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Everyone responded, stopped in their tracks, and helped Zhu Houzhao to sit down on a big rock beside him. Zhu Houzhao took a sip of the water handed by the person next to him, and asked Mou Biao, "

"How far is it from here to Sihai Town?"

Mou Biao put down the rucksack on his back, took out a map, and pointed it to Zhu Hou to take care of it.

"It should be ten miles away!"

"Ten miles!"

Zhu Houzhao's face changed slightly,
"When we abandoned our horses and walked earlier, you said there were still fifteen miles to go. We have walked for so long, but only five miles?"

Mu Biao nodded,

"Mountain roads are difficult to walk, Wangshan is a dead horse... If you want to think about the land, I'm afraid it's midnight!"

In order to avoid people's eyes and ears, they did not take the usual road of the mountain people, but opened their own way. Although such mountains are mostly rocky mountains, with little floating soil on the surface and not very rich vegetation, it is always summer, and it is precisely the vegetation. In the season of crazy growth, tall and short shrubs are covered with thorns. When people pass by, their clothes will be pulled, and the sharp thorns will penetrate into the skin, causing burning pain. They must swing their knives every step of the way, so walking is extremely difficult. , and the mountain is steep, it is difficult for them to climb, not to mention the crown prince, everyone can only slow down their pace for the sake of the prince, it seems that this trip may have to spend the night in the mountains!
Zhu Houzhao waved away the mosquitoes rushing towards his face and sighed,
"It's true that you don't know the world's affairs without going out, but you just want to see the style of the frontier fortress, but you don't know the hardships involved!"

He was born noble, and he has never experienced hardship since he was a child. He followed the convoy to Yongning, and he thought it was the hardest, but he didn't expect that there would be even more hardship!

So I asked Mu Biao,
"Is there a way to get there earlier?"

Mou Biao shook his head,

"Unless the prince wants to be discovered, otherwise he can only walk over step by step..."

After thinking about it, I looked up at the sky,

"Even if we can't get there before dark, then we don't need to worry, we have another two hours to go, so we can camp and rest there!"

Zhu Houzhao nodded,
"Okay!"

So the group of people walked forward for nearly two hours, and found a narrow and long place in a leeward mountain depression. Zhu Houzhao looked around here and asked Mou Biao,
"Why did you choose such a narrow place? When I used to hunt outside, I usually searched for open areas with water sources. Except for some stones, it is difficult to find dry firewood..."

Mou Biao replied,

"His Royal Highness, the terrain here is hidden, but it is sheltered from the wind and the sun. Later, we will set up a fire to grill food, so that the heavy smoke will not attract the attention of the soldiers patrolling on the mountain..."

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has mentioned hunting, but he is not afraid of being discovered at all. How can it be compared with the present?

Pointing to the huge rocks around him,

"Don't worry, Your Highness, you don't necessarily need rivers and streams to drink water..."

So he first led the people to resettle, and then personally led the people to find a place with the lowest terrain under a huge rock, and dug the soil at the head. At first, the surface was dry, but after one foot into the soil, the soil began to grow. Get up wet, wait until you dig deeper, you can see the water marks with the naked eye, Zhu Houzhao came over and asked,
"Is the water here drinkable?"...

Mou Biao laughed and said,

"We still need to wait for a while, after the sand inside has settled, then filter it with the coarse cloth we brought, and then put it on the fire until it boils, then we can drink it..."

The people at this end went around looking for dry grass and dry branches of shrubs to light the fire, and then took out the dry food and meat they carried with them and put them on the fire to soften until the pothole under the big rock was full of water. At that time, the sun began to set behind the mountain!
In the mountains at this time, the mosquitoes became more and more rampant, calling friends and circling around this group of uninvited guests in the mountains, the buzzing sound could shock people's eardrums, the anti-mosquito ointment they brought was completely useless Now, Zhu Houzhao's face changed in shock when he saw this,
"How are we going to spend the night with so many mosquitoes?"

It's dark
They don't care if you are a trafficker or a descendant of a dragon, as long as you have flesh and blood, they will definitely pounce on you and suck you dry!

The guards on the side were also waving torches and desperately trying to disperse the mosquitoes for the prince, but this is hard to beat with two fists, no matter how many people there are, there are not as many mosquitoes!

Mou Biao looked up and looked around, and ordered,
"You stay here..."

The figure in this room disappeared into the bushes as tall as a person in a flash. After waiting for a short time, they heard a rustling sound and saw that Mou Biao had returned with a large bundle of grass on his back. Someone went over, and next, Mou Biao ordered,
"Ignite!"

This compartment hurriedly threw the bundle of grass into the fire, and after a short while, green smoke rose, and the smell when burning was a bit weird, so spicy and pungent, it didn't hurt to smell it, but those mosquitoes Immediately scattered, ran away without a trace, Zhu Houzhao was overjoyed,
"Where did Xiaolin find the fairy prescription?"

Mou Biao laughed and said,

"I heard what the old people in the yamen said...Jin Yiwei has been traveling outside all year round, and when it comes to survival in the wild, he is no better than those veterans in the army... I have heard them talk since I was a child, so I can learn from them Two tricks!"

Zhu Houzhao nodded repeatedly when he heard the words,

"Xiao Lin is from a famous family, he really is a tiger father without a son!"

It was a lot easier for everyone to be less infested by mosquitoes. Walking in the mountains is not afraid of wolves, tigers and leopards. The most terrifying thing is mosquitoes, snakes and ants!
In this way, I finally got a good night's sleep. The prince entered the tent, and everyone was divided into two shifts, one to sleep and the other to watch the night. It was considered a safe and sound night, and the next day he packed up and set off again. To make a long story short, after trekking hard all the way, I finally arrived at Sihai Town in the evening.

Outside Sihai Town, Mou Biao said to Zhu Houzhao,

"Your Highness, Sihai Town is an important town for frontier defense. Most of the towns are now occupied by military households. If we rashly enter the town, we may be easily regarded as female secretaries who spy on the military situation. Fortunately, Jin Yiwei was here early. There are spies in place, first send someone into the town to look for someone, and when you find someone, make arrangements!"

Zhu Houzhao nodded, looked at the quiet and peaceful town under the mountain in the night,
"Forget it... let's wait a little longer!"

So Mou Biao sent two masters of Jinyiwei to enter Sihai Town with order talismans, and after nightfall, he brought back a middle-aged man,...

"Master Baihu, the humble Hu Xiangzhong kowtows to Lord Baihu!"

Mou Biao looked at this man, he was of medium build, but thick and stocky, with a beard all over his face, and he was wearing a thin shirt, through which he could see that the muscles on his arms were very thick and strong. People who use their arms all the year round asked him,

"What is your status in Four Seas Town now?"

Hu Xiangzhong replied,
"Returning to my lord, I have opened a blacksmith's shop in the town..."

No wonder, Mou Biao nodded and asked him again,

"We want to go to Tianmenguan to have a look, do you have a way?"

Hu Xiangzhong thought for a while and said,

"This... humble blacksmith's shop is dedicated to repairing weapons for the army. They have to go up the mountain every half a month, and there are five days before the next trip up the mountain..."

He paused and glanced across the crowd,

"However, a humble job can't bring so many people up..."

Mu Biao nodded,

"You don't need too many people, you just need to bring two people up..."

Hu Xiangzhong nodded upon hearing the words,

"In this way, you can pretend to be a guy in the little man's shop and go up the mountain..."

Mou Biao asked him again,
"You might arrange for us to live in town?"

Hu Xiangzhong thought for a while and said,
"You can go to the town at night. My brother-in-law moved his family to Changping to do business a year ago, and it happened to have a yard vacant... But after entering the town, you brothers can't come out and walk around at will. Sihai Town said no Big, there are always familiar faces on weekdays, and there are so many strangers here, I'm afraid they will attract attention!"

Mou Biao point

head,
"Okay, let's go into town!"

Immediately after packing up their things, everyone sneaked into Sihai Town silently. Zhu Houzhao didn't say a word from the beginning to the end, and pretended to be Mou Biao's entourage. Hu Xiangzhong didn't realize that there was such an accident among the group of people. It can make the whole town of Sihai follow the unlucky character.

Everyone sneaked into Sihai Town and entered the blacksmith's shop of Hu's family. Hu Xiangzhong was married and had a son here. His wife and children couldn't help being surprised when they saw him bring a large group of men into the house.
"When... the head of the family, this... who are these people, have you gotten into trouble?"

The woman lived in this small town for a long time, although she had little knowledge, she could see that these men who suddenly appeared at home were different, and she was shocked immediately!
Hu Xiangzhong shouted coldly,
"What do the women care about these things, hurry up and get some food to entertain the guests!"

Hu Xiangzhong led the crowd in and sat down, when the woman came in with a big pot of porridge and a small basket of baked cakes, Hu Xiangzhong greeted,

"There is nothing good to entertain you in the backcountry, so please use as much as you want!"

Everyone nodded and ate cakes and porridge silently. They were all men in their prime. They drove the mountain road today and didn't eat until it was dark. .

Hu Xiangzhong led the people to rest at his brother-in-law's house, which was only a hundred steps away. They passed by at night, and saw that the courtyard was not big, with three tile-roofed houses, and it was clean. Hu Xiangzhong hurriedly arranged the bedding, Mou Biao sent him back,

"We are in this courtyard, waiting for your news!"

Hu Xiangzhong nodded and went out. After he left, Mou Biao vacated a room for His Royal Highness to live in. The rest of the people were still divided into two shifts, and everyone took turns to watch the night.

After staying like this until the early morning of the second day, Zhu Houzhao, who had recovered enough energy, planned to go out to see the style of Sihai Town. Mou Biao and the two of them disguised themselves as mountain people, and followed behind two masters of Jinyiwei. Just went out.

Although Sihai Town is located on an important traffic road and is the gateway to resist the alien races in the north, it is located at the bottom of the valley and surrounded by mountains. The whole town is not big. Shops, but in terms of prosperity, even Yongning can't keep up, let alone the capital.