The person who came was Ying'er, she was ordered by Zhang Xinzi to bring someone to send things and letters to Jiang Bo. Since Jiang Bo went to Guangshan to live in seclusion, Ying'er often volunteered to send things to Jiang Bo. Zhang Xinzi knows her careful thoughts, Ying'er is not young now, and she will be thirty in a few years. If you can't marry again at this age, maybe you will become an old girl that no one wants. So for more than a year, Ying'er has taken the initiative to approach Jiang Bo. But Zhang Xinzi saw that Jiang Bo had no intention, so it was not easy to pierce this layer of window paper. He also asked his wife to find other relatives for Ying'er, so as not to delay Ying'er's youth. But after all, Ying'er's identity is just a subordinate, and she has passed the stage of marriage, so she found a few, but there is really nothing she can look at. Ying'er followed Mrs. Zhang Shao, and the relationship between the two was very close, so Mrs. didn't want to be too wronged by her.

came and went, Zhang Xinzi didn't care about it, so she came by herself. Ying'er galloped all the way with the two descendants of the Zhang family, but there were more funeral processions on the road today than usual, and the road was narrow, so the speed slowed down when approaching Bald Mountain. It wasn't until they turned the two mountain rings and walked towards the bamboo forest behind Jiang Bo's seclusion that they couldn't see anyone. But by this time there were no ready-made roads, and the mountain roads were rough and even slower. When they were less than three miles away from the bamboo forest, the three of them could only lead the horses on foot. At this time, the weather was already noon, and it was supposed to be the hottest time. But here it is a cloudy wind, and the people who blow it are cold. One of the housekeepers complained as he walked, "What the hell is this place, the road is too difficult to walk." This Mr. Jiang is too, and he came here after being full. ”

Before he finished speaking, he stumbled and stumbled. I didn't fall, but my foot twisted. Angry, he turned around and kicked hard at the thing that tripped him. It was mostly buried in the dirt, and he kicked it out just in time. I saw a skull gurgling out of the way, which startled the family. Ying'er looked back, glared at him fiercely, and said, "Nothing is wrong, where do many strange things come from." Walk well, don't be blind. After a delay, we'll have to walk back at night. ”

When the family thought of walking here at night, he was so frightened that he didn't dare to talk nonsense, so he just limped and walked with a dull head. Unexpectedly, he didn't go far forward, he stepped on the air and fell hard. When he was about to get up on the ground, he heard a strange voice that didn't know whether to cry or laugh, and a long voice sounded. This Ding was so frightened that he jumped up and ran. He almost ran to the side of the steep slope and fell down, but he felt a cold wind blowing in his face, and a strong force pushed him back. Ying'er and another family member rushed over to see him, but their mouths opened wide in surprise. I saw a long handprint on his neck, as if a deformed hand had pinched his neck. Ying'er looked around and didn't dare to say much, but urged the two to lead the horse and leave quickly. The family also felt that something was wrong, and followed in a hurry. The three of them finally arrived at the edge of the bamboo forest after more than half an hour and saw Jiang Bo's small courtyard.

Jiang Bo's house was built by himself with bamboo and soil. It is very simple, with a two-room hut on one shoulder and a simple stove in the courtyard. There was a low bamboo fence outside, and nothing else. When I looked up, I saw Jiang Bo standing at the door of the small courtyard, looking at them with a smile. Ying'er was overjoyed and was about to say hello. I felt a cold wind blowing behind me, and went straight to Jiang Bo. She was startled, and looked at it again, only to see that Jiang Bo was not affected. It's just that the shadow behind Jiang Bo seems to be shaking slightly. Ying'er rubbed her eyes, took a closer look, and couldn't help but wonder in her heart that there were three shadows dragging behind Jiang Bo. It's noon, how could there be three shadows under the sun.

Jiang Bo seemed to notice that Ying'er's expression was wrong, and he shook his head gently, signaling her not to be surprised. Ying'er saw that he looked clear, so he didn't speak. Jiang Bo beckoned them into the courtyard to unload the package on the horse, and said to the stumbling housekeeper: "Suffer a little loss, and have a long memory." Don't talk nonsense in the mountains, especially in places like the head of the light mountain, where the yin qi is extremely heavy. If I hadn't made a move, you would have been pushed down a steep slope by that lonely ghost, and you would have broken some bones. Next time, Hugh will be more talkative. ”

The three of Ying'er were shocked, especially the family Ding, who sat directly on the ground with weak legs. Jiang Bo glanced at him, shook his head, and said, "You have to rush back today, I'm afraid there won't be enough time." Just stay with me. The two of them live in my study, so you can go and rest in my room. I'll go again tomorrow. ”

When Ying'er heard this, she was a little secretly happy in her heart, and she couldn't be afraid. It's just that she still asked: "If we don't go back, the officials will be worried." ”

Jiang Bo said: "It's okay, I've already sent a letter to Yisheng." ”

The two servants were shocked when they heard this, but Ying'er knew that Jiang Bo had a spell that could fold letters into paper cranes and let him fly to the designated person to deliver the message. But this spell can only be used in one direction, so if Zhang Xinzi and Li Quanzhe want to bring a message to Jiang Bo, they have to send someone up the mountain.

The three of them unloaded the things they brought for Jiang Bo, and the two of them went to the house to rest. In fact, they are not very tired, but they don't dare to walk around at will here, so they all stay honestly. Ying'er went to Jiang Bo's hut to talk to him. Ying'er looked at Jiang Bo's humble hut and couldn't help but sigh and said, "Brother Jiang, why are you so troubled." I know that Xiaofei's whereabouts are unknown, and you feel sad, but you don't need to suffer in such a deserted place. Every time I come to you, I feel sorry for you. Or you can move back to Fucheng. Young lady, young lady said last time... ”

Ying'er couldn't go on talking about this, and last month Zhang Xinzi's wife Liu asked her to find an opportunity to ask Jiang Bo what he meant to her in front of the gong. If you have the heart to accept her as a house, you will buy them a house to live in outside the city, and you are not afraid of being disturbed. But after all, Ying'er is a daughter's family with a short face, and she can't say it anyway. Jiang Bo saw that she looked embarrassed, so he sighed and said, "Ying'er, you don't have to say it. This year, I can see that you seem to be a little interesting to me. I want to come to Yisheng and his wife are also happy to see it, after all, you are a personal girl of your younger brother and sister, and you have a close relationship. But Yisheng is afraid that I have a view of my background, so it's not good to mention it, right? ”

After saying it thoroughly, Ying'er simply put aside her embarrassment. looked at Jiang Bo fixedly. Jiang Bo hesitated for a moment and said, "Ying'er, I'm a down-and-out person, and I can't talk about my background. I also see how good you are to me. If I hadn't experienced that before, I wouldn't have been able to ask for a smart and beautiful woman like you by my side. Merely...... ”

Ying'er was anxious: "It's just what?"

Jiang Bo coughed and said, "It's just that I have learned some Taoist techniques now, and I have seen some things with my own eyes, and I have been discouraged by all kinds of things in the world. I want to concentrate on the Tao in my lifetime, but my mind on other things is light. ”

Ying'er's eyes were a little gloomy, and she asked, "Brother, aren't you asking for immortal immortals?"

Jiang Bo shook his head and said, "No, immortality is not something that I, a person of grass and trees, can ask for. I don't have that much ambition either. I just want to make progress in my cultivation, and one day I will have the strength to get Xiaofei back, and then teach that bastard who kidnapped him casually a lesson. That's all. ”

Looking at Ying'er's surprised expression, Jiang Bo said self-deprecatingly: "I have never had great ambitions, all I want is to do the things around me." Immortality, such an ethereal thing, where am I qualified to care. He paused and said, "Even if there were some ambitions back then, after so many years of circumstances, they have long since faded away." ”

He sighed faintly, as if talking to himself: "The young man who wanted to travel thousands of miles with a sword and pass through heaven and earth is long gone. The rest is just the remorse of an incompetent father who failed to take care of his children. So I have no intention of bothering you. After all, you still have a few years of youth, and it's still too late to find a man to entrust you with for life. Don't delay your efforts on my broken ship. ”

Ying'er took a step back and said, "Then what does my brother mean by keeping me today?"

Jiang Bo was stunned for a moment, glanced at Ying'er, and suddenly felt in his heart. He smiled bitterly, and then said, "You girl, what are you thinking?" It's unfortunate that you have come here today, and a bad thing here is about to be born tonight, and I am afraid that it will make waves. It's not safe for you to go down the mountain, so stay with me tonight. Whatever you hear or see, don't make a sound, and don't move, or your life will be lost. I'm going to meet that thing at night. ”

Ying'er looked at Jiang Bo blankly, and she couldn't say what it was like in her heart. When she was young, she married into the Zhang family with Mrs. Liu, and later met Jiang Bo. At that time, Jiang Bo was young and high-spirited. Jiang Bo is knowledgeable and well-known, and he is a rare strange man. Ying'er had an inexplicable affection for Jiang Bo in her young heart at that time. But at that time, she couldn't have anything to do with Jiang Bo in terms of age or identity. Later, she saw Jiang Bo's family fall in the middle of the road, and her ambitions had nowhere to show, and in the end, her parents and wife died one after another. Ying'er felt sorry for Jiang Bo in her heart, and she had become a slim girl at this time, and she had her own thoughts, so she had more thoughts about Jiang Bo. But now that she heard Jiang Bo reject herself, she had mixed feelings in her heart, and she only felt bitterness in her mouth.