Zhu Yuanyu and his entourage rested in this city for one night, and when the sun rose, they set out on the journey again.

Because of last night's dream, Qi Ao was a little uncomfortable when facing Zhu Yuanyu, and the delicate scene always lingered. He rode a horse and trotted next to the carriage at a constant speed, just as Zhu Yuanyu was idle and leaned against the window, his eyes were empty and looking into the distance, the sun shone on Zhu Yuanyu's face, which seemed to exude a warm soft light, so that he couldn't take his eyes off.

The trees on both sides of the path were very luxuriant, and some branches stretched out in a big way, and Qi Ao was whipped by the naughty branches without paying attention, and the horse he □□ seemed to notice that its owner was not distracted, so it was a bump, and almost did not let Qi Ao down.

Qi Ao came back to his senses in an instant, and he didn't dare to look at his young master in a daze.

If he really fell off the horse, he would really make a big fool in front of the young master, which Qi Ao didn't want to see.

If you go around this mountain, you will leave this boundary, and then you will go straight north, and you may be able to see the populated land in two or three days. They will have to walk for about four or five or six days from the next capital, which is considered to be fast, and if the weather is bad, sometimes it is really impossible to continue the journey, and it is going to rain, if there is no place to shelter from the rain, and finally sleep in the wild in the rain and blow the wind overnight.

Fortunately, Zhu Yuanyu had the foresight to know that the ancient road was not easy to walk, and even the best carriage must be bumpy, so he asked people to change the carriage to try to achieve the ultimate in shockproof and waterproof, and the car was also paved with a lot of padding that could slow down the impact, at this time he was sitting in a more comfortable position, although there were still some bumps, but it was much better than the carriage that the family had taken in Beijing before.

The carriage doesn't look big from the outside, but the design inside is very space-saving, and there are many hidden compartments for some necessities. Usually when sleeping in the wild, three or four people can still sleep in the carriage, so even if there is one more Tong Bao, there is still a spare place.

Probably because the scenery outside the window came and went with green plants, Zhu Yuanyu was tired of seeing it for a while, and couldn't help but want to retract his gaze, but suddenly found that he didn't seem to have heard any sound from just now to now.

Animals live in ordinary mountains, so since he walked, Zhu Yuanyu heard the most birdsong, but now he didn't hear a birdsong, which was too unusual, and he had to pay attention.

Zhu Yuanyu asked Qi Ao, who was riding a horse outside: "From just now to now, have you heard birdsong?"

Qi Ao, who had been paying attention to him, tried his best to control his breathing and said steadily: "No." ”

Zhu Yuanyu's eyes changed, it didn't seem to be his illusion, there seemed to be something wrong with this mountain.

He shouted ahead, "Strong, stop the carriage first." ”

Li Zhuangzhuang didn't ask why, he trusted his young master unconditionally, and when he heard this, he immediately tightened the reins and stopped the carriage.

"Is something wrong?" Tong Bao was nervous for a while, and he couldn't help but reach out and grab Zhu Yuanyu's sleeve. It seems that he has been keeping his words in his heart all along. followed Zhu Yuanyu to see the things of gods and ghosts, and he began to change from atheism to suspicion.

In fact, he can't be blamed, because Zhu Yuanyu naturally seems to attract some strange things, which can't be explained by common sense.

Seeing that the carriage stopped, Qi Ao also grabbed the horse and returned to the car to be on guard.

Zhu Yuanyu thought quietly for a while, and didn't guess anything, but the words of the banshee last night came to his mind.

Tonight happens to be a full moon night.

The birds in this mountain don't call, could it be related to this monster?

While pondering, Li Zhuangzhuang spoke, only to hear him hesitate and say: "Actually, I wanted to say just now, I seem to have seen this tree twice, and this time is the third time......

Zhu Yuanyu looked in the direction of Li Zhuangzhuang's finger, and it turned out to be a tree with a strange and ugly shape - the trunk of the tree was twisted, as if someone had forcibly twisted it with two hands, forming a strange spiral; the lines of the bark were also very deep, and it looked more terrifying compared with the tree next to it; its branches and leaves were not luxuriant, and it could even be said to be bare, like a chicken claw with teeth and claws.

"Are you sure?" asked Zhu Yuanyu, looking at the strange tree that made an impression. In fact, he was also convinced in his heart that the world was so big, maybe there were trees of the same shape, but it was almost impossible to have three identical strange trees growing on the same road at the same time.

Sure enough, Li Zhuangzhuang nodded and affirmed: "Sure! How can such a strange tree have three at the same time, it must be the same tree!"

Tong Bao inhaled and said, "Then haven't we been spinning in place all the time?"

If it's the same tree, that's true.

"Could it be that you have taken a fork in the road?" asked Tong Bao without giving up, his expression looking like he was about to cry, strange and pitiful.

Li Zhuangzhuang's eyes widened and said: "Impossible! It's just a mountain road, how can you go wrong!" The little eyes scraped Tong Bao like a knife, and it means that if you wronged me again, I will beat you.

Suddenly, Tong Bao shrank his neck and hid behind Zhu Yuanyu without making a sound.

Cui'er sneered: "What are you afraid of! With the young master here, I am not afraid of any demons and monsters!" The words were full of trust in Zhu Yuanyu.

When Zhu Yuanyu heard this, he couldn't help but smile slightly: Yes, so many strange things have been experienced, and it is not bad this time, the soldiers will block the water and cover the earth.

So he said to Li Zhuangzhuang: "Zhuangzhuang, you drive slowly, we are not in a hurry, walk slowly and see what the situation is around." Please also pay attention to whether there are other inaccuracies. ”

Then the group slowed down, and five pairs of eyes carefully observed the surrounding scene.

After a while, Li Zhuangzhuang pointed to the front and shouted: "Look at that—it's the fourth time!"

There's that ugly tree ahead!

Zhu Yuanyu frowned, suddenly a little unhappy.

"Strong, go back. ”

Li Zhuangzhuang still didn't ask anything, and drove the horse to turn the head of the car.

This time I didn't go far, I actually walked out of the mountain, and in the distance was the city wall, and I could vaguely see the city gate wide open, but no one entered or left.

Cui'er, who had been looking outside the car, suddenly exclaimed, "Look!"

It turned out that at this time, a full moon had risen high in the sky, encompassing the entire town within its confines, and a sense of foreboding was enveloped in it.

The sky was still bright, but the sun was gone. 166 Reading Network