No matter if you are a human or an immortal, you can still farm for me after traveling through time!

It was supposed to be the wheat harvest season, but now the whole Shiliang Village is no longer busy due to the government's crackdown on bandits, but is quiet. Except for people patrolling everywhere, there are no villagers wandering around in the village. Everyone consciously stays at home. , waiting for the end of this bandit suppression.

Li Erlang did not act rashly when he came to Shiliang. He was observing the surroundings of the village. It did not look like a smooth road like their village. In the distance were various tall and thin mountains, blocking his view.

To the north of Shiliang is the tall Lancang Mountain, and to the east is the mountain peak Juoshan. There are also some scattered small rocky mountains of two to three hundred meters around, which surround Shiliang. There is not much farmland, and people All the available land on the flat land has been planted.

There is only one dirt road connecting Shandan County and various villages. I heard that a hundred years ago, when the dirt road was not built, most of the villagers in the nearby villages walked out through the ancient plank roads in the mountains. In the past, some ancient roads were paved with stone slabs. , can drive a carriage and a horse!

There is still some time before noon. Maybe the bandits are watching Shi Liang's every move in some mountain. Li Erlang must be careful. After learning that the soldiers had completely sealed off the mountain, he no longer worried about the bandits on the mountain, but looked towards the higher and farther Lancang Mountain.

A villager pointed in one direction and said that it was the intersection of two mountains and one river. Unfortunately, the "one river" had long since dried up.

From a distance, the two mountains seem to be intersecting, but they are not. The uncanny workmanship of nature directly cuts off Lancang Mountain and Yaoshan Mountain, forming a cliff. The two mountains face each other from a distance, and there is a dry road between them that has dried up for hundreds of thousands of years. river valley.

Li Erlang separated from the patrolmen and walked alone to the abandoned academy. The damaged door panel had been reinstalled, but it had not been taken care of for more than half a year. There were bunches of weeds growing under the outer wall of the academy, and he could still hear clearly. The noisy sound of sheep came from the academy.

Due to two robberies by bandits, the academy is no longer used for teaching. However, it is built with blue bricks after all. It would not be too wasteful to leave it like this. Therefore, it is now used as a sheepfold by the villagers, and the sheep that cannot be put in the house are driven in. In the academy, there is no need to worry about them jumping out of the "sheep pen" and running around.

Li Erlang climbed up to the roof of the academy along the outer wall in a few moments, and lay on the slope of the hard mountain top to observe Lancang Mountain in the distance.

Ji Qingyue looked at the palm of his hand. He still had some time, so he quietly asked if he could come out. After getting Li Erlang's consent, he got out of the painting and followed Li Erlang's example of lying on the roof and looking around.

There are only large rocks on the mountain except for vegetation. Looking through the sparse woods, you can see the protruding rocks under the trees, but once you stare at them for a long time, you will feel dizzy.

Nothing could be seen at all. Ji Qingyue gave up after looking at it for a while, thinking: It would be great if there was a telescope.

Ji Qingyue didn't notice anything strange and didn't bother Li Erlang who was standing by. Instead, he tiptoed to the eaves and looked down quietly.

At this time, the two of them were staying on the roof of the main building of the academy. Below was the academy where Li Silang once stayed, but now it looked different.

Looking into the school through the door with tattered window paper, the decorations and plaques on the walls are still there, but the desks and futons have been cleared away, leaving only the bare floor, and the sound of books in the past has faded away. go.

Because the door is closed, the sheep in the yard cannot enter and can only eat weeds outside. With these sheep, in addition to producing many "pearls" every day, there are no weeds at all in the yard. In contrast, the bark of the trees is also bare.

Ji Qing thought more and more that now that he had successfully grown food, he could naturally enter the next stage - raising poultry. Chickens, ducks and geese were necessary. As for pigs, he still maintained a wait-and-see attitude for the time being. He was worried that if the pigs ate too much, Cruel, what should I do if I still can’t afford it in the end? As for sheep, follow the local custom and raise two. You can build a simple wooden shed in the pine forest by the stream to protect them from wind and rain. Give them water from the stream when they are thirsty and eat weeds when they are hungry.

He lay on the edge of the roof and stared at the sheep in boredom. Because there was someone on the roof, the sheep were careful not to make a sound. If he started to bleat first, would the sheep follow suit?

What are you doing~

"Yue Lang..." After an unknown amount of time, Li Erlang suddenly waved to him, but his eyes were still fixed on the other side of the mountain.

Ji Qingyue moved back and lay down obediently: "What did you find?" Then he saw Li Erlang pointing to a certain place in the mountain: "Yue Lang, look, is there a trail in the mountain that stretches all the way to the west without interruption. It’s too far away and I can’t tell whether it’s the path of animals or people.”

Ji Qingyue squinted his eyes for a long time, and finally looked at Li Erlang with a confused expression. Is this normal human vision? How did you see a path in the forest from so far away?

He had to make a confused sound: "Where?"

Li Erlang pointed to a place on the mountain again. Ji Qing looked more and more, but still didn't understand what he was talking about, so he had to stick to it and look next to his hand.

It turned out that Li Erlang was referring to a place with sparse trees and exposed rocks. The sun gradually rose to the top of the head, and the shadows of the trees slowly straightened out, revealing many vacant places. The rocks were separated from the shadows and exposed to the sun. , Li Erlang saw something unusual.

But just a little bit.

If Li Erlang hadn't pointed it out, he would have never been able to tell when he was lying here. "How did you tell?"

Li Erlang retracted his hand and looked at Ji Qingyue beside him. This was the first time that he was so close to him, with his shoulders leaning against each other. He pursed his lips and said, "Observing the distribution and trend of stone piers on the mountain, I thought about what would happen if When walking in the mountains, where is the most convenient place for pedestrians, so I copied the rocks and soil slopes in the mountains in my mind along the height of the trees and the undulations of the rocks, and selected some of the most likely places for pedestrians to search carefully. Finally, I found the rock, vaguely I saw slightly different marks on it, and the differences in color gradually showed under the sunlight, but I was just not sure whether it was a beast or a human."

But deep down he prefers to be human.

The more Ji Qing listened, the more he admired him. It would not be an exaggeration to say that Li Erlang's observation and acumen were that of an eagle's eye.

He gave Li Erlang a thumbs up with a surprised look on his face.

"Yue Lang, by the way, what do you mean by this action?" Li Erlang didn't know what thumbs up meant for a long time!

"This means praising you for being the best." Ji Qingyue continued with a secret smile: "If one day I raise my middle finger, it will be a curse, and its severity is no less than greeting eighteen generations of ancestors."

Li Erlang said he had learned it.

At the same time, the soldiers on the mountain were not as comfortable as the two of them.

They were forced to stop at the edge of the woods. Above were the exposed areas of rocks left by bandits who had deliberately cut down trees. The accumulated slopes were filled with slippery soil and there were wood thorns buried everywhere. As long as they walked out of the woods, they would be exposed to the bandits' attacks. There is no obstruction within the attack range, and all paths lead to the cave that is obviously a trap.

Vice General Cao ordered the large troops to continue hiding in the woods, waiting for his orders. He led a small group of people to patrol around the mountain for a long time, and did not rush back until noon.

Several centurions leading the team came up immediately: "Lieutenant General, how do you do?"

Vice General Cao looked deeply at the wooden fence vaguely exposed on the mountain not far away. The entire tree was sharpened and inserted straight into the stone pit. At such a height, it was impossible to climb over the wooden fence.

"The wooden fence is set up at the narrowest part of the mountain. It is more than a hundred feet wide on the left and right. The bandits relied on huge rocks to erect the wood to the ends of both sides. The arrangement is really clever." But now is not the time to praise the bandits. What is in front of them The difficulty is the cave above.

If you want to reach the bandit camp, you must either completely expose your back to the bandits, take a ladder to climb up the slope, or walk through the cave.

"There are so many traps in the mountain that it is difficult to guard against them. The five of you immediately bring enough people to destroy all the traps within twenty feet in front and behind, clear the way out, and I will lead the people to stay here."

Five centurions took the order and took action immediately with their men.

Their movements were so open that they almost touched the door. The bandits must have discovered them. Lieutenant General Cao said that when they were investigating the surrounding area, someone in the cottage stuck his head on the wall and stared at their every move.

Are you really just fighting a war of attrition? Ah……

The disparity in numbers naturally made it impossible for the bandits to launch an offensive and take the initiative, but the obvious stone cave traps at the entrance and exit of the cottage prevented the soldiers from launching a strong attack at will.

The two sides reached a stalemate in a tacit understanding, which was exactly the same as what happened two times before when people from the county government came to suppress bandits.

As long as the bandits can't be completely trapped in the mountains, they can survive for a year or two, or even longer.

Now the key to trapping bandits is water.

Where does water come from!

Vice General Cao returned to the camp. Fang Yingan had been sitting quietly for a long time with his hand on the knife. He was not good at reconnaissance. The purpose of going up the mountain this time was to personally bring the "Bronze Ball Immortal" to justice.

Vice General Cao looked at Fang Ying'an, who was closing his eyes to rest, and walked over: "Mr. Fang, are you 100% sure?"

Fang Ying'an raised his eyebrows: "I have already said that after eliminating many possibilities, only the last one, which seems to be the most impossible option, is left. Didn't Vice General Cao have someone guard there? The matter is still happening now. Ask me how sure I am of what to do? Could it be that the deputy general came over to joke with me, but he didn’t know that he didn’t have an arrow to turn back when he fired his bow?"

It's really boring to talk to scholars.

"It's not just that we are bored. If we want to forcefully capture the stronghold, there are many ways, but it's a pity that the equipment is difficult to carry and it's not worth using people to fill it. Mr. Fang, tell me, that Lao Shizi 'Bronze Ball Immortal' they call can really use copper balls. Kill someone?" Vice General Cao had a gossipy look on his face, but it could be seen from the look in his eyes that he didn't believe these heresies.

After fighting on the battlefield for a long time, how could one believe these things, but the soldiers below could not help but doubt it. The people in the county were so miraculous, and if they continued to pass on like this, the soldiers would have to convince themselves.

Unstable military morale is a big no-no!

"They are all trivial tricks that cannot be used to bluff people..." Fangying An was just about to continue, when he heard shouts from the mountain village: "The soldiers below! Listen! Our leader wants you to attack them immediately. Bring Li Erlang up, otherwise we will pour gold soup on you right now and throw wasps away!!"

After hearing their shouting, Vice General Cao muttered: "Who is Li Erlang?" He did not take their threats to heart at all.

Fang Ying'an stood up and hurried forward, asking a soldier to shout to the bandit: "Who is Li Erlang!"

The bandit responded: "This person should be in Shiliang Village at the bottom of the mountain. All you need to do is bring him up! If he hasn't arrived yet, let him take care of himself!!"

"What are you going to do after you bring him here? If he is a civilian, if we do this, it will be equivalent to pushing him into a pit of fire!"

The bandit became impatient: "If you think the threat is not enough, just add more weight! We have more than ten Hu merchants in our hands. Do you want to trade more than ten people for one person? If you don't, it will be in vain to keep them. Our grains of rice. From now on, every hour, one of us will be late, and our cries will be heard by you."

Vice General Cao cursed and shouted: "Who is Li Erlang and how old is he?"

"Li Changxiang of Shangli Village, seventeen years old."

Fang Ying'an and Deputy Cao looked at each other. He was just a young man, so why did he feel grudged by these bandits? It seemed like he had a deep hatred.

Lieutenant General Cao made decisions quickly. After formulating a big plan, he followed the strategy of using troops to cover up the water and the earth. He quickly asked two soldiers to go down the mountain to find "Li Erlang" as the bandits called him.

Li Erlang, who was at the center of the storm, knew nothing about this. He was still staring at Lancang Mountain on the opposite side of the roof. For so long, he had only seen this trail that looked suspiciously like pedestrians or animals.

It was now past noon, but Li Erlang still didn't notice anything unusual. The bandits asked him to go to Shiliang, saying they wanted to avenge their shame, but what next?

The village was so quiet that there was no sound of people, only the ignorant animals shouting.

Ji Qingyue leaned against the roof to bask in the sun, covering his face with a pancake to block the sun, as if he wasn't worried about anything.

At this time, Li Erlang shook Ji Qingyue and said, "Yue Lang, someone is coming. Come back to the painting quickly."

Ji Qingyue took a quick look and saw two soldiers who looked like running out from under the Yaoshan Mountain in the distance. When Li Erlang saw the figures, they had already been running for a long time, crossing the farmland and dirt road towards Shiliang Village.

Ji Qingyue quickly returned to the painting, not forgetting to tell Li Erlang about his intuition: "Why do I think they are here to find you?"

Li Erlang responded without answering too much. He tied the bamboo tube on his chest more firmly, picked up the sword and took the initiative to reveal himself. He sat cross-legged on the roof and watched the two soldiers approaching.

Someone is sitting on the ridge of the roof, obviously conspicuous.

Two soldiers came running together with the patrol team who heard the noise: "Are you Li Erlang, seventeen years old?"

Li Erlang nodded: "It's me."

"Then come with us to the mountain."

Without asking any more questions, Li Erlang climbed down from the roof with his knife and looked at the two young soldiers: "Can you please lead the way, Alang?"

Seeing such a young boy, the soldiers' eyes were full of surprise. They couldn't understand how a young man in the fields could be taken care of by the vicious bandits.

After confirming Li Erlang's identity, the soldiers asked Li Erlang to follow them and asked him not to step on the traps on the roadside.

The three of them hurriedly ran in the direction of Yaoshan.