"Rough people. In the caravan, an old Confucian whispered to the people around him.

And the few people around him obviously hadn't read any books, but when they heard this evaluation, they all nodded, and they all began to look at Qin Ke and the others with a look of rejection and disgust.

Gao Yishui finally fumbled to find his water bag and opened it, but it was empty, he poured it a few times, but there was not a drop of water.

"Drink mine. Abu, who was sitting opposite him, hurriedly handed over his water bag when he saw it, and when he just passed by the creek to get water, Gao Yishui was busy "collecting wind" (foolishness) everywhere, but Abu deliberately went to fill a bag full of water.

"Thank you, sure enough, you are more reliable. Gao Yishui took the water bag with a smile, gave a thumbs up with one hand, and poured it with a grunt, and took a few gulps, and he also deliberately let out a long sigh of great satisfaction, as if he wanted to listen to Qin Ke on purpose.

Abu could only pretend not to see Qin Ke's dark face, looked ahead, and asked, "Where have we been?"

"It's supposed to be Black Eagle Ridge. Gao Yishui is familiar with the terrain, as long as he has seen the map, plus some memories of his past, and a few glances at the surrounding environment, he can immediately guess where they are, "Look at the stone on that mountain, does it look like an eagle swooping down?"

Qin Ke followed his fingers and looked over, and saw a large piece of very ugly mountain, standing tall, he pursed his lips: "Where does it look like? It looks like a squatting toad, and ...... The stone is distinctly gray. ”

Gao Yishui laughed: "When there is a moon at night, you will feel like it, the 'black' of the black eagle is not a black stone, but a night." ”

"So, how far are we from Tang Kingdom?" Qin Ke took out the sheepskin map from his chest, which was given to him by Zhou Gongjin, saying that it should be able to be used, and Qin Ke also knew the preciousness of this map, so he kept it close to him.

And when he took out the map, the two pendants in his arms also fell out, one of which was just a polished bone fragment, on which a character was crookedly engraved.

This is given to him by Ning Xin, it is said that it is a talisman carved when he was a child, and he has made two in total, one for her brother and one for her younger brother, but the one for her brother was done earlier, and the one for her younger brother has been delayed, and later, Ning Xin has traveled all over to Lan Yuxuan.

Ning Xin said that perhaps it was precisely because of this talisman that she had been protecting her that she met Qin Ke, a "good brother" who could take her out of the sea of suffering.

Qin Ke cherished this talisman very much, he knew that Ning Xin really regarded himself as his own brother, so he would give this talisman with special significance, which made Qin Ke feel a burst of family warmth that he hadn't felt for a long time.

And the other jade pendant was stuffed into Zhang Fu's hand before leaving, at that time her eyes were a little red, but she still bit her lower lip and said firmly: "I'll wait for you to come back." ”

In fact, Qin Ke also vaguely felt Zhang Fu's feelings for him, but he didn't know how to deal with it now, and the emotional matter was too complicated for him now, so it was better to skip it and ignore it, it was better to wander around in his mind all day long, adding to his worries.

Qin Ke found two red ropes and strung these two things together and hung them around his neck, and suddenly felt a lot more relieved, as if the two of them had never been far away.

"How many roads are ......" Gao Yishui touched the stubble on his chin and shook his head: "Do you really think that Tang Kingdom is a flower garden outside your door, and you can see it when you open the door and go out?" Walking Black Eagle Ridge is already copying a small road, but even if it is this road, it will take nearly a month to go down to reach the territory of Tang Kingdom." ”

"I didn't say I was in a hurry. Qin Ke snorted, looked down at the map again, and pointed all the way up with his finger along the Black Eagle Ridge written on the map.

At this time, Shen Zang, who was in front of the horse, was sitting upright, and caught a glimpse of a somewhat absent-minded stone out of the corner of his eye, and suddenly said angrily: "You kid straighten my back for me......! Also, let me tell you, if you can't bear it, you will make a big plan, this is what the general often says, and if something really happens later, you still talk nonsense as soon as you came up like last time, be careful to go back and I will break your legs!"

The stone knew that he had indeed made a mistake last time, so he could only touch the back of his head and smile awkwardly.

Of course, the pass that Shen Zang mentioned was not a pass set up by officers and soldiers, but the idea of "robbing the road" of mountain bandits.

The topography of Black Eagle Ridge is like a gourd, wide on the outside and narrow on the inside, and the officials and soldiers have tried in vain to suppress bandits several times, and this place deviates far from the official road, and the new officials who took office let it go, and after years of accumulation, this place has become a place outside the law.

Of course, it is impossible to say that you can be invincible in the world with a big sword, and the mountain bandits and robbers will also spare their lives, and of course it is impossible to go up and fight everyone when they see it.

Therefore, sometimes both sides are willing to take a step back and reach a certain cooperative relationship, but as for how to collect tolls and how much to collect, it depends on the results of the negotiations between the dart board and the mountain bandits.

In this kind of negotiation, either the east wind overpowers the west wind, or the west wind overpowers the east wind, and strength is the last word.

"Brothers. Hold your weapons tight!" Uncle Gen shouted, full of energy, and quickly gathered more than a dozen horsemen behind him, gradually forming an array.

Shen Zang smiled and said with a relaxed face: "It's okay, we have also walked many times in Black Eagle Ridge, don't be too nervous, just in case." ”

Uncle Gen nodded, and said hello in the queue behind, and the people of the dart bureau and the caravan began to move forward in a relatively regular formation, but the speed slowed down many times, and in the end there was still a bit of tension.

Halfway through, as soon as Shen Zang raised his hand, the whole team stopped moving, he looked around, raised his head and shouted: "Brother on the road, don't hide, come out and meet!"

No one answered.

Shen Zang shouted again, and the result was still the same.

His expression was a little unnatural at the moment, and he turned his head to look at Uncle Gen: "Is something wrong?"

"What can happen?" "The stone newborn calf is not afraid of the tiger, and approaches with the horse's hooves, "Since people don't come out, let's just take everyone over as soon as possible, and we can save a sum of money, why not?"

"Nonsense. Shen Zangyi raised his eyebrows, "Even if they weren't here this time, if we really left like this, how would we be on the road in the future?"

Shi flattened his mouth and muttered: "What is the purpose of practicing martial arts?" ”

Shen Zang was about to fight, but as soon as his hand was raised in the air, his ears trembled twice alertly, and he heard the sound of horses' hooves from far and near!

"Draw the sword!" Shen Zang let out a low shout, the long knife of Jing Wujun in his hand had been pulled out of its scabbard by him like flowing water, and more than a dozen people also drew out their weapons in an instant, Uncle Gen clenched the Pu knife tightly, with a vigilant expression.

"How...... What's the matter? Daddy......" Stone was a little nervous, he had never seen such a serious and cold look on his father's face, and there was a little uneasiness in that coldness.

"I don't know. If you just collect some toll money, there will not be such a big movement, I'm afraid it will be ...... What's wrong......" The green tendons in Uncle Gen's temples were beating obviously, and he raised his hand to stop the stone behind him.

Shen Zang lowered his body, and his voice suddenly rose and said, "They're here!"