Chapter 007: Mystery Man

In late spring and early summer, the sunshine in Shuzhong is the most abundant, the climate is also pleasant, and everything grows wildly. The sunlight and grass diffuse around, giving the mountain a fairyland-like mystery.

Chen Qiuniang entered the mountain from the mountain road in the south of Liucun, and was greeted by a cool mountain breeze, with a strong fragrance of plants, which made people feel refreshed.

Er'e Mountain is so tall that I don't know its top, because the top is cloudy and mist, and even on a clear day, you can't see the top of it. The Er'e Mountains also stretch out, and the naked eye does not know how wide they are, and the vegetation is very rich.

However, Chen Qiuniang couldn't be sure if these two Mount Emei were the one opposite Mount Emei (Da Mount E) in the time and space where she was. In her time and space, there is also a Er'e Mountain, which belongs to the Emei Mountain system. The Mount Emei system includes four mountains, namely Da'e Mountain, Er'e Mountain, San'e Mountain, and Si'e Mountain. Usually people visit the scenic spot is Da'e Mountain, that is, the main peak of Mount Emei, and the rest of the surrounding are primeval forests.

Er'e Mountain is opposite to Da'e Mountain, tall and handsome, and the twin peaks are ethereal, like a thrush. That's why it's called Mount Emei.

But in Chen Qiuniang's willow village, it seems that there is only one mountain, as for the other Dae Mountain, is there any, where is it? At the moment, she doesn't know. Of course, she doesn't have time to study it right now. Because from the beginning of entering the mountain, every step is full of dangers. The more abundant the products and dense vegetation in the mountains, the more dangerous it is.

She entered the mountain, and the trail was rugged, almost 90 degrees steep in some places, and she needed to climb carefully. The trail is lined with dense thatch, with the occasional snake swimming fast. Chen Qiuniang used a wooden stick to beat the grass all the way to scare the snake, and finally really entered Er'e Mountain.

The mountain breeze is cool, the ears are full of birds chirping, the flying springs are murmuring, the squirrels are jumping, and the apes are squeaking. Tall trees spit out thick shade to shade the sky, low shrubs flourish on the cliffs, and the occasional bird is startled and flutters into the blue sky. The young stems of ferns have strange colors, mushrooms come in different shapes and colors, and unknown wildflowers compete with each other.

Everything is delicious. What's more, the elevation of Er'e Mountain is different, this mountain has four seasons, the kind of mountainside cold plum Turui, snow-capped, a little down, the scene of rhododendrons red all over here is definitely not unusual.

Come into the mountains and see the wonders. Chen Qiuniang felt that this was really a treasure mountain, and in her opinion, every qiΔ“ here could be turned into a good delicacy. These ingredients are of the highest quality that are hard to find on her plane. In addition, some of the ingredients are absolutely delicious even if they are combined with existing cooking utensils and seasonings. Well, these ingredients are good ingredients and a source of wealth. She can almost foresee that in the near future, the wine shops and goulan of the Song Dynasty will have her signature dishes and signature food.

Chen Qiuniang pursed her lips and smiled, very happy in her heart, feeling that the future was full of hope. Of course, she is not a master who gets carried away, and is always alert to possible dangers around her. In this kind of mountain, wolves, leopards, bears, tigers, foxes, pythons, and all kinds of fierce beasts may come out at any time.

I can't go deeper today, even if I come here in a few days, I have to climb up to the old hunters in the village first. Chen Qiuniang made up her mind and prepared to go back. She had only taken two steps when she heard the sound of someone in the dense forest.

In this deep mountain range, it is not strange that some people hunt. But Chen Qiuniang's heart was tight for no reason, and she couldn't help but shiver in the mountain wind. I am a girl, in this deep mountains and mountains, if those people have any misdeeds, the beautiful life that is about to start will come to an end in advance.

You can't let any potential threat ruin your good life. Chen Qiuniang immediately turned to a big tree, crouched in the grass, and hid herself. After a while, she saw a dozen men in tight clothes turning around on the hill in front of her, very capable, not dressed like ordinary villagers, and holding knives in their hands.

Chen Qiuniang was cold, and she had to hide first. Otherwise, if this group of people doesn't seem to be kind, they will find out, and they may die.

The dozen or so people didn't stop at the post, but just ran directly down the mountain, getting closer. Chen Qiuniang couldn't help but hold her breath.

"We're going down like this?" One of them asked.

"I've been looking for three days. If that kid is still in the mountains, he will not be able to go far in the mountains with such serious injuries, and he will not live long. There are many beasts in this mountain. A burly man replied.

"I'm not afraid of 10,000, I'm afraid of just in case. The lord explained that he closely monitored the Zhang family, and this Jiazhou and Meizhou were the territory of the Zhang family, to see if the chaos in Shuzhong was caused by the Zhang family. The second son of the Zhang family can't stay, and the lord asks you and me to take advantage of this Shuzhong riot to get rid of it. One of them whispered in a hoarse voice.

"I don't know what the Lord is afraid of, but I'm just a stinky boy, and I haven't heard of anything to do. He was not afraid of the commander of Zhang, who was on an errand with him. Someone sneered.

"Whoever asks you to say much about the Lord's affairs, I think we should look for it again. To live to see people, to die to see corpses. The man in black, who had never spoken, scolded.

"Well, look in the woods over there. If you really can't find it, you are guarding the three entrances to the mountain, and I don't believe that this kid can fly with wings. The burly man from earlier pointed. The group turned back and went back into another wood.

It was like a chase, and she was unfortunate enough to hear the conversation. Chen Qiuniang didn't dare to take a breath in the atmosphere, only crouched in the grass, and only dared to breathe with the fierce mountain wind.

She heard it very clearly, and it was as if the group was looking for a seriously wounded young man, who wanted to see people alive and corpses when he died. Then, if this group of vicious people found her, they would definitely be ruthless. Moreover, if they had searched elsewhere and come here to search, they would definitely find her. The place is surrounded by cliffs and only a small area of dense forest.

Then instead of being found passively, it is better to take the initiative to let people find out. So, when she waited for the group to go away, she crept out of the grass and walked down the hill for a while. She couldn't go back, for the group was fast, and if they caught up with her, they would suspect that she had heard their conversation and might kill them. So she walked down the hill for a while, and then turned back and went up, picking mushrooms and bracken as she went, and humming a song to the mountain.

Sure enough, after a while, the dozen or so people turned down head-on. Chen Qiuniang looked up and saw them, revealing that the little girl was afraid of meeting strangers, forgot to sing, and only held a mushroom in her hand.

The black-clothed man at the head was about thirty years old, with a thin body, dark skin, strict eyebrows, and a cold temperament exuding from his body.

When he passed by, he glanced at her and hurried down the mountain. Chen Qiuniang leaned sideways and let them pass. Try to pretend to be too scared to breathe.

They didn't embarrass Chen Qiuniang, but hurried down the mountain. Chen Qiuniang thought to herself: This is the right move. Otherwise, according to their footsteps, they will soon be able to catch up with her, and there is no guarantee that they will not become suspicious and destroy her.

Fortunately, this qiΔ“ is temporarily over. She breathed a sigh of relief, and then turned around and continued to go up the mountain, but just as she raised her foot, the man in black shouted, "Little girl, wait." ”

Chen Qiuniang was startled, and couldn't help but turn around, looking at the group of people who had stopped and were looking at him. The man in black was looking at him.

"Uncle, what's wrong?" Chen Qiuniang asked scaredly.

"What are you doing up the mountain alone?" He asked, scrutinizing in his eyes.

Chen Qiuniang was worried in her heart, didn't this person find something? She looked at him tremblingly, opened her mouth, and said hesitantly, "I pick mushrooms and wild vegetables." At homeβ€”β€”, at home, there is no food at home. ”

The man frowned slightly, looked at her again, and asked, "Your house is at the bottom of the mountain?" ”

She nodded, still trembling, and said tremblingly: "In Liucun, my younger brothers and sisters are dying of hunger, and my grandmother is lame. I'm here to find something to eat. ”

She was on the verge of crying as she spoke, and her eyes fell on their knives. The man in black followed her gaze, then put the knife into the sheath and said, "Don't be afraid, we are the fast arresters of the government, and we are chasing a vicious criminal." Have any strangers come to your village lately? ”

Chen Qiuniang looked at him blankly, shook her head, and said, "I don't know, the people in the village are hiding away from me." ”

"Big brother, it's in vain to ask her, look at this stupid look." The burly man said disdainfully.

The man probably agreed with his subordinates, only glanced at Chen Qiuniang, and said, "The fugitive we are chasing is seriously injured, and he is a very vicious person, killing people and gouging out the eyes of children. If you see it, don't come closer, come to the village and sue me, you know? ”

The man said slowly, his voice still quiet. Chen Qiuniang just looked at him for a long time before asking, "Do you want to live in the village?" ”

"For now." The man replied, looked at the sky again, and said, "Go back when you have almost picked up, there are many beasts in the mountains." ”

Chen Qiuniang didn't speak, just nodded violently. The burly man next to him laughed and quipped: "Big brother, I've been with you for more than ten years, I don't know if you're very loving." ”

The man in black snorted coldly and dropped a sentence: "What do you know." Then he turned and walked down the mountain.

Chen Qiuniang stood in place, waiting for the group of people to disappear before she let out a breath. Then I started picking mushrooms and bracken in earnest. You can't go back empty-handed, and you can't go back immediately to make these people suspicious.

So, she turned to Gangzi to see the vegetation on the other side. The trees on the side of the gang are sparse, the thatch grows extraordinarily luxuriantly, the field of vision is also broader, and in the fierce mountain wind, the sound of the murmuring water is closer.

Chen Qiuniang thought that since she came here, she would take a look at this flying spring in the mountains and see if there were any fatty fish in the deep mountain stream. So he took the wooden stick and followed the sound like a snake on the grass all the way. After walking about ten steps, I saw a forest under the high ridge, and the sound of water came from the woods, like the sound of water entering a pool, and like the sound of a small waterfall.

Chen Qiuniang jumped off the high hill, carefully walked through the woods, and saw the small mountain pool surrounded by the trees. There is a flying spring falling into the pool on the cliff in the southwest of the pond. At a slightly lower gap to the east of the waterhole, the water from the waterhole flows away, forming a small waterfall that flows all the way down into the river below.

The water of the pool is clear, and the swimming fish and fine stones can be clearly seen. The edge of the pond is craggy with large stones, and the vines are entwined and swayed. This reminded Chen Qiuniang of Liu Zongyuan's "The Story of Little Stone Pond", although she knew that Liu Zongyuan's "The Story of Little Stone Pond" was not in the Meizhou area at all, she still couldn't help but read a few sentences: "The fish in the pool can have a hundred heads, all of them are like empty swimming and nowhere to go, clear in the sun, and shadows on the stones." Still, he passed away, and he came and went. It seems to be fun with tourists. ”

After reading this paragraph, she remembered the last time she went to climb the mountain with Dai Yuanqing. Unknown wild mountain, the two of them carried backpacks. Dai Yuanqing said: "In this mountain, hunting, fishing, building a shack, having children with you, just live this life." ”

At that time, she didn't know that the Dai family was a powerful family, and Dai Yuanqing's mother hadn't talked to her yet, so she laughed at Dai Yuanqing: "Fool." ”

Dai Yuanqing just hugged her tightly. On that day, they also found a small mountain pool, but it was far from such clear water and beautiful scenery, and they also set up tents by the pool for the night, and caught a little fox at night.

She thought of Dai Yuanqing, although it had been so long, she was still faintly melancholy in her heart. That's the only person she has ever loved so far and dreamed of growing old together.

A faint melancholy welled up in her heart, Chen Qiuniang sighed, sat down and rested on her legs, and whispered to herself: "Don't think about it, you and him can't go back in that time and space, let alone now." ”

As soon as she finished saying this, she suddenly smelled a fishy smell that seemed to be absent. Chen Qiuniang is probably a gourmet, and she is always very sensitive to smells and tastes. She sniffed again, convinced that there was a fishy smell, and that it was blood.

The smell of blood! Well, there must be a beast eating nearby. Yes, the beasts of prey also need to drink water. The water quality of such a small pool is high, and it is difficult to guarantee that the beasts will not come here after eating.

She couldn't help but be alert, clenched the machete, and complained in her heart that she had been too clever before. I avoided the group of people, but I had to encounter the beasts of the mountains. And the smell of blood is getting stronger β€”β€”,!

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