Chapter 9: Zhao Shan's Conspiracy

  At this time, Zhao Tong was in a dilemma. Not to mention that it was not easy for him, who weighed over 180 pounds, to overcome his own weight. The big bag on his back was already heavy enough, and he was still carrying a large sack in his hand. He had only walked a few steps before he became exhausted and sweated profusely.

  Zhao Tong turned around and looked at Liu Yi with a pitiful expression, "Brother Yi, are we brothers?" Liu Yi knew that this guy was definitely up to no good as soon as he opened his mouth, so he replied indifferently, "If you have something to say, say it quickly. If you have farted, let it out quickly. If not, I'm leaving..."

  Zhao finally managed to grab the life-saving herb, how could he let him go? "Yi Ge, I know you're the best, we're brothers after all, I'm in trouble and you can't just stand by and do nothing...". After finishing speaking, he looked at the bag in his hand and then looked at Liu Yi. Liu Yi immediately understood what he meant: "Damn it, you know how valuable this is and yet you still took so much?"

  Zhao Tong chuckled and said, "Yi Ge, you can't say that, this is all for you to take." Zhao Tong pulled out a rope and tied it around his waist. Liu Yi was speechless, took the bag handed over by Zhao Tong, and continued to climb up. After resting for a while, Zhao Tong's energy recovered slightly, and with Liu Yi helping him carry the big bag, he felt much lighter, so he followed Liu Yi's pace and climbed up.

  Today was a fine day, but the Wulong Mountain had many towering trees that shaded everyone beneath them. Except for people like Zhao Tong who were relatively weak and chubby, others didn't sweat much. Liu Yi occasionally turned back to tease Zhao Tong, "Hey, fatty, it's okay if you're sweating, but don't spill your sweat under this tree, it's corrosive! What if the tree falls and hits someone?"

  Zhao Tong had been following Liu Yi all the way up, and was almost unable to climb any further. At this moment, he was panting heavily and couldn't argue with Liu Yi, so he had no choice but to surrender and admit defeat.

  At this time, the class leader Wang Xiao Yu, who was walking in front, suddenly shouted "Everyone, let's make an effort, we're almost at the mountain waist, there's a platform up ahead, let's take a break and have lunch there."

  The girls walking behind were indeed more tired, despite the boys in the class offering to help them carry their bags and whatnot. Nowadays, they're all only children, mostly spoiled by their parents, and can't take it. Especially the girls, some of whom get winded after running just one lap around the playground.

  Liu Yi looked back and saw that his classmates were climbing up one after another, while Hu Jingjing and Liu Yiyi were at the end of the line. Hu Jingjing's physical strength was not bad, probably because she had practiced some martial arts, but next to her was Liu Yiyi, who was limping along, seemingly because she had gotten blisters on her feet from walking on mountain roads.

  Zhaoshan Cannon, Huo Zheng and Wang Xiaoshun also deliberately walked in the rear position, looking for opportunities to implement their own plan.

  Just as they were approaching the platform near the mountain waist, Zhao Shan decided to take advantage of lunchtime to let Huo Zheng take Hu Jing away, and then gave Liu Yiyi a drink with medicine.

  After much difficulty, everyone finally arrived at the platform on this mountain waist. In the center of the platform, there were eight magnificent marble stone pillars, each placed in the east, south, west, north, northeast, southeast, northwest, and southwest directions. Each pillar was carved with a dragon, but each dragon had a different posture, vivid and lifelike, as if about to fly out.

  On the east side of the pillar, a stone gate stands upright, with three golden characters "Wolong Mountain" written on it. The font is strong and powerful, giving people a thrilling feeling.

  In a corner of the platform, there is a pavilion about five meters long, with carved flowers and a green glazed tile roof. Inside, six pillars are arranged in a row, connected by six beams, with red lacquer on top. The atmosphere is grand and majestic. On the pillars, the inscription "Drunkard's Pavilion" is written in running script. Sitting here, one can't help but feel a sense of intoxication. But the Drunkard's intention is not about wine, it's about being between mountains and water. Standing here, you can look out over about a third of Beihai City.

  Wang Xiaoyu invited everyone to sit in the pavilion and rest, and also play a game. The group sat around the pavilion, put down their bags, and took a short break. Wang Xiaoyu walked towards Liu Yiyi, discussing the rules of the game.

  The game is simple, everyone's familiar drumming and passing flowers, counted by Liu Yiyi, Wang Xiaoyu starts passing a drink. Suddenly, Wang Xiaoyu shouted "Stop!" The drink happened to be passed to Zhao Shanjun at this time. According to the rules, Zhao Shanjun had to perform a program. This made Zhao Shanjun difficult, and after thinking for a moment, he went up and acted like a monkey, clumsy movements making everyone laugh uncontrollably.

  The drink was passed on again, this time to Hu Jingjing's hands. Hu Jingjing blushed slightly and declined at first, but eventually sang a song by Liang Jingru called "Courage". Her voice was like a gentle breeze that echoed in the valley, ethereal music floating in the air...

  After playing for a while, Wang Xiaoyu announced the dissolution of the group. "Classmates can now engage in free activities, but I hope everyone won't wander too far and get lost. Also, we will gather here at 5 pm this afternoon, so please pay attention to the time." This Wolong Mountain is actually not a single mountain, but a mountain range, it's just that this peak is higher than other peaks and has also been developed for investment.

  At last, a sly smile spread across Zhao Shanjun's face. The opportunity had finally arrived, he thought to himself, and it was time to put his plan into action.

  After the dispersal, everyone found a place to rest in groups. Hu Jing and Liu Yi came to the outer edge of the platform, sat under a Chinese parasol tree, opened two bags of potato chips and ate them.

  Liu Yi Ze brought Zhao Tong to a higher platform, from where they could see half of the scenery on the lower platform.

  Zhao Shanpao deliberately waited until everyone had left, and secretly followed Liu Yiyi to a place not far from her. Pretending to sit down and eat, he glanced around and signaled Ho Zheng to come forward and take Hu Tingting away.

  Huo Zheng understood the meaning of Zhao Shan's cannonball at a glance, and walked towards Hu Die with a smile. "Sorry to disturb your meal. Hehe, what was it, Academic Committee, the class monitor seemed to be looking for you just now."

  Hu Jingjing looked up at He Zheng and asked, "Didn't the class leader just say that we were dismissed and free to do our own activities? What's going on?" He Zheng couldn't think of an excuse, scratched his head and said, "I don't know either, but he seemed really anxious."

  Although Hu Jingjing was cold, she was very simple and was deceived by Huo Zheng. Liu Yiyi shouted at Hu Jingjing's back "Jingjing, hurry back, I'll wait for you to have dinner."

  After Hu Qiang and Huo Zheng disappeared from view, Wang Xiaoshun took out the bottle of "forgetful water" from his bag, mixed it with a bottle of cola, and handed it to Zhao Shanjun.

  At this time, Zhao had just taken out the binoculars from his bag and was secretly peeking at the beauties in the class. When he saw Liu Yi, he also saw Zhao Shancannon and others not far away, and hurriedly called out to Liu Yi "Yi brother, what is Wang Xiaoshun doing?"

  Liu Yi took over the telescope and happened to see Wang Xiaoshun pouring something into the cola, then carefully adjusted it closer, saw that the bottle was written with "forgetful water", and couldn't help but be shocked.

  "It's no good, they don't know who to target!" Liu Yi put down the binoculars and rushed to the platform on the mountain waist. Zhao Tong also didn't bother to look at the package and hurriedly followed up.