Time passed like a white horse passing by, and three days passed in the blink of an eye. The worrying flashing incident did not happen again, but this did not make them relax, and they still maintained considerable vigilance.
And a lot of things happened in these three days.
One of the more influential events was that Yuan Shao led his army into the Qinling Mountains and occupied the position vacated after Yuan Shu left.
The conflict between Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao is not as big as imagined. In other words, no matter how big the conflict is, Yuan Shu will calm down and make a decision to maximize the interests of the family from the perspective of the family.
Even though there is no one to supervise now, even though the Yuan family's power has been fragmented, even though there is a conflict with Yuan Shao, at this time, Yuan Shu still made the most correct decision.
Notify Yuan Shao to come and take over his original interests and let him get a share of the royal tomb of the First Emperor.
In this regard, the three great princes Fang Fan, Liu Bei, and Kong Rong also chose to acquiesce. This was Yuan Shu's right.
In fact, the four companies have already reached an invisible tacit understanding on this point.
Although they seemed to be tit for tat, and Fang Fan even had a fight with Yuan Shu, the four of them had reached a temporary alliance outside Qinling Mountains.
Under the oppression of the four powerful forces, the great lords and princes could not stand firm here. Even when the army tried to march towards the Qinling Mountains, their territory was threatened by four unknown bandits.
This bandit didn't have a name, but he just said, "I'll beat you as soon as your troops leave." It was absolutely unambiguous.
Otherwise, the news about the First Emperor's Mausoleum would have spread out long ago, and it is impossible that none of the other territories would have received the news.
This is the real reason why only Fang Fan, Yuan Shu, Liu Bei, and Kong Rong will always occupy the void rift.
Even though there was an empty void rift next to it that was being used by a group of San people, no new princes came.
The first prince in the world, Fang Fan, the second prince, Liu Bei, plus the powerful Yuan Shu and Kong Rong.
No territory can withstand the joint attack of these four families. By the way, there are now five families, including Yuan Shao.
However, although they did not dare to come over on the surface, and the large army did not dare to do anything that could easily cause misunderstandings, the circle of Sanren was obviously more confusing, and anyone with a discerning eye would understand the truth at a glance.
In addition, another thing came to Fang Fan's ears.
"What were you talking about with them just now? I don't even know them."
Fang Fan walked out of the camp while resting and looked at Shi Yong who had just returned and said casually.
"Back to my lord, I just met a mercenary that I hired before.
We had a close acquaintance. Wasn’t I a little mercenary before?
So I have some friendship with them and keep in touch. This time, he came to me to tell me something."
Shi Yong pointed in the direction the man left and said.
Indeed, Shi Yong is now a "big shot" in Ning'an, but he doesn't show off or show off in front of the mercenaries at all, and often does some favors. He is also on good terms with them and calls them brothers, so he occasionally comes to see them.
Shi Yong.
"say what?"
"One of his brothers is missing in the mountains, and he wants my help in arranging and mobilizing some troops to help him find him.
However, he didn't say it directly. He also made an implicit excuse, saying that there must be something happening in the mountains. If not, he would risk his life.
I persuaded you to leave first, but I guess you will come back soon."
"Well, brother?"
"No, we're just in the same team."
Fang Fan raised his eyebrows immediately when he heard this.
"This guy is not bad, he is very loyal."
"Well, I think so too, so I'm going to summon some mercenaries and organize some people to go search for it together.
If it succeeds, the reputation will definitely be with us. Even if it fails unfortunately, as long as it does not cause too many casualties and the compensation work is done properly, it will be great for our reputation."
Shi Yong analyzed them one by one, which made Fang Fan look at him.
"You want to help him?"
Shi Yong did not deny it and nodded directly.
"He reminds me of the time when I and a few old friends were so loyal. Not many people in this era are so loyal. If I can help, I just want to help.
Of course, Lord, I am not clear about right and wrong. If it goes against the overall situation, I will choose to use other means to appease him.
But his current situation is in the same direction as our goal. If it is done well, it will be an excellent promotion for our plan and our reputation."
Shi Yong is loyal, but Shi Yong is also smart, there is no doubt about this.
"Well, okay, you can use my handwriting to mobilize a scout team.
With a rune crossbow and a team of staff, you can take control of the situation with at most a few rune crossbows, even if you enter a mountain range...wait, a mountain range?"
Fang Fan suddenly thought of something and muttered to himself.
"What happened to the mountains? It is estimated that they were injured by people or mutated beasts while collecting herbs in the mountains.
In fact, to be honest, the chance of surviving is really low, which is why I admire his loyalty. The main thing is to do his best to obey fate, encourage his loyalty behavior, and then build up his reputation."
"There are some things you don't know. It doesn't matter if people just disappear, but it involves mountains.
I am very sensitive to mountains as a place now, very sensitive.
By the way, what's the excuse he gave you? Tell me, don't miss a word."
Shi Yong felt that the matter had become serious, so he immediately became serious and said with some doubts.
"It's nothing. He just said that many people have disappeared in the mountain range. Since yesterday, almost no one has come out after entering. It has almost become a restricted area.
I feel like it's just a coincidence, or it might be the territory of a powerful mutant beast, or someone might be occupying it and robbing it. These are all possible, so I don't think it's a big deal.
Is this...a problem?"
"I hope it's not what I imagined."
Fang Fan's face became serious.
"Then I reject him?"
Fang Fan looked through the tall cracks in the void, looking at the blurry mountains in the distance, and slowly shook his head.
"No, the situation is not serious enough for me to hide.
Help him, lead troops to help him, go to the White Tiger Army and lead a thousand people, and lead a whole brigade that has been redressed to search. I want to search that area from top to bottom, and find out no matter what the reason is.
And make it a bit louder. If it's different from what I expected, that would be the best. Just treat it as a reputation, and it won't be a wasted trip.
If it’s really what I imagined, then I can’t be too cautious.”
"Okay, I'll make arrangements right away."
With a solemn expression on his face, Shi Yong took the troop deployment order written by Fang Fan with both hands. After he turned around and left, Fang Fan said another sentence that shocked him all over.
