"My lord, I'm serious, I'm not joking with you?"

"Brother Xiaochao, look, am I joking?" Meng Yan pointed to himself and said seriously.

"My lord, can you not embarrass Xiaochao?"

"Look at what scares you, if you don't like that Hu Sanniang, I can still tie you into the cave room, okay, you don't want it, I'll leave it to myself!" Meng Yan laughed, a woman actually scared Guo Xiaochao like this.

As for it, Guo Xiaochao, who used to be the housekeeper of Guo Mansion and is known as "Guo Xiaohu", actually has a phobia of marriage?

No, it shouldn't be, it's the place of the person in his heart who has been occupied by Guo Yue, who grew up together since childhood, and there is no place for others.

"Let the brethren eat something, drink water, and rest."

"Wang Dong!"

"Mark it in!"

"Give the brothers dried meat and arrange for people to be on guard!"

"Yes!"

After a short break, continue on your way.

The path was really difficult to walk, and after a while I had to climb a slope, and then I had to go down an embankment or something, and this young, strong man was sweating all over, and his whole body was soaked, not to mention the woman with a child, and her feet were injured.

It's even harder.

"My lord, depending on the situation, let's rush to Shilipu before dark and it's a little hanging!" Looking at the green mountains that stopped in front of everyone in the distance, Guo Xiaochao couldn't help but say.

"Bring the map!"

"My lord, our current location is here, and Shilipu is here, we have to climb at least two mountains to get there, but now it's only an hour before it gets dark, and it's too difficult to climb through two mountains in an hour!"

"Is there an ancient military road here?"

"How do you know?" One of the team members familiar with the map asked in surprise.

"Don't ask me how I know, just say if there is one, right?" Meng Yan waved his hand. Asked.

"Yes, but no one has left for many years, and there has been a landslide in the middle of the landslide, and a lake has formed here."

"It's not flood season, is it?"

"There's still half a month, right?"

"How high is the water level in the lake right now?" Meng Yan asked.

"It's not clear, but it shouldn't be too high. Your Excellency, you don't want us to wade through the water, do you? ”

"You don't have landlubbers among you, do you?"

"My lord, there will be no water if you mark it!" The team member who knew the map bowed his head embarrassedly.

"What's your name?"

"Mark Yang Hong!"

"This official will take you in a while, this lake is not big, deep in the middle, shallow around, we go around the shallows on its side, it shouldn't be a big problem." Meng Yan Road.

"What the adults said is doable, so we can at least save most of the journey. You don't have to climb a mountain yet. ”

"Well, those who know water bring those who don't know water, one with one, or two with one, everyone pack their belongings and carry them over their heads." Meng Yan Road.

"Yes!"

"What a big lake!"

"Yes, my lord, it's big!"

"Look. It's very shallow, and you can see the stones at the bottom of the water! Yang Hong pointed to the cobblestones on the clear water.

"Let's go. Let's get into the water, I'll do it first! Meng Yan took off only a pair of pants, and the first one jumped into the lake.

Yang Hong followed Meng Yan and looked at the lake, revealing a hint of fear, but he couldn't help it at this time. I gritted my teeth and went into the water.

Cold!

The lake water in early spring was cold and biting, Rao is Meng Yan was mentally prepared, and when he went into the water, he couldn't help but shiver at first cold.

Yang Hong can't compare to Meng Yan. He didn't have any psychological preparation, and as soon as he got into the water, he froze and screamed: "I'm cold!" ”

"What is it called, I can't stand this cold, the sky will descend on the people, and they must first suffer their minds, starve their bodies, strain their muscles and bones, and empty their bodies!" Meng Yan snorted coldly.

Yang Hong immediately closed his mouth under the scolding, his face was red, but his teeth were shivering because of the cold.

Everyone went into the water one after another, tied their trouser belts on their left arms, and under the leadership of Meng Yan, they trekked forward along the edge of the lake.

"Be careful, there's a deep pit ahead, everyone step on my point!" Meng Yan broke a branch that was almost two meters long, first probed into the depth, and then stretched out his feet, so that he could detect the danger in advance.

"Behind, listen well, follow the adult's footsteps, don't step on the wrong step." Guo Xiaochao, who was in the middle of the team, also roared.

Fortunately, there are not many people in their group, and there are only seven people in total, and there are eight of them, and one of them will be sent back to Xiaoli Zhuang to inform Leng Feng to go to Shilipu to meet.

Meng Yan judged well, this lake is a dammed lake formed by a landslide caused by heavy rain, the middle is relatively deep, and the edge is shallow, if it is the flood season, the water flow accelerates, and it is impossible to wade through it with their manpower.

Now that the flood season has not arrived, the lake is still relatively quiet, and they can safely pass through Guò.

Half an hour later, they finally landed on the other side!

"Everyone put on their clothes and run, they must sweat and expel the cold in their bodies!" Meng Yan ordered.

After being immersed in icy cold water for such a long time, the cold air must invade the body, and if it cannot be discharged in time, it is going to be sick.

The best way to expel the cold from the body is to sweat, open the pores of the body, and expel the cold.

Everyone put on their clothes one after another, followed Meng Yan and moved their thighs, and ran along the ancient battle path.

"Keep up, keep up with ......"

It was getting darker and darker, but they were getting closer and closer to their target, and when they came out of the ancient battle road, they saw the smoke rising not far away.

The direction where the smoke is located, that is where the ten-mile shop is located.

Shilipu is a lively market town, much larger than Lizhuang and Beimazhuang, and an official road runs through the town.

"My lord, it's finally here, what should we do next?" Everyone has already come to the ten mile shop, and they can enter as soon as they raise their feet.

"Don't worry, contact Liang Song and them first, let's stay later." Meng Yan Road.

"Stay, could it be that Liang Song and the others didn't find Mrs. Tang's mother and son?" Wang Dong interjected in surprise and asked.

"Liang Song, they should be in Shilipu, this is what we agreed in advance." Guo Xiaochao said.

"Then go ahead."

Suddenly, there was a drizzle in the sky, which was really beautiful.

Ten miles of shop.

"Father-in-law, Master Meng, they must be difficult to walk on the path. Now it's dark, they haven't arrived yet, will they ......"

"What, you're worried that something will happen to Master Meng?" Xining glanced at Liang Song.

"Father-in-law, I am guilty of meritorious service, and Lord Meng is now an official. We take the big road, but let him take the small road, if something happens, Liang can't eat and walk around! Liang Song said aggrievedly.

"Well, what you said also makes sense, in this way, do you want to send a team of people to find it?"

"Captain, it's raining......"

"What, it's raining. It's a big trouble, it's dark, it's raining, and this mountain road is already difficult to walk! Liang Song's face was furrowed.

"Captain, Captain Leng and they went out, saying that they were going to find Master Meng?" One of his men ran in and said.

"Captain Leng has weak legs and feet, why didn't you stop him?"

"I can't stop it, don't look at his inconvenient legs. But the kung fu in his hands is not weak, and the brothers are not his opponents......" the subordinate bowed his head in shame.

"Quick. Send someone to chase them back! Liang Song hurriedly ordered.

"No need, Captain Liang!" A calm voice came from outside.

"Meng, Lord Meng, you, you have finally arrived!" Liang Song was startled and rushed out. Seeing Meng Yan and the others who were wet, they were very surprised.

"Captain Liang, thank you very much!"

"I, I'm ......" Liang Song was really a little scared, and Meng Yan's gaze was like a sharp steel knife. He didn't dare to look at him.

"It's good that Lord Meng is here, Captain Liang, why don't you go and get some clean clothes for Lord Meng to change into, and let the officials hurry up to prepare wine and rice, Lord Meng must have been hungry for a long time." Xining came out to play the round.

"Yes, yes, I'll go and prepare clean clothes and wine and dinner!" Liang Song hurriedly agreed, and he was about to run outside.

"This kind of trivial matter, Captain Liang ordered his subordinates to do it, and the official has something to ask you!" Meng Yan snorted coldly and stopped Liang Song.

"Yes, yes, Master Meng, you ask, you ask."

"Liang Song, this official asks you, have you found traces of Mrs. Tang's mother and son all the way here?"

"This ......," Liang Song squeaked.

"Yes or no, I won't say that?"

"At first, there was a discovery, but after a short and half of the road, the clue was interrupted, and Yibiao suspected that Mrs. Tang's mother and son might have gotten into the carriage of a passerby?"

"Oh, is this your inference, or is there evidence?"

"This is an inference, but we found rut marks in the carriage where the clue was interrupted, and some horse manure, according to the shape of the horse manure, should not have been left on the march." Liang Song said.

"Did you catch up?"

"According to the temperature of the horse manure, Yibiao judged that the carriage was half an hour younger than us, but how could we compare to a four-legged horse with a pair of soles, so we hurried and hurried, but caught up with a few carriages, but we didn't find it." Liang Song explained.

"I didn't find out, when did you get to Shilipu?"

"Around the end of the Shen Dynasty."

"What about Huang Yibiao, why didn't you see him?"

"He took people to the inn on the street and went door-to-door to inquire, and he has not yet returned." Liang Song explained.

"We came from the small road, and there were no clues after only walking for a while, it seems that the other party deliberately left a suspicious plan!"

"A little woman, can you think of deceiving us with such a scheme?"

"Don't underestimate women, father-in-law, their potential to burst out is not to be underestimated." Meng Yan Road.

"Captain, Father-in-law, I'm back." Speaking of Cao Cao, Cao Cao arrived, Huang Yibiao, who was wearing a robe, came in from outside, took off the cloak in his hand and said.

"Yibiao, Master Meng has arrived, how do you understand the situation?" Liang Song asked first.

"I walked through all the restaurants, tea shops and inns on the street, there was no valuable discovery, this ten-mile shop is located on the official road, there are many cars and horses coming and going from the south to the north, many people just pass by here, even if someone sees it, I am afraid they don't remember." Huang Yibiao said.

"Didn't you chase according to the rut prints?"

"Of course, we also chased here, and found that the ruts were messed up, and we couldn't chase it, it was already dark at that time, and we all had no strength, and we made an appointment with adults to meet here, so I thought about resting for a night, and when our foot strength arrived, we would chase it tomorrow, who would have thought that it would rain suddenly, and the clue was interrupted." Huang Yibiao said with annoyance. (To be continued......)