The mountain breeze blows through the forest, and the leaves are clustered.

The young man frowned and thought for a while, then said to me, "Xiaoling, why don't you wait where you are, and I'll take a look first?" ”

In an instant, I looked up at him, and for a second I rejected his plan: "It's not good, I'll go with you to see it!" “

"If you have a word, if you want to go, you must act together!"

I said to him in a solemn tone: "Young Master, it's easy for you to walk away alone, but what if there is danger ahead?" “

"When a critical situation arises, if I am too far away from you, I will definitely not have time to respond!"

In my opinion, his approach is too inappropriate and amounting to risk, and I certainly will not agree with it.

"Xiaoling, you are really overwhelmed, it seems that you want to rely on your protection!"

The tsundere boy looked at me and raised his eyebrows.

His expression is obvious, I can see that he is just making fun of me!

I ignored his expression, and it wasn't the first time he had a venomous tongue anyway.

After thinking about it, I retorted: "Young Master, I didn't mean that, but I can't let you take risks casually. ”

"Your safety is ultimately my own safety," I continued, after a pause, "because I have to rely on your escort on the way to the Northlands!" ”

I said to him unabashedly.

He had an idea, but he followed me to the Northland, and the division of labor was clear from the beginning, and it was not me who forced him, it was his own choice.

"Are you really" The young man looked at me and said with a bit of helplessness in his tone: "Is that appropriate?" ”

"What's wrong?" I frowned at him and said softly.

A smile tugged at the corner of the boy's mouth. He slowed down his tone and said to me: "Xiaoling, let you stay, aren't you also afraid of danger ahead?" "Hey!" I shook my head and said to the guy next to me. "Young Master, tell you, don't underestimate me."

I remembered what happened in the mountains last time, and I just took this opportunity to mention it to him again.

I don't bother to say how embarrassed he was at the time, he himself must have experienced it more deeply than I did.

After catching up with him, I said, "If I hadn't been there, you wouldn't have come out so quickly." “

"Your companion should not be taken lightly at any time!"

I glanced at him out of the corner of my eye, and then said in a calm tone. "Young Master, maybe the person who can save your life at a critical moment is still me, do you know?"

I glared at him. Turned his head to look to the side.

From the time we entered the woods until now, no one else has followed.

I thought for a moment and then turned to him, "Anyway, don't talk about it. The situation at the moment. It's better for me to advance and retreat with you! ”

"Don't ask me next time! Again, everyone understands. “

"Young Master, I won't agree to you acting alone, you can just think that I am left alone and feel afraid."

The young man frowned when he heard this, he looked at me intently and said, "Xiaoling, I sometimes can't understand that you are a boy, and you are not a little embarrassed if you speak with confidence?" ”

"I'm telling the truth!"

The young man sighed, stopped and said in a low voice, "Xiaoling." Since you insist on doing so, it's better to go along. ”

I replied cheerfully. He walked faster than him, and ran ahead in a few steps.

But it was only a short time before the tsundere boy carried me behind me again, and I followed him as before.

I heard the sound of water getting louder and louder, and it seemed that I was getting closer to the waterfall!

The more humid the air is, the closer it gets.

I stopped again and watched the tsundere boy stand still, surveying his surroundings as well.

What did he see wrong? I thought to myself.

"Xiaoling, follow me, northeast." The boy said in a deep voice, walking in the direction he said before me.

I didn't react, and it took a few seconds to catch up.

Walking to the northeast corner, before reaching the location of the waterfall, it is a mountain col.

We've finally seen it!

The questions that had been lingering in my mind were answered here.

Combing through the details mentioned earlier, I said earlier, through the most difficult part of the road, and then we went to the woods.

The forest is so vast that we parked our carriage not far from the entrance of the woods.

For the sake of safety, it was parked in a relatively secluded location.

Then, as we walked through the forest, we saw the car of the mountain man Agui, who parked more casually than us.

It stands to reason that there must have been someone who arrived here earlier than us and him, the same group of people who went up the mountain in the middle of the night to inquire about the way.

The problem is that we haven't found their mounts, but now we finally have an answer.

They left their horses not far from the waterfall, in the col where the boy and I could see.

In this case, they had at least spied on the way to and from the fishing village, and knew that the next road was not suitable for horseback riding.

Maybe they set off for a while, and then they turned back and left the horses behind!

The time difference is there.

They didn't have a chance to see us, and the location of the mountain man Agui's parking, so they were the first group of people to go to the fishing village to explore the way.

I stood at the entrance of the col, looked at the scene in front of me, turned to look at the tsundere boy and asked, "Did you know their number last night?" ”

The young man nodded, and also looked back at me and said thoughtfully: "Xiaoling, they didn't know the route when they went up the mountain, so I guess they came up together." ”

"I passed through the forest before, and I saw that the marks left on the road were basically comparable to the number of people."

The boy spoke in a calm tone.

"Then look at the number of horses here, are they all left?" I asked the teenager.

"If there is no other group of people waiting on the official road, it must be the ones who go up the mountain, and the number of horses here is right."

The boy spoke more rigorously, and did not use a particularly decisive tone. It's not the same as my previous impression of him.

"They went to the road and knew they couldn't ride horses, so they came back?"

I wanted to confirm my suspicions with the boy.

He pursed his lips and said, "Because it's close to the waterfall." The area was so humid that it had rained that there were no visible marks on the ground. “

He changed his tone and said, "Xiaoling, but according to my speculation, as long as they haven't been to this area, your statement must be right." ”

I don't listen to the first few sentences, anyway, the last sentence he said is clear. It means I guessed correctly.

"Look, are we going straight across the waterfall now, or do you need to check around again?"

I transferred the reins to the teenager.

The road ahead is getting closer to the goal. Although he and I had to take risks, he was undoubtedly more stressed.

At the right time, it is the right choice to give him the dominant power for the time being, just temporarily!

The boy looked at me in surprise. Bow your head and smile slightly. I don't know what he's thinking.

Then, he raised his head and stared at me again and said, "Xiaoling, you are going to the fishing village, and you have already decided." “

"There is no danger at the moment, of course our plan remains the same, and it is better to continue to move forward."

The boy and I withdrew from the col, and then walked to the path we had just passed in the forest, and continued on

In the courtyard of the house in the south of the city. Inside the study.

At this moment, Tianfang put down the map in his hand, and the map of the northern land of Zealand was spread out on the table. I've been looking at it before the day release.

He never drank the tea that was sent on the table, and it was already cold.

At this time, there was a knock at the door, but it was someone from the bottom who came in to deliver the meal, and changed the tea on the table by the way.

After the subordinate finished delivering the meal, he quietly withdrew, walked outside the door and closed the door gently.

The lid of the stew pot was lifted from the desk next to the desk, and it was steaming hot soup from the kitchen.

He frowned, closed the lid again, and looked out the window

The people who came one after another gathered in the study.

After the matter was discussed and the Tianfang was deployed, they left one after another.

The two subordinates who were guarding the courtyard looked at the closed study door, and exchanged glances at each other.

From the beginning of the exchange of messages, the Lord sent a letter, but it was not long before he called back the hands to deliver a second letter.

It seemed to them that they had not seen such a situation in a long, long time!

It seems like a long time ago when I last saw it.

At that time in Haiguo, the lord who received the urgent report seemed to be a little out of shape, and the letter was sent out and transferred back, which was not at all his usual style.

This time, a group of subordinates watched, at least they knew the Lord's thoughts in their hearts - it was more and more difficult to guess!

All the way from Suzhou to South Xilan, the impression of the Lord is always absent.

Even when you go to Xilanan, dealing with things here gives people the same feeling

The carriage came in from outside the southern city of Zealand, and did not stop much along the way.

Passing through the busiest part of the street, I slowed down a little and continued to weave through the crowds and traffic.

When he turned into the alley and the hustle and bustle outside was cut off, the coachman gradually slowed down.

The coachman looked over, and the person who was ready to answer was already waiting at the door.

The car stopped under a tree outside the door, and two people came down from above.

One was a young man dressed similarly to the group of subordinates in the house.

At a glance, he knew that he was one of them, and he was indeed one of the people who Tianfang had mobilized from the Sea Country to South Zealand.

The other was blindfolded, with dirt-stained clothes and a thin middle-aged man, who looked much more obscene.

After entering the courtyard, Tianfang's subordinates went to the study first to report, and the remaining person stood motionless in the courtyard.

The blindfolded one wanted to know what was going on around him and where he had been.

He wanted to know what had happened before he came, but he was so frightened that he didn't dare to act rashly for the time being.

Tianfang's subordinates didn't tie him up, even so, the guy standing in the courtyard didn't dare to take off the blindfold covering his face to see what was going on.

The subordinates who remained in the courtyard to serve as guards, the two of them looked at each other again.

They all understood what their companions meant!

Not surprisingly, they heard that this person must have heard the news about the riverside warehouse fire.

I don't know what the Lord plans to do with the guy in front of him?

The blindfold covering his face was finally removed, and it took a few moments for the people standing in the courtyard to adjust to the light.

When he saw clearly that he was in an independent courtyard at the moment, not only did not offset his doubts, but became even more frightened.

He feared that no one would know what was going on here, because it seemed obvious that this place was someone's private house!

What exactly is the other party going to do? He stood there uneasy

Tianfang took a sip of the tea on the table.

There were only three people in the study, except for himself, the two men who had been sent by the carriage.

Tianfang's subordinate said calmly: "Lord, this person has something to do with the warehouse fire case. ”

The man stood in front of Tianfang in a cramped and uneasy manner, his eyes were frightened, and his gaze quickly moved from Tianfang's subordinates to Tianfang's body.

The next second, without waiting for a word, he knelt down.

The study was silent, and Tianfang looked at the kneeling man without saying a word, his eyes turning from his face to his dirt-stained clothes.

Presumably, before he came, his subordinates made him suffer a little, so he was still frightened at this time.

Tianfang opened his mouth and said in a gentle tone: "On the night of the warehouse fire, where were you, tell me the situation carefully at that time, and you must not hide it." ”

I continued walking with the boy in the woods, and it wasn't long before the expected waterfall in front of me blocked the way.

I stood there and stared ahead for a long time.

As the water vapor evaporates, I finally saw that there was a way around the waterfall, but from where we were, even if we did, we would definitely get wet.

At that moment, I hesitated.

The young man saw that I was stunned, thinking that I hadn't found the right direction yet, so he took a step closer to me and pointed, "Xiaoling, you should go from that side." ”

"I know!"

I bit my lip and felt depressed, and if I got wet as I passed, it seemed a bit of trouble.

After thinking about it for a while, I had to keep walking, so I made up my mind to follow that route.

Before I could take a few steps, the young man suddenly stretched out his hand and grabbed me and said, "The water vapor here at the waterfall is too big, and if you go over, it will get wet." ”

He stood there and took off his coat, which startled me!

"This is for you, and it's on your body."

After the boy finished speaking, he took a step forward before me and went directly into the path next to the waterfall.

I didn't even have time to refuse, but he passed very quickly, standing on the opposite side and waving to me.

The robe he gave me was still warm, a cotton robe for winter, and he wanted me to cross the waterfall as soon as he practiced, as he said.

I looked at the narrow path next to the waterfall and was a little worried.

Fortunately, this dress is quite thick, and if it is summer, I am afraid that this dress will not be able to block the moisture by the waterfall.

I don't have to think about it, so I'd better walk over there! (To be continued.) )