In the middle of the night, the crescent moon is eastward. Ma Chengfeng and Liu Mazi sat in front of the fire, unfolding the ancient map, looking for the big black mountain that Na Xi said.

They used the maps drawn by the grassland people themselves in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China.

"Cheng Feng, are you sure that we will go to the Great Black Mountain tomorrow? You see, here, if we go to the Great Black Mountain, we will have to go around an extra hundred and fifty miles! Liu Mazi sighed.

"Uncle Mazi, then tell me which line is safer, this big black mountain and the stone 'gate'?" Although he is a big cabinet, compared with Liu Mazi, he is a fledgling, with no experience in the rivers and lakes, and it is not a trivial matter to change the route temporarily. Now, every decision he makes has the potential to cost the lives of these twenty men.

Liu Mazi said that when he first formulated the route, he also considered it in Daheisheng. Although the road he walked was inaccessible, Chahar herdsmen could occasionally be seen grazing on the grassland, and they could take shelter in case of natural disasters. But if you go to the Great Black Mountain, if something really happens halfway, it will be called heaven and earth should not be called spiritual!

"I've heard of this big black mountain you said. Do you still remember Tang Scar's ancestor Tang Erhu? ”

In the 16th year of the Republic of China, Tang Erhu, the commander of Rehe, was ordered by Yushuai to fight against the old 'Mao' in the north, and happened to pass through this big black mountain. Before the army travels, there must be a pioneer army to explore the way, and the vanguard army was a reinforced company carrying heavy equipment.

But this reinforced company of 180 people, after entering the Great Black Mountain, it was as if it had evaporated from the world, and there was no news. Three days later, Tang Erhu came to the foot of the Great Black Mountain with an army of 20,000, and his memoirs said that there was no light in the world in the Great Black Mountain, and the 'yin' wind was like purgatory on earth, and the foot of the mountain was full of dead bodies and white bones, which were no longer recognizable.

Helpless, Tang Erhu had no choice but to lead the army around the Great Black Mountain, willing to postpone the march rather than dare to enter.

"Oh? So wicked? Ma Chengfeng frowned.

"You know what? The local herdsmen call the Great Black Mountain the Demon Valley cursed by the Immortal Heaven, and there is no trace of people and animals within a radius of dozens of miles from the Great Black Mountain! "The old rivers and lakes are the old rivers and lakes, no matter what you talk about, you can always say that the head is the Tao." Of course, now that you are the big cabinet, we will listen to you how you choose. You're right, even if you go to the stone 'gate', it's not necessarily safe, there is an east 'Meng' horse haunt on the side of the stone 'gate', Li Dahai and I have already checked it in advance, but there is no guarantee that this group of guys will not see a difference in wealth. ”

Ma Chengfeng couldn't fully believe it, the people on the rivers and lakes were unpredictable, and he had to guard against it. Then he asked tentatively, "What do you mean?" ”

Liu Mazi said: "I still say the same thing, you are the big cabinet and you are in charge." The danger on the side of the stone 'gate' is predictable, but the danger on the side of the Great Black Mountain is unpredictable. ”

Ma Chengfeng buried his head in his 'chest', holding his head for a while, he couldn't make up his mind.

At this time, I suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves outside the No. 7 forest farm, and judging from the sound of horses' hooves, it should be four or five horses.

As soon as they heard the movement, they immediately ran out with their shotguns on their shoulders, and turned their guns to aim at the dark woods.

"Don't shoot, guys!" Ma Chengfeng ordered.

After a while, I saw five horses running out of the forest, and on the back of the horses sat five steppe men, each of whom was stronger than the other, with big stubble on his face, and the robes of the ancient Mongolian tribe on his body, but none of them had guns on them.

The five people knew the rules very well, and when they saw that the more than 20 people in the camp were all carrying guns, they quickly tightened the reins and raised their hands high.

"Immortal Heaven bless you, my friend!" The man at the head of the group put his right hand in front of his 'chest', bent down slightly, and took the initiative to show favor to Ma Chengfeng.

Ma Chengfeng looked at them with frowns, these five people had a fierce look in their eyes, and they were not good at looking at them.

"Folks, what's the matter?" Ma Chengfeng motioned for everyone to put down their guns and took the initiative to meet them.

"Cheng Feng? Beware! Liu Mazi hurriedly followed.

The two of them approached and circled around the five herdsmen, who on the surface looked like ordinary steppe herdsmen, with some dried 'milk' cheese and cow 'meat' on their backs.

"We are passing through here, people are sleepy, and we want to rest for the night in the No. 7 forest farm, I don't know if it's inconvenient?" The man's eyes were wrong, and he didn't look at Ma Chengfeng when he spoke, but his eyes fell on the truck in the middle of the camp.

Ma Chengfeng looked at Liu Mazi, and he didn't know how to deal with this kind of thing for the first time.

Liu Mazi hurriedly took a few steps forward, clasped his hands into fists and smiled: "Hehe...... Fellows, I'm sorry, our family is dragging the old, and the dilapidated houses in the No. 7 Forest Farm are full, I'm afraid there is no land! Why don't you take two more steps? "This old Jianghu has two times, and he is polite, but he has already turned his back and secretly gestured to his subordinates.

Click...... Click...... More than 20 shotguns crushed the chamber of the rifle in unison.

"Oh, since it's inconvenient, then let's go, don't disturb your distant friends, farewell!" The five of them ran out of the woodyard.

After they walked on the front foot, the four brothers of the Chang family asked: "Big cabinet, Liu Ye, these people are clearly sent by the Eastern 'Meng' horse gang to step on the plate, do you want us to catch up and do them?" ”

"Don't act rashly, this is Chahar, not our Rehe, the Prairie Horse Gang has rarely acted alone, it is estimated that there are still their people nearby, since the other party has not torn our face, let's not shoot the first shot." Liu Mazi said. "More is better than less, and it will be dawn in a few minutes."

Liu Mazi and Li Dahai are very cautious, according to what they said, the large and small forces that have passed along the way have already been dotted, how can they still attract people's attention?

"Cheng Feng, since ancient times, the grassland people have a strong 'temperament' and have always been self-governing. This prairie is a river and lake, but unlike our four Kanto provinces, they have their own rules. In the savannah of Chahar, there are dozens of large and small caravans. In these years, money can make ghosts grind, and we can afford to pay money, so naturally some people are willing to pay a bigger price than us. ”

"Uncle Mazi, we have already been exposed, I'm afraid that walking the stone 'gate' will be more than lucky, and we, the dozens of people, will have to become live targets by then." Ma Chengfeng opened the old map, drew a zigzag red line between the No. 7 Forest Farm and the Great Black Mountain and handed it to Liu Mazi.

"What do you mean...... Decided? Liu Mazi looked at Ma Chengfeng's weird eyes and asked.