Thousands of Mountains

After marching fast for half a month, they have entered the territory of central Guizhou.

Walking along the official road all the way, there were not many accidents. Along the road, you will receive letters from the government in front. Please His Royal Highness and Lord Yushi must come to the official post to rest. Chen Ji can avoid such invitations if he can. At night, he really couldn't escape, and even when the other party had sent officers and soldiers to greet him, he could only hold back his temper and go to the official post to stay.

Today I arrived at Huaxi, which is the last big city in central Guizhou. After tonight, I will enter the territory of Yunnan.

Liu Jinen, the prefect of Huaxi, and a group of officers and soldiers had been waiting in front of the station for several hours, when they saw a simple carriage approaching the station.

Liu Jinen's eyes widened, thinking that some businessman had gone the wrong way, and was about to call the guards to chase him away, but the master took the lead to hold him down and said, "I heard that His Royal Highness's trip is very simple, maybe this carriage is it, we Wait and see."

Liu Jinen waved his hand disapprovingly, looking at the tattered posture, it was impossible.

With a wave of his hand, a group of guards rushed forward and shouted at the carriage, "Where did you come from, the idiot! Can you also break into the official post? The magistrate is welcoming the distinguished guests. If you trespass on the official post, you will be escorted to the government office immediately." Hit the board!"

Wu Ye'er was startled with fright, and after realizing it, she felt funny again, and asked, "Who are you waiting for?"

"Is that something you can ask?!"

"Did you just say that the person in the carriage is an idiot?" Wu Ye'er continued to ask with a smile.

The guard was furious, this ignorant child was not afraid of death, he pulled out the knife with a "wow", and drove it to Wu Ye'er's neck.

Unexpectedly, this "ignorant boy" was not afraid at all, turned his head and smiled into the carriage, "His Royal Highness Brother Pingshan, they say you are stupid."

The guards looked at each other when they heard this, what did he shout just now?His Royal Highness?

Liu Jinen heard it too, and his mind went blank with a bang.

The hidden guards just arrived, got rid of the government guards in twos and twos, and knelt in front of the carriage in unison, "The subordinate came down late, which surprised His Royal Highness Yushi."

Only then did Liu Jinen realize that he had caused a catastrophe. He walked forward a few steps with his legs swinging, knelt down in front of the carriage, beat his hands on the ground and wept bitterly.

"Xiaguan... Xiaguan has eyes... I don't know Taishan, Xiaguan is confused... Why can't I even recognize the car of His Royal Highness... These eyeballs... don't worry..."

Yin Cen was amused and noisy, so he lifted the door curtain and said, "Okay, okay, get up and talk, it's normal if you don't know each other, and you didn't engrave big characters on the car."

Liu Jinen and the master got up gratefully, and said again, "His Royal Highness and Lord Yushi have worked hard all the way, and the official has set up a reception banquet in the post station, and I invite you two to come to see us."

Chen Ji really didn't like this. Although he was a prince, he was only a teenager, and it was tiring to deal with the situation with his face.

Entering the inn with a cold face, Liu Jinen thought that the big mistake he made just now made Chen Ji unhappy, so he repeatedly asked people to serve him more attentively. A group of clever and pretty maids came in to take off their shoes and change their clothes. After a short rest, they were ushered into the banquet hall.

The hall is set up as if it is on the bank of a mountain lake. The atrium skillfully made a miniature version of the original model of the most representative landscape and waterfall in central Guizhou. Yin Cen was also amazed when he saw it.

Liu Jinen found that His Royal Highness and Lord Yushi seemed to be more attractive to each other, so he approached with a smile on his face, and said to Yin Cen, "If your lord likes it, I will let the craftsmen make another one tomorrow." How about coming out and sending it to Lord Jingcheng's residence?"

Yin Cen waved his hands again and again, scary!Come up and send such a big item.

Liu Jinen seated the two of them, each on a low couch, surrounded by mountains, rivers and waterfalls, which was quite interesting.

Food and wine were served one after another. Guizhong dishes were heavy, sour, and spicy. Chen Ji tasted it a little, and it was completely different from the taste of Beijing. So impatient.

Yin Cen likes to talk heavily, thinking that although Liu Jinen looks like a stupid official at first glance, he is a wonderful person in terms of aesthetics and food taste. If he doesn't become an official, it would be better to open a restaurant.

Liu Jinen looked at the words and saw that the two were relaxed and satisfied with the dishes, so he raised his eyebrows towards the door, and after a while, a group of dancers in tulle dresses came in.

There are many Miao villages in central Guizhou, and these dancers are also wearing Miao clothes, with silver ornaments all over their heads, and the silver hairpins dance with a slight movement.

After the dancers danced together for a while, they began to sing a toast song. While singing, a delicate and exquisite dancer walked to Chen Ji's side, picked up the jug and filled her glass with wine, and raised a glass to Chen Ji. Chen Ji didn't show his face, just drink it, and kill him with his head raised.

There was a burst of cheers in the field, followed by the dancer and poured a second cup, and sang a toast, Chen Ji didn't even look at it, and killed it in one gulp.

The cheers rose again, the dancer poured a third cup, and Chen Ji did it again.

Yin Cen watched silently from the side, seeing that Chen Ji was on the verge of breaking out, but he just watched with a smile.

Chen Ji secretly turned his head and took a look at Yin Cen. Seeing him smiling, he felt a little angry. What's going on, aren't you jealous?

The dancer poured the fourth cup again, her singing voice was crisp and soft, touching the silver jewelry all over her body, Chen Ji felt that it was tinkling everywhere.

The fourth glass of wine was raised in front of his eyes again, and Chen Ji turned his head and stared at the pretty dancer girl. When the woman saw the prince staring at her, her cheeks flushed red, but her eyes stared back at Chen Ji, not at all. Don't be afraid, I'm really shy in my heart... After His Royal Highness opened his mouth, the dancer smiled shyly, but heard, "Is it over yet?"

ah?The dancer girl was shocked, and her blushing face turned pale in an instant. Chen Ji couldn't bear it when he saw it, so he raised his head and drank the fourth cup, and waved to her.

The dancer stepped back, but another woman in yellow cedar took the wine and walked towards Yin Cen. After a toast, she motioned for a toast. One hand snatched the wine in his glass, Yin Cen was taken aback, and turned to see Chen Ji with an angry face.

Chen Ji raised his head, quickly finished a glass of wine, restrained his voice and said to the dancer, "I'll drink all his wine, how many glasses do you want?!"

The Huangshan dancer dared not stay any longer, she hurriedly bowed and fled back to the atrium.

Liu Jinen was stunned for a moment, and seemed to see some clues. He had chosen a few of the most outstanding dancers to serve His Royal Highness and Lord Yushi tonight.

At this time, the master also leaned closer and said in a low voice, "It's better to avoid what your lord has arranged before."

Liu Jinen nodded, he had calculated thousands of times, how could he have expected such an incident, and he was shocked when he came back to his senses.

Crown Prince... Censor... God, does the Emperor know?

After the banquet, everyone went back to their rooms to rest, and will set off before dawn at Maoshi tomorrow.

Chen Ji was sullen in the room, Yin Cen teased him, "But haven't you had enough wine today?"

Chen Ji grabbed Yin Cen's hand, pulled him in front of him, hugged him by the waist, and said angrily, "Just be angry with me, you don't even care about me persuading people to drink like that."

Yin Cen snorted and said, "Are you blaming me for not being jealous?"

Chen Ji refused to admit it, buried his head in Yin Cen's waist, and said in a low voice against his clothes, "Anyway, you just don't care, if I am kidnapped by that woman tonight, you don't care."

It turned out to be this, the little wolf dog is jealous!Still don't admit it.

Yin Cen covered his mouth and laughed tremblingly. He pushed Chen Ji's head away forcefully, put his fingers on his chin and asked, "Are you going to be abducted?"

Without even thinking about it, Chen Ji blurted out, "Of course not!"

Yin Cen smiled and said, "That's right, so why should I worry?"

Chen Ji couldn't think of an excuse, and thought it was such a reason, indeed... there was no need to worry, but Brother Pingshan didn't care about it, and he still hated it.

He looked at Yin Cen who was still smiling, and thought to himself that I can't beat you in the verbal dispute, but I have other ways to deal with you.

Humming in his heart, with a malicious smile on his face, he picked him up horizontally, walked to the bed and threw him on the bed. Yin Cen was so shocked that he groaned, and Chen Ji stepped forward to hold him down in an instant. , followed by an unscrupulous kiss and fell down.

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In the early morning of the next day, the two of them got up to wash up before the sky was clear. Since entering Guizhou, the mountains and roads are high and the roads are dangerous, and it is very difficult to walk every day.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he opened the door, he saw Liu Jinen leading the crowd in the courtyard, standing respectfully, to see him off.

Both Chen Ji and Yin Cen were startled, and Wu Ye'er was also taken aback when he came out of the next room, this stupid official really did a good job of pleasing people.

Seeing the two of them walking out of the same room, Liu Jinen's scalp was numb, and he felt lucky in his heart. Fortunately, he saw it last night, or else he was flattering.

Liu Jinen sent the three of them and the secret guard to the intersection of the official road, and pointed forward, "If you want to hurry, you can only cross Taimin Mountain from the front and enter Yunnan. The official road here only reaches the foot of the mountain, and the road in the mountain is rough. , and there are many bandits, I suggest that the two adults speed up, and you can get to the Chaoyun Temple on the top of the mountain to rest before sunset and you will be safe, if you go up the mountain before dark, it will be very dangerous."

He also persuaded, "If you don't rush so fast, you can take a detour to enter Yunnan through the official road. It will be safe and sound, and it will only take three to five days longer."

Chen Ji and Yin Cen thanked them, and decided to hurry on their way, Wu Ye'er flicked the whip, and the carriage drove forward.

An hour later, they arrived at the foot of Taimin Mountain. There was a very small village here. After asking the villagers, there was only one way to go up the mountain, and the carriage could not climb up anyway. After discussing for a while, the three of them sold the carriage on the spot and took light luggage with them. , and rode into the mountain with the dark guards.

The mountain of Taimin Mountain is actually not very steep. There used to be an official road in the mountain many years ago, but because of banditry, no one dared to walk the official road, and it was in disrepair for a long time and it was almost abandoned.

It has also been heard that this banditry is not a real bandit who kills and robs, but is formed due to special reasons.

There are many Miao villages on the side of Taimin Mountain near the middle of Guizhou, and there are many Qiang villages on the side near Yunnan. The two villages used to live in harmony, but in recent decades, due to the discovery of rare medicinal materials in the mountains, the two sides often fought for resources. Now, no matter who passes through the mountains, as long as they are not one of them, they will be easily attacked by people on the other side.

Wu Ye'er thinks it's very easy to do. When going up the mountain from central Guizhou, she will dress up as a Miao person, and then go down the mountain and then change into a Qiang person's dress.

This method, Yin Cen can't say, it seems to be the case, but he thinks it's not that simple, otherwise everyone is fooling around like this, where would Taimin Mountain's notoriety come from?

That being said, the three of them and the hidden guards still put on Miao costumes, a group of people in black, black and blue. It looked like that, but their faces were too fair.

I went up to the top of the mountain without any surprises or dangers. As expected, there was a Chaoyun Temple on the top of the mountain. After resting for one night, I was ready to go down the mountain when the sky was not yet clear.

The temple host didn't know who they were, but he just passed by the caravan and saw them put on Qiang costumes and persuaded them kindly, "I can tell by their faces that they are not locals. After disguise, it will only make people more suspicious. If the Qiang people intercept it, it is even more dangerous if they cannot explain clearly."

Yin Cen also felt that it made sense, but at this moment, if he was wearing the capital clothes and the official uniforms of the hidden guards, it would only be more eye-catching, so he thanked the host and went down the mountain in the hazy sky.

Halfway down the mountain, standing in the middle of the mountain, they could see the village at the foot of the mountain far away. Yin Cen and Chen Ji were delighted and worried all the way, and they finally arrived.

Unexpectedly, the joyful thoughts in his heart had not yet settled down, several ropes in the dense forest ahead were suddenly tightened, and the horses of a group of people were frightened, their front hooves raised high.

Everyone flew upwards, turned over and fell back to the high open space. The horses fell forward one after another, the ground collapsed, and there was a large hollowed-out earth pit underneath. The spear points stood upright in the pit, and the horses fell into it. In the pit, the spear pierced through the horse's body, dripping with blood.

Yin Cen quickly gathered his mind, this is not an ordinary bandit attack, this is a well-prepared attack!

He, Chen Ji, and Wu Ye'er were back to back, each looking around, and the secret guards also formed a circle to surround the three of them.

After a while, a burst of extremely weird voices came one after another, and a group of Qiang people wearing dark red turbans and machetes were suddenly scattered all over them in all directions, in the sky and on the ground.