Chapter 13: The Quest for the Mountains

Both sides of the coin are embossed with a flying kite.

The copper coin is turquoise, and this kite is also a green kite.

"Yes, this kind of social order is divided by color." Hu Yang Shanze suddenly remembered, "No, this green kite coin is not yours!" ”

The white-robed young man intercepted: "I borrowed it from Mr. Sha." ”

Hu Yang Shanze spoke slowly and logically, and the man in gray was impatient: "Since you have come out, I want to ask you something, you answer quickly, and I will leave quickly." ”

"Just ask."

Yamazawa is the god of the mountain, and some places have given a more understandable name:

Land Public.

Where the aura is concentrated and the life is abundant, mountains will slowly be born. If he is canonized by the emperor of the world, Yamazawa will be able to master and exert his Yuan power to manage the water and soil.

If the empire disappears or the canonization expires, Yamazawa's Yuan Power will also decrease, and finally return to the wild age.

Although Huyang Shanze was once canonized by the Kite Kingdom, it did not even have a mountain temple, the main reason was that he had been sleeping with his head covered for many years and ignoring the chores on the site. Local creatures have a need to ignore it over time.

But the call of the man in gray in front of him, it must respond.

Hu Yang Shanze was still a little angry, but reason told it that the person in front of him could not be easily offended.

"Forty or fifty days ago, a sand leopard came here, and I want you to find out where it is." The man in gray said very simply, "That thing only builds a nest in the West Mountain, and you should be rare here." ”

"Sand leopards? Hmmβ€”" Poplar's tone dragged on for a long time, "I'll find out." ”

The two waited for more than a quarter of an hour.

Suddenly, a fawn came out of the grass, and it was not afraid of life, and even shook its head in front of the two.

Hu Yang Shanze said: "Keep up with it." ”

The deer turned around and ran, and the two of them followed.

After crossing two peaks, the fawn went to a cliff and finally stopped at the edge of a steep boulder.

"Sand leopards here?" The white-robed young man squatted down and found a few spots of black on the stone.

"Bloodstains, but it's been a long time."

The fawn poked its head out of the boulder.

"It jumped?"

The fawn nodded.

Strange, badly injured sand leopards have fled here, why do they want to jump off a cliff to die? The two glanced at each other, and went down the rocks from the side to the bottom of the stream.

The terrain here is humid and much cooler than in the mountains, so the vegetation is more dense. The two searched for a while at the bottom of the stream, but did not see the leopard corpse.

The white-robed young man looked up at the cliff: "It was originally seriously injured, and if it fell from such a high cliff, it is impossible to still be alive." "There are no big trees under the cliffs, so it's impossible to cushion the sand leopard with leaves or vines." Populus euphratica, is it still in the mountains? ”

"If you want to find its whereabouts, I will show you." There was another tree next to them, this time it was a beech, "It's not in the mountains." ”

A gust of mountain wind blew, and a small tornado blew on the ground, and the branches and leaves of the earth rolled up, and they actually rolled out of shape.

The mud leaves are shaped by the wind, and in addition to the leopard, there is also a creature with limbs!

The white-robed young man looked at it twice and was very surprised: "There is a ...... besides the sand leopard who fell from the cliff Person? ”

These two things lay on the ground, motionless.

"Together?" The white-robed young man frowned, "Where did the corpse go?" ”

Soon, two more tornadoes blew up, and the wind took on new shapes.

"Two people came, and they were ...... Kill? The white-robed young man's face changed, "Okay, good, no wonder my two subordinates didn't go back, so that's it!" ”

"Another group of people came and took these two bodies ...... Lifted up separately and taken away? ”

The white-robed young man carefully identified it, but unfortunately the shape made of mud leaves was described as "gray and dirty", anyway, it was a blur, barely able to take on a human form, but it was a fantasy to see the face clearly.

"Who are these people and where are they coming from?"

He asked twice in succession, and the beech replied angrily:

"I don't know. Too much time has passed, and all traces have faded, and only the wind spirit still remembers this. ”

The man in gray was not discouraged, and took over the conversation: "At least you know, which direction they went after leaving Hulu Mountain?" ”

The two branches of the beech tree are pointed together in one direction.

That's where they come fromβ€”

"Blackwater?" The white-robed young man's eyes flashed, "I knew that most of the missing guards in Donglai Mansion had found clues. ”

But even if they traced it to this point, they only found a vague direction. Blackwater City is not big, but it is not small.

"Went to Blackwater? That's easy to do. The man in gray smiled, "The most direct method is often the most effective." ”

The mountains and forests were quiet, and the poplars and mountains left.

The two of them walked more than a hundred steps in the direction of Blackwater City, and the gray-clothed man paused slightly, and suddenly raised his hand to shoot out a white light.

There was a scream in the forest ten feet away, and there was the snapping of wings.

The two followed the sound and found that blood was beginning to appear under the big tree.

The blood spots on the ground were not obvious, but fortunately, the white-robed young man was good at tracking. The two of them walked fifteen or sixteen feet further, and there was a harrier on the ground, larger than an ordinary eagle, whose wings and belly were pierced.

The blood that came out of the wound had turned a dark green.

"Ever since I got out of Blackwater City, I always felt that I was being targeted, and it turned out to be a little monster." The white-robed young man stepped forward, his toes resting on the harrier's neck, "Who sent you?" ”

The harrier panted vigorously with his beak open.

"Speak." The white-robed young man said with more force, "Otherwise, if the poison enters the heart, you will definitely die within a quarter of an hour!" ”

The harrier screamed in pain, and sure enough, he spoke: "I'll tell you the truth, can you let me go?" ”

"Of course." The white-robed young man smiled, "How can Honghu have a problem with the birds? ”

Harrier immediately said: "I'm just a mercenary, just closed my eyes at the Red Mountain Tavern to recuperate, and suddenly someone came in to look for me, asking me to follow what you did and go back to report it." ”

"Where did that man come from?"

"I don't know. All I have to do is take the money! ”

The man in gray suddenly said, "Don't listen to its nonsense." It's a domestic youkai! ”

Domestic monsters, of course, have owners.

The white-robed young man's eyes became sharp, and he stepped on it with one foot, and said no more:

"Say!"

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The next morning, the He family was still eating, and someone hurriedly came to report:

"Two guests came to the door, saying that they were under the command of the general of Xunzhou Zhengbei!"

He Lingchuan felt a "chuckle" in his heart and looked at his father. He Lingchuan was also slightly stunned, and his face was slightly condensed: "Please go to Suhong Hall to see the tea." ”

Suhong Hall is the place where the host of Hefu meets guests, and is suitable for small gatherings.

He stood up and nodded at He Lingchuan: "Lingchuan come with me." ”

Both He Yue and Mrs. Ying were a little surprised.

The lord met the guests in Xunzhou, why did he bring his eldest son?

As the head of the family, the most convenient authority is to do things without explanation. He Chunhua didn't say much, so he took the housekeeper and He Lingchuan to the front hall.