Cheng Yu threw the pulled out weeds behind him. He was not worried that this path would be discovered by Ruan Qingzhu's men. In the yard, the only thing that could be seen was the small open space where the little fox was catching birds.
The part above, the part below
Part of it is firmly blocked by an earth wall, and under normal circumstances, no one will ever run into the narrow passage between the earth wall and the mountain.
Although this small courtyard is obviously a modern building, judging from its dilapidated state, it is at least thirty to fifty years old.
Cheng Yu estimated that the original function here was probably a winnowing ground and a granary, and it was obviously many years after the path in the back mountain had been covered by floating soil that someone thought of building such a small yard on this flat land. What exactly does it look like?
Cheng Yu had no way of knowing the reason why the path on the back mountain was covered up, and what kind of opportunity led someone to want to build a small yard here. But all this is still a little unclear.
There are traces to follow.
Back then, this piece of flat land was not necessarily flat land. It might have had ups and downs and was covered with trees and weeds, just like the valley across the dirt road. Logically speaking, if there had been such a large area of flat land here, the ancients would not have given up on it.
Instead of cultivating the flat land on the hillside, you need to cultivate terraced fields. Even if you cultivate terraced fields, you must first plant crops here. This is enough to show that this place was not originally flat land, but just like the other side of the dirt road.
Although it appears to be flat land as a whole, it is actually undulating and has complex soil conditions. It is covered with tall trees, with criss-crossed roots and large and small rocks, making it not suitable for farming at all. On the contrary, there are no fields on some hillsides.
Instead of tall trees, they are covered with low shrubs and weeds, which are more suitable for cultivating farmland. Therefore, Ji Manzi’s original
Those ancestors will choose to cultivate terraced fields.
With the passage of time, due to the gentle terrain, trees are easy to cut down, and the villagers also need a large number of trees to build houses, etc. It took countless tens of hundreds of years to gradually carve out a piece of flat land here. Although it seems that it has already
It was flat, but perhaps there was something mysterious under the soil, so that it was not suitable for farming at all, so this open space became the winnowing ground of the ancient Yao people. Until Vietnam became a country with independent sovereignty
, and the original Yao people gradually moved away, and new villagers lived here. They no longer worked independently as in the past, and each family's food went to each family. They probably set up a collective under the village management.
Therefore, the existence of a warehouse is necessary, so two large houses and this courtyard were built here. Under such changes in the times, the paths built by the Yao people in the back mountains have been destroyed due to landslides or wind and rain erosion.
Because of this, the soil gradually covered the bluestone path, and dense trees grew behind it.
This path was completely hidden among the mountains. After the courtyard was built, no one knew about the path.
Of course, the real reason should be much more complicated than Cheng Yu's simple speculation, but the general context should be like this. Cheng Yu still pulled weeds at the beginning, but after gaining experience, he simply stepped on those weeds.
, anyway, he already knows that there are flat bluestone steps under the weeds. As long as he is a little careful, he will not slip.
He slowly climbed up the stairs and soon came to the small open space where he saw the little fox just now.
Only at this moment did Cheng Yu understand why the people in the village had no way of knowing the existence of this path. Even when he was in the laboratory just now, he failed to notice this. Cheng Yu just saw the little fox getting into the bushes to catch birds.
There are no shrubs growing on the steps along the way. This is because this small open space is actually made of several bluestone slabs.
In other words, after reaching here, the bluestone steps ushered in a short stop, just like the steps in many scenic spots. After walking up dozens of steps, there will always be a flat area of one or two square meters.
and then
Continue up the stairs.
Cheng Yu could only see bluestone slabs on the mountain from the back window of the laboratory just now, but he could not see the direction in which the bluestone slabs extended.
Only when he got here did Cheng Yu realize that the direction of the bluestone steps he walked down the mountain was not consistent with the direction of the bluestone steps he saw from the back window of the yard. Instead, it showed a nearly ninety-degree turn. Coming up from the mountain, it was
Go up from south to north, but not due south or north, but from south to west at an angle of about 20 degrees, and from north to east at an angle of about 20 degrees. That is this section.
steps path,
In fact, it is heading slightly northeast.
After arriving here, the direction of the bluestone steps turned to the northwest, and further to the west, which formed a nearly ninety-degree turn from the original mountain road. Cheng Yu was just at the back window of the courtyard.
The steps he saw were all slightly angled. When Cheng Yu pushed aside the bushes and walked over, he found that the steps were almost visible and were no longer as overgrown as the ones below.
Weeds buried the bluestone slab among the grass.
Although it is not completely exposed, the steps are roughly visible. It is like a step that has not been cleaned for a hundred years. A lot of loose soil has naturally accumulated on the steps, but it does not delay the sight of the steps themselves. And Cheng Yu was just behind the small courtyard.
The shrubs in the open space that I saw from the window actually grew on both sides of the steps and around the small open space. Since it was relatively empty here, the branches of the shrubs were slanting towards the small open space.
The ground was gathered together, and a few weeds filled the middle gap, so that if the little fox hadn't pushed aside the bushes, it would have been impossible to see any traces of bluestone from the backyard window.
This is really a miraculous work. Nature has covered everything. The original path is completely covered by floating soil from here down, and here it is completely blocked by shrubs. In fact, as long as you stand in this small open space, those low shrubs
There is no way to block the view of the bluestone steps, and only at the foot of the mountain, these shrubs, no more than three meters tall, actually act as towering trees.
As a result, Cheng Yu became less and less worried about Ruan Qingzhu's people discovering this path, unless those people suddenly thought of going between the earth wall and the mountain behind the courtyard.
Otherwise, even if they entered the laboratory, they would not be able to see the path where the weeds had been destroyed by Cheng Yu to expose the bluestone steps, and here on the Internet, those shrubs would still be killed.
It was completely blocked. But Cheng Yu only had to push aside the bushes and walk up.
Those shrubs will naturally continue to completely block the path from sight. Passing through the shrubs, Cheng Yu looked at the towering trees on both sides of the steps and thought to himself, if it wasn't a little fox hunting, who else would be there?
To think that there is such a road hidden among this seemingly dense mountain.
What about the trails that were built hundreds of years ago?
Moreover, if the direction of the trail did not change even more, Cheng Yu deduced that it also led to the Ji family's open-air ancestral hall that he discovered two days ago.
Or maybe we won't reach the ancestral hall, but if we go upwards, if there is still a flat area, we will definitely be able to easily see where Ji's ancestral hall is.
It was still early, so Cheng Yu continued to walk slowly towards the mountain. This walk was much easier, and there was almost no need to worry about slipping under his feet. It was just like an ordinary mountain climbing at night.
After walking for another forty minutes, Cheng Yu discovered that he could already see the existence of the village through the swaying shadows of the trees, which meant that he was now at least standing on top of the mountain at the end of the dirt road that caused the turn of the dirt road.
As expected, it was still as bright as day in the village. Cheng Yu could even clearly see the village entrance and the steps and path in the middle of the village. There were several armed men with rifles walking back and forth every other section.
There is no doubt that the village is now under absolute martial law.
Where Cheng Yu is, even if there are no tall trees to cover him, he hardly needs to worry about people below being able to see him. This is almost the highest point that can be reached nearby, and the mountain beyond the terraces has completely fallen.
At Cheng Yu's feet, if it were daytime, Cheng Yu could probably see whether the top of the mountain over there was the same as in the village.
Militants on patrol.
The searchlights in the village were directed towards the village. Although there was some residual light spreading to the rear, it was almost completely unable to reach where Cheng Yu was.
Especially if people in the village want to look up to the mountain, they must first encounter the dazzling lights, and it is even less likely that they will find figures walking far away on the top of the mountain.
After climbing the stairs for a long time, Cheng Yu was somewhat tired. He simply stood still, leaned against a big tree, and carefully observed the situation in the village.
Although the distance was a bit far, Cheng Yu could still easily see the situation in the village because it was too bright.
Pushing aside the branches that blocked his view, Cheng Yu observed carefully. The most unclear place was under the two big lights. It was too bright and he couldn't see clearly. Fortunately, it was basically the highest point of the village.
At the intersection of almost every building down there, there is at least one person standing there, either left or right, smoking cigarettes or talking to each other in a slightly loose manner, but if anything unusual happens,
If you move, these people should be able to react immediately. Not a single drinker was seen. This is probably because the cautious Ruan Qingzhu issued a restraining order. Although these militants are usually very lazy, when Ruan Qingzhu gave strict orders
When the ban was imposed, even if they did not think that the village
If they can sneak in outsiders, they don't dare to disobey them.
After all, it is still a well-disciplined armed organization, otherwise, they would not be able to stay here with more than a hundred people.
The village entrance had the largest number of people, with eight people. Cheng Yu roughly counted and found that there were about thirty people standing guard in the entire village. Adding in the three guard posts at the east end of the dirt road, more than fifty people had to be involved.
Come tonight's duty. Ruan Qingzhu's armed organization, if you don't count the farmers who grow poppies, now has a total of only 105 people, including himself. Excluding those in the county town
The four people who control Cheng Fu are equivalent to more than half of the armed forces.
They were all placed on guard duty outside.
Even counting the more than 20 poppy-growing farmers, if the people on duty did not include Ruan Qingzhu himself, the adjutant, and three other officers, there would be almost half the manpower.
Ruan Qingzhu is really too careful. However, Cheng Yu wishes that Ruan Qingzhu could call out all his men and stand in the village. Then Cheng Yu only needs a Barrett. With the commanding heights now, except for the three people at the east end of the dirt road,
There is nothing he can do about the sentry post,
These people in the village are simply obvious targets. This situation is a bit like a game played back then - Delta Force, which is a game where you use sniper rifles to clear out the militants at the target location one by one. Of course, in the game
, people will not be found after death, but here, once a person dies, chaos will quickly arise.