On the first day, Qingling didn't pay attention to Zhang Tianduo and Manshan, and on the second and third days, she was also in a hurry, but on the fourth day, she couldn't stand it anymore, in the past three days, in addition to eating and sleeping, she was almost in a hurry, and the soles of her feet were blistered, and what was even more annoying was that Manshan kept urging her to go faster, and the tone was like escorting a prisoner.

When Zhang Tianduo persuaded her to get on the horse again, she hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded in agreement.

Qing Ling got on the horse, and when he saw that Zhang Tianduo didn't mean to come up, he asked, "You don't come up?" ”

"I'll just walk."

"Then how can we do it, there is still a long way to go."

The laughter of the mountain came from the front: "Hahaha, silly girl, who are you?" Men and women ride together, and they can't tell if they have a mouth, haha......"

After all, Qing Ling was young, and had been living on Yin Yang Mountain, and she knew almost nothing about the affairs of secular men and women, she said curiously: "Why can't you tell me about riding a horse?" ”

"Uh......" was full of words, and he really couldn't explain it.

Zhang Tianduo smiled: "It's okay, I'm strong, this little distance is nothing." ”

As he spoke, he patted the horse's buttocks, and the horse galloped away in pain.

Zhang Tianduo took a breath, took out Dayu's ancient steps, shook his body, and followed.

"Senior, you should hurry up and keep up." In a flash, Zhang Tianduo and Qingling had already rushed far away.

Man Shan frowned and muttered, "This kid, don't you look down on that girl?" ”

So saying, he rode his horse and followed.

Two days later, the trio finally arrived in a small town.

The three of them rested in the town for a day, bought a horse, and bought dry food for a few more days before continuing on their journey.

At this time, there were less than twenty days left before the two months that Granny Yin and Yang had said, and counting the way back, they had to find Miao Xianghong within five days and persuade her to help.

Zhang Tianduo has a mount, and the road is a lot lighter.

"Little ghost, are you sure Miao Xianghong is in the Crimson Forest?"

Zhang Tian replied: "Mother-in-law wrote this on the envelope, it shouldn't be wrong." ”

"Then we're going to speed up, the Crimson Forest is far away."

The Red Forest is located in a rainforest northwest of the border between Yunnan and Guizhou, where it is uninhabited and the roads are blocked, and it is a place of seclusion.

After Miao Xianghong went into hiding, Mother-in-law Yin and Yang spent years investigating her whereabouts without results, and it was not until a few years ago that she learned of her whereabouts from an old person of Miao Xianghong.

Three days later, the group of three finally came to the vicinity of the rainforest.

At this time, it was pouring rain, and the road became extremely difficult, and the three of them were almost thrown off their horses several times.

"It's too difficult to walk, let's get off the horse." Manshan proposed.

Zhang Tianduo agreed: "It seems that this is the only way." ”

The three of them dismounted, tied their horses to a large tree, tightened their robes, and walked towards the rainforest.

Man Shan said: "The Red Red Forest Lao Tzu has heard that it is said that there is a poisonous insect that can be prepared into Gu, but the Red Red Forest seems to be quite hidden, and almost no one has found it." ”

"Don't worry, my mother-in-law said that the red forest is in the center of the rainforest, and the trees there are all red, so it should be easy to find."

The mountains are full of disagreement, if Miao Xianghong's hermitage is so easy to find, it is not a hermitage.

Entering the rainforest, the road became more and more difficult, and the mountains were blind and walked very easily, but Zhang Tianduo and Qingling walked very embarrassed, the two supported each other all the way, walked a few steps and slipped and fell, and in less than half a day, the two of them had become chickens in the soup.

Listening to the sound of falling from time to time behind him, Man Shan finally couldn't help but say, "You two little ghosts, follow Lao Tzu." ”

The two of them suddenly realized that after entering the rainforest all over the mountain, they walked like flying and entering a no-man's land, and they should have followed his footsteps a long time ago.

The three of them walked in the rainforest for most of the day, but they never saw the red forest, and the mountain suddenly stopped and asked, "Little ghost, look at the left, is there a section of dead wood?" ”

Zhang Tianduo looked to the left when he heard this, and couldn't help but be a little surprised, his eyes couldn't see, and he actually knew that there was a piece of dead wood on the left, and he said: "There is a section of dead wood, senior, is there anything wrong?" ”

"Stupid, we've just walked through here."

"Ahh The two of them exclaimed, they didn't even notice that they were lost, but they noticed it all over the mountain, and these eyes were white.

"It's a bit strange in this rainforest, as if some places have been artificially changed into a very hidden maze. ”

"Did Senior Miao do it?"

"Who else could it be but her!" As he spoke, Man Shan took out a small compass from his body, touched it for a while, and said, "Follow Lao Tzu and go this way!" ”

The two hurriedly followed, Zhang Tianduo glanced at the compass in Manshan's hand, and found that the gossip stars and the heavenly stems and terrestrial branches on the compass were all carved, and Tianchi was no different from the ten realms of Tianxin.

He walked a few steps around the mountain and touched it, and sometimes he climbed over the rock and continued to move forward, and sometimes the road ahead was smooth, but he turned into a thorny vine forest.

Although the two of them didn't know how Man Shan discerned the direction, they both knew in their hearts that Man Shan must know how to get out of this maze.

It was getting dark, the rain had stopped, the air around them was refreshing, and the two of them crossed a stream and came to a forest under the guidance of the mountain turning left and right.

"This should be it." Manshan said, pointing to the woods in front of him.

Zhang Tianduo glanced at the woods and said, "Senior, this is just a very ordinary forest." ”

"Ordinary? How ordinary? ”

"Like the surrounding woods, I can't see anything wrong."

Man Shan frowned and said, "Lao Tzu's calculation should not be wrong, you take a closer look." ”

The two looked left and right, but still didn't find it, Zhang Tianduo said: "Senior, is there a problem with the compass?" ”

Man Shan reprimanded: "Fart, this compass Lao Tzu has used it for more than ten years, and there has never been a problem!" ”

"Then, could this be just the exit of the maze, not the Crimson Forest?"

"If this is not the Crimson Forest, how can Miao Xianghong lay a maze in front of her?"

Zhang Tianduo was speechless, so he had to spread his hands at Qingling.

Man Shan took out the compass and stroked it again, pinching his fingers and muttering from time to time, as if he was calculating something, neither of them dared to make a sound, and waited quietly.

Suddenly, Man Shan whispered, "Someone is coming!" ”

The two were surprised: "Where?" ”

Man Shan raised his hand and pointed to the forest in front of him, and said, "This person came so quickly, a bit of a doorway, you should be careful." ”

The two of them looked in the direction pointed by the mountain, and after waiting for a while, they saw a man running out of the woods, a young man about the same age as Qing Ling, about sixteen or seventeen years old.

The young man was naked, carrying a few small bamboo tubes around his waist, with a blue headkerchief wrapped around his head, although his face was childish, his sword eyebrows were slightly raised, his nose was high and his lips were thick, and he was full of heroism.

The young man stood at a distance, staring at the three of them, his face full of hostility: "Who are you?" What are you doing here? ”

Man Shan smiled: "Of course we are good people, little ghost, who are you?" ”

"This is not the place for you to be, get out of here!"

This young man appeared in this kind of place, he didn't need to ask to know that he must have something to do with Miao Xianghong, Zhang Tianduo hurriedly stepped forward and said: "This little brother, can you please bring a message, we have something to ask to see Miao Xianghong's senior." ”

Man Shan also said: "That's right, little ghost, you just said that Man Shan wants to see, go quickly." ”

The young man looked at the three of them suspiciously, and then said, "Then you wait here." ”

With that, he turned and ran into the woods, and disappeared without a trace in the blink of an eye.

The three of them waited for a while, and then the young man ran back, and he said, "Grandma, no one is seen, you go quickly, otherwise Grandma will be angry." ”

Manshan looked disappointed and muttered, "She won't see me, she's still angry with me......"

Zhang Tianduo took out the letter written by the Yin-Yang mother-in-law from his arms and said, "Little brother, we really have an urgent matter to see Senior Miao, please give this letter to her." ”

The boy hesitated for a moment and walked over to the three of them.

When he got closer, he suddenly saw Qing Ling standing behind Zhang Tianduo, and he was immediately stunned.

Qing Ling was ashamed and angry by him: "What do you see? Look again, be careful, this girl gouges out both of your eyes. ”

The young man was startled by Qingling's fierce appearance, and hurriedly took the letter in Zhang Tianduo's hand and ran away.

Zhang Tianduo smiled and said: "Qingling, you see that he was scared away by you, don't be so fierce girls." ”

"Hmph." Qing Ling snorted and ignored Zhang Tianduo.

After waiting for a while, Man Shan's face suddenly showed a look of surprise and said, "It's finally here!" ”

They did not understand what he meant, and at that moment two men came out of the woods, one the young man and the other a woman in her forties.

The woman wore heavy makeup, wore Miao costumes, and was covered with silver jewelry, and walked with a jingle bell, although she was old, she still had charm, and she knew at a glance that she was also a peerless beauty when she was young.

"Which one is the descendant of the Hundred Flowers Thief Woman?" The woman shouted angrily.

Hearing the woman's voice, the voice of the whole mountain trembled a little: "Sister Hong, it's really you, you...... You're alive. ”

The woman ignored his words, and still asked angrily, "Who is the descendant of the Hundred Flowers Thief Woman?" Say! ”

She was a thief woman, Qing Ling was angry when she heard it, and she didn't pay attention to Zhang Tianduo's eyes at her again and again, and shouted: "You are the thief woman!" ”

"Stinky girl!" The woman scolded, and as soon as the words fell, she raised her hand and waved, but saw an object turn into a stream of shadows and go straight to Qingling.

Hearing this, the mountain shouted: "Don't pick up ......"

However, Zhang Tianduo had already reached out and grabbed the object.

Hurting at the beginning, Zhang Tianduo's body trembled slightly, and when he looked down, it turned out to be a paper ball, which was a letter written by his mother-in-law to Miao Xianghong.

"Sister Hong, they are young and ignorant, it's none of their business, spare them." Manshan sighed.

Zhang Tianduo's heart was frightened when he heard it, and when he heard the meaning of the mountain, the woman in front of him was Miao Xianghong.