collect ginseng, and more than 20 years ago, his father and brother died in the Beibi Mountain, but this ginseng Weng was the only one who entered and exited the Beibi Mountain no less than 100 times, but each time he was able to return unharmed. We are very fortunate to have met Sam Weng to lead the way this time. ”

Zhang Qi glanced at Yu Roe, "You know quite a lot." ”

"Of course."

Yu Roe patted his chest and said proudly: "I am the leader of the rangers in Baisha City, and I know the entire Baisha City." ”

Zhang Qi pouted secretly.

How can a big brother go out, but there is not even a little brother by his side, and he is even reduced to digging ginseng in the mountains by himself?

Hehe.

It doesn't matter if others believe it or not, he doesn't believe it anyway.

Especially after knowing that the other party's identity was an ancient street slipper, Zhang Qi has always kept his distance from the other party.

Wu Chang once reminded him that although the rangers are more righteous, they are more of the thieves of chickens and dogs, and after encountering them, they must be more careful.

Seeing Zhang Qi's cold attitude, Yu Roe just smiled slightly.

The crowd continued on, with Sam Man leading the way at the front, while the other Sam pickers cautiously followed and began to make their way through the vast marshland.

Zhang Qi and Yuroe walked at the back of the line.

"Beware of poisonous insects."

Someone in the team shouted a reminder.

As the crowd continued to go deeper, the originally dead and silent swamp suddenly became noisy, and countless poisonous insects came out of the grass or waterholes, wandering and crawling everywhere, making a disturbing sound.

Zhang Qi even saw a big black-spotted snake thicker than his arm, peeking out of the waterhole a few meters away, staring coldly at their group.

Face these poisonous insects.

Everyone took out realgar powder or other insect repellent powder and sprinkled it on themselves.

Zhang Qi was suddenly embarrassed.

He bought a lot of things in Baisha City, but he forgot to buy deworming powder.

"Well, I still have half a bottle here."

Yuroe noticed Zhang Qi's embarrassment and handed him the remaining half bottle of deworming powder.

"Thank you."

After Zhang Qi nodded at the fish roe, he reached out and took the deworming powder and began to sprinkle it on himself.

Now is not the time for hypocrisy, and life is the most important.

Although he has cultivated to the realm of iron sheets, it stands to reason that he should not be afraid of poisonous insect bites, but he is not afraid of ten thousand, just in case. When you're away from home, it's better to be steady.

"The heroes of the world are all brothers."

After being polite, Yu Roe lost no time in asking, "I still don't know the name of my brother?" ”

"The surname is Zhang, and the name is ...... Yes. ”

Zhang Qi replied with a pseudonym, after all, his current identity is a fake ranger, so naturally he can't use his real name.

Ranger Zhang Dake sounds domineering.

"Da Ke, could it be from the sage's saying, 'small can be a stone, big can be a jade'?"

Unexpectedly, this ranger Roe Roe is still a cultural person, and after hearing Zhang Qi's pseudonym, he actually quoted the scriptures on the spot.

"Definitely."

Zhang Qi shook his head and said: "My name comes from the sentence 'small can be pleasant, big is not necessary'." ”

By the way, there is another sentence that is in ashes.

Yurobi pondered for a moment, and wondered: "It's a little pleasant, but it's not necessary, which saint said this?" I've never heard of it. ”

"That's what Lao Tzu said."

Seeing that the other party was still going to ask, Zhang Qi blocked the other party with one sentence: "My father said it." ”

Yu Roe didn't continue to ask.

It's just that the eyes that look at Zhang Qi are even hotter, and the person who can say the fresh and refined words of 'small and pleasant, but not necessary', tsk, this Brother Zhang's father, what a learned person he must be.

Admire, admire!

As a ranger who likes to read, what Yu Roe admires most is not those rangers who assassinate the king and kill the driver to become famous all over the world, but the reader who changes the situation in the world with just a few words.

If the tongue can solve the problem, why use swords and guns.

At sunset.

When night began to fall, the group finally made their way through the swamp and reached the southernmost foot of the North Side Mountain.

During this thrilling journey, except for one ginseng picker who accidentally stepped on a poisonous snake and was bitten and killed on the spot, everyone else was unharmed.

After taking the body of the ginseng collector out of the swamp, they dug a pit on the spot and hurriedly buried him.

No one showed a sad look.

It's as if it's all too commonplace.

But the ranger Caviar, out of nowhere, found a stack of yellow paper, burned it in front of the tomb of the ginseng picker, and then sang and danced around the grave, constantly chanting obscure eulogies in his mouth, just like those witch wishes of the dancing gods.

It's not just Zhang Qi.

The pickers were all dumbfounded.

After Yuroe finished singing and dancing, Zhang Qi said with admiration: "I didn't expect that Brother Zibi is so versatile." ”

"The sage said: Heaven is strong, and the gentleman is constantly striving for self-improvement."

Yu Roe said with a humble face: "I am stupid in my qualifications, I can't enter the door of the saint, I can only be self-taught, this witch blessing funeral speech is what I learned this year, what do you think after hearing it?" ”

"It's a good song."

Zhang Qi said with an affirmative face, and added a sentence in his heart: Don't sing next time.

At night, Beibi Mountain is like a black giant beast lying on the earth, devouring all light, and even the moonlight in the sky cannot shine in.

A bonfire was lit.

In addition to fighting the cold, the main thing is to drive away the darkness and prevent being attacked by wild beasts in the mountains.

The crowd took turns to keep watch.

Zhang Qi and Yu Robi were not idle, they were assigned to stand guard on the north side of the camp, and they stood guard until the second half of the night, and nothing happened.

In the second half of the night.

Zhang Qi was lying by the bonfire, and not long after falling asleep, he was suddenly awakened by a fierce sound of gongs.

He got up and looked.

It was the lame man who struck the gong, and I saw him shouting hoarsely as he struck the gong:

"The ghost beast is coming! The ghost beast is coming! ”