Zhao Jin had to suspect that this valley might be a place of refuge deliberately left by these bandits.
When Zhao Jin deduced the direction and flow of the river based on the terrain, and then deduced the way in and out of the valley, his finger finally stopped somewhere.
Copycat!
Zhao Jin's eyes flashed, and he became more and more certain that there was something wrong with the valley here.
By coincidence, Yang Xu and others had already discussed it.
Except for Liang Qian who stayed where he was with some depression, the other four people were obviously in a good mood.
Zhao Jin shook his head with a smile, without saying anything, and said directly: "Then the five of us will go find out!"
"Do we need to bring more soldiers?"
Qin Heng suggested: "If there are only five of us and we encounter bandits, I'm afraid it won't be easy to deal with."
"No need." Zhao Jin shook his head and objected, "We don't need to confront the bandits now and investigate secretly. If there are more people, it will be easier for them to discover us."
A few people no longer hesitated and abandoned their horses to climb the mountain.
At this time, the sky was already dark, and the mountain was even darker. The five people held torches and climbed up the mountain carefully.
"Let's go to the cottage first."
Except for that one road in that valley, Zhao Jin carefully looked at the terrain nearby and found that they were all extremely steep.
By the time they went up the mountain to find the valley, it was already dark. If they took the steep and steep road, there would be many dangers. It would be better to find the way directly from the suspected mountain village.
The road he deduced was relatively smooth and not very dangerous.
After Zhao Jin arrived at the cottage, he searched around and took them out for comparison.
"Sir, how are you?" Qin Heng stood behind Zhao Jin and asked in a low voice.
Zhao Jin looked down at the map, then looked up at the nearby situation, and determined the location, "It's right here, look for it, there should be a road."
This area, withered and yellow weeds and rocks piled up, looks like a relatively flat but chaotic place on the mountain, with no mountain roads anywhere.
Zhao Jin pricked up his ears while searching.
Suddenly, Zhao Jin looked at a place where the wild grass was next to a cliff. Although it was only withered and yellow mixed with a little green, it was extremely high and dense. It was a rare place with many grasses and trees on Riliang Mountain.
The sound of water!
Zhao Jin just heard the sound of water, which was very small and not obvious.
He walked quickly over, and the closer he got, the louder the sound of water became. Until Zhao Jin pushed aside the dense haystacks, he saw a small river in front of him.
The river was smaller than Zhao Jin thought. If he had longer legs, it would not be impossible to walk directly across it.
The reason why Zhao Jin could hear the sound of water in this small river was because the drop of the cliff in the river made the sound of water more obvious.
Yang Xu and others came over when they noticed Zhao Jin's movement.
"Hey! There is actually a river here?" Seng Fan said a little strangely.
"Let's go, follow this river and go down."
What Zhao Jin was looking for was exactly this river, that valley, downstream of the river.
Several people were a little confused, but Zhao Jin had already spoken and followed him down.
The further down, the ground the five people stepped on became wetter, and the flow of the river gradually became larger.
The tributaries from various places join in, and perhaps there are also underground rivers.
And Zhao Jin's guess was not wrong. Along the river, there was a fairly flat road, and...
Zhao Jin's eyes fell on some fallen weeds nearby.
Because this place is moistened by water, there are many weeds growing in a dense area.
As for the fallen weeds, it was obviously because someone passed by or even stepped on them.
Not only Zhao Jin noticed this phenomenon, but Yang Xu and others also noticed it.
"Is it them?" Yang Xu asked.
Zhao Jin nodded, and the light of the torch reflected on his face, giving him a bit of darkness.
"Let's go."
The five people walked down the river in silence. Soon, they came to the place on the map where the river and the mountain road connecting to the valley disappeared.
However, Qin Heng raised the torch forward, and the scene reflected was obviously different from the map.
One up and one down, the two roads should have been cut off in the middle.
In fact, they are closely connected.
This is a river and a mountain road with no interruption in the middle.
This means that the map has indeed been manipulated.
"Those bandits shouldn't be able to tamper with the map of Riliang Mountain in Yunzhou City."
Zhao Jin looked at the mountain road ahead and said in a deep voice, "It's Li Qing."
Bandits can't do it, but Li Qing, as the county magistrate, can.
"If that's true, they would have colluded together much earlier." Qin Heng frowned. If that's true, what tricks did these people do in the past wars between Yunzhou and Beili? Is there any remnant of it?
of?
Even at this moment, a rather absurd idea flashed in the minds of Yang Xu and others.
This plague may not necessarily be a bad thing.
If there had been no plague, Beili would definitely attack Yunzhou City after the New Year and before the beginning of spring.
With the existence of these traitors and spies at that time, what would be the fate of Yunzhou City?
How long will it take for them to notice this group of bandits in Riliang Mountain?
Is it better to die under the cavalry of foreign enemies or to die in the plague?
It's hard for them to tell.
But the plague has already occurred, and all we can do now is try our best to get rid of these spies.
Zhao Jin said quietly: "Let's go, be careful next time. We are getting closer to the valley. If we get closer, we must put out the torches."
Otherwise, once the bandits send people to patrol the surrounding area, the light of the torch will immediately attract their attention.
"Yes, sir."
Yang Xu and others deliberately lowered their voices.
Nearly a quarter of an hour later, the five people put out the torches.
Fortunately, they were all martial arts practitioners. Although walking on the mountain road in the dark was a bit slow, it didn't matter.
Shortly after they put out the torches, a faint light of fire came from ahead.
The five of them looked at each other, then slowed down their steps. When they got closer, they bent down and used weeds and larger rocks to shield them.
The bandits were divided into several teams, and there were bandit guards all around the valley.
Compared to other places, their place is the most heavily guarded.
The torch was tied directly to the side, and there was a burning fire next to it. It was bright, but elsewhere, there were only scattered firelights.
The five people carefully avoided the bandits and approached the edge of the valley.
Zhao Jin looked down and saw the noise coming up directly from below. Bandits were coming in and out. It was a second cottage.
It's just that most of the houses here are built against the mountains and are relatively simple.
Zhao Jin thought well. This valley was indeed the refuge they had prepared. It was private enough, but also a bit crude.
Zhao Jin frowned slightly after taking a look at the surrounding situation.
The guards are so tight that there is only one relatively stable road to enter the valley.
But if a large army enters from here, it will definitely be discovered immediately.
They are not as familiar with the mountain roads as these bandits. If they are discovered and they are prepared, many people will take advantage of the chaos and leave.
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