The two came out of the restaurant, and the woman advanced from the gate of the mansion to lead the horse, and Zhuohua waited at the door.

A short time later, the woman walked out of the side door, led by a tall horse. This horse is snow-white, with a long mane, and the coat color is extremely soft and smooth, seeing her walk to the front of the street in three or two steps, flashing on the horse, at this moment the jade with a good horse, more heroic and sassy.

The two of them went to the countryside, and the woman taught him how to mount and march, but fortunately the military horses that came from the envoys were well trained and very easy to get started, and they could master it in less than half an hour, and although they were not proficient, they could do it by simply starting and stopping their marches.

It was getting late, Zhuohua only walked through the wide road, and the map in the package had never marked this Foggy and Rainy Mountain Villa, if he didn't move again, I was afraid that he wouldn't be able to catch up with Zhuangzi until dark.

The two of them hurried and turned along the official road to a path that was not easy to detect, and walked for nearly two hours, until the hazy moonlight gradually sprinkled down, and finally saw the bamboo forest in front of the village. I hadn't seen the old man for more than a month, and Zhuohua couldn't help but miss it in his heart, and he would become more and more excited.

But before he could rejoice for a moment, he walked through the forest, and the place where Zhuohua should have lived was a flat land at this moment, and the bamboo house disappeared out of thin air.

Zhuohua was shocked, his heart was not that the night was dark and the wind was high, he recognized the wrong way, and ran to some barren mountains and mountains, but when he looked up, the long slope that he had walked back and forth for ten years was so familiar and real.

He had a bad feeling in his heart, dropped the horse rope and walked up the long slope quickly, and just as he thought, at the end of this long slope, not to mention the bamboo archway of the 'Fog and Rain Villa', the entire mountain villa in the forest, as if it had never existed, disappeared, leaving only this wide open space, and his residence in the past ten years, not even a trace of people has been left.

Zhuo Hua thought of the situation in the past ten years, from being rescued by the old man in the mansion to this remote and uninhabited Zhuangzi, healing and relieving his injuries, practicing swordsmanship day and night, and the people and things in the villa were like his Nanke dreams. But the contents of the package and the wooden sword in his hand indicate that none of this is an illusion.

He looked around, and walked down the slope in despair, and it happened that the woman had also settled her horses, and was walking up to Zhuohua, and she saw that there were no houses up and down the slope, so she asked curiously: "Didn't you say that you would lead me to your house, why do I see that there is not even a piece of rubble in this place, is it that it is getting late, and you are leading me to the wrong way?" ”

Zhuohua stared at her eyes, shook his head and said: "No, I have lived here for so long, I am very familiar with every grass and tree here, even if this house has been razed to the ground, but this long slope and the bamboo forest open space under this slope are always undeceived." The woman was surprised, "What? What you mean is that in the days you are outside, the land we are stepping on is a bamboo hut that is connected. And now there is not even a trace of it? ”

Zhuohua nodded silently, he was still lucky, there are so many similar places in this world, not to mention that in this countryside, the bamboo forests everywhere are about the same, or go down the slope to see the bamboo forest where the sword is practiced, and the stream that bubbles from small bubbles to large ones.

When the woman saw that he was so lost, she didn't say anything, and followed him downhill.

Walking down the slope, looking at the familiar bamboo forest, Changxi, where is the old place where you haven't stayed for ten years? His heart sank completely, and he sat down under the old tree by the stream.

The woman stood beside him and complained silently: "I thought there would be a place to sleep well today, but I didn't want to walk so long to this place, it is still a barren mountain and a wild range, it seems that I can only stay in this wilderness tonight." ”

Zhuohua didn't hear what she said at all, and at this moment his heart was extremely confused, and he couldn't help but think that it was the group of people who found this place back then and slaughtered the village in the few days when he was away?

He looked up at the woman, and at this moment the hazy moonlight was shining on her face, accompanied by a little starlight behind her, it was really like a delicate jade carving. Xu is suffering from some gains and losses, Zhuohua slowly exhaled a breath of turbidity, and asked her, "Could it be that there are mountain bandits and the like attacking?" ”

The woman raised her eyebrows slightly, shook her head and said, "Never, if there is an enemy attack, how can the house be completely demolished without a trace." Besides, according to you, there are houses built at the bottom of the slope and on the slope, and even if the bamboo hut is loosely structured, it is obviously not easy to do it in a few days, let alone a team of dozens of people. In the past few days that you have been away, your family has moved out of here for some reason, and I will not let you know about it. ”

Hearing her words, Zhuohua came to his senses, thinking yes, if there is really a bandit attack, it would be good to kill people and sell goods here, why bother to tear down the houses here? Thinking of this, he made up his mind, and the stone in his heart also fell.

Seeing that he was still silent, the woman had to continue: "Where this bird doesn't, there is not even a trace of human population within a radius of dozens of miles, this will be really cold and hungry, you should find some way to get something to eat, even if it is to make a fire." ”

Zhuohua came back to her senses, listening to her silently complaining by her side, and a burst of guilt surged in her heart, thinking of going back to the villa before leaving, but who would have thought that it would be like this. He slowly stood up from under the tree, ready to pick up some dead branches and light a fire to warm up.

Fortunately, it was late autumn at this moment, and there was not much else in this barren mountain range, but I don't know how many dead branches and rotten leaves there were, so I came back with a large handful of branches in my arms, and set up a wooden pile in the open space by the stream, and took out the fire that the old man had prepared for him from the package, and fortunately I prepared some dry food from the restaurant before leaving, so that I would not be hungry.

As the moon grew darker, the two sat opposite each other against the tree, and did not say anything more, only the crackling sound of burning wood was left in the air, and the night was even darker and quieter.

It didn't take long for the woman to speak first, "You don't have to think too much about the bad things in the past, I feel more like I'm hiding from some enemy or something like that." ”

Enemies? Zhuohua's heart moved, could it be? I heard the woman ask again: "When did you learn swords from your master, do you know if your master has any enemies?" ”

Zhuohua thought about it for a while, and the old man had repeatedly told him that those things in Kuizhou should never be told to others. Then he said: "I have lived here with Master since I can remember, and I have never heard of any enemies of Master", after which he changed his words and continued: "From the day I first met, I really didn't live with you, first you were caught by those people, and then I said that I would take you back to see my master, and then I was reduced to sleeping with me in this barren mountain and wilderness. ”

The woman frowned and said angrily, "Who slept with you?" After thinking about the previous events, he still remembered the previous events, and his impression of the young man in front of him was a little better, so he said softly: "You and I don't know each other, we can fight unevenly, and our chivalrous heart has been revealed, besides, aren't we getting out of that sect in a good manner." As for the present, it is unexpected, how about meditating under the trees by this stream for one night, and leaving until dawn? ”

Seeing that she didn't complain much, Zhuohua was very relieved, how could he object to what she said, so he nodded violently after hearing it. Suddenly remembered that this day got along, and had not even asked her what her name was, thinking that outside the main hall, that Lord Cai had called her a princess, Zhuohua thought for a while, and said: "This day is tired, I don't know the girl's name, when I ran away before, I heard your Uncle Cai call you princess, and he came here from the Yu country, it must be a princess of the Yu country." ”