Regardless of whether there is something going on in the village or not, one thing we can be sure of is that there must be other roads connecting the village to the outside.

Otherwise, how could the road on the cliff be the only way for the villagers to enter and exit?

I don't think it makes sense.

Such an inconvenient road, everyone knows that it will not be a good choice!

Every time you travel, you have to walk such a steep mountain road, and you have to use tools to think about the rank of the tsundere boy, it takes a lot of effort to walk, how should the old and young women and children of a village get in and out?

As for the waterways, it seems unlikely that if I think about it.

Why do I say that, of course, I have reasons for my judgment.

And, the basis for my judgment is well known!

It seems to me that if the villagers are frequently coming in and out of the waterways, then we will definitely see the abandoned old boats moored in the river, even if we don't see the boats returning, even if we are outside!

I've been to more than one fishing village, and I've seen similar scenes, but we haven't seen any abandoned old boats on the riverbank.

I walked with the boy near the river beach.

In order to satisfy his appetite, he had to fill his stomach before entering the village, of course, maybe he had other thoughts, such as checking in the woods.

In short, he went to a lot of places.

Like him, I walked around the stopover.

Neither I nor he found any trace of what I said!

Describe the place where the boy went hunting, and the forest he was going to go to the west along the river beach, along with the dense forest area of the hillside.

If you go on that side, you can see a waterfall in the mountains, which is the source of the small river I am talking about, and is one of the tributaries that flow into the lake.

From where we were, I could look out over there from the rocks.

The creek should be open to the point, meaning that the water there is large enough for the abandoned boats I mentioned.

Since there is no trace, it can only be interpreted as none.

Does it mean that the road they will take will still be by land?

Maybe when you enter the village, you will find that there is another way through the mountains and forests to connect with the outside?

I think for sure!

The boy walked very fast ahead. I didn't dare to slack off and follow him all the time.

Watching his back stand in the way of the road at least makes me worry a little less.

This worry is due to the fact that in a completely unfamiliar environment, I don't know the details of my worries, and the teenager's ability to cope with emergencies is better than mine.

His kung fu is above mine. It's his greatest reliance!

I can foresee that when he arrives in the Northland, there will be one more layer to rely on, that is, the identity of the eldest young master of the Yuwen family.

I could hear what he meant.

The Yuwen family must have a contact point in the Northland, and of course there will be people who can come in handy!

Walk with your footsteps. The mountain village is getting closer and closer, and just as I guessed, there is a problem there.

Because the whole village was silent, not a single movement could be heard, not even a dog barked!

If I had been far away before, and I was still a little uncertain in my heart, I was almost sure when I came here.

In the village ahead, most of them have an accident!

The people walking around Nanhua Town couldn't see the tense atmosphere at the beginning of the war, and Gu Qimei saw it very clearly at the table on the street of the teahouse

She took a few sips of tea and put down her cup. Her eyes had been looking at the passers-by on the street, and at this moment, Gu Qimei was concentrating on the figure on the street that looked very familiar.

She frowned, wondering where she had seen that person.

Why does it look so familiar, she doesn't think it's her own delusion.

Gu Qimei asked the people around her, but the other party shook her head and didn't know.

The man on the street was tall and looked quite burly, but Gu Qimei quickly shifted her gaze to the shoes he was wearing, which was

Gu Qimei gestured silently, and the guards who had followed the empress in the past followed her out to do errands this time.

The guard sat beside him and was always paying attention to Gu Qimei's movements, and he couldn't answer the question just now and was thinking about it.

Those who have been by the empress's side for a long time are all human spirits. At this moment, he turned his head to look at Gu Qimei's expression, where would he not understand!

Without waiting for Gu Qimei to speak, he quickly beckoned and ran over to settle the tea money.

The two of them immediately went out of the teahouse!

The guards followed behind Gu Qimei and walked out of the teahouse. Walking to the mouth of the alley, Gu Qimei quickly took out money to buy a hat to wear on her head.

She felt that the person seemed to be not simple, and since the guard next to her said that he didn't know the stranger, it was unlikely that people would know the guard.

Gu Qimei frowned, but her appearance was still easy to impress.

Not long after she came to the empress, many people already knew about her storage. knew that she could enter and exit the empress's study and learn about the battle reports on the front line, otherwise people would not find her if they inquired about the news!

If the person on the street can recognize him, it won't be good if he startles the snake!

Following the person from a distance, Gu Qimei saw that he had entered a pharmacy first, and when he came out, he had an extra paper bag in his hand.

Taking the opportunity of his face facing the light, Gu Qimei looked at him for a few seconds, and suddenly remembered the identity of that person.

That's right, that person is her eldest sister's colleague.

Two years ago, the eldest sister once came back, and when her parents were old, the eldest sister returned to the capital from the station to visit.

The family is happy, Gu Qimei once accompanied the eldest sister to go out for a walk, walking on the street, the eldest sister looked very fresh.

After being stationed abroad for a period of time, when she returned to the national capital, the newly opened shops on the street, the fashionable clothes of the girls in the city, the eldest sister had to say a few words to her.

On one occasion, when they came out, they met a group of people who had also come from the army on the streets of the capital of Sealand.

Naturally, those people also took advantage of the vacation to relax on the street, just like the eldest sister of the Gu family.

I have seen a lot of bitter cold at the border, and what soldiers are most willing to feel when they are on vacation is the liveliness and prosperity of the national capital!

At that time, the eldest sister got out of the carriage and walked to the door of the shop on the side of the street to talk to them.

Gu Qimei sat quietly in the carriage according to the instructions of the eldest sister, did not go out, and no one came to disturb her.

Out of curiosity, she lifted the curtain of the carriage and watched the movement of the street through the gap.

She looked at the few people around her eldest sister who were talking and laughing with her. I subconsciously wanted to take a closer look at the faces of those people.

Gu Qimei felt that those people were somewhat related to the eldest sister.

All those who have lived in the army have a special temperament, a tough and capable temperament.

A group of people stood on the side of the street and talked. Most of them look ordinary, but their temperament is still different from ordinary people.

One of them attracted Gu Qimei's special attention.

He is tall, but his facial features look very ordinary, and the reason why he leaves a memory point is that there is something special about that person.

Gu Qimei looked at the car window. I saw a scar on the left side of the man's face, extending from the cheek to the base of the ear, and the old scar looked a little hideous.

In addition to this, she also saw that one of his ears was slightly mutilated, which appeared to be caused by an injury.

Gu Qimei could see it clearly, so the person's appearance left a deep impression on her.

That's why I can still recognize him on the road after two years.

There is always something special about that person, so it is easy to be remembered!

Thinking of this, she relaxed a little.

Because the other party must not recognize her, her eldest sister came back two years ago. Gu Qimei never showed up from beginning to end.

Colleagues in the army knew the Gu family's sister only the female general who had the best relationship with the eldest sister, and those two people had been to the Gu family as guests, and they also met Gu Qimei at that time.

The interlude of that street encounter will be over after it has passed

Her eyes were still focused on the person on the street, and at this moment, Gu Qimei counted it out in her heart.

She thought if she was going to go up and say hello?

I met my eldest sister anyway.

After thinking about it, she thought that the man didn't even know herself!

What's more, he is already in Nanhua Town, far from the Northland, so he may not know the recent situation of the eldest sister.

It would be nice if there were people who came directly from the Northland, even if Gu Qimei was embarrassed, she would have to come forward and ask.

There has always been an intermittent stream of letters from the Northland to the capital. She knew more information than the rest of the Gu family.

She stood still at the corner and immediately followed the guards to discuss.

In her opinion, because the empress was concerned about her safety and asked the man to escort her, it was more appropriate to inform him of any action.

The guards were stunned. Then he came back to his senses and nodded to indicate that he understood.

Gu Qimei's position is far higher than him, and there is no need to ask him to make decisions.

Doing so now meant that she genuinely regarded him as a companion on this mission, and the guard knew it in her heart

"I'm going to follow along, the man may be weird."

Gu Qimei said in a low voice.

There was a vague feeling in her heart that she had been investigating the case in the yamen before. When asked why, there was no clear answer.

It's like a bundle of threads, tangled haphazardly.

It's still a bit difficult to figure out in a short period of time, but the person I met on the street at this moment might be some kind of breakthrough.

How could it be that a person in the army was wandering around the streets for no reason, not long after the accident.

I can't tell where this feeling comes from, there is one thing, Gu Qimei feels that she can be sure.

The man was not in the army, and it was a little strange to think that he had traveled alone to the town

Gu Qimei said a few words to the guard, and then followed the person who came out of the pharmacy and continued to walk in Nanhua Town.

On the surface, the man seemed to be walking aimlessly around the street, as he walked back and forth on several streets one after another, but looking at it from Gu Qimei's perspective, he found that his expression was a little restless and a little uneasy.

Nanhua Town is not big, Gu Qimei saw him walking to the side of the town, and motioned for the guards to continue to follow.

The two men silently followed the crowd, never following the man not far in front of them.

Looking at the direction he was going this time, it seemed that he had a clear goal.

It didn't take long for Gu Qimei to see him turn a street, and when he reached the street on the other side, he didn't go far before he stopped.

The man parked in a shabby-looking blacksmith's shop.

Is it such a humble shop?

Gu Qimei muttered secretly in her heart, looking at the place not far away in disbelief.

Generally speaking, it is impossible for such a blacksmith to make any exquisite utensils, whether it is a sword or an ordinary iron tool for domestic use.

Gu Qimei and the guards stood on the other side of the street, pretending to follow a group of passers-by queuing in front of the dim sum shop, but their eyes swept across from time to time.

The shop was very small, and the sound of hammering ironware could be heard in the distance, and it was the people of the blacksmith shop who were at work in full swing.

Gu Qimei saw a bearded man accidentally entering and exiting the door of the blacksmith shop, thinking that it should be the master of this blacksmith shop!

Not long after, the man who had gone in walked out, and he had an extra burden on his back.

The medicine bag in his hand was missing, most likely the medicinal herbs he had purchased earlier had been put together with the things he had bought at the blacksmith's shop.

Because the burden on his back is not big, but it still has a bit of weight.

How heavy can the medicine bag be, and the heavy amount must be what I just bought.

Gu Qimei is even more sure that there must be a secret on that person, you must know where the people in the army will worry about weapons!

What exactly does he do in and out of the blacksmith's shop?

Come to think of it, they have to continue to follow until things are clear, this is the only way for them to do it at the moment.

Gu Qimei didn't need to make gestures, the guards understood in their hearts.

Although the two of them were partners for the first time, they had a tacit understanding and followed the man all the way to the north of the city.

Before turning the corner, Gu Qimei deliberately glanced back at the location of the blacksmith shop, and silently remembered it in her heart.

After tracking down the person in front of him and figuring out the truth, he planned to ride out of town and inquire at the blacksmith shop.

The man walked through the alleys of the town, and then walked briskly in the direction of the north of Nanhua Town.

Gu Qimei looked at the direction he was walking, and the trace of doubt in her heart never disappeared.

She pressed her mood and continued to follow quietly.

Fortunately, there are many people walking around in Nanhua Town, and it is unlikely that people will notice that someone is following behind.

After all, unlike the northern land, in the place where the empress's absolute power controls zhì, people's vigilance is much smaller.

The man walked ahead, without looking back or suspicious.

After walking a few streets, Gu Qimei followed him to the north of the town, and then she saw the man go directly into a restaurant in the north of the town.

She stopped and hurriedly made a gesture, and the guard walked in front of her in her understanding, and followed the man into the restaurant.

The place he went to was in the lobby facing the street, and at this moment it was the time when the business of the small town restaurant was gradually becoming lively, and most of the tables in the building were occupied.

Gu Qimei stepped in and saw that the guard had chosen an oblique angle two tables away from the person and sat down, so she followed unhurriedly

(To be continued.) )xh:.164.109.52