Chapter Twenty-Three: The Affair of the Little Forest
When Gu Qingyan and Beiming arrived at the Fog Forest, the forest was full of clouds and mist, and when they walked into the forest, they could see frost on the trees. There is almost no snow on this side of the Peach Blossom Stream, and it has become common for the unique fog forest to fog and frost in winter.
Beiming and Gu Qingyan went around the forest separately, and the trap traps in the first half of the trial had been arranged in the first half of Beiming's look, and there was nothing missing, so he went to find Gu Qingyan.
Gu Qingyan walked in the depths of the Misty Forest, where it was almost impossible to distinguish the correct direction with his eyes alone, it was better to have the sun, if he encountered such weather on the day of the trial, it would be a real test.
Gu Qingyan herself does not have a strong sense of direction, even if she comes here not once or twice, she will get lost if she doesn't make a mark for herself, so she hung a small bell in the place where she entered and entered the forest.
Under normal circumstances, this is the last level of the trial, and Holly and Dongxin are arranged as obstacles for the dark guards. Gu Qingyan looked around, there was nothing abnormal in the forest, so he planned to go out, calmed down and looked for the sound of the bell, and followed the sound Gu Qingyan to find the way he came.
Beiming took the bell and returned to Gu Qingyan, Gu Qingyan asked, "Do you have anything there?"
"Everything works." Beiming Hui.
"This too. By the way, there's another courtyard over there, right? Gu Qingyan pointed in one direction and said.
Seeing Beiming nodded, Gu Qingyan said, "Since they are all out, let's go to the other courtyard first."
There have been a few days since Gu Qingyan didn't go to the other courtyard because of the matter of Shimen. There is nothing unusual about the Dark Fog Forest now, those people should not have mixed in from the Dark Fog Forest, the surrounding area is another courtyard, a small forest and a small town, no matter what, Gu Qingyan has to walk again today, there will always be a harvest.
As soon as the people in the courtyard reported that the four girls were coming here, they saw Gu Qingyan enter the courtyard on their hind feet.
Qianhuayu and Yunluan were chatting in the courtyard, and Gu Qingyan came over: "Mother, master."
"I said that their brothers and sisters have a tacit understanding, and as soon as one of the front feet arrived, one came on the back feet." Qianhuayu said.
"You girl, come over and don't say anything in advance." Yun Luan took Gu Qingyan's hand and said.
Gu Qingyan grabbed her mother's arm, pinched Yunluan's clothes, and she was relieved when she was dressed quite thickly, and then said, "Who came first?"
Qianhuayu pointed and said, "Your third brother, you are in the house now."
"Oh~ I don't have anything to do, but I came out of the Fog Forest today to take a look, and I came over when I missed my mother and master." Gu Qingyan leaned on Yun Luan's shoulder as she spoke.
Yun Luan scratched Gu Qingyan's nose dotingly, and the three of them entered the house together.
"Dad, uncle, third brother." Gu Qingyan shouted one by one.
"How's going on over there at Shimen?" Gu Ning asked her.
"Everything is fine, Daddy rest assured." Gu Qingyan hadn't planned to tell them about someone sneaking into the stone gate.
Bai Limo came over this time to ask Gu Ning and them about Nangong Rui, and the three of them chatted carefully, but there was no big result, and they were about to leave, when Gu Qingyan came in.
Bailimo asked her: "You don't say anything if you want to come over, otherwise I'll wait for you together."
"I don't have anything to do, I went to the Misty Forest, and I came over when everything was ready." Gu Qingyan said.
"Okay, big brother, I still need help, I'll go back first." Bai Limo said, he could see that Gu Qingyan seemed to have something to say to a few masters alone, so it was inconvenient for him to stay any longer.
Gu Qingyan saw that Bailimo was leaving, suddenly remembered something, and stopped Bailimo: "Third brother."
Baili Mo turned around and looked at her: "What's wrong?"
Gu Qingyan's eyes on Bailimo didn't know whether she should say it for a while, she was afraid that if she said it, Bailimo would pay attention to it, but about the matter of Shimen, she still wanted to solve it herself.
"It's nothing, I just want to say that if King Yu arrives first, talk to me." Gu Qingyan found a separate topic.
Bailimo nodded: "You have something to do with him?"
"Well, he still owes me something last time." Gu Qingyan's words were half-true.
"Okay, he's not far from Peach Blossom Stream, and he thinks he'll set off in a day or two." Baili Mo said, smiling at Gu Qingyan, this girl has something in her heart, she didn't hide it in her eyes, he saw it.
Now Gu Qingyan didn't say anything, he was not in a hurry to ask, and turned back to the Peach Blossom Stream.
Gu Qingyan returned to the house, sat down and chatted with Gu Ning and the others: "Dad, Su Xin said that you went to the town not long ago."
"If you have nothing to do, go around town and buy something." It was Yun Luan who answered. Gu Ning seemed to be thinking about something after Gu Qingyan came in.
"By the way, Su Xin should have also told you about Uncle Yi's wine, right?" Xing Ming asked.
Gu Qingyan nodded, saying that he had prepared two altars, and he was waiting for the next few days to be sent over.
"I think it's good for you to come over today if you have time." Gu Ning suddenly said something to Gu Qingyan.
Just this sentence made Gu Qingyan glance at Gu Ning, and the father and daughter met their eyes and exchanged information silently.
Gu Qingyan said: "Got it."
Subsequently, Gu Ning told Gu Qingyan about the discovery of Xiaolinzi's body that Lao Yi told them that day.
"Originally, I didn't think much about it, but it happened during this time period, so if you have any doubts, go and see." Gu Ning knew that going to the Misty Forest for the final inspection was usually enough to go the day before the trial, and Gu Qingyan went early, either because of what happened, or because he was idle. The second case is basically not present, then there is only the first case.
Coupled with the appearance of Gu Qingyan wanting to speak to Baili Mo and stopping, it was clear that there was something in his heart.
Gu Qingyan got the news of Gu Ning, and he didn't waste much time in the other courtyard, and when he left the courtyard, he happened to meet Beiming carrying two jars of wine from the direction of Peach Blossom Stream.
Not to mention the tacit understanding between the two, what Gu Qingyan wants to do, Beiming's reaction will never be slower than Gu Qingyan's. Looking at Beiming with satisfaction, Gu Qingyan smiled lightly, and the two went to the town.
Lao Yi was roasting wine in the wine shop, watching the warm wine flow out little by little, the fragrance could be smelled by the whole street, and the neighbors passing by couldn't help but say: "Lao Yi is roasting wine again!"
took a small cup, took a sip, and was about to taste it when he heard someone shouting outside the door: "Uncle Yi!"
The wine was swallowed in the scream, almost choking Lao Yi, and was about to say that it was a girl who was so inattentive to her image, but after thinking about it, this voice was so familiar, and she went out.
"Eh, my fourth girl." When Lao Yi went out, he saw Gu Qingyan walking in front, followed by Beiming carrying two jars of wine.
Gu Qingyan saw Lao Yi go out, took the wine from Beiming's hand, and held it in front of Lao Yi's eyes.
Lao Yi reached out to take it, but Gu Qingyan dodged it with a backhand, hid the wine behind him, and grinned.
"Uncle Yi, I haven't seen you for a long time, your wine is getting more and more fragrant." After Gu Qingyan finished speaking, he smelled the aroma in the air, it really smelled better and better.
Lao Yi smiled and invited Gu Qingyan into the house, this is a little aunt and grandmother.
Gu Qingyan entered the house and put the two jars of wine on the table, Lao Yi held a small cup in one hand, and came over steadily: "Four girls, taste it, the wine just came out, it's still warm."
Gu Qingyan took the wine and touched the cup, the wine was still warm, this aroma was smelled from afar, Gu Qingyan pushed another glass to Beiming, and motioned for him to taste it too.
The wine that just came out was not heavy, the entrance was warm, and it would not be spicy, and Gu Qingyan unconsciously tasted the cup to the bottom.
"The fourth girl would like another drink?" When Lao Yi saw Gu Qingyan's expression, he knew that this wine was indeed good.
Gu Qingyan waved her hand, she thought, but not now, besides, if she really wanted to drink, she would definitely not bring Beiming, this person would easily stop her from drinking.
Seeing this, Lao Yi no longer poured wine for Gu Qing, and only added it to his cup.
Gu Qingyan cleared her throat and asked Lao Yi, "Uncle Yi, what's the matter when you come to town?"
Lao Yi shook his head, since he had Peach Blossom Stream as his backing, no one dared to come to the town to make trouble so blindly.
Gu Qingyan mentioned Xiao Linzi's corpse, Lao Yi thought for a while and said: "I didn't see it with my own eyes, it was the person who came back from collecting firewood that day who came to me to drink and talk about it, but I didn't expect that three or two guys said they had seen it one after another."
"Uncle Yi, can you help me find these people, I want to see them." Gu Qingyan said.
Lao Yi took a sip of wine and said, "No problem." As he spoke, he called his youngest son and asked him to find those guys.
The town is not big, there are people who know each other on the left and right, and after saying the name, Lao Yi's son went. After a while, four young men came behind him.
When those guys saw Lao Yi sitting on the four girls, they hurriedly greeted: "Hello four girls."
Gu Qingyan nodded, beckoned everyone to come over, and the few of them changed the big table and sat together. Lao Yi served the freshly roasted wine without hesitation, a glass per person, and talked about seeing the corpse in the small forest.
"My family lives in the forest is not far away, sometimes the chickens and ducks raised at home will be put in the forest to raise, that evening I went to the forest to catch chickens, I saw a person lying under the tree, bleeding, I thought it was just an injured person and went over to scream twice, no response, the person touched it and fell!" One said.
"That's not it, although Xiaolinzi is not a deep forest, but there should be everything, poisonous snakes and poisonous insects, and sometimes you can hear a few wolf howls." The people on the edge of Beiming said.
Gu Qingyan knew that there were snakes and poisonous insects in the forest, but wolves, it was the first time she had heard of them: "There are wolves?"
Lao Yi replied: "The fourth girl doesn't know, one day a wolf came out of nowhere, and for a while we didn't dare to go to Xiaolinzi."
"We don't know if the wolf is still there, but that day my brother and I saw that those people had teeth bite scars, and we didn't dare to look closely, because we were afraid that the thing was still around, so we hurried back." It's still the people on the edge of Beiming who say, but the more they talk, the more weak they become, as if they have no guts.
"I met that day, but I still have a breath, I saw the injury, the neck was bitten by a snake, I really couldn't hear what I was going to say, and it didn't take long for me to swallow." After saying that, he let out a long sigh.
It didn't take long for Xiaolinzi to appear one after another people in various ways of dying, if they didn't sit together and say, no one would really think that there was anything, just like they said, just look at the clothes of people who are not peach blossom streams, and just do it.
But when it came to Gu Qingyan, she didn't think so, and asked, "Have you ever been to the forest since then?"
A few people nodded.
"See the body?" Gu Qingyan asked.
Those people thought about it for a while, but it really didn't seem to see it again. He shook his head at Gu Qingyan.
"Master......" Beiming said, in this way, it is very likely that the body has been cleaned up. If the body is also cleaned up, then it should be difficult for Xiaolinzi to find traces.
Gu Qingyan picked up the teacup in front of her and took a sip of tea, the tea was a little astringent, she was thinking that she couldn't just bring wine to Lao Yi next time, and she should also bring some tea.