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Chapter 25: Entering the Mountain (1)

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    The thick fog drifted slowly among the mountains, making it impossible to see the scenery in the distance.  Although this is in the winter of November, the mountains and rivers here are much more beautiful than those in the north. The mountains are still green and the water is still green.

    In the mountains, the grass is a little withered and yellow, but it is still a little green; there are clusters of bamboo growing beside the stream. I don¡¯t know what kind it is. It is not very tall, but it is spectacular enough.  The gentle slopes of the mountains were obviously cultivated, and neat rows of low tea trees were planted there.  The further we walked into the mountain, the quieter it became. There were pine and cypress forests one after another. Occasionally, there would be patches of camellia groves in between. This kind of small tree, which is only as tall as a person, is also called Camellia oleifera, because  The fruit it produces can be squeezed into oil, which is called camellia oil. It is a delicious and relatively expensive edible oil.  What surprised Xiao Jian, a northerner, was that here, in this winter, he also saw white camellia flowers blooming all over the mountains.

    After walking all morning, seven people sat down to rest by a stream and drank water. Chen Daxing asked the old goat: "Old goat, how far is it to go from here to Ma Tou Mountain?"

    The local man with a turban on his head thought for a while and told him in Mandarin, which he was not very proficient in: "If we go this way, it will still take four hours!"

    Perhaps because his tongue was not straight, he said "four" instead of "ten". When they heard this number, everyone was stunned for a moment. Xiong Sanwa immediately became frustrated and couldn't help shouting: "Ah  ?Ten hours?¡±

    The old goat obviously noticed everyone's doubts. He shook his head quickly and stretched out four fingers at the same time, telling them: "It's four hours. If you take a shortcut, you can get there around noon."

    It suddenly dawned on everyone that Xiao Jian took the lead and laughed, joking: "Haha, old goat, what you said just now scared us all, we thought we were going to go out in the middle of the night!"

    The old goat also laughed, revealing a mouth of teeth that were slightly yellow and black from smoking too much dry tobacco.

    Chen Daxing asked He Qiang again: "Xiao He, do you still know the way to Ma Tou Mountain?"

    He Qiang shook his head and said honestly: "We set off before evening that day, and we walked on a mountain road. It was so dark that we couldn't remember the road, so we had to follow the people in front of us."

    Thinking about it, He Qiang is right. Although he is also from Hunan Province, his hometown is in Yueyang. The environment and folk customs are completely different from here. He is also an outsider and cannot even understand the locals.

    "Everyone, let's hurry up!" Chen Daxing stood up first and greeted.

    Everyone packed their bags, lined up and started on the road again.

    At this time, the thick fog in the mountains has thinned down. When walking out of the valley, you can see that the sun in the east has climbed halfway up the mountain, revealing a red face.

    In this team, Old Goat has been leading the way, followed closely by Wu Xiaoyang, then Zhang Xian, Xiao Jian and He Qiang, with Xiong Sanwa and Chen Daxing walking at the back.

    Wu Xiaoyang¡¯s mouth has never been idle, which is famous among the 72nd Army.  After walking for a while, he couldn't bear to feel lonely. He knew that Zhang Xian was an unknown silent person who couldn't answer a few questions, so he took two steps to catch up with the old goat.  , chatting with him while walking.  Zhang Xian also took two steps to catch up with them, and followed them closely, so all the questions and answers between the two fell into his ears.

    "Old goat, how many bandits are there here?" Wu Xiaoyang asked. It seems that he is also very jealous of these bandits.

    The old goat turned to look at him and told him in rich Xiangxi Mandarin: "It's too much, just like the hair on the cow."

    "Why are there so many!"

    "There are just so many of them!" Old Goat told him: "There are bandits on every hilltop, but some bandits are okay. They don't harm the people and only beat up the rich. There are also bandits who are nothing but nothing. They burn, kill, loot, and do all kinds of evil."

    Wu Xiaoyang nodded and asked again: "Is Pengjiabao the largest bandit den here?"

    The old goat turned his face, but with a kind of doubt. After a long time, he shook his head and asked: "Why do you think so? Mr. Peng Qingyun of Pengjiabao is the most famous good man in Chenzhou.  , how could he be a bandit?"

    Hearing what the old goat said, Wu Xiaoyang couldn't help being stunned, but he said: "The people who robbed our motorcade that night were people from Pengjiabao."

    The old goat nodded, but told him: "In this world, people are always afraid of being famous and pigs are afraid of being strong. We in Pengjiabao areYang asked again.

    "The third one is Zeng Qishun. He is a one-eyed dragon, so his nickname is Zeng One-eyed!" The old goat told him.

    "Zeng Duyan?" Wu Xiaoyang muttered the name.

    "This group of bandits came over from Huaihua. They were originally operating in the area of ??Huaihua and Zhijiang. I heard that they were very powerful. They were also encircled and suppressed by the People's Liberation Army, so they came to our Chenzhou and wanted to enter Tianzhuangzhuang.  They were pushed out by Tian Zhuangzhuang. A month ago, our county militia had a battle with them. He also has hundreds of people, and I heard that they are now active in the lower half slope area. If your convoy is robbed, there is a high probability that they will be robbed.  Nine is him." The old goat said with certainty.

    Zhang Xian suddenly remembered that there was a fat man among the bandits he shot that night. He seemed to be a leader, but he was not a one-eyed dragon?  But now that I recall the appearance of that fat man, I still vaguely feel as if I have seen it somewhere, but I can't remember it.

    Wu Xiaoyang thought for a while and asked again: "Old goat, will we encounter these bandits when we go to Matou Mountain?"

    The old goat glanced at him, and after a long time he said meaningfully: "How do I know this? Maybe we will encounter it, so it's better for everyone to be careful!"

    "Yeah!" Wu Xiaoyang nodded.

    Zhang Xian discovered that this old goat was also very talkative. Although he did not speak Mandarin well, he still liked to talk.  In this remote and remote area of ??Xiangxi, to be able to speak Mandarin like this is obviously not an ordinary person. This old goat must have seen the world.

    Sure enough, during the chat, Wu Xiaoyang asked about the old goat's experience. The old goat did not hide it. He was half bragging and exaggerating, half laughing at himself, and told his experience.

    It turned out that this old goat was a native of Chenzhou. When he was a boy, he worked as a porter in Chenzhou and as a boatman on the Yuanjiang River. He went to many places such as Changde, Hongjiang, Guizhou, and Hubei, and was later arrested.  A strong man, he went to Guangxi to fight the Japanese Japs. His Mandarin language and marksmanship were learned at that time; but later, his troops were dispersed by the Japs, and he returned to his hometown again, still in Chenzhou City.  He works as a porter, so he is very familiar with the terrain near Chenzhou.

    "Haha, if my troops had not been dispersed by the Japanese, I might have become a company commander, and I wouldn't be with your People's Liberation Army now!" Old Goat told Wu Xiaoyang with a smile.

    Wu Xiaoyang also laughed and said leisurely: "If you had really become the company commander at that time, maybe you would be a prisoner now!"

    The old goat was startled, then laughed.

    However, his laughter suddenly stopped, and the person stopped and stayed there as if he had been stimulated by something.

    "What's wrong?" Wu Xiaoyang also stopped laughing and asked quickly.  The people behind also stood still.

    "Shh!" The old goat put his index finger to his mouth, signaling everyone to be silent, but he was listening attentively.

    Zhang Xian also pricked up his ears. In the mountain forest, he only heard unknown birds chirping happily, and nothing else.

    "Spread out!" The old goat seemed to have heard something, and warned everyone in a low voice. He immediately burrowed into the grass on the side of the path, as if he was a hunting dog that smelled something.

    ??Everyone also became nervous, gripped their guns tightly, and looked for places to hide on both sides of the path.

    There was still silence on the path. After a long time, Zhang Xian suddenly heard the sound of a woman crying from far and near. It was faint and intermittent. Just when he was surprised, suddenly the Camellia oleifera in front of him came.  A group of birds fluttered into the sky in the forest. Apparently someone walked through the camellia forest and startled the birds.  Judging from this situation, there were not just a few people coming over, but probably a group of people.  Zhang Xian couldn't help but look at the old goat next to him, and became more and more impressed by this unprepossessing mountain man. He could hear sounds a mile away, and accurately judged that he was coming this way.  Yes, this kind of skill is not something ordinary people can have. I'm afraid even the professional bandits don't have this skill.  Thinking of this, his heart couldn't help but tremble. Since this old goat has such a superior ability, could he have also been a bandit?  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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