Yuan Qiyu exclaimed, "Ah!" and asked him, "Aren't you planning to climb this mountain too?"
Zhou Shan touched his head and looked at the mess behind him.
"Young Master, this is my first time traveling this trade route. I've heard that bandits are rampant in this mountain area before I came here. But since this shipment is urgent, I decided to take a risk. I didn't expect..."
"I heard that the mountain stronghold here is dangerous and the road down is tightly controlled by bandits. The neighboring county government has tried to suppress the bandits several times but has been unsuccessful... It's too dangerous for you to go alone, young master..."
After hearing this, Yuan Qiyu's little face frowned. He took out a map from his bag and spread it out on the ground to look at it.
"But...if we don't take this road, we'll have to take a long detour..."
Zhou Shan also took a closer look and saw the direction Yuan Qiyu was pointing. He asked, "Young Master, are you going to the northwest?"
Yuan Qiyu nodded and continued to look at the picture attentively.
After a while, he turned around, stared at Zhou Shan, and said suddenly, "You can't leave!"
Zhou Shan was stunned for a moment, not understanding what he meant.
Yuan Qi Yu also suddenly thought that Zhou Shan knew him. What if he went down the mountain and turned around to tell others?
So he asked Zhou Shan, "Where is your caravan going?"
Zhou Shan didn't follow Shang Yuan Qiyu's train of thought and answered truthfully, "Also going to the northwest."
Yuan Qiyu pondered for a moment, then propped up her chin with her hand and said seriously, "Why don't we go together?"
"Ah?" Zhou Shan didn't expect Yuan Qi Yu to make such a suggestion, but he thought about it and felt that it was too dangerous for the young master to be alone, so they could look after him together.
Yuan Qiyu just thought that if he went further northwest, he would reach a flat land without mountains. He would be too conspicuous riding Xiaobai, so it would be better for him to travel with others.
Isn’t Zhou Shan coming right to your door?
Thinking of this, he stood up, put the map away, clapped his hands and said to Zhou Shan, "Pack your things, let's go!"
Zhou Shan moved the things back onto the donkey cart and even made a place for Yuan Qiyu to sit.
But when he looked at Xiaobai beside Yuan Qiyu again, there was still a trace of fear on his face.
"Young Master...this tiger..."
Yuan Qiyu glanced at Xiaobai and said to Zhou Shan, "Turn your back and close your eyes."
Zhou Shan did as he was told.
Xiaobai shrank to the size of a kitten and was stuffed into Yuan Qiyu's arms.
"Okay, let's go!"
Zhou Shan looked at the direction Yuan Qiyu turned and asked, "Young Master, are we still going up this mountain?"
Yuan Qiyu nodded, "It's okay, let's go! We just need to be careful! We should adapt to the situation..."
He said it casually, but for some reason, Zhou Shan had a natural conviction for Yuan Qi Yu, who was only as tall as his waist.
Perhaps it was because of his status, perhaps it was his own aura, or perhaps it was because when Zhou Shan saw the young master, he thought of his own child who had passed away...
A man, two young, drove a cart of goods up the mountain and reached the top of the mountain when it was dark. They could already faintly hear the hustle and bustle of the village.
They found a secluded place to stop the donkey cart. Yuan Qiyu climbed onto a large rock and looked down at the entire village from top to bottom.
The stronghold was brightly lit, and the big men coming and going had weapons on their waists, looking very fierce.
The roads in and out were also guarded, making it difficult to sneak through.
Zhou Shan also lay beside him and whispered to him, "Young Master, I heard that this group of bandits has been stationed here for a long time, burning, killing, looting and committing all kinds of evil. They even kidnapped the women and children living down the mountain. They are very despicable!"
Yuan Qi Yu turned his head to look at him, and Zhou Shan thought he was going to say something indignant.
But Yuan Qiyu just whispered, "What's the point of telling me? Do you still expect me to charge in?"
…
Zhou Shan was silent.
"Not really..." He had hoped Yuan Qiyu could get someone to come, "Then what about the young master...what should we do?"
Yuan Qiyu stared at the people coming and going down the mountain and carefully observed the structure of the entire village.
Just as Zhou Shan said, if you want to cross this mountain, you need to pass through this village.
He rummaged through the small bag he was carrying and pulled out a special slingshot.
This was made for him by Yuan Heng.
He held the slingshot in one direction, but did not move, just tried it.
Zhou Shan was terrified, afraid that he would accidentally expose their location and be discovered.
Yuan Qi Yu just gestured once, put away the slingshot, and then retreated.
Zhou Shan followed him to the donkey cart. Yuan Qiyu squatted on the ground and whispered to him,
"Rest for a while first. Later you can drive the donkey cart and follow Xiaobai and me."
Zhou Shan thought he was going to go down the mountain, and nodded repeatedly, "Okay!"
After midnight, the noise in the village gradually died down, but there were still many people keeping watch.
Zhou Shan heard them mention that there was a huge tiger on the mountain. They were worried that the tiger would attack at night, so they sent more people to guard the village.
He huddled beside the donkey cart, not daring to sleep.
When the time came, Xiaobai in Yuan Qiyu's arms arched his back. He slowly woke up, rubbed his sleepy eyes, and reflected where he was.
It was not until he saw Zhou Shan beside him that he realized where he was.
He patted Zhou Shan's shoulder. Zhou Shan opened his eyes and jumped up with a somersault.
Yuan Qiyu hushed and whispered to Zhou Shan, "Drive the donkey cart, we'll be leaving soon!"
"Go?" Zhou Shan looked confused. "Where to go?"
Yuan Qiyu pointed to the road leading into the village and said, "Go that way..."
Zhou Shan woke up with a start. When he was about to look back, he found that Yuan Qi Yu had disappeared.
He searched carefully again and found him on the big rock where he had been lying before.
Yuan Qiyu picked up the slingshot, and with a "whoosh", a stone flew out at an extremely fast speed.
Immediately afterwards, a torch lighting the village fell down.
"Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh!" After three consecutive hits, several more plants fell down.
Yuan Qi Yu had chosen the location early in the morning and silently calculated in his mind where to hit so that the fire would burn faster.
He also controlled the stones so that the torches fell towards the wooden windows and doors next to them.
Before long, the fire in the village had spread into a huge mess, and the entire village was in chaos.
The night watchmen were busy putting out the fire, and those who were asleep were busy running out.
"The fire is coming! The fire is coming!"
"Put out the fire!"
However, due to the special location of the village, it was difficult to put out the large fire in a short period of time.
Seeing that it was almost time, Yuan Qiyu stood up and prepared to run.
He jumped onto Xiaobai's back and patted it, "Xiaobai, let's go!"
Xiaobai suddenly grew bigger, and the huge tiger shadow covered half of the village under the light of the fire.
The people in the village had never seen such a scene before, and they shouted,
"The big bug is coming! It's a giant bug! Run!"
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