Li Hao realized that his gaffe had upset her, and gently slapped his mouth. After a while, he laughed again and said, "Guess what the captain went to investigate and ran back with a ghost on his face?" ”

Ran Ying said: "I don't know either. This place is close to Chang'an, I'm just betting, the magistrate here in Guangyang knows Yuwentai's small characters. ”

"Ah Ying." Li Yu put away his smile and asked, "You open your mouth and close your mouth Yuwentai Yuwentai, you and the prime minister...... What exactly is the relationship? A character like him, so high up that we feel extremely awe-inspiring just by hearing his name, who dares to call him by his name? At Ziqing's wedding, I only said a few words to him, and I felt extremely honored. Ah Ying, tell me, what is your relationship with him? You say it's okay between you and him, but I don't believe it at all. If he hadn't given you some kind of privilege, or if there was some tacit understanding between you, why wouldn't you be afraid of him at all, and dare to shout his little words in public? What an offense to us. ”

Ran Ying admitted in her heart that he showed a crush on her. Just now, she just took advantage of his good feelings for her and took advantage of his power to get out of trouble. As for some kind of privilege, or even some kind of tacit understanding, it is indeed something that cannot be beaten by eight poles.

Ran Ying turned her head to look at Li Hao, with a straight face and a displeased face: "I have nothing to do with him, and it won't have anything to do with him." ”

After resting in Guangyang for half a day, preparing enough dry food and water, the two of them went out of the city to the mountain behind the city early the next morning.

Fortunately, this is not a barren mountain, there are pedestrians stepping on mountain roads along the way, and it is effortless to ride a horse. At noon, the two were halfway up the mountain.

There was a natural clearing on the mountainside, where the two of them rested for a while.

After sitting down, Li Yu saw Ran Ying eating dry food while looking around, as if looking for something.

Ran Ying was looking for the hut and the bamboo forest in the painting.

The mountains of the world are similar in their ups and downs, and the only way to see the difference is to start from these man-made traces.

Li Hao asked: "I sacrificed my life to accompany the gentleman, and when I came here with you, don't you plan to tell me what you are doing?" ”

Ran Ying looked at him and thought, this person has to come with me for no reason, and I don't know what purpose he has. If his purpose is to pass on the jade seal of the country, he must know my identity and my purpose, and there is no need to ask questions at this time, just follow me. On the other hand, even if his purpose is to pass on the jade seal of the country, it may not be a bad thing to have him to help me find it right now. When he finds the jade seal, if he wants to steal it, he will see the opportunity to act again.

After making up her mind, Ran Ying took out the landscape painting from her body, handed it to Li Yu, and said, "I'm looking for this place." ”

Li Yu took it, looked at it over and over for a long time, and said confusedly: "This painting ...... There is no hint at all, except for the five mountains and Kunlun in the world, most of the others are the same, how to find this? ”

Ran Ying was also at a loss: "I don't know either." It's just that this mountain is the closest to Chang'an, so I'll take a look first. The world is so big, I don't know what year or month I can find here. ”

Li Hao asked curiously, "Why did you find here?" Are there any important people waiting for you in this painted room? ”

This sentence reminded Ran Ying at once.

She had always thought that the jade seal was somewhere in the mountains on this painting.

However, there is also a possibility that there is a person hidden in this painting, and this person holds the secret of the jade seal.

This man, right in this hut!

"Ah Ying!" Li Yu saw her stunned and gently pushed her.

Ran Ying came back to her senses and said casually: "Yes, this person has something to do with the destruction of my family." ”

"Oh......" Li Yu thought thoughtfully, "it turned out to be your enemy." You're out for revenge. ”

"Nope." Afraid that he would be too biased by his own imagination, Ran Ying denied: "It's not an enemy, but a master." My grandmother once told me that if I found him, I would have a way to get revenge. ”

"I see." Li Hao suddenly realized, "No wonder living in a hut in such an unknown mountain turned out to be a master." ”

While they were talking, two mountain people chopping firewood passed by, and Li Hao hurriedly stopped them and asked if they knew that there was a hut in the mountain with a bamboo forest behind.

When the mountain people heard this, they smiled and said, "Yes." I'll take you there! ”

The two were overjoyed and hurriedly followed the mountain people.

After walking for half an hour, I turned into a mountain col, and my vision suddenly widened. It turned out that there were about 20 large and small houses scattered in this col, and it was actually a small village. On the hillside behind the village is a dense green bamboo forest.

When the two of them saw this scene, their hearts were cold.

It was clear that the mountain people would be wrong. This is a house and a bamboo forest, this is simply a house and a bamboo forest.

The enthusiastic mountain man said, "Well, this is our village." Who are you looking for? ”

Li Yu complained loudly, and Ran Ying hurriedly said: "We misunderstood, this is not the place we are looking for." Are there any other places to live in this mountain? ”

When the mountain man heard that he had misunderstood, his face was a little disappointed, and after thinking about it carefully, he said, "No." I know this mountain best, and there is no one else in our village. ”

"No more? You can't be mistaken, right? Li Yu was disappointed.

The mountain people were a little unhappy, and their voices became louder: "I have lived here for more than 30 years, and I am most familiar with this mountain, how can there be anything wrong?!" ”

Another mountain dweller, who hadn't spoken much along the way, said: "This mountain looks lush with vegetation, but in fact, there is no product, and it is impossible to hunt. So there was no one else but our village. ”

Ran Ying became curious: "Then what does your village do for a living?" "You can't hunt, you can't watch and you can't grow crops, what do the villagers eat?

The first mountain man said, "We all rely on the bamboo sea behind the village. We are all craftsmen. ”

"Smith?" Li Yu felt that the word was very unfamiliar.

"We cut the bamboo back, split it into bamboo strips, and then weave it into bamboo baskets and baskets, and took it to Guangyang at the foot of the mountain to sell it for money."

Both were a little disappointed. It seems that there will be nothing to be found in this mountain.

Ran Ying said to Li Hao: "Then let's go down the mountain." ”

Li Yu was about to nod, and the first mountain man said, "It's getting late, it's too late for you to go down the mountain now." Why don't you go to our village for the night, and then leave tomorrow at dawn. ”

Li Hao shook his hand and said, "No need, no need, how embarrassed to bother." ”

The second mountaineer said, "There is a sinkhole on the way down the mountain, and I am afraid that you will not be able to see the road clearly in the dark, and you are not familiar with the road, so you will fall into the sinkhole." ”

The first mountain man continued: "The pit was so big and deep that you couldn't see the bottom, and you couldn't even find the body when you fell down." ”

When Li Yu heard this, he hurriedly said to Ran Ying: "Then let's stay for the night." "He just ran out for a while, so he didn't want to explain himself here.

Ran Ying thought about it and agreed.

Two villagers happily led the way ahead and led them to the village.

That night, Ran Ying and Li Yu stayed in the first mountain people's house called Ajiao. Ajiao has a wife and a pair of children. There were rare guests in the house, and they were very happy, busy lighting a fire for them, cooking, and vacating the open space.

Soon, everyone in the village knew that two outside guests had come. The mountain people are simple, and there are few outsiders visiting this mountain col village, and the villagers are happy to bring them all kinds of food to entertain them.

Ajiao had a bold temperament, so he simply gathered the villagers together and set up a bonfire in the open space in the middle of the village to welcome the distant guests.

As night fell, the campfires burned and the villagers came one by one with all kinds of food. Someone else brought wine, everyone, you and I came to toast Ran Ying and Li Hao one by one.

Infected by this lively atmosphere, Li Yu was very excited, and said to Ran Ying: "This kind of banquet is really very enjoyable, much more interesting than the kind of banquet in the hall where red candles are lit and singing and dancing are entertained!" ”

Ran Ying drank the wine, her cheeks were red, and she was also very excited. At this moment, looking at the red bonfire and the happy smiling faces, she couldn't help but think that if Yu Wentai came here, he would like it very much. Sitting all day, even at the banquet, he probably didn't have a time to completely relax.

At this time, Yu Wentai was still in the camp looking at the various information sent by Tanma.