After deliberation, although everyone felt that this news was a bit incredible, how could a robber who blocked the road be so kind? If you are really kind, why did you tie Tiantian to the mountains yesterday?

However, as Qiu Ju said, although this news is unreliable no matter how you look at it, this kind of thing would rather be believed than believed, and being wrong is nothing more than being tricked once and running for nothing, but what if it is true?

Therefore, the conclusion of the discussion was that Lin Lao Wu and Lao Wei would pick up Tan Xiaotian, because the letter said that they would send a person, in order not to make the robbers suspicious, first let Lao Wei drive Lin Lao Wu to the place where he was robbed yesterday, and then leave Lin Lao Wu there, Lao Wei drove back to a mile away, and Lin Lao Wu carried a wooden whistle on his body. Because Tan Xiaotian's letter did not write about the ransom, just in case, in addition to the wooden whistle, Lin Lao Wu also carried three hundred taels of silver, and as for the others, they could only wait further away.

After a hasty lunch, in the midst of everyone's thousands of instructions, Lin Lao Wu and Lao Wei got into a carriage and left Meilong Town.

Because Tan Xiaotian's letter only said that it was afternoon, and there was no clear time to send people away, so the two of them hurried early or late, all the way to the place where they were robbed yesterday, the traces of chaos on the ground are still there, but there is no one around, only birds chirping, grass insects, and several colorful flowers and butterflies dancing up and down, embellished with the scenery of early summer.

"Is this it?" After observing it around, Lin Lao Wu asked Lao Wei.

"That's right, this is it. The robbers jumped out from behind the mound. Pointing to a few mounds next to the road, Lao Wei said with palpitations - those robbers are not brainless masters who can only fight and kill, but are proficient in playing ambushes, don't look at the quiet around now, it seems to be very safe, who knows which mound, which stone, which big tree is hiding behind a robber who is staring at this side?

"Well, okay. Old Uncle Wei, I'm sorry for your trouble, I'll wait here. Glancing at the mound that Lao Wei pointed to, Lin Lao Wu said, moved the black lacquer box containing heavy silver from the car and put it under the shade of a big tree on the side of the road, and then sat on it with his butt - sixteen taels in a catty, three hundred taels of silver weighed nearly twenty catties, Lin Lao Wu had never seen so much silver at one time when he was so big, let alone touched it with his own hands, although Liu Wenxiong kindly helped to give it, he didn't mention whether he could pay it back or how to pay it back. But how could he not be careful? That may be Tan Xiaotian's life.

"Okay, then I'll go back and wait, if you have something to do, you will blow the whistle, and I will come over as soon as I hear the whistle." Handing the gourd containing water to Lin Lao Wu, Lao Wei told him that he didn't know how long he would have to wait, but he was ready for a protracted battle anyway.

Lao Wei left, although a mile of road is not far for the speed of the carriage, but the terrain here is close to the mountains. The road is tortuous and winding, and the distance of one mile is very common. Sitting in the shade of the tree, there was only one person alone, even a rough man like Lin Lao Wu couldn't help but feel a little crazy in his heart.

It was midday when the two men arrived at their destination, and the sun was at its highest overhead. In addition to the passage of time, the sun is slowly turning westward, shaded by trees. The strong light is mostly covered, and the power has weakened a lot when it shines on the body, and the wind blows, it feels relatively cool, and it is more comfortable to lie down and rest for a while at this time, but Lin Lao Wu will be in the mood to rest at this time, his eyes are round, staring at the direction of the mountain, his ears are pricked up, and he does not let go of any special sound, and he silently reads in his heart, "Come on, why don't you come, every day, you must not have anything to do!" ’

There was no timekeeping tool, so I could only estimate how long I had been waiting, and after about half an hour, when Lin Lao Wu's patience gradually lost, and when he stood up and turned around under the tree, there was finally movement in the direction of the mountain.

"Brother looking for sister and sister looking for brother, the two people who are looking for tears fell. My brother didn't look for my brother, and I crossed the river and climbed the slope. The little brother can't find his sister, so the little brother will hang his neck. I want to hang my neck, but unfortunately I don't have a hanging neck. The sun goes west and rises in the east, and nine times out of ten to find my sister is empty. Lang wants to be a sister and a sister wants to be Lang, and the two of them think about it and their faces turn yellow."

Someone is singing mountain songs, the voice is loud and clear, there is a kind of transparent, from the bottom of the heart to the heavenly spirit, the end is a good noise, although the lyrics are a little explicit, but this is the favorite tune of the mountain people living at the bottom, simple and direct, straight to the chest, the most real feeling in the heart directly expressed, and '

Guan Guan Ju Dove, in the river island. My Fair Lady, Gentleman is Good' The kind of rhetoric is gorgeous, the emotional expression is delicate, and the euphemistic literati has a different flavor than the works of the literati, especially outside the village and town, under the foot of the mountain, the barren grass is everywhere, and the barren mountains and mountains with continuous hills and hills seem to linger, like the echo of the empty valley, as if in a dream.

"Who is this man? Is it the local Orion mountain people, the passing foot merchants, or the bandits and robbers in the mountains? Lin Lao Wu's mood suddenly became nervous, standing in front of the wooden box containing silver, his eyes were firmly fixed on the direction where the song came from, the muscles of his whole body tensed, and his breathing did not feel short.

The song is getting closer and closer, and after waiting for a long time, a figure appears in sight, wearing coarse linen clothes, shouldering a long-handled hunting fork, and two long-tailed pheasants hanging upside down on the fork head, colorful, with the steps of the comer, rhythmically swinging and swaying, I don't know whether it is dead or alive, to get closer to see clearly, the person who comes is strong, dark complexion, at a glance is a person who lives in the mountains all year round.

It should be the Orion in the mountains, seeing the appearance of the person who came, Mr. Lin's nervous mood relaxed, but he was also a little disappointed, although he had not seen this person before, but the Mei Mountain Range stretched for dozens of miles, the small villages in the mountains, the small towns under the mountains There are dozens of them, and there are also Orion mountain people who live alone in the mountains and only go down the mountain when they buy goods, he has not seen it before.

Seeing someone on the road in front of him, the comer stopped singing, but the pace under his feet did not slow down, and soon he came to Lin Lao Wu and looked up and down, "Brother, at this time, I am staying alone on the side of the road, is there something wrong?" The man asked with a smile, his smile was honest and simple, harmless to humans and animals, and he looked like a warm-hearted and honest man. (To be continued......)