Xuanyuan Mountain is located in the west of Yingchuan, backed by Songshan Mountain, facing Wancheng, the north gate of Jingzhou, and Wuguan, the gateway to Guanzhong in the west, which is also a strategic place. If the main threat comes from the west and north, Xuanyuan Mountain loses its role.

Xuanyuan Mountain is very barren, not only does it have no grass, so that the neighborhood is not even suitable for human habitation, except for those who can't move away, no one who has a little way to stay here to live, hardship is one thing, desolation is the biggest reason. Just like those who lived on the edge of the desert in later generations, watching the yellow sand devour their homes day by day, the feeling in my heart was not very good.

It's not a good place to meet in a place like this, and the time is not right. Hot, desolate, and remote, they are all similar in color to the death-filled mountains of the region. It's also similar to the old man's head opposite, which is also barren, and it is crimson after being exposed to the sun.

The old man looked at Su Ren, Su Ren looked at the old man, and the two pairs of eyes looked at each other like this, looking for the information they wanted from each other's eyes. After a while, the old man suddenly laughed: "The old man is a man of the mountains and the wilderness, and he is not enough to worry about!" ”

"The hermits of the mountains and wilderness are the great wisdom of the world! Since the old gentleman is unwilling to say, I don't force it, the old gentleman rest assured, I will definitely tell Your Majesty what you said, and I also tell the gentleman one thing, even if Your Majesty realizes that Maoling's heroism is an unstable factor, the most likely thing to do is to increase the army, and will never dismiss those heroes, although the heroes are small but they are accomplices of the evildoers, they are easy and evil, but they are clothed and fed, such people are unstable factors no matter where they are, rather than let them spread the scourge of the people in the township, it is better to be encircled in Maoling, and let them forgive their sins with labor. ”

After Su Ren finished speaking, he stood up and shook his robe: "Old gentleman, don't say it anymore, you go back and tell your master or your leader that all the people in the world have to pay the corresponding labor if they want to live, and even the emperor has to govern the world to get the supply of the people, what have the heroes done?" Why should the people feed a swarm of moths? ”

Su Ren walked a few steps and turned back again: "The old gentleman is from the Song Kingdom, it seems that the hometown of Mo Zhai, the ancestor of the Mo family, is in the Song Kingdom, and the Mo family is also the ancestor of the rangers, and the current rangers are those heroes, right?" ”

"Uh......"

Su Ren smiled slightly, saluted the old man slightly, turned around and said, "It's almost time to rest, let's go!" ”

The people who saw Su Ren descend the mountain in a mighty way, and the bustling pavilion suddenly became deserted. The old man took a deep breath and sat down again. The sun is slanting to the west, the red glow on the horizon rises, and the red of Xuanyuan Mountain reflects each other, looking up at the top of the mountain, almost connected into a whole, it is impossible to distinguish where is the mountain and which is the sky.

When the young man helped the old man down the mountain, his steps were a little staggering. As the saying goes, it's easy to go up the mountain and difficult to go down, and it is estimated that the old man's legs and feet are not too convenient, and he has to stop and rest for a while after walking a few steps. The mountain road is not very steep, and no one often comes, so naturally there is no place to step on the foot, which is very difficult for an old man to walk. Before they reached the foot of the mountain, the two of them were already sweating on their foreheads, and they seemed to be a little more tired than when they went up the mountain in the afternoon.

Re-onto the ox cart, the young man asked, "Giant, are we still going to Chang'an?" ”

The old man nodded: "Go, so many people have been forced to move to Maoling, if you look for it again, it will be difficult." ”

"......"

The old man smiled: "Don't worry, my Mo family is not only strong but also others, there are many ways to persuade a person, not only intimidation and negotiation." ”

"Whoa!" The boy got into the car, raised his whip and made a snapping sound, the ox cart started again, and the brass bell on the old ox's neck rang through the valley again, and he continued to hurry slowly.

The night is really cool, in fact, as soon as the sun sets, it already becomes cool, which is the benefit of ancient times. There aren't so many reinforced concrete, and there aren't so many asphalt roads, but the dirt and the woods can quickly suck the heat away and cool the whole world. Although the sides were still bare, the sky was very bright, and the stars twinkled between the black and gray, and those dark stars that were not visible at all in the afterlife could be seen clearly here as soon as you looked up.

Su Ren rode a horse, flanked by Huang Thirteen and Manniu. In front and behind are a line of torches, lined up along the mountain road in zigzag and zigzag, and the procession is majestic from a distance. In order to avoid collisions with each other, Li Danghu stipulated that the distance between people should be at least five paces, so the procession of hundreds of people stretched for three or five miles, and the people in front had already left the mountain pass, and the people behind had not yet entered.

The night breeze is gentle, and the people who blow are comfortable. Liu Shuang still didn't want to get out of the car, he didn't want to ride a horse, since the last incident on the bank of the Huai River, Liu Shuang became silent, and Su Ren was reluctant to speak. This person is a kind of affectionate guy, no matter how he fought with Liu Xiao when he was in Hengshan Kingdom, he never thought of killing him quickly, but now his brother wants to kill him, and he can't believe it.

Hawking's dark horse ran over like a fly, and was scolded by Li Danghu with his head and face: "Crazy! The horse at night, if the horse falls in a bad step, it will be a big deal, and if you break it, it will be a big deal! If you dare to do this again, see how I clean you up! Li Dang, take the black wind away, and don't allow him to ride again for three days! ”

Su Ren watched from the side and was silent, and let Hawking squeeze his eyebrows and make eyes, as if he didn't see it. Li Danghu is right, it is indeed inappropriate to ride a horse on the mountain road at night, who knows what he will encounter, in case of a fall, it can be big or small. was scolded by Li Danghu for being a bloody dog, and Hawking lowered his head and said nothing. This is also strange, Hawking is neither big nor small in front of Su Ren, he dares to say anything, and seeing Li Danghu is like meeting a cat and a mouse.

Su Ren felt that it was almost over, so he stepped forward: "What's wrong?" ”

Hawking breathed a sigh of relief, bypassed Li Danghu and ran to Su Ren: "Those two have been following us, right behind us." ”

"Just by the way, don't be so nervous!"

"It's not that I'm nervous, but I also found other people, although there are not many of them, and they are all careful to hide their whereabouts."

"Oh? Who is it? Isn't Liu Xiao still giving up? Han Qing hurriedly asked.

Hawking shook his head: "We didn't get the orders of the eldest brother, we didn't do it, I don't know what we were doing." ”

"Guess what, the old man's bodyguard, the dignified Mo family giant, went to Chang'an, how could it be that there was only one and a half years of young man beside him."

Han Qing was confused, and after a little thought, he understood: "That old man is really a giant of the Mo family?" ”

"Not like?"

Han Qing shook his head: "Even the disciples of the Mo family have not seen the giant, let alone us ordinary people, whether it is a subordinate who really doesn't know." ”

Li Danghu turned his face: "What Mo family giant, it's just a group of powerful heads, I'll take someone over to arrest him, lest he go to Chang'an to make trouble!" ”

"Go ahead, if you don't want to go back to Chang'an alive, run faster!" Su Ren hippie smile.

Li Danghu snorted coldly and was about to leave, but Wei Qing and Gongsun He hurriedly stopped him. Gongsun He said: "You don't know that this kid loves angry people, the Mo family giants are not just the head of the heroes, their people are everywhere, and they are secretive, no one can say whether there are also in the court, in case because you arrested their giants, those people launched a storm, and we can't stop them." ”

Wei Qing nodded: "Yes!" If you can't bear it, you will make a big plan, Brother Li will endure it, as long as he goes to Chang'an, it will not be too late to do it when he gets there, Brother Su has his own plans. ”

The master father said, "It's not a matter to let them follow like this!" People are in the dark, we are in the light, in case these people have any intentions, we can't guard against it. ”

Su Ren said angrily: "Look at all of you people who don't know how to deal with things!" Did I say I couldn't do it? ”

"Understood, I'll do it!" Hawking smiled, carrying his shuttle dart and about to leave.

"Come back! Who let you go, Brother Li's punishment for you is not over yet, stay obediently! Su Ren shouted to Hawking: "Shi Bao, you go, things are done neatly, I don't want to hear from them tomorrow morning, but don't kill people either." ”

"Understood!" Shi Bao smiled, shook his head at Li Dang, and beckoned someone to go on errands.

The young man covered the old man with a blanket. The night is already deep, the old man is already asleep, and the night breeze gives people coolness, which naturally makes the old man unbearable. The boy tried to keep the ox cart as steady as possible, so as not to disturb the old man's rest. The cowbell rang regularly, like a lullaby, unhurriedly, very regularly.

"Alright, find a place to rest, and then we will continue tomorrow!" The old man said suddenly.

The young man hurriedly stopped the car and stretched out his head to look ahead: "Those people are still walking, if we rest, I'm afraid we won't be able to catch up tomorrow." ”

"If you don't chase it, we'll see you naturally when we get to Chang'an, not to mention that people don't want us to follow."

"No!" The boy agreed, drove the ox cart down the road, found a sheltered place, and began to pack up and rest.

Torches suddenly lit up on the mountain beams, and the shouting sounded like a ghost's cry, which suddenly appeared and then abruptly ended. In just one breath, everything was quiet again. The young man's sword was already in his hand, and he looked around vigilantly.

The old man wrapped the blanket around his body, and his eyelids didn't move: "Find some dry wood to light a fire, I'm a little cold!" ”

The young man didn't move: "Giant, there is an accident on the mountain beam, our people are more auspicious!" ”

"Go find Chai He, don't worry about the rest!"

"Yes!"

"They themselves were discovered by others, they can only blame themselves, I have already explained when I set off, don't expose your whereabouts, don't listen to me, they deserve to suffer something, go, it's okay, Su Ren is a smart person, and he won't be an enemy of us."

Only then did the young man put away his sword and promised to go to a nearby place to pick up firewood. But he didn't have a giant city, and he kept turning his head to look at the mountain beams while collecting firewood. There was not much movement on the mountain beam, but it was also clearly visible, a whole mountain beam, torches would appear at intervals, followed by the sound of weapons colliding. It wasn't until the boy lit the fire that the movement disappeared completely. After roughly counting, none of the six brothers brought with me were spared.