The five of them continued to walk in the direction of the back mountain, Xiao Tian kept chatting with Xiao Bo and Xiao Qi around him about his previous bits and pieces in Xiaojia Villa, although he had only been away for a year, but at this time, Xiao Tian's mood was like the feeling of returning to his hometown after leaving for decades, talking freely, and he didn't want to stop at all. And Su Jia was behind Xiao Tian, listening slowly, Xue Cui didn't think too much about herself and Su Jia, still as usual, with her friends, she was still very cheerful when she should be cheerful......

"Having said so much, Ah Tian, you still want to go back to the back mountain to have a look......" Xiao Qi said on the side, "I remembered that when we were young, we were often lazy and didn't train, and then ran to the lake in the back mountain to play, but we were still caught back by the master, and then scolded ......" Thinking of the past, Xiao Qi also couldn't help but smile and recall.

Xiao Tian felt that there was still a lot of joy in his childhood, and after listening to Xiao Qi's words, he also smiled and nodded. Su Jia asked in the back, "Ah Tian, do you still have a lake in the mountain behind here?"

Xiao Tian echoed: "Yes, that lake is not big, but it irrigates the crops in the field well, and our main water source in Xiaojia Villa also comes from there......"

Xiao Bo walked on the far right, and also followed: "That's right, the cold cave of the villa is by the lake, you can take Miss Su to see it when the time comes." ”

"Yes, the cold cave is just like its name, it is like an ice cellar, it is said that it was used by the previous heads of the Xiao Family Villa to use the cold qi in the cave to practice, whether it is true or false is unknown......," Xiao Tian added, "But since there are complicated tunnels in that cold cave." A year ago, even the martial arts cheats of 'Dou Zhuan Xing Shift' were hidden there, maybe it would really be useful......"

Xiao Bo looked at Su Jia's somewhat curious look, so he continued: "The reason why such a complex tunnel has been built in the cold cave. It's because there used to be something very important...... When the disciples of Xiaojia Villa assisted Zhu Yuanzhang, the king of Wu, to defeat Zhang Shicheng, the rebel army captured countless copper cannons. In order to avoid people's eyes, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered all these bronze cannons to be stored in the secret passage of the cold cave of Xiaojia Villa......"

"Yes, I also remember this-" Xiao Tian seemed to remember at this time, and then said, "But before I left, didn't I hear that those copper cannons in the cold cave had disappeared inexplicably? At that time, it was rumored that Zhu Yuanzhang's righteous army took it away without saying hello, didn't it? After all, the road to this back mountain is not only the main gate of Xiaojia Villa. It seems that Xiao Tian doesn't know yet, just as Xiao Bo and Master Xiao Juxian guessed. It is very likely that the copper cannon in the cave was smuggled away by Xiao Wuzhong, the son of Xiao Rencong, the former head of the sect, who had not returned for a long time......

"Such an important bronze cannon is gone, aren't you in a hurry?" Su Jia said with some doubts, "Wouldn't it be very dangerous if it fell into the hands of the wicked?" But Xiao Juxian and Senior Xiao didn't seem to have taken any emergency measures. Could it be ...... What is there to hide from Senior Xiao?"

After Su Jia finished speaking. Xiao Bo stared at Su Jia with two eyes, his eyes were full of surprise, as if he was surprised by Su Jia's reasoning. Of course, it is still unknown what the truth of the matter is, whether this matter is related to Xiao Wuzhong or not, everything is just speculation now......

Continuing to march towards the mountain, a huge cave-like cave gradually appeared in front of everyone. This is what everyone called the "cold cave" before, and it can be seen from a distance. The plants around the cave are a little different from the usual seasonal plants, and the vegetation in the vicinity is generally low. The plants attached to the edge of the cave are rendered in a silvery white color, which seems to be a novel plant.

"This is the cold cave...... Xiao Bo said to Su Jia, "Miss Su, you should pay more attention when you get close to the entrance of the cave later, the cold air emitted from the cold cave is a bit biting, if the whole body is not enough to gather qi, it is very likely to be injured by the cold in the cave." ”

Su Jia saw the cold cave entrance in front of him, a gust of wind blew, bringing the cold air through the cave entrance, and an obvious cold came to his face. Su Jia didn't shiver from the cold, but there was a chill in her arms. Su Jia saw this "heaven-made cave" like a ghostly workmanship, and couldn't help asking: "This cold cave is natural, and there is a lot of cold, so what are the people of the mountain villa doing with it?"

Xiao Bo replied, "Some of the previous masters will use it to practice, but for most people, the rare cold plants that grow around this cold cave have many effects on healing fires and diseases. ”

"Cold Plants...... Heal?" Su Jia asked again.

Xiao Tian saw that Su Jia had been puzzled, and then smiled, and then jumped directly to the top of the cave mouth with a leap. Xiao Tian shivered for a moment due to the cold air on his face, and then picked a few silver-white plants at the upper mouth of the cave, and after tidying up a little, he turned over and jumped again, returning to Su Jia's side.

Xiao Tian held a silver-white plant like a herb in his hand, and then said to Su Jia: "Jia'er, you see, this is a very special kind of medicinal herb that grows next to the cold cave under the influence of the cold air, called 'Cold Silver Grass'. ”

Su Jia looked at the "Cold Silver Grass" in Xiao Tian's hand, and saw that there were silver-white flowers and leaves growing on it, which was very rare, so he asked again: "Indeed, I have known many herbs from Gao Senior, but I have never seen such a kind, what is the use of this herb called 'Cold Silver Grass'?"

Xiao Tian continued: "These cold herbs are used to treat the poison of fire, in addition, they are also used to connect the meridians, if the meridians of someone's body parts, hands and feet are necrotic, these 'cold silver grass' will have a very significant effect. Because the Xiao family's boxing method in the Xiao family's martial arts mostly competes with internal injuries, it is inevitable that there will be some internal injuries with damaged meridians in the competition between disciples, and these 'cold silver grass' will become very haode healing agents. ”

Su Jia nodded, and echoed: "Indeed, looking at this silver-white flower and leaf, if it weren't for the extremely cold environment, it would be difficult to grow this rare plant medicinal material." ”

Xiao Tian looked to the side, and said to Su Jia: "By the way, Jia'er, didn't you say that you want to see the Qinghu Lake on the mountain?" The lake is behind the cold cave, I'll take you to see it now......"

Su Jia felt that there was nothing wrong anyway. So he smiled and nodded, and then followed Xiao Tian to the back of the cold cave......

Xue Cui looked at Xiao Tian and Su Jia who had been harmonious, and squeezed out a reluctant smile on her face. Xiao Qi saw some unhappiness in Xue Cui on the side. So he asked: "Xuecui, what's wrong with you, since Ah Tian came back today, you don't seem to be very happy all the time, I thought Ah Tian is back, Senior Sister Xuecui, you will be very happy......

"I didn't ...... ......No," Xue Cui hurriedly replied shyly, "It's just ...... I'm just feeling a little unwell today......"

Xiao Qi kept looking at Xue Cui with puzzled eyes. Xiao Bo seemed to understand some of the feelings between men and women, and his eyes wrinkled slightly......

The clear lake on the mountain is not big, but it has also become a unique scenery on this small mountainside. The water is clear. It is crystal clear, and Xiaojia Villa also uses this as one of the water sources. Xiao Tian walked to the edge of the lake, picked up a stone on the ground, and threw it towards the lake in the distance. Hit a water drift. Lian Shan showed a relaxed expression.

"It seems that your mood is quite good...... Su Jia slowly followed behind Xiao Tian, looking at Xiao Tian's calm and happy appearance, and said with a smile, "The water of this lake is quite clear, although it is not as magnificent as the big lake in the Central Plains, but it can also give people a sense of joy." I used to hope to live in a place where there was a lake or a stream next to my house in the future, but when I was chasing the wind, there was only one stream in the main hall of the gang leader......" Su Jia said with longing and reminiscence.

"Then Jia'er, if you really have a new home in the future. Will you also choose a place with lakes or streams?" Xiao Tian couldn't help but ask.

As soon as these words came out, Su Jia was a little stunned. She wasn't concerned about the water of the lake or the stream. It's a "new home". Xiao Tian originally just asked an ordinary sentence, and then felt that Su Jia beside him was silent for a long time, so he felt the strangeness of his words. Immediately afterwards, Xiao Tian and Su Jia looked sideways at the same time, and their faces were wiped red, and they didn't look at each other.

In order to alleviate the awkward atmosphere, Su Jia changed the topic and said: "Shine...... In this way, Xiao Tian, you also liked to come here to play when you were young?"

"It can't be said to be playing...... Xiao Tian replied with a reminiscent tone, "It's just that when I feel that I am not in a good mood, for example, when I was approved by the master that day, I want to go to the lake to relieve my boredom......"

Su Jia listened to it and said with a smile: "Look at what you said, when were you young, you didn't get criticized by the master one day?"

As soon as he heard that Su Jia was also deliberately "laughing" at himself, Xiao Tian glanced to the side and tilted his head away embarrassedly. And seeing Xiao Tian's stupid appearance, Su Jia couldn't help but laugh out loud.

The lake water was accompanied by sparkling waves, reflecting the picture of Xiao Tian and Su Jia's jokes, and the whole cold cave was suddenly full of warmth......

However, after a few gusts of breeze, the calm of the lake seemed to be broken by something, and occasionally a few splashes of water jumped inadvertently, and suddenly there seemed to be a few black shadows passing by the cave, just for a short moment......

"Who is it?" Su Jia, who had always been alert, suddenly sensed that something was wrong, and subconsciously shouted in the direction of the black shadow just now.

"What's wrong?" Compared to this, Xiao Tian's reflexes were much worse, and when he heard Su Jia's sudden reminder, Xiao Tian couldn't help but ask.

"It seems that a few figures escaped from the side of the cave just now—" Su Jia said with a serious expression.

"No, just now, Jia'er, are you so sure?" Xiao Tian said again, "Even if there is, maybe it is other disciples in the villa, after all, we are not the only ones who will come to this back mountain......

However, Su Jia's vigilance still did not stop, his brows furrowed slightly, and he continued: "Is that so? If those figures just now were really disciples of the Mountain Villa, was it necessary to deliberately avoid us like this?"

"Jia'er, what do you mean ......" Su Jia said this, and Xiao Tian's heart couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.

"These people must be doing something, they don't want us and the other disciples of Xiaojia Villa to know......" Su Jia said with a serious face, "It's useless to think too much, let's go over and have a look first-" As he spoke, Su Jia crossed the lake directly with a light skill and chased in the direction where the black shadows had left just now.

"Hey, Jia'er, you wait-" Xiao Tian didn't have time to stop Su Jia, he knew Su Jia's character, once something happened, Su Jia always wanted to find out by all means, and sometimes his mind would not be very calm. So, Xiao Tian also followed the footsteps, performed the "Lingyun Step" across the lake, and chased after Su Jia......

However, Su Jia was a little disappointed by the scene in front of her, there was a fork in the road behind the lake, and the intersection seemed to be along the road down the mountain. And looking towards the fork in the road, every path was full of rugged bushes, and it was impossible to see the terrain inside, let alone the few black shadows that had just escaped lightly.

Xiao Tian also rushed over at this time, and saw Su Jia sighing helplessly on the side.

"Jia'er, this ......" Xiao Tian looked at the fork in the road in front of him, and said with some disappointment, "They really escaped, there are so many forks in the road, we can't chase ...... at all"

"It seems that they have been prepared for a long time, and they are also familiar with the mountain roads here...... Su Jia continued, "Looking at it this way, these forks in the road seem to lead to the bottom of the mountain." Ah Tian, do you know how to go this way?"

Xiao Tian shook his head and said softly: "There are so many forks in the road, I only know one or two of them." If those people just now were more familiar with the mountain roads than I did, then I really wouldn't have a choice......

"Seeing us running so fast, you must be doing something unpleasant...... Su Jia muttered softly.

"What's going on here, I heard Miss Su's voice just now......" At this time, Xiao Bo and they also rushed over after hearing Su Jia's voice.

Xiao Tian turned his head and said to Xiao Bo, Xiao Qi and the others: "Just now Jia'er saw a few figures fleeing from here, those people seemed to be doing something near the cold cave in the back mountain at first, but after seeing us, they ran away. ”

"What, is it true?" Xiao Qi was also a little surprised, "But what kind of person would come to Xiao Family Villa to do something unpleasant?"

"If those people are really familiar with the hidden mountain roads here, maybe they really have something to do with your Xiao Family Villa......" Su Jia continued to be cautious, "By the way, Brother Xiao Bo, you should also know the road behind the mountain, right?"

Xiao Bo nodded lightly, and then said: "I know a thing or two, but because the road behind this mountain is very complicated, few people can fully understand all the forks in the road, and because of this, the master did not send too many disciples to guard this back mountain pass......"

"Then Brother Xiao Bo, since you still understand a thing or two, do you know where the road down the mountain leads to this back?" asked Su Jia again.

Xiao Bo hesitated for a moment, and then followed: "Going down the mountain from here, you can take a shortcut to the north gate of Lingguan City......

"Lingguan City?" After Xiao Tian heard this, he couldn't help but interject, "I remember that it is not very close to Bianliang, and it is also an important branch of Bianliang Military Aircraft?"

"That's true, but the road at the north gate is rugged and complicated, if these people want to come to Xiaojia Villa openly, they can go from the avenue at the east gate. If they really want to go to the north gate, it means ......" Xiao Bo couldn't help but be a little nervous.

"It shows that those people just now are indeed coming for Xiaojia Villa-" Su Jia followed closely with a serious face, "And it's very likely that they are doing something behind their backs and don't want your Xiaojia Villa people to know......"

"Ah, if there is such a thing, wouldn't someone want to be unfavorable to our Xiao Family Villa?" Xiao Qi also said nervously.

"I'm not sure yet, but it's not a small possibility......," Su Jia followed.

"In short, no matter what, let's report this matter to Master first......" Xiao Tian also said seriously, "Master has a lot of experience, I believe that Master will be able to handle this matter well......"

"Well, now the plan is only like this...... Xiao Qi also nodded.

Xiao Bo kept staring at the fork in the road in front of him, but a bad thought appeared in his heart: "To Lingguan City, should it be ......?"

The depths of the fork in the road were so gloomy that it was impossible to see the way down the hill at all. There was no way to continue chasing, so everyone still decided, as Xiao Tian said, to tell Xiao Juxian about this matter first...... (To be continued......)