Yang Qinglan proposed to go into the mountain to have a look, but the old housekeeper showed extremely obvious disagreement, and Akiyama was even more full of rejection. (Yes)? (Meaning)? (Think)? (book)? (Hospital)

"Sir! So many young people recruited by the Taishou Mansion have disappeared, there are clearly ghosts on that mountain, you are recovering from a serious illness and running all the way, you really shouldn't risk yourself! ”

Yang Qinglan glanced at them, then at Thunder again, and asked him: "I'll ask you to inquire around tomorrow, no matter what the news, as long as you find it useful, try to find out in detail, if you can't remember, find something to write down, understand?" ”

Thunder nodded heavily: "Understood!" Rest assured! ”

Then she faced the old butler and said to him, "Your physical condition is not much better than that of this official, and you will be guarding the courtyard tomorrow, and if there is an unexpected situation, you will act as an opportunity." ”

The old butler was startled and almost fell to his knees.

"Your Excellency!"

Yang Qinglan waved his hand at the old butler, signaling that he didn't need to say any more, and then glanced at Qiu Shan again, his eyes stabbing like a knife.

"You will follow me up the mountain tomorrow."

Akiyama trembled, and first cast a look at the old butler for help, but found that the old butler's attention was not on him at all, and he didn't dare to make a sound, so he finally had to soften and nodded, a face more bitter than a bitter gourd.

Yang Qinglan was very dissatisfied with Akiyama's performance.

Fusing Lai Lingyun's memories, she already knew all the information about Qiu Shan, and through these materials, she found that Qiu Shan's performance in the recent period was really bad, if it was replaced by Lai Lingyun himself, maybe he would have been driven away and left to fend for himself.

Akiyama was born as a slave of the Lai family, and three generations up to the Lai family were servants who worked as handymen, because they had been working in the house instead of doing farm work in the manor, so they had more opportunities to contact the main family, and finally Lai Lingyun saw that their family was honest, diligent and loyal, so Kaien took their grandson with him as a scholar.

It is a great honor for a house slave to be the old man's scholar.

Because being a scholar means that you can get in touch with the sage books, unlike those who can only live by physical strength, becoming a scholar who lives by ink, if you are fortunate enough to get the recommendation of the lord and can get fame, then the fate of their family will be completely changed.

There is nothing more hopeful than turning over and becoming a master yourself.

Akiyama, who carried the expectations of the whole family, performed very well at the beginning, obedient and sensible, willing to learn, even Lai Lingyun, who has always been harsh, couldn't find a mistake.

However, when Lai Lingyun was belittled and took him to Nanhe County, Akiyama was a little abnormal.

Maybe it was because of his young age, and it was the first time in his life that he was so far away from home, and the journey was still so difficult, so Lai Lingyun didn't ask him too much to be as obedient and sensible as before, and the old housekeeper also took good care of him, but he didn't expect his performance to get worse and worse.

If this continues, Akiyama will not be a scholar, but like a young master of an official family!

Now that there are only three people available around Yang Qinglan, how can it be possible to allow someone to drag their feet in this?

Early the next morning, before dawn, Akiyama resigned himself to leading his horse like a thief, and according to the instructions of the thunder, he went out of the city by a small road and headed for the courtyard mountain.

Sitting on the horse, Yang Qinglan was nervous all the way, for fear that something would come out on the way and increase the difficulty of the task for her, and she didn't know if God heard her prayer, and when the sky was white, they arrived safely at the foot of the courtyard mountain.

The road into the mountain is blocked by two beam-thick wood, the wood is engraved with the four big characters of "dangerous and forbidden", and many red ropes are tied, which is very eye-catching.

Seeing such a scene, Qiu Shan's calves were trembling, looking up at Yang Qinglan who was riding on a horse, and asked in a low voice, "Master, what should we do now?" ”

Yang Qinglan glanced at him expressionlessly, and her eyes immediately fell on a small road next to him that had obviously been stepped out of for a short time.

"Detour."

With a bitter face, Akiyama led the horse along the path to bypass the obstacles, and it didn't take long to walk on the mountain path that originally entered the mountain.

After walking on the right path, looking back at the path that had just been detoured, Yang Qinglan showed a thoughtful expression, and subconsciously began to twist his beard with one hand.

According to Thunder, not many of the local people in Fu County dared to go up the mountain because of the accident, but this path is obviously not one or two or one or two people can be stepped on, so there must be people who have entered the mountain in the recent period, if the number of people is not large, then they must have gone and returned, which is completely opposite to the rumors that there is no return.

Thinking of this, her originally somewhat uneasy mood immediately calmed down.

The goblins and ghosts in this world are different from those she heard in the real world after all, they rarely harm people, and because they want to cultivate demons and immortals, not only will they not harm people but also do a lot of good things, but humans kill them for various reasons, and they are completely wicked.

I just hope that the mountains really have the clues she needs.

The mountain path was gentle at first, and the two of them did not travel slowly, and in less than half an hour they saw the remains of the first shrine.

Judging from the size of the base of the shrine left in the clearing, this shrine was not large when it was not destroyed, and it is estimated that it is a little larger than a cubic meter.

Staring at the broken stone base for a while, Yang Qinglan suddenly realized that he had made a mistake.

She shouldn't have come without thunder.

Although Lai Lingyun is defined as the villain of this world, he is an ordinary man, and he does not have yin and yang eyes like Zhuo Yunjing, he can see goblins, if there are goblins along the way, she can't see them at all, let alone look for clues through them!

Thinking of this, Yang Qinglan frowned in annoyance.

Accustomed to the difference of the projection character, he actually ignored such an important issue after projecting it onto an ordinary person!

“…… Master? ”

Finding that the old man looked uncomfortable sitting on a horse, Akiyama's heart was about to rise to his throat, so he hurriedly asked out loud, for fear that something would happen to her.

Yang Qinglan waved her hand casually to indicate that it was okay: "It's okay, let's continue up." ”

"Yes."

Starting from the first shrine, going up, there are more and more relics of the shrine, sometimes even less than ten meters apart and the next one appears, some of the shrines are more completely destroyed, even the base has been demolished, some are more lucky, just kicked a few times, broken a few holes, and even the idol inside is still there.

found the idol, Yang Qinglan hurriedly dismounted and took a closer look.

It was a black stone sculpture in the shape of a human, the carver was not superb, and the facial features were not very clear, but from the perspective of clothing, it was not similar to the clothes of the local people, and it was also very different from the people in the Central Plains.

After searching in Lai Lingyun's memory, Yang Qinglan didn't remember which region such a dressing style belonged to.

After squatting in front of the shrine and clasping her hands together and saying "sorry" to the idol, Yang Qinglan reached out and tried to take out the small idol to take a closer look.

Her behavior almost scared Akiyama's soul away.

"Stop, sir!"

Yang Qinglan's movements paused, and she turned her head to look at the scholar with a displeased expression.

"Are you afraid that this official will anger the mountain god?"

“……”

"Just look at it silently, don't make a fuss!"

Akiyama almost cried, but in the end he could only bite his lower lip and watch the old man go to get the statue.

But the idol didn't move.

Yang Qinglan added a little strength, and the idol couldn't move a single inch as if it was nailed to the base, let alone take it out of it.

She reached out and touched around the base, and found that the idol was not one with the base, and if she couldn't hold it, someone should have stuck it with something.

Suddenly, a strong wind hung on the mountain road, raising a lot of sand and dust, and the two of them had to close their eyes.

Yang Qinglan withdrew her hand in front of her face, and after the wind stopped, she rubbed her eyes, squeezed out two tears, and got out the sand that had just blown into her eyes.

Before she could take her hand away from her face, Akiyama's voice trembled in fright.

"Old, old... Master...... You, you, you, look!! ”

Yang Qinglan hurriedly looked in the direction of his finger-

The little god statue that didn't move just now disappeared!

Looking at the empty shrine, Yang Qinglan was stunned there for a long time and didn't come back to his senses.

"How did the idol disappear, did you see it?"

Akiyama's face turned pale, and his head shook like a wave drum: "No, no, I didn't see it, the wind was too strong just now...... When you open your eyes, you're gone......"

"Hmm......" Yang Qinglan twisted her beard, always feeling that something was wrong, and stared at the empty shrine and looked carefully again.

Akiyama was holding the horse next to him, and he wanted to go down the mountain immediately, but the old man didn't seem to want to leave at all, and he couldn't leave the old man alone......

Just when he couldn't help but be about to propose to go home, "Lai Lingyun" suddenly laughed.

"I see!"

Akiyama was inexplicably laughed by him, and felt even more frightened, but in the next second, he saw his master put his hand into the shrine again.

He felt like he was going crazy.

Or maybe the old man is crazy.

Akiyama's legs went limp, and he fell to the ground, and it was this sitting that changed the angle of his gaze, and he saw a detail in the shrine that he hadn't noticed before.

Obviously, from the outside, this shrine is not small, but the position where the statue is placed is only a small piece, and looking through the gap that has been kicked and broken, it seems that there is still room for hiding in this shrine?

Then he saw the old man reach out and tap lightly on the base.

There were a few muffled noises from the base.

Is the bottom empty?

Attracted by this voice, Akiyama had forgotten what he had almost been scared to death just now, and stared intently at the old man's hands, intending to see what he would do next.

The hands fumbled around inside the shrine for a moment, and then a few fingers clasped a few fingers on a gap on the right side of the base, and pressed a little!

The pedestal was lifted, and the small idol that had just disappeared flipped up from below and returned to its original position.

"Sure enough!"

Retrieving the idol, Yang Qinglan did not withdraw his hands, but continued to grope in the shrine, and soon found a small moving wooden board on the side wall, so he planned to remove it with some force.

At this moment, the idol that had just turned over suddenly fell, and a hand stretched out from the exposed hole and grabbed Yang Qinglan's left wrist violently!

"Wow——!!!!"

Akiyama was so frightened that he sat down on the ground.