"Yangcheng Golden Guard?! I know. I went to Yangcheng in Chongguo with a caravan before. That's where the royal family lives. The soldiers in the city are divided into three classes."
Shang Tianlin said at this time: "The lowest level is the 'Guardians', who are responsible for guarding the four gates of the royal city, patrolling in the city, etc. The second highest level is the 'Golden Guards', who are responsible for the security of the inner city of the royal capital and belong to all royal families." Bodyguards have great power, and the most senior ones are the 'Co-Lord's Personal Guards', who are specifically subject to the deployment and command of the Co-Lord, but their whereabouts are secretive and are basically invisible to ordinary people."
Speaking of this, Shang Tianlin paused for a moment. She took a few glances at the sign in Guan Heng's hand, and then continued: "This token of Chongguo Golden Guard seems to be real. The original owner is not If you lose this sign, you have been poisoned by the bandits and let them seize it."
"So that's it, then I'd better keep this sign. It might be useful in the future." As soon as Guan Heng said these words, he picked up the Golden Guard token. At this moment, Agou suddenly came from outside the warehouse. Voice: "Hey, are you planning to live in there? Why don't you come out yet?"
"Coming, coming." Guan Heng and others called back the elephant snakes and mountain rays that continued to play, and stayed overnight on the main peak of Dazhai. The next day, everyone had breakfast and began to pack their belongings. On the way.
"After passing the Juelong Gorge and going all the way around to the back of the Pit of Skeletons, that's the path to continue going north."
Shang Tianlin said at this time: "There are two roads that can lead to the Weishui tribe in Songguo Mountain. One of them goes through the steep and difficult Panling Mountain, and the other is a flat path, but it passes through the Baiyuan River. Then There is no ferry on this river, so we need to cut wood and build rafts to cross it. Can you tell me where is the best place to go?"
Agou said without hesitation: "Panling Mountain!"
So Guan Heng, who was just about to talk about taking the Baiyuan River, had to swallow back what he was about to say, but he asked curiously: "Brother Agou, why did you propose to take the Panling Mountain? Is there a special reason?"
"No." Agou said seriously: "But if we pass by the river, we will have fish for lunch. I like to eat meat recently, and there is no fishy smell."
"Uh..." After hearing this, Guan Heng and the other two people almost fell to the ground. In the end, they had no choice but to smile bitterly and shake their heads, agreeing to Agou's suggestion.
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After a while, Guan Heng stood in front of the two forks and sighed: "I'm really impressed by Brother Agou. He guessed it right. Now we have no chance even if we want to go to Baiyuan River."
In front of us, the fork in the road leading to Baiyuan River had long been tightly blocked by flash floods caused by the heavy rain. There was no gap to climb over.
"Then let's go to Panling Mountain." Shang Tianlin said with a smile on the red horse: "Although the mountains and forests are steep, I won't be afraid with my two brothers to protect me."
"Haha, your little mouth is so sweet..." As soon as Guan Heng said this, he saw several large trucks coming not far ahead, loaded with goods such as rice, grain, cloth, and silk. There were a few businessmen who were traveling with him.
"Brothers, it's been a hard journey." When Guan Heng saw the other party walking in, he clasped his fists and said with a smile, "Are you coming from Panling Mountain?"
"That's right, little brothers, are you going to Panling Mountain too?" A middle-aged businessman said with a smile: "If you rush there now, you might encounter good things."
Hearing this, Shang Tianlin immediately became interested. She asked, "Uncle, what good things will happen to us?"
"Oh, there are several small tribes in Panling Mountain. Every year at this time, they jointly hold a grand 'bonfire duet singing party'."
The middle-aged businessman said with a smile: "The scene was lively and fun, and the hospitable tribesmen would invite passing travelers to participate, inviting them to eat and play together. I participated in the event last year, and I still remember it vividly. I just rushed there today. I was going to deliver the goods but I missed it, but you can go and have a look."
After hearing what the other party said, Guan Heng was stunned: "A campfire duet party?"
After seeing off several merchants, Shang Tianlin and Ruotao immediately said, "This bonfire party sounds very interesting. How about we go and join it too?"
Agou touched his chin and smiled: "If you can have a big meal, I have no problem with it."
"Okay, now all three of them agree. If I say 'no', why don't you guys make a fuss?" Guan Heng smiled slightly at this time: "Okay, let's hurry up and get to the event before dark. Panling Mountain’s ‘Qicai Ping’ for the bonfire duet singing party.”
"Okay." The group of people happily headed towards Panling Mountain, but no one expected that Panling Mountain was about to fall into a huge crisis.
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As Guan Heng and the others continued on their way, they noticed that there were gradually more and more men and women dressed in colorful costumes on the road. It seemed that they were all going to participate in the bonfire duet party in Qicaiping.
When people walking on the road saw this group of people, they were all amazed: the tall and sturdy Agou, the imposing figure, Guan Heng who was riding a ghost-eating tiger, Ruotao who was wearing half a gold foil mask, and who was riding a red horse. The horse-like Shang Tianlin, as well as the snake-like bird and the sharp-billed mountain ray are all kinds of strange things, ranging in beauty and ugliness.
There were a lot of people on the road, and Guan Heng soon started chatting with a young man named Wu Lin who lived in a nearby village, and learned a lot about the campfire singing party from him.
It turns out that the tribes near Panling Mountain had a special reason for holding this bonfire party. More than a hundred years ago, Panling Mountain was a barren place with few people living in it. Later, due to war and famine, the number of small tribes who immigrated here gradually increased.
However, Panling Mountain has been a place where evil spirits and ghosts run rampant since ancient times. People from small tribes rarely go out at night for fear of being attacked by ghosts and being poisoned. More than ten years ago, this situation suddenly encountered a major change.
The ghosts that originally only dared to wander around at night seemed to have been stimulated by some kind of stimulation, and now dared to wander around even during the day. After capturing living people, they devoured their flesh, blood, and internal organs, causing several nearby villages to be in panic day and night.
Later, the leader of a village came up with the idea to have all the young people from the village gather together, light countless bonfires near Qicaiping in Panling Mountain where ghost activities are the most rampant, and roar loudly continuously, using the momentum of a large number of living people. Deter ghosts so that they don't dare to come out and harm people wantonly.
Generally speaking, this idea has a good effect. After the bonfire party was held, the number of ghosts harming people dropped sharply. Therefore, the tradition was maintained and evolved into today's bonfire duet party, which became today's bonfire duet party. It was a grand gathering for young men and women from the neighborhood to get to know each other and sing to each other.
Guan Heng asked Wu Lin at this time: "So, are there still ghosts eating people nearby?"
————(To be continued.) m.
