June 27, eye, Shen time.

Kaifeng General's Mansion, Zhang Xutuo looked at the battle report sent by Luoyang, and his heart was full of resentment, as far as people like Yang Xuanwu actually cut off the succession of the Great Sui, which made His Majesty disheartened and followed Yangzhou in the south.

Yang Xuanwu only has three or four thousand followers now, yes, it can only be regarded as an entourage, and there is no army around him at all, if they don't come to Kaifeng, they will come and ask them to die without a place to bury.

Hating Taotian, he called the general Liu Jie and instructed him to lead 5,000 troops to guard Zhengzhou to the Kaifeng River, as long as he saw Yang Xuanwu's men and horses, he didn't need to ask for instructions, and annihilated them.

Liu Jie took the order and left, Zhang Xutuo returned to the general's mansion, thinking of all the things when he was in Li Xiuning's army, and it was time to think about the next moves.

The news of Yang Guang's death in Yangzhou has already spread all over the world, and the competition for Jiuding has finally begun.

Hebei Luo Yi strictly abides by neutrality, he wants to continue watching the play, and the forces of all parties will not fight his idea for the time being due to geographical reasons.

And Dou Jiande and Zhu Yuanzhang fought inseparably, they won and lost each other, but the casualties were not large, they always felt like they were acting, and it was up to them to see who they were playing.

Zhao Kuangyin of Cangzhou took the opportunity to lead 30,000 elite soldiers to cross the Yellow River in the south, went south to Shandong, and occupied the first line of Liaocheng, Tai'an, and Zibo, which had long been virtually nonexistent.

After Yu Wenhua and the Imperial Forest Army launched a mutiny and hanged Yang Guang, they quickly went south to Jinling, and took advantage of the fact that the news of Yang Guang's death did not spread, and took over more than a dozen places such as Jinling, Taizhou, and Changzhou, recruiting troops and horses to win the world.

And Luo Yu's heart of Wang Shichong finally appeared, he led 60,000 soldiers and horses to take advantage of the situation, with Runan as the center, only ten days to quickly capture Zhoukou, Xinyang, Fuyang three counties, and personally led 20,000 elite soldiers to attack Nanyang, which had just been occupied by Du Fuwei.

For a time, the Central Plains land was turbulent, the fighting continued, Wang Bodang was defeated and captured by Wang Shichong, and the remaining soldiers and horses were divided by Du and Wang, and then the two of them defended and attacked, and the fight was not lively.

When Li Yuan's father and son received these military information on the way south to Chang'an, they found that no matter how they laid out, they were powerless to change the situation in the Central Plains, so they rushed to Chang'an with all their might, just in case there were too many dreams here.

Let's talk about Luo Yu on their side, although the tiger roar came, they didn't see it appear, and there should be some distance from them.

After a few people were stunned for a moment, the girl excitedly took the dagger and was about to get up and jump to the right, but was pulled by Lu Xiao, and after making a booing motion, she heard two owl calls coming back from the left.

Sure enough, it was Zhang Yang that they came, and the tiger roar was still echoing in the mountains, one after another, as if it was intimidating something, Luo Yu's heart moved, could it be that the gorilla also followed?

The giant tiger was in the upper hand, so he shouldn't have smelled their scent, otherwise he would have come over unceremoniously a long time ago.

Taking advantage of the echo, Zhang Yang and the three of them slowly leaned over, they were all covered in camouflage made of weeds, no wonder they looked like beasts were opening their way.

The three of them were stunned for a moment when they saw the girl, and looked at Luo Yu, as if asking who this person was?

Luo Yu shook his head, and after making a follow-up movement, he stopped caring about them, because at this time, Lu Xiao in front had already followed the girl and slowly moved forward.

The roar of the tiger stopped, perhaps because the girl felt that there was no need to wait any longer for three more and began to hurry.

In front of the girl is a big tree that can only be hugged by more than a dozen people, Luo Yu looked up, the height was not the top, the tree of the primeval jungle Luo Yu did not know, only felt that this was the tallest and largest tree he had seen in his life.

A gust of fishy wind blew, and everyone almost wanted to be spit out, but the giant tiger who should be in the upper wind position had already heard movement here, and was about to come over.

The girl was gently sweeping away the dead leaves with her hand in the open space under the big tree, and lifted a four-foot square plank open, revealing a black hole underneath, like the entrance to a secret passage.

When she smelled the fishy smell, she stopped her movements and held the dagger tightly in her hand, her face was not only not afraid at all, but she was very excited, she really wanted to fight this big worm.

Of course Luo Yu will not be as impulsive as her, fighting in the jungle, whether it is with people or beasts, he can use his wisdom without force, the trees here are dense, the tiger is huge, it is not easy to move around, and it will not attack rashly.

Just as he was thinking about how to deal with the situation in front of him, the leaves above his head shook violently, and a huge black shadow flashed in the air, heading towards the giant tiger.

Luo Yu looked at it, isn't this the gorilla he was still thinking about just now? And sure enough, it followed.

The two giant beasts fought again, and the roar of the tiger and the ape resounded throughout the jungle,

Except for Luo Yu, everyone was startled by the gorilla, they must have never seen such a huge ape, the girl's face was a little white, she probably had guessed how big the big worm was, and she wanted to rush out and compete with it just now.

Luo Yu was the first to come back to his senses and shouted softly: "Hurry up and go in, we won't have such a good chance later......"

When the girl heard this, she was stunned for a moment, and then immediately lowered her head and bent down and jumped into the hole, and Lu Xiao followed in.

Zhang Yang and Liu Hao were originally in front of Luo Yu and them, but in order to let Luo Yu and Li Xiuning go in first, they hurriedly flashed to the side, and at the same time looked up at the front to prevent the two giant beasts that were fighting from suddenly rushing over.

Luo Yu was also not polite, pulled Li Xiuning and Yang Man, watched them go in, and then shouted to Zhang Yang: "Hurry up and keep up!" With that, he bent down and jumped into the hole.

The entrance to the cave was about four feet down to the end, just enough for a person to bend over, and then slowly diagonally downward, and the sides became wider and wider, and after four or five steps forward, he could stand up straight.

The four people who jumped down first were waiting for Luo Yu not far in front of them with torches, Li Xiuning anxiously rushed forward two steps, and Luo Yu had already come to her.

Zhang Yang and Liu Hao entered the tunnel one after another, and when they saw the flickering firelight, they hurriedly came to Luo Yu's side to make room for the people behind.

The sound of the tiger roaring ape came through the mouth of the tunnel, and it gathered even more, and the sound shook everyone's ears until the last man came down and covered the wooden plank back into the hole.

This tunnel is about one zhang high and four feet wide, and the two of them standing side by side are already slightly crowded, so they just stand in a row, and the torch in Lu Xiao's hand is passed to Zhou Ye behind.

The torches should have been left here by the girl, and this tunnel saved everyone's lives.

The girl said: "It's so dangerous, I almost can't come back!" ”

Li Xiuning comforted: "Sister, it's safe now, did you dig this tunnel?" ”

The girl nodded, and said, "Let's go, follow me back to the village, grandpa may be in a hurry." With that, he raised his torch and walked forward.

The ground of the tunnel is very flat, and there are many root fractures on the cave wall and the top, so I think there are often people who come to cut off the new roots, otherwise, it will not be long before the roots are overgrown.

The tunnel is straight, and the girl walked forward for almost half an hour, and it was ten miles away, and it was really a big project to dig this tunnel like this.

A small door opened after the girl pressed the switch on the wall of the cave, and the bright light from the outside came in, a little dazzling, and it must have come to an end.

Luo Yu stepped out of the small door, a gust of wind blew, the fragrance of flowers came to his nose, and the scene in front of him made Li Xiuning and Yang Man, who went out first, exclaim, "It's so beautiful".

This is a basin surrounded by mountains, Luo Yu and their place is halfway up the mountainside, as far as the eye can see, there are flowers everywhere, like colorful auspicious clouds under the sunlight.

The basin area is very large, in the middle is a large circular lake, on the left is a dirt road about a zhang wide, go forward more than ten zhang and turn left into the mountain, I don't know where it leads.

On the right side of the hill are more than 100 independent wooden buildings, which are also filled with colorful flowers.

At the end of the day, the people in the mountains eat late for lunch, and at this moment they are busy cooking cigarettes, and every household is calling for their children to return, and the slang is shaking the mountains, it seems that the children are playing too much and do not want to go home to eat.

The girl smiled and walked to the earthen ladder on the right, dozens of stairs reached the end in her cheerful rhythm, and then jumped to the first wooden building on the left side of the village.

Luo Yu and the others followed her down the earth ladder, crossed the path with flowers on both sides, and came to her.

I only heard her call in slang, and after a while, an old man with white hair and linen clothes opened the door, with a kind smile on his wrinkled face, when he saw Luo Yu and them, he was stunned for a moment before looking at Luo Yu, stepped out of the door, wanted to look more carefully, and smiled after a while: "Housheng, you finally found it!" ”

With tears in his eyes, Luo Yu looked at this old man who had been separated for several months, if it wasn't for his old man to save him, he might have frozen to death or been bitten to death by a wild beast in front of the cabin.

He was a little older than when he saw him last year, but he was in good spirits, Luo Yu saw the old man go out, and hurriedly stepped over to support him and said, "The kid was really forced to leave that day, I will help you in." After speaking, he helped the old man into the wooden building.

This wooden building has two floors, the area is still very large, after entering the door is a thirty-odd square patio, the patio is surrounded by a three-foot wide corridor made of bamboo, by the patio side is a wooden half-height railing, under the railing on the ground are two or three rows of potted plants, all kinds of flowers are blooming.

On the edge of the corridor are three wings each, and there are stairs to the second floor on both sides at the end, and the master room is directly opposite, and the door is open at the moment, and there are two rows of bookshelves inside, and there are many wire-bound books neatly placed on them, which should be a study.

The old man smiled and said, "Ah Li, go cook and entertain distinguished guests!" ”

It turned out that the girl's name was Ah Li, and I only heard her smile and say, "Grandpa, I've been hungry for your venison leg meat for a long time, so I can eat it today." ”

The old man also smiled and said, "Little girl, it was originally used to entertain your eldest brother Luo and his friends, go and get it." ”

Ah Li jumped and walked to the first wing room on the right, and Luo Yu helped the old man to the round table on the left side of the study door and let him sit on the main seat.

Li Xiuning and Yang Man followed, Zhang Yang and the six of them all stood straight on both sides of the door, and Luo Yu introduced to the old man: "Uncle, this is the boy's wife Li Xiuning, and this is Xiuning's sister Yang Man." ”

The two girls saluted the old man, and the old man wanted to get up and return the salute, but he listened to Li Xiuning: "The old man doesn't have to get up, I heard the husband mention that if it wasn't for your old man to save him that day, he would have been dead for a long time. ”

Luo Yu knew that she would be like this, and came to her side when she spoke, and after listening to her, the two of them knelt on the ground together, and bowed down in the old man's voice.

Yang Man was a little embarrassed standing on the side, she was a princess, and it was not etiquette to bow down to the people in the mountains and grasses, although now she is no longer a princess, Luo Yu is the life-saving grace of the kneeling old man, Li Xiuning, as his wife, is understandable to give a big gift, she has no reason to make such a big gift.

Seeing that he couldn't stop it, the old man had to accept the two of them kneeling, and seeing Yang Man's situation next to him, he hurriedly resolved: "Girl, help your sister up!" ”

When Yang Man heard this, he hurriedly reached out to help Li Xiuning up, resolving the little embarrassment just now, Li Xiuning was a little embarrassed and said: "I was a little anxious just now, but I forgot my sister." ”

The old man smiled and said, "Sit down, Housheng, ask them to come and sit too, they are all good guys!" ”

Luo Yu said: "Thank you for your kindness, the kid will call them over to pay respects." After speaking, he waved at Zhang Yang and them.

The six of them came to the patio together, and after introducing them one by one, they came to the corridor after giving a fist salute to the old man, found a stool and sat down, and Yang Man also gave them a pot after making tea.

Li Xiuning suddenly said, "Uncle, where is the kitchen?" Sister Ali is afraid that she can't be busy alone, so it's better to let them help. ”

The old man was reminiscing after taking a sip of brewed tea, and when he heard Li Xiuning say this, he said, "It's okay, Ah Li is fast, and he will get better soon." ”

Luo Yu understood what Li Xiuning meant, and said: "Uncle, I won't tell you, from morning to now, there has been almost no rice on the way, and the kid is indeed a little hungry, so I asked them to help because I want to eat the deer leg you left for the kid as soon as possible!" ”

The old man was stunned for a moment, and then laughed and said, "It turns out that you are also a little gluttonous cat, okay, go out and go to the right to the end of the kitchen." ”

After Zhang Yang and the six of them finished drinking tea, they heard their conversation, and after the old man finished speaking, he got up and saluted, walked to the door, and turned to the kitchen to help.

After they left, the four of them were chatting happily, and a hearty laugh suddenly came from the door: "Daddy Li, there is a distinguished guest in the Valley of Forgotten Worries, why don't you tell me?" ”

It should be that the people in the stockade came over after hearing the news.