Gao Jie heard Sun Chengzong ask about himself, and hurriedly stepped forward, bowed down and said, "Boy Gao Jie, I've seen Master Sun!"

Seeing that Gao Jie was so humble, Sun Chengzong hurriedly replied: "The Marquis of Zhongyong is so humble, the officials are afraid!"

Gao Jie said with a smile: "Although I have the name of a marquis, but I have not made an inch, how can I be worthy of Lord Sun guarding the frontier for my Ming Dynasty Tai Min'an, working hard! The boy is very ashamed, please call me Xiaojie in the future!"

Sun Chengzong showed a look of appreciation on his face, and sighed: "No wonder the saint attaches so much importance to Hou Ye, when I see it today, it is really extraordinary! Since Hou Ye is interested, in the future, the old man will rely on the old man and sell the old, and dare to call Hou Ye Xiaojie!"

Gao Jie clapped his hands and said: "Adults call me Xiaojie, but I can afford to be a kid, and I also listen to it comfortably, why not do it!"

Sun Qianguang also interjected with a smile on the side: "Grandfather, Xiaojie is not only extraordinary, intelligent, but also casual and arrogant, he is really the pride of my generation, which is convincing!"

Gao Jie smiled bitterly at Sun Qianguang and said: "Brother Sun, there is a saying in my hometown, the higher you hold it, the worse you fall, you have lifted me to the sky, but do you want me to fall into a cripple?!"

When everyone heard this, they all burst out laughing.

Sun Qianguang gave Gao Jie a punch, and couldn't help laughing: "I don't know where your kid got so many strange hometown dialects, which makes people cry and laugh! I am telling the truth, how can I have the heart to kill!"

Gao Jie said with a smile: "Although I am no different from ordinary people, I like to hear such praises, but in front of so many people, I will still be shy!

The crowd burst into laughter again.

Sun Chengzong looked at Gao Jie seriously while smiling, secretly surprised, a young man who was not yet sixteen years old, was quick-witted, tactful, and courteous, neither humble nor arrogant, it was really rare.

Luo Sigong held back a smile and said to Sun Chengzong: "Why did Lord Sun ask Xiaojie alone?"

Sun Chengzong said: "The alliance with Mongolia is related to the strategic arrangement of my Ming Dynasty to resist Jin, although the lower official is in Liaodong, but the news of your victory in the competition with the Mongolian envoys in Beijing has already reached me, not to mention the grace of the Holy Grace Xiaojie, which was also mentioned in my private letter. Of course, my grandson's letters are also indispensable for the admiration of Xiaojie! Lord Luo, tell me, if it's you, can you not be curious to see you?"

Luo Sigong suddenly looked at Gao Jie and said with a smile: "I didn't expect your boy's reputation to spread to Liaodong, amazing!"

Gao Jie hugged his fists again and again: "I have won the prize!

After the joke, Sun Chengzong introduced some of the situation inside and outside the pass, and told Luo Sigong that the saint was worried about their safety, so he ordered an additional cavalry team of 1,000 people in Shanhaiguan, ready to go out of the customs at any time to rescue them.

Luo Sigong thanked the saint from afar, and agreed with Sun Chengzong on the method of asking for help, in case of emergency.

Finally, Sun Chengzong asked, "Lord Luo, are you going to get out of here on this trip?"

Luo Sigong shook his head and said: "Of course not! I have banned merchants from Houjin, Shanhaiguan has long been closed, and we cannot enter and exit freely, if we go out of the customs from here, it will definitely arouse the suspicion of the Jurchens! But don't worry, my lord, we have guides, we can find our own way, and find another way to reach the hinterland of Houjin!"

Sun Chengzong sighed: "Yes! My Ming defense line seems to be impregnable, but in fact there are still many weak and omissions that are difficult to take into account, and the old man is derelict in his duties! Every year, I don't know how many Ming illegal traders risk their lives to cross the border defense line and trade with the Jurchens in order to earn ill-gotten gains.

Luo Sigong said with a smile: "My Ming border is long, and it is really difficult to avoid it, and Lord Sun doesn't have to blame himself too much! As long as I step up patrols and minimize loopholes! I am waiting for this trip, I will come under the banner of Jin Shang, and then I will not be captured by Lord Sun's men in one fell swoop!"

When Sun Chengzong heard this, he ignored his worries and said with a smile: "How can a team of experts like you be able to capture it without hundreds or thousands of soldiers and horses?

Sun Chengzong knew that Luo Sigong had to act in concealment during this trip, and it was inconvenient to stay for a long time, so he took his leave. Luo Sigong then called Xiong Zhaoqi and Wang Rui back, and agreed on tomorrow's exit plan together, before they rested separately.

Before dawn on the second day, Luo Sigong and his entourage left Shanhaiguan and traveled nearly 20 miles to the northeast before coming to a large mountain in the Yanshan Mountains.

Wang Rui pointed to the mountain in front of him and said loudly: "Lord Luo, this place is called Longevity Mountain, we are going to find a way out of this mountain!"

"Longevity Mountain?" Luo Sigong pondered for a while and asked, "Isn't it the longevity mountain in the mountain where there is a forest of calligraphy masters of the past dynasties with the word "Shou", pen and ink steles?"

Wang Rui nodded and said, "My lord is well-informed, it is indeed this mountain!"

Originally, the longevity of the mountain is named after the longevity of the word stele forest on the Shou Mountain, the large and small forms of different forms of stones are engraved with the calligraphers of the past dynasties to write the word "Shou", the font is different, the style is very different, there is no lack of calligraphy treasures, such as Wang Xizhi, Yan Zhenqing, Ouyang Xun, Mi Fu, Su Dongpo, etc. have left ink treasure here, this stele forest has become the place of yearning of the literati.

There are a lot of tourists who usually come and go in this mountain, but with the increasing tension between Houjin and the Ming Dynasty, the war continues, Shenyang, Liaoyang, Guangning have fallen one after another, the Ming army retreats to Shanhaiguan, and it has also become the front line of the battlefield, so the tourists in this mountain almost disappear, and the people are rarely there on weekdays.

"Are we going to climb over this mountain?!And what about these horses?" Ji Longfeng wondered.

Wang Rui smiled and said: "There is no need to go over the mountain, we want to go through the mountain!"

"Piercing the mountain?!" Gao Jie heard and said to his senses: "Could it be that there is a tunnel or cave through the mountain in this mountain?"

Wang Rui praised: "Xiaojie's head is a spirit! That's right, there is a hidden karst cave in this mountain, which can be passed through the mountain! When I was young, I walked three or two times with my father's personal guards, and although it was not easy to walk, it was much easier than climbing the mountains and mountains! Not to mention, I could avoid the patrolling troops, so as not to cause trouble!"

Luo Sigong frowned and said: "There is a shortcut that is naturally good, but you haven't walked it for many years, I don't know if this place is still as secret as it was back then!"

Wang Rui was stunned when he heard this, and said ashamedly: "What Lord Luo said is also true, in addition to me, there are two or three of my father's cronies and subordinates who knew about this cave, and now things are people, and they don't know where they went, whether they are alive or dead, perhaps, this hidden cave has long been exposed!"

Luo Sigong thought about it, and then smiled: "It's useless to think too much, just go and see! Wang Rui, lead the way!"

So, the group led the horses and entered the mountain forest along the rugged path at the foot of the mountain.

After marching hard for about an hour, they walked into a small mountain col, and Wang Rui cheered: "Found it!"

The group looked in the direction of his finger, and on a mountain wall on the right side of the col, a narrow cave about two meters high appeared that could accommodate two people side by side.

Luo Sigong looked at this small cave and asked: "It is said that there are many stone caves in Changshou Mountain, the most famous one is called Hanging Yang Cave, wouldn't it be this?"

Wang Rui shook his head and smiled: "Lord Luo said that he laughed, of course this will not be the Hanging Yang Cave, it is said that the most famous Hanging Yang Cave is quite spacious, the earliest reclamation and construction was in the Hongwu period at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Sichuan Emei monks came here to build a temple statue, and left the first "Shu people to create" in the form of Han Li." Later, with the construction of the customs guard in Shanhaiguan by General Xu Da, the border ministers and wanderers in the Hanging Yang Cave gathered, the monks and Taoist priests gathered, the people pilgrims flocked, and the literati and ink writers chanted, becoming a tourist attraction, which is comparable to this small cave. However, the depth of the Hanging Sun Cave is only more than 40 zhang, and this small cave can pass through the mountain!"

Xiong Zhaoqi looked around for a long time and said, "The terrain here is hidden, so no one should have found it!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Gao Jie and Luo Yangxing said in unison: "No! someone has been here!"

Venerable Zongqing, who was dressed as an old man, folded his hands and praised: "The two little donors have good eyesight, and the old monk admires them!"

Gao Jie coughed and said, "Lin Da, you have committed a foul again!"

Zong Qing was stunned, and then said with a wry smile: "Lin Da lost his words and deeds, please punish the shopkeeper!"

In the midst of everyone's laughter, Xiong Zhaoqi asked puzzledly, "Two senior brothers, how are you sure that someone has come?"

Gao Jie pointed at Luo Yangxing and said, "Let Senior Brother Luo say it, he doesn't say a word all day long, I'm worried that he will get sick!"

Except for Gao Jie and Luo Sigong, no one dared to ridicule Luo Yangxing like this, and Luo Yangxing had no choice but to take Gao Jie, so he had to smile bitterly: "Zhaoqi, take a good look at the mountain road we came from, there are traces of horse manure on some stubborn rocks, although they have been cleaned up, as long as you observe carefully, you can still find some clues!"

Luo Sigong also nodded and said, "That's right, those traces have not been left for a long time, indicating that not long before us, a horse team of about twenty people has just walked by!"

"Then will we still go into the cave?" Ji Longfeng said urgently.

Luo Sigong nodded and said: "Enter! Someone has passed through here, which is in my expectation! According to these traces, there are very few people coming and going from the stone cave here, and it should still be safe." Maybe it's the hunters in the mountains, maybe it's the merchants of the Central Plains or the Later Jin, or maybe it's our Mongolian companions! After all, it's not far from the Mongolian border. It's just that, no matter what, everyone should be more careful along the way!"

Everyone nodded yes, and then under the leadership of Wang Rui, they slowly entered the cave.

Changshou Mountain is based on ordinary granite as the main body, after entering the cave, you can't see some of the strange and magnificent landscapes of the karst caves that have become tourist attractions, the inside is pitch black, unfathomable, there are a lot of gravel under your feet, everyone should not only pay attention to their own safety when walking, but also take care of the horses they lead. A man and a horse, walking through this narrow hole, the mood is very depressed. Although everyone lit the torches, they still felt that they were getting darker and darker, as if they were in a desperate situation, and once danger struck, it was really unavoidable.

Luo Sigong was strong in martial arts, and Wang Rui took the lead, while Venerable Zongqing pressed last to prevent attacks from behind.

This part of the journey is the most abusive journey that Gao Jie has ever taken since he became a human being. The ground naturally formed in the cave is rugged, and the roof of the cave is still dripping with water from time to time, and the feet are slippery, and it is quite physically exhausting to walk with a deep foot and a shallow foot. In addition, the stone cave is narrow, and the mountain wind passes through the cave, making a ghost crying wolf howl, cold and terrifying, and the torches in their hands have been extinguished by the strong mountain wind many times. The most important thing is that I don't know if there is an end ahead, when I will see the light of day, although everyone is a martial artist, among them there are such top masters as Luo Sigong and Zong Qing Venerable, but in the face of nature's magic, everyone's heart is more or less spreading a desperate emotion, and with the increase of time, this emotion is still slowly growing.

The so-called "there is no sun and moon in the mountains, and the cold and heat do not know the year", Gao Jie and his party groped in this terrifying small stone cave, as if they were isolated from the outside world, and they didn't know what time it was and how long they had been walking. Because of the depressed mood, no one spoke, but while leading the horse, he wrapped his winter coat tightly and walked forward.

After Xiong Zhaoqi was successfully "transformed" by Gao Jie, his mental and mental character have been greatly improved, and tenacity and courage have occupied a dominant position in his character, however, this does not mean that cowardice and timidity have completely disappeared. He walked in the middle of the team, followed closely behind Ji Longfeng, walking and walking, his fear continued to increase, his body slowly began to tremble, his emotions were on the verge of collapse, just when he couldn't help but scream, he heard Wang Rui's surprise shout from the front: "It's here!