Chapter 42: Discovery and tracking

In the early morning, in the palace.

A man dressed in an eunuch bowed to report to Ang Lee: "Old ancestor, that man is really powerful, and the young ones probably can't walk ten moves in his hands."

Ang Lee said lightly, "You don't have to stay in Chang'an, go to Lingnan to monitor Feng Ang! If anything goes wrong, I can't protect you."

The eunuch knelt on one knee and said gratefully: "Thank you for not killing my ancestors."

Ang Lee waved his hand.

The eunuch stepped back and closed the door again, exhaled a long breath, looked at the sky of Chang'an City, and murmured.

"Do you go to Lingnan? Although it is a place of smoky mist, your life has finally been saved."

When Li Shimin learned that the people he sent to Zhongnan Mountain to follow Yi Fan were almost wiped out, he was not as angry as Ang Lee imagined. Instead, he was extremely calm.

"Are you curious, why am I not angry?"

Ang Lee just bowed his body lower and did not answer.

Li Shimin seemed to have no hope of Ang Lee's response, and then said, "Although the Hundred Schools have declined, it is not something that anyone can find. It is inevitable that some people will lose their work.

We will send additional personnel to search in Zhongnan Mountain. We must find a hiding place for hundreds of schools of thought. I do not want any unstable factors to exist in the Tang Dynasty.

If these people know the current affairs, I will give them a proper arrangement. Otherwise, let them disappear completely.

In the past, Emperor Wu of Han abolished all schools of thought and drove them into the mountains.

Emperor Wu of Han could not tolerate them, but I could tolerate them. I was not afraid that they were capable, but I was afraid that they were incompetent.

If these people are stubborn, I have the ability and determination to destroy them."

Zhongnan Mountain.

Yi Fan and his group were packing their tents and preparing to continue heading deep into Zhongnan Mountain.

Wu Daniu pulled Yi Fan to a big tree with a vigilant look, carefully observed the surroundings, and whispered.

"Little Langjun, we may have been followed."

Yi Fan was shocked and his first reaction was whether the Buddhists came to seek revenge on him.

Seeing that Yi Fan didn't say anything, Wu Daniu thought Yi Fan didn't believe him. Wu Daniu whistled.

Dahuang and Dahei ran over with their heads and tails, and felt intimate with Wu Dahei's legs.

Wu Daniu opened a piece of hair between Dahuang's neck and pointed to a piece of purple skin and said to Yi Fan.

"Little Langjun, look. Dahuang and Dahei were knocked unconscious last night. Seeing that the injury came, the person who came was probably hitting him with a stone in the distance.

If we hunters hadn't had the habit of making small traps at night, we might not have discovered it.

When I went to check these traps just now, I found that many of them were triggered.

In addition, Dahuang and Dahei were too quiet last night. In this woods, there were always a few animals appearing in the night, and it was impossible for the hunting dog to stop barking all night.

So I carefully examined Dahei and his body and found the injuries, and then I was sure that we were targeted."

After a while, Yi Fan and Wu Daniu walked out from behind the tree as if nothing had happened. The group began to move towards the depths of Zhongnan Mountain as planned.

There are many supernatural beasts along the way, and strange flowers and plants are even rarer.

While walking, Wu Daniu said, "There is a peach forest in front of it, and there are groups of golden monkeys. Be careful and be careful that they throw stones."

Shortly after we arrived, we saw a peach forest.

Dahuang and Dahei barked in front of the forest, and soon there was a squeaking sound from far to near.

I saw a group of golden monkeys jumping or swinging among the wild peach trees, walking towards everyone.

Yi Fan naturally knew the famous golden monkey, and it was the first time he saw it in reality.

When the boys saw the monkey group attacking, they raised their arms and prepared to shoot.

Yi Fan quickly stopped him and said, "Don't hurt them."

For some reason, Yi Fan felt inexplicably intimate when he saw these golden monkeys.

Although these monkeys were grinning at him and even facing the monkey's butt at him, Yi Fan was still happy.

Maybe it’s because from childhood to adulthood, there will be a rebellious monkey with him every winter and summer vacation!

If these monkeys were gray, Yi Fan might not have felt this way. The golden ones would be different.

Wu Daniu also said at this moment: "Young man is right. Don't hurt these monkeys, they are very revengeful."

Everyone followed Wu Daniu through the peach forest, and the monkeys did not go down the tree to attack everyone, but just kept calling on the tree.

In the seventh month of the lunar calendar, it is the season when peaches are ripe. The monkeys will pick peaches from time to time to call everyone.

Although wild peaches were not very delicious, they could quench their thirst slightly, and everyone was driven out of the peach forest by the monkeys.

After leaving the Taolin, I arrived at the destination of Yifan and the others today, Scoop Valley.

Spoon Valley, as the name suggests, is a valley like a spoon.

It is not an exaggeration to say that it is surrounded by mountains on all sides, because there is only a mountain crack less than three meters wide when entering and leaving the valley.

Similar to a line of sky, this crack leads straight to the valley. Wu Daniu and others call it the spoon handle. Through the spoon handle, you will naturally reach the spoon bowl, which is in the spoon valley.

There is also a wooden house built by hunters in the valley. After setting up the tent, Yifan asked the boys to collect various weeds around.

An hour later, Yi Fan saw that the weeds had been collected almost all, so he got into the tent with a few boys and never came out again until dark.

Yang Sheng followed Yi Fan and the others all the way to Scoop Valley and saw them entering a narrow mountain crack.

When he arrived here, Yang Sheng did not follow in. He was outside the valley, looking at Yi Fan and the others through the crack.

Yang Sheng first saw Yi Fan directing Yi Yun and the others to set up tents. Then he saw Yi Feng and the others collecting various weeds.

Yang Sheng decided to sneak in and check it out late at night. Whether Yi Fan and the others are still there, don’t let them run away with the golden cicada.

The jungle at night was extremely lively, with all kinds of beasts roaring and insects constantly.

Yang Sheng quietly went to the inner scoop valley, carefully walking in the narrow crack. When he was about to reach the valley, Yang Sheng saw four green eyes staring at him.

Yang Sheng knocked the two hunting dogs on the valley entrance to knock out two casual stagnant hunting dogs.

After entering the valley, Yang Sheng stopped after walking a few steps, and he felt like he was being targeted.

After careful observation around, there was nothing unusual, it was just some rocks and weeds.

Inadvertently, Yang Sheng glanced at the corner of his eyes and saw a weed moving, and then he felt a strong wind coming from that direction.

Yang Sheng said intimately: "Not good."

He knew that he had been ambushed by those boys, and that the sound of crossbow arrows breaking through the air, he had heard many times these days, so he was naturally familiar with it.

Yang Sheng turned over and avoided the shooting crossbow arrow. As soon as he settled down, he heard the sound of crossbow arrows breaking through the air from all directions. He knew that he had fallen today.
Chapter completed!