"I'm disturbed in the middle of the night, may I ask" One of the people who came to lead the way was close to the courtyard gate, and he didn't mean to go up and push the door in. He stood outside the simple courtyard wall made of bamboo fences from a distance, facing in.

In the rain, the person who came asked through the fence with an umbrella and a lantern slowly approached the old man who stopped on the other side: "Do you know how to go to Longyuan Lake?" “

I watched from the window and frowned at his actions.

The name of the place he said sounded very unfamiliar, and I secretly said what kind of place was Longyuan Lake he mentioned?

In retrospect, I had actually seen a map of the northeast of Suzhou, but I searched in my memory and found that I did not have any impression of the name of the place he mentioned.

Longyuan Lake?

When I lived in Nanhua Town, in addition to chatting with the shopkeeper and young men in the inn, I also walked around the street.

The market in the north of the town, the teahouse in Nanhua Town, the people who talked to me, and the topics I heard talking about along the way.

No matter who they are, I have never heard them mention such a place name as Longyuan Lake.

The first impression sounds like a scenic spot. "I've been here before, and I remember that there are shortcuts in this area."

The man paused, and said calmly to the uncle standing by the courtyard gate: "But I heard that last year, there was a section of the official road that collapsed and was overhauled, and the route was a little different from the original, so I didn't find the road for a while." "We went around in circles around the neighborhood and found nothing." "I can't do it for the time being, after discussion. Decided to go to the mountains and have a look. “

His tone sounded unhurried, with a hint of confidence.

said that he was looking for a way, but he couldn't find it at the moment and didn't hear any urgency from his words!

Anyone who listens to it will think that this person is not in a hurry at all. It's just talking.

I couldn't figure it out, so I pushed the window open a little, hoping to see the men more clearly.

On a rainy night, the true appearance of those people was obscured by the rain gear they were wearing, and their faces were covered by hats.

I tried to keep my eyes open, but unfortunately I couldn't see at all.

I reckon only those closest to him will be able to see him as he really is.

After a pause for a few seconds, someone came to the uncle. In a calm tone, he asked again: "Uncle, you are from here, do you know how to go to Longyuan Lake as I said?" ”

At this time. Suddenly, a flash of lightning flashed across the sky, suddenly illuminating the man's face under his hat.

With a sharp gaze, I stood behind the window and looked at him in horror, stunned for a moment!

How could it be!! I was amazed.

The uncle thought about it when he heard this. Shaking his head at him, he said, "Where you said." I haven't heard of it, I really don't know. "Usually people in our village are active near the village." Uncle sighed and said.

He looked at the stranger and continued, "I'm too old to go far. "When I was younger, I used to hunt far away, but I really don't know the name of the place you mentioned."

I stood by the window, and my whole body trembled, and the man not far away from the fence could not think of a reason why he was here at this moment.

When I was at the Nanhua Town Inn. This strange person once scared me, but now he actually chased after him!

What does he want to do?!

Wait a minute. It suddenly occurred to me that maybe he wasn't here to chase me, I understood what he said just now, wasn't he struggling with a strange place called Longyuan Lake?

I guess I just happened to be passing by!

I turned my head to look at the young man sitting at the low table in the same room as me, he sensed my gaze, and looked at me at the moment, and after a while, he gestured at me.

I understood what he meant again, but I couldn't answer him at this time, so I could only be a little calm.

I'd like to wait for the people out there to leave first.

The only consolation at the moment, since the people outside have no intention of forcibly breaking in, they naturally won't ask the uncle if there are any strangers staying here temporarily tonight.

My worries can be put aside for a while!

When they came to the village, the focus was to find directions, not to meddle with other people's affairs.

With such a heavy rain, I had to hurry even in the middle of the night, and needless to say, most of them were in a hurry to find that place.

After thinking about it for a moment, my emotions calmed down a little.

I leaned slightly to the side, concentrating and continuing to listen to the conversation between the two men outside on a rainy night.

The man asked a few words, but he didn't expect the uncle to gradually let down his guard in his calm and calm tone.

This is very understandable, from the disturbance to the present, it seems that they are quite well-behaved, and they don't even have the intention of entering the courtyard gate.

Don't underestimate the courtyard gate that barely constitutes an obstacle, the other party strictly abides by the rules, and the impression is much better!

At the end of the conversation, to my surprise, the uncle actually pointed to him in the direction of going to the top of the mountain.

From where I was standing, I could hear the conversation at the door, so I heard the uncle mention a person to him during the conversation.

It was none other than the one who had come with a stranger to stay overnight, what did it seem to be called, I lowered my head and thought about it.

By the way, the mountain man named Agui also brought someone who wanted to come to stay overnight, but was politely declined by the uncle.

He is a village hunter who lives near the top of the mountain.

"He's been far away, and he may know the place you're talking about." The uncle's tone was gentle.

The man calmly thanked him, and immediately withdrew from the path, leading the group in the direction of the top of the mountain.

It seems that he is planning to follow the advice of the uncle and go directly to the village to ask other younger mountain people about the road conditions.

I stayed by the window and leaned motionless against the window frame, watching through the gap as the group of people left and walked away until I couldn't see them.

I breathed a sigh of relief, turned and turned back to the low table, and sat down with my ass in shock.

The tsundere boy looked up. looked at me funny and said, "Xiaoling, I told you before, don't be too flustered." Those people were just here to ask for directions. ”

Although he had mentioned it to me before, he guessed the situation, and there was a bit of smugness in his words.

I didn't hide that emotion, and I felt it immediately in the same room.

"Xiaoling, didn't I tell you?"

The tsundere boy stared at me, paused and continued: "If they come to ask for directions, naturally the master will deal with it." You and I don't need to come forward. ”

The tsundere boy turned his head to look out the window and whispered to me, "Now that everyone is gone, you can continue to rest." ”

His tone sounded extraordinarily calm. It's as if nothing had happened.

At this moment, my mind was thinking intensely, because I was completely different from what he was thinking.

In my opinion, I think this matter is full of doubts.

I made a gesture to ask him to be quiet. A man leaned against the table. He propped his head on his elbow and quietly recalled what had happened in Nanhua Town before.

From the moment I met that man in the inn, I was keenly aware of something unusual about him.

From the innkeeper and the young man who worked in the inn, there was not much strange about the origin of that person.

The anomaly he exhibited was just an impression I had when I saw this man.

In other words, in the eyes of others, this is my subjective impression, but my judgment of the things around me is based on the fact that I have been out and about for so long and have come into contact with countless people.

My gut told me that person was just not ordinary. There must be a secret in him, and it won't be groundless.

The guy told me about it. The stranger is the old friend of the innkeeper who works under him.

The friend who was very persistent in planting tea and eating tea couldn't find a suitable place, but found a wasteland reclamation person near the tea garden in Beilang Mountain, Yuwen's house.

Since then, the innkeeper's friend has made the tea garden his home, and the strange stranger who appears at the inn in Nanhua Town is the bridge between him and the innkeeper.

The man would regularly bring tea leaves and some specialties from the mountains to Nanhua Town.

The young man made his origin clear, and at the same time he felt the same way as me, and explained to me that the man stationed in the tea garden in the mountains must have kung fu.

When I left Nanhua Town, didn't that person return to the tea garden of the innkeeper's old friend?

I saw him leave the inn with my own eyes, and he was carrying his luggage right away

How could he appear in the mountains so far away from Nanhua Town on such a rainy night, and he was still looking for an unfamiliar place name, a place that even the male owner of this family, who had lived in the mountain village for a long time, did not know?!

Sounds incredible, but who can help me?!

"Xiaoling, what the hell are you thinking? The soul is not guarded. ”

The tsundere boy frowned and looked at me and said, "Xiaoling, a few strangers scared you silly?" ”

You're stupid, I looked up at him very depressed.

I didn't answer, and I was still thinking about whether to tell him clearly about the cause and effect and the points I questioned in this matter.

I was a little hesitant, I didn't know what to do for a while.

It's not difficult to talk to him, but what if the consequences affect my next trip?

The tsundere boy has always been a consistent personality, and when he hears what happened and perceives something inappropriate, he will definitely make a decision immediately.

Once he decides to return to Nanhua Town or even Beilang Mountain, who knows if he will directly kidnap me and bring me back with him?!

Well, it's hard to say!

This man's kung fu is far above mine.

I'm going to run away from him, not without a chance of winning, but the odds are very low, and most of the time I have to outwit it!

When I lived in the Qingyin Pavilion in the east courtyard of the Yuwen family's castle, it was the same thought that prompted me to leave in the middle of the night.

I thought about it, but after thinking about it, I still couldn't make up my mind, which really embarrassed me!

Heading from the trail to the top of the mountain, the procession is lined up in front and back.

This group of them is considered to have walked outside frequently, but this time the head has changed.

The people below have their own thoughts about this captain who was temporarily installed by the upper echelons.

In a short time, they approached the top of the mountain little by little on the muddy mountain path in the village.

The man at the head of the line suddenly stopped, stood there and looked up at the top of the mountain.

When he didn't speak, his expression was extremely indifferent, and there was an indescribable feeling in his gestures.

Although he had not long been in the middle of the group, the big man was already familiar with his temper, so as soon as he stopped, all the people who followed him were silent.

At this hour, almost all the houses in the village were darkened.

As far as the eye could see, the houses scattered on the hill were not lit, except for a dim lamp in a courtyard near the top of the mountain.

Lights faintly cast out of the window, illuminating a small spot on the nearby muddy mountain road.

When I asked for directions just now, the male owner of the family halfway up the mountain should be the Orion!

At that moment, an idea popped into his head.

He quickly turned his head to the people who followed him: "I'll go up and ask alone, you wait here for a while, and wait for me to come back." ”

Without looking back, he walked in the direction of the courtyard, and the rest of the group that followed looked at each other.

The oldest member of the team lowered his voice and whispered, "What the hell does he mean?!" ”

As soon as his companion spoke, his tone sounded very different from that of Sealand.

Although he said the accent of Nanhua Town, the lame words could be heard by the local people as soon as they heard it.

Therefore, in front of outsiders, he is always silent and rarely speaks, for fear of causing unnecessary trouble.

was selected into this team, but he just relied on his kung fu to pass the test.

"Whatever he means, he told us to wait, and we'll wait patiently," someone in the team whispered back, "and since he's sure he's going to come first, he'll do his best." ”

The companion's tone sounded calm, so the team stood still, only to watch the figure in front of them gradually approach the courtyard

After sending off the person in the village, when the mountain man Agui returned to the house, he saw the man in Tsing Yi lying on the kang without even taking off his head when he was sleeping, as if he was ready to leave anytime and anywhere.

Ah Gui's eyes swept over the body of the man in Tsing Yi, fell on the self-defense tool that the man was carrying at his waist, and shook his head helplessly.

Maybe it's a temporary stay in an unfamiliar place, and the other party is not at ease!

Ah Gui speculated in his heart, he walked to the side of the makeshift bed, and the person lay down, but his eyes were open, and he didn't feel sleepy at all.

The things that the people in the village mentioned to him before made him feel a little strange.

I heard this situation from another person in the village a few years ago, when he went to Nanhua Town to have something to do, and he stayed for half a month.

When he returned to the village, the man he had mentioned soon left for the Northlands, and for the next few years, there was no news of the man.

Ah Gui turned over on the board bed, and the seemingly sleeping Tsing Yi man on the other side opened his eyes in an instant. (To be continued.) )