Chapter 45:

"What? You said you were the commander of the inner guard of the previous dynasty?" Yi Fan looked at Yang Sheng in surprise.

Yang Sheng repeatedly asked Yi Fan to tell him where the hiding place of various schools of thought.

Yi Fan only said that he had nothing to do with the hundreds of schools of thought.

In desperation, Yang Sheng had to tell him the truth about his identity. He hoped to add some bargaining chips, and perhaps Yi Fan would tell him the hiding place of Baijia.

Yi Fan was also helpless. No matter how many times he said it, he was not from a hundred schools of thought, and this old man Yang just didn't believe it.

"Old man, I really don't know any schools of thought."

"Since the little husband doesn't want to tell me, Yang doesn't force me. I just ask my little husband to tell you the people from the hundreds of schools behind you.

My Yang family is willing to join the alliance with him. As long as you are willing, my Yang family can first get rid of the Confucius family in Shandong for you."

Seeing that Yi Fan did not respond, Yang Sheng sighed and said, "Since the young man doesn't want to tell me, Yang doesn't force me."

You have your difficulties, I have my persistence. Even if you search the entire Qinling Mountains, Yang will find out the people of you hundreds of schools."

(Note: Zhongnan Mountain is only part of the Qinling Mountains.)

Yang Sheng left and went to the mountains to find people from the hundreds of schools that did not exist.

Yi Fan also breathed a sigh of relief. As long as the emperor did not notice him, he could still stay in Chang'an.

I thought Yang Sheng was Li Shimin's person before, but Yi Fan was thinking about how to escape, not because he was afraid of Li Shimin, but just for the sake of freedom.

Yi Fan decided to return to Chang'an.

The boys were naturally very happy after hearing Yi Fan's decision. These days, the boys miss homes too.

However, Yi Fan decided not to return the same way, and let the boys lead the way themselves.

Wu Daniu and his two men are not allowed to give advice until the crisis is in time.

Yi Fan wanted to see if these boys could safely walk out of Zhongnan Mountain without the help of Wu Daniu and others. This could be considered an exam.

The boys naturally agreed. They were at the age of being very excited to show off. If they had the opportunity to make decisions on their own, they had to perform well.

After packing up the things, the group embarked on the return journey.

Because they were not the way they came from, less than half a day, the boys had an argument because they found that they seemed to be lost.

Yi Chengfeng pointed to the tree hole of a big tree and said, "We have definitely walked through this place, I remember this tree hole."

Yi Ruri jumped out and said, "How is it possible? Why did we walk forward and then come back? Could it be that we keep walking backwards? These must be just two trees that grow similarly."

Yi Zhongtian also expressed his opinion and said, "I remember this tree too. I remember that there was a tree struck by lightning when walking not far."

Sure enough, a few people walked forward and saw the charred tree.

Yi Ruri said in confusion: "We have obviously been walking forward, why did we come back? Did we encounter a ghost hit the wall?"

Yi Zhongtian continued to interrogate: "I don't know if I have ever encountered ghosts and hit walls. I remember my elder brother said it during class.

If you blindfold a person's eyes and let him keep moving forward, he will go astray as he walks, maybe when he is spinning in place.

He didn't know it yet, and he thought he was walking in a straight line. I think this is the case now."

Yi Yun said, "But our eyes are not blindfolded!"

Yi Yangguo said thoughtfully: "I think our eyes are blindfolded by the similar environment around us. So we don't know if we are spinning around."

Yi Zhongtian borrowed a hatchet from Wu Daniu and cut off a small tree with an arm-thickness in two seconds.

After observing for a while, he said, "We are in Zhongnan Mountain, which is the south of Chang'an City. If we want to go back to Chang'an now, we should go north."

Then Yi Zhongtian pointed to the stump of the tree he cut down and said, "The booklet that my brother has written for us that the wider tree's annual rings are the south, and vice versa."

Everyone also took out the booklets and started reading them.

Everyone embarked on the itinerary again.

Shortly after Yi Fan and the others left, a group of people dressed in a palace guard came here.

A guy with a pair of rat eyes pointed to the stump cut off by Yi Zhongtian and said, "Head, look, someone has been here."

A man with a hooked nose walked over and looked at the tree that was cut off by Yi Zhongtian, and then observed the ground for a while.

He waved his hand and said, "Go."

The Eagle Nose took the lead and chased the traces left by Yi Fan and the others.

At night, the boys chose a relatively open place to camp. Then they lit a fire, which prevented the animals from getting close to the camp.

Not far away, in the dense forest.

"Here, there is a fire."

Eagle hook nose and a group of people hid in the darkness and began to observe Yi Fan and the others in secret.

The mouse eyes leaned against the hook nose and asked, "Head, what should we do now? Do I want me to take my brothers in and catch them all."

The hooked nose just waved his hand and didn't say anything.

Suddenly, a dog barking came.

Yi Fan and the others looked at the direction where Dahuang and their yelling, but nothing could be seen in the night.

Everyone entered the tent and started to rest. After about an hour, Dahuang and Dahei, who had been calling before, suddenly stopped calling.
Chapter completed!