270 Northern Frontier (2)

"It's really unlucky. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info" Zhou Yanbo drove a carriage on the official road and said, "It turns out that this is what Xu Cheng said." ”

When going north from Anjing to Qiantai, there was no problem on the first and second days, but on the third day, the rain began to fall, at first Zhou Yanbo thought that it was just intermittent showers, and he could set off after a while, so he waited for a while, but a rain was two hours, and it didn't take long for Zhou Yanbo to set off after stopping, and the rain continued to fall. Zhou Yanbo and his entourage finally rushed to Bei'an County, the northernmost county in Anjing, and from Bei'an to the north was under the jurisdiction of Qiantai Prefecture.

When Zhou Yanbo asked how far away from Qiantai was here, the other party replied that there were still two days away, but according to the current heavy rain, I am afraid that the official road leading to Qiantai has become muddy, if it is like this for a while, I am afraid that the official road will have to be temporarily blocked.

After hearing this situation, Zhou Yanbo decided to brave the rain to move forward, he bought four coats in the grocery store in the county, and the umbrella could not be stopped when driving the carriage, Zhou Yanbo's decision was correct, the rain was falling almost every day and every hour in the past three days, and Zhou Yanbo couldn't even see the road in front of him when it was big, as for the people in the carriage, Zhou Yanbo didn't have to worry, after all, it was Qiu Ning's design, but just in case, Zhou Yanbo still asked Qingfeng and Yindie to give up riding into the carriage, Yindie did not refuse, Qingfeng said that it didn't matter to him, besides, there was less space for one more person in the carriage, so he refused directly。

"Qingfeng, is what the old man said reliable? I haven't seen the forest yet. Zhou Yanbo shouted to Qingfeng who was riding a horse next to him, for fear that the sound of the rain would drown out his voice.

"He shouldn't be wrong!" Qingfeng pressed down on the hat he was wearing with one hand, "It's also marked on the map. "When he arrived at Qiantai, it was already June 14, thanks to this rain, Zhou Yanbo arrived at Qiantai two days later than the scheduled time, but Zhou Yanbo's luck was good, the old man of the first shop he asked said the route of the northern border, and the time required was half a day, and Zhou Yanbo was on the way to the northern border at this time.

"Zhou is the master, there seems to be a wooden sign in front of it. Qingfeng squinted and said.

When Zhou Yanbo's carriage stopped in front of the wooden sign, Zhou Yanbo stretched his head and read: "Ahead is the northern border of the northern forest, please stop." ”

"Hah, it's finally here. Zhou Yanbo touched the rain on his face with his hand and said.

"I guess it won't take more than half an hour from here. Qingfeng said as he looked at the road behind the wooden sign, but the heavy rain made him very obscure of things in the distance.

"My dear little girls, it's coming soon, bear with me a little longer. Zhou Yanbo turned his head and said to the carriage.

"Got it. Yun Yun's voice came from inside.

"Let's go, breeze. ”

The carriage then drove forward, and after about a quarter of an hour, the forest began to become denser and denser, and just as Zhou Yanbo and the others slowed down, a person appeared in front of Zhou Yanbo and Qingfeng on horseback.

"Who's coming?" asked the man in the cloak who was riding a horse, stopping.

"People who go to the northern border!" Zhou Yanbo asked, he couldn't tell if he was friend or foe.

"If you are invited to the northern border, please bring out the invitation, if not, please turn back and leave!" continued the man on horseback.

Zhou Yanbo took out the invitation card that Qingfeng gave him from his arms, held it up and said, "Is this it?"

The man on the horse looked at it and nodded: "Exactly, please let me take you next." ”

"I'm tired. ”

The man on horseback walked to Zhou Yanbo's carriage and walked slowly forward with Zhou Yanbo's carriage.

"Huh, the rain seems to be a lot lighter?" said Zhou Yanbo after walking for a while.

"Haha, guest, you are wrong, in fact, it is not that the rain is light, but because the forest is becoming denser and denser, blocking most of the rain, so you can't feel it. The guide said.

"yes, I really didn't expect this forest to be so dense. ”

"This year's rain is so much for some reason. "Originally, it was foggy, and even a few rains would not wash it away, but this year is different, and you can see things around the forest clearly." ”

"Really......"

"Next, please be careful with the carriage. The guide said, "This is no longer an official road, but in the forest, so the road will become narrower, and in some places there are continuous tree roots protruding from the ground, so please be careful." ”

Zhou Yanbo drove the carriage carefully, some places were indeed bumpy, but fortunately, the forest was dense, and there was no quagmire on the road with too serious water, so there was no need to worry that the carriage would sink in.

"There's a swamp ahead, and we'll go around it. As he spoke, the guide turned in a different direction.

"Let me ask, are we the last to arrive?" Chingfeng said.

"Nope. The guide shook his head, "The master has invited a total of ten, and now it is only five, and you are sixth." ”

"So there are four people who don't ...... the Tao"

"It's a group of four, and each guest can bring five people. The guide corrected him.

After walking for about two quarters of an hour, the guide stopped and pointed to a place and said to Zhou Yanbo, "Everyone, we have arrived. ”

Zhou Yanbo and Qingfeng looked in the direction he pointed, and only saw a huge building on top of a vertical cliff, but because of the rain, they couldn't see it clearly.

"Hurry up, everybody. The guide walked forward.

"Wait, are you sure that kind of cliff carriage can go up?" Zhou Yanbo asked.

"Don't worry, the road up is wide. ”

……

The gate is on the side, facing the other cliff, and after leaving the forest, you will see a relatively low cliff, and then there is a wider zigzag road leading to the top, and the road is close to the cliff with a wooden guardrail, which seems to be very safety-oriented.

After Zhou Yanbo's carriage slowly reached the top of the cliff, there was a very large door, and Zhou Yanbo looked like it could be used as a city gate.

"I'll send you here. The guide returned the way he came, and it seemed that he had to pick up the others.

Zhou Yanbo slowly drove the carriage into the gate, and there was a courtyard inside, and then a person walked up with an umbrella and said, "Please show me your invitation." ”

Zhou Yanbo handed his invitation to the person, who took it and opened it, nodded to confirm that it was their invitation, and then said to Zhou Yanbo: "Then please come with me, I will send everyone to the residence." ”

The person who led the way took Zhou Yanbo's carriage around left and right, and arrived in front of an iron gate, and the person who led the way opened the iron door with a key and said to Zhou Yanbo: " Guests, this is where you stay, there are all the supplies in it, please rest well, everyone's activities are not restricted here, except for the host's place, you can go to the rest of the place, because of this heavy rain, the party may be postponed for a day or two, please be patient, if there is a bell in the living room of the accommodation, someone will come, as for the meal we will send to the accommodation. ”

"One last point. The leader said, "Please be careful of your own safety." With that, the man who led the way left.

"The people here are weird...... "Qingfeng said.

"Yes, but let's go in first, don't get out in the rain. Zhou Yanbo said and parked the carriage in a spacious wooden shed in the stable, and everyone entered their own residence.

It is said to be a residence, but the bedroom, living room, kitchen, and study are all available, and the furniture and other items are also very comprehensive, more like a complete building.

"I thought everyone would only have a small room for their own personal space. Su Yu'er said, "This is too unexpected." ”

"One main hall, one study, one kitchen, and six personal bedrooms, that's basically the case. "Butterflies have already explored the residence.

"I'm already here, what's next?" Qingfeng asked, "Why are you waiting?"

"It's impossible, I'll start by saying what everyone has to do first. Zhou Yanbo said, "First of all, Yan'er and Qingfeng thoroughly searched the place where we lived, to see if there was anything strange, especially to check if there was any strange medicine diffused, and I still care about the situation that Qingfeng said about the memory disappearance." ”

Qingfeng and Zhou Yansu nodded.

"As for the rain and the cats, you will search the whole place. Zhou Yanbo continued, "Since they said that we will not be restricted from freedom, you can just go around casually, try to grasp the surrounding buildings and everything, and it is best to even explore the remaining nine people who invited us, this is not bothering you, right?"

"Naturally. Yindie said with a smile.

"Yun'er, you and Chu Wu will stay here, once the other four have any situation, you can help. ”

"What about you?" Yun Yun asked.

"I'm going to check the carriage, it's been raining for four days, and I'm running non-stop on the muddy official road, I need to check it well, and we'll have to rely on it." Zhou Yanbo said.

Zhou Yanbo walked to the stable next to the residence, the carriage was parked under the wooden shed, Zhou Yanbo took the tools given by Qiu Ning from the carriage, and then began to inspect the carriage according to Qiu Ning's words.

"It's terrible, the axles are full of mud. Zhou Yanbo muttered, "No wonder I feel that something is wrong with the carriage......"

When Zhou Yanbo was clear about the mud under the carriage, suddenly something strange flew on his back, Zhou Yanbo immediately turned around and picked up the oil-paper umbrella leaning next to the carriage to knock off the flying thing, and it looked like a delicate small axe.

"Isn't Zhou Yanbo not good at dealing with hidden weapons?" said one of the people opposite.

"Are you stupid?

"But we are really lucky to meet Zhou Yanbo. ”

"Yes. ”

"Who are the two of you?" asked Zhou Yanbo holding an oil-paper umbrella.

"The two of us? The two people on the other side said together, "Do you know one thing?" ”

"What's the matter?"

"Your head is worth five thousand taels at night. ”