After avoiding the scorching daytime and changing to the night and the cool hours of the early morning and evening, the speed was really much faster, and the original maximum of walking more than 40 miles a day can now be 50 miles in one night, and more importantly, the team is no longer so tired, and the spirit is much better.

Although there are many disadvantages of rushing at night, and it is not as convenient to deal with small troubles as during the day, but overall the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.

After six days, he finally passed through Zhengzhou and Chang'an City in Xijing and left the territory of Jingxi Road, and arrived at the southernmost Shaanzhou Mansion of the Yongxing Army.

In the early morning of this day, the brigade of men and horses, who had been on the road all night, suddenly noticed that the scene in front of them had changed by the light of the day, and the overlapping mountains were in front of them, replacing the northwest plain that had been left behind.

Many people are a little excited to see the scene of hills and mountains for the first time, even Su Jin is no exception, after finding a flat open space and setting up the camp where he rested today, Su Jin took more than ten horsemen to a nearby hillside to observe the terrain.

The official road winds and extends from the side of the hillside, like a python plunging into the mountain range in front of it and disappearing.

Different from the excitement of everyone's pointing, Wang Lang seemed a little worried, he knew in his heart that the most difficult period of the journey had come, these official roads were built according to the winding of the mountains, in order to facilitate the excavation and opening up, only the degree of difficulty was considered, but the safety was ignored, many places were on one side of the mountain wall and one side was the cliff, and there were many places between the narrow valley road between the two mountains.

This is not the main thing, the key man-made threat, from Shaanzhou to Jiezhou this section is full of mountains, it is said that there are no less than dozens of bandits entrenched in the mountains, although the number of people and the escort brigade is too different, most of them are dozens of people or even a dozen small gangs, but in such a terrain, the number of people can not be called an advantage at all, many places can be called 'one man is a key and ten thousand people are not open', and we must not take it lightly.

Wang Lang told Su Jin and the others all his worries, and as soon as everyone's excitement passed, they suddenly felt that the road ahead was long and difficult, and they all became solemn.

"Lord Wang, what you said is very right, such a mountain road is indeed prone to mistakes, and it has reached the ground of the Yongxing Army, which means that we have officially entered the range of the Western Thief Horse Team that can cause nuisance, and everyone must cheer up their spirits."

Wang Lang said: "My lord Mingjian, the mountain road is difficult to overcome, and the bandits I estimate that they don't dare to rob the road openly, at most it is just a nuisance, and I am even more afraid that they will be targeted by the thieves in the west, then there will be big trouble." ”

Su Jin said: "At present, it is not enough, and the horse team of the Western Thieves will never dare to go deep into the official road in the mountains, which is also not good for them, the official road can be used for up to ten horses in parallel, and it is not conducive to mobile charge, in this kind of terrain, their strength is greatly reduced, so there is no need to worry about it for the time being." ”

Wang Chao said: "What the prince said is right, what he is worried about is what will happen after he gets out of this mountain road, and what he is most afraid of is that someone is setting up an ambush at the mouth of the valley out of the mountain on the other side of the mountain, so there is no way to advance or retreat." ”

Ma Han laughed and said: "Everyone is talking about the excitement, the western thieves haven't seen a single hair, where is the danger?" Teach me to say, how should we go or how to go, they don't come, we just served them in a pot, afraid of a bird! ”

Everyone rolled their eyes, if it was really as simple as it was said, it would not be harassed by the West Thief and take a detour, but what this guy said is also true, you can take precautions, but there is no need to worry about it, after all, there is still no shadow.

After Su Jin weighed it, he ordered to change the time of the march again, take a good rest today, and set off on the road during the day tomorrow, firstly, the mountain road is not easy to walk at night, and secondly, the mountain climate is not as flat as the land, the temperature is much cooler, and it is more convenient to deal with emergencies.

After the order was given, everyone had a precious day of rest, and they all seized the time to adjust their bodies and minds, and the carpenters who accompanied the team were also busy reinforcing and repairing the cart to cope with the upcoming bumps in the mountain road.

Su Jin fell asleep, it was already late in the afternoon, and after eating something under Xiao Sui'er's service, he returned to his tent after inspecting it, and saw Xia Siling sitting there with a sad face, her body moving, and she sighed continuously, so she stepped forward and asked with a smile, "What's wrong?" Can't you have lice on your body? ”

Xia Siling complained coquettishly: "There are no lice, but they are sticky all over my body, and I haven't taken a bath for six or seven days, which is really uncomfortable; Brother Su, you see, the slave's hair is knotted into pieces, it's really ugly. ”

Su Jin smiled dumbly, his hair was wet with sweat, and then stained with loess, and it was really clumped, it was miserable enough, thinking that Xia Siling was a delicate eldest lady, who washed white and sprayed fragrant on weekdays, where did she suffer from such a displacement; Even if she is strong enough, she hasn't screamed a word of bitterness so far, even Su Jin's horse that she has ridden for a few days feels like she is falling apart, not to mention her.

Su Jin thought for a while and said, "In this way, anyway, I'll take you out for a walk today to see if I can find a place with water to wash well." ”

Xia Siling frowned and said: "Where did the pond come from in this place, didn't it say that there was a shortage of water in the northwest?" ”

Su Jin laughed and said: "There will never be a shortage of water in the mountains, otherwise what will the lush trees and weeds on this mountain rely on?" The key is to see if you can find a place, just now I looked on the dirt slope in front of me, and I saw a particularly densely wooded place in the valley not far away, and I dare to assert that there must be a water tan there. ”

Xia Siling said happily: "Then what are we waiting for?" Let's go. ”

Su Jin pinched her little nose and said, "Call Shangsui to go with you, what about her?" ”

Xia Siling said: "Sister Xiao Sui'er went to the old Getou of the team to play, she said that this old Ge head is very similar to her father, and he is also kind, and the two chatted at first sight." ”

Su Jin rolled her eyes, Xiao Sui'er was born in a peasant family, and her good impression of ordinary people is better than others, and she is far away from home, Xiao Sui'er is probably homesick, maybe this old Ge Tou has aroused her homesickness, and she has never asked about her family history, and she really doesn't care enough about her.

Xiao Sui'er enjoyed her time, Su Jin didn't want to disturb her, Xia Siling packed a bag of clean clothes on her shoulder and followed Su Jin out of the tent, Su Jin said hello to the dynasty, saying that he was going to the front to see the terrain, and took Xia Siling to ride a horse and move forward slowly; It is not easy for the dynasty to send people to follow and protect, and it is clear that the prince took Miss Xia out to be alone for a while, and the dynasty is not Mahan's brain, so he naturally knows how to avoid suspicion.

The two of them walked around the small dirt slope of the mountain pass for two miles, and Su Jin pointed to the green trees in the bottomless valley on the side of the road and said, "I dare to guarantee that there is water below." ”

Xia Siling frowned and said, "But it's so steep, how do you go down?" ”

Su Jin said: "The horses will definitely not be able to go down, put them on the slope to graze, and we will walk down, and it is not very steep." ”

The two dismounted and put the horses up the hillside, Su Jin pulled Xia Siling down the official road carefully, pulled the branches and climbed the bare rocks and slowly descended, and after a while, they went down to the valley.

The trees in the valley below are tall, under the trees is green grass, blooming with all kinds of flowers, colorful butterflies flying and fragrant flowers, and the temperature is also cool and tight, both of them are a little dumbfounded, I didn't expect that there is such a place here, it is really hard to believe.

Xia Siling cheered and ran up in the woods, picked a flower when she saw it, and chased a butterfly when she saw it, and she was very excited; Su Jin was also affected by her, took off his boots and held them in his hands, stepped on the grass with his bare feet, closed his eyes and felt the tingling feeling of his feet being pricked by the soft grass stems, and moaned comfortably.

Just as I was enjoying it, I heard Xia Siling's cry of joy coming from the front: "Sure enough, you are right, there is really water here." ”

Su Jin hurried over in three steps and two steps, only to see that there was really a small clear pool under a cliff, the rock wall was wet, and the water was dripping down, thinking that this small pool was formed by the water left on the cliff, and the rain on the mountain would also converge into Tan Zhong on a rainy day; There are also flowers of various colors blooming on the cliff wall, and the decoration is colorful, like a beautifully decorated natural bath.

Xia Siling squatted down, reached out and slapped some pool of water on his face, and said happily: "It's so cool, so comfortable, the slave family is going to die of joy." ”

Su Jin smiled: "Then don't you hurry up?" The dirt is gone. ”

Xia Siling said happily: "Yes." Stretched out his hand to take off his armor, but suddenly stopped again, looking at Su Jin with a red face and not speaking.

Su Jin was stunned and said, "What are you waiting for?" ”

Xia Siling said during Aiai's period: "Brother Su...... Brother Su doesn't retreat? ”

Su Jin had forgotten about this stubble, but as soon as Xia Siling mentioned it, he reminded him.

Su Jin looked at Xia Siling's red face with water droplets, and suddenly his heart jumped, and his body gradually became hot.

The two looked at each other with their eyes, and suddenly the sound of birds and cicadas in the entire valley seemed to disappear without a trace, and even the whole world seemed to have disappeared.