The suspicious beard took a few steps forward, picked at a small handful of hairs with the tip of his knife, and found that behind the hairs were bloody skins.

The bearded man squatted down again and wiped some blood on the ground with his fingers, put it under his nose and smelled it, and found that there was some fishy smell.

It was decided that it was not human blood, but that it was the blood of the wolf that followed the little girl.

The bearded man looked around again and noticed that there were many messy wolf footprints on the ground. No animal footprints have been found other than wolf footprints.

Turning his head and seeing Yang Shanyong still sitting on the ground crying, he turned back to him and said, "Boy, don't cry yet." These bones and blood stains on the ground are not your sister's, they should be the wolf who has been following your sister all along. ”

Yang Shanyong was crying sadly, and suddenly heard the bearded man's words and was stunned for a moment.

Then he came back to his senses and ran to the bearded man and said, "Uncle, you say: These bloodstains are not my little sister's?"

"Well, the bones and blood are supposed to belong to the wolf. You see, these bones have short hairs next to them, they are gray in color, and they are disorganized and lackluster.

At first glance, it was caused by long-term starvation, and the blood stains still had a fishy smell, which was different from the smell of normal human blood. So I concluded that it was wolf blood. ”

Yang Shanyong didn't know how to tell the difference between wolf blood and human blood, he only knew that these were not Xiaomei's. As long as there is no body to be seen, there is hope.

Seeing that Yang Shanyong didn't speak, the bearded man continued to analyze: "I guess your sister may have jumped under the cliff.

You see, there were many wolf footprints on the edge of this cliff, indicating that there must have been more than one wolf surrounding her at that time, at least two, and possibly four or five at most.

In this case, your sister is so young, she will definitely not be able to escape.

The only way to escape from the wolf's mouth is to jump off the cliff, so that although it is difficult to escape death, it avoids the fate of being eaten by the wolf.

Then the wolf on the edge of the cliff saw that the prey was gone. It is likely that there was infighting, and in the end the weak wolf was eaten. ”

Yang Shanyong saw that the head of the bearded man's analysis was the Tao, and he also felt that it made sense. However, he was still very sad.

Because he knew that the result of jumping off the cliff was not much better.

But he still didn't give up, and wanted to go ahead to see how high the cliff was, in case there was a river below, and the little sister might still have a chance to survive.

The bearded man standing next to Yang Shanyong saw him walking towards the edge of the cliff and thought that he was going to commit suicide by jumping off the cliff.

hurriedly stepped forward to carry him to a safe place, and only after putting Yang Shanyong down did he lecture him with a serious face: "You don't want to die! I know that your sister has an accident, and you are very sad and uncomfortable."

But you can't kill yourself! Now no one knows if your sister is really gone, in case she is still alive.

One day it will come to you, and you will kill yourself. When the time comes, it's too late to regret it. ”

Yang Shanyong didn't have time to say a word when he stood there, and he was taught a lesson by the beard. Finally waiting for him to stop, Yang Shanyong explained: "Uncle, I didn't want to jump.

I just want to see how high the cliff is, and if there's a river down there, so that I can follow the direction of the current, and maybe I'll find my little sister. ”

"Oh, if you don't want to kill yourself, you worry Uncle so much. The bearded man listened to Yang Shanyong's explanation, touched his head awkwardly and said.

Then, the bearded man took Yang Shanyong to the edge of the cliff and looked down and said, "This cliff is very high, you can't see below." I don't know if there's a river? Do you still want to go down and look for it?"

"Look, I'll have to go down and look for it. Yang Shanyong said categorically.

The bearded man didn't say anything more, he just looked for it, and when he couldn't find it, he would give up.

Then the bearded man asked him, "What are you going to do now?"

Yang Shanyong was stopped by the bearded man's words, what should he do? Uncle Liao and Aunt Liao are not there, even the only sister is gone, and I don't know whether he is alive or dead.

Where to go? He didn't know. Yang Shanyong looked at the purse he picked up from the puddle in his hand, as well as the water soil left by Uncle Liao and Aunt Liao before leaving.

The bearded man felt strange when he saw that Yang Shanyong had been staring at the water soil and purse in his hand.

He looked at the water soil, which was not much different from what he usually used, except that he carved a Liao character near the mouth of the soil.

Look at the purse again, there is nothing special, the fabric is ordinary silk, embroidered with an open plum blossom.

The bearded man saw that Yang Shanyong had been staring at these two things, and persuaded him: "Little Brother Liao, do you have any relatives to run to?"

If so, Uncle will send you there. If not, why don't you come with me!"

Yang Shanyong heard the bearded uncle call him Little Brother Liao, and looked at him strangely, but he didn't explain, he was not surnamed Liao.

However, Yang Shanyong was very moved by his proposal. He had nowhere to go, and there were no relatives left at home.

His father and mother sent him and his sister out of the capital, and they must not go back. Xiaomei doesn't know whether she is alive or dead now, and he doesn't know where to find it?

It's better to go back with the bearded uncle first, at least you can survive.

Moreover, this bearded man is a good person, and he will help him without knowing him, and he will not be a bad person.

Yang Shanyong nodded at the bearded man and said, "Okay, I'll go back with my uncle." Dayong thanked Uncle for helping to bring me to the mountain and let me know the whereabouts of my little sister. Thank you very much!"

Saying that, Yang Shanyong also made a saluting posture on the rivers and lakes, which made the bearded man even more happy with him.

The bearded man walked up to Yang Shanyong's side, stretched out his hand and patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Good boy, your name is Liao Dayong, right?

"Uncle Hui was taught by my father. But the kid didn't study hard at the time, so he didn't even climb this hill today. Yang Shanyong was a little embarrassed when he said today's events, and felt that he had lost his father's face.

The bearded man didn't care and said, "I didn't study well at that time, it's okay! Would you like to be my teacher?"

When Yang Shanyong heard this, the bearded uncle accepted him as an apprentice, how could he be unwilling. Immediately knelt on his knees, kowtowed to the beard three times, and shouted loudly: "Master!"

The bearded man supported the ground with a knife, touched his beard and laughed, and said to Yang Shanyong: "Okay, good, good boy, hurry up." ”

"Thank you, master!" Yang Shanyong thanked before slowly getting up from the ground.

Since then, Yang Shanyong has followed the bearded man to learn martial arts, and gradually he also knows the identity of the master. The master is actually the leader of the White Lotus Sect, an anti-Qing restoration organization.

Yang Shanyong worshipped the bearded man as his teacher, so naturally he had to follow him back to the White Lotus Sect.

Because Yang Shanyong did not explain the name problem to the bearded man, after entering the White Lotus Sect, when the bearded man introduced him to the sect, he said that his name was Liao Dayong.

Until now, the bearded master has been dead for several years, and the people of the White Lotus Sect don't know that Liao Dayong is actually not his real name.

Yang Shanyong looked at the purse for a long time, and took the jade match in his hand from it to play. He thought of the master's surprised expression when he saw half a piece of jade in his purse for the first time.