The mountain road is difficult, but going there is much easier than coming here.
When you come, you need to bring Liu Yuanze and wild fruits with you. When you leave, you only need to bring wheat ears and Lei Ling, which can be easily carried by donkey roots.
Liu Yuanze woke up yesterday, but it looked like it would take a long time to recover. Seeing his weakness, Ye Guo decided to stay and take care of him.
So, Maisui's "daughter-in-law" ran away with someone, no, she ran away with a snake.
After leaving the mountains, Donkey Gen continued to move forward.
Anwucheng is not far from Lumen Pass, but you can arrive at dawn or dusk. There are many government stations along the way. In case of war, it can be turned into a war fortress to provide logistics support.
Nowadays, in addition to military traffic, the most frequent route on this road is the imperial court's 800-mile express.
Of course, Babaili Express does not deliver urgent military information, but delivers ingredients to General Dong to satisfy General Dong’s food requirements.
After Zhang Zhi and others escaped from Anwucheng, they met up with Jing Hao and others.
Everyone's families were temporarily resettled in an uninhabited village in the mountains. It was extremely difficult for so many people to escape from Chenzhou today.
Their only hope now is the mysterious Mr. Yang.
It's just that three days have passed since they left the city, and Mr. Yang hasn't come to see them yet, which makes everyone feel a little confused.
Only Jing Ziruo has full confidence in Mr. Yang and believes that Mr. Yang will definitely appear.
Just when today was about to come to an end, when everyone thought Mr. Yang would not show up, they saw a donkey arriving carrying two people, one old and one small. The child also held a cat in his arms.
"Mr. Yang!"
Everyone became excited and came out of the village to greet him.
When he arrived at the village, Ye Ming saw that a group of people had nothing to eat, so he pointed out a place where they could cut ice to fish and let them catch fish.
Everyone was overjoyed. Mr. Yang solved the livelihood problems of himself and others as soon as he arrived, which was quite encouraging.
Afterwards, Ye Ming ordered everyone to rest, saying that starting tomorrow, some people would need to enter Lumen Pass to cooperate.
In order to prevent everyone from being caught as young men, Ye Ming personally took action and disguised them as old, weak, sick and disabled.
Jing Ziruo also wanted to go together, but was arranged by Ye Ming to stay behind to guard Zhang Zhi and his family members.
Jing Ziruo was a little dissatisfied and said that she was very powerful and would not hold back.
Ye Ming ignored it, and Jing Ziruo had no choice but to compromise.
Jing Hao said that the imperial intelligence personnel in Chenzhou have either surrendered to General Dong or been wiped out, leaving them alone and helpless.
Ye Ming reassured him that even if the court received the news, there was nothing he could do against General Dong, so there was no need to worry about it.
Although Ye Ming was right, it only made Jing Hao feel more worried.
General Dong's power seems to be unstoppable.
Early the next morning, everyone dispersed and prepared to enter the city under Ye Ming's arrangement.
For this operation, Mai Sui also wanted to go. Jing Ziruo was very upset when she saw that such a child could go but she couldn't go.
But he was directly "violently suppressed" by Ye Ming.
After putting aside Jing Ziruo's thoughts, Ye Ming also rode on the donkey root and headed towards Lumen Pass with Maisui and Lei Ling.
Lumen Pass can be called the most powerful pass in the world today, and it is the frontline pass to defend against the Liang people.
Since there has been no war in recent years, Lumen Pass, with its well-fortified city walls, really looks like an immortal city standing majestically between heaven and earth.
Arriving outside Lumen Pass, which encompasses half of the mountain, Ye Ming found that the entry and exit inspections here were very strict.
Moreover, there is a bell hanging on the tower. The bell is not only used to warn people, but also to ward off evil spirits.
All monsters and ghosts are prohibited from approaching. Regardless of whether you have evil powers or not, you are not allowed to enter the city.
Seeing this, Lei Ling frowned.
This was the first time she encountered this situation.
But it’s normal to think about it. After all, the importance of Lumen Pass is self-evident. It’s not surprising to have such precautions.
"It seems that in the next few days, you will be catching rats outside the city to eat."
Ye Ming said to Lei Ling and threw her down.
Although Lei Ling did like to eat rat demons, when these words came out of Ye Ming's mouth, they sounded awkward and made Lei Ling want to scratch his face.
After throwing away Lei Ling, Donkey Gen carried Ye Ming and Mai Sui to the city gate.
After being inspected, he sneaked into the city smoothly.
Lumen Pass was in a state of depression. Almost every shop in the city was closed. There were not many people on the streets. Most of them were hiding in their houses and not going out.
Someone saw Ye Ming and two people riding donkeys walking around the city through the window, and they were all surprised.
When Ye Ming was looking for an inn to stay, he heard someone shouting:
"Donkey, sir, there's a donkey over there!"
Ye Ming looked over there with some surprise, and saw a group of officers and soldiers coming directly this way with swords and guns.
The team leader saw that there were many people watching in the surrounding streets and gates, and did not want to use weapons, so he said to Ye Ming:
"Blind man, your donkey has been requisitioned."
"If you don't want a war horse, what kind of donkey do you want?"
"Why are you asking so many questions? Hand over the donkey quickly, otherwise you will be openly resisting the law!"
The leading captain saw a blind man with a child and thought they were weak and easy to bully, so he wanted to conquer them by force.
Ye Ming naturally would not agree to this, but he was a little surprised that the soldiers at Lumen Pass were so arrogant and seemed to have no regard for the king's law.
The team leader asked a few more questions. Seeing that Ye Ming still didn't agree, a trace of ferocity appeared on his face. He pulled out the sword from his waist and slashed at Ye Ming.
Ye Ming tapped the bamboo stick in his hand lightly, hitting the side of the knife.
The knife in the man's hand was shaken out of his hand and fell to the ground aside.
The team leader was shocked when he saw this, and everyone else around him swarmed forward with their swords and guns pointed at Ye Ming.
Ye Ming easily knocked down several people with the bamboo stick in his hand and ran away on the back of a donkey.
Everyone saw that Ye Ming was a martial arts master, but they were not afraid. Any martial arts master would be like a cloud in front of the army. When they saw Ye Ming running away, they all followed closely behind him.
After just chasing for a while, after Ye Ming rode a donkey into an alley, Ye Ming could no longer be found.
"Where is the person? Why is he missing?"
"How do I know? The key is that the donkey is gone too!"
"Looking for it, let me keep looking!"
...
While a group of sergeants were searching in the alley, Ye Ming had already appeared in another neighborhood on a donkey.
But not long after I left, I met another sergeant who was looking for a donkey...
Not long after, Ye Ming moved the venue several times, and each time he encountered a different team looking for the donkey.
There were even people in the city looking for donkeys.
After Ye Ming hid the donkey root in an uninhabited grove in the city, he changed the place again.
This time I was not targeted and successfully found an inn to stay at.
According to the innkeeper, General Dong Da likes to eat donkey meat in a fire, but he only eats the freshest back meat.
So now the whole city is looking for donkeys.
Moreover, in the current Lumen Pass, no one is allowed in and no one is allowed to leave. Once you enter the city, you can't even think about going out again.
After listening to what the shopkeeper said, Ye Ming returned to the room and did some fortune-telling...
...
Chef Lu is a cook that General Dong Da is particularly fond of recently, because his best skill is making donkey meat on fire.
Although he knew that General Dong's preference was only for a few days, Chef Lu still tried his best to cook it.
He was not a cook by background, but was originally a murderous bandit. He later surrendered to the army and joined the army.
He was afraid of death and joined the Huotou Army. Unexpectedly, he was quite talented as a chef.
After going back and forth like this, with good luck, he was chosen by General Dong Da and became an "imperial chef".
Of course, this is just their private name, because General Dong's food is more exquisite than those in the palace. The cooking skills of their cooks are not necessarily worse than those of the imperial chefs in the palace.
Chef Lu had just finished cooking a portion of donkey meat that General Dong needed for lunch, and was rewarded with it. Now he was going home in a sneaky way.
He didn't have any family members in the city, he was all alone.
Touching the ingot of silver in his arms that General Dong had casually rewarded, Chef Lu couldn't help but smile.
Such a piece of silver could not be earned even if you tuck your head in your belt before, but now you can get it with just one dish. I don’t know how many people will be envious of it.
He thought about going home and hiding the money, but as soon as he arrived at the door, Chef Lu's expression changed.
The door lock of my house was actually opened!
This shocked Chef Lu, and made him angry at the same time.
That grandson who didn’t want his life stole something and came to grandpa’s house!
Chef Lu picked up a piece of wood outside the door and entered the house.
As soon as I entered the yard, I found no one. When I looked again, I saw there was movement in the direction of the woodshed.
When Chef Lu saw it was over there in the woodshed, he suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart.
He hurriedly ran and found a man in ragged clothes digging out a box full of money from under the floor tiles that he thought was well hidden.
In this box were his savings that he had saved for several years. They were the capital of his future happiness, and they were just dug out!
Chef Lu took the stick in his hand and hit the thief on the back of the head.
As a result, the thief's movements were extremely flexible and he escaped easily.
Chef Lu hit him again, but was dodged again.
Several consecutive attacks were easily dodged.
However, Chef Lu himself was panting from exhaustion, and it was still very difficult to swing the big wooden stick.
Seeing that he was extremely tired, the thief in ragged clothes smiled and said:
"You can't do this. With such little ability, you can't keep this money."
When Chef Lu heard that the thief dared to laugh at him, he became furious and beat him again.
But there was still nothing to do and the attack missed.
"How about you shout loudly for people to come in and get a few more people to help, and maybe you can catch me."
The thief was so irritating that he helped Chef Lu with his advice, which almost made Chef Lu's nose become angry.
Even so, Chef Lu didn't shout for help.
He was very aware of the irritability of his neighbors who were soldiers. If they saw the money he had saved, it would be the same as being robbed by this thief.
"what do you want?"
Chef Lu is not stupid. Seeing that the thief has obviously got his money box but doesn't leave, there must be something wrong.
"I don't want to say anything, I just feel that the money in your hand is too little, not enough."
"you!"
Chef Lu was furious. He didn't expect to be looked down upon so much. He was furious.
"Okay, I won't tease you anymore, I'll give it back to you."
The thief said, throwing the box towards Chef Lu.
Although the thief threw it away easily, this is a box of silver coins, and the weight is not light.
Chef Lu caught it with both hands and was forced to take two steps back before he could stabilize his body.
It was at this moment that Chef Lu realized that he had met a martial arts master, the kind of person who could crush him.
Holding his own money box, Chef Lu looked at the thief warily, only to realize that the thief seemed to be blind.
"What exactly are your intentions?"
This blind man was naturally Ye Mingming, who smiled and said:
"I heard that you are very popular with General Dong recently?"
"I just know how to cook a few dishes."
When Chef Lu heard that General Dong was involved, his heart skipped a beat, knowing that this man must have an extraordinary background.
"To be honest, I am a secret agent of the imperial court, and I am here to spy on the military situation."
Ye Ming talked nonsense casually.
"I'm just a cook. I don't know anything about the military situation. You leave quickly, or I will call someone."
Chef Lu didn't want to hear what Ye Ming said at all, he just wanted to stay out of it.
"That's not possible. You have seen me, so you have to help me."
"Why are you not afraid that I will call someone now and report you?"
"If I am caught, I will insist that you are my accomplice and we will die together."
Ye Ming said ruthlessly.
When Chef Lu heard this, he glared at Ye Ming angrily, but he didn't dare to call anyone. After holding back for a long time, he asked helplessly:
"what do you want?"
...
