I didn't bother to talk to him anymore, and if I dragged it any further, the horse I kept outside the door of that house would really be stolen.

She walked to the tree where the horse was tethered, untied the horse rope, got on the horse first, looked down at him, and asked, "Lu Gongzi, can you get on the horse?" If you don't get on the horse, I'll go first. ”

He got on the horse, sat down behind her, and said behind her, "Don't forget, Doctor Kong, you are riding this son's horse now. ”

As he spoke, he wrapped his arm from behind her to the front and took hold of the horse's rope.

When the two rode together to the house where Qingzhi was changing clothes in the south of the town, they saw that the horses were still tied to the tree.

When she went to the house, he was waiting outside.

She changed into her clothes inside, combed her hair with her fingers, and tied them to the top of her head, before climbing over the courtyard wall.

After arriving at the barracks, when Qingzhi released the horse and returned to his tent, Lu Shikang went to the tent of His Royal Highness the Prince.

He was to report to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince what he had observed during his trip, and to discuss with him the question of which route to take to Hanshan.

When I arrived at the tent of His Royal Highness the Prince, I saw His Royal Highness the Crown Prince looking down at a letter.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince raised his head when Lu Shikang came in, and when he saw that it was Lu Shikang, he said in surprise: "Shikang, are you back?" Sit down and tell us what you've seen. ”

After the Tangbao cavalry came back just now, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince originally wanted to ask them about the harvest of this trip, but after thinking for a while, he was worried that there would be omissions in the process of their relay, so he decided to wait for Lu Shikang to come back and explain the situation to him in person.

Yes, he has been waiting for Lu Shikang to come back.

Lu Shikang sat opposite His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and said, "First of all, the old man on Lishan is a false hermit. ”

"What, False Hermit?"

"Yes."

"Shikang, do you have any basis for saying that?"

"There are some clues that confirm my suspicions."

"What clues?"

"First, he was not in the mountains when I went that day, and he arrived the next day. The average hermit would not easily leave the mountain dwelling, so I guessed that he was not the owner of the house, and that he had returned because he had heard the news of our visit. And where he really lives should be about half a day's journey from there. ”

"What else?"

That alone doesn't mean much.

Lu Shikang said: "As a scholar who looks quite stylish, he lives in a vulgar house, and the mountain house is no different from the ordinary mountain dwelling.

I once looked around his house, there were no pianos, chess, calligraphy and paintings, pens, ink, paper, inkstones, etc., but in my casual conversation with him, he said that in his spare time, he would read, hang out, and fish. ”

"Did he put pen, ink, paper, inkstone, etc., in other rooms?"

"The mountain house was very small, and there was a foyer in which ordinary farm tools were placed, and another room was a room, and it was even more impossible to put books and other things in it. There is another thing that proves that he is not a hermit. ”

"What else?"

"I asked him where he was from, and he said he was from Yannan City. However, I have been to Yannan City once, and I have heard the accent there, which is far from his, that is, the reason why he said that he was from Yannan City was because he did not want people to know his real residence. Since he deliberately concealed his residence, it must have been because he was afraid that I would guess something, such as his identity or something. ”

"So, his identity could be some big guy?"

Lu Shikang said: "The big man may not be able to talk about it, but it may be a friend of a big man." ”

"Shikang, you mean, he may be Zheng Jin or Zhou Peng's confidant?" When His Royal Highness the Crown Prince spoke, he suddenly remembered that Lu Shikang must have been thirsty all the way, so he said outside: "Jiang Bo, help Lu Gongzi make a cup of tea." ”

The man named Jiang Bo hurriedly walked to a dwarf wood in the tent to the south, took a teapot and a teacup, made a cup of Xinshan Maojian tea, and served it to the table where His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Lu Shikang were sitting.

Lu Shikang nodded and said, "Other people will not be so devoted to helping Zhou Jing and Zheng Hangsu. ”

"Since he has a problem, then there must be a problem with the place he recommended."

Lu Shikang nodded and said, "Yes, the location he recommended seems to be risk-free, but it is actually full of dangers." Along the way, I've seen a lot of risks. ”

"What, around?"

After Lu Shikang took a sip of tea, he said, "Yes." There will be more, not less. ”

If the enemy has the intention of setting up many obstacles on the road, in addition to what he has already seen, there is probably something that he cannot see.

"Where?" His Royal Highness the Crown Prince asked eagerly.

"The first place is at the foot of Lishan where the old man lives."

"What's at stake there?"

"Before the old man returned, I fished in the lake at the foot of the mountain, but not a single fish was caught in the lake. However, the Tang Bao cavalry told me that when they first visited the site, there were fish swimming back and forth in the lake. ”

"You mean to say that someone poisoned the lake?"

"It's not poisoning. If poisoned, it will easily taste the taste, and it will only cause poisoning in a few people, and the rest of the people will not drink the water in the lake after the first soldiers have tasted it. ”

"Then why are there no fish in the lake?"

"For the old man's stables were on the edge of a stream, and the stream went down to the lake. When I went that day, I found that the stables next to the house were newly built, and there were two horses in the stables, one that the old man had ridden when he had gone, and the other that had been there. The horse manure by the shed will flow down the stream to the lake. ”

"So, horse manure poisons people?"

"During the Taizu period, there was a house in the mountains of Yanxia City, which was called a murderous house by the people of Yanxia City at that time, because every family lived there for less than a long time before they fell ill and died, Brother Xiao, guess why?"

"Why?"

"Because there is a family above it that is a horse breeder who drains horse manure down the mountain stream every day, and the people who live below draw water from the stream every day. The so-called murderous house was restored to normal after the horse breeder went to do business in other places, and it was only then that people learned that drinking water soaked with horse manure would make people sick. ”

"Is that so?"

"This is wild history, but it should be true. For there are no more fish in the lake. ”

"So, the old man has also read the wild history you have seen?"

"I don't know if he has seen it, or Zhou Jing or the people around Zhou Jing have seen it. But since they can come up with such a method of poisoning that is not easy for people to detect, they must know this. ”

"So, at the foot of the Glass Mountain, you have to avoid it anyway?"

"No, there is a way to crack it." Lu Shikang said.