After observing the marks left on the ground, the young man said calmly to me: "Xiaoling, it must be a villager living nearby. "Definitely not last night!"

I squatted down to make sure I did, and then stood up.

I looked up at the boy for a moment, and then said, "That's right! They're gone long in the night, you and I know it! ”

It was raining last night, and when the group went up the mountain, they went directly to the mountainside and asked about the route at the eldest lady's house, where we were temporarily staying.

When they reached the top of the mountain to inquire about the news, and when they came down the mountain, he and I heard it, so I was sure of it.

There were so many of them that if they had turned back to the mountains, they would not have escaped my ears and his ears

I talked to the boy in a low voice as we walked, the mountain road in the village was difficult to walk, and it took a bit of effort to reach the top of the mountain.

As far as the eye can see, there are several scattered families, among which the closest to the top of the mountain is the home of the mountain man Agui that the eldest lady said.

That's an ill-fated man! "He brought someone to ask last night, and he wanted to spend the night," I paused, and continued, "He certainly didn't think that when he got to the eldest mother's house, there was no place for that person." "It's a coincidence that you came with me." "His luck is not so good!"

I couldn't help it, and I couldn't help but sigh when I looked at the dilapidated courtyard in front of me.

Last night, most of the passers-by who had nowhere to go stayed at the house of the mountain man Agui.

Looking at the situation of his family, the luck of me and the boy is much better. The room we slept in was also independent, and the quilts were all newly made by the eldest lady's family.

Of course, the good conditions are all enjoyed by the guys around me.

Come to think of it. I glanced at him, a little depressed in my heart, but I still contributed to the eldest mother's house to treat her.

Well, for the sake of him on the way to the Northland, he has to continue to be a coachman and a guard, so I won't worry about the eldest young master! "Xiaoling, wait for his house. Don't open your mouth, I'll ask. “

The boy stopped, turning his head sideways. Tell me again.

This time I nodded helplessly, a little unwilling in my heart, and added to him, "If you don't ask what I want to know." What should I do? "Impossible." The young man made a gesture, his tone full of determination, "Xiaoling, I know what you want to ask, don't worry." “

I raised an eyebrow and glanced at him, this guy is really confident!

Standing outside the courtyard, looking at the old and dilapidated house, the surrounding families were better than his.

"Hey. Look at it, his house is broken like this. I lowered my voice and whispered to the tsundere boy, "His wife ran away, could it be because of this?" ”

The corners of the young man's lips moved, and he coughed: "Whether he runs or not must have something to do with his wife, and it shouldn't have much to do with the house." ”

"Cut, you know again, this is also very important, okay, you're not a woman."

"Xiaoling," the young man said with a smile on his face, "neither are you, what do you say I do!" ”

I was blocked by his words, and I couldn't refute it for the time being, so I had to turn my head sullenly.

Approaching the courtyard wall enclosed by a bamboo fence, I tried knocking on the door a few times, and then shouted inside, but there was no movement in the house.

At this moment, the genius has just dawned, why is there no one at home?

I didn't see any smoke on the roof of his house!

"I can't figure out how to go hunting so early," I looked across the courtyard, then frowned, and muttered, "That doesn't seem right!" "Didn't you say he brought a passer-by with him last night to take them in?"

"Hey, young master, what do you think?" I thought about it for a few seconds, then turned my head to look at the boy and asked.

"We all heard it, he took the passer-by up the mountain last night, why is he not at home now?"

I didn't understand, so I looked at the tsundere boy and continued, "What's going on? Could it be that something happened after those people came last night? ”

As soon as the words fell, I was taken aback at myself, which is really not a good assumption.

When I think about the team last night, I have a bad premonition in my heart, and when I encounter a situation where the door is not moving, I subconsciously think in a bad direction.

"It's not a good idea for us to stand here, do you want to go in and have a look?"

After all, some horrible images flashed through my mind, and my tone was a little hesitant.

To be honest, if something really happens, it wouldn't hurt for me to check with the tsundere boy.

But I had to consider the risk, if someone from the village came over in the middle of the inspection and happened to see me and him at Agui's house, then I really couldn't tell him!

It's dawn, something happened, and strangers can't be separated from what they think!

After all, we are strangers passing by, and even if others don't think I'm doing something with him, they will inevitably stop us and ask questions.

How can this question be explained clearly without a long time, and the uncle and aunt have to be implicated to testify.

I stood outside the courtyard gate when it was difficult to ride a tiger, and I couldn't make up my mind for a while, and when I looked back at the young man, he was also silent, and a hesitant look flashed on his face.

The two of them waited there, and for a while they could only hear the sound of the wind, and there was still no movement in the house in the courtyard.

No one came out to open the door, and no one came out of the house.

When I saw the dilapidated house, the door was tightly closed.

I thought for a moment, but it was the young man next to me who spoke first.

He seemed to have made up his mind, and said to me decisively: "Since that's the case, Xiaoling, I'll go in and check it myself." ”

Without waiting for me to stop him, he was about to enter the courtyard, when suddenly he heard footsteps on the mountain road.

I looked with him towards the mountain path, and from where we stood, along the mountain road, it was leading to the top of the mountain, and the footsteps were clearly coming down from the top of the mountain.

Someone?

I looked at the tsundere boy, and he immediately gave up the idea of going into the courtyard.

He grabbed me. I walked a short distance down the mountain, and then continued to slowly turn back along the path I had just taken.

I saw what he was doing and immediately understood what he meant.

He thought if someone from the mountain came down. When I saw us, I was going up the hill with him to inquire.

In that case, even if something really happened to the mountain people's family, I just came here with him, and it has nothing to do with us.

In order to avoid misunderstandings, it is appropriate to do so.

I didn't have to wait long, and a person walked down from the direction of the mountain. He also carries prey on his back.

The man saw me and the boy coming up on the mountain road, and stood there and looked at us, frowning and saying nothing.

I approached the tsundere boy. The distance between me and him has become shorter.

I thought about it and was about to ask, but the young man spoke up beside me first, "Excuse me, are you the owner of this house?" ”

The man was dressed like him, and he knew that he was from the village.

He glanced at the ruined courtyard. Then he shook his head and said, "Are you looking for Agui?" I'm not him. ”

"Oh. We were passing through," I nodded as the corners of my mouth tugged at a deep groan, "I spent the night at the aunt's house on the mountainside last night. "I woke up this morning and wanted to ask about the route."

I paused in my tone, and then met his gaze and continued, "I heard my aunt tell us that the residents on the top of the mountain are the ones who have gone the farthest to hunt in the village. "We'd like to ask him about the route."

I spoke generously to the man and made it clear what I was doing with the boy.

The man was stunned again, and then his expression softened a little. He looked at me and the boy one after another, as if to confirm the identity of me and him.

After a short pause. He said to us, "I said that it was unfortunate that you two came, and Agui went out before dawn. “

"How so?" I looked at him in amazement.

It stands to reason that people who come down from the mountain will pass the path near the eldest mother's house, which is the road I walked with the tsundere boy.

That path can be said to be a must-go for the villagers.

According to him, since the two of them went down the mountain, and Agui walked with the people who stayed overnight, why didn't we hear any movement?

The teenager and I didn't sleep in the middle of the night, first in the middle of the house to discuss things and next steps, and then I went to the kitchen to get food to avoid suspicion.

It didn't take long for the tsundere boy to catch up and help me do things together.

Then I went to the side of the house for a while, but there was movement outside, and if there were people passing by, they would surely hear it, I was sure.

"You don't know," the man explained, evidently to me, "that you see the direction I am coming, and that there is a path in the woods on the top of the hill that leads to the bottom of the mountain. "Ah Gui took the man who stayed with his family and walked down the path."

The visitor paused for a moment, and then said, "It's farther away from the official road over there, maybe that person asked him to lead the way." ”

I frowned, a little confused in my heart, why go that way to the official road?

But I didn't have time to think about it, because the boy answered, "Is that path easy to walk?" ”

"It's okay, I definitely don't know anyone who has just arrived, and I have to be led by people from the village." "We made a trap on the top of the mountain, a bird catcher."

The man untied the spoils of war from his back and raised at me, "That's it. “

No wonder!

I suddenly exchanged glances with the tsundere boy next to me.

Each saw the same meaning in the other's eyes.

I smiled and said, "This big brother, since you are also hunting in the village, do you know the terrain in this area?" ”

"I heard that the official road was overhauled last year, and my eldest brother and I don't know the road anymore." "Well," said the man, in a cheerful tone, "it's still early, go to my house for a cup of tea before leaving." “

He walked up to us, looked at me and the tsundere boy again, and then said, "The brothers look quite alike, but they are a lot different." “

Well, I was a little speechless, and I didn't know how to answer for a while, but the young man avoided answering, and said in a deep voice: "Please lead the way." ”

"You're so polite," the mountain man asked me, "little brother, are you going to the Northland?" ”

"Hey, big brother, how do you know?" I asked, surprised.

"There are quite a few people who go to the northland after passing through the village," the mountain people said calmly, "to build the road, the road to the north is the road, I just guess it." ”

"You guessed it right!" I said in a cheerful tone, and as I was talking, the mountain man walked in front of me, and the boy walked behind me, when suddenly he reached out and tugged at my sleeve.

When I looked back, the guy had a gloomy face and made a gesture at me, did he think I was talking too much?

I had no choice but to bow my head silently and stop speaking for a while.

When we followed the villagers to his house, we saw that the yard of his house was much more neat than the one we had just seen.

Three rooms were also built.

But when we walked in, we didn't see anyone.

The mountain people explained to us: "My daughter-in-law went back to her parents' house, and the child also went to live for a few days. ”

When he got to the house, he busied himself with boiling water and making coarse tea from the local area

Ah Gui took the people in Tsing Yi and walked all the way down the path from the top of the mountain.

He couldn't figure out that the group had come during the night, and the guest who had been staying overnight was so distraught that he begged him early in the morning to take him on another path.

Ah Gui was embarrassed, and listened to him in a tone that was almost to the point of pleading, but he still agreed.

He thought in his heart that even if the matter of going to the fishing village was postponed for half a day.

The man in Tsing Yi followed behind him, stunned and didn't fall behind a single step.

Ah Gui is familiar with the roads in the mountains, and it stands to reason that most of the strangers passing by outside and the trails between the mountains and forests cannot walk fast.

This guy is good, as if there are people chasing him behind him, urging Agui from time to time, he is in a hurry!

"Are you alright?" Passing by a mountain stream, Ah Gui glanced back at Tsing Yi Daodao.

"It's okay, big brother, thank you so much!"

The people in Tsing Yi said words of thanks several times on the way, and Ah Gui was a little impatient.

"You guy, what's polite, just lead the way." Agui said in a low voice.

"Thank you, it's all delaying your business, you didn't plan to go to that fishing village early in the morning?"

The man in Tsing Yi paused, and then said: "When you see the official road under the mountain, you hurry back to do something, big brother, you are a good person if I delay you so much!" ”

Ah Gui shook his head and strode forward, not understanding the thoughts of the people in Tsing Yi.

The two of them walked very fast, and they could finally see the winding official road in front of them, the road leading to the Northland.

Joy flashed in the eyes of the man in Tsing Yi, and he pulled Ah Gui's sleeve and said, "Big brother, just send me here, I know the next road." ”

Tea came up, and the mountain people handed me and the tsundere boy a cup each.

I took a sip of tea, of course, the crude tea leaves in the mountains could not be compared with the Yuwen family.

The morning in the mountains was cold, and hot tea was brought in, and I could drink it even if it tasted bad.

Tsundere teenagers are different!

Seeing that the mountain people enthusiastically brought the tea to him, they looked at him with some expectation.

I looked sideways at the tsundere boy with interest, wanting to see what he would do next. (To be continued.) )