Bai Ze suddenly felt that he was a little rude when he was startled just now, and hurriedly said apologetically: "I'm sorry, old man." ”

The old man smiled, "It's okay, who are you?" No one from the village has been here for a long time. ”

Bai Ze immediately said: "We are merchants, we pass by here when we are doing business, and we want to find a place to rest and rest, I don't know if it is convenient in the village?" ”

The old man coughed lowly, "I'm afraid it's a little inconvenient." ”

"Well, we'll only stay for one day, and we'll leave tomorrow, so we won't bother for too long." Bai Ze said sincerely.

The old man was about to speak, when a young voice came from inside, "Grandma, who is it?" ”

"It's a few passers-by." The old man coughed and breathed a sigh of relief before continuing, "You want to borrow our place." ”

It didn't take long for a young girl to come out of it, look at them curiously, and then say, "Merchant? How did you pass by this place? ”

Bai Ze was just about to explain, but Qi Lichen interrupted him, "We are interested in making local products in the mountains, and sometimes we will go into the mountains to buy, this Cuiping Mountain is thousands of miles, there must be a lot of good things, so I will see if there are any people in the mountains who can buy them." ”

"I see." The young girl smiled a little shyly when she saw Qi Lichen, turned her head to the old man and said, "Grandma, I think these people are already working very hard, or someone will take them in." ”

The old man shook his head helplessly, "Since my little granddaughter has said so, then I will take you in, but there are so many of you, I'm afraid, my house is not enough to live in, Aru, you go to the village and ask them if they have any extra rooms?" ”

Aru smiled and nodded, "Grandma is the best, I'll ask." ”

The old man sighed, welcomed them in, and pointed to the house on the east side, "That's where my youngest daughter used to live, after she got married, she rarely came back, you can live in it, I asked Aru to ask, those who can't live can go to other places." ”

Qi Lichen smiled, "Thank you Grandma, but why are the courtyard walls here so high?" I used to live in the village, and I used to build walls with mud and straw poles, but I had never seen a wall so high. ”

The old man coughed, and then said: "There are many wolves in the mountains, and the wall is so high, it is also to prevent wolves." ”

"I see." Qi Lichen smiled and nodded.

He planned to live with Bai Ze in Grandma's house, and the others would live separately in other villagers' homes.

It was already noon, but they didn't mean to cook, so they asked the people in the mountains if they could buy it, but they didn't seem to have it, so they could only eat some dry food.

After eating, Qi Lichen began to compare the ciphertext and the map again to see if he could get a clue.

Just as he was watching, Aru walked over, and he was about to put away the pictures and texts, but Aru asked curiously, "Mr. Qi, what are you looking at?" ”

Qi Lichen thought that the people in the mountains were simple, and they might not be able to understand these things, so he didn't hide it, and generously unfolded it and said, "This is a map of the mountains." ”

Aru glanced at it, "What kind of text is this?" Why can't I read a word, when I was a child, I also went to a private school for two years, how come I have never seen such a word? ”

Qi Lichen smiled and said without changing his face: "I don't know either." ”

Aru shook her head and glanced at the map again, "Our village seems to be in this location, when I was a child, my family and I went to the market and knew the way." ”

Qi Lichen redrew the path in the picture and text, "Have you ever been to these places?" ”

"It's deep in the mountains, and there are jackals, tigers and leopards, and I haven't been to any of these places." Aru shook her head.

Qi Lichen sighed, although he could see that there seemed to be something faintly on it, but the password inside had not been solved, so how could he know the real place of the treasure.

Could it be that you have to follow the ancient road to find clues?

I knew that the treasure was not far away, but there was no trace of it. dog

He had no choice but to put the picture away and asked Aru: "At noon, don't you make a fire in your village to cook?" ”

Aru immediately said embarrassedly: "I'm sorry, it's because we didn't entertain well." ”

Qi Lichen hurriedly shook his head, "I didn't mean that, I just thought it was a little strange." ”

Aru smiled and explained, "It's early to eat in the village, and when you came, we had already eaten. ”

Qi Lichen nodded, early tomorrow morning, he continued to walk into the mountains, he had already chosen a road very close to the ancient road, if the road of the ancient road was easy to walk, he would follow the ancient road.

When I was free, I thought of Xi Duyun again, fortunately, he had collected the previous letters, and took them out from time to time to take a look, which could be regarded as a relief from lovesickness.

Just watching, Bai Ze walked in with the roasted dry food, and when he saw Qi Lichen reading the letter, he couldn't help but smile and said, "The pavilion master misses Mrs. again?" ”

Fang Cai was so fascinated that he didn't even notice that Bai Ze came in, Qi Lichen was caught, his face was a little unsightly, "Why didn't you knock on the door when you came in?" ”

"The door is open, and you are sitting facing the door, I thought you would be able to see me, Pavilionmaster? Don't you usually see and listen to all directions? I still wondered, what's wrong with the pavilion master today? It turned out that I was fascinated by reading the letter before my wife. Bai Ze said.

Qi Lichen coughed lightly, "If you say this, forget it if you say it in front of me, if you say it, beware of your little life." ”

Bai Ze hurriedly covered his mouth, "Of course not, God knows, you know and I know." ”

"It's getting more and more flamboyant, and the rules of Qingyu Pavilion don't seem to be able to frame you." Qi Lichen shook his head.

For these loyal cronies, Qi Lichen can occasionally make a joke.

Bai Ze smiled, put the dry food on the table, and then said: "Pavilion master, the brothers below said that their mouths are light, and they want to go to the mountains to find some game. ”

Qi Lichen thought about it, this is not necessary, and said in a deep voice: "Let people look around, are there any clues." ”

Bai Ze nodded and walked out.

Qi Lichen has decided on tomorrow's path and plans to set off tomorrow.

In the afternoon, the men under his command hunted a lot of game in the mountains, built a bonfire, and roasted and ate.

There was a lot of meat, and I wanted to invite the villagers to eat it together, but no one wanted to come out.

Bai Ze also felt a little strange, and said with a sigh: "Even if these people live in the mountains all year round, they won't be so lonely." ”

"Yes, Miss Aru is very normal, down-to-earth and generous, and she chatted with our brothers in the afternoon." One of them laughed.

"You must like Miss Aru." The other replied with a smile.

"Where? I think Miss Aru likes the pavilion master very much. ”

When Qi Lichen heard this, he frowned slightly, these people are really not big or small, and he dares to make jokes.

Bai Ze sensed Qi Lichen's unhappiness and hurriedly stopped, "What nonsense? The pavilion master already has a wife, so don't joke casually. ”

As soon as they heard this, the others immediately laughed and laughed.

Qi Lichen cut a piece of meat from the roasted deer, put it in a bowl, handed it to Bai Ze and said, "Go and give it to Miss Aru, she took us in, we have to thank her." ”

Bai Ze nodded and took the piece of roast venison, "Pavilion Master, will we leave tomorrow?" But now there is no clue at all. ”

"I know it's counterproductive, but time is running out, so I can only take one step at a time." Qi Lichen took out the map and looked at it, and then looked at the mountains in the distance, which were pitch black, and he didn't know how many secrets were hidden.