Xue Lin made a gesture, and the others quietly dismounted and climbed up the slope. Mingyi also dismounted. Xue Lin reached over, held her arm through the sleeves, and led her up. On the top of the horizontal slope is a section of natural weathered stone wall. The section where Xue Lin took her there happened to have a gap through which she could see out. There was a depression underneath, and there was a faint flash of fire in the depression. By the light of the fire, Mingyi could see clearly that it was a camp, built against the mountain. "How is it?" Xue Lin looked at the camp and asked softly. Mingyi glanced at him and knew that this was also a part of the test, and sighed secretly in her heart, "If it is only of this scale, it would make sense for Jin Changguo to say that he was defending the city of Mali or training troops outside." He glanced at the size of the tent. And the number, the scale has been roughly known, but there are only a hundred people. Xue Lin nodded and said "Hmm" in a low voice, "This mountain has a wide belly and complex terrain. It is the easiest place to hide. It should be more than this place." Although Xue Lin's tone was calm but determined, he glanced at the people around him. "Two teams of two, look for them separately." Xue Tai and Yuan Tuo both nodded. "Follow me!" Xue Lin looked away and looked at Mingyi. Mingyi said "Yeah", she naturally had no objection, she must be following him! At this moment, Xue Lin suddenly stretched out his hand, pressed the back of her neck and pushed her down.
His palms were dry and warm, with thick calluses on them. This time, they were not separated by a single touch. When Mingyi reacted, all the hairs on her body stood up and she stiffened instantly. At that moment, she couldn't care about anything in her mind. She went up and subconsciously wanted to break away from his hand. Xue Lin naturally noticed it, and a dark light flashed in his eyes. The hand on the back of her neck did not loosen even a little bit, and the other hand quickly raised up, covering her mouth, and almost half of her trembling body. Taken into his arms. The others were holding their breath and concentrating, hiding their bodies while listening to the neighing of horses and people in the camp below. People and horses came out of the camp, presumably for inspection. When the noise fell silent again, everyone breathed a sigh of relief and turned around, Only then did they see Xue Lin's back, and Mingyi was almost buried in his broad arms. Everyone couldn't help but be startled. Yuan Tuo's eyes were full of interest. If it weren't for the wrong timing, he would have wanted to whistle to express his feelings, but he could only endure it here and now. But these newlyweds are really serious about having sex, can't they bear it?
Xue Lin let go of his hand, stepped back slightly, glanced behind him coldly, and said in a deep voice, "You go first! Be careful!" This is because they are in the way! Yuan Tuo sighed, but he was still sensible and patted Xue Tai on the shoulder, "Let's go!" Xue Tai stared at Xue Lin, but his expression was very ugly. When Yuan Tuo patted him, he came to his senses, turned around and walked away quickly without saying a word. "This little brat is really..." Yuan Tuo touched his nose and followed up. The rest of the archers also went down the slope one after another, spreading out in groups of two and two. It was quiet everywhere, with a faint sound of wind, but Xue Lin could hear the slow, shallow, even breathing of the huddled figure half a step in front of him. After a long while, Mingyi finally moved. She raised her sweaty pale face and turned to look at him. A pair of black and white almond-shaped eyes shone with an indescribable light. "Are you okay?" Xue Lin asked softly. Mingyi buried her face in her knees and nodded slightly. Xue Lin sat over and handed over something wrapped in kraft paper in his hand, "I'm afraid I'm going to have to work hard all night, so let's eat something to cushion ourselves." Mingyi raised her head and reached out for a moment to take the paper bag. When she opened it, she found two pieces of dry camel meat. This was military rations, easy to carry and filling, but dry and hard to swallow. Mingyi stuffed the dried meat into her mouth and chewed it hard, as if it was not a piece of dried meat but her sworn enemy. After swallowing two pieces of dried meat, Mingyi's strength seemed to have returned and she stood up, "Let's go!" Xue Lin also stood up. When going down the slope, he reached out and held her arm through his sleeve. She froze slightly, but only for a moment, and then she let him pull her down the slope obediently. Xue Lin didn't mention anything about Cai Cai. It wasn't until he climbed on the horse that Mingyi said, "I won't let myself become a burden to you! I will work hard to overcome it." "It won't be a burden." Xue Lin's voice was deep in his throat, "Since we are peers, we are partners. If we can fight together, we are comrades!" partner? Comrade? A warm current passed through Mingyi's heart, and she smiled. She never thought that this was such a beautiful word, and it made people's blood boil. What's going on?
Xue Lin looked away from the girl's regained vitality. How nice would it be to smile like this? Unlike just now, it was as pale as a pile of snow and would shatter at the slightest touch. "Let's go!" Xue Lin pulled the horse ahead.
Mingyi nodded and hurriedly chased her horse to follow. The muffled sound of horse hooves was heard in a certain direction. The moon had completely disappeared behind the clouds, and the surrounding fields were dark. If I hadn't been immersed in it for a long time and my eyes had adapted to the light, I might not have been able to see anything. "Here." As long as there are people in the mountains and forests, they will definitely leave traces, let alone a large number of people. Moreover, if there are soldiers and horses hidden in this mountain, they will definitely choose a place closer to the water source in order to drink water. Otherwise, fetching water every day will end up wasting a lot of manpower. Also, if she is Jinchang Guo, she has hidden her troops in the mountains and doesn't want others to discover her. If she is so careful, how can she not prevent others from secretly exploring her? Sentries will be set up in secret but easily observed places. With these ideas in mind, they found a sentry post set up in the canopy of trees. They quietly brought down the sentry man, and then followed the traces left by the water source and the surroundings to find a certain mountain col. Mingyi raised her hand and pointed at an extremely inconspicuous green corner flag in the trees, which was almost submerged in the branches and leaves. It was the flag for passing orders. It was only green for concealment. Mingyi's brows filled with joy, she almost found it!
Xue Lin looked around and focused on a hilltop. After reining in his horse, he jumped down. Mingyi dismounted immediately, and as soon as she walked in front of him, her arms tightened and she was already held by him through her sleeves. The hilltop was not high, but very steep. Xue Lin drew out the knife from behind his waist and inserted it into the mountain wall. He kept holding Mingyi's arm tightly and led her up. If it weren't for him, Mingyi might have to have all four feet on the ground to climb up. It got steeper and steeper as it went up, and when she reached the top, Mingyi grabbed hold of the protruding rocks on the mountain wall, leaning almost half of her body on him to barely stand still, but maybe it was because of her clothes, or maybe her mind was not here at all. , I didn’t feel any discomfort for a while. Xue Lin used his other hand to push aside the tree shadows in front of him and looked out, and the scene on the other side of the mountain came into view. It was also a camp, but it was several times larger than the one we just saw. The outpost tower at the camp gate is tall, with a blue flag hanging on it. The soldiers on the tower patrol back and forth. Based on a rough calculation based on the number of tents in the camp, there are two to three thousand people in this camp. And this mountain is so vast that there is more than one such camp. "I found it!" Xue Lin pursed his lips slightly, his eyes full of pride, shining like stars in the dark night. Mingyi watched for a moment, and when Xue Lin turned around to look, he happened to catch her eyes. Their eyes met, and they were both slightly startled. Mingyi cleared her throat, "Do you want to continue exploring?" "Of course. Thank you for your hard work, madam." Xue Lin responded softly, his voice as low as the mountain wind. (End of this chapter)