294 Chapter 294: Twists and Turns
Finally let go of the leg pendant, the little girl was tired and sweaty, and when she saw that there was no one around, she had to put the basket aside and squat down to talk to him. (Yes)? (Meaning)? (Think)? (book)? (Hospital)
"Listening to your accent, you are not from the Southern Wilderness, are you from the Central Plains? What's the matter with a youkai trying to eat you? ”
The uncle approached the little girl, and replied in a low voice as if someone had heard me: "I was originally a scholar in Siyang, and I came to Nanhuang to join my relatives, and when I went to the courtyard mountain, I fell into the valley because of the rainy road, and then I couldn't find the way I came, and when I looked around, there were monsters that came out and danced at me, and the monsters were terrifying!" The ears are still on top of the head!! ”
Hearing his explanation, the little girl was stunned: "You came here by accident?" ”
"Where is this? Isn't it Courtyard Mountain? Did I fall into the world of youkai?? ”
"I can't say a word or two, but it's really not Yuanshan...... I happen to have something to ask you, if you can answer me, I'll help you avoid those monsters. ”
The uncle nodded busily: "You ask, you ask." ”
"You came to Nanhuang, went to Yuanshan again, and went to Nanhe County?"
"I've been there, my relative is in Fu County, but after I got there, I heard that he was missing on the courtyard mountain, so I went up the mountain to look for him."
"Missing?"
"The people who guarded the mansion recruited hundreds of people from the prefecture and county into the mountains, who knew that they would not return and there would be no news, isn't this just missing?"
When the little girl heard this, she covered her mouth in surprise, and her eyes widened, as if she had heard something incredible.
"But the Heavenly Master clearly said that he had already informed our family!"
"Your family?" The uncle first showed a blank expression, and then suddenly realized with an "ah", "It turns out that you are also a missing person?" So they're all in this yokai world? Isn't that dangerous?! Also, who is the Heavenly Master you are talking about? Is the Heavenly Master of the Taishou Mansion? ”
The little girl looked at him, picked up the basket, and motioned for him to stand up.
"Don't sit here, get up quickly, follow me to see Uncle Liu, I don't know how to say some things, if it's him, I will definitely be able to answer you!"
"Huh? Oh, good, good...... We won't encounter youkai on the road, will we? ”
"No, this neighborhood has been set up by the Heavenly Master, and the monsters can't get in, so it's safe."
"Okay, okay, then I'll follow you."
The little girl had just lifted her foot and had not taken a step, but she looked back at the uncle helplessly, and then tried to pull him down with the hand that was pulling the corner of her clothes.
"Don't pull me, how can I walk if you pull my clothes? It's said that it's safe here, what are you afraid of? ”
"That's a youkai!"
"I'm not afraid! Grandpa is right, you scholars in the Central Plains are really useless scholars, or I'm a boy from the Southern Wilderness! ”
seemed to know that he had embarrassed the Central Plains man, and the uncle finally let go of his hand and put on an indifferent look: "How can a scholar be a useless scholar, a reader of sage books is silent, and he will not be afraid of demons and monsters." ”
The little girl sneered, but did not refute, and walked quickly towards the depths of the woods with the basket, and after taking two steps, she found that the uncle was still standing in place, so she urged: "Don't keep up quickly!" ”
"Oh."
Deep in the woods, in an area that had been cut out by the logging team, a dozen young men were taking a short break.
"Why hasn't that girl come yet, my stomach is empty."
"Wait a little longer, there are a lot of places she has to send, it's normal to delay for a while, you are a big man who is hungry once in a while and won't die."
"I'm not...... Hey, it seems to be coming! ”
A group of people turned their heads to look over there, and sure enough, they saw a little girl carrying a basket, but then, they also saw a middle-aged man who was following the little girl closely, looking a little timid.
The man who looked the most athletic in the crowd stood up from the stump and greeted him: "Yingying, who is he?" ”
Seeing them, the little girl ran to the man in three or two steps, looking anxious: "Uncle Liu, we seem to have been deceived by the Heavenly Master!" ”
The man was stunned.
"What was deceived?"
The little girl pointed behind her: "He is a native of the Central Plains who broke in by mistake today, he said that his relatives disappeared on the courtyard mountain, so he went up the mountain to look for it, and then he came here without knowing what happened, he said that the Heavenly Master did not inform our family of the construction of the city here at all, and people outside thought we were missing!" ”
"What?!"
Hearing this, more than a dozen people were shocked at the same time, and they all gathered around to inquire about the situation, and they could barely hear what they were saying.
The uncle struggled left and right, and it took a long time to find the clue to speak.
Ten minutes later, the group of people who had figured out the situation before and after stopped talking, staring at the person who was called "Uncle Liu" by the little girl, waiting for him to come up with an idea.
And Uncle Liu stared at the middle-aged uncle.
"I haven't asked your name yet, what's your name?"
"The contemptible person's surname is Lai, and his name is Lingyun."
"My name is Liu Chuan, the news brought by Brother Lai is very important, I need to go back to the city immediately and talk to a few people, did you come in with us, you can't enter the city, otherwise it will be bad if you are discovered by the Heavenly Master, and you will wait here for the time being."
After speaking, Liu Chuan was about to leave.
"Mr. Liu, slow down!"
"Anything else to say?"
"Is Chen Zhuohe, the county magistrate, also in the city you built?"
"Supposedly."
"Supposedly?"
"Since the day we came in, we have only seen the Heavenly Master and the Taishou Mansion general, and the Heavenly Master said that the Taishou is also in the city, but none of us have seen it."
"The Taishou Mansion will bring in a treasure that is rumored to be able to suppress the mountain god, do you know this?"
"I know, it's something from the Hu family, and the Hu family is willing to borrow it, and everyone is surprised."
"It wasn't borrowed by the Hu family, it was robbed by the Taishou family after killing the Hu family!"
"What ?!!" Liu Chuan's face changed greatly, and even the speed of his speech involuntarily became faster, "The eldest and second sons of the Hu family are among the young and strong people in the city, and I thought that the heirloom was really lent by the family, I have to tell them about it immediately!" ”
"Mr. Liu, I suspect that the Taishou is controlled by them, otherwise the Taishou would not have left the old, young, sick and weak in the prefecture to bear the wrath of the people. The Celestial Master and the Celestial General are very suspicious, please don't alarm them! ”
"Thank you Brother Lai for the news, I'll go back when I go!"
Frightened by these news, Liu Chuan hurried back to the city with a few more athletic people.
Looking at the backs of those people, and listening to the uneasy whispers of several people around her, Yang Qinglan opened the mission information, looked at the countdown of four days on it, and did not relax because the plan was going well.
Although the panel showed four days, it was already close to dusk in the afternoon, and it would be dark in a while, and there were only three days left after tonight, could she really complete the task within the time limit?
There is also Taishou......
Although the Heavenly Master said that Taishou was also in the city, after all, no one had seen it, if she finally exposed the Heavenly Master and the general, and found out that Taishou was not in the city, where would she have time to find someone?
I don't know if the progress of Liu Chuan and the others will go well, and if that Heavenly Master has any other means, what she can do in three days is too limited, she must have other preparations!
As soon as this thought popped into her heart, Yang Qinglan suddenly felt something move around her waist, looked down, and found that it was the small cloth bag given to her by the hunter on her way up the mountain, which moved gently as if there was a living thing.
What's going on?
Yang Qinglan was about to take it apart and take a look, when she suddenly realized that there were other people around, so she excused herself and hid behind a big tree before carefully tearing the stitches of the cloth bag.
But before he could tear it apart, one hand appeared out of thin air, grabbed her wrist, and before she could scream, the other hand covered her mouth, and then the Orion, whom he had seen on the mountain path, stood in front of her as if by magic.
Yang Qinglan was so frightened that she didn't know what was going on.
"Don't make a sound, come with me!"
Orion probe glanced at a few young men over there, and pulled Yang Qinglan to quickly hide in the deeper woods.
When he was sure that the men could no longer see or hear them, Orion stopped, turned to look her up and down.
"Your clerk is not lightly injured, and when you ran to find me, you couldn't even speak, and I don't know if you can be saved, are you okay?"
Akiyama?
Yes...... Like he fell?
Because she didn't dare to open her eyes on horseback, she didn't know that Akiyama had been kicked by a horse at that time, and based on the sound she heard, she thought that he had been taken by the reins.
"I'm fine, where's he?"
"I'll let my family watch it."
"You're here for me?" Yang Qinglan's gaze involuntarily moved downwards and landed on the long plush tail behind Orion.
Referring to the scene when he appeared just now, if she couldn't see that this Orion was actually a monster, she would be blind.
How many kinds of youkai are there in this world? How can you meet them anywhere?
"You entered Xiaoyuan Mountain by mistake, I am here to take you out, this is not a place where people can stay for a long time, you better follow me now."
"Why can't you stay longer?"
"Xiaoyuan Mountain is a small world opened up by demon fairies, everywhere is full of demonic energy, it's okay that you have the medicine bag I gave you, the people who stood with you just now have all been poisoned, continue to stay here, either the demon poison will break out and die, or the demon will become inhuman and demonic."
"But the person I'm looking for is still here!"
"Tsk...... That Taishou? ”
"Yes, I've heard the news, there's a good chance he's here."
"It's really troublesome...... "Orion scratched his head, very distressed, "I really wanted to help you when I asked you to go up the mountain, who knew that you actually broke into the small courtyard mountain by mistake, and it was at such a dangerous time." ”
"When it's dangerous?"
"You've seen those red jackals, right?"
“…… Well. ”
"They are one of the largest ethnic groups in Xiaoyuan Mountain, Xiaoyuan Mountain will have a catastrophe every other Jiazi, and it will not be long before it will be the day of the new catastrophe, they want to cheat and find someone to help when they are in trouble, you help them, and they will share this catastrophe, for you, this is a decision that outweighs the loss."
The corners of Yang Qinglan's mouth twitched, not knowing what to say.
This task is already difficult, so why make it more difficult for her? There are only three days left!
"This catastrophe ...... What if it fails? ”
"The small courtyard mountain will collapse, and the demon clan living in it can only move outward."
"Are the consequences serious?"
"Xiaoyuan Mountain has existed for thousands of years, and there are countless demons that have multiplied, if they all move out, it will be an obvious disaster!"