The sweet result was that Qu Youying fell asleep comfortably in Mu Jingzhu's arms.

When she woke up, she found Mu Jingzhu walking in the cave with a torch in one hand on her back.

"Awake?"

Qu Youying rubbed her eyes, looked at her surroundings vaguely, and said a little relaxed, "Where are you going?" Why don't you wake me up? ”

Mu Jingzhu quipped, "Sleeping like a pig, wake up?" ”

"You're the pig." Qu Youying punched him, and then said, "Let me go." ”

"Nope." Mu Jingzhu refused, "Your speed is comparable to that of a snail, so forget it." ”

"You!" Qu Youying had nothing to refute, since he had to carry it, she was lazy, crawled on top of him, found a comfortable position, put one hand around his neck, and the other hand to take the torch in his hand, "I'll illuminate it." ”

Mu Jingzhu smiled and handed her the torch.

"Jing Zhu, where are we going?"

"Let's go to the other side."

"Do you really think there's an outlet?"

"The wind here is circulating, and if there is no exit, the wind will not be transparent on both sides."

"Oh."

Qu Youying nodded and didn't ask again.

They walked all the way, and the fire could not reach the end. It was dark on both sides, and I don't know if anything was there.

"It should be big here."

Qu Youying's voice was echoed back, and the more they walked inside, the more obvious this feeling became.

"Look at the road under your feet, although it is bumpy and muddy, this road is well extended, and it should have been deliberately polished. Without the guidance of this path, we would have walked around the cave. But what exactly is this hole used for? ”

She remembered the dry wood at the entrance of the cave, and the big rocks, and anyone who was careful would have noticed that there must have been people who came here often, whether it was rain or sunny.

"Whatever it is, go to the entrance of the cave and it will be clear."

Even if Mu Jingzhu was carrying Qu Youying on his back, he walked very fast.

But it took them about half an hour to see the light seeping through the gaps in the branches and leaves.

Qu Youying patted him on the shoulder excitedly and said, "It's light, it should be an exit, go and take a look." ”

Mu Jingzhu stepped forward quickly, approaching the light, only to find that the hole there was not big, but the lower part was blocked by stones, and the top was blocked by dense branches and leaves.

The leaves of the branches are lush, round and large, and it is not always possible to see the dark cave when you look at it from the outside.

But from the inside, you can still see the light of the sunlight shining on the leaves, and the slightest hint of it penetrates.

Mu Jingzhu lowered the person, cautiously approached the entrance of the cave, and reached out to peel off a large round leaf.

Qu Youying stood on tiptoe and looked out.

"It's also a mountain road outside, so you can't see anything unique." She blinked, looked at Mu Jingzhu, and asked, "Do you want to go out and have a look?" ”

"Let's go."

Mu Jingzhu didn't hesitate, and immediately let Qu Youying extinguish the torch, carefully peel off those branches and leaves, and then climbed over the stone.

"Wow! What a beautiful sunset. ”

Qu Youying came out of the cave, breathed in the fresh air, looked at the red half of the sky, and felt a sigh.

"Idiot, it's sunrise."

"Huh?"

Mu Jingzhu took her hand and strode forward, there was only one road here, and it was not difficult to find.

"You've slept all night, and now it's dawn."

Qu Youying blinked, she didn't want to admit that she couldn't tell the difference between sunrise and sunset!

"Then why don't you wait for me to wake up before leaving! Just want to masochize yourself and carry me on your back for half an hour? ”

"After the heavy rain, I went to the lake to look for clues and stumbled upon someone on the other side of the lake." Mu Jingzhu did not stop, and walked forward along the path in front of the cave, "Regardless of whether the other party goes ashore or not, staying in the cave for a long time is not an expedient measure. ”

"And you were in the cave and noticed the man's approach?"

"Nope. There are echoes in the cave, and the sound of footsteps cannot be hidden. ”

Qu Youying breathed a sigh of relief at the moment, she looked back at the hole hidden by the large branches and leaves on the mountain wall, if she didn't deliberately look for it, she wouldn't have found that it was a cave.

"You said that the person who followed us is the murderer who framed you?"

"I don't know."

Because the other party did not get close, Mu Jingzhu could not make a clear conclusion.

Maybe it was someone who was worried about Qu Youying, so he followed.

But for Mu Jing Candle, in the case of uncertainty, staying away is the most correct choice.

Qu Youying didn't know what he was thinking, she followed him while thinking about the whole story.

"From the moment we found the bones, we were lured by people. Later, although Taiwei intervened, someone killed him and kidnapped Yang Wan'er in advance, which was clearly aimed at the Yang family. It stands to reason that after the death of the captain, everything should be over. But that's not the case. ”

"Yang Wan'er's disappearance is a mystery, and there has been no news about her so far, which is not a good thing."

Mu Jingzhu was right, but Qu Youying scratched her head, guessing another possibility.

"Could it be that she was rescued, but she didn't come back in time because of amnesia?"

The corners of Mujing Candle's mouth are slightly hooked, noncommittal.

He came to a halt on a small flat slope.

At this time, the sun has completely risen, and the scorching sunlight dispels all the darkness and warms the cold mountain forest.

The slightest ray of light, penetrating the green branches and leaves, falls to the ground, mottled and translucent.

"Maybe we should go there again."

Qu Youying didn't know why, so she looked forward along his line of sight and found that there was a village ahead, at the foot of the mountain.

At this moment, it is the morning of the day, and on the rice field, you can see people the size of palms, walking around the edge of the field.

There is also the green smoke coming out of the chimneys of the houses, which seems to carry bursts of aroma, mixed with the air, and drifted away.

"There—" Qu Youying squinted, frowned, and said, "It's Baixiang Village!" ”

"Yes."

"But how did Baixiang Village come after this mountain?" Qu Youying couldn't figure it out, "I remember, when we went to Baixiang Village from another road, we didn't see such a big mountain!" ”

She didn't go to Baixiang Village once or twice, starting from Xiangling Town, there was only one way to go.

But she didn't remember that there were any tall peaks around Baixiang Village.

"Just check it out."

Mu Jingzhu said that he would go, took her hand, and found a place in front of the small flat slope to go down the mountain.

Although it is narrow and difficult to walk, it is undoubtedly another road that has been dug out.

They probably walked for more than half an hour before they came to the vicinity of Baixiang Village.

But Mu Jingzhu was not in a hurry to enter the village, but looked at the entrance of the village, in the direction of the comings and goings.

Qu Youying turned around and looked at it, her eyes widened suddenly, "How is this possible?" She blinked, rubbed her eyes again, and said, "Why is the mountain gone?" Not long ago, when I looked back, I still saw it. ”

"The climate near Baixiang Village is relatively humid, and this area is in fog all year round, so people who don't deliberately observe it will not find that there is a mountain here under the thick clouds and mist."

Qu Youying looked at him suspiciously, and said, "So you found out last time you came?" ”

Mu Jingzhu nodded in acknowledgement, and at the same time reached out and patted her elm head, "I'm not you, I can only play." ”

"Hmph."

Qu Youying opened his hand, made a grimace at him, and turned around and ran towards Baixiang Village.

Mu Jingzhu didn't stop her, and looked behind him.

The trees behind him were unusually quiet, with the occasional rustling sound of the breeze.

Mu Jingzhu only glanced at it, his expression remained unchanged, his walking pace slowed down a little, followed behind Qu Youying, and entered Baixiang Village.

Once again, I came to Baixiang Village, and it was still the same as before, and nothing had changed.

The two of them, although their disguises were washed off, were still wearing ordinary people's clothes.

And on the way here, Qu Youying used branches and leaves and dirt to make her complexion rougher, looking more like ordinary villagers.

Only then did he swagger into Baixiang Village.

There are not many residents in Baixiang Village, and there is only one inn, so just like last time, the two of them still came to that inn.

The business of the inn was still as depressed as ever, and I didn't see the old man, everything looked familiar, but it was a little unfamiliar.

Qu Youying stood in front of the counter, and before she could speak, Mu Jingzhu stepped forward quickly and hugged her shoulders from behind.

"Boss, my wife is pregnant, passing by here today, I want to rest for a day, and go to Xiangling Town tomorrow, I wonder if there are any spare rooms here?"

As he spoke, he pulled out the broken silver from his body and placed it on the counter.

The boss, who was settling accounts with an abacus, heard this, looked up at them, then put away the silver and shouted lazily, "Xiao Wang, take the two distinguished guests to the guest room on the second floor." ”

The shopkeeper didn't seem to have woken up yet, and he was also lazy, and he didn't feel strange when he saw them, so he took someone to the second floor.

"You can live as you like, there's no one here anyway."

"Thank you." Mu Jingzhu took out a piece of broken silver from his arms and handed it over, "Please also ask Xiao Er to get some hot water and food, my wife is pregnant, don't go hungry." ”

When the shopkeeper saw that this reward was a big deal, he immediately came to his senses, nodded and said, "No problem, I'll come right away." ”

He went upstairs angrily and happily downstairs, which was really funny.

But Qu Youying couldn't be happy, she closed the door, supported her waist with one hand in front of Mu Jingzhu, and straightened her stomach.

"Where do you look at me like a pregnant woman!"

Mu Jingzhu sat down at the table, he wanted to pour water and drink tea, but the teapot was empty, so he had to put it down.

"Last time I was newly married, this time I am pregnant, that's right!"

"You!"

Qu Youying didn't know what to say about him, in terms of cheekiness and shamelessness, she always felt that Mu Jingzhu was a step up from Xie Xiaoer.

It's a pity that almost no one has seen Mu Jingzhu's face.

It's just hateful!

She sat down on the bed angrily, clasped her hands, and asked angrily, "Since you came to Baixiang Village, what are you going to do?" ”

Mu Jingzhu traced the edge of the empty teacup with his finger and asked slowly, "Before that, you have to tell me first, what did the old man tell you in the end?" ”

He had asked about this topic once before, but was interrupted by the heavy rain and forgot about it afterwards.

Now that it is brought up again, Qu Youying immediately becomes serious.

"He told me that the tree in Inhuman Village was irrigated with blood, and that its bark was red." She felt a little itchy on her cheeks, and she removed some of the mud from them, recalling, "I always felt like I had seen a tree with red bark somewhere." ”

"I know."

Qu Youying was surprised, "Do you know where it is?" ”

He groped with his fingers for the pattern on the wall of the white porcelain cup, which was a very beautiful tree with many red ribbons painted on it.

That's—"The Moon Old Tree." ”

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