When Wang Xiaohu returned to the inn, it was already late at night, and it was about two hours before dawn when he saw the sky, so he simply sat on the bed and ran the exercises to pass the time.

After half an hour or so,

"Boom! Knock", there was a knock on the door, and then Wang Jin's voice was heard:

"My lord, it's almost time to leave now, or you may not be able to arrive before dawn!"

"Squeak...", Wang Xiaohu opened the door, saw Wang Jin standing in front of the door, and then said:

"Let's go now! Also, is the rope ready? With that, he walked outside the inn.

"My lord, everything is ready, and when we get to the place, we will tie everyone's arms with ropes, so that we can prevent anyone from going missing for no reason",

"Well, that's good!" , Out of the inn, I saw that everyone under my command was ready, everyone was holding torches, and there was a middle-aged man who looked more honest, who should be the one who led the way, but his appearance was not very good, and he estimated that his life was relatively poor, otherwise he would not risk death to lead the way.

"My lord, this is the person who found the way: old fish, all said, fifty taels of silver, life and death are determined by the destiny of heaven! The silver has already been given to his family," Wang Jin whispered.

"Oh, old fish! It's good to be voluntary, let's go now! It's better to arrive early in case something unexpected happens! After speaking, he got on his horse and motioned to Wang Jin to let the middle-aged man lead the way.

"Yes, my lord", and then Wang Jin instructed: "Xiao Jiu, you and him will ride a horse in front and lead the way!" ”

"Yes, Brother Wang!" , and then everyone began to hold torches and follow the old fish in front of them slowly.

……

Half an hour later, looking at the steep mountain road in front of him, the old fish couldn't help but say:

"Ladies and gentlemen, you can't ride a horse in front of you, there are probably four or five miles of mountain roads left, you need to walk over, look!" Then he looked at Wang Jin and said that he needed to get off the horse and walk.

After Wang Jin heard the words, he looked at Wang Xiaohu and asked, "Look, my lord!" ”

Hearing Wang Jin's words, Wang Xiaohu thought about it and felt that it was better to be safe, so he said:

"Well, let's get off the horse and walk harder! I went back and invited everyone to drink, and I took out the rope and strung everyone together, as well as dry food and water, and then I took the initiative to dismount and tie the horses to a tree by the side of the road.

"Yes, sir!" , then turned around and said loudly: "Get off the horse and walk, bring dry food and other items, and take out the rope, tie everyone's arms, everyone will work the next road, and the commander will invite everyone to eat and drink when you go back!" ”

"Yes, Lord Xie!" After hearing that they were eating, the people who were in high spirits began to dismount and prepare necessary items such as dry food and drinking water.

In the end, everyone tied a person's arm every meter with a rope, and the first one was the middle-aged man Lao Yu who led the way, Wang Xiaohu and Wang Jin followed closely behind.

"Let's go, let's go!" Wang Xiaohu waved his little hand and shouted, and everyone began to walk forward slowly.

Although it was less than five miles away, the mountain road was difficult, and everyone walked for half an hour, but fortunately there was plenty of time, and there was still about half an hour before dawn.

"My lord, there is the entrance to the path ahead, I have entered it by mistake once before, but fortunately nothing happened! In the end, I returned to Ichthyosaurus Town safely", and then the old fish thought for a moment before continuing:

"My lord, in fact, you can pass through here all day, after all, this road is also the former businessman walked out, I heard some old people in the town say when I was a child, Fish Dragon Town was a very rich town forty or fifty years ago, at that time someone in the town accidentally found a kind of fish containing jade beads in the Fish Dragon River next to the town, since then Fish Dragon Town has a reputation, rich in fish dragon jade beads, is commonly known as jade beads, at that time the quality of jade beads was completed, very popular with some rich and noble people, as the saying goes: there are fish every year! So this kind of jade beads produced in the fish belly is very famous, but later, for some reason, there are no more jade beads in the fish in the fish dragon river in the town, and the fish dragon town has slowly lost since then! ”

And this road, known as the Lost Path, was secretly opened by merchants at that time in order to evade taxes! Most of the road ahead is some rough mountain roads! Most of the time there is nothing to pass through, but for some reason there are always some people who disappear inexplicably on the road! After finishing speaking, he sat on the ground with a tired look, obviously poverty had created his thin physique, which made him in a very bad state.

After listening, Wang Xiaohu said to the people behind him: "Everyone rests in place for half an hour, but the rope must not be untied. ”

"Yes, Lord Commander, my subordinates understand!" Although everyone was a little reluctant, they still agreed loudly for safety.

Seeing that everyone began to sit on the ground and began to rest, and at the same time eat some dry food and drink some water to replenish his strength, Wang Xiaohu also sat on the ground and ate some meat buns handed to him by Wang Jin, although it was a little cold.

"Give him something to eat too!" Wang Xiaohu looked at the old fish who was sitting quietly on the ground, but was obviously in a state of hunger, and said a word to Wang Jin.

"Okay, my lord", and then handed the other party a few meat buns, and the other party took them with a lot of gratitude, as if he hadn't eaten for a long time.

Half an hour later,

"My lord, it's dawn!" Wang Jin whispered a reminder to Wang Xiaohu, who had his eyes closed.

"Well, let's go!" Although his eyes were closed, his mind was always around, and after hearing Wang Jin's words, he spoke directly.

"Yes, my lord," and shouted to the crowd:

"It's all up and moving, and we're about to go!"

Then everyone began to pack up the items on the ground, and after a while, they walked down the path under the guidance of the old fish.

Walking on the road, Wang Jin looked at the knee-high weeds on the ground, and then whispered to Wang Xiaohu in front of him: "My lord, the grass on this road is too high, and I don't know what those people's brains think, so I have to take this kind of road where birds don't, don't you say this is a brain disease?" ”

Hearing the complaints of his subordinates, Wang Xiaohu said with a smile:

"Hey, maybe! But thanks to them, we can know that there is still a strange existence here, and there is no place for us without weirdness! ”

Looking at the commander who is obviously particularly keen on weirdness, Wang Jin said: I'm used to it, I just hope that the commander can always be reliable.

Half an hour later, Wang Xiaohu looked at the kilometer trail that had been walked twice with an ugly face, but he didn't find the slightest weirdness.

Looking at Wang Xiaohu, whose face was ugly, Wang Jin took the initiative to speak:

"My lord, could it be because it's still dawn, why don't you wait an hour and try again, after all, dawn is the safest", after speaking, he looked at Wang Xiaohu and waited for his arrangement.

"Well, then wait in the middle of this path! In this way, any changes can be detected in time! Wang Xiaohu decided to wait in the middle of the path, if there was a strange aura, he could also find it as soon as possible.

"Yes, sir!" Although Wang Jin was a little nervous in his heart, after all, he had dealt with a few strange incidents!

When the thin man heard Wang Xiaohu's decision, his face turned pale instantly, but he didn't dare to speak, after all, his life was equivalent to fifty taels of silver to sell to the other party!