Noah's whole person seemed to have evaporated from the world, and there was no news. Baili Jiu fell back into disappointment and anxiety.

Baili Jiu left the house an hour in advance, according to Nuoya's footsteps, it should not go too far, if it goes south, it will inevitably pass through Henan County. On the one hand, he ordered Yuanbao's people to continue to search south to search her whereabouts and this place called the Funeral Valley, and on the other hand, he ordered all the traffic arteries in Henan County to set up checkpoints and pay close attention to the merchants who came and went.

Noya's whereabouts must be found as soon as possible, and secondly, this is enough momentum, but also so that there are people who are afraid of Noah's plot to be jealous and throw a mouse.

After a few days of delay in Xinyang, he received a handwritten letter from the old lady of the General's Mansion.

The general's mansion had already written to urge him to return to Beijing as soon as possible, and the matter of finding Nuoya could be explained to his subordinates, and he could not keep delaying outside, putting all the affairs in the court on hold and ignoring them. Although there are old generals in Beijing, there is no problem, but in the DPRK and China, there is always no explanation.

Baili Jiu ignored it, he stayed extremely firmly, determined to find it, this place called the Valley of Burial. He absolutely can't tolerate his own woman, give up on himself, avoid his love, don't give him a chance, and die in the arms of another man.

This time, the letter sent by the old lady told him the truth, and it was a blow to him, which made his heart twist for a while.

The old lady wrote that in fact, before he set out, Noah learned from the steward that he had transferred a large amount of cash from the house, and she had doubts in her heart, and made a special trip to ask the old lady about it. The old lady originally resolutely opposed Baili Jiu's plan to take risks for the sake of a woman, and she was resolutely opposed to the plan of being the bait, and when she saw Noya, she naturally had a little complaint in her heart, so she told her truthfully. After Noah knew that, she didn't say anything and returned to Yinian Hall in silence.

The old lady said in the letter that Noya ran away from home to prevent him from risking himself on a line of heaven, and that the so-called Funeral Valley may have been made up by herself to disturb Baili Jiu's sight, and there may be no Funeral Valley in the world at all.

The old lady's words, like a heavy hammer, struck on Baili Jiu's heart, shattering all his good hopes. In fact, when he searched everywhere for this place and there was no news, he had also thought that it might just be his wishful thinking, and Noah just asked casually, but he refused to believe it, and the old lady's confirmation made the last hope in his heart sink.

He thought that maybe he was looking in the wrong direction, and Noah had never been in this direction. Frustrated, he ordered the guards to pack up their salutes and prepare to return to Beijing.

The ingots were a little slurred, rubbing as if they had something to say.

Bailijiu was in a bad mood and didn't want to ask.

Bingluo finally couldn't help it: "What the hell do you want to say, don't act like constipation?" ”

"I'm afraid that I will say the wrong thing again and delay the boss's business." Because of his own speculation, Yuan Bao delayed this long time, lost the best opportunity to find Noah, and felt a little guilty.

"Right or wrong, the boss himself will naturally judge." Bingluo has never been a person who likes to talk a lot, and he is concise and to the point.

Yuan Bao walked up to Baili Jiu and said cautiously: "When Mrs. Lin asked me where the Burial Valley was, it was before we decided to go south. ”

A word woke up the person in the dream, Bailijiu kicked it up without saying anything, Yuan Bao didn't watch out, he was kicked along, and the whole ball-like body sat on the ground.

"There is so much nonsense every day, why didn't you say such an important thing earlier?" Baili Jiu snorted and rebuked.

Yuan Bao sat on the ground and simply couldn't get up: "I said that I was kicked again, so I didn't dare to say anything later." ”

Baili Jiu stepped forward and lifted the collar of the ingot, and the fat person was lifted up directly, almost gritting his teeth and saying: "One more nonsense, believe it or not, I cut your flesh!" ”

Yuan Bao was a little trembling, with a bitter face, worried about whether he should say it or not.

"Say!" Bailijiu seemed to have run out of patience, and his unshaven face and sunken eyes made Yuan Bao a little unfamiliar. He had never seen his master look so tired and haggard.

"I've always felt that the beef noodles made by Mrs. Lin taste very similar to Luoyang beef soup!"

When is it, Yuan Bao is still thinking about eating, he deserves to be beaten, Bing Luo turned around, it is foreseeable that Yuan Bao will be miserable this time.

Baili Jiu's evil fire rose from the bottom of his heart, raised his fist, and measured it towards Yuanbao's face, Yuanbao covered his face in a panic, and Baili Jiu's fist stopped an inch away from the tip of his nose.

The hero doesn't eat the loss in front of him, Yuan Bao took the opportunity to quickly break free of Baili Jiu's hand holding his neckline, jumped out of a zhang away, and survived the catastrophe: "If you say it's late, you will be beaten, if you don't say it, you will be beaten, and if you say it, you will be beaten, and you will never talk more in the future." ”

The corners of Baili Jiu's stiff mouth slowly pulled upward, and he instructed Bingluo on the side: "Bingluo, catch up with him for me and hit him hard!" ”

Bingluo saw that Baili Jiu's frozen face suddenly bloomed with a warm sun, and finally understood the meaning of the ingot, and jumped to catch up: "You should be beaten, don't say it earlier, why don't you suffocate you!" ”

Luoyang City, is the southbound traffic artery, water and land are extended in all directions, prosperous, if Nuoya really chooses to go south, it is very likely to pass through the city from Luoyang City, choose a dry road or board a boat.

When the sun first rises in the morning, the streets here are already full of traffic and pedestrians.

Baili Jiu and his party arrived in Luoyang City, their faces were full of wind and dust, and they were already exhausted.

He inquired directly about the best beef soup restaurant here, sat down, ordered a beef soup boiled noodles, added spicy seeds, and sweated a lot of food.

"Master, do you want to keep going?" The guards asked for instructions in advance, so as to replenish the supply.

Baili Jiu shook his head: "Take my token, go to the yamen, and let the people in the yamen quickly inquire if there is a place called the Funeral Valley nearby, and we will rest here for a while." ”

The guards didn't understand why the master only chose Luoyang City, so he didn't dare to ask more, so he immediately picked up the token and walked out of the soup shop, turned over on his horse, and inquired and went to the local yamen.

Baili Jiu drank the beef broth in the bowl in one breath, wiped his mouth, and breathed a sigh of relief: "It seems to be this taste, I hope it's not wrong." ”

A few people inquired about the woodcutter and the old man in the market, and everyone shook their heads and said that they had never heard of such a place.

Towards noon, the guard returned, shook his head at Bailijiu, and said, "The yamen has mobilized people everywhere to inquire, but there is no such place. However, the mountains stretch for about 200 miles out of the city in the east of the city, and there are many deep forests and mountains inside, and pedestrians are rarely visited, so it is impossible to say whether there is such a valley. ”

Bailijiu nodded, and the group simply replenished their rations, and went straight out of the city.

Leaving the city along the trail to the east, it was not long before there was a rolling mountain range, and the mountain road became more and more rugged, so you had to abandon your horse and walk. And the more thorns are inside, there is no way, a barren and barren, inaccessible, not to mention human figures, not even an apricot tree can be seen.

Yuan Bao retreated a little: "Ninth Master, seeing that the front is already deserted, and there is not even a trace, Mrs. Lin is in such poor health, she shouldn't come here, right?" ”

Bailijiu bent down and carefully inspected the weeds and thorns on the ground, and there was no trace of being trampled on. If you listen carefully, there is no slight movement of startled birds flying in the mountains. He was also a little hesitant, could it be that his guess was wrong?

"There will always be people in the mountains around here, no matter how difficult it is, if there are really people, they will always come out to buy daily necessities, and it is impossible for no one to know. We might as well find some fellow villagers nearby to inquire and see if there are any clues, or if there are any hidden mountain roads, not necessarily. "Yuanbao likes to be lazy, and people who like to be lazy have a lot of brains.

Bailijiu nodded, and also felt that he was like this, spinning around like a headless fly, it was not a way, it was better to inquire nearby, or find some soldiers, there was a lot of strength.

The group retreated and rested in a nearby mountain village.

Most of the mountain people are simple, and they see the bearing of Baili Jiuyi, either rich or expensive, I believe that it is not small, and the hospitality is also warm. The owners are a straightforward couple in their thirties, with a ten-year-old naughty boy in the family, who makes a living by hunting and farming.

A few people sat down on the rocks in the doorway and drank tea, and the guards untied their sabers and laid them at their feet. The naughty boy of the master's house is curious and strokes back and forth.

"Like this knife?" Yuan Bao likes children, and teases him casually: "Call me a good brother, and I'll give you a handful when I turn around." ”

The child shook his head disdainfully: "It's not uncommon. ”

"It's not uncommon, you still can't put it down."

"I have it myself!"

"Rotten eggs! What nonsense?! The adults on the side hurriedly scolded.

Baili Jiu's heart is broken, the knives used by the guards are all uniformly configured by the imperial court, and the patterns on the scabbard are exquisite, which is different from the local yamen, how has this urchin seen a mountain village in Henan County? He glanced at the ingot.

Yuan Bao comprehended, and said to the child with a smile: "That's it, I like to brag like this, our knife is very rare, I'm afraid you haven't seen it." ”

The naughty boy was not convinced, glanced at his parents, and said angrily: "There is, it's exactly the same!" ”

The child's mother stepped forward and pulled him up, and reprimanded him in a fierce voice: "As far as your woodcutter is tattered, how can it be compared with other people's sabers, don't make trouble, while chopping pigweed." ”

The child was still not convinced, but he was afraid of his mother, did not dare to speak more, glanced at the knife, turned and reluctantly left.

Bailijiu knew that they must be afraid of themselves, so they didn't ask any more questions and changed the topic.