At night, at the hour of Hai. Ning Chen and his companions set off. The emperor was furious about the incident in Zhenyuan County, and his majesty issued a death order to investigate it thoroughly. There must be officials from the capital involved in the incident in Zhenyuan County. Therefore, they chose to leave the city at night in order not to alert the enemy. The group traveled day and night and stopped in the second half of the night. After all, horses are not machines and cannot run for a long time, although they were riding horses of good breeds. But more than 150 miles is the limit of horses. There are post stations every 100 miles on the official road. Ning Chen and his companions did not stay in the post station for fear of exposing their whereabouts.
When people were tired and horses were exhausted, they stopped, let the horses eat grass and drink water, and people ate some dry food they brought with them and rested on the spot. Two hours later, everyone continued on their way. Chongzhou is more than a thousand miles away from the capital. The group traveled day and night for several days before arriving. The group stopped in an open area. "Gao Ziping, Feng Qizheng, Chen Chong, the three of you sneak into Zhenyuan County secretly and investigate secretly... I will lead people to investigate directly." Pan Yucheng ordered. "Yes, sir!" Gao Ziping and the other two received the order. Ning Chen hurriedly said: "Pan Jinyi, shall I go with Gao Yinyi and the others?" Pan Yucheng frowned, "Ning Chen, this is an order, not a discussion." Ning Chen smiled bitterly, and then took off his pants. This move shocked everyone. "Ning Chen, what are you doing?" Ning Chen was speechless and said: "We are all men, what else can I do?" "Look at the inside of my thigh... I can't ride a horse anymore. If I continue to ride, not only will my chickens and eggs fly away, but I'm afraid I'll get prostate." Gao Ziping asked in confusion: "Which county is the prostate? Isn't it the matter of Zhenyuan County that we are investigating?" Ning Chen: "???" "I'm telling you to look at the inside of my thigh." Everyone looked over and found that the inside of Ning Chen's thigh was red, full of blood stasis, and the skin was worn out.
Pan Yucheng frowned, "You can't ride a horse?" "Yes, but not much... I'm average at horse riding." Pan Yucheng admired this guy. He was worn out like this, but he didn't say a word on the way, and only said it here. "Ning Chen, you are really good. You didn't say a word even when you were worn out like this. You are a real man." "Come on... Take off your clothes and let me see if that thing has been worn down?" "Yes, take off your clothes quickly and let us see... You haven't married yet. If it is worn out, you can only enter the palace to be a eunuch in the future." Feng Qizhen and others surrounded him and joked. But they all admired Ning Chen very much. This guy can really endure. Ning Chen laughed and scolded: "Go away... Even if it is worn down, it is still longer than you." "Pan Jinyi, I can't ride a horse anymore. Let's go with Gao Yinyi and the others?" If he really couldn't bear the pain, he wouldn't say a word...Don't say that his Diao Chan is a horse, even if it is a real Diao Chan, he can't stand riding for several days in a row. Pan Yucheng said: "According to what they said, if you want to sneak into Zhenyuan County, you have to cross mountains and swim across a fast-flowing river... Can you do it?" "Don't worry, Pan Jinyi, I'm also good at climbing and swimming." "Are you sure?" Ning Chen nodded and hummed. "Okay, you go with Gao Ziping and the others, Chen Chong will go with me... Remember, all actions must be under Gao Ziping's command? If you disobey, I will put you in solitary confinement when we return." Ning Chen clasped his fists, "Yes, sir!" Pan Yucheng said: "Gao Ziping, give him some medicine... I will take the others to Zhenyuan County first, you should be more careful." Pan Yucheng led the people away, and also took the horses of the three people... The horses will be temporarily left at the nearby post station. Feng Qizheng took out a bottle of medicine from his bag and said: "Ning Chen, come here, I will give you medicine." Ning Chen said "oh" and turned around. Feng Qi was squatting down and about to apply medicine to Ning Chen, when he suddenly felt something was wrong, and threw the medicine bottle to Ning Chen, "Do it yourself." Ning Chen also felt something was wrong. A grown man squatted in front of him, and he hadn't put on his pants yet. It was too strange. After Ning Chen applied the medicine, the medicine felt cool and comfortable. He pulled up his pants, "Let's go too!" As the three of them walked, they took out the map for comparison. This map was drawn based on the oral description of the two teenagers who complained, and it was not very accurate. The three of them crossed mountains and ridges.
Until dark, they didn't reach Zhenyuan County. They rested for a night and took turns to keep watch. The next morning, they continued on their way. A few hours later, they were blocked by a steep mountain. Gao Ziping looked at the map and said, "We seem to have taken the wrong road." Ning Chen pricked up his ears and listened, "It seems to be the sound of flowing water. Could it be that fast-flowing river?" "Let's go around and see." But the terrain in the mountains is complicated. The three of them went around for a long time and couldn't find the way to go...either they were blocked by cliffs or by abysses. After going around in circles, the three of them returned to the original place. Feng Qizheng frowned, "This is impossible to get through." Ning Chen looked up at the steep mountain wall, pondered for a while, and said, "Well, I'll climb up first and put down the rope, so you can go up." Gao Ziping and Feng Qizheng looked up, with a look of disbelief. "What are you kidding? It's so steep, unless you can fly." Ning Chen smiled and said, "I can't fly, but I can climb up." Ning Chen took the rope and put it on his back, and walked towards the mountain wall. "Ning Chen, stop joking, how can you climb up like this?" "Yes, you will fall down, this is not a joke." The two tried to dissuade him. But Ning Chen just smiled, then held the cracks on the stone wall with his hands, stepped on the indentations that could barely provide leverage, and climbed up little by little. When he was in the military camp, he always won the first place in the climbing competition. Ning Chen climbed higher and higher. Gao Ziping and Feng Qi were shocked. "He...he really climbed up? Is this kid a gecko?" Gao Ziping was also full of admiration, "We all underestimated Ning Chen, he is definitely not the kind of pampered young man." Feng Qi was ashamed, when he first met Ning Chen, he had ridiculed Ning Chen a lot. When Ning Chen climbed halfway up the mountain, he was a little exhausted...this body is still not strong enough. He rested for a while and climbed up again. It took Ning Chen more than an hour to climb up... He lay on the ground gasping for breath.
After a short rest, he found a protruding rock, tied the rope, and then threw the other end down. Gao Ziping and Feng Qizhen climbed up along the rope. Their faces turned pale. Although there was a rope, it was too high... When they were about to reach the top, they looked down and were so scared that their legs went weak. I really don’t know how Ning Chen climbed up with his bare hands? Gao Ziping patted Ning Chen’s shoulder with admiration. Feng Qizhen was also full of admiration, "Ning Chen, you are a man, I apologize for my attitude towards you before!" "Be careful!" Ning Chen was about to tease Feng Qizhen for being pretentious, but suddenly found a man flashing out from behind a tree in the distance, holding a bow and arrow and aiming at them. He didn't have time to think about it. When he opened his mouth to remind him, the man had already rushed out and knocked Gao Ziping and Feng Qizhen to the ground. Whoosh! An arrow flew over their heads with a sharp sound, hitting the rocks nearby, causing sparks to fly.