Seeing Xia He's expression a little lost, Lu Yuan smiled and pointed to the sky and said, "Xia He, look at the moon in the sky." ”

Xia He subconsciously looked up when he heard Lu Yuan's words.

The moon had risen completely, moving through the thin clouds.

"The moon seems to be a little round today."

Xia He came back to his senses and remembered something, "Young Master, it will be the Mid-Autumn Festival in more than a month!" ”

Speaking of this, her tone was obviously a little depressed, "The Mid-Autumn Festival is the time for reunion, but young master, you are leaving, who will Xia He go to reunite?" ”

Su Yue was bright, casting a layer of vague light on Lu Yuan's body, with a delicate face, a smile, floating in the moonlight of flowers and shadows, floating like a fairy.

Xia He was a little stunned, at this moment she felt that there seemed to be a long time and space between herself and Lu Yuan, and the other party was so difficult to touch.

"The moon is cloudy and sunny, people have joys and sorrows, and parting is for the next meeting, isn't it?"

Lu Yuan also looked up at the moon, and his tone was calm, "I'm just going to deal with some things, if the process goes well, I'll be back before the Mid-Autumn Festival." ”

When Xia He heard this, he let out a long sigh of relief, and a smile appeared on his face again, "Young Master, it's good if you come back." ”

Lu Yuan smiled and shook his head.

The two of them wore the light of the moon and walked all the way towards the southern courtyard.

......

Returned to the side room of the south courtyard.

Xia He prepared water for Lu Yuan and waited for him to scrub his body, wash and change clothes.

During this time, Lu Yuan has become accustomed to the life of being taken care of by Xia He.

"Xia He, how did I keep your attention to before?"

Lu Yuan suddenly asked.

Xia He was stunned for a moment, then nodded.

"Young master, the grandmother in the room will cook some extremely sumptuous meals alone every day, and then hand them over to an errand servant to send them out of the Lu family, but I don't know where they went.

By the way, young master, why are you asking me to pay attention to this? ”

"It turned out that he wasn't in the Lu family..."

Lu Yuan muttered to himself.

Sister Hong of the Blood Knife Sect asked him to find out the whereabouts of the old master, and after all these days, he finally had some eyebrows.

It seems that the old master is still in Chongshan City, and there is a high probability that he is hiding in a relatively safe place.

"It's okay, you can go back and rest."

Lu Yuan sent Xia He away and started his daily night practice.

The physical strength is exhausted, and soon the energy points are consumed and entered the spirit realm.

......

Early morning.

On a rugged mountain road from the north of Chongshan City, three fast horses galloped rapidly.

The horses' bowl-sized hooves trampled up the fallen leaves and dust accumulated on the road, and looked at it from afar, as if a gust of wind was blowing.

"Drive! Drive! ”

The white horse in the middle carried a young woman dressed in a bright power suit, tied in a high ponytail, and with a beautiful face.

I saw her waving a black horsewhip and looking at the two people who were traveling with her.

"Lu Yuan, Lin Li, you follow me, let's try to arrive at Qingshui Village before dark, if we can't get there, we can only spend the night in the wilderness!"

"Sister Ling, how far is Qingshui Village from Chongshan City?"

The horsewhip in Lu Yuan's hand was slightly forced, and he caught up with Lu Ling, and the wind was raging in his ears, whirring and blowing, so that Lu Yuan had to amplify his voice.

"Young Master Lu Yuan, I know! It's about forty miles away, but don't worry, it doesn't matter if you spend the night in the wilderness, I've brought salt and spices, we can catch some game to eat, and I'll roast it for you! ”

On the other side, a young man about eighteen or nineteen years old spoke.

This person is Lin Li, and when he learned that there was a yamen to assist in the mission, he volunteered and was selected by Lu Ling.

"Okay, let's try your craft when we get to Qingshui Village."

Lu Yuan said with a smile.

Lin Li is the son of a blacksmith family in Chongshan City, and he has the strength of the middle stage of the Nine Rank Armor Realm.

Lu Yuan's impression of this person is not bad, he looks simple, he has no heart, and he doesn't look like a person from Lu Yan's faction.

......

As Lu Ling said, when the three of them were close to dusk, they finally arrived at their destination, Qingshui Village.

In fact, the distance is not too far, but the mountain road is difficult to walk, too rugged, and the horses walk and rest, and the speed can never be improved.

"Wow, the scenery here is so beautiful!"

Lin Li looked east and west on the horse, as if he had come for an outing.

Lu Yuan turned over and dismounted, looking at the red sun that had disappeared behind the mountains, revealing only a small half of his face, breathing in the fragrance of flowers wafting from nowhere, and his mood was much better.

At the foot of the mountains, a village is clearly visible, and many people's chimneys are rising with puffs of smoke.

"It's finally here, let's go, follow me into the village."

Lu Ling led the horse and walked forward with Lu Yuan and Lin Li.

Before they could get close to the village, a group of young and strong villagers gathered around them from all directions, all with hoes or sickles in their hands, staring at them with wary faces.

"What do you guys do?"

A slightly older middle-aged man came out of the villagers, his skin was tanned and shiny, and he spoke an unfluent official dialect in a very unkind tone.

"We are disciples of the Lu Clan Martial Arts Hall in Chongshan City, and we came to assist the Yamen in clearing out the bandits," Lu Ling took a step forward, took out an envelope from his arms, and handed it over, "This is a letter of entrustment written by the Yamen himself, please take a look!" ”

"How did the yamen manage to send a few young children over..."

The dark-skinned middle-aged man walked up in disbelief, took the envelope, and handed it to a young man who knew how to read.

The young man opened the envelope and read it word by word for a long time, "The village chief, it's a warrior sent by the Yamen, that's right!" ”

The middle-aged man's attitude immediately changed one hundred and eighty degrees, and he greeted him with a smile on his face.

"Welcome to our Qingshui Village, hard work, hard work!"

The middle-aged man waved his hand, and the villagers put away all the farm tools in their hands.

"Three, I'm the village chief of Qingshui Village, we have been in a lot of trouble with mountain bandits here recently, and many people have died, and finally I am looking forward to you, with you here, those mountain bandits absolutely..."

"Village chief, it's not early, let's talk about it in the advanced village."

Lu Yuan interrupted the village chief's words, and he could see that the village chief was a talker.

"Oh, yes, yes, the three of you will go back to the village with me to rest first!"

The village chief smiled and asked a few villagers to step forward to help Lu Yuan and a few others lead the horses and walk towards the village together.

A moment later.

The three of them sat down in the courtyard of an old house at the west end of the village, where a clay-fired stove was sitting, and tea was steaming from it.

On the wooden table next to it, there are snacks sent by the villagers.

The village chief said on the side: "Three, eat some snacks to fill it up first, dinner is still cooking, there is really nothing good in the village, so I can only kill a chicken from local materials..."

"Yes, it's good to have chickens to eat, and I'm really hungry after a day's journey."

Lin Li didn't dislike these bad-looking dim sums, so he picked them up with his hands and stuffed them into his mouth.

Lu Yuan saw that Lin Li was eating very well, not like he was poisoned, so he also picked up a snack that looked like a sugar cake and ate it.

"Village Chief, tell us about the process of going down the mountain to loot the village..."