There is no moon tonight, and even the wind has stopped.
A group of people with torches are walking through the ravine.
They fanned out, as if searching for something, orderly.
No armor, no flags, shouting and drinking, like Jianghu people.
It was because the movement was too loud that the people in Shimo Shanzhai discovered that if it was a well-trained soldier, he wouldn't be so frightening.
These people groped for their way in the dark, swearing in their mouths.
"It doesn't seem to be the Yongzhou dialect." Meng Qi was sitting behind a boulder, holding a small half of a cake in his hand.
Shimo Shanzhai's cakes are very fragrant, especially after the skin is softened by the broth, the bite is very crisp.
Mo Carp's ears moved slightly, and he could accurately distinguish the crunching sound from the noise. He couldn't help shaking his head, trying to get rid of the image of the gerbil holding the food seriously in his mind.
"Why did you bring out the food?"
"... I ate half of it, so I can't let it go."
Meng Qi was surprised, didn't the doctor always persuade him to eat and sleep? Why do I have something to eat now, does the doctor have any comments
Forget it, maybe it's because I don't like to eat while walking. It is said that this is not good for the body. The doctor's words are all reasonable, Meng Qi thought tolerantly, and then accelerated the speed of eating the cake.
Ink carp: "… "
If he didn't know Meng Qi's temper, Doctor Mo almost thought that someone was trying to get along with him.
Obviously there is only a small piece of cake, but it is endless.
Mo Li turned his head and saw that the cake Meng Qi was holding was bigger than the one just now. It was a ghost. Could it be that he was eating more and more cakes
Before Mo Li could ask, Meng Qi naturally raised the cake in his hand and asked, "I brought the untouched cake on your table, doctor, do you want me? I'll give you half of it?"
"… "
Mo Li turned his head back expressionlessly, ignoring Meng Qi.
- I always feel that after someone has changed into a gerbil twice, he can eat and sleep.
After Meng Qi finished eating, he leaned over to Mo Li and looked out, only to see torches passing by in the distance.
"See what's coming?" Doctor Mo asked.
"Though these people from Jianghu are rude, but the mountain search is decent. Maybe you should ask the boss if there are any strangers in the cottage recently, or what treasures are in the depths of Shimo Mountain."
Meng Qi had led soldiers to fight, and he could see that this group of uninvited guests wanted to find a way to the cottage.
After a while, the big boss also came.
Hearing Meng Qi's words, he suddenly became worried and said, "We don't have any of these two situations in Shimo Shanzhai, unless it's the shrewd people of Chiji Mountain during the day, but they are at the end of the road, how can they find such a force? "
"Maybe these forces found them..."
Mo Li stared at the brightest spot for a while, then lowered his voice and said to Meng Qi, "There are a few people in Taoist robes over there."
At this time, at the place where the torches were lit, a Taoist held the compass in his hand, and compared the map again, and said with great joy: "It's around here! We're very close, we must find the hidden dragon cave!"
The people around clapped in agreement.
Too far apart, Mo Li couldn't hear what these people were saying.
"Brother Meng stay here, I'll take a look."
Meng Qi grabbed the person and insisted: "I'll come here. The doctor is a genius, and I don't think he has done any intelligence."
"No, it's too dangerous, there are so many people... and it's dark and dark, you don't know the way, how do you get back?" The big boss hurriedly persuaded.
Meng Qi shook his head, held Mo Li's shoulders with both hands, and pressed hard again, as if he had mortgaged something here and he would return when he went, he calmly performed light work and disappeared into the night.
The corner of Mo Li's mouth twitched, and he felt that someone was imitating "Warm wine to kill Hua Xiong".
— and he was the glass of wine.
The big boss looked inexplicable, didn't understand what kind of mystery this was, and kept the safety of the cottage in his heart, so he could only keep an eye on the movements of uninvited guests outside.
Meng Qi passed by a few people along the way, because he was extremely light, and the figure hidden under the torch was not clear. Those people could only feel a gust of wind, or thought they were other people searching the mountain.
He silently approached the brightest spot of the torch.
In the dark, the people standing under the light of the fire are like targets.
Just based on this carelessness, Meng Qi is sure that these people are not from the army, nor are they clear-headed Jianghu people.
When Li Yuanze launched his army to conquer the world, because there were too many capable people in his colleagues, Meng Qi could only be ranked seventh in terms of advisors, and Meng Qi was also in the same position in terms of generals.
If only the fourteen heroes of the founding of the country are counted, Meng Qi can only hang at the end. Among Li Yuanze's army, naturally there will not be only fourteen people who can work, so Meng Qi still seems to be in the forefront and belongs to the confidant.
It's just that the military affairs assigned to Meng Qi are often not noticeable.
The commander-in-chief of the flank army alone must not be him; the strategist who assists the commander-in-chief of the flank army is seldom his turn.
Because he is not very proficient in government affairs, it is not Meng Qi's business to be stationed in the rear.
What Meng Qi did the most was to lead the army to meet others, or to team up with others to be a vanguard, or to supervise the food route in the rear. Because Meng Qi belongs to the kind of person who can't take great merits, but will never make small mistakes.
With him around, everyone will be relieved.
Especially guarding the fortress that hoarded food and grass, such an errand is often his job when the war is in full swing.
Meng Qi did not drink alcohol, nor was he close to women, and he would not listen to favoritism, act rashly, and let the enemy army surround the city, scolding his ancestors for the 18th generation, and would not send troops if they could not speak.
- The eighteenth generation of the ancestors does not exist at all, just scold, even if you are angry, the gerbil loses.
If you want to attack the city, you can come, and you can make a plan.
When he was a vanguard general, he did not fight for meritorious deeds, but observed the enemy forces.
Meng Qi has good eyesight, resourcefulness, and self-preservation. He is not afraid of fighting in battle, nor does he like to take credit from others, so he has a good relationship with all the advisors and generals, and he can occasionally help persuade him to persuade him. Conflicting colleagues.
Li Yuanze believed in this subordinate very much, because what Meng Qi could do alone could not be done by other advisors alone, nor could other generals. It seems to be optional, but it is indispensable.
Meng Qi also had a light cavalry under his command in those days, who were good at rushing and sending letters, good at using bows and arrows, and could climb the city walls and cliffs without horses, and were generally used as scouts.
Inquiring about news is indeed Meng Qi's forte.
—It has nothing to do with the gerbil listening to the corner.
Meng Qi looked at it casually and found seven or eight flaws in the battles listed by these people. According to his previous habits, it was not difficult to break them one by one. If they don't beat them up and flee, they don't know how high the sky is, and a group of rabble dares to be embarrassed in front of him.
"Tsk."
Meng Qi thought regretfully, but why is he alone now.
It is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice, and she can only come by herself without soldiers.
Under the light of the torches, the person who gave the order was about forty years old, his face was red, and he was very two-pointed.
And the Taoist beside him, with a goatee, kept fiddling with the compass in his hand.
"Come on, how far is the cottage from here?"
The person who was questioned by the red-faced leader was wearing shabby clothes, knelt down tremblingly, and complained: "The villain really doesn't know, the villain is a businessman, and every time he comes back to the stockade, he is blindfolded, besides... Besides, those people are ancient. It's weird, and I don't dare to look at it more."
He cried so much that his tears and snot became cloudy, and he said over and over that every time he entered the mountain, he only walked to the nearby mountain.
In front of the cliff is this maze-like ravine, which is full of large and small stones.
There are thousands of ravines on the ground, and the boulders are uneven, blocking the line of sight.
People are among them, it is difficult to discern the direction.
"...Every time I get here, I have to walk for more than half an hour, going around in circles, and the little ones don't know if those people have detoured." .
"Haven't you come to the cottage yourself?" Someone pressed.
"How dare you!"
The trader couldn't tell how hard he was. If it weren't for the hardship of living in the barren years, he would never step into the Stone Mill Mountain again. Later, every time I went out, I went to the temple to worship, lest I be eaten by monsters.
His rambles have always been regarded as a joke by the neighbors.
Who would have thought that there would be a group of evil stars coming this year, I couldn't help but tie him up and leave, asking him to lead the way.
The Taoist priest spoke yin and yang in a strange manner, and looked very afraid of people. Could it be that they wanted to go into the mountains to catch monsters
The trader's mind was confused, and he shrank back and didn't dare to move.
The red-faced leader cursed angrily and asked people to climb to the top of the boulder to see the direction.
Hundreds of them came, and after entering the stone ditch, it was like a stone thrown into the rivers and lakes, unable to turn any waves at all. The stone ditch covers a wide area, and there is no way to find a way.
After waiting for a while, someone finally climbed the boulder and looked forward with a torch, but saw a steep mountain wall.
On the left is a cliff, and on the right is a dark forest. Most people think that the way out is on the right.
The goatee held the compass and hesitated.
"Sang Daochang, look... there is no light at all this night, why don't you come back to find the dragon cave tomorrow?"
"King Qing doesn't know anything, the so-called hidden dragon cave must be explored at night, and you need to see the air to fight the bull and linger on the Ziweiyuan." The Taoist stroked his beard, shook his head and said, "The dragon veins of the Lu family in the Qi Dynasty have been determined to be in Yongzhou. , The ancestor of Qingwu has done thirteen rituals in a row, and he has nailed this dragon. He contributed to the king of heaven, and as long as we find the hidden dragon cave, we can use his arrangement for our own use. , just around the corner.”
The leader listened, frowned and asked, "How can Daoist Sang be sure that the Hidden Dragon Cave is in Shimo Mountain."
"I look at the topographic map of Yongzhou. Only the surrounding area is flat, and there is only one mountain, which is exactly the trend of the dragon. The so-called dragon sees its head but not its tail. This does not mean that the dragon's tail cannot be found, but only scales and claws can be seen."
The goatee chief said plausibly, "Although the mountain of Shimo Mountain is not steep, but when you enter the mountain, it is intricate and complicated. Yongzhou has been in drought for several years and the surrounding area is desolate. Only this place is full of life, right or not?"
Meng Qi: "..."
According to what the doctor said, Shimo Mountain has a water source, so it will naturally have vitality.
Meng Qi initially thought that the Taoist would say that there is spiritual energy here.
Sang Dao sighed: "The hidden dragon cave is very important, I didn't expect it to be occupied by a group of mountain bandits, maybe they are the people left by Qingwu ancestors to guard the dragon cave, in order not to do bad things, these bandits must be killed. clean."
"This... the dragon cave sees blood, can it be a hindrance?"
"It doesn't matter, we are here to break the dragon veins, not to revive the dragon veins." Sang Daochang waved the dust and snorted, "Scholar in the world, headed by Zhao Zangfeng, the ancestor of Qingwu in Yongzhou, but he actually wants to help the heavenly gift who was born in grass mustard. Wang Duolongmai is building momentum, I really don’t know what to do! Lu Zhang, the emperor of the Qi Dynasty, is a chaotic minister and a thief.
"Sang Daochang said it well."
The goatee daoist laughed, and also held the red-faced leader and said: "Qinggong has worked hard and is loyal to his liver and righteousness. After receiving a letter from Jiangnan, he personally brought his subordinates to Yongzhou to facilitate this major event. You also deserve the first credit in front of King Wu. "
"It's easy to say." The red-faced leader was very contented and commanded loudly, "Take ropes and nails, and chisel stones for traction."
The rocks are exposed to the wind and the sun, the tops are very smooth, and there is a certain distance between the stones. If you want to walk on the rocks with light effort, few people in the rivers and lakes can do it.
Obviously, this rabble can only use stupid methods.
They stumbled and knocked on the stone to hold the rope, leaving someone at the top of the stone to confirm the direction. They were busy and went all the way to the forest on the right side of the stone ditch.
Meng Qi left silently, he did not go to the right.
Shimo Shanzhai is not on the right.
There is a hidden place on the mountain wall in front of the end of the stone ditch. The surrounding mountains and rocks are rugged, and the light can't be seen at first. It is necessary to get closer to find a way. Only one person can pass through.
The ink carp, with the gerbil, did not take this road, but walked over the boulder, and then directly overturned this huge, almost upright steep mountain wall.
Qing Gong Gao is just so unreasonable, what is the labyrinth, I haven't found out at all.
There are two more peaks behind this mountain wall, one of which is a pine forest where ink carp and gerbils rest. You can go up the mountain from the trail. Now standing in the forest and looking down, you can clearly see that the torches have shifted. direction, go to the right.
The big boss breathed a sigh of relief.
Meng Qi came back quickly, and Mo Li didn't care how long he had been standing in the cold night, so he asked, "Who is he?"
"It's an alchemist, working for King Wu in the south."
Meng Qi said solemnly, "These people believe that there is a hidden dragon's cave in Shimo Mountain that can destroy Qi Chaojiang Mountain, and they believe that it is hidden in the mountain where no one knows where Shimo Shanzhai is. I don't think they will stop until they find a place. of."
The master of Shimo opened his mouth wide with the people in the village, looking strange.
"… We have dragons under our feet?"
"Shit, there are only human-eating worms here! I killed him!" the boss said angrily.
Mo Li shook his head at Meng Qi, denying that there are dragon veins here.
"The comers are not good. In order to cut off the so-called dragon veins, they not only have to occupy the Shimo cottage, but also do not intend to leave a living room!" Meng Qi said decisively, "The master, you need to make a decision as soon as possible, whether it is to escape or not. Fight, you need to hurry up."
The big boss slapped the tree trunk with his palm, and several cracks appeared on the bark. His eyes were splitting and he said, "What are you running away from? Where can we run to? Where else can we stay