Chenjiazhai is more than 30 miles away from Sangyu Town, and the transportation is not very convenient. Chenjiazhai goes deep into the mountainous areas of Wanlin County. Although there are roads to enter, most of them are mountain paths, so it is difficult to walk these more than 30 miles.

In order to show his kindness, Li Qinglin commissioned Pi Xianqian to find a local person who is more familiar with Chen Shide, and contacted the Chen family in advance through them, expressing his intention to visit the Chen family.

The Chen family's reply was also very quick, and they agreed to Li Qinglin's request very readily. However, they put forward a condition, that is, they should not bring too many soldiers into the village, and it is best not to go there without military uniforms. The reason they gave was that they were afraid that the bandits in Motianling would be suspicious.

After receiving the reply, almost everyone was very angry, especially Han Jizhong, who felt that Li Qinglin should not go to Chenjiazhai. His reason was simple, that is, if Chenjiazhai had no ghosts in his heart, why should he be afraid that the national army would enter his village? If the captain led too few soldiers, he would be in danger of this trip.

Li Qinglin smiled and said, "Even if he has a ghost in his heart, I am not afraid of him. In order to truly gain a foothold in the future, I must go this trip. Otherwise, they will say that we are afraid of him and will become more and more presumptuous in the future."

"Then bring more troops, so you can be safer," Han Jizhong suggested.

Li Qinglin thought for a while and said, "At present, they dare not have any unfair intentions, otherwise they would not have paid the donation of food, and they would not agree to us entering his village. As for the current situation, more troops have given them excuses. Maybe they won't let us enter the village at that time."

"Then you have to bring people, right? How many people should you bring?" Ding Goudan asked.

Li Qinglin estimated it and said, "One squad is enough. I think it's enough to lead the guards one squad."

Zhang Ergou said: "There are too few people for about ten, so Guo Zilin will follow him. He has good shooting skills and he has to beat several people by one person."

Li Qinglin nodded and said, "Have." Then he said to Han Jizhong: "You go there too and touch the terrain along the way more clearly."

On a sunny day in late August, after the matters of Sangyu Town were arranged, Li Qinglin took Han Jizhong, Ding Goudan, Guo Zilin and a group of seventeen people on horseback without notifying Chenjiazhai.

It is really the hot summer season in late August. The sun rises early, there is no wind on the ground, the temperature rises very high, and the ground temperature is at least above forty degrees.

In order to keep the promise strictly, Li Qinglin and his group all changed into casual clothes.

The first squad of the guard platoon was Li Qinglin's closest body. All the personnel were cavalrymen, carrying two guns, one long and one short, one short, one medium and one short, one with a squadron, and each with four grenades. The personnel of the guard squad were all elite soldiers carefully selected by Xiao Liuzi from each squadron. Everyone was smart and powerful, and all had experienced the test of the battlefield. Such powerful and alert soldiers could feel the murderous aura at any time.

Ding Goudan led a squad leader Zhou Tengwen and a soldier to reconnaise in front of the team. The squad deputy Peng Dayin and two soldiers broke the back. Li Qinglin and Han Jizhong walked in the middle. Because Han Jizhong had to dismount from horses to survey the terrain from time to time, the small team did not walk fast, with only about 30 miles of mountain roads in total. These people walked for more than four hours before half of them.

The more you go, the narrower the mountain road becomes, and the trees on both sides become more and more lush. At noon, the sun hangs on the top, and it hurts to the person. Anyway, there is no hurry to rush, Li Qinglin ordered the troops to enter a small forest to rest.

Some soldiers untied their horses and were eating grass, while some soldiers were having lunch with dry food. The valley at noon was empty and there was silence around.

At this moment, "Puffing...", a group of frightened birds suddenly flew out from a forest not far away.

"Someone" Li Qinglin shouted in a low voice.

Before Li Qinglin finished speaking, the soldiers who seemed rather lazy just now took action immediately. Their first reaction was to pick up the gun, then pull the bolt, and push the fire. The soldiers leaned back to each other, and their eyes were vigilantly searching around.

This forest is about eight or nine hundred meters away from here. After this bird flew past, the surroundings returned to peace.

Li Qinglin, Ding Goudan, and Guo Zilin were all watching there with telescopes, but there were lush trees and wild grass, and nothing could be seen from the telescope.

Han Jizhong said on the side: "Sir, this summer is noon, in such a remote place. If there are really people hiding there, he is not a bandit, then he is not a good person."

Li Qinglin put down his telescope and nodded, "It may be the secret whistle of Chenjiazhai, or they were specially sent to stare at us. He is secretly and I am in the open. No matter who they are, we must leave here as soon as possible."

Ding Goudan immediately ordered the soldiers to prepare and everyone would leave this place as soon as possible.

The small troops began to go back on the road. The soldiers didn't care about the sun and the heat. They followed the battle formation, and each of them quickly passed here with guns facing one direction.

After leaving this mountain, there was an open land in front of it. It turned out to be a rare small plain among the mountains.

This small plain is five or six miles long and wide, and is full of lush crops. There is a small river passing through the middle of the plain. This small river is composed of streams in the mountains. It is constantly clear and clear all year round, providing a abundant source of water for this fertile plain.

According to the information, the reason why the ancestors of the Chen family chose to install the manor in Chenjiazhai was because there was a fertile irrigated land here to grow grain, and the relatively inconvenient transportation reduced the possibility of disturbance from outsiders.

Through this cropland and climbing a small hill, a valley appeared in front of me. There were some fields in the valley, and some crops with vegetables and short poles were planted in the fields. There was a stone village built along the mountain at the end of the valley, which was Chen Shide's home - Chenjiazhai

It's two o'clock now... I didn't have farmers working in the fields. There was only one huge village gate in Chenjia Village, which opened southward, and there were two village heads standing guard with guns on their backs at the gate.

Chenjia Village is built along the mountain. There is also a gatehouse on the high gate. Standing on the gatehouse, the fields below are clearly visible. Seeing a group of people riding horses and guns coming from afar, the village heads immediately closed the thick village heads. The village heads standing on the village wall pulled the gun bolt and asked, "Who are you? Why are you here to our Chenjia Village?"

Li Qinglin asked everyone to get off the horse and sent Ding Goudan to walk forward with a letter of worship. A basket was hung from the village gate building and put the letter of worship on it.

After waiting for a while, maybe Chen Shide saw the letter of worship and agreed to Li Qinglin and the others enter the village. The heavy gate of the village was opened by "squeaking". Chen Shide's housekeeper Mu Jinshan brought a few village heads out and invited Li Qinglin into the village.

After entering the village, Li Qinglin found that the village was different from other places. It was cleaned up and was completely free of the dirty and messy situations of ordinary rural areas. Li Qinglin felt that Chen Shide was definitely not an ordinary person. It was absolutely not easy to train farmers with low quality to have hygiene habits.

After entering the village gate, I continued to walk along the avenue, and there were farmhouses on both sides. This road was the main road in the village, and ordinary villages were built into straight ones, but this village built the road in a winding way. Li Qinglin did not think that this was the mistake of the builder, but the people who planned to build the village did it intentionally, and those who designed this kind of street would definitely understand military affairs.

Because whether it is in the era of using bows and arrows or now using guns, curved streets can block the attacker's vision, and straight-flying bows or bullets can only play a role within a limited distance. Such streets are very conducive to defenders familiar with the environment to use the terrain to fight.

Li Qinglin and the others followed Mu Jinshan with their horses. A group of children ran around and watched the fun. The adults on the roadside looked at them calmly. From their eyes, they could see that even though these strangers with guns and horses came from the village, they were not afraid, and they were full of strong confidence.

Walking along the main road, when there was no way out, Chen Shide's house finally arrived.

Chen Shide's house is a large mansion with stone walls and brick structure. The house has a gate, which is now open, and someone is receiving Li Qinglin and his party at the door.

Ding Goudan and the others were naturally left in the front hall to rest as guards, and mules and horses were also taken to drink water and feed. Li Qinglin took Han Jizhong to meet Chen Shide, the owner of the big house.

Chen Shide's house has three places. He and his family live in the row of houses at the end, and the place to meet guests is in the row of houses in the middle. In a huge living room, Li Qinglin finally met Chen Shide, the largest rich man in the local area.

Among the information Li Qinglin knows, Chen Shide is 62 years old this year.

According to Li Qinglin's imagination, with Chen Shide's current status and financial resources, he should be a rich man with a handsome face and well-maintained face. But when he really saw Chen Shide himself, it was a big surprise to Li Qinglin.

Chen Shide was not tall, his face was gray, thin, and his spirit was depressed. Li Qinglin could tell at a glance that this was a very opium-attractive earthling. After talking to Chen Shide for a few more words, Li Qinglin found that Chen Shide was not breathing enough and spitted a few thick phlegm from time to time. Li Qinglin judged based on his intuition that Chen Shide's body was extremely weak.

When they first met, they naturally introduced themselves and then praised each other for being kind. Before Li Qinglin could talk about his purpose, Chen Shide yawned and felt relieved. Li Qinglin knew that his addiction to smoking was a big smoke.

Several women immediately came out of the inner room, from their twenties to their fifties and sixties. Li Qinglin knew that these women were either Chen Shide's wife or Chen Shide's servants.

Chen Shide was helped to enjoy smoking, leaving Li Qinglin alone at the Eight Immortals table to slowly sip tea...
Chapter completed!