The mountain behind the castle lord's mansion is located in the east of the mansion, and it is connected to the large mountain range outside the city, but there is a wall, and ordinary people can't easily cross it.

There is also a wall between Xiaohou Mountain and Dahou Mountain, and only a door is opened in the middle for people to come and go.

Wu Gui asked the two nurses yesterday to inquire about the whereabouts of Ah Lu yesterday, saying that he went to the courtyard of the fourth lady early in the morning, and went to the garden for a walk after coming out, and then went to the back mountain, how could he stop it, only his expression was a little strange, and his actions were slightly stiff, most of them were the maids talking, and his tone was not cold, and he had no emotion.

mentioned going to the fourth lady, Kang Qing, who had been following, hurriedly explained, saying that he had some lonely books there, thinking that Ah Lu loved to read it, so he invited her to go in advance, Ah Lu only sat down slightly after he came, looked through the books, and seemed to be a little boring, so he took the maid away, and said that he wanted to keep the meal, but she also refused, and heard this bad news early this morning, I couldn't believe it, how a good person is gone.

While speaking, Kang Qing wiped her tears, Wu Gui had to comfort her, and waited for her to get a little better before taking those guards up the mountain.

As soon as he entered the back mountain, Wu Gui felt that the breath in this mountain was strange, revealing a breath of death, although the trees in this mountain grew well, but there was no aura, but anyone who experienced a little wind and rain may die.

After this, Shan Alu often came to investigate in the middle of the night before, and there was indeed a little residual breath of her coming, but under the cover of that heavy dead air, these breaths were intermittent, and some were not easy to distinguish, only vaguely sure that she had been on the top of the mountain, as for where she went up, I don't know for the time being.

Xiaohou Mountain is not big, only slightly higher than an ordinary hillside, because in the early years there were animals on the mountain, there are a lot of repairs and steps out of the path, the group only walked on the road.

Kang Qing and the maid who served her were women after all, and the mountain road was rugged, and they didn't walk fast, so they had to reduce their speed in order to take care of their footsteps.

Wu Gui was not annoyed, and took advantage of this to observe the mountain, until halfway up the mountain and the top of the mountain, there were large trees, and most of the lower positions grew some dead trees and dry grass, even on the top of the mountain, there were only some drought-tolerant trees, and the soles of the feet could not be seen at all.

Although the western border is relatively remote, it is not such a desolate place, and this kind of scenery has to be said to be weird.

The guard who led the way in front said: "I don't know why, this little back mountain was still lush a few years ago, and now there is only a little green left on the top of this mountain, and there is no anger at all." ”

Wu Gui raised his lips slightly when he heard this, there are things buried at the bottom of this mountain, and the aura on this mountain is consumed day and night, how can it still give birth to something vibrant.

It's just that the road is quite quiet, not to mention wild beasts, even rabbits and roe deer, which have never met one.

A guard explained: "Originally, a lot of meat rabbits and meat roe were thrown in, and the land under the mountain was also reclaimed to grow vegetables, but then it couldn't be raised, and the management of the subordinates changed several times and it was still like this, the lord didn't take care of it, so it was abandoned, and those things had already secretly run away......

After all, those things are also grass-eating, and there is nothing on this mountain, how can they feed them, let alone a wild beast that sneaks in, I am afraid that it will have already become food in the mouth.

Everyone walked up again, and when they reached the top of the mountain, there was a forest, and under their feet was a bare dirt land.

The guards took them to the junction of Xiaohou Mountain and Dahou Mountain, Wu Gui, who had been observing the surroundings, suddenly stopped, walked to a tree and stopped, looked up, and everyone looked up together, and saw that there seemed to be a large black mass on the branches of the tree.

Wu Gui motioned for them to get out of the way, and suddenly kicked the tree hard, and everyone could only hear the sound of the leaves, and something fell, and it rained like a roar to the ground, bowing his head and being reliable, but there were some bones of different sizes, old and new, and I don't know whether they were humans or beasts, and they were scattered all over the ground.

The maid who served Kang Qing immediately screamed, Kang Qing was so frightened that he couldn't speak, and the hand holding the maid trembled slightly.

The leading guard was shocked, and at the same time surprised that so many things fell and none of them fell on Wu Gui's body, and his face was also calm, and he couldn't help but look up a little in his heart.

"Dare to ask Childe, what are these things?"

Wu Gui straightened his robe casually, and said with a little smile in his words: "Can't you see it?

The guard was deflated, but he was not annoyed, he still laughed and pointed to something in the sky: "May I ask Childe, what is that?"

Wu Gui bent down to pick up a fallen branch and poked one of the bones, this bone was slender and abnormal, and it was obvious that it was not a human without hands or feet, but what were the easily identifiable bones like a skull?

Wu Gui didn't remember to answer the guard, he raised his feet again, and everyone hugged their heads to avoid when they saw this, and after a while, some large and small bones fell, a kind of beast head with an obvious beast head.

When the guard saw it, he was relieved: "It was originally some roe deer rabbits, and their feelings have been eaten, but what kind of thing can be eaten by making a nest in a tree?"

Wu Gui smiled slightly: "It may not be that you take it up, there is a kind of boneless snake that also eats these, but it can't restrain those bones, and when the food is almost digested in the abdomen, then spit out the indigestible bones." ”

The guards were shocked and looked around vigilantly: "There is such a thing? I am afraid that it can swallow people if it can eat a snake as big as a roe deer!"

Wu Gui nodded appreciatively: "Exactly, although I don't know why it built its nest on a tree instead of a cave, but since its nest is here, presumably this is its territory, and it will definitely not travel too far." ”

Kang Qing's face changed, and he was full of horror and bypassed the bones on the ground to get close to Wu Gui, pulling its sleeve and looking around nervously, for fear that a big snake would suddenly burst out.

"That's good, there's something like this that's dangerous, let's go back quickly!"

Probably too scared, Kang Qing's voice trembled a little, although those guards were martial artists with some skills, they had never seen such a thing in the end, and they were a little scared for a while.

Wu Gui thought it was funny, and he was willing to easily do what they wanted, and explained with a smile: "I'm afraid it's too late, this thing has a keen sense, I'm afraid that it has already noticed us since we entered its territory, and I don't just look at its mood, if it has just eaten, it doesn't matter, if it happens to be hungry for a long time, I'm afraid it won't let us go easily." ”

When Kang Qing heard this, he almost cried: "How is this good? Since Gongzi knows this, he must have a way to deal with them......

Wu Gui was surprised with a look of fear that the world would not be chaotic and said: "How does the fourth young lady know that it is them, this kind of thing has indeed always lived in groups, and I think that our group of people is just enough to fill the stomachs of a group of them." ”

Kang Qing was almost frightened, and the leading guard didn't look very good, and said hurriedly: "How is this good?"