There is a very important pass on the northeast and southwest sides of this passage. To the northeast of the Taihang Mountains is the Jingxing Pass, controlled by the army of Han Wang Yang Liang, while to the southwest of the Taihang Mountains is the Tumen Pass, controlled by the soldiers of Hedong County of the Sui Dynasty.
Guard, people come and go here every day, although there is not a lot of traffic, the flow of people never stops. Countless merchants and people pass through this strategic road.
At noon that day, a caravan of more than ten people arrived in Tumen Town. This was a team of twelve guards guarding three trucks and a manned carriage. At first glance, they looked like traveling merchants. They were just dragging the caravan with them.
The horse in the carriage was extremely handsome, half a head taller than the Turkic horses in the north, and its eyes often flashed with violence, but its hair was a little weird, and it was actually blood-red in the black.
Although the Sui Dynasty had been founded for more than 20 years, the road was not peaceful, especially in the Taihang Mountains. Small groups of grass bandits and bandits often appeared. Their targets were mainly focused on businessmen with rich pockets and low social status. For large households,
When people travel, the bandits don't dare to kill people and steal goods. They are also afraid of causing a big trouble and provoking the army to encircle and suppress them. Therefore, most of the merchants travel in groups, and some merchants even pay to hire the army to escort them.
Tumen Town is located outside Tumen Pass and belongs to Shiai County. It is less than ten miles away from Tumen Pass. It is a middle town composed of more than a hundred households. Although there are not many households, there are dense businesses. One hundred households have at least
Eighty percent of it is opening a store.
Winding along a stone road in the town, there are restaurants, inns, brothels, gambling houses, cabinet shops, grocery stores, mule and horse shops, mansion shops, etc. on both sides. There are almost everything you need. There are seven or eight wine shops alone.
So many.
A young man who was the leader of the twelve guards of the caravan took a look at the town, rode his horse to the side of the carriage, and whispered to a young man and woman inside: "Sir, do you want to have lunch in the town before leaving?"
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The young man was Shen Guang, but inside the carriage were Wang Junlin and Nie Xiaoyu, who were dressed as caravan masters and maids. The twelve guards were six ghost-eyed masters from Shen Guang's group and six swordsmen led by Shan Xiongxin.
The carriage was driven by two old men. One was missing an arm and was tall and powerful. He held a whip in one hand. The other was sleepy and had folds on his face that could kill flies. Several times he looked like he was about to leave.
He fell off the carriage, but the strange thing was that his butt seemed to be stuck to the carriage. No matter how steep the road was, he never moved from that position. Yes, these two old men were Chunqiu Nu and the original
The Spring and Autumn Valley Master, now the Spring and Autumn Old Slave, the current Spring and Autumn Valley Master is Nie Xiaoyu.
Both Wang Junlin and Nie Xiaoyu left the capital. Chunqiu Nu and Chunqiu Laonu were two extremely powerful people, but they regarded Nie Xiaoyu as their master. How could they not follow them? Wang Junlin had kept the two of them hidden.
Secretly, as their trump card, now that the situation has changed, they simply asked the two of them to dress up as grooms.
They passed through towns and counties all the way, all with burly figures and powerful horses. They encountered countless interrogations and suspicions along the way. However, they had passes issued by the governor of Hedong County in person, and they also had money to pay for them. The interrogations eventually turned into something different.
There is no danger of being surprised.
Ahead is Tumen Pass. After passing Tumen Pass, they enter the territory of Bingzhou. According to the plan, they will get in touch with Xiao Mohe and Wang Kun, the two most important confidants under Yang Liang. Although before setting off, Chen Danying sent her to South China.
Wang Junlin was informed of the status of the association, as well as the identities of Bingzhou Xiao Mohe and Wang Kun in the Nanhua Association, and the saint's token was also handed over to him, but whether he could gain the trust of Xiao Maha and Wang Kun, Wang Junlin
Jun Lin didn't have any confidence before meeting these two people.
However, their lineup this time is not small, and they have Luo Yi as a secret hand. The most important thing is Nie Xiaoyu, who is like a dangerous reconnaissance radar. Regardless of whether they can succeed or not, they can detect that something is wrong in advance and want to escape. Not big.
"There is a person who has been following us." Nie Xiaoyu suddenly said in the carriage.
"Who?" Wang Junlin asked with a frown. If Shen Guang and Shan Xiongxin could not be discovered, especially if they were not discovered by him, then the people following them would be very important. As for being discovered by Nie Xiaoyu, it is really normal. Wang Jun Lin sometimes thought to himself that even if ghosts really existed in this world, Nie Xiaoyu might be able to detect and see ghosts.
"It should be a woman, and this woman should be related to No. 1, because she actually has a way to block my detection." Nie Xiaoyu said expressionlessly.
Wang Junlin's pupils shrank suddenly, murderous intent flashed in his eyes, and he said in a deep voice: "Can you find out the specific location of this woman?"
Nie Xiaoyu said: "There are too many strangers here, and there is too much interference. I only know that she is in this small town, and I cannot determine her specific location. If there are no more people around me except acquaintances like Shen Guang and the others, I can easily find her whereabouts."
Wang Junlin thought for a moment and said to Shen Guang outside the car window: "Shen Guang, please pass on the order. We will not rest in the town. We will continue on our way and enter Feihuxing."
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Feihu Gorge is a famous passage in the northern part of the Taihang Mountains and one of the Eight Gorges in Taihang. It is named after it crosses the Feihu Gorge. It starts from Lingqiu County, Hedong County in the west and ends at Feihu County in Hebei County, Bingzhou in the east. The total length is more than 300 miles. Feihu Gorge is several miles wide, with deep ravines and dense forests along the way, making the road very complicated. It is the most important passage from Hedong County to Bingzhou, besides Tumen Trail.
It's already mid-August, and the direct sunlight is starting to get a little hot. In addition, it rained a few days ago, making Feihu Gorge extremely humid and hot.
Wang Junlin and his party entered Feihu Road and only walked more than thirty miles in most of the day. At this time, they were walking on a rugged and narrow mountain road. They could not ride horses and could only lead the horses. Carriages could travel on this mountain road. , but it is because the carriage was designed and built by Nie Xiaoyu, and the horse pulling the carriage is a blood-maned horse. If it were any other carriage in the world, it would not be able to travel on this road.
Shen Guang was walking in the middle of the team. He frowned and looked at the surrounding terrain. The mountain road was very narrow, only eight feet wide. There were cliffs dozens of feet high on both sides. The narrow mountain road went all the way up. This cliff path was about five or six miles long. , there is a narrow line of sky above their heads. If someone ambush in front, they will suffer heavy casualties.
Shen Guang wanted to speak several times, but finally held back. Wang Junlin could think of all the dangers he could think of, even more carefully than he did, and he knew that there must be a reason why Wang Junlin deliberately took this route with few pedestrians. of.