I want to embrace the moon for nine days

Chapter 60 Green Forest Secret
"Boss!"

Li Erhu looked through the corpses of the bandits and discovered something, "Look at this, I know some words, and I feel that this book is a bit like the Green Forest Book that the elders mentioned."

Deer Spirit Book, martial arts?

Su Hanshan took it and turned it over.

This is some kind of book, but in fact it doesn't even have a title. It's more like a booklet used for accounting. In addition to text, there are also some strange symbols in it.

Su Hanshan looked at it for a while, and his eyes lit up.

This is not a martial arts, but it is indeed a treasure book. It records many common tricks on the green forest road in Shanyang County and the means of secret communication between bandits.

Moreover, the second half of this book also contains the iconic secret notes of dozens of veteran bandits.

Bandits burn, kill, loot, trample on human lives, and do not regard ordinary people as human beings. Over time, their mentality will inevitably be very different from ordinary people.

So, in order to restrain a group of mentally ill people, or even to make these mentally ill people have a sense of identity and cohesion with each other, we need to artificially create some common ground for them, so that they can feel that they are all of the same kind. mentality.

We can't let them kill innocent people indiscriminately outside. At home, they can also kill their own accomplices with knives because of a quarrel or two.

Then this bandit den can't last more than a few days.

Many of the so-called green forest rules were derived from this need.

Like Shanyang County, there are particularly many bandits, so the rules are particularly numerous and strict.

For example, they worship the same god, and the steps of worshiping the god are exactly the same, or there must be a brother-sister relationship between the several gods they worship.

For example, they agreed that on a few special days every year, no one would go out to rob, otherwise it would be unlucky.

For example, if ordinary people want to become bandits, in addition to the necessary ruthlessness, they also have to go through a series of complicated rituals.

They have little empathy for ordinary people, but they treat people who have gone through these rituals as if they have been reincarnated from "ordinary people" into the "bandits" race, and will initially treat them as their own kind.

In the Chu Dynasty, a famous official from the Qing Dynasty preached that Shanyang County was a place of true etiquette, and even bandits practiced etiquette. This was the reason.

However, that noble man never said why the place of ethics and education he so much touted was said to be the place where officials, both high and low, were most devoted to the public service to the country and honest to the people.

The number of bandits can be so large that they need to teach each other "etiquette".

It is precisely in order to create a sense of group identity that the bandits in Shanyang County rarely fight with each other on a large scale.

Even if there are conflicts, they are often resolved through competition within the rules. In daily behavior, we should try to avoid conflicts as much as possible.

Therefore, the unique secret signs of veteran bandits appeared.

When they leave their own special mark in a certain place, it means telling other bandits that they are active in this area recently, first come, first served, and others should not come and compete for it.

Sometimes, when they want to summon their colleagues to do something, they will use these marks to convey news.

When we were in Shanyang County, these kind of old gangsters who could make a name for themselves had been operating their lairs for many years, and many warnings, misdirections, and traps were often placed around them, making it difficult for outsiders to get into their lairs with just a secret booklet. , otherwise, as long as a Green Forest Book falls into the hands of the enemy, the bandits will not be able to sleep well.

But as long as you know how to recognize secret signs, you can at least determine the corresponding bandit's recent activity range.

Although they have changed places now and are far away from their old nest, because it can be called a collective migration, these bandits' adherence to rules has become a deep-rooted habit that cannot be easily changed.

After reading the book, Su Hanshan closed his eyes and recalled, and discovered that this group of cave bandits had also left their own marks in the city and in the forest.

But he didn't understand it at all at the time. He only thought it was some stones and branches that had been touched by animals. Occasionally, there were some random and orderly scratches, which were also disguised as animal claw marks.If he had been able to identify the hidden signs at that time, with his keenness, he might have been able to pinpoint the location of this group of bandits two or three days earlier.

"Looks like we have to go into the city."

When the sky was dark, Su Hanshan closed the book in his hand and determined the next course of action.

All the counties in Xueling County are vast and sparsely populated, with many mountains and few cities. It is very troublesome to find bandits directly in the mountains.

Su Hanshan first inquired about the information in the city, and then used all his strength to enhance his five senses. He did not miss any clues and had a lot of luck to find this bandit's den in the cave.

But now that I understand these secret codes and rules of the green forest, when I go to the city, I will not only be able to inquire about some specious, scattered and difficult-to-identify crime information.

Su Hanshan and others can search for any signs related to bandits on their own.

Judging from what we have heard in recent months, how frequently bandits commit crimes, as long as they pretend to be beggars and wander into the city, there is a high probability that they will discover the secret marks left by the bandits before their robberies in the past, and they may even Meet someone who is making a secret note.

Wouldn't it be wonderful to follow the clues and follow the clues when the time comes?

"You guys get something to eat. After eating, we will sleep here and recover our strength before setting off again."

Su Hanshan saw that everyone was tired after working all night, cleaning up corpses and organizing goods, so he simply let them borrow this cave to escape the cold morning air in the mountains.

And he himself rummaged through the goods, found a few pieces of white clothes, pinched a piece of charcoal, and prepared to copy down the various secret messages in the Green Forest Book.

When he went to the city later, he planned to hide his identity and quietly deliver these things to the county offices.

If the local county government has mastered these things, as long as it has a sense of responsibility, even if it is doubtful, it should be on guard.

Not to mention whether they have the ability to suppress bandits, at least if bandits enter the city and leave hidden marks, they can take early precautions to reduce casualties and losses.

In the past few months, there have been too many cases committed by bandits in nearby counties. It is always good to do a little prevention and control in the next period of time.

Unfortunately, as long as the bandits are still active, they will sooner or later evolve new methods of doing things according to local conditions. The issue of secret codes can only be regarded as a short-term temporary solution.

After Su Hanshan copied several secret notes, he had breakfast, which was made by breaking up steamed buns and putting them in hot water to make a paste. It was served with a few pieces of barbecue. It tasted good and made him feel full.

Then he slept for two hours, regained his energy, and invited ten people to accompany him, preparing to go out of the mountains and into the city.

It was five or six days ago that they entered the mountain. During this time, they had been walking around in the mountain, twists and turns, and they didn't know which mountain they were on.

However, since Su Hanshan left home, he would look out every time he went to a high place, keep in mind the nearby terrain, and mentally calculate the overall route and length of the journey.

Therefore, he can still clearly distinguish how he wants to return to Songhe Martial Arts Hall, and he can also determine which direction to take from here to the nearest county town.

For those who have achieved success in martial arts, as long as they are on the right track, ordinary dead-end obstacles in the mountains are not a problem at all.

For example, as long as they go straight west from here, they will inevitably enter the scope of Shihao County.

However, precisely because they had never been to the road they chose now, after climbing three hills and walking, Su Hanshan made new discoveries.

"This mark..."

Su Hanshan stopped in the pine forest, touched the messy traces on a pine tree, walked around half a circle in thought, and looked at it from a different angle.

"Bronze Sword Mad Lion, Tan Ying?"

(End of this chapter)