But seeing the man approaching, his face gradually became clearer. Yan Dan couldn't help sighing: "Unfortunately..."
This oncoming person was a man in sackcloth and sackcloth, and a pair of clogs were covered with muddy water and splashed all the way to the hem of his clothes. He has a deer head and mouse eyes, and his face is pockmarked like stars.
The tall local person looked down on him very much: "Wu Shun, what are you doing in the mountains when you have nothing to do?"
Wu Shun immediately smiled and took off the basket on his back to show them: "Didn't you go into the mountains to pick up some herbs to exchange for money? My family is about to be incapacitated. If you are lucky, you can catch snakes. Snake gallbladders can be sold, snakes. Meat..." he said, almost salivating.
Yan Dan sighed again.
Originally thought to be a figure like a banished immortal, but turned out to be an indescribably wretched herb collector. Her eyes are really getting worse and worse.
As soon as Wu Shun, the herb collector, turned his head, he saw Yan Dan, his mouth was slightly open, and he couldn't move his eyes any longer.
Yan Dan's anger came from his heart, and he could not wait to slash him with a sword, and immediately reached out to draw Tang Zhou's sword. Before she could make a move, Liu Weiyang held her wrist calmly. Yan Dan was stunned, and turned to look at Young Master Liu beside him with a stiff neck. Liu Weiyang looked at her, shook his head slightly, and then slowly released his hand.
When Wu Shun heard that they were going to climb Zhu Cuishan, he immediately walked ahead diligently to lead the way, and occasionally turned back and said a couple of dirty jokes. Yan Dan touched his wrist, always feeling that something was wrong. It is impossible for Liu Weiyang to pull her wrist, Yan Dan is sure of this. Could it be that Liu Weiyang is no longer the one walking beside her
Who would that be? No matter who it is, as long as it is not the Palace Master Shenxiao. When she thought of Palace Master Shenxiao, she couldn't help being horrified. Although she has not fully experienced Liu Weiyang's ability, she is not inferior to Tang Zhou. It would be terrifying if such a short half-pillar incense was quietly dragged away by Palace Master Shenxiao and thrown into the wilderness.
Tang Zhou glanced at her and asked in a low voice, "Your face is blue and white, what's the matter?" He half-jokingly said, "It's not like being looked at a few times, so you're afraid of it?"
Yan Dan secretly glanced at Liu Weiyang, and slowly leaned towards Tang Zhou: "Am I afraid of being seen? I'm not shameful."
Tang Zhou thought for a while, then stretched out his left hand to her: "If you're afraid, just hold me."
Yan Dan hesitated, should he pull or not? Pulling it would damage her self-esteem too much, but if she didn't pull it, she would be a little uneasy. She suddenly felt a gaze swept over from her side, and immediately gave her hand to Tang Zhou. Tang Zhou held it gently and said with a smile, "Have you forgotten what you said in the cemetery?"
What was said in the cemetery? What she said at that time, there are twenty or thirty sentences at least, which sentence is it referring to
Yan Dan thought about it for a while, and suddenly thought, could it be... is that sentence "he won't really kill us, just try"? In this way, Tang Zhou also noticed what happened after Liu Weiyang disappeared, which means that all this is really not her illusion. If the current Liu Weiyang is pretending to be the master of Shenxiao Palace, it means that he will not act against them for the time being. She had guessed Liu Weiyang's identity at that time, but now it seems that it is not that Liu Weiyang is overestimated, but that Palace Lord Shenxiao is too underestimated.
Because the delay was too long, when the sun went down, the group was still in the middle of the mountain.
The two locals cut down the branches neatly, rubbed them with flint and flint, and started a fire. He took out a small casserole from the package he was carrying, took the mountain spring and put it on the fire to cook. The herb collector Wu Shun immediately picked out Huang Jing from the basket and put it into the pot to cook together.
Several people shared a package of steamed buns, and baked them with fire until several honeycomb-like openings appeared on the steamed buns, which gradually showed a burnt color.
Yan Dan knew that Tang Zhou was immune to all poisons, and she was not afraid of poisons in the mortal world, so she ate it with peace of mind. Liu Weiyang was still as silent as usual, facing the fire silently, as if he had endless thoughts.
When the group talked about dry food, they talked about the vigil. The two tall locals stayed in the first half of the night, while the other one and Wu Shun, the herb collector, stayed in the second half of the night. Seeing that they had arranged it like this, Yan Dan also closed her eyes and fell asleep next to the fire. She never slept deeply, and she would wake up with a little movement, and she was not afraid of what they would do behind her back.
She slept in a daze for a while, and when she woke up, it was already in the middle of the moon. After the rain, the mountain stream was as clear as blue, and the stars were dotted, making it extra bright. She looked around and saw that Liu Weiyang and Tang Zhou were still asleep, but the three people who were watching the night were nowhere to be seen. She stood up gently and walked very lightly towards the forest in front of her. After walking a dozen feet away, I saw a little bit of fire on the slope of the slope. She approached slowly, and saw Wu Shun with hemp rope tied around his waist, carefully climbing up the mountain path. The other end of the hemp rope was caught in the hands of the tall local man. His face was impatient and he said harshly: "You kid, can't you hurry up?!"
Wu Shun obeyed, climbed three steps and fell back one step, his hands and feet were weak, and his movements were ugly. Yan Dan looked at it and sighed, but before he could finish his sigh, a very shrill scream suddenly exploded in his ear. Wu Shun fluttered for a while, as if he was trapped in something, and only half of his body remained on the mountain road.
Yan Dan moved his body quietly, wanting to take a closer look, only to see that the tall local man suddenly chopped off the hemp rope with an axe, and Wu Shun's figure suddenly disappeared.
Yan Dan touched his chin, thinking that there are many underground karst caves in the southwest. The ground looks flat and solid, but it is actually hollow. The herb collector probably fell into the karst cave. It's just that if the two locals want to pull him up, it shouldn't be difficult. It's too vicious to cut the hemp rope with such an axe.
I just heard the short local man say, "Why don't you pull Wu Shun up? It's from a village anyway."
"I think this kid is not at all uneasy and kind, and he doesn't just want a piece of the pie. If he falls now, just let him go, one less trouble." The tall local snorted heavily, "Wait if they ask When he got up, he said that Wu Shun's family had urgent matters and left early. He fell down like this, just to feed the mountain god, and it was also good for us. "
Yan Dan was confused, but seeing that they were turning around, he had to quickly slip towards the fire. When he was still a dozen steps away, Tang Zhou was coming down the sloping mountain road, and his face was not very good. Yan Dan said: "I went to follow those three locals just now, they..." Tang Zhou made a silent gesture and said lightly: "I saw all of the things you saw just now, this mountain road and the other side. They are connected, and I followed Brother Liu after you left."
When it was just dawn, the group continued on their way.
Yan Dan looked around and suddenly asked, "Hey, what about the herb collector named Wu Shun yesterday? Why did he disappear so early in the morning?"
The short local man laughed dryly: "Yesterday, last night, this kid remembered that he had something to do at home, so he went back to the village before dawn. You didn't wake up when he left, so you didn't say hello. ."
Yan Dan looked at him with contempt: He doesn't even tell lies, he stutters, and when he hears it, he knows it's not true. "It turns out that he went back early in the morning... It's strange, it's not summer yet, and you're sweating after saying a word?" She said with a slight smile. The short local man had to laugh dryly again and keep his mouth shut.
Tang Zhou gave her a warning look and whispered, "Yan Dan!"
Yan Dan sighed: "Even if you call my name a thousand times, I still won't understand what you're trying to say, right?" Persimmons are always picky, if the current Liu Weiyang is really the Palace Lord of Shenxiao If she pretended to be, it would be better for her to bully Tang Zhou.
Tang Zhou was not angry, and slowly wrote the word "willow" on the palm of her hand. Yan Dan thought it was interesting, and dragged his handwriting to write down the word "Xiao". Tang Zhou shook his head and nodded again. Yan Dan immediately understood that what he wanted to say was roughly that the current Liu Weiyang was probably not the original one, and it was hard to say whether it was the Palace Lord Shenxiao.
They are like you write a word and I write a word, and it will soon land at the end. The tall local man turned his head and smiled and said, "I see you as a couple who eloped from home, sticking together all the time."
Yan Dan looked at Tang Zhou stiffly, and squeezed out a smile that was uglier than crying. Tang Zhou is very indifferent: "We did run out of the house to play, open and aboveboard, and it is not an elopement."
Yan Dan was stunned, and Liu Weiyang was also stunned for a moment. Tang Zhou smiled and asked again, "Is that so, Yan Dan?"
Yan Dan was very sullen, and wished he could look up to the sky and scream: "No—" As soon as she finished speaking, the mountain road under her feet loosened, and she turned down with a thud. Tang Zhou hurriedly reached out and grabbed her arm, but was swayed by the huge force of her falling, and a crisp and pleasant "kara" sounded from the ground beneath his feet.
The two fell at the same time.
Yan Dan only heard the wind whistling in his ears, and grabbed something like a stalagmite, only to hear a click, and the slender stalagmite unexpectedly broke. There was only one thought left in her mind. Could it be that she has been too comfortable recently and has gained a lot of weight? Suddenly her wrist tightened, and before her body could stop her falling momentum, the other wrist was also caught. It's just that the two forces came from two completely different directions, and Yan Dan almost fainted in pain.
She would rather fall directly to the ground and bite the mud, rather than hang in the air and be torn in half from the middle.
I just heard Tang Zhou's voice slowly coming from above his head: "Yan Dan, you are really heavy."
Yan Dan snorted: "Nonsense, where did it sink, the Shen family's sister-in-law also said that I was light as if I had no bones!"
"Comparing you with Sister Hu, of course, you are as light as no bones."
"Shut up, shut up!" Yan Dan gritted his teeth angrily, and when he looked up, he saw Liu Weiyang looking down at her, her eyes were deep, and her right hand was in his hand, and the cold sweat broke down immediately, "Master Liu, I'm too heavy, will you let me down?"
Liu Weiyang smiled softly: "It doesn't matter." The moment he smiled, it was really warm and gentle, the butterflies and warblers flew, and the flowers washed away the fine dust.
Yan Dan immediately flattered: "Liu Gongzi, you look really good when you smile. But you should let go quickly, we can't hang on here forever, right?"
Liu Weiyang restrained his smile slightly: "After I let go, it doesn't matter if you go on like this?"
Yan Dan said obediently, "It's okay, it's okay, just let go."
Liu Weiyang immediately let go.
Yan Dan only felt his body sink, and the left wrist joint made a click, and quickly said loudly: "Tang Zhou, why don't you let go? My hand is about to break!"
Tang Zhou snorted and let go. Yan Dan only felt that his body swayed forward slightly and slammed directly into the stone wall opposite. Fortunately, Liu Weiyang fell to the ground lightly and kindly pulled her back.
Yan Dan groaned in his heart, and there was something strange in his heart. It was Liu Weiyang's face, but she had a very familiar feeling.
Suddenly the light above the head dimmed, and dirt kept falling from the cave where they fell.
Tang Zhou lit up the fire book, and saw that the top of the cave had been blocked by a piece of granite, and the cave in front of him had no idea where to go.
The southwest area is rich in rain, the stratum foundation is unstable, and there are many karst caves in the ground. And most of those caves are connected, and walking in is like walking into a maze, and the more you go, the more confused you are. The two locals really had bad intentions, and led them to places with many karst caves, and when they fell, they would seal the hole on the top.
Most of their conspiracy to do this is to make money and kill them? It's just... He suddenly remembered that last night the tall local said that Wu Shun went to feed the mountain god, could it be... He turned his head and saw Yan Dan jumping towards Liu Weiyang happily, hugging his neck beamingly : "My lord!"
But seeing a faint blue glow on Liu Weiyang's body, his appearance has gradually changed, such as Mo's hair has suddenly grown a lot, his eyebrows are handsome, and there is a smile on the corner of his mouth, vivid and handsome.
Yan Dan rubbed his cheeks and said softly, "My lord, you've gotten thinner and darker... and your skin isn't smooth enough..."
"Lian Qing's complexion is not bad, her body has gained five pounds and six cents..." Yu Mo picked her up and said with a smile, "Even her waist is half an inch thicker..."
Tang Zhou coughed heavily: "Where's Brother Liu?"
Yu Mo said lightly: "I stopped him when he entered the mountain. This person is not that simple."
Yan Dan couldn't help but say, "But he didn't do anything bad along the way."
Yu Mo stretched out his hand and gently pinched the tip of her nose: "Do you remember one time when he got up in the middle of the night to play the flute? Do you think he was just playing the flute? You entered the mountain and were trapped in the Fuxi Bagua formation. , it was laid out in advance by someone."
Yan Dan immediately understood: "So you replaced people halfway and broke the formation again?"
Yu Mo smiled and nodded: "But you didn't recognize me from the beginning, and you were scared to death, eh?" Yan Dan pouted slightly: "You don't know how scary that Palace Master Shenxiao is, it's just What are you pretending to be like... But in this way, who is Liu Weiyang, and is also the subordinate of Palace Master Shenxiao?"
"I don't know either." Yu Mo turned to look at Tang Zhou, and said slowly, "Zhucuishan in the southwest is not far from Jinghu Shuiyue. If you want to find an ancient artifact, you don't have to go to the Yi people to find it. Because this artifact can be found early. It will fall into the hands of Palace Master Shenxiao."
Tang Zhou looked at him: "You know where Jinghu Shuiyue is, and you know that the ancient artifact is not in the hands of the Yi people but in the hands of the Palace Master Shenxiao. I believe everything you said. But how did you find out?"
Yu Mo said calmly: "I have been to Jinghu Shuiyue, and I have also met Shenxiao Palace Master twice."
Yan Dan looked at Yu Mo and then at Tang Zhou, only to feel that the atmosphere between them was like a tight bowstring.
"So, how can we get to Jinghu Shuiyue now?"
Yu Mo smiled lightly: "I don't know."
Yan Dan couldn't help but whisper: "Yu Mo..." He said before that he had been to Jinghu Shuiyue, but he didn't know how to get there, which was the most lame lie.
Yu Mo lowered his head to look at her, and said calmly: "Why, you don't believe it?"
Yan Dan thought for a while: "Although it sounds a bit impossible, I still believe it."
Tang Zhou folded his arms and said lightly, "Unless you give a reasonable explanation, I'm afraid even children won't believe it."
Yan Dan suddenly felt that the hair was standing upright, Yu Mo and Tang Zhou were fighting to the death when they first met, plus the previous grievances, I'm afraid this journey will be troublesome.