The expedition continues, and the process is extremely challenging for Yan Yueming.

First of all, the darkness is frightening, he can't turn on the flashlight at will outside, he can only turn it on a little when he enters the room, and he has to make sure that the light of the flashlight is not visible outside, exposing himself. Second, the shadows are incoherent.

Li Heping led the way in front, sometimes slowing down and waiting for him, but he didn't mean to help.

Sometimes, Li Heping had already entered the room to search, and Yan Yueming had only reached the root of the wall. A man sneakily bent over the wall and walked—

"Whew......" he whispered, so tired.

However, the emperor paid off, and under such sneaky and diligent exploration, they finally found the second simplified Chinese message. Looking at the handwriting, it should have been left by the same person.

It was in the small kitchen in the backyard, and there were roasted sweet potatoes in the stove that had not been taken out. This person was probably sitting here roasting a few sweet potatoes to eat, and while eating, he used blackened firewood as a pen and wrote a small line of complaining words in the corner of the wall.

[Life is so hard, I want to go home]

This sentence is too ordinary to provide much information. The two then left the kitchenette and ended up in a new house.

The place where the new house is located is a small courtyard separated from each other, and what makes Yan Yueming more curious is that a small pond has also been dug in this small courtyard. It doesn't look big, it's a pond at best, and it's like a large bath.

The bottom of the pond is paved with pebbles, and around it is a circle of wooden walkways with red silk and lanterns hanging from the railings. The light shines on the small coffee table in the aisle, and the coffee table is placed with pastries and tea, which is more like a bath.

Yan Yueming didn't get closer, and looked at the water from a distance, and the blood moon was reflected in the center of the water surface.

The water rippled, and just for a moment, he felt a little dizzy, and quickly withdrew his gaze.

When she came to her senses, Yan Yueming couldn't help but start to think, "Teacher, you said that the rules restrict you from going out at night, is it related to the blood moon?" ”

Li Heping didn't answer immediately, he took Yan Yueming to hide in the new house first. There were red candles burning in the new house, and incense was lit, and Li Heping snuffed out the incense as soon as possible, and then beckoned Yan Yueming to sit down and rest.

Yan Yueming was indeed tired, so she sat down at the table.

Li Heping said: "When I came in that day, it was daytime, and after some investigation in the village, it was night. I sensed that time was not passing at the right speed, but instead of immediately hiding in the house, I lingered outside for a while, trying to try the rules. At first I was not in any danger, but after a while, I realized that something was wrong with my shadow. ”

Yan Yueming asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Li Heping: "It's faded. ”

Yan Yueming only knew that when the blood moon appeared in the film and television drama, it must be some kind of vision from the sky, and something was going to happen. Can the shadow fade? It was the first time he had heard of it.

"What are the effects of fading?" He asked.

"Not sure." Li Heping said: "One thing you have to remember is that the danger encountered in the cracks may not be perceivable. Sometimes it's silent, and by the time you really notice it, it may be too late, and the danger is more subtle and terrifying, and you can't take it lightly. ”

Yan Yueming pondered and was extremely frightened, while Li Heping continued: "Later, I found that it was safe to sit down and eat, and after a little rest there, I managed to enter the royal mansion. In short, it's safe not to go out, as long as you follow the rules inside the house. ”

After finishing speaking, Li Heping didn't say anything more, for fear that the little apprentice's little head would not be able to digest it if he said too much. Yan Yueming honestly rummaged through his backpack, took out biscuits, ham sausages and mineral water to replenish his strength, and asked Li Heping if he would eat.

Li Heping patted his backpack, "The teacher has it." ”

Yan Yueming didn't give up, and took out another banana, "Does the teacher eat bananas?" ”

Li Heping was happy, and suddenly began to wonder how many things this little apprentice had in his bag, and how he had everything. However, this was the little apprentice's privacy, and he didn't ask much, just took the banana and ate it.

After a while, he finished eating his bananas, and just as he wanted to put the banana peel on the table, he saw Yan Yueming take out a red plastic bag from his backpack again, open the plastic bag with both hands, and hand it to him.

Li Heping was stunned, then he reacted and put the banana peel in.

Yan Yueming took back the plastic bag very usually, and continued to eat ham sausages, ate biscuits after eating ham sausages, and took out a few candies after eating biscuits. Li Heping looked at him like a hamster eating well, and unconsciously, he was also fed a lot of food when he was about to refuse.

The two of them ate together, eating, and Li Zheng also came over.

"Tuk, tuk."

"Enter."

Li Zheng pushed the door in, and what he saw was a picture of a large and a small sitting in someone's new house eating spicy noodles. The evening breeze blew into the new house from behind him, the red candles were swaying, and there were still cookie crumbs on the corners of Yan Yueming's mouth that had not been wiped off.

Silence is the royal residence at this moment.

"Senior!" Yan Yue Mingyong was an icebreaker, he was stunned for a moment just now, and he was more surprised than embarrassed to see Li Zheng come back. He reached out and dug it out in his backpack again, took out a thermos cup, opened the lid and poured out a cup of hot coffee and handed it over, "Senior, do you want to drink coffee?" It's a bit cold at night in this village. ”

Li Zheng hadn't reacted yet, so Li Heping stopped first. They ate so many things just now, it can be said that their feelings have improved by leaps and bounds, why didn't they see Yan Yueming take out the thermos cup and come out?

The little apprentice is eccentric.

Li Heping was deflated, and Li Zheng was happy. He raised his eyebrows, took the cup, and then sat down slowly, holding the cloud and the breeze lightly, and every movement was calm.

That's the calmness of the victor.

"You don't drink instant coffee?" Li Heping asked.

"It's okay to have a drink once in a while." Li Zheng said.

It's strange that I believe you.

Li Heping looked at him suspiciously, worried that Yan Yueming was beside him, so he didn't ask more, and instead talked about the study. The last time he came, he hadn't been to the study.

Li Zheng took out his mobile phone and opened the photo album to show them, "Wang Fuhu is also a part-time village head, and he has a roster of the entire village in his study. I took all of them, but there were no girls of the right age in the village, either too young or married. ”

Yan Yueming: "In other words, we still don't have any information about the bride?" ”

Li Zheng: "It's not just the bride who has a problem, the groom has a problem. ”

After finishing speaking, he motioned to Yan Yueming

Draw the phone album to the next one. Yan Yueming crossed over and found that it was a letter from home, the letter was a half-finished product, half of it was written and left there, and there was a sentence in it that attracted his attention:

[My son is stupid, even if he is delusional, what does it matter? Life is short for decades, and I wish to be happy]

Of course, this original sentence has no punctuation, Yan Yueming read it out of a broken sentence, and the more she pondered it, the more she felt that something was wrong with this happy event, "A fool's delusion? What will it be? ”

Li Heping touched his chin and said, "There are a bunch of concubines in this rich family, but there is only one fool as a son, so it is normal to spoil this fool to heaven, and it is normal to do some abnormal things." A fool's idea must be different from ordinary people, and it cannot be inferred by common sense. Li Zheng: "This wedding banquet is weird, the deeper it is hidden, the more critical it is." When you go out during the day, you might be able to take a look at the south side of the village. ”

Yan Yueming immediately thought of what Li Heping had said, "The south side is...... Someone is running away? yes, there must be a reason for the escape, this person may know something. ”

Li Heping nodded in agreement, and then told them what they had found.

Hearing this, Li Zheng said: "I also went to the big kitchen, and there is still a little meat left from the butcher, and it is almost certain that it is dog meat." ”

Yan Yueming expressed her anger, "What did the dog do wrong again!" ”

Li Heping thought for a moment, "Speaking of which, it's really strange that there is only that yellow dog in the entire village, that is, the other dogs have been killed by the butcher?" But even if he is a butcher, if he wants to kill a dog, there is a risk in it, and he can't be discovered yet, otherwise even if others don't care, Wang Fuhu, who paid for the meat, will also be counted, after all, this meat is to be used at the wedding banquet of his only son. ”

Li Zheng: "The most likely way to start is to use medicine. ”

Yan Yueming: "Is there a pharmacy in the village?" ”

"Nope." Li Heping shook his head and grinned again, "But there is Langzhong." Lang Zhong probably lived in the southwest of the village, near the river and near the mountains. ”

As he spoke, he simply took out a pen and paper and drew a map according to his memory. Yan Yueming leaned over curiously to take a look, and was taught how the map was drawn and how to mark various signs.

At this time, it was still three hours before dawn in the small mountain village.

After drawing the map, the three of them rested for a while, and then rummaged through the new house again. There is not much information in the new house, because the furniture is all fresh, there is no trace of the old days. There were no letters in the house, only the clothes of the young men in the cupboard, and the peanuts and dates that should have been on the bed.

Could it be that the groom really married Tuan Air?

Yan Yueming didn't believe in evil, and even had the courage to look at the bottom of the bed, but she didn't find anything. In the small courtyard where the newlyweds live, the most concerned thing is the pool outside the door.

A pond is not like a pond, and a bathhouse is not a bathhouse, so why should it be built like that?

There is no answer to this question for the time being.

There was no progress in the new house, so the three of them shifted their positions again, all the way from the concubines' house to the back room.

The size and layout of the concubine's room are almost the same, but they are extraordinarily exciting. This concubine is in charge of the accounts and secretly subsidizing her mother's family; The concubine was cuckolding Wang Fuhu, the lover's surname was Pei, and the love poems sent by Pei Lang added up to a dozen. The painting in the rockery pavilion is called "orchid", she seems to be thinking towards Wang Fuhu, but unfortunately there is no girl of the right age in her little secret, either too young or married. ”

Yan Yueming: "In other words, we still don't have any information about the bride?" ”

Li Zheng: "It's not just the bride who has a problem, the groom has a problem. ”

After finishing speaking, he motioned to Yan Yueming to draw the mobile phone album to the next one. Yan Yueming crossed over and found that it was a letter from home, the letter was a half-finished product, half of it was written and left there, and there was a sentence in it that attracted his attention:

[My son is stupid, even if he is delusional, what does it matter? Life is short for decades, and I wish to be happy]

Of course, this original sentence has no punctuation, Yan Yueming read it out of a broken sentence, and the more she pondered it, the more she felt that something was wrong with this happy event, "A fool's delusion? What will it be? ”

Li Heping touched his chin and said, "There are a bunch of concubines in this rich family, but there is only one fool as a son, so it is normal to spoil this fool to heaven, and it is normal to do some abnormal things." A fool's idea must be different from ordinary people, and it cannot be inferred by common sense. ”。”

Yan Yueming blinked, "But there's nothing here." ”

Li Heping: "Not now, but at that time." ”

Li Zheng: "It's a dog hole." ”

Li Heping: "Tsk. ”

Anyway, the exit is gone, which is not good news.

"Don't worry so much, the boat will naturally go straight to the bridge. In the gaps, maintaining a good mindset is the most important thing. Li Heping's words were mainly for Yan Yueming, and then he took out a pen and paper from his bag and said, "Now that the whole mansion has been explored, let's write the instructions for entering and exiting the palace." ”

Yan Yueming hurriedly leaned over.

This is the first time he has witnessed the birth of a copy of "Access Instructions", so he took it very seriously. Li Heping is experienced, and he writes naturally and quickly, and there is almost no pause in writing.

"The role of the gas phase bureau is to discover the rules, record the rules, and publicize them. There are many and cumbersome rules in the gaps, and the weirdness cannot be investigated, and we should try to record them in simple and straightforward words to reduce the difficulty of memorization. The public doesn't need to think about the logic behind it, they don't need to explore what the plot is in this small mountain village, it's our job, we explore, to pursue, to try and make mistakes, and then tell everyone in the simplest way what to do and what not to do. ”

Yan Yueming nodded again and again, indicating that she had listened.

Li Heping continued: "There is also a question of scope and trade-offs, for example, don't pick things up on the ground at will. We picked up the broken bowl and begged, which was a safe move, but the last time I picked up a red paper bag near the royal house, I broke the rules. The village is so big, you can't be sure where it is, what kind of things are safe, and you can't list everything, and you can't remember everything, so the last rule you write down is - don't pick up things on the ground. ”

Yan Yueming: "Understood." ”

Li Zheng: "There are still ......"

Half an hour later, the small class of "Entry and Exit Instructions" finally ended, and the sky was white. The blood moon gradually obscured the morning mist in the mountains, and the sun rose, easing the oppressive, eerie atmosphere a little.

Yan Yueming moved her somewhat stiff neck and let out a long sigh of relief.

"Let's go." Li Heping posted the "Instructions for Entry and Exit" on the door of the palace, and the three of them once again embarked on a journey of exploration of the mountain village.