Chapter 29—Ten Years of White Bones (10)

Before arriving at Yangjia Village, Su Yunkai and Mingyue went to the grove on a special trip.

There are few people walking in the forest, thorns and shrubs are mixed, and green vines are entangled in the trees to borrow strength. The mossy green vines make the already dark and moist woods even more moist, and there is a little more musty smell that is not found outside the forest, as if it rains inside all year round.

The last time they were digging up white bones in the pine forest, the officials opened a road, and the two of them walked along the path that had been removed from thorns, and there was not much obstacle. After the incident, Su Yunkai sent officials to guard the surroundings of the forest, and now people are outside, and occasionally there are voices, but when they walk to the hinterland of the forest, it is like being isolated from the world, and too subtle movements outside cannot be heard.

"The forest is not big, and if you shout here, people outside will be able to hear it." Mingyue sometimes went to pick up small trees, and it was not easy to break off the wooden sticks that could be used as murder weapons, and there were many branches, and it was troublesome to clean up. Taller trunks can't be broken at all.

"Do you think it was done at night?"

"Well, if it's daytime, who knows if anyone will pass by outside." Mingyue said again, "Didn't we assume that Yang Baijia and the murderer knew each other? Will the murderer stun him first before he strikes? ”

Su Yunkai said, "You forget, Yang Baijia's fatal wound is not on the head, if he has been stunned, then the murderer can smash his head even more unscrupulously." ”

"So it makes more sense to commit murder at night."

"Hmm."

The two walked through the forest and found no traces. After walking out of the pine forest for half a minute to the wooden bridge, after crossing the wooden bridge and walking for half a minute, you arrived at Yangjia Village.

There was a field outside the village, and it was past noon, and the villagers had just come out to work, and they saw two people coming from a distance, but they didn't recognize them for a while because they were dressed in civilian clothes. When I got closer, I realized that it was Nasu-sama. And he hastily pulled out of the field, that he might go and bow down.

Su Yunkai stretched out his hand to stop him and said, "You don't have to salute, you are busy with your ...... Can Yang Qianli be available? ”

"The grass people show you the way."

The man pulled his legs and went up to the ridge, his feet were covered with mud, and he didn't wear shoes, so he led the way directly in front.

Mingyue saw him walking barefoot, and there were bumpy stones on the ground, and she felt pain when she saw it, "Don't worry, you put on your shoes first." ”

The man looked back and smiled, "A rough person doesn't hurt." The feet are dirty, and it is difficult to wash the shoes when you wear them. ”

Mingyue saw that he was indeed not in pain, so she didn't persuade him.

Yang Qianli's home is close to the entrance of the village, and he will soon arrive there. A young man in front of the thatched hut was carrying a hoe and locking the door out, and was just about to leave when he was shouted, looking back, quite surprised, "Master Su? ”

The man brought people here and left, Yang Qianli didn't want Su Yunkai to stand at the door and talk to him, and opened the door to invite them in.

The thatched hut was not simple, and as soon as they entered the yard, chickens and ducks came running, screaming jubilantly and scattering dust. On the left is a grape trellis, which will sprout green shoots, which will not block the scorching sun, but it can also block a little heat.

Yang Qianli poured tea over, stood aside and didn't dare to sit down, and said solemnly, "Why did the adults and girls come here, this, this yard is so dirty, and I didn't clean it beforehand." ”

Su Yun laughed and said, "We're just here to ask one thing, you don't have to be nervous, just sit down." ”

Yang Qianli refused, Mingyue repeated it again, and he sat down, his hands and feet were also put upright, "What do you want to ask?" ”

"I want to know, do you remember what was unusual a few days before Yang Baijia disappeared? For example, what strange things did he tell you in the past few days, or what strange things did he say? ”

Yang Qianli scratched his head, embarrassed, "It's been so long, to be honest, the villain really doesn't remember." ”

Mingyue said patiently, "Didn't the village chief just convene everyone once, and you also said that everyone talked a lot, so did you hear some?" ”

Yang Qianli thought for a long time before he said, "I don't know if this counts...... Didn't everyone say that Uncle Yang disappeared on the 16th, the day before his disappearance, that is, in the middle of the month, he didn't know where to pick a bunch of fruits for us to eat. As a result, after eating, everyone vomited and diarrhea, and after he disappeared the next day, everyone said that he must have run somewhere to hide. I've forgotten about this, and I only remembered some of it when others talked about it at the ancestral shrine that day. ”

Su Yunkai thought for a while, and then said, "Where did the fruit come from?" ”

"It should be the back mountain, Uncle Yang is timid, and he has been bitten by dogs when he goes out before, so he basically walks around the village. We are backed by a big mountain, and there is a cliff behind the mountain, and we can't get out, but the mountain is full of wild fruits. ”

"Is there only one exit from the wooden bridge in front of Yangjia Village?"

"But no, sometimes if the bridge breaks, we have to be trapped in the village, but now it's okay, the government sends people to repair it every year, and it used to be washed away by the water, and the older generation occasionally talked about it."

"Do you remember what the fruit looked like?"

Yang Qianli thought hard for a long time, but still shook his head, his face full of apologies, "I just remember that it is a bit like an orange, but it is only as big as a fingernail, it may be cyan or purple." ”

The Great Song Dynasty is a vast land, and the things produced far away from a state are also different. Su Yunkai is from Jiangzhou, Mingyue is from Nanle County, quite far from here, and he has just arrived, so he can't guess what it is.

Yang Qianli said, "There were five or six people who ate these back then, but we didn't remember or recognize them when we were young, but the elders should know, so I'll go and inquire." I remember a little bit, Uncle Yang filled his pocket full of fruits that day, and said that he caught a lot of rabbits, but they were wild fruits at all. ”

Rabbit? Fruit? Su Yun happily thought that Yang Baijia was an idiot, and it was possible to admit his mistakes by mistake, so he didn't take it to heart. He looked at the sky, and didn't know how long he was going to ask, and said, "I'm sorry for you to inquire, let's go to the back mountain to have a look." ”

"Okay."

Mingyue asked, "There are no beasts on the mountain, right?" ”

"No, in the past, the bridge was washed out and I couldn't get out, and every family would go to the mountains to hunt, and the village chief was the most powerful, and every time I went up the mountain, I would not come back empty-handed. Later, when there were many people who went, the mountain was emptied. Speaking of this, Yang Qianli was still a little embarrassed, "In order to survive, there is no way." ”

Su Yun said, "If the people are gone, it's useless to guard so many mountains." ”

Yang Qianli, who had also read some books, smiled at this time, feeling that this person was different from other readers, not pedantic, not rigid, and would not lie about why not eat minced meat.

Yangjia Village is behind the mountain, and there is a path to walk, but there is no road at the foot of the mountain. Now life is better, and no birds of prey have come down to disturb the people, and no one has gone up the mountain again.

Fortunately, Mingyue often goes to the mountains to find medicine, and knows that the mountain road that no one walks is difficult to walk, so she borrowed a knife from Yang Qianli in advance. Su Yunkai took the knife to open the way, but he didn't walk long before he was scratched by the thorns blocking the way, and seeing that Mingyue was in a hurry, he took the knife back and walked in front to open the way for him.

Su Yunkai sighed, "It's useless to be a scholar. ”

Mingyue looked back and smiled, "You were born in an official family, and you have never held a knife since you were a child." You are good at investigating the case, let me do this kind of thing to protect people. ”

The two were walking on the hillside, with Mingyue in front, Su Yunkai was about to raise his head to talk to her, and when he heard this, he looked at her a few more times. is obviously so delicate, but he still wants her to open the way. He looked at his hands, and there was no use...... It's a scholar. It's time to take something other than a book with these hands, in the past, I thought it was nothing if I didn't practice martial arts, but now it seems that I can't do it. Could it be that she went to some dangerous place in the future and really wanted her to stand in front?

The mountain is not high when viewed from the bottom of the mountain, but now I am out of breath and still have not reached the top.

finally saw an open space, and the two sat down on the spot, regardless of the green juice dyed on the ground.

The mountains are densely wooded, and even the bushes in front of you are taller than a person when you sit down. Mingyue wanted to find a handkerchief to wipe her sweat, and after touching it, she remembered that it was gone, so she switched to her sleeve, "Are we climbing too high, Yang Baijia is timid, and there were birds of prey back then, he shouldn't have run to such a high place alone." ”

"First go up to the top of the mountain and look at the terrain, look down and look up, you will find a lot of different places."

The two of them rested for a while, preparing to continue climbing, but there was a shout from the bottom of the mountain, and they listened carefully, but because the mountain was empty, there was a slight echo, and the hearing was even more faint. The two of them looked down, only to see seven or eight figures walking up.

"It should be from Yangjia Village."

After all, this is Yangjia Village, and only the people of Yangjia Village know that they are here.

The people of the village walked quickly, and there was the road they had just opened, and soon they joined them who were going down.

The man at the head is not surnamed Yang, yes

As soon as his words fell, another person stepped forward, it was Yang Qianli, "I just asked the elders, and said that the fruit that Uncle Yang picked back then was called Shang Lu." The fruit is still in flowering period, and it will not ripen until about July, and when it is ripe, it will be purple-red. ”

Li Da immediately said, "Looking for Shang Lu, right?" There aren't many of those things on this mountain, I know one, let's go, take you there. ”

It was naturally much more convenient for someone to lead the way, and Su Yunkai and Mingyue went there with them.

The people in the mountains are like battlefield generals on the mountains, and it is not difficult to drive the road at all. With them leading the way, the road was immediately smooth.

It's just that the girl's family body can't compare to the man, and after walking half the way, Mingyue walked a lot slower. Su Yunkai came out as a man's physical advantage, and seeing that she was weak, he thought about it and stretched out his hand and said, "Borrow some strength from you, don't fall." ”

Mingyue looked at his hand, and saw that the villagers were all looking at him, so she reached out and grabbed his sleeve. But where to grasp the sleeves steadily, Su Yunkai flipped his hand and shook it, which made Mingyue stunned for a moment. The people in the front village did not hear the footsteps behind them, one person stopped, and the others also looked back together. When Mingyue saw it, she hurriedly stopped it. Su Yunkai turned his back to the villagers, and he didn't know why, thinking that her hand was slipping, he hurriedly stepped forward to hold it. As soon as the bright moon retreated, it was empty under the bushes! His feet suddenly stepped into the air and fell backwards. Almost at the moment of falling, Su Yunkai also leaned over to catch her, and fell into the empty grass with her.

"Lord Su!"

"Bright Moon Girl!"