In the mountains and forests, which should have been calm, there was a chaotic sound of horses' hooves, followed by the neighing of war horses and the exclamations of everyone.

Several soldiers leaned over a pile of corpses to check something, and soon, Ying Liang sighed, these people should be the scouts brought into the mountains by Gui Yinghao,

These people died in a miserable state, they were all killed by random arrows, but among them, Gui Yinghao's body was not found, and it is estimated that he was not killed, but there are dozens of people here, and there should not be many people left around Gui Yinghao at this time.

Ying Liang checked again, then got up and looked at the soldiers on the side, and asked, "Is there anything else you found?"

"There are obvious horseshoe prints nearby, and there are also traces of knife chopping on the trunk, there should have been a fierce fight," a soldier reported with his hand, Ying Liang nodded, and wanted to check, at this time, the sound of horses' hooves sounded from not far away, Ying Liang followed the sound and looked, this is Xiang Zhuang leading the army to come,

"General, here are all our people," Ying Liang stepped forward and arched his hand, Xiang Zhuang's face was extremely gloomy, he nodded, dismounted and walked towards the pile of corpses, took a closer look, and asked in a deep voice: "Have you found anything else, similar to the traces of assassins?"

"Nothing but some traces of a fight were found, and besides, there were some horseshoe prints,"

When Xiang Zhuang heard the horseshoe prints, he immediately ordered, "Take me to see it,"

Following them, Xiang Zhuang came to a nearby mud field, the mountains are damp, the mud is the majority, Xiang Zhuang found the clues, these horseshoe prints are unusual, if you look closely, you can find that these horseshoe prints have deep traces of iron hooves, that is, these war horses are equipped with horseshoes,

Horseshoe in this period, and few people know, except for a batch of Xiang Zhuang in Huiji, Xiang Yu's army and his own army have many configurations, and then, when the army goes north, it is no longer used, at this time the army is mostly the Hebei army, that is to say, this matter is really related to Xiang Yu,

An unprecedented loss hit his heart, Xiang Zhuang felt very painful in his heart, he never thought that Xiang Yu would use such despicable means to take himself away, and he suddenly took himself away, what was the purpose,

There are too many mysteries waiting to be revealed, Xiang Zhuang let out a long sigh, not knowing where Gui Yinghao was at this time, thinking of Gui Yinghao, Xiang Zhuang turned around and asked: "I just saw that there is no trace of Gui Yinghao there, but I know where he is,"

"I don't know yet, I should have entered the mountain,"

"Then let's continue to look for it," Xiang Zhuang turned around and led the war horse, ready to get on the horse, on the side, Ying Xueyue grabbed Xiang Zhuang, she hurriedly admonished: "It's already noon, if we enter the mountains, we will spend the night in the mountains,"

After a pause, Ying Xueyue said again: "I can meet the village last night, but when I go inside, except for the cottage, I'm afraid I won't have a chance to find a place to stay,"

Listening to Ying Xueyue's words, Xiang Zhuang hesitated, but after all, he couldn't give up any brother, thinking of this, Xiang Zhuang took out the token in his arms and said to Ying Xueyue: "You hurry back, give the token to Kong Ji for me, let him no matter what, he can't listen to the Chinese army, before I go back, no one is allowed to leave the barracks for half a step,"

"What do you mean," Ying Xueyue heard that Xiang Zhuang intended to take herself, and she said unhappily: "You want to go, you let others go, I won't go,"

Seeing that Ying Xueyue was very stubborn, Xiang Zhuang said angrily: "This is an order,"

"Order, I'm not your soldier, why should I listen to your orders," Ying Xueyue roared angrily,

"If you don't listen, I'll leave you here alone," Xiang Zhuang saw her like this, and his tone increased again, and said angrily: "I didn't ask anyone, this time I begged you, the matter is very serious, you have to run for me,"

"Unless you tell me, why," Ying Xueyue was still unyielding, this time, Xiang Zhuang was not forcing her, but took her hand and walked towards the woods on the side,

The two of them walked for a while, getting farther and farther away from the team, and then Xiang Zhuang sighed: "Originally, I shouldn't have told you, but you help me so much and care about me, I only believe you alone at this moment,"

When Xiang Zhuang said this, he looked at Ying Xueyue with blazing eyes, but Ying Xueyue scolded secretly in his heart: "You kissed me, do you still want to play tricks, but the matter is urgent, Ying Xueyue had to ask anxiously: "What's the matter, you say,"

"En......" Xiang Zhuang hesitated for a moment, and said frankly: "I suspect that the appearance of assassins in the Chinese army this time is a conspiracy, this conspiracy may be aimed at me, it may be to break me up, but no matter which one it is, I must first stabilize the army, and I can't let the army enter Xianyang, moreover, seventy percent of my army is the Poyang army, I'm very worried about the military mutiny, do you understand,"

Ying Xueyue looked at Xiang Zhuang blankly, she didn't understand what Xiang Zhuang was saying, at this time Xiang Zhuang was very anxious to stuff the token to her, and said in a commanding tone: "You remember, anyway, give this to Kong Ji and let him do what I say, that's right,"

After speaking, Xiang Zhuang no longer paid attention to Ying Xueyue, he also wanted to find Gui Yinghao as soon as possible, and then rushed back to the theater, and when he pulled Ying Xueyue back, Xiang Zhuang called Ying Liang and ordered: "You escort Xueyue, return to the theater quickly, don't delay,"

Ying Liang was still hesitating, but Xiang Zhuang had already pulled his war horse, turned over, looked at Lotte again, and ordered: "Give them three hundred sergeants, let them set off quickly,"

Lotte has just sung the promise, Xiang Zhuang has reined in the horse, continue to march west,

There was a distance in the line, Xiang Zhuang looked back, Ying Liang and Ying Xueyue had already led the crowd to leave, with blessings, Xiang Zhuang once again embarked on the road to the west,

Traveling for more than ten miles along the way, Lotte Shuai found bloodstains nearby, the bloodstains were obvious, it can be seen that Gui Yinghao and others were chased all the way, which made Xiang Zhuang surprised, why did they rush to kill everything,

If Xiang Yu did it, Xiang Zhuang knew Xiang Yu, he would not be so decisive, but everything was directed at Xiang Yu, which made Xiang Zhuang somewhat difficult to distract.

Following the bloodstains, everyone walked for another distance, and finally, the bloodstains began to turn along the winding path to the side of the mountain road, Xiang Zhuang's heart began to tense, he didn't know, walking along the bloodstains, would he see the corpses of Gui Yinghao and others,

But in any case, Xiang Zhuang has to find out,

Leaving more than 100 people to watch the horses, Xiang Zhuang took more than 500 people and hurried to the mountain road.

There is a distance to travel, the original winding mountain road, there are man-made steps, the steps are made of earth, although you can still faintly see the blood, but the bloodstains have faded, it can be seen that the injured person has stopped the bleeding on his own,

After walking for a distance, finally, a small earthen temple appeared on the top of the mountain, Xiang Zhuang turned to look at a personal entourage, and asked, "Where is this?"

The person shook his head, and Lotte said on the side: "I know, here, it seems to be Zhongnan Mountain,"

"Zhongnan Mountain," Xiang Zhuang said silently, Lotte was an official in the Qin State, if he was sure that this was Zhongnan Mountain, then everything would not be wrong,

Moreover, the bloodstains extended to the earth temple not far away, perhaps, Gui Yinghao and others fled into the earth temple, thinking of this, Xiang Zhuang ignited a hope in his heart, he immediately walked towards the earth temple, on the side, a personal entourage quickened his pace, came to the earth temple before Xiang Zhuang, knocked on the door, and shouted: "Is there anyone?"

"Anyone,"

After knocking a few more times, the temple door slowly opened: "Squeak,"

A young man wearing a scarf and a green robe leaned out, looked at everyone, and said in surprise: "You guys...... Who's looking for,"

"We ......" The entourage was just about to speak, Xiang Zhuang had already stepped forward and arched his hand: "This fellow Daoist, I want to ask, have you saved a group of soldiers in the past few days?"

"We ...... No," Dao Tong hesitated and vetoed, but Xiang Zhuang saw from his eyes that he was lying, and Xiang Zhuang asked again: "I am the general of this group of soldiers, I am here to save them,"

"But...... However, I really haven't seen them," Dao Tong still didn't dare to admit it, Xiang Zhuang was a little annoyed, he couldn't help lowering his voice, and said coldly: "What evidence do you need before you can let me in, besides, can you stop me?"

"This ...... Okay, I'll take you to see Master, Master nodded, I'll take you,"

Dao Tong looked helpless, opened the temple door and put it into Xiang Zhuang, Lotte and the others wanted to enter, but Dao Tong stopped them: "Donor, this is a place of Qing cultivation, you are too angry, too many people will affect the cultivation of the master, or ......"

"Okay, I'll only take two people in," Xiang Zhuang nodded, he gave Lotte a look, Lotte picked two personal followers, and together with Xiang Zhuang, went to the temple,

This earthen temple seems to be not big, but in fact, after entering the temple gate, you can find that this mountain peak turns around, and the winding mountain road stretches to the top of the small peak, which has a unique charm.

Everyone walked a distance, and when they came to the front yard, the Taoist boy pointed to the top of the mountain and said with a smile: "The master is on the top of the mountain, if the donor wants to see the master, he needs to suffer some hardships,"

A thatched hut on the top of the mountain is faintly visible, shrouded in clouds and mist, there is a feeling of going deep into the fairyland, Xiang Zhuang looked at the Taoist boy, and said with a smile: "Isn't it just a mountain, what's so difficult, but I don't know that my subordinate can be at the top of the mountain,"

"Master once instructed that as long as Master Xiang came to the top of the mountain, everything would be known,"

"Xiang ......," Xiang Zhuang suddenly held the hilt of the sword in his vigilant hand, and said in surprise: "How do you know who I am?"

Seeing Xiang Zhuang's misunderstanding, Dao Tong was not afraid, he only smiled back: "Shizun is a hermit in Zhongnan Mountain, up to astronomy, down to know geography, ancient and modern things, omniscient, omniscient, can know yin and yang, can know the past and the future, today Xiang Shi came to visit, my master also knows, it was he who deliberately asked me to obstruct the donor and then put in, forbidding the sergeant to enter the mountain, and ask Xiang Shi to forgive me,"

The more Dao Tong said, the more outrageous it became, although Xiang Zhuang relieved his vigilance, he still looked at Dao Tong with a look of disbelief, and wondered: "Is your master really so good?"

"If you don't believe it, the general can lead the army to step through the mountain gate immediately, but I am afraid that the general will offend the master and will regret it in the future,"

"Hahaha, I, Xiang Zhuang, gallop across the field, and I am not afraid, why not be afraid of a hermit," smiled, Xiang Zhuang took Lotte, followed the Taoist boy, and went to the small peak on the top of the mountain.

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