Some yamen guards had already gone up the mountain, and they moved quickly. Only two quarters of an hour later, they beat four or five pheasants back, and someone picked up a large bundle of dead branches.


    At this time, Yu Han and several Chu soldiers came back with a sack on their shoulders. Finally, they threw it heavily on the ground and rolled out many sweet potatoes from the sack.


    Magistrate Ma asked people to build six or seven fires, dug holes in the ground, buried sweet potatoes in them, put up shelves on them, put the packed pheasants on them, and began to light a fire and bake.


    "Cough... It''s choking." Yu Han covered his nose and walked to Chu yunpan.


    Chu yunpan picked his sword eyebrow and only smiled.


    "Cough... The dead branches are wet in this weather." Magistrate Ma hurried forward, "just a minute, hehe."


    After baking for about three quarters of an hour, the smoke gradually decreased and bursts of meat fragrance floated up.


    Yu Han smelled greedy and quickly took out the seasoning bag from his arms. People marching outside usually bring some seasoning.


    The magistrate Ma quickly looked at the fattest and most fragrant chicken, which was not too hot. He took it down with the wooden branches inserted in the chicken, screamed loudly, and desperately changed his hands from side to side.


    Yu Han and a group of Chu''s soldiers were so excited that they gasped at the corners of their mouths.


    When it was too hot, magistrate Ma trembled and ran to Chu yunpan with a smile: "Lord Hou, please."


    Chu yunpan glanced at him and took the chicken. After thinking about it, he broke off a big chicken leg and handed it to him: "the magistrate, please use it, too."


    "Ah, good, good." Ma Zhifu was flattered and took it, then began to eat it with relish, "it''s delicious! This is the best chicken I''ve eaten for more than 40 years. Hey, hey, hey. "


    Yu Han turned his eyes when he said that it was exaggerated flattery.


    Magistrate Ma almost chewed down the chicken bones to show his admiration for Chu yunpan.


    After eating, Chu yunpan wiped his hands and stood up. His armor clanged: "now that you''ve eaten, let''s go." Then he looked back at magistrate Ma, "most of the Yamen are local people. Let''s move forward in a group of five."


    "OK." Magistrate Ma quickly agreed.


    So the two teams began to go up the mountain and move forward separately.


    Magistrate Ma and two yamen envoys followed Chu yunpan, Yu Han and others into the mountain.


    But the slope is steep and the mountains are very dense. Even if there are paths, they are buried by vegetation and snow.


    Magistrate Ma and two yamen guards followed, panting. His swollen body made it difficult for him to keep up: "hey... Lord... Wait, lower official..."


    Chu yunpan glanced back at him coldly: "the magistrate is really not good, so wait here! Or let two yamen messengers take you down the mountain. "


    With that, he went up the mountain with Yu Han and others at top speed, and soon drowned in the dense forest.


    "Sir, let''s go down quickly!" A yam Chai beside magistrate Ma said.


    "Wait, don''t worry." Ma Zhifu just had a flattering smile on his face, and his small eyes, which seemed to show stupidity, suddenly became smart and transparent, and the cold light suddenly appeared, "we have an antidote, but we are not afraid. After a while, I will be relieved to see him die here. "


    "Your honor!" The Yamen Chai smiled.


    Magistrate Ma laughed twice. His shrewd and cunning eyes stared at Chu yunpan''s leaving direction and smiled, "young man, you are still too young! I walk more bridges than you do. He can only fight and kill on the battlefield, but he can''t prevent others from coming to hell. What''s the use of being brave again. "


    "Sir, let''s follow slowly. If they find out, they say they don''t want to go down the mountain." The yam Chai said.


    Magistrate Ma took a hard breath. He was really tired of climbing the mountain, but he had to bear it for his future.


    Two days ago, he received a secret letter from Beijing asking him to kill Chu yunpan.


    The secret letter was originally sent by a flying pigeon.


    But after sending the letter, the people in Beijing wanted to tell him something else, so they asked their close friends to whip up and deliver things to him.


    Unexpectedly, the carrier pigeon didn''t fly over. Fortunately, the letter on the pigeon was very concise. Even if it was shot down, I couldn''t see anything.


    Fortunately, there are other things in Beijing that need to be notified to him, otherwise he will miss this opportunity.


    Had it not been for the secret letter from the people in Beijing, magistrate Ma would not have been willing to oppose Chu yunpan.


    But the people in Beijing said that the bandits had been contacted and worked together to kill Chu yunpan.


    At that time, he will bite the Liuliu bandits and kill Hong Guangtao. At that time, the credit will be Ma Zhifu. If he moves again in central Beijing, he will rise.


    Thinking, magistrate Ma flashed an oath in his eyes.


    There are many snakes, insects, rats and ants in dongniu mountain. Among them, there is a kind of snake with black body and red belly. People in Xuzhou call it red ghost snake. It is the most poisonous and seals the throat with blood.


    This kind of snake is hibernating, but there is a kind of grass called bilaocao, which can wake up the red snake and lead it here.


    Just now he called to hunt and roast prey. In fact, he quietly added biloba grass to the dead branches. When the smoke smoked Chu yunpan and others, it would leave the smell of biloba grass, and it would not disperse within three days.


    People can''t smell it, but the red snake can smell it.


    And Ma Zhifu and others have antidotes. When the red ghost snake smells the antidote, it will take a detour.


    Now, just wait for the red snake to be awakened by the smell of Biluo, and then attack Chu yunpan and others. At that time, Chu yunpan can only die here.


    "Go! I can''t rest assured until I see him dead. " Ma Zhifu said, then he was supported by the two Yamen and climbed up slowly.


    At this time, several Chu family soldiers and a yamen Chai scattered not far away suddenly shouted, "ah... What voice?"


    "Is there a sound?"


    "No? I heard it. It''s hissing like a snake. "


    "You think too much. At this time, all the snakes are hibernating. Let''s find it quickly."


    Magistrate Ma and the two yamen around him were in a clump of grass. Their eyes flashed slightly when they listened.


    "Ah... My Lord!" One of them suddenly screamed and patted him twice.


    Magistrate Ma looked back and then took a breath. He saw a black snake crawling out of the grass and holding its head straight at him.


    Magistrate Ma was startled and his hair stood up.


    No, the snake held its head up and immediately turned away.


    The magistrates of Ma gave a sigh of relief and patted their chest: "this antidote is really effective."


    At this time, there were bursts of screams in the mountains and forests in the distance——


    "Oh, snake!"


    "How could there be a snake? It''s the twelfth lunar month now! I climbed out at this time! " With a clank, he drew out his knife and cut the snake in two.


    "And!"


    I didn''t want to, so I killed one, climbed out four or five not far away, and then rushed towards the person. In the distance, bursts of screams sounded: "ah, ah --"


    Then plop plop, fell to the ground and smoked livestock.


    The three magistrates of Ma were excited. "Let''s go and find Zhenxi Hou and see how he is." A caring tone.


    The three quickly accelerated their steps and climbed up.


    In front of him was a row of trees and twigs one person high. Magistrate Ma saw only a few people in front of him, and a few people in the middle of Chu yunpan.


    Magistrate Ma quickly and gently pushed aside the branches. Yu Han suddenly shouted, "there''s a snake, Third Master!"


    Chu yunpan raised his sword eyebrow and suddenly pulled out his sword. At this time, his face suddenly changed, suddenly turned back and shouted, "be careful!"


    Yu Han suddenly turned back and saw a yellow shadow coming out towards Chu yunpan in the dense forest. With a roar, it was a big yellow and black tiger!


    Yu Han''s face changed: "Third Master -"


    Ma Zhifu, who was hiding not far away, was shocked.


    Originally, they wanted to see Chu yunpan killed by a snake. Unexpectedly, a big insect would suddenly jump out. Their face changed and they screamed, "ah, Tiger... Go!"


    With that, the three climbed and cried and rolled down the mountain.


    Back on the mountain, magistrate Ma was already muddy, with a runny nose and tears.


    One of the Yamen emissaries said, "magistrate, look at this situation... The West Marquis of that town is going to be dead. Even if they win the big bug and the red snake in one place, we can go back and make a job. "


    "No, I have to see his body myself." Ma Zhifu was cruel in his eyes“ Live to see people, die to see corpses. "


    He is not the kind of person who is careless. He has to see everything with his own eyes.


    "Well, what should we do now? Our people are also broken. " One of them, Ya Chai road.


    Because he was afraid that the poisonous snake would bite the Chu family army instead of the yamen, Chu yunpan soon found out that he would rob the antidote from the Yamen people, so he did a full set of dramas - except for the three magistrates Ma and the ten yamen, none of the other yamen had an antidote.


    Yam Chai said, "even if you really want to go up the mountain to search for Zhenxi Hou, it is difficult to carry out if there are fierce tigers... Or other wild animals in the mountain."


    Magistrate Ma''s eyes flashed, "go back to the Yamen and transfer people. Before the sun rises tomorrow, I want to see Chu yunpan''s body!"