From eunuch to emperor

The two guides climbed to the top of the mountain out of breath, their legs shaking and their buttocks hurting from exhaustion.

Long Chen sat down and asked: "Are you familiar with this mountain?"

Yi He shook his head, he had never been to this area to graze, and he was not familiar with this area.

Gan Xin took out the dry tobacco pole, stood on the top of the mountain and smoked, the wind quickly blew the smoke away.

Long Chen looked at Mu Zhen, who also shook his head, and said: "I have never been here, I only heard about it from others."

Long Chen immediately asked: "Have you heard of any caves here?"

Mu Zhen thought about it carefully, and said, "Caves...there are several caves here."

The barbarians need caves to avoid the wind and snow in winter, and they are more familiar with these places.

"Is there a cave that feels very cold? When people enter, they feel very cold, especially in summer."

Long Chen further reminded.

Mu Zhen shook his head and said: "Forgive me, my lord. I have never been to this area, and I am not very familiar with it. I have probably heard of the location of those caves, and they are all in the south."

The wind in winter blows from the north, and of course it is in the south to avoid the wind and snow, and the temperature in the caves in the south will be relatively high in summer, so it is unlikely that soldiers will hide.

Long Chen looked around the mountains, feeling a little disappointed.

Maybe this place is not a place to hide soldiers.

"It's all here, let's look for it."

Seeing that Long Chen didn't speak, Feng He knew that Long Chen was a little disappointed.

"Let's look separately, what do you think, my lord?"

Gan Xin put away the pipe, and Mo Lin also said, "Anyway, it's all luck, so I'll look for it when I get here."

Long Chen agreed, and everyone went down the mountain to look for caves, especially caves that might exist on the dark side.

Yihe and Muzhen went to look for the caves they knew. Those caves were the residences of barbarians for overwintering. They lived there for hundreds of years, so it should not be the place where soldiers were hidden.

For hundreds of years, if soldiers were really hidden, someone would always find out.

The four of Long Chen dispersed and searched in one direction each.

The search continued until late at night, and Long Chen, Gan Xin, and Mo Lin returned to the meeting point.

The three of them are half-ghost bodies, and they can see enough at night. Feng He and the other three are different. They can't see at night, and they returned to the assembly point early to rest.

"My lord, did you find it?"

Feng got up and handed the water bag to Long Chen.

Long Chen took a big sip of water, shook his head and said: "I found a few caves, but there is no trace."

Long Chen specially searched in the dark and damp valley in the north, there are several caves there, but there is no trace of ghost soldiers.

Gan Xin sat down, he smoked a pipe first, Mo Lin said first: "No, no trace of ghost soldiers."

Gan Xin smoked a cigarette, shook his head and said, "I didn't see it either, maybe there really isn't one here."

Yihe and Muzhen caught a rabbit and roasted it on the fire until it was charred on the outside and tender on the inside, with a tangy aroma.

Long Chen has no appetite for such a delicious food.

The body changed and so did the appetite.

"We looked at those places and didn't find anything wrong."

Mu Zhen tore off a rabbit leg and handed it to Long Chen, Long Chen declined politely: "I'll eat this, you guys can eat it."

Mu Zhen handed it to Feng He, Feng He was not polite, took the rabbit leg and started to chew.

"Go to the next location tomorrow."

Long Chen was a little disappointed, but it was okay, not having ghost soldiers was a good thing.

That night, several people rested in the mountains.

the next day.

When the sky brightened, a few horses paced around, premised on digging dirt on the ground.

Yihe had already woken up, walked over to hold the rein of the horse, and took out the water bottle to feed the horse.

The horse quickly drank the jug of water.

"My lord, they are thirsty and need to find a source of water."

Yi He stroked the horse's head, trying to calm the horses so that they would not be restless.

Gan Xin said: "There is still snow on the mountain, just dig some snow and get it off."

The ice and snow have not completely melted and can be replaced with snow.

"It's better to boil the snow. It's not enough to eat snow alone. Horses can't stand it."

Mu Zhen said very seriously.

Mo Lin asked: "You raise so many horses, do you boil warm water for them to drink in winter?"

Yi He said: "It's different. If it's an ordinary horse, it's fine to eat grass and drink snow water, but if the horse we ride can't drink warm water, it needs to drink water or stream water. It's not good to drink snow water directly."

Long Chen didn't understand these things, because the river water in the Central Plains is very common, and there is no problem that war horses can't drink water.

"Where is there a river here? We didn't bring a pot, and we couldn't heat the water."

Feng He felt that it was a little troublesome. He still needed horses for the road ahead. If it was really bad for him to drink snow water, he could only go on foot.

"Look for it, such a big mountain, there is always a river."

The two of them should know better about the so-called fishing in the water and woodcutter in the mountains.

Long Chen felt that it was better to listen to their suggestions.

Gan Xin didn't understand, and said, "Drinking water is also water from melting ice and snow, it's not the same."

Long Chen packed his things, led the horse and walked northwestward, searching for water sources along the way.

Passing through the narrow valley road, to the north of the mountain, Long Chen heard the sound of water.

Following the sound of the water, I saw a waterfall hanging down, and the melted snow water flowed down to form a small river.

"What's the difference between this snow water and snow?"

Gan Xin couldn't help ridiculing.

Yihe didn't let the war horse drink the water flowing down directly, but looked at a river where the small river merged.

The water of this river seems to be gushing from the bottom of the mountain.

Yihe bent down and took a pot of water, which felt warmer than snow water.

Of course, this is compared with the snow water outside. If compared with the surface water in summer, the river water is very cold.

"Feed the horses with this water."

Yihe happily used a jug to feed the horses, and Mu Zhen also helped with the jug.

Feng He looked at the gushing river and said, "My lord, I dare say that there is an underground river here."

There are many underground rivers in Nanliang, Feng He is not surprised.

Long Chen looked up to the top of the dark river, there seemed to be a hole blocked by a huge stone.

Could it be that the hole can lead to an underground river?

"Hey, that boulder seems to have been stuffed in."

Mo Lin followed Long Chen's gaze and found something strange.

Long Chen nodded, and said: "I'll go up and have a look later."

Yihe and Muzhen quickly fed and drank the horses, Feng He told them to stay away.

Long Chen jumped and flew to the top of the hole.

The boulder almost completely blocked the entrance of the cave, and shade-loving plants grew all over the surrounding area. It was difficult to find the entrance of the cave without looking carefully.

The boulder is a whole piece, it is impossible for ordinary people to shake it, and there are rocks around it, it is almost impossible to dig it out.

"It's not something that comes naturally."

Gan Xin and Mo Lin flew up and kicked the boulder.

Mo Lin said, "My lord, there might be something inside."

Long Chen also thought so, maybe there is something hidden in the boulder.

"Get out of the way, I'll blast away the boulder!"

Gan Xin and Mo Lin immediately dispersed, Long Chen flew in the air, and a real dragon gathered around him.

When Yihe and Muzhen saw the real dragon soaring up, their jaws almost dropped in shock.

"Your Excellency, this is also... Madam..."

Before they could finish their astonishment, the real dragon fell down and slammed into the boulder hard.

The sound of a huge explosion spread, and the surrounding small stones were blown away, and the boulder only swayed slightly.

"So strong?"

Feng He was surprised, Long Chen hit with all his strength, but the boulder was not blown away.