Chu Yaocen asked without a trace: "What's wrong with your mother?" ”

Shadow pursed his lips, hesitated for a moment, and replied: "My mother followed the caravan two years ago to climb Gaoligong Mountain and go to the Southern Barbarian Country to do business, but not long ago, someone said that the white bones of a caravan were found on Gaoligong Mountain. The rest of the caravan should have died, but my mother must still be alive, because I didn't find my mother's body. ”

After listening to him, he couldn't help but remind: "It's been two years, and the corpse has long since turned into white bones, right?" It's all a pile of bones, how can you recognize which one is your mother? ”

Shadow glanced at him without a trace, and said: "My mother is from the Western Regions, the eye socket is long and oval, the two sides are downward, and the position of the lateral edge of the eye socket is back, so the nasal and zygomatic angles are small, and the place where the two nasal bones are united is high and curved. I examined all the bones and didn't find any of the skulls with such features, so my mother must still be alive. ”

Qingdi couldn't help but feel a chill when he heard him talk about human bones in such a calm tone, and Xianhong chuckled and said to everyone: "Everyone has heard it, no trace is really a genius, he only needs to touch the white bones of Sensen, and he will know where this person is, how old he is, and he has such a ability at such a young age, which is really surprising." Second Young Master, if you like it, take this child in. ”

Chu Yaocen nodded, looked at the shadow and said, "Such a powerful child, if you are willing to follow me, I will naturally not refuse." ”

Xianhong laughed twice, got up and patted the table and said: "I'm honest, you don't know how hard this kid is working without a trace, his father has left him and her mother in Nanzhong since he was a child, and without a trace in order to learn the best witch doctor's skills, he often goes to dig people's graves, and eats the skulls and spine water of the dead, it's really too hard!" ”

Everyone couldn't help but shudder when they heard the red painting finish speaking...... Is this an effort? This is simply a beast, no wonder this child's eyebrows and eyes are gloomy......

Shadow Without a trace glanced at the red line, revealed a grim smile, and said: "Not only that, I have also tasted earwax, human bones, eyeballs, etc." ”

"It's disgusting, what are you eating all this for? And you can dig people's graves, do you still have a royal law in Nanzhong? I couldn't stand the killing, so I yelled at him. He and this shadow are both teenagers, how can he be so sunny, but without a trace is so gloomy?

Without a trace, he ignored him, and lightly hooked the corners of his mouth.

The atmosphere was embarrassing for a while, Chu Yaocen coughed and asked him, "Doesn't your father know about your mother's disappearance?" ”

Shadow shook his head: "My father never cared about me and my mother's life or death, I haven't seen him for many years, and I have almost forgotten what he looks like." ”

"Your father is too busy, he almost puts all his energy into the Chu family's business." Chu Yaocen didn't look too sad when he saw that he was gone, so he comforted him briefly, and then said, "By the way, you said that you want us to help, do you want us to go to Gaoligong Mountain with you to find your mother?" ”

Shadow nodded without a trace, but then said: "If you are afraid, don't go, after all, Gaoligong Mountain is full of miasma, and ferocious beasts are everywhere, even if you can avoid these beasts, you may not be able to find your way back from the wooded mountains. Jiudu died on Gaoligong Mountain, and the remaining ten had one or two before they did a big thing. ”

"Go ahead, anyway, in the future, we will always have to cross Gaoligong Mountain and go to the Southern Barbarian Kingdom to do business." Chu Yaocen patted the shoulder of the shadow without a trace, and said, "You are ready to prepare, we will leave tomorrow to find your mother." ”

Shadow nodded without a trace, got up and said, "Thank you, I'll go back and prepare things." ”

After he left, the rest of the people were collectively silent for a while, and after finishing the killing, they asked first: "Second Young Master, are you sure you really want to go to Gaoligong now?" That's not a joke, maybe we'll all die with you. ”

"It's the end of summer, and it's a good opportunity to go to Gaoligong, because there aren't a lot of miasma on the mountain." Thread red interjected.

"Not a lot of them, right?" Wan Kill asked her rhetorically, and said: "And even if there is no miasma, you just said to that person, there are many fierce beasts, and it is very likely to get lost in the forest, do we really want to go over?" ”

Chu Yaocen held his chin and thought carefully, Mu Yungong looked at him from the side for a while, and said: "Let's go, just sell the shadow to get a favor, anyway, the second young master will take someone to Gao Ligong sooner or later, and he will also take the shadow sky under his command, and go to the mountain according to this child's wishes, there is no harm in going to the mountain." And I can find a few locals to take us with me. ”

"But...... I think his mother is probably dead, and if he can't find the skull, it doesn't mean anything, maybe he was taken by an animal? And I can't imagine how a woman can live on a mountain like Gaoligong for two years......" Wan Kill hesitated: "So, I think, even if we go up the mountain, we can't find his mother." ”

"Let's go." Qingdi listened to it for so long, and also spoke: "Whether we can find it is one thing, whether we can find it is another matter, I think as long as we do it, there will be no trace and no shadow will be grateful to us." ”

Chu Yaocen put his hand under the table, firmly grasped Qingdi's hand, and said, "Madame is reasonable. ”

After finishing the killing, he rolled his eyes and sighed, and said, "Okay, okay, I listen to you, it's a big deal, I'll collect the corpses for a few of you." ”

Everyone chuckled lightly, comforted them a few more words, and then went back to prepare, Mu Yungong went to find the locals who were willing to go up the mountain with them. The Nujiang River valley at the foot of Gaoligong Mountain is scorching all year round, the top of the mountain is cloudy and misty all the year round, the cold is pressing, the mountainside has no scorching heat in summer and no severe cold in winter, it is most suitable for the growth and survival of plants and animals, so the section of the mountainside is very dangerous, all kinds of strange and life-threatening things. There was once a caravan from the Southern Barbarian Kingdom with gold, silver and jade, successfully passed through the Gaoligong Mountain, returned to their home, their group of people all made a fortune, and others envied them, but it didn't take long for these people to have strange diseases one by one, and fatal pus began to grow on their bodies, and finally the whole person suppurated and died. Later, a doctor examined their corpses and found that the reason why they became like this was because when they climbed the Gaoligong Mountain, they all ate a deadly and poisonous plant on the mountainside.

Gao Ligong is really dangerous, even if Mu Yungong gives a lot of money, no one wants to go with him. He searched for an afternoon, and then found an old woman surnamed Pu who was willing to take them up the mountain. The surnames here in Nanzhong are very strange, such as the "line" in the red line, the "Pu" of this grandmother, and the surname "Sheng" and the surname "Death", the surname "No" and the surname "Yes", and only Nanzhong has such a strange surname.

Granny Pu's husband also went to Nanban to do business in Gaoligong when he was young, but he never came back. She was worried about whether her husband died on the mountain, and no one collected his body, so despite the opposition of her family, she went up the mountain many times to find her husband's body, but to no avail. It took many years for her to believe that her husband was dead, but she never remarried, and she has always guarded her husband like jade, and recently she was set up with an ice and jade archway.

They went up the mountain together the next morning, and Granny Pu carried a bamboo basket with several bags of water in it, and she said to everyone at the foot of the mountain: "I will take you to the mountainside at most, and I will come down, and you will go on your own way." ”

After she finished speaking, Mu Yungong said: "The densely wooded section of the road is the mountainside, and after that, the top will not get lost again, and a few of us should be able to." ”

And when they all agreed, they went up the mountain with her. Granny Pu told them about the rumors of Gaoligong Mountain as she walked, and she said: "It's a Tengyue Prefecture, ten mountains and nine headless, most of our mountains are steaming volcanoes, you can also smell the smell of realgar on this mountain, right?" ”

Qingdi nodded and said, "When I first came to Nanzhong, I went to see Xiaokong Mountain, and I didn't think it was dangerous. ”

Granny Pu laughed and said, "You girls from other places, what is Xiaokong Mountain, it is a small mound in front of the real Gaoligong Mountain, and that mountain has long been dead, and it is not hot." You will see in a while, our Gaoligong, the heat wave is steaming, hundreds of hot springs and hot springs are scattered, you don't want to reach in and wash your hands when you see the stream flowing on this mountain, I will tell you, this water is all boiling water, you take the egg and go to the small stream on this mountain, and when you fish, it will be cooked. ”

Qingdi was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly stayed away from the stream beside her, she really wanted to reach in and wash her hands just now......

Walking on the mountain path, you can occasionally see a semi-circular horseshoe print embedded in the mountain soil, and the moss and fallen leaves are paved with layers of paths, which are very slippery, and if you are not careful, you may slide to the bottom of the mountain......

Chu Yaocen walked for a while, and suddenly said without warning: "To build a post road, pave it with stones." ”

As soon as he said this, the happiest person was Granny Pu, who bent her eyes and smiled: "Young man, it's a good thing to have this thought. Over the years, there have been many people who want to build post roads, but no one has really done it, because there is so much money and so many people. ”

"If you want to fix it, you must fix it." Chu Yaocen looked up at the top of the mountain and said, "No amount of money will be wasted to build this post road, because the money will always be earned back." As long as you pass through Nanban, this money will flow continuously. ”

"Haha, okay, when do you build the road, I'll also move a brick." Granny Pu was very happy, but she didn't believe that Chu Yaocen would really do these things, so she just thought he was talking about it.

It's been a long time since I said this, and I didn't seem to have a trace before I suddenly reacted, and asked Chu Yaocen: "Second Young Master Chu, do you want to take the money of the Chu family and build this post road with people, and only give it to the people of the Chu family after repairing?" ”

Chu Yaocen laughed, looked at the shadow and said: "I can do such a thing that lacks virtue, as long as the post road is repaired, naturally all people can go." ”

Shadow Without a trace hooked the corners of his mouth and said, "Although it is a good thing, I'm afraid you don't have this opportunity." ”