"go."
The furry, warm horse's butt didn't leave, but instead moved closer to her. After rubbing its butt against her, it turned its head and wanted to nibble her hair like before. The next moment, the woman grabbed a branch nearby and hit it hard.
"go!"
Jixiang groaned and involuntarily took a half step back. When he tried to move closer, he was hit again.
She didn't have a whip. She hadn't hit Jixiang since the first day she met him.
The horse finally stopped moving forward and retreated hesitantly to a place a hundred meters away, hiding behind a clump of jujube trees and secretly watching her.
Xiao Nanhui tried hard to suppress the bitterness in his eyes, and finally waved the branch at it.
"Go ahead."
Throwing away the branch, she turned around in embarrassment and walked away quickly, never daring to look back.
The thick clouds finally slowly swallowed up the stars and the moon above. The wind direction away from the island changed, bringing the fishy smell of Ming Lake to the island.
Ding Weixiang and others in front were walking in the dark. The wind blew and the weeds rustled, blocking the sound of their footsteps. She could only stop to check the traces on the ground to figure out the route they had taken.
She had walked less than half a mile when her foot suddenly sank. Her past experience in the northern swamps made her stop immediately and wait for a moment before slowly lifting her foot.
Sure enough, she was now standing on a patch of meadow floating in the swamp. There were some flexible vines entangled and woven together in the meadow, floating in the mud like a net. Ordinary people or smaller livestock would not be in trouble if they entered, but if a horse or a carriage entered, no matter how careful they were, they would eventually get stuck in it.
This is the purpose of the stone tablet with the word "inferior" written on it.
The next moment, a faint cry for help sounded in front of her left.
She was startled, and while being careful with her step, she found a handy stick and went over.
Pushing aside the dead branches and weeds, she saw a secret guard struggling at the edge of the quagmire, half of his body already submerged in it.
The stronger the opponent's strength and the more they struggled, the faster they sank. Cold, suffocating, and desperate, no one knew that feeling better than her.
In the end, she couldn't help it, so she quickly stepped forward, grabbed the man's armor, and pulled him out with force.
Almost at the same time, Ding Weixiang's voice sounded above her head.
"Aren't you tired after following me all this time?"
She loosened her grip, put her hands on her hips, and panted. The rescued secret guard had a calm expression. Only then did she realize that she had fallen into a trap.
A son is like his father, a servant is like his master. A stubborn teacher is matched with a bad student, and a mean servant is matched with a vicious dog.
Xiao Nanhui didn't want to say anything more. He brushed the mud off his boots and walked forward, one foot deep and one foot shallow. Ding Weixiang whispered a few words behind him and then followed.
"Why are you following?"
Did she want to follow? She glanced at him and snorted.
"I don't know the way."
"I didn't ask you now, I asked you why you followed me to the island?"
She stopped and turned to look at the guard who had changed into armor.
"Why are you here again?"
"Of course it's because..." Ding Weixiang was halfway through his words when he saw the look in the woman's eyes and suddenly understood what she was going to say next. He swallowed the second half of his confession and said, "Forget it."
In fact, at this point, there are some things that really don’t need to be said anymore.
The atmosphere returned to silence again.
In the darkness of the night, countless dark shadows silently walked towards the depths of the valley, like fireflies that had lost their cold fire, rushing towards the invisible light without hesitation.
At the edge of the swamp, the view gradually opened up. The weeds faded, leaving only a boulder beach, which made the scene even more desolate.
In the middle of the gray-white beach stood a dark blue stone tablet. It was the same as the one we had seen before, except that the words on it were different.
After seeing the words on the stone tablet clearly, everyone fell silent at the same time.
The words "abandoned gold" are neatly engraved on the stone tablet.
Given the previous experience of being “inferior”, “abandoning gold” is not difficult to understand.
Gold means weapons.
Legend has it that in ancient times, emperors would visit Buxu Valley during major sacrifices. However, even the emperor had to dismount from his chariot and walk through the mud. Furthermore, weapons were prohibited.
This is the valley's way of showing its strength to newcomers, and it is the almost condescending pressure of God on mortals.
"If we lay down our weapons here, wouldn't that be retreating without a fight, leaving us vulnerable to slaughter?"
A young general from the Guangyao Camp had already raised an objection, and soon the Yanchi Camp also echoed it.
"I think this broken rock might have been placed there deliberately to throw us off our feet. We must not fall into the enemy's trap."
"Please think twice, Lieutenant..."
The generals were silent. Xiao Nan looked back at Ding Weixiang, but the other party was very calm.
"Remove the armor."
The eleven secret guards paused for only a moment and easily took off their chain mail.
Over ten pieces of armor fell to the ground in unison, resounding through the valley. The rest of the group fell silent. A few from the Yanzhi camp followed suit, while the Guangyao and Heiyu camps remained silent.
At the critical moment of life and death, the slightest compromise will be magnified into danger dozens of times, and no one is willing to give in.
Ding Weixiang naturally knew this, so he said no more and led everyone across the gravel beach.
Xiao Nanhui glanced at the familiar green clothes revealed by the other party and spoke quickly.
"This one looks better."
Ding Weixiang glanced back at her and was about to say something when a noise suddenly came from the front.
The three pathfinders walking at the front of the equilateral triangle team suddenly fell to the ground. Xiao Nanhui was shocked. At first he thought they were ambushed, but after calming down and checking, he realized that the three people had fallen on their own.
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