Chapter 874 Bamboo Building in the Forest
Chu Huan and his party were not on the way for a day, and they stayed overnight. The next afternoon, they saw the continuous mountains appearing in the distance. The snow had not melted. The continuous mountains were covered with a thin layer of snow, covered in silver, but it was also quite beautiful.
The Daqimeng Mountains are dozens of miles long, with winding and uneven mountains. Three of them are the most famous, namely Panshe, Yuquan and Tuyan. These three peaks are in a tripod. The paths in the entire Daqimeng Mountains are mixed in between, and there is no road that can drive up. Each road is rugged and uneven and difficult to walk.
At that time, Guifang people spent a sky-high price to buy Daqimeng Mountain. As a habitat, Daqimeng Mountain has been the foundation of Guifang people for many years. It is also a natural hunting ground for Guifang people, but the people in the Central Plains cannot easily get access to it.
Anyone who knows it knows in the hearts of Guifang people, the Daqimeng Mountain is their home and is sacred and inviolable. Anyone who invades the Daqimeng Mountain will regard it as an enemy. Moreover, there are many interlaced paths on the mountain, which outsiders don’t know. Guifang people are very clear about, but they are very clear that these paths are not allowed to walk at will. Many paths are actually traps, and mechanisms are set up to capture prey. However, although this prey contains ferocious beasts, it also contains guests who enter the Daqimeng Mountain.
If the Guifang people were not led by others, ordinary people would likely fall into the trap when they entered the Daqimeng Mountains.
The buildings of Guifangren are mainly made of bamboo and wood. The ground floor is overhead and above the ground. The residence is located. Most of the houses built by these bamboo and wood are located between mountains, from top to bottom, and several families are connected together.
At first glance from the bottom of the mountain, you can only see the towering dense forests. As long as you enter the mountain, you can see the houses of Gui Fangren.
At that time, Guifang moved to Daqimeng Mountain, and there were a total of sixteen. The Daguifang family, including their families and servants, have reproduced and thrived for hundreds of years. The big family is considered to be prosperous, forming sixteen caves, and intermarried with each other. Although the owners of each cave manage their own affairs on weekdays, they need to discuss the issues of the entire ghost. Although each cave has its own cave rules, they need to abide by the laws of the entire ghost.
Although the Great Qimeng Mountains are not vast, they are more than enough to accommodate the sixteen caves of ghosts, and each has its own territory.
Only more than ten miles away from the Daqimeng Mountains, there is a village. Although the two sides are not far away, the villagers in the village rarely go to the Daqimeng Mountains. In the eyes of the villagers, the Guifang people are fierce and barbaric, and they are all savages from outside. Even if they meet occasionally on weekdays, they do not say hello to each other. Fortunately, although the two sides ignore them, they do not conflict and are peaceful.
The Great Qi Mengshan Mountain was right in front of me, and Chu Huan no longer let the Guards follow along, and brought the guards with distinctive armored guards up the mountain. Chu Huan was worried that the Guifang people would have misunderstandings.
Having contacted the Ghost Lord of the Ghost Square, Chu Huan certainly understood that the Ghost Square was not the so-called Transformed Savage, but one thing he understood was that for many years, the Ghost Square had self-sufficient in the Great Qi Mengshan, like a person outside the world. They formed a self-contained body and had little contact with the people in the Central Plains. They lacked understanding of each other. Although the people in the Central Plains regarded the Ghost Square as barbarians, the people in the Guifang were always wary of the people in the Central Plains, and they dared not trust them.
Although Guifang's Sixteen Caves gathered three thousand warriors to help Chu Huanping destroy Huang Tianyi, Chu Huan knew in his heart that this was not because Guifang really had a good impression of the government, but because he secretly met the Lord of the Ghost Cave last time and showed off the Ghost Master's necklace he got from He Xigu. Under the token, and his promise to Guifang, Guifang people were willing to help for their own interests. He Xigu might be a little grateful to him, but Chu Huan still couldn't say what his attitude was towards the imperial envoy, the Emperor of the Ghost.
If you rashly bring elite soldiers and generals up the mountain, it may not be misunderstood by Guifang people.
Xuanyuan Sheng saw the Great Qi Mengshan Mountain in front of him, and he knew that if the generals rashly went up the mountain, it would be a misunderstanding. He did not insist on leading the troops up the mountain at the moment. He selected ten capable guard warriors, who led the team himself to escort Chu Huan up the mountain. In addition, Sun Zikong and the one-armed swordsman Qiu Ruxue naturally had to accompany him. As for a few officials from the Ministry of Revenue Department, of course, they would also go up the mountain together.
The Daqimeng Mountains were rolling and rolling. Chu Huan really didn't know where the ethnic group where Hexi Valley was located was located in the Daqimeng Mountains. When asked the villagers, the villagers knew very little about Guifang people. Now they thought about going up the mountain first. As long as they saw Guifang people and asked, they would naturally not go on a business trip.
The guards stayed outside the village to camp. Chu Huan repeatedly reminded him not to enter the village to harass the people, and then led less than 20 subordinates to the Daqimeng Mountains.
It was dusk, and the sky was dark and there was still snow on the road. The group had not been walking for long before they had arrived at the foot of the Daqimeng Mountain. Chu Huan was the first to turn over and get off the horse and said, "The mountain is rugged and difficult to walk on. Get off the horse to avoid hurting the horse!"
Everyone was off the horse at the moment. Looking up from the foot of the mountain, there were dense trees, but there was a very winding path winding upwards. It couldn't see much farther, so it was not in the woods.
The mountains of Daqi Mengshan are high and steep. Chu Huan told everyone that Guifang has rules. Although this trip is done by the government, he must respect Guifang's people and must not cause trouble on Guifang's ground. Guifang is a tough person by nature and has a strong sense of self-prevention. There are not many people among them who study, and many of them have a hot temper and act voluntarily. If there is a real conflict, Guifang will not care whether you are an official or a thief.
After a few words, everyone was about to go up the mountain when they suddenly saw three or four people coming out of the woods in the mountains. Chu Huan looked at them and saw that these people were all wearing Guifang's service and were about to say hello, but they were already the first to ask, "Who are you?" These people were holding longbows in their hands and carrying arrow boxes, with their faces full of vigilance.
Xuanyuan Sheng said in a deep voice: "This is the imperial envoy, Lord Chu, who wants to see your ghost master!"
The people looked at each other, and one of them took two steps forward and asked, "Who is Lord Chu?"
Chu Huan had already stepped forward and smiled, "I am Chu Huan. Can you take us to see your old ghost master in Hexi Valley?"
"Are you really Lord Chu?" The man showed suspicion, "Are you Lord Chu Huanchu, the great benefactor of our Guifang?"
When everyone heard the man's words, they immediately breathed a sigh of relief. Since the other party called Chu Huan the great benefactor, there was naturally no hostility. Sun Zikong had already smiled and said, "Not bad, this is your great benefactor, Lord Chu, please inform you Ghost Lord quickly, we will meet your Ghost Lord to discuss major issues!"
The man still said suspiciously: "If you are really Lord Chu, we will naturally welcome you, but... how do you prove that you are Lord Chu?"
Xuanyuan Shengcai couldn't help frowning and said, "Are you a great imperial envoy, Lord Chu, can anyone dare to pretend? You said Lord Chu is your great benefactor, so should you let Lord Chu suffer from cold at the foot of the mountain?"
Chu Huan waved his hand, thought for a while, and suddenly took something out of his arms, raised his hand, and threw it over there. The man was also flexible in his hands and feet. He reached out to catch it and looked at it. Chu Huan had already said, "Do you know this thing? This is a gift from your old ghost master!"
What Chu Huan threw out was a wooden carving.
Chu Huan met Hexigu for the first time in a restaurant in Taiyuan City. At that time, Hexigu’s father and son were in trouble, and Chu Huan stepped forward to relieve the siege for them. Hexigu was grateful at the time and took a wooden carving from the ghost master’s necklace to Chu Huan. Chu Huan also took it down. At this time, the man looked at the wood carving and his expression suddenly became respectful. He came forward and returned the wood carving with both hands. "It's really a great benefactor, Lord Chu, this is Tuyan Peak. The old ghost master was at Panshe Peak. There has been an order from it, saying that Lord Chu is coming to our Daqimeng Mountain recently, and people have been sent to wait at all intersections of the mountain."
Chu Huan nodded and smiled, "I'm working hard, then do we want to go to Panshe Peak?"
The man immediately said, "Panshe Peak can go around from the back of our Tuyan Peak. The road is very close. The cave master has instructed me that if Lord Chu happens to come from us, I will take you up the mountain first. The cave master will personally lead you to see the ghost master!"
Xuanyuan Shengcai had already asked: "Who is your cave master?"
"Our cave master is Yigusi Yi Cave master!"
"Oh?" Chu Huan laughed and said, "So this is the place where Master Yidong? Master Yidong led his army to defeat Huang Zhigui. I really want to meet Master Yidong!"
The man immediately said, "Please, please!" He flashed to the side and made a way out.
"Lead the way!" Xuanyuan Shengcai said in a deep voice.
The man led the way with a few companions and followed the winding road up the mountain. Chu Huan and others were all following behind. The road was not wide and the ground was uneven. The group was afraid of hurting the horse's hooves and walked very slowly. Chu Huan's Thunder Fire Kirin was irritable at the time, but now he followed Chu Huan, he seemed to have a lot of cultivation. Although ordinary horses were still very afraid of it and dared not get too close, this guy would not neigh at any time, deliberately scaring people.
After a short while, Xuanyuan Sheng suddenly frowned and asked, "Sir, look, what is that?"
Chu Huan and everyone looked up and saw a bamboo building made of bamboo and wood on the left side of the front, which looked very delicate. In the middle of a bamboo forest, the corners of the building were exposed. Going up a little further, you can see clearly that there was a thin layer of snow on the roof. In the bamboo building, the green bamboo and white snow in the forest shone together, but it looked very quiet and elegant in this winter.
A head was poked out at the window of the bamboo building. The Gui Fangren who was leading the way in front had waved, "Master Chu is here, prepare tea quickly!" He turned to Chu Huan and laughed: "Master Chu, this is a teahouse. It will take a while for us Gui Fangren to go up the mountain. After we come down the mountain, we have to drink a cup of tea to warm our bodies when we pass by the teahouse. Since we knew that sir Chu is coming to Daqimeng Mountain, we have been preparing here. We also invite sir and you to go upstairs to have a cup of tea!"—
Chapter completed!