Zong Jiyuan was thinking about her thoughts here, and Wang Yu was familiar with it, and then the topic just now and Xiaoyun's grandfather started a family routine, only then did I know that the old man was originally surnamed Xiao, originally from Shandong, and only came here from Guannei more than 30 years ago, and the first person he met was Xiaoyun's grandfather, so the two became righteous brothers.

Sure enough, chatting in a relaxed mood, time will pass quickly, and in a blink of an eye, it was already dark, Ji Xiaoyun also put dinner on the same low small dining table in front of everyone, glanced at Zong Jiyuan and Wang Yu, and said with a smile,

"The two of you were originally honored guests, but we live in the mountains, and we really can't come up with anything decent and delicious, so I hope we can at least fill our stomachs."

"Miss Xiaoyun is so polite, if I hadn't met you and Grandpa Xiao, I'm afraid the two of us would be hungry tonight."

Zong Jiyuan took the chopsticks handed over by the other party with a smile, and looked at the dinner on the table, and saw that it was a pot of coarse grain cakes, a large bowl of wild vegetable soup, and a plate of meat that I didn't know what kind of game it was.

Tasted it slightly, although it was a farmer's meal, the taste of the burnt was really good, and when he learned that the hare meat was placed on the plate in front of him, Zong Jiyuan suddenly remembered something and asked,

"Did this hare hunt in the mountains?"

"yes, why don't you go to the market and buy it?"

Xiaoyun said with a smile.

Zong Jiyuan nodded slowly and asked again,

"How much game is there in this mountain?"

"It's still a lot, but you can't just hit it,"

Grandpa Xiao replied casually,

"This area is the hunting ground of those thieves who live on the other side of the mountain, and we usually just secretly catch a rabbit, hunt a pheasant or something, and dare not let those thieves know, if they know, it will be amazing."

"Yes......"

Since it is called the "Hunting House", the big and small beasts in this place must also be used by those thieves for recreation, so naturally these villagers will not be allowed to fight, thinking like this, Zong Jiyuan asked again,

"If there are wild things, will there be wolves?"

"Yes,"

Ji Xiaoyun hurriedly replied,

"You really asked, there are really wolves in the mountains, but maybe it's because they often hunt here, and those animals probably know the danger, so they rarely come here."

"Oh, that's fine."

Zong Jiyuan nodded, as if he had breathed a sigh of relief.

Staring at her for a while, Ji Xiaoyun couldn't help but laugh out loud,

"What's wrong? Master, you heard that there are wolves, so I guess you are afraid. ”

"Yes, if there are really wolves, who will not be afraid, after all, those things can really hurt people."

Zong Jiyuan also pushed the boat down the river.

In fact, of course, she was not afraid of wolves, but she was considering the two horses outside, if she really encountered a beast or something, it would be inconvenient to ride a horse, and it seemed that she had to make some other plans......

After dinner, the two of them rested about the same, and looked at the sky that was completely dark, Zong Jiyuan said,

"Anyway, we still have to explore that place, I wonder if Grandpa Xiao can point out a way to get there for the two of us?"

"Do you really have to go?"

Grandpa Xiao's eyes showed worry.

And Ji Xiaoyun was even more nervous, put down the clothes he had sewn and mended, and walked over and said,

"You can't go, don't look at our life here, it's nothing, but if you are caught by them, it will be dangerous, in case those thieves know that you are from the government, Master, they will definitely kill you."

"It's okay, we'll be careful,"

Zong Jiyuan smiled slightly, comforted the two ancestors and grandchildren, and it could be seen that they couldn't let go of their hearts at all, and thought about it,

"That's it, it just so happens that it will be inconvenient for us to ride a horse on a mountain road, these two horses will be stored in your house first, if we don't come back early tomorrow morning after dawn, you two will ride our horses and rush to Liaodong County Ya, tell Lord He and Third Brother Diao about this, they will definitely take good care of you."

"Huh?!"

Hearing her explain this, Ji Xiaoyun not only did not "rest assured", but looked even more worried, looking at Wang Yu and Zong Jiyuan,

"Listen to what you said, you know the danger, why do you have to go?"

"It's really going to be fine, Miss Xiaoyun, this master's ability is great,"

Zong Jiyuan squeezed his eyes at her, then took some loose silver from his sleeve and put it on the small table, saying,

"I'll leave this here for now, and nothing else, but I hope you two will tell us the way there."

"Okay, I'll take you there."

Seeing that he couldn't persuade them, Grandpa Xiao put on a piece of clothing, took a lantern from the outside and lit it, and said,

"That road is not easy to find during the day, let alone at night, it is not clear at all if we only rely on our mouths to say, so let the little old man send you there. Yun'er, you close the door and wait for grandpa to come back. ”

"Hey, Yun'er knows."

looked at his grandfather worriedly, turned his gaze to Zong Jiyuan and Wang Yu, paused, and Xiao Yuncai said again,

"The two benevolent fathers must be careful, we will always wait for you, and when it is dawn, we must rush back."

"Got it, thank you Miss Xiaoyun for your concern."

Zong Jiyuan smiled and nodded, Wang Yu also smiled at her, and the two followed behind Grandpa Xiao and walked out of the adobe house together, to the outside of the courtyard, and to the mountain road.

While walking, Grandpa Xiao used a horse lamp to illuminate the road and road in front of him.

"Ever since she moved here with Yun'er, she hasn't talked to me much about you. Now that you have finally seen it again, but you are going to such a dangerous place, you say, How sad must this child be? ”

"But don't tell the old man,"

Zong Jiyuan was very frank and authentic,

"The criminals in these cases we are investigating are all extremely vicious and unforgivable people, including the original culprits who harmed Xiaoyun girl and her girls to such an extent, if we don't get rid of those people, then there will be many people who will be harmed by them."

"That's right,"

Grandpa Xiao looked back at the two of them in some surprise,

"But, no matter what, it's a very dangerous thing."

"Yes, we know, but that's also our duty as public servants,"

Zong Jiyuan couldn't help but sigh and said,

"Again, please rest assured, we will be careful."

"Well, I hope God will bless the good guys."

As he spoke, the old man led the two to a hill on the west side of the village, and pointed forward,

"That's the way to get there."

In the dark, under the dim light, there were only patches of wild grass and low trees more than one person high, and the two of them looked at it for a long time, but they did not see where the road the old man said.