Mu Feng has a lot of schoolwork this semester, and he plans to grasp both ends after changing departments, on the one hand, the grades of the current mathematics major cannot be low, and on the other hand, he has to prepare for the exam of the archaeology department, but he doesn't want to stop going to the widow's house because he is busy with schoolwork. Although it took some time on the journey, Mu Feng felt that the learning environment there was better, and there was only one person on the second floor at most, unlike the trouble of occupying a seat in the school library, and there were so many people around, so he couldn't relax at all.

Mu Feng thought while riding, and Ying Wei said that he didn't need to call the boss by his name, which shortened the invisible distance between the two.

Staying in the bereavement room, eating refreshments if you want, and lying on the sofa for a while if you want to sleep and rest, this kind of comfortable feeling is not experienced at school.

And after leaving the bereaved man's house, Mu Feng has already lived in his own house, and he usually doesn't go back to the dormitory, which makes it difficult to find Mu Feng in the school.

"Wood, the sheep in your bedroom are bleating for you." At this time, Di Jiang flew over from the air and hovered over Mu Feng's head, he came to report the news, "I have a note on my foot that he tied. ”

Mu Feng was already about to ride to the school gate, and this Di Jiang could only brake and stop when he interrupted like this.

Yang Lianghe knew that Dijiang was a little unusual, although he couldn't communicate with Dijiang, but he no longer regarded Dijiang as a sparrow but as a carrier pigeon. Because Yang Lianghe is a student of the Department of Archaeology, Mu Feng often borrows some class notes from him to discuss some issues with each other. In the era when there was no instant messaging, it was an enviable thing to raise a bird that could only accurately locate the direction of the sender. So Dijiang acted as a courier.

Of course, there is no express delivery in the same city in this era, and it is unique to be able to use Dijiang as an express delivery. Mu Feng knew that Di Jiang would have an invisibility spell, so he asked Yang Lianghe to pack the books and tie them to Di Jiang's feet, and let Di Jiang apply the invisibility spell, and then no one knew that a red-haired sparrow was still hanging on his legs when he flew from Beijing University to Liuli Factory.

Mu Feng opened the note, Yang Lianghe said that he was a little interested in the wood carving case, if they set off to find the origin of the wood recently, don't forget to bring him, and the specific thing is to let Mu Feng go back to the dormitory and say that he is in the dormitory this afternoon.

Hu Mazi finally inquired about the origin of the wood carving wood after several twists and turns, and the wood carver who carved the wood, but the distance is a little far, in Shanxi The place is relatively partial, this batch of wood comes from the valley along the Yellow River in Shanxi, and it was also carved there that Hu Mazi's upper family Lao Li purchased. It may take half a month to deal with the problem back and forth, but Mu Feng is not worried about the content of the class, he can study on his own.

Mufeng has to investigate the origin of the wood, and he must prepare sufficient materials in advance, otherwise he will not be able to buy some equipment when he gets there. For example, waterproof backpacks, waterproof flashlights, and some climbing ropes, etc., these advanced field equipment cannot be obtained on the mainland, and they have to wait for Liang Zhizhi to bring them from Hong Kong Island.

When Mu Feng returned to the dormitory, he saw Yang Lianghe who was drinking medicine, his face was much better than when he first started, and he was finally no longer pale and bloodless. As far as Yang Lianghe said that this time he was hit head-on by a fierce ghost, and all he drinks now is tonics, which has a sense of sympathy with Dijiang who is raising hair.

"You're here." Yang Lianghe was not polite, and pointed directly to a pile of materials on the desk, "I have done some research on the geographical situation in that area in the past two days, the origin of this batch of wood is near Hukou Waterfall, and Mr. Hu can't tell where those trees grow, but it is very likely that they are going to wade into the water." When we arrived at Hukou Village, we first went to see if there was anything wrong with the woodcarver, and then we went to see if there was anything unusual in the place where the trees were growing. By the way, I have to ask, are you good at swimming? There are a lot of river beaches there, can you climb twice in case you fall into the water? ”

Mu Feng can swim but is not good at it, and they all said that he was not a naughty child who fished and caught shrimp when he was a child, and he didn't have so many opportunities to practice. However, Mu Feng is now more concerned about whether Yang Liang and this wind-blown state can travel long distances.

"You really want to go with us, your health is not good, if you really encounter something, can you still do it?"

"I'm not a little girl, how can I be so fragile." Yang Lianghe didn't care, he was very clear about how much he could do, "It is said that you can't enter the forest when it's dark, that's because there are many obstacles when you encounter trees." You guys are going to investigate the trees and find trouble with a group of trees, I think it's very likely that you will encounter a natural formation, you and the winning boss are not proficient in the Five Elements Bagua, what if you can't get out? So the fight is left to you, and I'm just responsible for showing the way. When you meet a helper like me and me who is happy to help others, you still want to push it out, it really shouldn't be. ”

Generally speaking, if A takes over first, B can't intervene unless A asks for help.

This time, Mu Feng took the initiative to take over the matter of Hu Mazi, and according to the rules of the road, Yang Lianghe could not interfere at will. However, Mu Feng is not really from the rivers and lakes, Yang Lianghe is friends with him, because he heard that they are going deep into the woods and is worried that they will lose their way, so he offered to go and see. Mu Feng also wanted to have more helpers and more protection, but Yang Lianghe had injuries on his body and asked him to run around, so he was always a little unhappy.

In the end, he said that it would be okay to give Yang Liang and some more compensation after the matter was over, and it was not to let Yang Liang and Bai go once, the things that could be solved with money were not things, they really needed Yang Liang and this helper. Since Yang Lianghe offered to help, it was better to accept his favor.

This shows the difference between Mufeng and Yingren.

Mu Feng felt that it was not a matter of money, but that Yang Liang and the injured help were always a little worried. Because Mu Feng regarded Yang Lianghe as a friend, he didn't want to watch him do things that he couldn't do.

However, Yang Liang and himself didn't care, and Mu Feng could only worry about it and let him go. He brought Yang Lianghe's investigation materials back to the Dead Person's Zhai, and looked at where he needed to do some supplementary investigation with Ying Wei.

Ying Rebellious is efficient, and the wood carvings in the Hu Mazi warehouse are not making any trouble for the time being, but they are always worried that the night will be too dreamy, and since Liang Zhizhi's equipment is in place, they will set off as much as possible. "Train tickets, equipment, medicines, I've got them all ready. Hu Mazi contacted a local, and we wouldn't be blinded wherever we went. What else is missing? ”

"It's gone." Mu Feng has no experience in going out to fight monsters like this, and he has rich experience in the wilderness, and he has nothing to add as a layman in this regard.

"I think Di Jiang will go with us anyway, if there is really something that is needed temporarily, and we can't buy it in the mountains and forests, let Di Jiang fly farther away and come over with one piece. It's not about letting it steal things, for example, buying clothes, and keeping the money when they take it away. ”

Fortunately, Di Jiang had already gone home to do parent-child activities with Dragon Egg, otherwise he heard that Mu Feng casually added an attribute to him, and it was another burst of chickens and dogs.

"In that case, I'll send you home first, you go to bed early to recuperate, and I'll pick you up at noon tomorrow, don't run away repeatedly. After that, we went to the school to pick up Yang Lianghe and go to the train station together. ”

The rebellion was quickly arranged, and he didn't give Mu Feng much time to worry about Yang Liang and whether he was suitable for the road, he faintly didn't like Mu Feng to care too much about others, just treat baldness for the red-haired sparrow, why worry about the sequelae of his spell casting for a Taoist priest. Since Mu Feng was worried that Yang Lianghe's body would not be able to bear it, they would go to pick up people together.

Mu Feng didn't see that Ying Wei was hiding his thoughts. Not to mention the rebellion, he didn't have a chance to explain it, since Yang Lianghe was going, they were all adults, and in the end, he was still responsible for his own decisions, so he was not an old mother who would always worry.

No matter what the mood of the few people was, the next day, the three of them, plus the bird Shenjiang, hid in the wooden backpack with the dragon egg, and went towards Hukou Waterfall in Shanxi together.

It took more than two days just on the road, and what was waiting for them as soon as they got out of the car was bad news, there were mainly four wood carvers in this batch of wood carvings, and people had news, but don't think about it when they met, they were already dead. "It was an accident, the four masters went out together on a boat and the boat capsized, and several of them were too old to be saved."

The guide Zheng Ming told them the general cause and effect of the matter, these woodcarvers are fellow villagers, all sixty or seventy years old are considered to be the same family, they generally work together, and have cooperated for decades. This time, after handing over Lao Li's business, an accident occurred during a trip, and the boat capsized, and none of these people survived. It is said that a few of them are more unlucky, this section of the river is not too fast, only the four of them were stuck in the mud and sand, and they were not able to be rescued quickly.

Mu Feng didn't believe that there were so many coincidences, and he didn't suspect that there was something wrong with those woods now. "It's a pity, we saw that the wood carving was doing well, and we wanted to buy some more, but who would have thought that a few wood carvers would be gone. Uncle Zheng, why don't you tell me if there are any good raw materials, the last batch of wood carvings was gall wood, which is not generally available, and is there anything left? ”

Naturally, they did not come in the name of investigating the case, but under the pretext of buying wood or wood carvings, which could also make the investigation smoother.

Zheng Ming, a local man, naturally wanted to make a business, he remembered the batch of wood and laughed, "Our wood here is really good, let me tell you a story, the materials for the last batch of wood carvings are really hard to find, that is to meet the dead wood in spring."

There is a place in the valley on the edge of Hukou village where the trees used to be withered, but after a heavy rain decades ago, the forest that was supposed to die came back to life overnight. That spring the shade of the trees grew thick, and then several trees grew galls, waiting for them to grow up and cut them down for wood carving, and this time the trees were chosen.

Dead wood is a good omen in spring, it is said that this batch of wood carvings can also be made to please a good fortune, I have also seen a finished product, are high-quality ah! ”

"And such a good thing?" When Mu Feng heard this, he concluded that there was something wrong with those trees, "Uncle Zheng, we haven't seen each other before, take us there to open our eyes." ”