After searching for so long and not finding any clues, Gan Xin felt frustrated.
Mo Lin also suspected that the map given by Long Chen was wrong.
"Xiao Feng, are you being cheated?"
Feng He shook his head and said very firmly: "No, you know what my lord does, he is very cautious. If he is not sure, he will not let us look for him."
Gan Xin and Mo Lin also knew that Long Chen was always meticulous in his work and could not talk nonsense.
Feng He looked at the sheep in the distance and said, "Go over and ask. If it doesn't work, go back. It's been a long time since we came out."
Feng He and a dozen people slowly walked toward the herdsmen.
The relationship between the Eastern Zhou Dynasty and the barbarians eased. The two sides traded trade at Yanmen Pass, and the Tu branch was strictly controlled. The relationship between the two sides was good.
So when Feng He walked over, the herdsmen were not afraid.
"Do you have any herbs to sell?"
Feng He walked over with a smile, and a dark-skinned man stopped and said, "Yes."
A middle-aged woman was very happy and immediately asked her son to drive the carriage over with some dry herbs in a patched cloth bag.
"These are all herbs."
The man jumped off his horse and opened the bag to show Feng He.
Feng He asked his men to negotiate the price, and the man said he didn't want money, but only practical things such as tea, salt, cloth, and swords.
There is very little money spent on the grassland, and bartering is more efficient and practical.
Feng He had long been accustomed to grassland transactions, and his men immediately brought tea cakes and salt. The man was very happy.
In exchange for tea cakes and salt, the middle-aged woman picked some more cloth, and the young man asked for a dagger.
"Very good, I'm very satisfied."
The middle-aged man said happily.
Feng He started chatting with the man and asked: "Is there any place around here with a lot of medicinal herbs? If you tell me, I will give you a good thing."
As he spoke, Feng He took down a box with a recurve bow inside.
The herdsman's son saw the recurve bow, picked it up and tried it, and said excitedly: "Father, this bow is very good."
The bows of herdsmen are made of ordinary wood, and the materials and craftsmanship are very ordinary.
The recurve bow brought by Feng He made their eyes wide open.
The man picked up the recurve bow and stroked it repeatedly, and said: "There is a place, but it is a forbidden area and it is very dangerous."
Gan Xin immediately asked: "Where?"
The man's excited face was filled with fear, and he said: "That's a ghost land, and anyone who enters will die."
The woman also said with fear: "Everyone who enters will turn into a skeleton and cannot enter there."
Feng He immediately asked: "Where? Which direction?"
Both the man and the woman looked frightened and were reluctant to mention it again.
But the herdsman's son wanted a recurve bow very much. He pointed to the northeast and said: "There is a mountain like a bone there, with many bones around it. That's where it is."
"You can find herbs there, but it's guarded by the wolf god, and anyone who comes close will die."
Gan Xin and Mo Lin's eyes lit up, they felt it might be there.
Mo Lin asked: "Tell me the route, and this bow will be yours."
With that said, Mo Lin picked up the recurve bow, bent the bow and shot the arrow in one go, and the arrow flew almost a thousand meters.
The herdsman's son was stunned.
"Start from here, go in this direction, look at the twin wolves, and you'll be there in two days' walk."
There is no route to walk on the grassland. We are guided by celestial phenomena. The twin wolves are very conspicuous on summer nights.
Feng He was secretly happy, but he said: "We go to such a dangerous place, not to die."
Gan Xin also said: "It's too dangerous, we won't go."
The herdsman's son became anxious and said: "You asked me where I got it, and I told you. If you didn't give me the bow, you lied to me."
Feng He laughed and threw the recurve bow and feather arrows over, and said: "We Zhou people never lie to others. Although we won't go, this bow is yours."
The herdsman's son was very happy. He held his bow and said with a smile: "Yes, you Zhou people are better than Xixia people."
Feng mounted his horse and said, "Okay, let's go."
A dozen people slowly left, and the herdsmen held recurve bows and happily drove their sheep to continue their nomadic pasture.
Feng He said: "Would you like to take a trip?"
Mo Lin said: "After taking a trip, I finally have a direction after looking for it for so long."
Gan Xin said: "It looks quite dangerous. Don't let there be too many people. Just the three of us will go."
Feng He asked the others to go back to Yanmen Pass first, while the three of them rested on the spot, preparing to set off the next day for a trip to the forbidden area.
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Li Chengdao led his troops slowly back to Qingren County, and Liu Feibai gathered his troops into the camp.
Li Chengdao entered the palace, and Guitai sneered: "Not bad, not a single soldier was lost, and we retreated safely."
Li Chengdao immediately knelt down and kowtowed, and replied: "It all depends on the power of the Holy Son. The empress is worried that the Holy Son is lurking in the army, so she does not dare to go to war."
Guitai sneered coldly: "It's good to know. Don't think this is your ability. This is my intimidation."
Li Chengdao doesn’t need to explain the reason, Gui Fei naturally knows it.
"Is Long Chen in the city?"
Li Chengdao responded truthfully: "I didn't see him. I asked for Long Chen by name, but I only saw the empress."
Guite asked: "Then do you think Long Chen is in the city?"
Li Chengdao thought for a while, shook his head and said, "Probably not. If Long Chen is in the city, with his arrogant character, he will definitely go to war."
Guitai sneered sinisterly: "Trash, I asked you to find out the information, but you didn't find out anything!"
"I'm telling you, Long Chen is in the city. It's just that if you step forward, he will step back!"
Li Chengdao looked shocked, and Guitai sneered: "By relying on you to find out the information, I have become deaf and blind a long time ago."
Li Chengdao was so ashamed that he lay on the ground unable to say a word.
Guitai said coldly: "Jinling City is empty, it's up to you to take care of your throne!"
Li Chengdao kowtowed and said, "This slave accepts the decree."
After exiting Prince Qingren's Mansion, Li Chengdao found Liu Feibai and said, "Order 100,000 troops and gather in the east of the city!"
Liu Feibai heard about what happened in Jinling City and understood Li Chengdao's intention.
"The last general takes orders."
Liu Feibai immediately ordered 100,000 troops to gather in the east of the city, waiting for Li Chengdao's order.
Back in the courtyard, Li Chengdao called Zhong Gui to the room.
"Li Zhaoliang rebelled in Jinling. I will give you 100,000 troops and you will lead them to put down the rebellion!"
Qingren County only had one general, Liu Feibai, and it was impossible for Li Chengdao to let Liu Feibai lead his troops back to put down the rebellion.
After counting the whole city, Zhong Gui was the one with the highest cultivation level, and his cultivation level barely reached that of Emperor Wu.
"Your Majesty, this servant has never led an army in a war."
Zhong Gui was very worried. He had been following Li Chengdao to organize palace affairs and did not know how to fight.
Li Chengdao said: "No need to worry, you can just follow the true strategy."
Li Chengdao gave instructions one by one, and Zhong Gui wrote them down carefully.
After all instructions were given, Li Chengdao personally escorted Zhong Gui out of the city.
Originally, the best option was for Li Chengdao to lead his troops back, but there was a problem with this. Li Chengdao was not here, and if Long Chen and the Empress attacked by surprise, the ghost fetus might not be able to withstand it.
Also, if Long Chen sneaks into Jinling again and Li Chengdao goes out to fight alone, he will be killed.
Therefore, after careful consideration, Li Chengdao decided to let Zhong Gui lead the army.
Zhong Gui is loyal enough and has enough cultivation to deal with the Jinling gang.
