In the Xiangjun camp, Wu Gen sat bored in Zhang Yuan's room.
Zhang Yuan has personally gone to Qu Chang's residence to report the results of his trip. After all, three people died, so if you want to solve the problem comprehensively, you still have to go through some troubles.
After waiting for a long time, Zhang Yuan came back with a calm face, "Qu Changxu reported this matter to the captain. After all, three brothers died. As for the mirage bead, it was reported together as evidence. I feel a little sorry." is you.
This time the two of us have figured out the mystery of the mirage. There is a golden song. There will be a reward after you report it. Should you stay here or return to the Barren Tomb Ridge and wait. "
Wu Gen stood up, put his right fist on his chest, and said with a stern face: "As a border guard, I cannot leave my post for a long time. I should return to Barren Tomb Ridge. As long as I am here, not a single bird will leave Barren Tomb Ridge." Want to fly over.”
Zhang Yuan laughed dumbly, "In a few days, I really want to go to Barren Tomb Ridge to see what it is like under your management. Go away, I think you are not at ease in the camp, so you can get it before leaving I give orders to go to the public treasury to get more food, drink and water."
"I have the order." Wu Gen responded happily and repeatedly.
Although Huangzhong Ridge is humble, it is better to let oneself make the decision than to be ordered by others here.
He rushed out happily, took Zhang Yuan's warrant, and went directly to the new treasurer. This person was quite easy to talk to. According to the order, he found a few people to load things into the car.
Looking at the car full of things, Wu Genxi smiled widely, drove the car and left the camp that day.
There are snowflakes in the sky, and the mountains and rivers in the distance are covered in silver.
Staying away from the cage and returning to nature, Wu Gen was naturally in a good mood. He urged his horse frequently and rushed towards the Barren Tomb Ridge.
Seeing the beacon standing on the top of the mountain like a sentinel from a distance, I felt even more joyful and shouted to the mountains, "The leader of the village is back, and the men haven't picked him up yet."
Humming a tune all the way, he wandered back to the front of the small courtyard, jumped out of the car and was about to enter, when Wu Gen suddenly stopped.
In front of the courtyard gate, there were several large and shallow footprints faintly visible on the snow, obviously made by someone wearing wooden clogs.
According to Moxin's temperament, in such cold weather, stepping out of the house would be equivalent to killing his life, so he would definitely not go out of the yard.
Calmly, Wu Gen avoided his trap and pulled the car into the yard. The yard was silent, not even the snow had been swept away.
Pushing the door open and entering the house, Mo Xin was lying on the bed snoring loudly.
Stepping forward and patting him gently, Mo Xin opened his sleepy eyes, with a mixture of sadness and joy on his face, "Brother, you are back. This damn place makes me panic as soon as it falls, and I have no sleep every night. All I have is I only dare to squint for a while during the day." As he spoke, two lines of thick tears rolled down his face.
After scanning the surroundings and finding nothing unusual, Wu Gen lowered his voice and said, "Brother, thank you for your hard work. Have you ever seen anyone here these days?"
Mo Xin was stunned, looked over Wu Gen's shoulder, and glanced nervously, "At first glance, I found something. The yard is very quiet these days, not even a bird has fallen. Maybe you saw it. ....." He pointed to the ground.
"No, it's a living person with footprints. Let me think about it, the time should be today, otherwise the snow would have covered the mark." Wu Gen hesitated for a moment, and then his face became solemn.
"Great Xia Kingdom?" Mo Xin asked tentatively.
"It's hard to say, but judging from the footprints, there is only one person."
"Did you?" Mo Xin's hand slashed downwards, a cold light flashing in his triangular eyes. Since it is a living person, it is easy to deal with. There are hundreds of ways to deal with it.
Wu Gen imitated Wu Mo and touched the non-existent beard on his lower jaw, "In the opinion of this village leader, this person dares to cross the Barren Tomb Ridge alone, and he is also a person with some abilities. Head-to-head confrontation is not what we are good at, so it is better to do this in this way......."
At night, Wu Gen and Mo Xin were sitting in the room. The two of them cooked a hot pot and exchanged cups with each other over the wine and food Wu Gen brought back until midnight.
For three days in a row, the two of them hid in the house and had a drink, paying no attention to what was going on outside.
Outside Huangzhong Ridge, a fat and strong young man was climbing up the mountain road. The young man wore a bamboo hat on his head, wide wooden clogs on his feet, and carried a heavy bag of things on his back.
The terrain of Huangzhong Ridge is very dangerous, with rolling mountains on both sides, like two arms stretching out. There is only a narrow, winding pass in the middle, which can only accommodate one person and one horse. The Huangzhong Ridge beacon is located on the pass, like an iron lock, firmly blocking the path of the people and horses.
The young man climbed up to the top of the mountain with great effort and looked warily in the direction of the small courtyard. The lights in the courtyard flickered and two figures fell on the window paper. Seeing that it was still early, the young man climbed up to a rock and hid himself.
Judging from the situation during the past two days, the two cowards in the hospital drank and had fun every night until midnight.
Once they fall asleep, they don't care if the sky falls, which makes the young man despise the two of them. The Zhao State's frontier army is so corrupt, no wonder they keep losing battles, that's right.
The young man watched the activities in the courtyard fiercely, waiting for the two of them to fall asleep so that they could cross the pass. This private trip would definitely make a lot of money.
Finally, the candle flickered a few times and the room became dark.
The young man sneered and swaggered out, ready to climb up the beacon.
When passing by the courtyard, I touched my belly and cursed in my heart. I was suffering from hunger all day long, but these two people in the courtyard were living and drinking. It was really abominable.
When I passed by here a few times before, I was still wary and stayed far away from the courtyard for fear of disturbing the people in the courtyard. Judging from the situation in the past few days, these two people will never go out at night.
In anger, he put down the bag of personal salt on his back and leaned forward to touch the courtyard wall. He might as well go in and get some benefits today.
When we were only about twenty steps away from the courtyard, the courtyard gate was clearly visible under the night light, but there was still no movement in the courtyard. A smile appeared on the young man's lips, thinking about where to climb in through the courtyard wall.
Suddenly, the young man's vision went dark, and the ground beneath his feet collapsed, falling into a large pit several feet deep.
No, there is a trap. The young man screamed secretly that it was not good. After landing, he rolled on a donkey to reduce his fall.
Ouch, the young man let out a low cry. It turned out that the place where his body landed was covered with sharp objects such as thorns and spikes, and his body was immediately dripping with blood.
These two dog-fighting troops actually deployed such despicable means.
The young man did not dare to cry out in pain. Regardless of his injuries, he exerted force on one foot and flew to one side. He pushed hard on the wall of the pit with the other foot and jumped out of the pit in a few clicks. This shows that he worked hard with his hands. .
As soon as his head showed up, he could only hear the whistling wind in his ears, and a big stick came towards him. With a bang, the young man's face came into close contact with the big stick, and his body turned around and fell back into the pit.
Once again he fell on a sharp weapon, and seeing that he had been discovered, the young man couldn't help but scream in agony. I could only hear an old voice from above laughing: "Shi Zhuo'er, I really belong to you. After waiting for three nights, I finally found this guy. Didn't your blow cost him half of his life?"
Listening to the young voice, another reminded: "Old Mo, don't be careless. This person is a practitioner. I'm afraid it will be difficult to subdue him with this stick. Be careful of your opponent's counterattack."
The young man at the bottom of the pit was already furious. He tore off a caltrop from his hand and shouted angrily: "You are despicable. You have resorted to such despicable means. You have the ability to let me go up to challenge you. The dignified Xiang soldiers are worse than the bandits." Not as good as that.”
The old man's hoarse voice came again, "Your Excellency, you are really good at predicting things. I'm sorry, there is a bandit here, and he was the one who slapped the sap just now. If you are seeking revenge, it has nothing to do with the old man."
"Be careful." Following the young voice from the top of the pit, countless sharp weapons flew out. Immediately afterwards, the young man at the bottom of the pit took advantage of this opportunity and jumped out.
As soon as he landed on the ground, the young man glanced, turned around and rushed towards the man holding a stick. With one punch, Huhu was in full swing. It could be said that he used enough strength to kill the person who hit him on the spot.
The man named Shi Zhuo'er was quite cunning. When he saw him rushing forward, he swiped his long stick to stop him, but then shot his body towards the yard. In the blink of an eye, he was ten steps away.
The young man shouted loudly: "Don't leave, you little thief. If I don't peel off your skin today, it will be difficult to relieve the hatred in my heart." He knocked the long stick away and strode forward in pursuit.
But after just five steps, the young man's feet gave way, the ground cracked, and he fell into another deep pit again. There were no sharp weapons in this pit, but the young man screamed in agony as soon as he fell into it. It turned out that a thick layer of quicklime was sprinkled in this pit, and the young man had many wounds on his body. Once he touched the lime, he felt as painful as fire.
"Old Mo, come on." A young voice shouted again from the top of the pit.
"Okay. Boy, let me give you a taste of the beauty's ability to change clothes." The old man shouted excitedly and threw a paper bag into the pit.
The young man's eyes were fascinated by the lime, and he vaguely saw something coming straight towards him. He stretched out his hand to block it, and the paper package shattered, and a cloud of white mist dispersed and fell on him.
Maybe it was lime again, and the young man was filled with resentment. Both the old and the young envoys used slanderous tactics, causing him to fall into the trap twice.
Moreover, the other party is as slippery as a monkey and will never confront me head-on. He is unable to use all his methods, which is really annoying. This time, even if he suffered more injuries, he still had to take down the two of them.
Just as he was about to jump out again, the young man suddenly felt itchy and painful. When itching, it feels like thousands of ants clinging to the body, and when it hurts, it feels like thousands of steel needles entering the body. Especially the leather jacket on my body, the slightest movement would cause the skin to rub and itch unbearably.
It's broken. I don't know what kind of evil medicine the old man threw just now. No wonder he asked the beauty to change her clothes. Her clothes must have been contaminated. In excruciating pain, the young man had no choice but to take off his clothes, not even leaving any underwear on.
Seeing the young man's embarrassment, the old man was overjoyed and said, "What a beautiful girl changing clothes. Wu Gen, you have so many evil tricks. Look at this fat man in the trap, he actually imitated that girl and put on makeup. I don't know which family has such a good fortune. Who can accept it?" Such a strange thing."
At this time, the young man's body was covered with lime and his face was stained with blood, as if he had been smeared with powder.
The two laughed loudly on the pit, trying their best to ridicule.
The young man in the pit was so angry that he could hardly breathe. He had never been so humiliated in his life, and in addition to the pain in his body, he roared. His eyes were red, his face was ferocious, and his body was steaming, as if an evil spirit had appeared in the world.
There were two muffled sounds, and two arms stretched out from the young man's back, making a clicking sound with his fingers.
"You are dead. If you force me to use my special skills, I, the precious elephant, will not be human until you two drink your blood and eat your flesh." The young man stood at the bottom of the pit and said word by word.
The body fell down, and he kicked his feet hard. His whole body trembled wildly, and his feet sank more than a foot. The huge body leaped high and jumped out of the trap.
Outside the pit, Wu Gen and Mo Xin's laughter suddenly stopped, and they looked up blankly at the young man in the sky.
"Monster." Mo Xin was so frightened that his legs trembled and he even forgot to run away.
"Run." Wu Gen shouted and ran towards the courtyard first. Mo Xin finally came to his senses, cried for his father and mother, crawled and hurriedly walked in the opposite direction.
Glancing briefly in the air, the young man didn't hesitate at all. He twisted his waist and chased in the direction of Wu Gen.
It can also be seen from just now that this young boy is the mastermind, and he is the one who comes up with all the bad ideas. If he is not caught, there will be another wave of trouble.
The young man fell down like a giant eagle and reached out to grab the opponent. As soon as he grabbed the coat with his hand, he saw the boy shrank his body, made a golden cicada escape from its shell, took off the outer leather coat, rolled on the spot, and arrived at the entrance of the courtyard.
"Watch." Wu Gen casually threw it back, and a round thing flew towards the young man.
Having just suffered a big loss in the pit, the young man quickly turned aside and did not dare to come into contact with him, fearing that it might be something vicious again. But then, the second and third ones flew over.
In the blink of an eye, more than a dozen hidden weapons flew over. Dodging left and right, the young man was gradually forced farther away. Finally, the young man couldn't help but reached out and grabbed a hidden weapon, only to find that it was just an ordinary stone.
"You bastard, how dare you trick me." Crushing the stone in his hand, the young man was so angry that he stopped hiding and faced the rain of stones from the sky, enduring the pain on his body and ran straight towards the courtyard gate.
But just after running two steps, a stone hit the front door, exploded with a bang, and a sweet-smelling smoke enveloped the young man's head.
After taking a sip, I felt a heavy feeling in my chest and felt dizzy. No, I fell into the trap again, this time it was real poison. Secretly taking a breath, the young man held his breath and rushed forward, hoping to catch his opponent before passing out.
Wu Gen reached out and touched the head of the stone lion at the door, and shouted, "Open."
The young man who had just run to the door staggered, and another trap appeared under his feet, and he fell straight down.
There are only three things to do.
Do you have any morality in the world, do you have any character at all? The same method was used three times. What's even more tragic is that he fell into the trap three times. How the pig died, so stupid. The young man felt a little sad in his heart, his thoughts were confused, and he fell heavily into the pit.
Seeing that the other party fell into the trap, Wu Gen pulled on the door knocker, and a big net fell down, covering the young man.
This net is made of wrist-thick thorns and soaked in tung oil for many days, making it quite tough. Let alone a human being, even if an elephant is covered by a quilt, it will be difficult to escape.
Mo Xin, who ran back at some point, stood by the pit, feeling pain in the roots of his teeth. The trap set by Wu Gen was really vicious and impossible to guard against. Mo Xinzhong secretly decided not to go against Wu Gen, otherwise he would not know how he would die in the future.
After struggling for a few times, the young man's eyes gradually turned black and he couldn't muster any strength.
"Old Mo, don't stand there and look. Pour some water." Wu Gen ran out of the concierge, carrying a bucket of prepared water, and poured it into the pit.
"Huh? Hey, you are so wicked." Although he yelled, Mo Xin had already hurried to the concierge, where a tank of water had been prepared. In order to prevent freezing, a stove was specially built.
After a tank of water went down, a thick layer of ice formed on the young man's body. In such a cold winter, it quickly turned into a big lump of ice.
Seeing that the other party no longer resisted, Wu Gen and Mo Xin carefully pulled the young man out of the pit with a scratching hook, and Lian Bing tied him to a locust tree in the courtyard.
