"Marty, could that old man make us wait? This road is so narrow and steep, how can you pass by a horse?"

Three miles away from the village, I saw a giant pine that needed more than ten people to embrace under a steep cliff that suddenly appeared. The bark exploded like a gully, the branches were thick and twisted, and they were divided into seven or eight layers. Each cluster of pine needles was as bright and sharp as arrows. One side of the trunk was flattened, and there was a curved pattern engraved on it, which looked like a word but not a word or a picture but not a picture. However, over time, it was basically impossible to recognize it.

At this time, the group of people rode their horses and stopped on the side of the giant pine. Looking at the extremely steep and rugged path below and the roar of water coming from below, Bai Zhen's face kept shaking.

Not to mention riding a horse, this road is frightened even when walking. If you accidentally fall off the cliff, you will fall to pieces and fall to pieces.

Chen Xu's face couldn't help but jump, gritted his teeth and said, "Brother Bai, this road seems to be difficult to walk. For safety measures, we will divide the troops into two groups again. You will continue to search along the village just now. Qingrou and I will go down this path..."

"No! Zhen was entrusted by His Majesty to protect the Marquis. How could he let you take risks alone? Since the Marquis insisted on taking this path, I will follow half of it, and the rest will continue to inquire along the road just now!" Bai Zhen directly interrupted Chen Xu's words.

"Okay!" Chen Xu nodded. There were naturally many wild animals such as tigers, wolfs, bears, and cranes in the deep mountains and wild ridges. You could hear roars everywhere along the way, so you naturally didn't dare to be arrogant. Otherwise, if Yu Wuya didn't find it, he would turn into a pile of wild beasts and go to his grandma's house.

The troops were divided into two groups again, and fifty people from a group led by an imperial guards back again along the path just now. The remaining fifty imperial guards followed Bai Zhen, Chen Xu and Shui Gingrou, all dismounted and led the horses down the steep and narrow path towards the mountain stream.

After an hour, a group of people walked slowly and carefully, and finally walked step by step along the rugged and steep mountain road to the bottom of the valley. Then they saw a canyon with flowers blooming, a waterfall, a green and green deep pool, and a cool and cold aura made people unable to help but make a few swings in an instant, and the soul shook cleanly and transparently with these swings without any thoughts.

Chen Xu looked up at the steep mountain walls and the sky that stood up on both sides less than five meters wide apart, and his face calmed down and said, "It seems that this is what the father-in-law calls the Tiger Leaping Gorge!"

"It should be good. My father-in-law said that he was less than forty miles from Luyang to cross the Tiger Leaping Gorge. If what he said was good, this road was indeed more than half closer than the road above the canyon!" Bai Zhen also nodded and said.

"Stay and drink water, take a break and set off quickly!" Chen Xu ordered.

"Here~" A group of imperial guards quickly dispersed, some lay down to Tan's side to drink water, some took out dry food to eat a few bites, and some sat on the stone to take off their boots.

"Captain, come and see, I picked up a jade pendant here!" A soldier lying by the pond washing his face and drinking water suddenly shouted, and Chen Xu and Shui Qingrou ran over quickly.

"This is my senior brother's jade pendant. I saw it a few days ago!" Shui Qingrou was very happy.

Chen Xu also knew this jade pendant. It was as white as mutton fat and exquisitely made. It was won by Yu Wuya from Fusu when playing mahjong. Later, Fusu did not want to go back. Yu Wuya naturally accepted it happily and kept it with him.

"Brother Yu is indeed taking this shortcut. He probably lost his place while resting here. It seems that if you continue to pursue it from here, you will definitely find his whereabouts!" Chen Xu breathed a sigh of relief and put away his jade pendant.

Shui Qingrou looked up at the rugged path hanging on the steep cliff like a natural danger that had just come down, and said a little puzzledly: "Although my senior brother likes to explore strange and dangerous places, if no one is instructed to this road, he may not find it!"

"You mean someone is guiding him to go this path?" Chen Xu was surprised.

Shui Qingrou nodded: "My senior brother was only sixteen years old when I went up the mountain. Although Lushan is very close to this place, he has never been to such a far mountain alone. Occasionally, he went down the mountain with his master or with a few senior brothers. I think no one will know about this road except for the mountain people here!"

"Did the old man deceive us just now?" Bai Zhen couldn't help asking.

"It shouldn't be, maybe it's someone else, go! Hurry up~" Chen Xu said while leading the horse.

"Hurry up, keep up!" Bai Zhen didn't have time to drink water and rest. He shouted a few times. All the imperial guards who had just begun to rest had all got up and walked out of the valley.

The canyon is not long. After walking down the stream, after walking two or three miles, the front of you gradually widens. The mountains on both sides are still steep, but you can already see the layers of mountains and canyons around you. The clouds and mist are shrouded in the mountains and ridges. The ancient pines and strange vines are hung on the cliffs, the strange flowers and plants are singing everywhere, and the sounds of birds and monkeys are singing everywhere, as if they have entered a fairyland.

A group of people rode their horses and stayed to observe the situation.

Shui Qingrou looked at the surrounding peaks, hesitated for a while, then pointed to a highest peak in the east and said, "Chen Lang, that mountain seems to be Mount Lu!"

Everyone looked in the direction pointed by the water and found that the mountain was hidden and hidden in the flowing clouds and mist. There was a mountain below, with bare steep rock walls and hanging waterfalls and streams everywhere. Although the straight line was only ten miles away, it would probably take a whole day to walk through this vast mountain and climb to the top of the mountain.

Chen Xu couldn't help but thrust a few times.

Damn, the people who cultivate immortals and ask the Tao like to live in such a high mountain. Do you think the gods in the next day are closer, and aren't you afraid of hallucinations caused by lack of oxygen in the mountains?

Chen Xu was helpless, but now he had seen Lushan, he slowly breathed a sigh of relief.

Maybe Shui Qingrou guessed wrongly, Yu Wuya should know that the road is closest. As for the fact that he hasn't returned for so long, maybe Chi Songzi and Yi Shengjia are not on the mountain, he is still waiting...

Continue moving forward, Chen Xu could only comfort and relieve himself in this way.

He respects Yu Wuya very much and has a lot of affection.

Although Yu Wuya is nearly ten years older than him, he went up the mountain to practice as Shui Qingrou since childhood, and lived a life of almost isolated from the world. He was simple and had no scheming. He liked to travel around with curiosity and had a simple idea, but he valued love and righteousness. He lived an extremely boring life with himself, but he never complained at all. From the assassination of Zhao Gao with the intention of dying, it can be seen that he was a truly generous, chivalrous and upright man who kept his promises.

Although his thoughts are sometimes a little unrestrained, it is precisely the unrestrained temperament.

Although he often does ridiculous things with greed for delicious food, it just fits his simple and open-minded mind.

After getting along with each other for the past two years, Chen Xu has always treated him like his elder brother. In Chen Xu's heart, Yu Wuya, like his family, is a motivation for him to survive in Daqin. Therefore, Chen Xu would rather have something to do with himself than want Yu Wuya to have something to do.

Regardless of whether Yu Wuya is safe or not, it seems that he must make a break with Zhao Gao after returning to Xianyang this time. Otherwise, if he continues like this, maybe one day Zhao Gao will put his hand on his relatives. Whether it is Chen Jiangshi, Xing'er, Shui Qingrou or Yu Wuya being plotted against by Zhao Gao, it will definitely become an unforgettable pain and regret for the rest of his life.

Therefore, it is more appropriate and safer to kill Zhao Gao as soon as possible.

Walking slowly along a rugged, narrow mountain path covered with thorns, Chen Xu's mind slowly calmed down and his face slowly calmed down.

Nearly half an hour passed, and walked along a canyon to a slightly flat wood. Suddenly, the imperial guards shouted in front of him: "Let's see, there are signs of fighting here!"

Chen Xu couldn't help but feel nervous, and then, with Shui Qingrou, he rode his horse over the guards in front almost at the same time, and Bai Zhen also hurriedly followed.

Sure enough, under the guidance of several soldiers, there were messy horseshoe footprints and some broken branches and thorns in the shallows of a stream, and there were traces of fighting in a few feet in a radius. Moreover, these broken branches and thorns had obviously withered, obviously left behind a few days or even more than ten days ago.

"Hurry, search around!" Bai Zhen waved his hand, and fifty imperial guards quickly spread out and searched near the streams and woodlands.

"Prince, here..."

"The commander, there are also traces of thorns breaking here..."

"Prince, there are blood here..."

Soon, the sounds of the imperial guards came from everywhere, and Chen Xu and Shui Qingrou quickly looked back and forth between these places, and they all saw extremely worried from each other's eyes.

"Marty, judging from the broken branches and thorns, the time should be at least seven or eight days ago, and from the messy surroundings, there should be a large number of people participating in the fight. Perhaps Brother Yu was ambushed here, and it is not clear whether the winner or life or death is now!"

"Continue to expand the search scope and see if there are any traces of leaving or other lost items!" Chen Xu said in a deep voice.

"Here~" Bai Zhen turned around and gave a few instructions. The fifty imperial guards expanded the search range around again, and soon there was a shout again.

"The commander, there is a small path in the forest, with signs of horse hooves trampling, which seems to lead to the southwest mountain!"

"Let's go, follow!" Chen Xu turned over and horse.

"All follow, protect the marquis!" Bai Zhen also roared and rode his horse to follow closely, while Shui Qingrou's face was also cold, and there was light and tears rolling in her eyes.

This is a more rugged and difficult mountain road, and it is winding all the way up, as if leading to the top of the mountain.

Although Chen Xu was anxious, he did not dare to be careless at the moment. He slowly searched the mountain under the protection of Bai Zhen and a group of imperial guards. However, there seemed to be only one road up the mountain, and there were soldiers along the way that there were signs of horse hooves trampling on the moss and flowers on the road.

"Mr. Marquis, don't be anxious. Perhaps the bandits gathered here went down the mountain to rob wealth. Brother Yu was very good at martial arts. After meeting him, he might have occupied the mountain and was reluctant to go back!" Bai Zhen comforted Chen Xu jokingly.

"No, Brother Yu must have been injured!" Chen Xu shook his head.

He knew Yu Wuya's nature. Although he was unruly in his work, he could definitely distinguish between priorities and priorities. It would definitely not happen to him in his life. Moreover, in this mountain, there was no more mountain, in the deep mountains and forests, which blind bandit would occupy the mountain and rob the mountain? The road from Tiger Leaping Gorge was rarely visited by people. A small road was completely covered with thorns and weeds. If you don't look carefully, you can't find it. You can only starve to death by robbing.

Therefore, Chen Xu judged that Yu Wuya must have met a master who was different from ordinary bandits, and whether these people were sent by Zhao Gao had a big question mark?
Chapter completed!