In this way, all kinds of big and small news from the surrounding cities reached Fang Ling's ears through the mouths of these people, although Fang Ling was sitting in this remote border town, even the news of the imperial city could not be hidden from his ears and eyes.

Two days later, it was the beginning of April, the cold wave had passed early, the flowers were in full bloom, there was a spring atmosphere in the mountains, in the evening, the sun showed half of its face in the mountains, and the mist rose on the cliffs behind the mountains, setting off the whole Tianzhai like a fairyland.

Fang Ling's face was painted with some black charcoal gray, wearing a coarse cloth clothes, with a scimitar hanging on his left waist and a medicine tripod hanging obliquely on his right waist, although when he fought with Chu Li that night, many people in Tianzhai had seen him, but because it was at night, the light was not clear, so Fang Ling was confident that he could hide from everyone's eyes.

The dozen or so people brought by Qiu Yi are all henchmen, Dong Canghai and Lu Bei are mixed in, and the Tianzhai is heavily guarded, and the more people there are, the easier it is to have problems, so although there are only three people in Fang Ling, it is more convenient to move.

In the open space at the foot of the mountain, there are several cottage people at this time taking the rope ladder up the mountain, the so-called rope ladder is several ropes tied to an open wooden box, after the person stands up, the upper use of the pulley to pull, can pull the person up, very convenient.

Seeing Qiu Yi and his entourage coming, the owner of the cottage immediately came over to say hello, looking very enthusiastic.

After going up the rope ladder, there is a wide mountain road, the mountain road is paved with neat bluestone slabs, walking around the mountain, every time you reach a bend, you will see a checkpoint, several bandits are solemnly guarded, everything is the same as the topographic map provided by Qiu Yi, and the locations of these checkpoints are carefully selected, not only can you see the situation on the mountain road, but even the forest and trail below the mountain can be seen.

After coming to the top of the mountain, you will see a huge cottage, although the place is not much bigger than the Moshui Village, but the wooden houses inside are built very atmospheric, there are several floors high, especially the most central position of the village, the palace-style house has been built, in the open hall, you can see the thick wooden pillars are carved with exquisite patterns from afar, and there are some landscape paintings hanging on the wooden walls.

Lu Bei couldn't help whispering: "I can't see that this cottage is quite magnificent, this Shen Huantian knows how to enjoy it." ”

Fang Ling smiled lightly: "Since he was born in everyone, the edification he received is not so easy to change. ”

When they walked into the hall, it was already full of people, and according to the rules, the accompanying personnel were left to wait outside the hall, so Qiu Yi went in alone, Fang Ling, Dong Canghai and others stood in an inconspicuous corner on the side of the hall, and the three of them put makeup on their faces, either applying charcoal ash or black plaster, in order not to attract attention.

After all, the promise to Qiu Yi is a top-secret matter, and once it is exposed, even if the recruitment is successful, Qiu Yi may cause distrust from others.

At this time, Shen Huantian and the others had not yet come, Fang Ling's gaze swept over the village owners in the hall, and then gestured to Dong Canghai and the others.

The three of them excused themselves from the side of the corridor to leave the main hall, and the three sides of the Tianzhai were like mirrors, and even the top of the mountain was a vacant land, and there were few large mountain rocks, so the field of vision was broad, and only the cliff land connected with the cliff had a raised mountain, which was called the back mountain.