When he was about to sleep, Ba Tianshi whispered to Li Shuangshuang: "Miss Li, wake up a little tonight, I see that there are always some evil sects in this place." ”

Li Shuangshuang nodded, and lay on the bed in kimono that night, with poisoned arrows buttoned in his sleeves, listening to the sound of the rain outside the window, half-asleep until dawn, and there was nothing unusual.

Everyone washed and saw that the heavy rain had stopped, and immediately said goodbye to Old Man Jia. Old man Jia was sent straight out of the door for dozens of zhang, and the courtesy was very respectful. After everyone went away, they were all amazed.

Ba Tianshi said: "What is the origin of this old man Jia, it's really weird, I can't guess it this time." ”

Zhu Danchen said: "Brother Ba, I guess this Jia Lao'er has bad intentions, and when he saw that Gongzi filled in the missing words in the painting, his demeanor suddenly changed. Childe, what do you think this painting has to do with a few lines of inscription?"

Lu Qian shook his head and said, "These two camellias, they are usually tight." A powder plant, a snow tower, although it is a famous species, but it is not a rare thing. The crowd couldn't guess it, so they didn't pay attention to it.

Xing'er said with a smile: "It's best to encounter a few more drawings lacking calligraphy and paintings along the way, let's Lu Gongzi fill them up one by one, and with a stroke of the pen, we can cheat two meals and one night's accommodation, but it doesn't cost half a penny." The crowd laughed.

It's strange to say, Xing'er said a joking word, but during the journey, pictures really appeared one after another. The picture must be painted with camellias, some of the inscriptions are missing, some are written with mistakes, and some are painted with branches without flowers, or with flowers without leaves.

As soon as Lu Qian saw it, he added the inscription. Under the addition, the owner of the picture always came out to receive him hospifully, with good wine and food, but he refused to accept a penny.

Ba Tianshi and Zhu Danchen asked questions several times, and the other party's answers were always the same, saying that the original painter had not painted thoroughly, or the inscription was missing, and it was really grateful to Lu Qian to make up for it.

Lu Qian and Xing'er are teenagers, and they just feel fun, but they hope that the more calligraphy and paintings they lack a pen, the better. Han Ning'er saw that Lu Qian was happy, and she was also happy.

Li Shuangshuang has never been afraid of the sky or the earth, whether the other party has good intentions or bad intentions, she doesn't care about it. Only Ba Tianshi and Zhu Danchen became more and more worried, seeing that the other party was so carefully arranged, there must be a major plot in it, and they couldn't see the slightest clue at all.

Whenever the two of them treated each other with hospitality, they always carefully inspected to see if there was poison in the wine and rice. Some chronic poisons are extremely difficult to detect, and they are often taken more than ten times in a row before they become poisonous. Ba Tianshi is well-informed, if the other party is poisoned, he must hide it from his eyes, but he always sees that there is no difference in wine and food, and the owner always drinks and eats first to show that there is no other.

Gradually south, although it is already the beginning of October, the weather is not cold, all the way up the mountain deep forest, long grass overgrown, compared with the northern country Loulan, it is another scene.

In the evening of this day, near the sea of grass, there are endless green and wild grasses at a glance, and there is a large forest on the left, and there is no one living within dozens of miles. Ba Tianshi said: "Childe, the terrain here is treacherous, let's find a place to stay as soon as possible." ”

Lu Qian nodded and said, "Yes, I can't get out of this large meadow today, but I don't know where to spend the night." ”

Zhu Danchen said: "There are many poisonous mosquitoes and poisonous insects in the sea of grass, and there are many miasma. At present, the osmanthus miasma has just passed, and the hibiscus miasma has just started, and the two miasma are mixed together, which is more toxic. If you can't find a place to stay, it's better to stay in a high place on a tree branch, where miasma can't invade, and there are fewer poisonous insects and mosquitoes. ”

The next group turned left and headed into the woods. Han Ning'er heard Zhu Danchen talk about the miasma so powerfully, and asked him what the osmanthus miasma and hibiscus miasma were.

Zhu Danchen said: "Miasma is the poisonous gas between the mountains and swamps, and the peach blossom miasma in March and the pomegranate miasma in May are the most powerful. In fact, the miasma is general, and the time is different, so it is spent according to the monthly season, and it is given a name. In March and May, the weather gets hotter, and poisonous insects and mosquitoes sprout, which is the most harmful. At this time, it was much better, but the humidity in this area was extremely heavy, and the weeds in the sea of grass were rotting and accumulating, and the miasma must be fierce. ”

Han Ning'er said, "Well, then is there a camellia miasma?" Lu Qian, Ba Tianshi, and the others all laughed.

Zhu Danchen said: "We Sui Yan people like camellia the most, but we don't associate camellia with that nasty miasma." ”

As he spoke, he had entered the woods. The horse's hooves stepped into the mud, sinking and pulling, and it was very inconvenient to walk. Ba Tianshi said: "I see that we don't have to go in again, we will learn the birds tonight, make a nest in the tall trees, the sun will come out, the miasma will gradually clear, and then we will hurry." ”

Han Ning'er said, "After the sun comes out, the miasma is not so powerful?"

Ba Tianshi said: "Exactly." ”

Xing'er suddenly pointed to the northeast corner, and exclaimed: "Ah, no, there is a miasma rising over there, what kind of miasma is that?" Everyone looked at her fingers, and saw a cloud rising in the forest.

Ba Tianshi said: "Girl, this is a miasma of rice cooking." Xing'er was worried: "What is the miasma of cooking rice?

Ba Tianshi said with a smile: "This is not miasma, it is the smoke of other people's cooking." "Sure enough, there was black gas in the green smoke, and some white mist, but it was cooking smoke.

Everyone laughed, their spirits lifted, and they all said, "Let's go to the miasma." ”

Apricot smiled embarrassedly at everyone and blushed. Han Ning'er comforted her and said, "Sister Xing'er, fortunately, you saw this cooking...... The smoke from cooking saves everyone from sleeping on the top of the tree. ”

The group walked towards the smoke and came near, only to see seven or eight wooden houses in the woods, and the houses were piled with timber, apparently the dwellings of lumberjacks.

Zhu Danchen stepped forward and said loudly: "The eldest brother of Kiba, a practitioner, wants to spend one night at your place, can you succeed?" After half a ring, there was no response in the house, and Zhu Danchen said it again, but no one agreed. The smoke from the roof chimney was still rising, and there must have been someone in the house.

Zhu Danchen took out the iron bone fan that could be used as a blade from his arms, held it in his hand, gently pushed open the door, and walked into the house. There was no one in the house, but I heard the sound of firewood that had to be peeled and peeled.

Zhu Danchen walked to the back hall and entered the kitchen, only to see an old woman burning a fire under the stove. Zhu Danju said: "Old woman, is there anyone else here?"

The old woman looked at him blankly, as if she had not heard. Zhu Danchen said: "Are you the only one here?" The old woman pointed to her ears and mouth, and screamed a few times, indicating that she was deaf and mute.

Zhu Danchen returned to the hall, Lu Qian, Li Shuangshuang and others had already checked the rest of the houses, and among the seven or eight wooden houses, there was no one except the old woman. Each hut had a plank bed, but there was no bedding on the bed, and it seems that the lumberjacks had not started working at this time.

Ba Tianshi ran outside the wooden house and circled twice, and found that there was nothing unusual.

Zhu Danchen said: "This old woman is deaf and dumb, and she can't talk to her. Miss Han is the most patient, so please deal with her. ”。

Han Ning'er nodded with a smile and said, "Okay, I'll try it." She went into the kitchen, pointed fingers at the mother-in-law, and took a silver ingot for her, and got a rough idea.

When the mother-in-law had finished cooking, they begged her for some rice to cook, and there was no wine or meat in the hut, and they ate some dried vegetables, so that they could overcome their hunger.