Six Ways of Fumo

Chapter 1128 Musket
Silent all night.

Early the next morning, Wang Haolan and Mao Wu came to see each other off and drove Ding Ermiao to the Beimen Bus Station.

After getting on the bus, Ding Ermiao and Wang Haolan waved goodbye and set off towards the north.

Three days later, Ding Ermiao and Wan Shugao appeared deep in the Greater Khingan Mountains, near a mountain village at the foot of Longgu Mountain.

Although it is midsummer, in the far north, you still don't feel the slightest heat, but instead feel cool.

Seeing that there was no one around, Hei Wuchang floated out and said: "Generalissimo, after passing this village, there is a primitive forest in front of you, completely deserted. Look, do you want to take a rest here?"

"How far is Lu Xianzi's lair from here?" Ding Ermiao asked.

"It's not far, but his lair is very big. The entire forest, hundreds of miles away, is his territory." Hei Wuchang said.

Ding Ermiao nodded and asked, "Where are the four ghost kings?"

"Same as last time, they all lead their subordinates and squat on the outside. Surround them without fighting, and test the reality. Now the ghost bandits under Lu Xianzi are all surrounded."

Ding Ermiao pointed to the village in front of her and asked, "Is this village inside the encirclement or outside?"

"It must be outside. If it is inside, won't the fight bring disaster to the villagers here?" Hei Wuchang said.

"It's best this way. You can use your hands without any worries."

Wan Shugao sat down on a rock and said: "As the old saying goes, before the soldiers and horses move, food and grass go first. You are ghosts. You can go without eating for a hundred years. But the generalissimo and I will starve without eating. Panic. So, Master Fan, you must first solve the problem of food and drink after we enter the mountain."

"It makes sense. This must be taken into consideration." Ding Ermiao nodded in agreement.

Hei Wuchang scratched his head and said: "There is no land to provide you with food here, so you need to prepare the food yourself. There is everything in the village ahead. You can buy more and bring it with you."

"You said it's easy. Buy more and bring it with you. Who will be the porter?" Wan Shugao complained.

"You guys work hard and move your things to a place where there is no one, and then we can help you get them." Hei Wuchang floated in the air, looked in the direction of the village, and said: "Or, you can find them from the village. Two guides went into the mountains together with food."

Ding Ermiao shook his head and said: "It's not good. If we fight with Lu Xianzi, I have to take care of the guide who has no magic power, but I can't let go. Just follow what you said, let's buy more things to take with us Go up. Once we get into the mountains, we won’t have enough to eat."

The calculation is over, Hei Wuchang is still invisible, Ding Ermiao and Wan Shugao head towards the village.

There are dozens of families in the village. Due to the mountainous terrain, the houses are scattered and not arranged in rows.

It was the time before lunch, and we had a chat in the village.It seems that this is still an original village, using firewood stoves.

Ding Ermiao and Wan Shugao entered the village from the south, looking for wealthy people and preparing to buy something.

As soon as the two entered the village, they immediately attracted the attention of the villagers.

An old man with gray hair asked in Northeastern dialect: "Where do these two young men come from? Who are you looking for in the village?"

"Old man, we are from the expedition team. Our teammates have already entered the mountain, but suddenly found that there was not enough food. So we came into the village and wanted to buy something to eat." Wan Shugao greeted him and followed the previously discussed words said.

The old man was stunned and asked, "What are you going into the mountain to inspect?"

"Uh..., we are a gold mine inspection team. We heard that there are gold mines in the mountains, so we came here specifically to inspect them." Wan Shugao said nonsense.

"Gold mine? I haven't heard of it. So what do you want to buy?" the old man asked again.

Wan Shugao blinked his eyes and said: "It's best to buy some dried meat, such as dried venison, dried roe deer, dried rabbit, etc..."

"Dried meat is not unusual. Come with me. There are plenty of them at home." The old man said boldly.

The Daxinganling Mountains are rich in products. You can beat deer deer with sticks and gourds to scoop out fish, and pheasants fly into the rice pot. The most indispensable thing is delicacies from the mountains and wild game.

Ding Ermiao and Wan Shugao looked at each other and followed the old man towards the room in front, thinking at the same time that Northeastern people are really generous.

"Old man, may I ask your surname and how long will you live this year?" Wan Shugao asked in a friendly manner.

"My surname is Wang, and I will be seventy this year." The old man replied. He had already arrived in front of the house, turned around and invited: "Come in, two guests."

Ding Ermiao nodded and smiled, and walked into Uncle Wang's room.

Unexpectedly, Uncle Wang's family has a large population, including about ten men, women, old and young.

"When you come, you are the guests. Eat first, and then I will prepare dried meat for you." Uncle Wang pushed Ding Ermiao and Wan Shugao to sit down at the table, and ordered the family to serve food and wine.

In the mountainous area, it is rare for guests to visit, so the villagers are very polite. It is true that the folk customs are simple and the ancient roads are warm.

The dish is very simple, a large pot of pork stewed with vermicelli, a common dish in the four seasons in Northeast China.In addition, there are fried meat with mountain bamboo shoots, black fungus, dried mushrooms, and dried meat that Wan Shugao likes to eat.

The wine was locally brewed Shaodaozi. After a sip, the spiciness hit your internal organs, which suited Ding Ermiao's taste.

"It's not peaceful in the mountains. Young man, how many people are there in your expedition team?" Uncle Wang asked while chatting while eating.

"There are a lot of people, there are 30 to [-] people. It's okay, we can take care of each other." Ding Ermiao said.

Uncle Wang took a sip of wine and said, "It's summer now, and there are many wild animals in the mountains. And..."

"And what?" Ding Ermiao asked.

"Besides, there are some unclean things in the mountains." Uncle Wang frowned slightly.

Wan Shugao smiled and asked: "Dirty things, do you mean there are ghosts?"

Uncle Wang looked at the two young people in front of him. Seeing that they both looked calm, he was a little curious and asked, "Aren't you afraid of ghosts?"

"There are many of us, so of course we are not afraid." Ding Ermiao said.

"But..., there are not only ghosts in the mountains, but also...zombies." Uncle Wang hesitated and finally said it.

Wan Shugao laughed and said: "Zombies are not afraid either, we have guns."

"But those zombies also have guns!" Uncle Wang said.

Damn it, zombies also have guns?Ding Ermiao and Wan Shugao were dumbfounded. This was the first time they heard of such a thing.

Could it be that Lu Xianzi’s men still have a zombie army?
"Uncle Wang, the gun you are talking about is the Hongying gun, right?" Ding Ermiao asked hesitantly after a while.

"It's not a red-tasseled gun, it's a gun for war, a steel gun, a musket that fires bullets!" Uncle Wang said firmly.

Wan Shugao wiped his sweat and asked, "Uncle Wang, did you hear what others said, or did you see it with your own eyes?"

"Of course I saw it with my own eyes. If I heard it from others, it would be unreliable." Uncle Wang said.

(End of this chapter)