Chapter 588 Departure
Heishui City is a Xixia ruins located near the Hexi Corridor. It was an important post station in ancient times.
Knowing that the journey was far away, Chen Yulou thought that the three brothers would lead an elite Xiiling team and set off for Blackwater City.
Even so, the various equipment and sundries carried by the group were also piled up on two large carriages.
Partridge Whistle did not bring Hua Ling and the old foreigner with him on this trip, just because the dream he had in Pingshan before was too real, both real and illusory, and it has always left him with lingering fears.
Now that there are Chen Yulou and Ye Bai, plus a group of Xieling brothers, there is no need to let Hua Ling and the old foreigner take risks.
Three days later, when everyone was ready, Chen Yulou held a swearing-in ceremony in Chenjiabao.
"Brothers, now that warlords are everywhere and the people are in dire straits, it is my duty to save the people..."
A tomb robbing operation was suddenly described by Chen Yulou as a just act to save the people. Ye Bai, who was standing in the audience, was as excited as everyone else. He couldn't help but sigh that his eldest brother was so eloquent that he was qualified to be a leader.<
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However, this time Chen Yulou was cautious and did not mention the target of the tomb robbery. Even the departure time and route were only known to the three brothers.
After all, the lesson learned at Pingshan last time is still fresh in Chen Yulou’s memory.
That day, in the dead of night, the door of Chenjiabao was quietly opened.
The three Chen Yulou brothers and twenty masters of unloading the mountain were already ready to go.
They were dressed like traveling businessmen, carrying a lot of coarse salt and daily necessities.
This trip has a long distance and a large number of people. If you don’t have a reasonable identity, it will be very easy to be exposed.
This is also a commonly used method for unloading mountains.
"Partridge Whistle, you must be careful on this trip. I'll wait for you to come back."
Hong Gu, who usually has a fiery style, went against the norm and arranged the collar of the partridge whistle gently and carefully.
Since Pingshan returned, the relationship between Partridge Shao and Hong Gu has been exposed.
The two also know each other's thoughts.
Coupled with the usual banter and matchmaking between Chen Yulou and Ye Bai, the two got together naturally.
Partridge Whistle held Honggu's hand tightly, with a gentle look on his rough face.
"Don't worry, stay at home and wait for me to come back." After saying that, he glanced at Hua Ling and the old foreigner next to him, "I will leave my junior brother and junior sister to you. They must also supervise their daily homework and not fall behind."
Hearing this, Hua Ling and the old foreigner's expressions instantly changed.
"Don't worry..."
Seeing that the two of them were busy, the old bachelor Chen Yulou couldn't help but interrupt: "Second brother, it's almost time, we should set off. We will have plenty of time to get along in the future."
Partridge Whistle nodded, glanced at Hong Gu reluctantly, and walked into the team.
Under the moonlight, a group of twenty-three people headed towards Blackwater City.
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Blackwater City is in what is now Inner Mongolia. Chen Yulou and the others had to go through three or four provinces from Hunan to reach Heishui City.
Moreover, this era was indeed in chaos. They encountered several groups of bandits along the way and were killed by Chen Yulou.
During this period, Ye Bai also killed two bandit leaders to practice their courage.
These two people are both extremely vicious people. Ye Bai was a little uncomfortable with it at first, but as time went by, he didn't feel anything at all.
The road was tortuous and difficult. A month later, the group arrived in a mountain village in Shaanxi.
Several brothers in Xiling seemed to be unaccustomed to the climate and kept vomiting and having diarrhea. Chen Yulou also knew that the journey was tiring, so he wanted to rest here for some time before setting off.
The person who received everyone was the village chief. He had a dark face and spoke incomprehensible Shaanxi dialect to Chen Yulou.
Knowing that they were traveling merchants, they became less vigilant and changed a lot of salt blocks before leaving.
Everyone stayed in a half-collapsed thatched house and made a fire to cook.
Partridge Whistle is the one who knows the most about pharmacology among this group of people. He took a few herbs from outside and boiled them into soup and fed them to the brothers who were not accustomed to the local environment.
The chirping of birds in the forest is constant, and the firewood in the campfire crackles from time to time.
After one night, the brothers who took the soup were still not feeling better, and seemed to be getting worse.
Chen Yulou left three people to take care of these brothers, and the remaining sixteen people continued to set off.
Partridge Whistle felt a little bit regretful. He kept a straight face along the way and kept thinking about where he had taken the wrong medicine.
Ye Bai, who was on the road, didn't have time to spare. He practiced marksmanship at night and the breathing method of moving mountains during the day.
I just heard Partridge Whistle say that it is best to lay the foundation for this breathing method when you are young. Ye Bai practiced it for more than half a month, but he still couldn't get it right.
Although he felt a little stronger, Ye Bai always felt that it was due to his growing body and had nothing to do with this breathing method.
Half a month later, everyone came to a turbulent river.
The water color is turbid and yellow, and it is a branch of the main stream of the Yellow River.
"After crossing this river, we should not be far from the ruins of Blackwater City."
Chen Yulou spread out the map, observed it for a while and said.
"The river is turbulent and the current is fast. If you don't have a big boat, you can't cross the river." Partridge Whistle said.
Chen Yulou also sighed: "Yes, and the surrounding area is bare, with no bamboo or trees at all, so we can't make a raft."
Everyone discussed and planned to go upstream along the river to see if anyone knew how to cross the river.
Regarding the plot in Blackwater City, although Ye Bai had some unclear memories, he vaguely remembered that Master Liaochen, the captain of the Partridge Whistle and the Captain of the Touching Gold, used the ship to cross the river.
If there really is a ferry, I believe it should be nearby.
The group of people walked along the river for half a day, but did not see a single living person until the sun went down.
Moreover, it is surrounded by yellow-brown soil, and even vegetation is very sparse.
Seeing that it was already dark, Chen Yulou wiped his chapped lips and said, "Brothers, it's not safe to travel at night. Let's camp here, get water, and make a fire!"
Everyone divided their labor and started working.
Ye Bai found a clean stone and sat down. Just when he was about to feed Xiao Hei, he heard the cry for help.
"Save me!! Boss! Save me!"
Everyone was shocked!
It's the brother who just fetched water.
Chen Yulou's partridge whistle hurried over, and Ye Bai took out the formation-breaking Overlord Spear from the carriage and hurried over.
By the time everyone arrived, no one could be seen on the water, only the rushing waves crashing on the shore.
"Underwater!" Ye Bai reminded him quickly, remembering the plot in the original work.
Hearing this, Chen Yulou held the recast Xiao Shen Feng in his hand and jumped into the water without hesitation.
Many brothers from Xiling also jumped into the water.
After a while, a blush appeared on the surface of the water, and the next moment Chen Yulou emerged from the water, dragging in his arms the brother who had just disappeared.
I saw Chen Yulou spit out river water and quickly swam upstream.
"There was a big fish under the water, and I used my small sharp edge to pierce its belly."
Big fish?
Chapter completed!