It was the middle of the month, and according to Qiao Yu's judgment of the seasons, this would correspond to the eighth lunar month of later times, nearing the Mid-Autumn Festival. Today was also extremely clear, and the moon was bright. This kind of night wasn't advantageous for Qiao Yu. For someone with night vision, a pitch-black night was the ideal for her.
But if the men of the Dragon Tribe wanted to smuggle the slag, they needed to be visible, so Qiao Yu chose this time to come to the Sifang Tribe.
Unfortunately, man proposes, God disposes, and we happened to see them holding a trade fair.
As the raft slowly moved along the river, Qiao Yu carefully looked at the left bank and finally found the Manzuo sign.
When they were still in the valley tribe, they made traps. They were worried that someone would fall into them, so they would use a special vine near the tribe to tie knots on the surrounding trees.
This vine is unique in that its bark is green with a hint of white, making it look like a white rope tied to a tree from a distance, making it quite eye-catching. And while the vine isn't soft, it's hard and doesn't rot easily. Even after a year of being tied to a tree, it's still there.
The people in the tribe called this vine white vine based on its color.
Later, when the tribe moved, Qiao Yu had some white vine roots dug up and planted in the Dragon Tribe. She also cut and dried the long strips of white vine that grew near the Valley Tribe, so that the tribesmen could take some with them as a sign.
The last time she came here, she had tied a white cane by the river. Now that they were leaving, they would definitely tie this kind of cane to mark her. Because of its color, the cane was very eye-catching, even at night.
Sure enough, after the raft had been on the river for about ten minutes, she saw white vines tied to the trees on the left bank. Perhaps worried that she wouldn't see them, Man had tied three more vines, forming a "品" shape on the branches, making them particularly conspicuous.
She pushed the raft over and landed on the bank, but the raft was not brought ashore, but left floating on the river, tied only to a large tree on the bank with vines.
After walking a few steps ashore, she spotted the white vine again. Man, probably worried she wouldn't be able to find it, had tied one every one or two meters. To Qiao Yu, it was a striking signpost. Walking in the direction of the signpost, Qiao Yu quickly found their hiding place.
Because humans were weak and the mountains and forests were filled with wild beasts, the tribe would not spend the night outdoors unless absolutely necessary. In Qiao Yu's memory, the only time they would spend the night outdoors was when they were attending trade fairs.
When Qiao Yu went over, he did not give any warning, but quietly approached the place, wanting to see what preventive measures they had taken, whether they were alert, and whether they had sent anyone to keep watch.
Their hiding place was a cave at the foot of the mountain. When Qiao Yu sneaked over, he found that they had blocked the cave entrance with several large rocks and sealed the cracks between the rocks with thorns. It was impossible for wild animals to enter the cave through the entrance.
There was a faint glow of fire inside, and the air was filled with the aroma of barbecue.
Qiao Yu looked around and didn't see any sentry outside the cave.
She had no choice but to walk to the cave and call out, "Open the door, I'm back."
There should be someone guarding the stone at the entrance of the cave. When they heard Qiao Yu's voice, they responded happily: "Is that you, Yu? Let's move the stone away right away."
After a while, Hei moved the stone away, and a big face appeared at the entrance of the cave. It smiled at Qiao Yu and called out "Yu."
Qiao Yu glanced at the Manchus who came out to greet him and walked in. Heima immediately blocked the doorway with stones again.
"Yu, nothing happened today, right?"
"When are we going to move the iron ore?"
Qiao Yu didn't answer their barrage of questions. Instead, he walked directly into the cave, looked around, took a torch from the fire and shone it inside, then asked them, "Is there a back hole leading to the outside? Is there a ventilation hole?"
No one expected Qiao Yu to act as if something big had happened the moment he entered. He asked about the situation in the cave with a serious expression. They looked at each other in confusion, not knowing what had happened.
The people of the Valley Tribe, however, understood Qiao Yu's temperament. She wasn't one to take her anger out on others over other matters. She'd surveyed the cave upon entering and asked this question, surely noting something was amiss.
His heart tightened as he replied, "No."
They were worried that snakes or poisonous insects might get in through the cave, so they checked it thoroughly and found no holes, not even small ones.
But perhaps this place was once a den of wild animals, so there was a smell inside. They also cleaned it up carefully.
"Yu, is there something wrong with this cave?" Shu asked nervously.
Qiao Yu sat down by the fire and glanced at everyone. "The white vine markings along the way are so conspicuous. Anyone passing by will know to follow the markings and then discover you hiding in the cave. What if they have bad intentions and want to attack you? What should we do?"
Everyone's expression changed.
The tree asked tentatively, "Besiege the gate? Or simply bring more rocks and block us from the outside, so we can only starve to death in the cave?"
Qiao Yu nodded at him appreciatively: "Yes. That's one way. What else?"
besides?
Everyone's faces became uglier.
The plan was to attract Qiao Yu's attention, but the previous question failed to grab the tree. Now his brain was working quickly and he finally came up with a solution: "Pick a hornet's nest and throw it in. Will we be stung to death?"
Qiao Yu: “…”
She nodded. "That's one way. Although it's a bit stupid, they have to protect themselves from getting stung. After all, a hornet's nest isn't easy to pick."
Originally, everyone was following this idea and thinking divergently, ready to talk about catching insects and snakes, but when they heard what Qiao Yu said, they quickly shut up.
But apart from these, no matter how hard we thought, we couldn't come up with any good solutions.
Everyone looked at Man.
I heard that Man was the smartest person besides Yu, so he was chosen as the assistant officer. If others can't figure it out, he should be able to, right?
Man's face turned red when everyone looked at him.
However, after being an assistant officer for so long, he has developed a thick skin.
He shook his head frankly: "I can't think of it either." Turning around, he asked, "Yu, is there any other way?"
"If someone sets a fire at the entrance of the cave and the smoke blows towards this side, what will happen to you in the cave?" asked Qiao Yu.
Everyone's expression suddenly changed.
In the past, when we all lived in caves, we would light a fire to keep warm during the snowy season, only to be overwhelmed by the smoke. It was not a pleasant experience.
If someone really fanned smoke into the cave entrance, they really wouldn't be able to withstand it.
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