After dark, the elite team left the woods of Xiaozi Mountain and began to head towards Yuanhe Fort in a cautious and hidden way.【】
Along the way, Pang Zhenbei, who was familiar with the terrain, played a very important role. He could immediately point out the right direction at any time, which both Chai Yan and Cheng Jiu admired very much.
After traveling all night, everyone finally arrived near Yuanhe Fort at the end of Yinshi and before dawn.
Following Chai Yan's instructions, Pang Zhenbei led everyone to find a nearby forest to hide temporarily.
After taking cover, Cheng Jiu, Yu Tie and Pang Zhenbei gathered in front of Chai Yan.
Pang Zhenbei asked: "Taoist Priest, what should we do next?"
It can be heard that Pang Zhenbei is eager to rush in at once and burn down the granary of the Pitz people.
Chai Yan said seriously: "We still don't know what is going on in Yuanhe Fort. Where the Pitz people's granary is located needs to be investigated, so we have to wait until daybreak and I will go in and investigate."
Pang Zhenbei immediately said: "Taoist Master, please take me there this time. I am also familiar with the Yuanhe Fort area."
"You're gone, who will lead the team?" Chai Yan asked.
Immediately, Pang Zhenbei's hand patted Cheng Jiu's shoulder without hesitation: "Daochang Cheng is here, he will lead the team with no problem!"
Cheng Jiudeng frowned, but did not speak.
Chai Yan thought for a while and asked again: "General Pang, it's not that I don't want to take you there, but wouldn't it be troublesome if someone recognized your face?"
Pang Zhenbei shook his head and said, "Taoist Master, don't worry about this. As long as I shave off all my beard, no one will recognize me."
Chai Yan suddenly looked at Pang Zhenbei with some suspicion. When Pang Zhenbei saw it, he immediately took out his dagger and prepared to shave: "Taoist Priest, wait, I will shave my beard right now and show it to you."
After saying that, Pang Zhenbei started to get busy, and Chai Yan couldn't stop him no matter how much he screamed.
After a while, Pang Zhenbei almost shaved off the beard on his face.
"Taoist priest, look, am I different?" Pang Zhenbei raised his head and asked.
But the light was too weak, so everyone couldn't see clearly for a while.
Chai Yan took out the fire stick and blew it, then held it up to take a picture. He was suddenly surprised and said: "I didn't expect, General Pang, you look much more handsome after shaving!"
Cheng Jiu and Yu Tie nodded after looking at it.
Cheng Jiudao: "General Pang, whether you shave or not, your appearance will be very different."
Pang Zhenbei hurriedly asked Chai Yan: "Taoist Master, can you? Can you take me with you now?"
Seeing that this was the case, Chai Yan had no choice but to agree to him, and Pang Zhenbei immediately smiled happily.
An hour later, the sky gradually became brighter.
Pang Zhenbei put on a pair of coarse clothes, took over Yu Tie's place yesterday, and pretended to be Chai Yan's servant.
The two of them walked out of the woods, made sure there was no one there, and then walked onto the road.
Chai Yan held a folding fan and Pang Zhenbei carried a baggage, and they walked to Yuanhe Fort.
"You must remember that we are from the Sheng Kingdom. I am the young master and you are the servant. We went to Yuanhe Fort to take a boat. Because Qingyuan Pass was impassable during the battle, we had to take a detour back to the Sheng Kingdom." Chai Yan was already here.
The third time I told Pang Zhenbei to go.
Pang Zhenbei nodded and said, "I understand, Taoist Master."
"Tsk, you still call me Taoist priest, aren't you afraid of revealing your secret?" Chai Yan glared.
"Ah, it's the young master, the young master..." Pang Zhenbei hurriedly changed his words, and after speaking, he silently recited "the young master" several times in his mind in order to get used to this name earlier.
Chai Yan looked back and found that Pang Zhenbei was still walking with the general steps, so he said: "Master Pang Pang, how about we switch, you play the role of the young master, and I play the role of the servant?"
"Ah?" Pang Zhenbei was stunned, not knowing why Chai Yan said that.
Chai Yan pointed at Pang Zhenbei's feet and said, "Look at you, which servant walks as struttingly as you do? I'm afraid others won't be able to tell that there's something wrong with you, right?"
"Tao... No, Master, I, I... I've always been walking like this!" Pang Zhenbei felt aggrieved.
Chai Yan said: "Stop talking nonsense, this is also called an excuse? Change it immediately, otherwise you can go back to me now and don't cause any trouble for me."
Pang Zhenbei had no choice but to follow Chai Yan's request, try his best to walk calmly, and forcibly correct his horoscope.
Chai Yan was quite satisfied with this and said: "From now on, you will be called Xiao Bei. You must respond quickly when I call you, so as not to let others see the flaw."
"I know." Pang Zhenbei nodded.
After walking a few steps, Chai Yan suddenly called: "Xiao Bei."
Pang Zhenbei was stunned for a moment, then realized and said: "Ah?"
Chai Yan frowned and said, "You have to say, 'Yes, Master', or, 'Master, what are your orders?' What the hell is that?"
"Oh...yes, young master." Pang Zhenbei quickly changed his words.
"Xiao Bei!" Chai Yan called again.
Pang Zhenbei reacted much faster this time and said immediately: "What are your orders, Master?"
"Yeah! That's pretty much it." Chai Yan nodded and said, "Keep it tight and tighten the string."
After saying that, Chai Yan shook his folding fan and walked forward like a scholar.
The two of them walked for about half an hour when a checkpoint appeared on the road ahead. There were already many people queuing up in front of the checkpoint, waiting for inspection.
Chai Yan immediately reminded in a low voice: "Xiao Bei, please hold on tight, don't panic."
After all, this was the first time Pang Zhenbei had done this. He would be lying if he said he wasn't nervous, but his nervousness was still within a controllable range.
The two quickly arrived at the end of the queue, waiting for inspection before passing the checkpoint.
There are a total of eight Pitz soldiers on the checkpoint, two of them are Hui Sheng Guohua, they are responsible for interrogation, and the rest are responsible for searching and guarding.
After the people in front passed one by one, it was finally Chai Yan and Pang Zhenbei's turn.
The Pitz soldier asked: "What are you going to Yuanhe Fort for?"
Chai Yan bowed his hands politely and said very politely: "Hello, Brother Bing, we are from Shengguo. We came here from Jiezhou to visit friends a few months ago. Later, we were stranded here because of the war. Now we want to leave from Yuanhe Fort.
Take the passenger ship back home.”
The soldiers of the Pitz Kingdom looked at Chai Yan, then looked at Pang Zhenbei who was disguised as a servant, and said: "There is no boat from Yuanhe Fort to Sheng Kingdom. You are in the wrong place."
Chai Yan said: "Brother Bing, we have all inquired about it. Although there is no passenger ship from Yuanhe Fort directly to Shengguo, you can go all the way west and bypass the Qingyuan Pass, enter other countries, and then return by land..."
With that said, Chai Yan took out a silver ingot from his sleeve and secretly stuffed it into the soldier's hand: "Brother Bing, it's not easy to go home. I hope you can be accommodating."
As soon as the Pitz soldier touched the silver ingot, his heart was immediately shaken, so he turned to look at his colleagues behind him and said, "Wait..."
After saying that, the man led several other colleagues to discuss in Pitz Mandarin.
"Come over and see if this is the official silver of Sheng Kingdom?"
"That's right, this is it, five or two each."
"Hey, what are these two people doing? Why did they give you money?"
"I am from Jiezhou, a prosperous country, and I want to go home. But now that Qingyuan Pass is impassable, I want to take a boat from Yuanhe Fort to go around..."
"Oh, that's right..."
Seeing these Piz soldiers gathering together, muttering and looking towards him, Pang Zhenbei couldn't help but feel anxious, but Chai Yan was very calm and calm.
"Is everything going to be okay..." Pang Zhenbei asked in a very small voice.
Chai Yan whispered: "Don't worry, we've already taken the money to clear the way, what else can happen? It doesn't matter if something happens, the worst is to do something!"
After hearing this, Pang Zhenbei immediately secretly prepared for war in his heart.
After a while, several Pitz soldiers finally finished their discussion.
The soldier just now came back, pointed to the bundle on Pang Zhenbei's shoulder, and asked, "What's in the bundle? Open it and take a look."
Chai Yan hurriedly took the bundle from Pang Zhenbei and opened it. Except for a change of clothes, there was nothing useful or valuable in the bundle.
The Pitz soldier was a little disappointed when he saw it. He originally wanted to make more money, but now it seems that he can't.
"Okay, okay, come on over." The Pitz soldiers waved their hands impatiently and let them go.
"Thank you all, thank you..."
Chai Yan quickly picked up his baggage and quickly passed the checkpoint with Pang Zhenbei, thanking him politely.