Jiaohua

Chapter 682
At the same time, Shen Lie, who had just woken up, sneezed suddenly in the yard.

Di Jinsheng stopped what he was saying.

Shen Lie turned around, with a nasal voice: "Continue."

"Master, are you sick?" Du Xuan asked worriedly.

"No problem." Shen Lie replied.

Di Jinsheng paused and continued to report.

There are still people within a radius of ten miles, and the scope of activities is very wide. It is not like a pure refugee team, but an organized civilian.

In the northwest of Niuling Mountain, there are still a lot of traces of burning, but they are not fresh. It has been at least half a month, and about [-] acres of forests have been destroyed.

Also, the weather in the south is very bad. Judging from today's wind direction, it might rain.

Shen Lie listened quietly, suddenly, another sneeze.

Same as before, it was still not loud, but it scared Du Xuan half to death: "Master!!"

"No problem," Shen Lie frowned, "...you don't have to scream so loudly."

Du Xuan was heartbroken: "Master, your body is important."

"I don't think the young master has a cough or runny nose. Could it be that someone is scolding the young master?" Dai Yu said.

"If swearing is useful, wouldn't I be sneezing all the time?"

"That must be sick!" Du Xuan said.

Shen Lie didn't want to drag it any longer, and looked at Zhai Jinsheng: "Who is going to visit Shuangpo Gorge?"

Di Jinsheng looked at him worriedly, and said, "It's Lu Bao and Shi Yan, they've been gone for two hours."

"What about the ones going to Jianchungang?"

"It's Chen Weimin. He brought three people there, and it's been two hours."

"Jianchungang is closer than Shuangpo Gorge, how long have they been there?"

"Ah."

"I'll take someone to take a look." Shen Lie said, turning his head to tell Dai to prepare the horse, when he heard a rush of hoofbeats from outside the village.

Shen Lie immediately walked out, Dai Yu and the others hurriedly followed, as well as Ji Xiahe and Lin Zhonghu who heard the sound from the other side of the village road.

It wasn't Lu Bao or Chen Weimin who came back, but a patrol guard.

When the guard saw Shen Lie, he quickly got off his horse: "Master, the army we met last night is stepping up its deployment, and may launch an attack on Wuqu at night. In addition, there are six troops coming towards the mouth of the Guozhuang River nearby. The refugees who have gone, and another group of refugees, are coming to our side."

"how many people?"

"About three hundred!"

Du Xuan was surprised: "So many?"

"More than 300 people are no longer called refugees, but bandits?" Ji Xiahe said.

"How many strong people are there? How many men are there, how many women are there, how old are many young?" Shen Lie asked.

"There are more old and weak people!"

"Master, don't let them come over," Du Xuan said solemnly, "No one can find us here."

"If you really come, can you stop it?" Shen Lie asked.

"Can……"

"Could it be that we move the land?" Ji Xiahe said.

Shen Lie glanced at him lightly.

Ji Xia and Wei Dun knew that they had made a mistake: "Bah, it's not like we can't beat them, and we haven't done anything wrong, so why should we move!"

"Since we can get together, there must be people who can speak effectively in the crowd. If you control these people, everything else will be easy to handle," Shen Lie said, looking at Di Jinsheng, "I'll go to Jianchungang first, and I'll leave this place to you .”

"Yes!" Zhai Jinsheng replied.

Jianchun Hill was originally another choice for them to settle down, but in comparison, the terrain of Niuling Mountain is better.

Shen Lie took Dai Yu and other six men to set off. He had never been to this area, but the map was complete, and the mountains and rivers were marked in detail, so it was not difficult to identify the way.

Half an hour later, Shen Lie arrived at Jianchungang, but he didn't see Chen Weimin and others on the way.

And the signs and symbols they left along the road are only when they go, but they don't see the return journey.

Dai Yu was afraid that Shen Lie was worried: "Young master, Niutouling and Jianchungang are vast areas with many mountain roads. Maybe we have different paths, or they got lost on the other side of Jianchungang."

Shen Lie shook his head and said in a low voice, "Something happened to them."

Dai Yu was startled, he knew that Shen Lie never said such uncertain words, so he slowed down, and Dai Yu said, "How does the young master know?"

"Chen Weimin is punctual." Shen Lie said.

Dai Yu understood. He looked at Shen Lie and was suddenly speechless.

After thinking for a while, Shen Lie looked at the man next to Dai Yu, telling him and another companion to go back first and inform them of the situation, and he stayed with the others for another hour.

Then Shen Lie drove his horse forward, going deep into the mountains of Jianchungang.

The night was gradually sinking, the land was vast and cold, Du Xuan and Zhai Jinsheng were at the entrance of the dark village and hadn't seen them for a long time.

The people who went to Shuangpoxia did not come back, nor did those who went to Jianchungang, including Shen Lie.

It was not until the moon was in the sky that the sound of horseshoes was finally heard.

The sentinel in front issued a signal, and the village, which had no lights, became quieter in an instant. Du Xuan and Di Jinsheng were lying in ambush at the hidden place at the entrance of the village, and there were a dozen or so hidden guards holding sharp knives.

Shen Lie stopped his horse and looked at the outline of the village entrance in the dark night.

Dai Yu looked at him, with a look of frustration on his face, and said softly, "Master."

The spear on the young man's back was [-] inches above his shoulders, the sharp silver tip of the spear reflected the moonlight, and its light was icy cold.

His eyes were deep and clear, looking at the village under the dark night, there seemed to be dark waves surging in his eyes, or an ancient well without waves.

Dai Yu didn't know what he was thinking, he had been with Shen Lie since he was young, and whenever Shen Lie fell silent, Dai Yu would be at a loss.

Following Shen Lie's gaze, Dai Yu looked towards the village in front of him, and suddenly felt uncomfortable. They, a lone and weak brigade, seemed to have returned to Youhu County, Jiangzhou.

Xiaonan Mountain is actually not small. It is called small compared to Danan Mountain, which is hundreds of miles wide, but Xiaonan Mountain is actually a boundless ancient forest of mountains.

They were forced to climb the highest mountain range. Although they were fleeing for their lives, Dai Yu could not forget the feeling of climbing to the top. At night, it is infinite loneliness.

It's too big, Xiao Nanshan is really too big.

Such a big Xiaonanshan is extremely desperate to be abandoned by his companions.

Especially relatives who consider themselves close relatives.

At that time, they were deceived by Guo Zi to go to Nanxing Pass, and fell into the net of Jin Hongkang's precise calculations. The elite cavalry attacked their weak defense, and after retreating into Nanshan, hundreds of people were completely dispersed.

Dai Yu also got separated from Shen Lie, but fortunately, within two days, Shen Lie led someone to find him.

The Guo family abandoned them, but Shen Lie didn't. Shen Lie tried his best to find everyone.

Even, sometimes the corpses cannot be found, and can only be identified by the fragments of clothes left by the beasts.

In the uninhabited deep mountains and ancient forests, it is extremely difficult to find people, and despite the difficult environment, they also have to avoid the pursuit of soldiers and horses left by Jin Hongkang.

During those few months, they were surrounded by hunger, cold and loneliness all the time. Once people fell into despair, they would lose their reason in many things, struggle to survive, or lose their conscience.

For example, cannibalism.

Of course Dai Yu doesn't know how to eat, he would rather starve to death and be used as food by others than open his mouth to touch those things, let alone his living companions.

But there will always be someone who will give in and bow to death.

Such as Zhang Meng, such as Feng Ze.

Dai Yu closed his eyes, put aside those cruel scenes, recovered from his thoughts, and looked at Shen Lie.

The hidden guards who are following them now are all people who came out of Xiaonanshan with them last year.

From last year to now, none of them wanted to go back to Guo's house, and they stayed by Shen Lie's side all the time.

Shen Lie never abandoned them either, no matter whether he waited for a month in Yongwu City or went over the mountains to find Chen Weimin today, he never gave up on everyone.

However, sometimes you really can’t find it. Facing the sense of powerlessness in the ignorance, no one can resist.

"Master," Dai Yu said, "Go back."

"If Lu Bao and Shi Yan hadn't returned from Shuangpo Gorge, then what happened to Chen Weimin must be related to the drunken deer." Shen Lie said calmly.

"Drunk Deer's people chased to Jianchungang?" Dai Yu was startled.

"That depends on whether Lu Bao and Shi Yan have come back." Shen Lie looked at the entrance of the village ahead, and lightly tugged on the reins, "Let's go."

　Thank you Hua Lizi for your reward~~~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)