rebirth against the times

Soon enough, Anna ran towards that place quickly, and at the same time, she threw out two iron-nail-like hidden weapons with a "swish" sound, shooting directly into the woods. However, Zhao Yong, on the other hand, ran up the hillside at an angle of 45 degrees.

Outflank him.

"Everyone, be careful!" Niu Er did not follow Anna, and Zhao Yong rushed over. Instead, he protected Bai Shuo, Man Lin and others behind him, and closely monitored the surroundings with a sharp knife.

Soon, Anna arrived at the woods and explored around, but didn't seem to find anything. Zhao Yong also searched along the hillside until he and Anna met at a place. The two squatted down again and carefully surveyed the surroundings.

After observing the grass and tree trunks for a while, he slowly returned.

"Did you find anything?" Caishan asked.

Zhao Yong shook his head: "I didn't find anything. It might be some hares, wild dogs or something..."

"No, it could be a human... it could be a ghost-like person." Anna immediately rejected Zhao Yong's judgment.

"Oh, my God..." After hearing what Anna said, Cao An immediately retracted behind Niu Er and looked around warily: "It's not those lunatics, is it?"

"That's possible. That was all hundreds of years ago. How could those individuals live to this day? Are they still human beings..." said the old farmer.

"I'm not sure, but if he's a human, his movements are extremely agile, and his skills are probably better than mine and Zhao Yong's..." Anna continued.

Bai Shuo suddenly thought of the cloaked man next to Xie Ning, who had made Anna feel a great sense of oppression. Would it be a coincidence if there was another person here who was more skilled than Anna?

"Whether he is a human or a ghost, let's get out of here quickly..." Cao An didn't want to stay any longer and urged everyone to get out of the valley quickly.

Bai Shuo nodded, and everyone continued to move forward, but everyone still maintained a precautionary posture and closely monitored the movements around them.

"Gods from all walks of life, we are passing by. We have no intention of disturbing you. Please forgive me if I have offended you..." Cao An suddenly shouted loudly to the woods on both sides, shouting three times in one breath.

After traveling for more than half an hour, the road ahead gradually narrowed, and the mountains on both sides became steeper and precipitous. Everyone knew that they were about to leave the valley, so they accelerated their pace.

After climbing a short section of rugged and steep mountain road, the front suddenly became clear, and a clear road snaked between the ridges, leading directly to the direction of Hutou Ridge.

"Old man, how long does it take to get to Hutou Ridge from here?" Bai Shuo asked the old farmer again.

"Well..., the terrain from here to the foot of the mountain is flat and it is easier to walk. It won't take long, but the climb from the foot of the mountain to the top of Hutou Ridge is very steep. It takes a lot of effort. Even if I don't rest much, I still have to go.

It takes half an hour to go up, you guys can't walk all the way up the mountain, and considering your physical strength... I guess it will take more than two hours to get there." The old farmer said and glanced at the panting Cao An casually.

Cao An knew that the old farmer was worried about his physical strength, so he cheered up and said, "We have good physical strength. Uncle, just lead the way, I promise to follow."

"Okay, old man, let's rest at the foot of the mountain in front, and then go up the mountain." Bai Shuo said.

Everyone rested for a while at the foot of the mountain as planned, and then began to climb along the mountain road towards Hutou Ridge. Due to the steep mountain road, Cao An had been walking at the end of the team, barely able to keep up with everyone. Fortunately, Cao An, the second general of Niu,

All the baggage and equipment he carried were carried on his body.

When we arrived at Tiesuo Cliff, we saw a man-made ladder in front of us that could only be climbed by one person, running almost vertically up the steep cliff to the top of the cliff, which was a full forty or fifty meters. At the end of the ladder

An iron cable hangs from the top of the cliff along the road through some rocks to the bottom of the cliff. When going up, if you accidentally slip and roll down.

"Oh my god, how can we go up here..." Looking at this road, Cao An suddenly lost confidence. "Brother Shuo, why don't you go up first? I'll wait for you here."

"What are you talking about? I don't know what the outcome of this trip will be. Are you waiting here? When will you wait?" Bai Shuo said angrily.

"Mr. Cao, don't be afraid. You need to rest for a while. After they go up first, you can go in front and I will be behind you. You hold on to the iron rope and go up slowly. I will guarantee your safety, old cow."

At this time, Zhao Yong found a climbing rope from the equipment and said: "After we go up, we will throw this rope to you, tie it around your waist, and then we will pull you up."

Then, the old farmer took the lead in climbing up. He did not pull on the iron rope next to him, but directly bent his body and climbed up the mountain road as light as a swallow. In a short time, he reached the top of the cliff. Then Anna also

She started to go up the cliff, but she took advantage of the iron rope to slowly go up step by step. Generally speaking, it was relatively easy. Then everyone followed up the cliff one by one, and Cao An and Niu Er were left in the end.

Cao An tied the rope dropped by Zhao Yong to his body, then pulled the iron rope tightly and climbed up step by step. Niu Er also quickly followed, holding the iron rope with one hand and pushing Cao An with the other, climbing slowly.

With the help of the people above and the help of Niu Er from behind, Cao An finally reached the cliff without any danger, and then collapsed to the ground panting.

"Damn fat man, if I had known you were so cowardly, I wouldn't have brought you here and left you in the town." Bai Shuo said angrily.

"Brother Bai Shuo, don't say that to Brother Cao, it's not easy for him either..." Xue Manlin said.

"Hey, girl, your brother Bai Shuo is joking with me. You don't understand our affairs." Cao An turned over and sat up while panting.

Seeing that it was getting dark, Bai Shuo asked the old farmer about the journey with some worry.

The old farmer pointed to the front and said: "Up to the slope in front is Hutou Ridge."

Bai Shuo then discovered that the slope in front seemed to be the location of the "tiger head" he had seen at the bottom of the mountain. However, he only saw a side at the time. Now from this angle, he discovered that there was a continuous area behind the "tiger head".

The ridge extends far away until it connects to other mountains.

The slope didn't seem high, but it still took more than twenty minutes to walk up. When we reached the top of Hutou Ridge, the sky was completely dark.

The old farmer suddenly said in surprise: "Hey, how come these houses have been built here?"

Only then did Bai Shuo discover that there were several more houses built of stone and wood on the ridge. There were lights on inside, so it was obvious that there were people inside.

"Didn't these houses exist here before?" Anna asked.

"No, I just came here half a year ago. There was no one here at that time, let alone these houses," said the old farmer.

Bai Shuo thought about the fact that he had heard that some people from La'an were found in Hutou Ridge, and said: "It seems that there is something fishy here. Everyone should pay attention to hiding. First, find out whether these people and La'an are there."

what relationship."

After some discussion, Anna Baishuo groped all the way towards one of the rooms, while Zhao Yong, Niu Er and Cao An went straight to the other room.

When Anna and Bai Shuo came to the door of the house, the door suddenly opened. Bai Shuo quickly turned slightly sideways and pressed against the wall, trying to hide his body as much as possible, while Anna was in front of the door at the time and quickly fished towards the other side.

Jump away.

At this time, a man emerged from the house. Without observing the surroundings too much, he walked directly forward, and then peed under a rock in the darkness.

When the man was about to finish, Anna rushed over quickly, struck the back of the man's head with a palm, and knocked him unconscious to the ground.

Perhaps after hearing some noise, another person came out of the room and yelled a few words in the local dialect. Bai Shuo, who was guarding the wall, moved over unknowingly and put a cold dagger directly there.

on a person's neck.

At this time, Cao An and the others also controlled the people in the house. After checking the surrounding area and finding nothing suspicious, they loudly called for the old farmer and Man Lin to come over.

Bai Shuo gathered four people from two rooms into one room. One of them was still unconscious, but the other three were awake and looked at Bai Shuo and others with great fear.

When Man Lin entered the house, she exclaimed in surprise: "They are all from La'an Town and are subordinates of Zhou Qiang's father."

Bai Shuo was happy, it seemed that he had come to the right place, so he immediately started questioning the three people. He didn't know whether the three people were deliberately uncooperative or they really didn't know how to speak Mandarin. Bai Shuo communicated with them very well.

It was very difficult, and those half-baked Mandarin mixed with local dialects really gave Bai Shuo a headache. In the end, Man Lin was responsible for completing most of the questioning.

It turns out that these three people were left here by the La'an forces to guard them, with the purpose of connecting with themselves and preventing outsiders from passing through Hutou Ridge. And along the ridge behind Hutou Ridge, there is a mountain depression where the La'an forces built

A village was built, and Man Lin's father and the leaders of several forces were gathered there. However, these people did not know much about what was going on in the village, they only knew that they were discussing some important matters.

After learning the news about Man Lin's father, everyone felt very happy. They finally had a clear destination and were no longer busy searching for news.

Bai Shuo asked: "How long has Manlin's father been in the village? Has he never left?"

Regarding this issue, the three people even claimed not to know, saying that they did not know whether Manlin's father was in the village, when he arrived at the village, or whether he had left the village, because Manlin's father had not passed by here. Not only that.

, no one has passed by here at all in the past few days, so they are so relaxed.

Everyone was very surprised. After Man Lin inquired carefully, they found out that a simple road had been dug to the west of the village, which could even pass ordinary small vehicles. After that road bypassed large and small hills, it went further.

The southwest direction is connected to a highway, and then it can be directly connected to the national highway. In other words, Hutou Ridge is not the only road leading to the village, or it is just a path that is not commonly used...