"Wei Gong is wrong, the road is this way."

Approaching the halfway point of the mountain, Zhang Hua pointed to the specially carved out road between the mountains and forests and shouted.

Wei Lin used the wooden stick he picked up as a crutch, and flicked the obviously sparse grass next to him a few times.

"If you want to see the beautiful scenery, you have to go off the beaten path."

So saying, he waded through the grass and into the dense forest.

"There's a fart scenery in this barren mountain range, and sure enough, the brain without parts is not normal."

Zhang Hua complained in his heart, but he could only hurry up.

Li Wentai, who fell behind, had already let go of the handle of the knife, but his expression was still apprehensive.

Li Wentai was originally a scholar, even if he had stayed in the army for a long time and practiced some battlefield fighting skills, he could not be the opponent of the seventh-grade monks.

Now I can only hope that I will not be discovered by Wei Lin.

When he entered the forest, Zhang Hua found that there was still a hidden path here. It's just that because of the grass and trees, you can't find this path from the mountain road outside.

The path is narrow enough for one person, and the road surface has been trampled bald, apparently often walked here.

Zhang Hua couldn't help but feel a little strange, he had been in Xuanhuang Pass for almost ten years, and it could be said that he knew the surrounding terrain and landforms well, but why he didn't know that there was such a path in the low mountains close at hand.

What is this narrow path for?

Certainly not for the purpose of harvesting firewood.

After felling, the trees are pruned and then rolled down the slope to the bottom of the mountain, so the road up the mountain is very wide to make it easier for the logs to roll down.

"Gong Wei, you should be coming to Qingzhou for the first time, how do you know this nameless path, and where does this path lead?"

Zhang Hua ran a few steps to Wei Lin's side and asked.

"Hehe, the miscellaneous family has never been to Qingzhou, so how could they know about this nameless trail, it was just accidentally bumped into."

Zhang Hua didn't believe Wei Lin's explanation. Because of the weeds and trees, it is impossible to find this trail on the mountain road outside. I and Dashuai have been here a few times before, so why haven't we bumped into each other. Now that I think about it carefully, I am afraid that Wei Lin's previous move to come to this barren mountain was not a temporary decision, but a premeditated decision.

It could be that there is a secret hidden at the end of this trail, and someone has told the secret to Kyoto.

That's why Wei Lin took the big handsome away, so that it would be convenient to investigate?

Thinking of Li Wentai's eccentricity just now, Zhang Hua felt more and more that he had guessed the idea.

Thinking of this, he slowed down, and asked in a low voice when Li Wentai passed by.

"Wentai, you tell me the truth. What the hell is going on on this road? What secrets are hidden at the end of the road? That's probably why Wei Gelding is here for this, so let's make it clear that we can discuss a countermeasure. Otherwise, Wei Gelding will take the lead in attacking for a while, and we will be passive."

Li Wentai stared at Zhang Hua with a cloudy face for a while before sighing.

"Lao Zhang, I didn't mean to hide it from you. It's just that knowing the truth is not good for you, in fact, it's not just you, even your brother-in-law is kept in the dark."

"The handsome don't know!"

Zhang Hua was stunned when he heard this.

The marshal is the chief military officer in charge of Qingzhou's military and political affairs, what did Li Wentai do, he actually wanted to hide it from the marshal.

"You're collaborating?"

The worst possibility immediately popped up in Zhang Hua's mind, and he asked.

"What do you think, my Li family has received the emperor's grace, how could I do such a thing that has been stinking for thousands of years."

"Oh, yes."

Zhang Hua nodded. In addition to the relationship between the handsome and the brother-in-law, Li Wentai is also a descendant of the Li family, a wealthy family in Tongzhou, so he should not be able to do such a thing as collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country.

But in this way, it is even more strange, in addition to the heinous felony of collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country, what else should be hidden from the commander?

While the two were talking, Wei Lin in front of him had already stopped and pointed to the dense forest

said with a smile.

"Haha, there's a wooden house here, just right to rest."

Zhang Hua turned his head to look at the side, and saw that Li Wentai's face was gloomy and almost dripping.

Alas!

Zhang Hua sighed in his heart, patted Li Wentai's shoulder, and said in a low voice.

"Let's see the move. But don't be stupid, we can't beat him."

The walls and roof of the hut were covered with moss, and there were no windows, only a rough wooden door.

Wei Lin opened the door and looked inside.

There was nothing in the house except a few thatched futons and a straw mat, and there was no one.

Wei Lin couldn't help frowning.

Am you wrong?

When he was just at the bottom of the mountain, Wei Lin, who had his back to the remnant sun, was dazzled by a light, and he saw this low mountain when he followed the light to see it.

It hasn't rained in Qingzhou these days, and the weeds and trees will not refract the light of the residual sun if there is no water.

So Wei Lin was curious and wanted to find out, but then Li Wentai's attitude made Wei Lin suspicious.

This Li Wentai seems to be an understatement, but he can see a trace of panic in his eyes.

Could it be that there is something unsightly hidden in the low mountains?

When he was halfway up the mountain, Wei Lin used a wooden stick to find the place where he saw the reflection before, and sure enough, he found a hidden path, and when he walked to the end of the path, he found this wooden house.

But at this time, there was everyone in the house.

At this time, Zhang Hua and Li Wentai also walked to the front of the wooden house, and after glancing at the inside of the house, Li Wentai couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief in his heart.

"When was this house built? I don't know."

Zhang Hua looked left and right, looked forward and back, and didn't find anything abnormal, it was just an ordinary simple wooden house, why was Li Wentai so nervous?

"Humph! Most of the soldiers who went up to the mountains to cut down trees secretly built a cover to use as a lazy place. These monkey cubs, see if I can't fix them properly when I go back."

Li Wentai feigned anger.

"It's really going to be a good practice, I haven't fought in half a year, it seems to be slack. Hehe, I made you see the joke Gong Wei."

Zhang Hua hurriedly echoed on the side.

"Gong Wei, it's getting late, let's hurry back to Guannai. When it gets completely dark, it's not safe to ride a horse."

Li Wentai urged Wei Lin.

"Don't be in a hurry, wait for the miscellaneous family to go in and have a look."

Wei Lin said and walked into the wooden house.

After messing around with Rong Fei in Kyoto City for a while, Wei Lin was convinced by Rong Fei's miraculous ability to solve cases, and he also asked for advice in private, just like asking Yu Qingzhi for advice on how to practice.

Rong Fei had a good impression of Wei Lin, so he didn't hide his selfishness and taught him.

It's a pity that the time is still too short, and Wei Lin has only learned some reasoning and handling cases, but his vigilance has been cultivated, otherwise he wouldn't have come to the low mountain to investigate just because of a reflection.

According to Wei Lin's guess, that light was mostly caused by the reflection of the polished shiny metal.

It is normal for soldiers to go up the mountain to cut wood and carry knives, axes and saws, but the time is not right.

It is unreasonable not to cut trees during the day when the sun is high, but to go up the mountain at night when the wind is dark and high.

Halfway up the mountain, he found the hidden trail and the wooden house at the end of the trail, and the initial intuition of reasoning told Wei Lin that there must be something wrong here, and it was by no means as simple as Li Wentai explained.

But what's the problem?

Something reflecting the sunlight means that there must have been people in the mountain at that time, but I have not seen half a figure on the mountain so far. Although this low mountain can be lowered from that direction, there is no reason not to take the well-groomed mountain road, but to take other difficult directions.

So the question arises again, what about people?

It's not going to disappear into thin air.

Rong Fei's kid once said: Whoever walks by, will leave traces

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He also said: There is no lack of clues in the process of handling cases, but there is a lack of eyes that can find clues.

But where are the traces? Where's the clue?

Why can't the miscellaneous family find it, what will he do if Rong Fei's kid is here?

Unconsciously, Wei Lin brought himself into the role of Rong Fei, imitating Rong Fei's way of thinking and perspective of observing things according to the detection skills that Rong Fei had told him.

Reflection of the sun... Low Mountain... Wood yard... Nameless Trail... Wooden house... The one who disappeared out of thin air...

People don't disappear into thin air, not even monks.

Forehead... Except for the Heavenly Realm Monks and Venerables.

There could be no Heavenly Realm cultivators and Venerables here, so people would never disappear out of thin air.

So...

Wei Lin's thoughts became clearer and clearer, his eyes became brighter and brighter, and he suddenly raised his foot and kicked over a futon at his feet.

Li Wentai's heart jumped suddenly.

"Gong Wei, what do you mean by this?"

Zhang Hua asked suspiciously.

Wei Lin ignored Zhang Hua at all, bent down and carefully observed the ground under the futon, which was just a tamped and flat soil, and there was nothing abnormal.

Wei Lin didn't give up yet, and walked to the other futon and kicked it away.

Li Wentai's heart jumped again.

There is still nothing under the second futon, then the third, the fourth...

All four futons were kicked over, and nothing unusual was found. But Wei Lin didn't have a look of frustration and loss, but glanced at Li Wentai and Zhang Hua with some pride.

All that was left of the hut was a somewhat worn straw mat, which had not been examined.

Wei Lin walked to the straw mat, and the corners of his mouth already showed a smile that could not be concealed, so he asked the miscellaneous family to whisper What are you hiding here.

Stretched out his right foot and tried to pick the corner of the mat with his toes, but his body was in a stumbling shape and he almost fell.

Hey!

Wei Lin hurriedly stabilized his figure and looked at the straw mat strangely.

The straw mat seemed to be glued to the ground, but it couldn't be picked up.

With a sigh of surprise in his heart, Wei Lin squatted down this time, reached out and pinched the corner of the straw mat, and lifted it up hard.

Zhang Hua was also a little curious about what Li Wentai had done here, so he walked over and leaned over to take a closer look.

Li Wentai, who was standing at the door, let out a long sigh and closed his eyes.

Except for liking to slap people occasionally, Rong Fei actually doesn't like torture to extract confessions. So I just asked a few words casually, and when I saw those men stalking their necks one by one and making a good appearance that they were not afraid of death, they just gave up.

After a short time, Gu Fengxiao and the others came back empty-handed to report, but they did not find any clues in the Zhuangzi.

Rong Fei was not surprised, and escorted the captured prisoners back to Kyoto City.

On the way back, the wind was calm, and there were no accidents, but I met Jiashen Jiadugong outside the city gate.