A peach edge

On the third day, people had a disagreement. Shi Xiying decided that he had to continue walking in one direction to get out of the strange stone ridge, while Fang Yutang and Xun Bojin felt that they could only find the end by walking along the river.

"How do you know that there is not a waterfall at the end of the river? What are you going to do?" Shi Xiying, a well-deserved person who has been the head of a big pot, spoke without doubt.

"How do you know that you haven't been going around in circles all the time?" Xun Bojin asked back.

But obviously, in the lonely mountain wilderness, it is inappropriate for the two groups of people to walk separately at this time.

In the end, Fang Yutang and the others made a compromise: "If that one doesn't show signs of coming out of the woods today and tomorrow, then walk along the river."

In this way, after walking for a day and looking at the endless giant trees, naturally I still didn't go out.

At night, everyone gathered around the fire to discuss plans before resting.Xun Bojin got colder and colder as he slept, and felt a little chill on the tip of his nose. Someone pushed him: "Don't sleep, it's snowing." It was Fang Yutang's voice.

Xun Bojin opened his eyes. Sure enough, a thin layer of snow had already fallen on the ground. The snow particles were very large, and it seemed that it would be thick in a short time.

"It's really snow." Yuanluo also woke up, and stretched out her hand to catch the snow particles that fell on her palm.

"Wear well, don't catch a cold, I'll go get some dry firewood, the fire is about to go out."

Everyone woke up and dared not go back to sleep.Xun Bo tried his best to find someone to collect firewood with him, but after a glance, he found that Shi Xiying had disappeared.

This forest is no better than when they were in the caravan, no one dared to leave Kailiang (referring to the camp) alone.Not to mention the seasoned Shi Daguotou, he would not take this risk.

Xun Bojin frowned, and asked A Kong, who was on vigil tonight, to go collect firewood together.

While picking it up, Xun Bojin asked seemingly unintentionally, "Didn't you see you big pot heads when you got up?"

Ah Kong scratched his head in embarrassment, and said vaguely: "Really? Probably relieved."

Looking at his expression, Xun Bo knew that he had been lazy during the night watch, but he didn't point it out.

As he was picking up firewood, he suddenly saw a figure walking towards him in a hurry. Xun Bojin asked loudly, "Who is it?"

The figure stopped suddenly, it must have not expected that there was someone on the side, paused, and then walked over with a smile: "Who am I, so it's brother Xun and Akong, picking firewood?"

With a burly figure, it must be Shi Xiying.Xun Bo didn't smile at all, but Shi Xiying felt a little embarrassed when he smiled.

"Where did Shi Guotou go?" Xun Bojin asked.

"Ah, I saw a pheasant passing by, so I thought about catching one to satisfy my brothers, and I chased it farther and farther..."

Akon coughed awkwardly.

"Where's the pheasant?" Xun Bo glanced at him and continued to ask.

"Hey, the pheasant here is also unusual, and it ran away." Shi Xiying still smiled, but there was an imperceptible hint of sinisterness in his eyes.

"What kind of pheasant can escape Shi Guotou's palm, it seems really unusual." Xun Bo nodded knowingly, but his words had more meaning, "Shi Guotou should pay attention to his own safety, Whatever you do, call someone else."

"That's right, what brother Xun said is true." Shi Xiying grinned, but there was clearly no smile in his eyes.

Everyone didn't sleep all night, surrounded by the fire, it was not as lively and relaxed as Xun Bojin's first day in the caravan.

During the day, I still followed Shi Xiying to the "south". There was heavy snow without feet, and the road was very difficult, and I was afraid that the mules and horses' hooves would slip and fall.Carefully, did not go far.

At night, Xun Bo pretended to be asleep until he couldn't bear the drowsiness and was about to fall asleep, when he heard Shi Xiying wake up quietly.

The night watchman was warming up the fire, and asked in a low voice, "Daguotou, why, can't you sleep?"

Shi Xiying probably shook his head and patted the man on the shoulder.

After Shi Xiying left, Xun Bojin smelled a faint fragrance, stretched out his hands and rubbed his face, forced himself to wake up a bit, sat up, and found that the night watchman had hugged his knees in a daze, but also Dazed for a moment, he found that Xun Bojin had got up, and quickly raised his head: "Brother Xun can't sleep either?"

Xun Bo felt that there was something wrong with the strange fragrance. He touched the three mules, A Gu, and found that the load on A Gu's back was still there, but it was much lighter. Change." Then went to take pictures of Fang Yutang, Fang Yutang was always the most vigilant, but today he was fast asleep, Xun Bojin shook him for a while before waking up.

"I actually slept so soundly?" Fang Yutang touched his forehead, wondering secretly.

Xun Bo didn't want to say any more, he just said: "Stay here and watch over Yuanluo."

During the day, Xun Bojin had already discussed Shi Xiying's strange behavior with Fang Yutang. Xun Bojin was in charge of investigating, and Fang Yutang guarded the caravan and Yuanluo.

After Xun Bojin finished speaking, he went into the woods and followed Shi Xiying quietly.

Xun Bojin's lightness kung fu is unique in this world, although it can't be exaggerated, but it is not a problem to follow someone quietly.

The moonlight is clear tonight, reflecting the snow on the ground, illuminating the forest brightly.Along the way, Shi Xiying was carrying a rucksack on his shoulders, which seemed quite heavy.As he walked, he discovered that Shi Xiying had come to the bank of the river, walking up along the source of the river.

Xun Bo wondered in his heart, he clearly didn't let us walk along the river bank during the day, but now he sneaked here at night.Come today to see what the hell are you doing?

Shi Xiying suddenly stopped in his tracks, turned around without warning, Xun Bojin immediately shrank back behind the huge tree trunk, and when there was no more movement, when Xun Bojin probed again, Shi Xiying was nowhere to be seen.

Xun Bo held his breath, not daring to show any emotion, he turned his head.

Sure enough, "What are you doing looking for brother?" Shi Xiying stood behind him like a ghost.

Xun Bo backed away with no expression on his face: "The moonlight is so beautiful, why don't you come out to enjoy the moon and take a walk? What is Shi Guotou doing here? Could it be that he is as elegant as Xun Mou? " Said ramblingly, quietly guarding.

Shi Xiying cracked a big smile, and under the reflection of Bai Xue, he looked extremely terrifying: "Of course it is—"

Before the word "yes" was finished, Shi Xiying rushed out a small knife in a blink of an eye, Xun Bojuan felt a flash of cold light, and quickly jumped back, narrowly dodging the hidden weapon.

Xun Bo did not expect Shi Xiying to be so vicious, and now he has torn his face, he only hates himself for being arrogant, for not bringing his own knife, and for not showing mercy when he strikes.

Seeing that he dodged the dagger, Shi Xiying quickly retracted it without saying a word, drew out the dagger at his waist with a splash, and slashed at the top of Xun Bo's head.

Xun Bo didn't have a weapon at all, so he moved aside nimbly, swung his arm backwards and punched Shi Xiying on the shoulder.Shi Xiying snorted, turned the blade, and cut open Xun Bojin's waist. Beside Xun Bojin was a big tree that could be embraced by five or six people, and there was no way to avoid it. Then, he turned somersault over Shi Xiying's head, and stood firmly behind Shi Xiying.

At the same time, he pulled the bag on Shi Xiying's shoulder with his backhand, Shi Xiying's foot became unsteady, and he fell backwards along with the strength.

Xun Bo snatched the bag, his hand was heavy, and before he had time to see what was inside, Shi Xiying jumped to his feet.

"Put this thing down!" Shi Xiying gritted her teeth and said harshly, her voice was deep and low, obviously she had murderous intent on Xun Bojin.

"It seems that Yutang's guess is right. If there is a way to heaven, you don't want to go, but if there is no way to hell, you must go." Xun Bojin sighed.

"You guys have suspected me for a long time! Ah!" Shi Xiying's slash was fierce.

Xun Bojin suddenly pointed at Shi Xiying's back and shouted: "Yutang!" Shi Xiying quickly rolled on the spot, dodged to the side, and then turned around, but Yutang was nowhere to be seen.Cursing fiercely, Xun Bo exerted all his strength as soon as possible, and rushed towards the opening with his bag on his back. He had no weapon, so it was quite a disadvantage for him to move.

Where is Shi Xiying willing to let him go back, he chases after him madly, but it is hard to be as handsome as Xun Bojin.

This distance is not close, but Shi Xiying can't catch up with Xun Bojin, and he is about to return to the open place.Gritting his teeth, he didn't dare to chase anymore, so he turned around and ran away.

Xun Bojin ran and shouted: "Yutang! Yutang! Chase! Chase Shi Xiying! Don't let him run away!" He shouted all the way back.Fang Yutang heard the movement, rushed out a few steps, and supported him: "What's wrong?"

Xun Bo looked back and shook his head panting, "Oh, let him run away!"

While the flames were burning, Yuanluo put the black fur coat on Xun Bojin's body, her eyes were full of worry.

Xun Bojin took it and put it on Yuanluo again: "I'm fine, you wear it."

"Looking for a brother? Is there really such a thing?" Akong from the caravan asked in awe.

"Isn't the evidence all here?" Fang Yutang dumped the contents of the leather bag on the ground, and there were [-] jade Buddhas the size of a fist. They were oily and shiny, and the carvings were exquisite. They were extraordinary.

"Everyone slept so deeply today, did anyone smell a strange fragrance?" Fang Yutang asked.

The watchman tonight looked around and said hesitantly, "I smell it."

"And me." Ah Kong also said.

"What the hell are you doing? How could Daguotou be such a person? What did you do to Daguotou? We have to ask Daguotou ourselves!" The brothers of the caravan obviously didn't believe it.

"It's up to you to believe it or not. The facts are like this. Your cauldron has a dark heart and secretly does this kind of thing. Those gangsters came for these treasures, and the caravan caused the murder. He also treated everyone After using Zui Yan Xiang, I must go up the river now to find a way to escape from the strange stone forest." Xun Bo shrugged indifferently.

"I've been with Daguotou for almost five years. I know that Daguotou can be a bit stern at times, but we are brothers after all. I don't believe that he has any reason to escape alone." The bearded man Although he said so on his mouth, his face was full of pain.

It seems that Fang Yutang is definitely not the only one who has suspected Shi Xiying for a long time. Everyone has their own calculations in their hearts, but no one points it out, and the caravan is not as cohesive as it seems on the surface.

Sudden disasters these days have exhausted the originally strong men, and now they are vulnerable, without a backbone, they have no direction, no ideas.

Now that Shi Xiying is missing, Big Beard is the head of the caravan, and the horse drivers will naturally see Da Beard's words and deeds. His statement is the attitude of all horse drivers.Seeing the painful expression of the bearded man, the horse driver looked at me and I looked at you, and fell silent.

"Huh?" Fang Yutang flipped through the bag again, and found a thin leather scroll in the interlayer. He unfolded it and saw that it was a map.

Everyone gathered around to look: "Where is this blueprint drawn?"

"This is... Strange Stone Forest!" Someone recognized it.

"That's right, it's a strange stone forest. Isn't this the Manggui Mountain? There's a river here..." People gradually recognized the icons on the map, "Then what is drawn in the red circle?"

In the picture, between the two mountains, there is a canyon that is just upstream of the river, and it is circled with a red pen alone.

"This is Manggui Mountain, this is..." Fang Yutang frowned and looked at it for a long time, then sighed, "I seem to know this place."

"Ah? Have you been here before?" Xun Bo became interested.Fang Yutang travels around the mountains and rivers all day long, and there are places he hasn't seen before.

"This is Peach Fairy Valley." Fang Yutang said indifferently, there was no change in his expression, but Xun Bojin felt that it was unusual for him to mention this name.

"Which Peach Fairy Valley?" Someone asked.

"There are still two Peach Fairy Valleys in the world, of course it is the one with great reputation and countless treasures!" The bearded man shook his head, "Unexpectedly, there really is a Peach Fairy Valley in this world. It’s just that, but it’s a pity that no one has seen this place with their own eyes.”

"This legend has been passed down for hundreds of years. It is said that there are countless gold, silver and precious jade in the Peach Blossom Valley. A random stone on the ground is a treasure that is hard to find in the world." A red-skinned man said, with a greedy look in his eyes unconsciously. , "Fang Daxia said he knows this place, but what kind of situation has he seen with his own eyes?"

When everyone was told by him, they all became interested and looked at Fang Yutang hurriedly.

With his hands behind his back, Fang Yutang held a folding fan against his back with a flat face: "I have been to Peach Fairy Valley."

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