During the Spring and Autumn Period, the State of Chu was in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, so the mountains along the river and near the sea were all called Mount Chu. The Chu Mountain mentioned by Du Ximing naturally did not refer to so many, but just a few continuous high mountains in front of him.

"Do you want us to look for each mountain on one mountain?" Zhang Chi was so depressed that he couldn't say anything.

"It's not necessary," Du Ximing said: "There are many villages everywhere in this area. We can find a village to inquire about it. Maybe there may be bandits."

Zhang Chi also thought this idea was good, so he nodded, and then ordered the army to enter the depths of Mount Chu. The mountain road was difficult to walk, so the troops did not walk quickly.

You can't see the beautiful scenery in the mountains when you look at the mountains from afar. When you walk into the mountains and see the continuous and majestic mountains, Zhang Chi can't help but sigh that the natural environment before traveling through time is really incomparable to ancient times. It's spring. Walking in the mountains, you can only see the mountains green and lush.

This kind of scenery is rare. The beautiful scenery is amazing. Zhang Chi rides on a white horse and smiles in the wind, making her feel indescribable and comfortable.

"Brother Zhang, why are you laughing at?" Daoxuan, who is used to seeing this kind of mountain scenery, naturally doesn't think of anything.

"This place has a beautiful scenery, so it is a good choice to come here to retire in the future. It is also a beautiful thing to accompany the green mountains." Zhang Chi said.

"If the young master retires, wouldn't it be a waste of his ability?" Du Ximing was also a little superstitious about Zhang Chi because of Miss Wang's words: "The situation is turbulent now, and it is the time when the young master is doing something great. Why did the young master talk about retirement?"

Zhang Chi originally said this nonsense, but now after hearing Du Ximing’s question, I don’t know how to answer.

In fact, Zhang Chi wanted to know what he had other skills besides drinking. He shook his head and didn't speak. Daoxuan smiled and said, "Whether you live in seclusion or fight, my senior brother asked me to follow Brother Zhang, I will go wherever Brother Zhang goes. Santong, do you think so?"

"It is good to live in seclusion, but you can't eat meat when you live in seclusion in the mountains." Santong interrupted at this time.

Daoxuan wished he could raise his whip and give him two horse whips: "Eat, eat, you will know how to eat."

Santong scratched her head and just laughed, and didn't say anything. Daoxuan taught Santong a lot of fists and feet these days. Santong was slow to understand. Daoxuan often scolded Santong like a little master. Now Santong has long been scolded.

Everyone had no clear purpose of marching, but they just looked for villages along the mountain road. But it was strange that they had not encountered a small village along the way. Everyone talked and laughed, and marched thirty or forty miles in the mountain road.

The terrain on both sides has undergone great changes over the dozens of miles of road. The mountains here are like cuts and dangerous rocks stand tall, which is completely different from the continuous shape of the previous mountain.

"Why did the road last half a day? The mountain changes so much?" Zhang Chi was not familiar with the terrain and asked Du Ximing.

Du Ximing immediately looked around, looked at the mountains, and then said for a moment: "We seem to have walked all the way to the heart of the valley, surrounded by dangerous rocks. I'm afraid that this road when we came is the only way to the valley."

Sure enough, as soon as Du Ximing finished speaking, a soldier had already come to report that there was a cliff ahead and there was no way.

Zhang Chi thought that he was still in the investigation and evidence collection stage, and the bandits were still unable to come. So he said to Du Ximing: "The soldiers were tired after leaving for most of the day. Brother Du, it was just around the mountains here to shelter the wind. Why not let the army station here today and send more teams to find out the villages everywhere, so it is convenient to inquire about the whereabouts of the bandits."

Du Ximing nodded and said, "Young Master is right." Then he added a whip and caught up with the front troops to arrange the stationing matters.

Seeing that Du Ximing had a law in the marching and was properly dispatched, Zhang Chi thought that it would be convenient for someone who was familiar with military affairs to follow him. If he had commanded him with full authority, even though there were only 5,000 people, he would have been in chaos long ago.

"It's really easy to join the army." Zhang Chi mocked himself, and then said to the others: "There is nothing to do, and the mountains here are magnificent. Why not let's ride around on horseback."

Daoxuan Santong applauded, but Ding Yizhi said: "Since my brother is happy, let's visit around with Santong Daoxuan. I will follow General Du and learn more about the method of marching and dispatching. But brother, don't go far."

It seems that this cousin is not ordinary learning. Zhang Chi responded, then gently patted Bai Xue's neck, and walked into the depths of the valley with Daoxuan Daoyuan.

When Santong saw Bai Xue so magical, she didn't need Zhang Chi to drive her. She could know what Zhang Chi meant by just patting her neck. She was also curious and said, "Brother Zhang, you can understand this horse, but it's really a good horse. I, Lu Santong, loved horses all my life, but I have never seen such a horse before, but I just don't know if it runs fast or not."

Zhang Chi smiled and said, "Since it's a good horse, how can you not run fast?"

"That's not necessarily the case, otherwise we'll compare."

"How to compare?" Zhang Chi asked.

Santong was standing in front of him, and there was a high cliff that was towering into the clouds, as if half of the mountain was cut off by a knife, saying, "Let's compare who will run to the bottom of the cliff first."

Daoxuan likes to join in the fun the most. When he heard that he would have to compete, he would naturally be indispensable. He shouted, "Okay, let's compete together."

Since Zhang Chi had to send his horse to Emei, he had never been indulged in the cycling. He didn't know how fast the horse ran. At this time, when Santong said he wanted to compete, he became interested. He slapped Bai Xue first and rushed out like an arrow, and then said, "Okay, let's compete."

Although it was only a word, Bai Xue had already rushed out nearly ten steps away.

When Santong saw Zhang Chi playing tricks, she quickly raised her whip and kept whipping on the horse's butt, followed Zhang Chi toward the bottom of the cliff.

The three of them ran together, but Dao Xuan fell to the end. Although Dao Xuan's martial arts are high, he is not good at controlling horses. He is not like Zhang Chi who has a good horse. He was only a short period of time and was widened.

Although the cliff looks close to you, it takes a long time to run. As the saying goes, this is the reason why the horses die when they look at the mountain.

It took Zhang Chi a lot of time to run to the bottom of the cliff. When Bai Xue Shenjun ran to the bottom of the cliff, when he turned around, Santong had been left half a mile away.

Zhang Chi looked around immediately under the cliff, but he didn't feel it from afar. At this time, standing under the cliff, he felt a sense of oppression.

When Santong and Daoxuan arrived, Santong's horse lover couldn't help but exclaim to Bai Xue: "It's indeed a BMW, a Thousand Mile Divine Horse, and a Thousand Mile Divine Horse."

Zhang Chi smiled and gently stroked Bai Xue's mane, and couldn't help but think of the fairy-shaped Emei.

"Brother Zhang, look."

At this moment, Dao Xuan exclaimed. Zhang Chi looked in the direction Dao Xuan pointed, and at first he hadn't seen what Dao Xuan was screaming, but after a closer look, he found that there was actually a crack in the mountain under the cliff. Although it was not wide, it could accommodate two horses in parallel. However, the entrance was densely planted and trees, so it would be difficult to find if you didn't look carefully.

There was a crack in the mountain. Zhang Chi studied it carefully for a long time, and then said to Santong and Daoxuan: "This seems to be a small path, which may lead directly to the other end of the cliff."

"Look, there are still footprints here." Dao Xuan pointed to the soil on the ground near the exit and said, "It should be that there are still people entering and leaving occasionally."

Zhang Chi got off the horse and looked carefully. Sure enough, there were one or two footprints printed on the soil near the exit.

"The footprints are so small, they should be the footprints of a woman." Zhang Chi analyzed.

Santong leaned over and said, "There is not even a person here, even a woman is probably a savage."

After hearing what Santong said, the three of them laughed.

"Can you know when you go over and take a look?" Santong said boldly, "It may be that even if it is a den for bandits to hide."

After saying that, Santong turned over and rode her horse, and walked over, while pushing away the branches of plants and trees to open the way for everyone.

"Be careful of the trap." Dao Xuan reminded and immediately followed.

There are high mountain cliffs on both sides of the path, but a crack naturally forms in the middle, similar to the famous one-line sky. Zhang Chi immediately looked up and watched. Although the sky above her head was not as thin as a line, it was indeed not wide.

The terrain was dangerous, and the three of them dared not go quickly, so they slowed down their horses and walked for more than half a mile. The canyon gradually became wider. After walking for a while, they walked out of this slender canyon. According to the distance, they probably had already passed from the middle of the mountain to the back of the cliff just now.

Zhang Chi looked up and the scenery in front of him suddenly became clear.

There was a big village ahead. This small village was surrounded by mountains, with pleasant scenery, and the fields were connected, and the sound of chickens and dogs were heard. Because it was spring, many people were still farming in the fields.

The whole scenery is a paradise.

Could this be the prototype of Tao Yuanming's "The Book of Peach Blossoms"? Zhang Chi thought in surprise.

Santong Daoxuan was stunned for a long time. Santong said in amazement: "It's true that there is a different world here."

"But why do these people build this village in such a secret place?" Dao Xuan asked in confusion.

"That's all, this place must be the old nest of bandits. I was afraid that others would find it, so I found such a secluded place to settle it." Santong's mind was relatively simple and said, "Brother Zhang, this place was found by the three of us. At that time, you have to remember the military merits for me."

"How could it be the old nest of bandits?" Dao Xuan said disdainfully: "Can you be good at having a good brain? These people are kind people no matter how they look at them. How come they look like bandits?"

"Let's go in and ask." There are fields in front of you, and the fields are connected. Zhang Chi said while he was afraid that he would trample on the crops.

"stop!"

As soon as he took a few steps, Zhang Chi heard a delicate shout, and then another "bang" sound. Dao Xuan was agile. As soon as the string sounded, he stepped to Zhang Chi and blocked Zhang Chi. Zhang Chi was startled and saw that an arrow had been held in his hand by Dao Xuan.

If there was no Dao Xuan, I'm afraid the arrow would not be in Dao Xuan's hands, but on himself. Zhang Chi thought so in his heart, and he couldn't help but feel a little scared.

Zhang Chi turned around and saw a girl in the distance with her hair tied up with a braid, a large bamboo basket on her back, wearing a coarse cloth, and was covered with dust and leaves. At this time, she was bent her bow and arrow, aiming at the three people on her side.

"I didn't expect you to have some skills, but I only used three-pointers to shoot the arrow just now. I wonder if you can catch it if I shoot it with all my strength!" The girl saw that the arrow she shot was easily caught by Daoxuan, of course she was very dissatisfied.

"We didn't mess with you, why did you ejaculate us?" Dao Xuan asked angrily.

"The arrow in my bag is to shoot robbers who are worse than you beasts." Seeing Dao Xuan angry, the girl was not afraid at all. Instead, she pulled the bow like a full moon, and her bow was quite cool and heroic.

"Why are we worse than beasts?" Zhang Chi was confused.

Seeing that Zhang Chi was dissatisfied, the girl asked, "The robbers in the valley are in the same group as you?"

"That's the officers and soldiers," Zhang Chi explained patiently: "It's not a robber."

"Aren't officers and soldiers just robbers!"

Daoxuan saw that this girl was unreasonable. Although he looked at the girl, he glanced at Santong with the corner of his eyes and said to Santong: "I finally told you to be right this time. He is really a savage."

Zhang Chi thought that after Daoxuan said that the girl would be furious, but she didn't expect that the girl was not angry, but just aimed at the three people without moving. Daoxuan was not afraid, but he was worried that if he rushed up to subdue the female savage, her arrow would definitely be shot out, and Zhang Chi couldn't avoid it. So the three of them were temporarily stalemate.

The sound of the three people had already alarmed the villagers who were farming in the fields. Everyone surrounded them with farm tools in their hands. A father-in-law walked out and asked, "Bing'er, who are these three people?"

The girl saw that many people were around, so she put down the bow and arrow in her hand. However, considering Daoxuan's kung fu, she did not insert the arrow back into the arrow basket. She held the bow in one hand and the arrow in the other hand and said to everyone: "I came back from collecting herbs and found that there were many people in the valley, all of whom were officers and soldiers, and I'm afraid they came to our village. These three people were sneaking, and they must have been spies sent in first."

When the girl heard the girl say that there were thousands of officers and soldiers in the valley, everyone was angry. Zhang Chi really couldn't understand. These people were not like bandits, but why did they have such a big reaction when they heard that "officials and soldiers"?

"Are there really thousands of people?" the father-in-law asked nervously.

"Not many, no more than one, just five thousand." Du Ximing personally gave Zhang Chi's number of soldiers, and the number was definitely not bad. So Zhang Chi replied lightly on the side.

"These three must be spies that robbers came in," the girl heard Zhang Chi and even knew about how many officers and soldiers were, and called on everyone to say, "It's better to kill these three people first. As long as we guard the entrance of the canyon, no matter how many robbers there are, they can't rush in."

Everyone listened to the girl's words and cheered in unison. Only the father-in-law was meditating and silent.

Zhang Chi couldn't bear to conflict with these villagers, so he walked up to the boss and said to the boss: "Brother, we are indeed officers and soldiers, not robbers. I am the general of officers and soldiers, and this is to catch robbers."

"Nonsense! How could I catch robbers in our village?" The girl snatched the conversation: "The officers, soldiers, robbers are one family, and they are together to bully the people. Do you think I don't know?"

Daoxuan had been a little angry for a long time. He looked at Zhang Chi with his eyes and asked if it was better to start first. According to Daoxuan's kung fu, as long as he subdued this woman who was good at shooting archery first, he would still have a lot of effort to deal with the remaining villagers.

Zhang Chi patted Daoxuan and hinted that he should not be impulsive. Everyone is ordinary people. How could he bear to take action? He explained patiently: "We are indeed here to kill bandits, but we don't know where bandits are hiding in the mountains, so we wanted to find some villagers in the mountains, but we came here accidentally."

The headmaster looked at the three of them carefully, thought for a while, and said, "I think it's safer to ask the village chief to deal with this matter."

Seeing that Zhang Chi claimed to be the general of the officers and soldiers, the girl thought that as long as he was in her hands, the officers and soldiers would throw themselves at the harassment, so she said, "Okay, let's go to Grandpa Shennong and let him make a decision."
Chapter completed!