Rabbits cannot be hunted, foxes cannot be hunted, and birds still cannot be hunted.

Since they couldn't hunt anything, they could only patrol the mountains honestly.

The road to Baiyue Mountain is rugged, but the scenery is superb. A misty white fog rises from the mountain, and at a glance, it is surrounded by green. The spring light and clouds are lingering around the hem of the clothes, and the peaks are intertwined and towering, like a fairyland.

Diao Shaoyan was very smart. He brought a few sheets of yellow paper with him. Whenever he walked to a place, he would use charcoal to hastily draw a few steps on the yellow paper to mark the way. Every few steps along the way, people would make a mark on the tree to avoid getting lost and not knowing how to get back down the mountain.

Since no one brought bows or crossbows, the journey was very quiet. We set out early in the morning and finally reached the top after noon.

We tied our horses to a tree and rested for a while by a stream. After eating some dry food and regaining our strength, we could go down the mountain and return to the guardhouse before the sun sets.

The recruit who greeted He Yan was not very strong, and when he reached the top, he collapsed on the ground. He couldn't wait to take out dry food from his pocket to fill his stomach, muttering: "Finally we've reached the top, I can't walk any further."

He Yan washed his hands by the stream, sat down under the rock next to him, and also took out some dry food.

The dry food was the dry biscuits distributed in the morning, which were dry and hard. The new soldier came over, took out a handful of pine nuts from his pocket, handed them to He Yan and said, "Here."

He Yan was surprised, "Where did this come from?"

"My mother packed this for me before I came to Liangzhou. I couldn't bear to finish it all in one go, so I saved it." He was a little reluctant, but pretended to be generous, "Try it!"

He Yan picked up a pill from his palm, peeled it open, put it into his mouth, and said, "It smells good."

"Is that so?" The child was somewhat happy. "My name is Shen Hong. I know you, He Yan. You were so powerful in the martial arts arena. No one could beat you."

"Fortunately, I'm just lucky." He Yan said with a smile.

Shen Hong looked into the distance, feeling somewhat regretful. "It's a pity that I didn't bring a crossbow. I didn't know you were going with us. If I had known, I would have definitely brought one. You are such a good archer. If you use the crossbow to shoot a few rabbits, we can have roasted rabbits to eat."

He and Xiao Mai might be half-brothers. He Yan thought about it and asked casually, "What kind of weapons do you have?"

Shen Hong scratched the back of his head in embarrassment, "Me? I'm not good at archery, so it's useless to bring a crossbow. My sword skills are average, and my spear skills are... I guess I can't be of much use, so I just took a..." He took out a long stick from behind, "This one."

He Yan was speechless.

He actually brought a stick, not an iron stick, but a long stick made of bamboo. Is there such a weapon on the weapon rack in the martial arts arena? He Yan was very skeptical. Shen Hong holding a stick was really useless. Oh, unless there was a date tree here, he could use this long stick to hit dates.

As if she had noticed He Yan's silence, Shen Hong quickly said, "You won't fight with others anyway."

He Yan nodded: "You are right."

She and Shen Hong were here, while Diaoshaoyan and the other two were sitting a little further away from them on the other side. After finishing her meal, He Yan leaned against a tree to rest for a while. Shen Hong asked her cautiously, "He Yan, can I borrow your knife?"

"What's wrong?"

"Did you see that?" Shen Hong pointed to a patch of green grass by the stream. The leaves were long and thin, and it was hard to tell what kind of grass it was. He said, "My family runs a pharmacy. This is called scutellaria baicalensis. It looks like 'xie' but it's not 'xie'. It can wake up the eyes and calm the mind. I want to pick some and take it back. We are here all day, so maybe it can be useful. But scutellaria baicalensis is very tough and not easy to pick. The people there are either carrying long knives or guns, which are not as useful as your knife."

This is using her knife as a sickle.

He Yan: "...Okay." She took out the sword from her waist and handed it to Shen Hong, saying, "Be careful."

Shen Hong put down the stick in his hand, happily took the knife, and said to He Yan: "Thank you, I'll cut more and give you one when I'm done."

He Yan wanted to say no, but then he changed his mind and thought that maybe Hong Shan could use it. Hong Shan said that he had been feeling hot and irritable lately and couldn't sleep well. Besides, it was Shen Hong's kind gift, so he swallowed the word "no need" back into his stomach.

She leaned against the tree and watched Shen Hong busying herself.

As he was watching, he suddenly heard some movement behind him. Looking again, he saw the man with the drooping eyes and two others, untying the horse ropes on the tree. He Yan was stunned and asked, "Are you leaving now? Why don't you rest for a while?"

All in all, they had been here for less than half an hour. It was still early, so they had plenty of time to go down the mountain.

The man with drooping eyes didn't seem to like He Yan very much, and he was impatient when talking to her, "Let's not go down the mountain. Let's go for a walk in front first."

He Yan glanced ahead. They were already at the top of the mountain. To get to the front, they had to climb over the top of the mountain. She frowned, "The instructor said we can't go over the top of the mountain."

"Just walk a few more steps and don't fall over," the man with the drooping eyes said, "I didn't ask you to follow us, just stay here and we'll be back soon."

"I think," He Yan stood up, "it's better to listen to the coach. There might be some danger."

"Zheng Xuan, are you going to leave or not?" The other man had already untied the horse rope, climbed on the horse, and urged.

The drooping eyes, that is, Zheng Xuan, looked at He Yan and said, "If you are afraid of danger, then don't go. Besides, only heaven and earth know, you and I know. As long as you don't tell anyone, who will know? Don't worry about it. Just accompany that idiot to cut grass! We'll go first." After saying that, he didn't care about He Yan, climbed on the horse by himself, and walked into the depths of the jungle with the other two.

He Yan wanted to chase after them, but she couldn't leave Shen Hong alone. While she was thinking, the three people had already walked away. She sighed and sat down under the tree again. Forget it. They didn't find anything wrong all the way up the mountain. There were not many people in the mountain, nor were there any big beasts. At most, there were a few badgers and wild cats, which would avoid people when they saw them.

After a cup of tea, Shen Hong came over from the stream, holding a bundle of grass in each hand. The grass was really shaped like book straps, long and soft, and there was a fragrance when you smelled it up close. Shen Hong found the longest one and tied up two large piles of book strap grass, then handed a bundle to He Yan, "This is it, go back and put it in the sun to dry, find a cloth bag to put it under your pillow, and you will sleep well."

He Yan said: "Thank you."

"It's okay." Shen Hong waved his hand, and then he realized that the other people were gone. He asked curiously, "Where are they?"

"They went for a walk ahead." He Yan shrugged, "Let's just wait here for them to come back."

Shen Hong was puzzled and was about to ask when suddenly, he heard a scream coming from deep in the jungle. It was from one of the new recruits who had been with them just now.

He Yan was startled, frowning. The next moment, he untied the rope, mounted the horse, and headed straight for the sound.