He Qizhou looked at Zheng Zheng's determined young face and said, "I know why no one has discovered your existence for so many years, because you are so united with each other!"
Zheng Zheng said: "There is no way. Originally we thought we could get out of the valley and how powerful our martial arts were, but when we really competed with the masters from the government outside the mountain, we were simply vulnerable, so we could only join forces. What?
God, if I had such powerful skills as you, I would no longer have to fear those minions who bully others. In addition, if the traces of Migu are exposed, our parents and relatives will no longer have a place to stand, so most of the people who leave the valley will not betray their tribe until they die.
of."
He Qizhou said hurriedly with a shy face: "How can I have such great ability? I just have some brute strength. I don't even have a pulse. Judging from your appearance, you should have a pulse. You are definitely not weak outside."
Zheng Zheng said in shock: "Brother He, I have only had the second channel for a few days, and we still have some self-awareness. It's getting late, you go and have a rest. I'll call you tomorrow at 00:00!"
He Qizhou was really tired, so he stopped being polite and went back to the stone house and fell asleep. Before dawn the next day, Zheng Zheng woke everyone up. Two burly men in their twenties had already come to the stone house and saw Zheng Zheng and Zheng Yuan.
They were all extremely respectful and were obviously ready to take turns carrying Zheng Yuan.
After a good night's sleep, Zheng Yuan's condition improved a lot. He Qizhou gave Zheng Yuan some invasive medicine. If there were any difficulties in applying for household registration, let him find a way to find Magistrate Zhang after he recovered from his injuries. He used Han Song's identity.
Tell him what happened in Beishan. Just change the victim to Zheng Yuan. There is no need to worry about the prefect becoming suspicious. As long as you mention your name, Prefect Zhang will definitely believe it and provide some help.
When they walked out of the stone house, the valley was already noisy with people. Zheng Zheng said that four to five hundred people had already left, and half of them could leave before dawn. He Qizhou asked if there was any movement among the officers and soldiers.
Zheng Zheng replied: "The place you came over yesterday is called Beiling. Some of us have gone up to observe. The officers and soldiers of the brigade are stationed a hundred feet below the ridge. It is estimated that they will come over the mountain after dawn. There are six exits in the south.
There were two places where officers and soldiers were found moving, both of which are mountain trails where horses can be walked, but they are still more than ten miles away from here. Even if we set off immediately at dawn, it will take an hour to get there. We have no time to evacuate through other exits."
With the Zheng Yuan family's endless gratitude, He Qizhou and Lin Chuan said goodbye to them. In fact, if it weren't for the two horses, they would definitely have rushed to Jiangling Mansion with the team. After a while, the valley that was still noisy just now was quiet.
Silently, the glimmer of morning light appeared on the top of Dongshan Mountain, and people ran towards the stone house from all over the valley. There were men and women, most of them were in their twenties and thirties, and most of them were carrying bows, arrows, knives and sticks.
Zheng Zheng said to He Qizhou and Lin Chuan: "These people, like me, are hermit tribesmen who came out of Migu. If something happens, we can go back to Migu to communicate or take shelter temporarily. No matter who our next generation is, they will not be able to escape."
The owner of the valley agrees, even the grandson of the owner cannot enter."
Although Zheng Zheng was young, the dozen or so people who came over seemed to obey his orders. The two people who came down from the north slope first reported: "The officers and soldiers have discovered the way to the peak, and they can climb over the mountain in less than half an hour."
, there seem to be two to three hundred people, thank you for telling us earlier, otherwise we would be really unlucky this time."
Then the person who entered from the entrance of the valley said: "Two teams of officers and soldiers stationed at Bijia Peak in the southeast and Shimen Peak in the southwest have also set off, with more than a hundred people each. Roadblocks have been set up in the southwest. It is estimated that it will take an hour to get here, and it will take less than an hour in the southeast.
arrive!"
Zheng Zheng nodded and said, "Have everything been packed? Let's set off now!" After saying that, he took He Qizhou and a group of ten people to the east along the slope of Beishan Mountain. There was no mountain road on the slope, and it sometimes went up and sometimes turned around.
Low, and finally we went lower and lower, until we reached the northeast corner of the valley, where a huge boulder blocked the way. Behind the boulder was the mountain peak that juts into the sky on the east side. The clouds and mist were rising on the mountainside, making it impossible to see the top of the mountain.
Zheng Zheng took the lead to climb up the boulder, and then walked north along the cliff behind the boulder for more than a hundred steps. When he turned east, a stone cave three to four feet wide and dozens of feet high suddenly appeared, and the group walked through it for more than ten feet.
In the long stone cave, you can see a stone platform with a length and width of more than ten feet. Behind the stone platform is a water pool of two or three acres. The water pool is surrounded by mountains in the east and north. Looking up, the north mountain is more than a hundred feet high.
On the cliff side, there is a steep slope covered with vegetation on the east side of the mountain.
He Qizhou was still praising the wonders of nature, but Zheng Zheng stopped and said to several tribesmen: "There were no night watchmen here last night. I left all the bows and arrows for you. We must not let anyone discover our path up the mountain. Let's go up."
After you reach the first line of ridge, you should evacuate. Remember to evacuate from Wangbei Slope to the south and don't go home."
The few people who were called felt a little regretful, but they all agreed and ambush each other at the entrance of the cave. Zheng Zheng asked the two men who went up the mountain to take off their inner armor and said to He Qizhou and Lin Chuan: "The officers and soldiers on the south side
It may come very quickly. If they know this entrance, it will be difficult for us to withstand the powerful crossbow volley. I think the two of them are about the same size as you. You can use it first. It will take us nearly half an hour to go up, and we will always be exposed.
Wear them on the back, just in case. They have been used to walking on mountain roads since they were young, and they can quickly escape if something happens."
He Qizhou hurriedly took out the inner armor given by He Lian from his backpack, quickly took off his coat, and put on the armor, which had many broken pieces and a big hole on his right shoulder. He said to Zheng Zheng: "Look, I have one too.
Armor, Lin Chuan just needs to walk in front of me. We have been accustomed to walking on mountain roads since we were young. You are welcome. Come on, let's go up early and the brothers at the entrance of the cave can evacuate early."
Zheng Zheng wanted to say something more, but when he saw that He Qizhou and the others had already started climbing the mountain, he stopped forcing them and let the two people put on their armors. He quickly ran to He Qizhou's side and said, "Brother He, can you let me
Take a look at your armor again?"
He Qizhou lifted up his clothes and said, "It's a little broken, but it's still very strong."
Zheng Zheng saw the dark and dull armor, rubbed his eyes, and murmured: "Qilin armor?"
He Qizhou asked: "Do you know this inner armor? Does it have a name?"
Zheng Zheng shook his head as he walked and said, "Maybe I made a mistake. How could it be possible? Let's leave quickly."
He Qizhou asked again: "That cave is so secret, can the officers and soldiers not find it for a while?"
Zheng Zheng said: "It has already happened once, so let's just be in case."
He Qizhou asked curiously: "Have officers and soldiers been here? Was it caused by a traitor?"
Zheng Zheng said: "No, there was a head catcher who followed us from the Yin clan. We didn't notice him until he followed us to the inner valley. Speaking of which, that man's Qinggong is really amazing!"
"Then what happened next? Did you catch that person?" "How could we catch him? But that person was not like an ordinary police officer. Not only did he not bring troops over, he also became friends with us. The day before yesterday..."
"What happened the day before yesterday?"
"Brother He, I let it slip. This is also a secret in the valley. It's not that I don't believe you, it's just that I promised to keep it secret. Please forgive me."
He Qizhou said it was okay, stopped asking questions, and silently followed Zheng Zheng up to the southeast. There were four men and two women behind him and Lin Chuan, obviously to put them in a safer position.
The hillside was relatively gentle at first, and there were many plants and trees to help. However, after going up about thirty feet, the slope suddenly increased, and the mountain road was more like the rugged rocks of Beishan Peak yesterday. Fortunately, He Qizhou and Lin Chuan were able to rest at no speed after a night's rest.
Those hidden tribes are worse and more capable.
He Qizhou carefully observed that among these people, the most advanced ones only had access to the second meridian. It seemed that Zheng Yuan, with his third meridian skill, was indeed considered a master among the Yin tribe. He just climbed for a while.
At clock time, they climbed about fifty feet up. They climbed up a mountain ridge that was more than thirty feet long but only four or five feet wide. It should be the so-called first-line ridge. From the top of the ridge, looking towards the road, they saw a pool of quiet green water.
Several people at the entrance of the cave were as big as ants. Seeing that they had reached the first line of ridge, they also went up the mountain, but the direction was further to the west.
Zheng Zheng told He Qizhou that their hermitage was behind this mountain. From outside the mountain, it looked like a mountain, but in fact it was surrounded by four steep peaks of similar heights to form a valley that was deeper and larger than the one they had just left.
In the valley, unless you are a top expert, only the north peak is still possible to enter.
After everyone descended tens of feet from the southern slope of the first line of ridge, they continued to climb in the southeast direction. The slope became slightly gentler. As they went up, the weeds became sparser. Most of them were ancient pines that could only be surrounded by one or two people, and there were even weird pines.
The growth between the cliffs and rocks was breathtaking. After walking upward for nearly an hour, the mountains were already shrouded in clouds and mist, and it was still impossible to see clearly the scenery ten steps away. Zheng Zheng stopped on a platform four to five feet square.
After descending, there is a cliff to the east, and to the south is a vertical cliff that reaches no top. Its smoothness is even more smooth than the Beishan that Qi Zhou climbed last night.
He Qizhou was wondering to himself, thinking that he was not sure that he could climb up such a cliff. How could these people be so powerful? However, he saw Zheng Zheng doing his best on a cliff. When He Qizhou heard this, he was shocked.
With a beat of three long and one short, the smooth cliff made a clear and loud sound under the slap. Only the sound of "papa, papa" could be heard from the cliff. Zheng Zheng stopped slapping and waited for less than a minute.
When I was holding the incense stick, I saw a bamboo basket with a diameter of three feet and a depth of four feet from the cliff, which was slowly lowered under a rope as thick as a forearm.
Zheng Zheng motioned to Qi Zhou, and Lin Chuan, two women, and himself went up first. When the five people crowded into the bamboo basket and stood still, Zheng Zheng pulled the rope, and the bamboo basket slowly rose upwards. He Qizhou was silent in the clouds and mist.
Calculating the height, it took about one stick of incense to rise up about thirty feet. There was a crunching sound, and it rose another ten feet. The clouds and mist at the feet were still as thick as fish soup, but the clouds and mist above seemed to be light.
It was much bigger, and a winch supported by three thick pieces of wood two feet above was clearly visible. The bamboo basket stopped at the top of the cliff, and a strong man eight feet tall used an iron hook to hook the bamboo basket into the top of the cliff.
On a four-foot-high wooden platform, five people came down one after another. After Zheng Zheng said something, the strong man put down the bamboo basket and went to pick up the other four people under the cliff.