Ye Cheng and Zhong Qing ran in the direction of the sound, but the sound flashed and disappeared, and it never came out again, so the two could only look for it according to the direction they had identified at that time, and when they arrived, they saw only a lush woodland, and they didn't see a single figure. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Zhong Qing wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "It's strange, Brother Ye, that voice is clearly coming from here, but why hasn't you seen a single figure?"

Ye Cheng looked around at this time, but he didn't find anything abnormal, and couldn't help but wonder: "Qing'er, could it be that we misjudged the direction?

"No, it was so high-pitched, we all heard it well, it must be here. Zhong Qing said affirmatively.

Ye Cheng nodded: "Then let's look separately, maybe there will be any clues left." ”

By this time the sun had sunk in the west, the sky was fiery red, and the whole forest was silent, except for the occasional wind rustling the leaves.

Although Zhong Qing has some prejudices about Youling, she also knows that she is still a child after all, and when she thinks of a girl and an old man missing in this deep mountain, she can't help but feel very anxious, and neither of them knows martial arts.

While Zhong Qing was thinking wildly, he only heard Ye Cheng behind him suddenly shout: "Qing'er, come and see!"

Zhong Qing hurriedly ran over, but saw Ye Cheng behind a bush, pointed to the ground and said, "It's Poria Cocos! It must be something from the medicine box of Dai senior, otherwise how could it suddenly fall here?"

Zhong Qing nodded while looking around, and suddenly she seemed to have noticed something, pointing not far away and saying, "Brother Ye, what do you think it is?"

While speaking, the two of them walked two steps closer to the front, and saw that there was another herb on the ground, but it was a desmodium, Ye Cheng and Zhong Qing suddenly understood, Ye Cheng immediately said: "Although Senior Dai is cheerful and informal, he is a cautious person, and it is impossible to throw herbs in the wilderness for no reason, this must be a signal left by him on purpose, just so that the people who come to him can have clues." ”

Zhong Qing nodded and said, "Qing'er thinks the same, then let's look again and see if there are any other clues." ”

So the two of them looked in the direction of the two herbs, and found that there were really abandoned herbs along the road, loquat leaves, bitter ginseng seeds, blood grass, and some herbs that Ye Cheng and Zhong Qing had never even seen and could not name, but as the two searched all the way, they found that the distance between these herbs was getting farther and farther away.

Ye Cheng thought about it and said: "Qing'er, you see that Dai senior's herbs are getting farther and farther apart, according to my inference, one may be that there are not many herbs left in Dai senior's medicine box, so he can't discard them in more rows, and the other may be that the people holding him hostage are being guarded more and more closely, so that Dai seniors have fewer and fewer opportunities to discard herbs." ”

"The second situation is probably bigger, as far as I know, Grandpa Dai's herbal box always has all kinds of herbs and ground powders and ointments, and it is impossible to lose these and the box is empty. By the way, Brother Ye, why do you think someone must have held them hostage?" Zhong Qing asked with a frown.

Ye Cheng smiled bitterly: "If it weren't for someone holding us hostage, why would there be a scream of Youling in the forest at that time, and why did Senior Dai discard these many herbs? Could it be that these two people want to play hide and seek with us? Besides, they don't know that we are in the mountains, if we are not held hostage, will there be another hidden secret?"

Zhong Qing couldn't say why for a while, she looked up at the silent sky, and she always vaguely felt that something was strange in her heart, but it was difficult to explain where the strangeness was.

"Your analysis also makes sense, but Qing'er thinks that there are still many things worth scrutinizing, after all, it came too suddenly, and we had better not make a judgment too early. Zhong Qing said to Ye Cheng.

Ye Cheng has always admired Zhong Qing's cleverness, and after listening to Zhong Qing's words at this moment, he couldn't help nodding yes, but if he believed that this was deliberately done by Youling and Dai Sigong, he felt that it was really difficult to explain anyway.

At this time, the sky was slowly darkening, the mountain breeze was getting cooler, the red on the horizon was gradually turning brown, and the whole earth was completely silent.

"With Youling's character, if he is bound, he will definitely yell and not stop for a moment, why is it that now he only sees the herbs of his predecessors, but he doesn't hear Youling's crying?" Ye Cheng had no time to care about the passage of time, and the doubts in his heart were already stirred.

"It's quite likely, you think, Youling cried at first glance, and her voice was so sharp, if they were really attacked, the attackers would not tolerate her screaming like this, and they must have gagged her mouth and made her unable to speak. Zhong Qing said.

After hearing this, Ye Cheng suddenly felt a little heavy in his heart and said: "It's okay if that's the case, I'm afraid I'm afraid of ......."

Zhong Qing knew that Ye Cheng was worried that the gangster was in a hurry, and he killed Youling, in order not to let him worry, he hurriedly comforted: "Brother Ye, don't think about it, think about this Youling and Grandpa Dai, one old and one young, and they have no money, if they meet the gangsters, they will definitely have a plan, and they will definitely kill them for money, and if they have a plan, how can they easily harm their lives?"

"I hope so. Ye Cheng settled his mind and thought that Zhong Qing's analysis was reasonable. As the so-called concern is chaos, I was too pessimistic just now.

In this way, the two kept chasing in the direction of the discarded herbs, but when they saw that they reached a river, the clue was interrupted.

Ye Cheng looked at the direction of the river flow from a distance, but saw that the water was very turbulent, and there was no ferry on the river. After thinking for a while, Ye Cheng suddenly thought of something, and said to Zhong Qing: "Qing'er, do you remember what the master said when he came, this place is called Chongming, and there is an island in the east not far from here called Chongming Island. ”

Zhong Qingyi frowned and said, "Brother Ye, did you mean that Grandpa Dai and that Youling were taken captive to Chongming Island?"

Ye Cheng squatted down, looked around, and suddenly said a little disappointed: "Maybe I misjudged, first, the master once said that the owner of Chongming Island is his old friend, there are not many people in this hundred miles, and if there are people, it is the people of Chongming Island, but if the master is a friend, how can he take away Dai Senior and Youling." Second, you look at the wetlands on the banks of the river......"

Zhong Qing didn't know what to do, leaned over and looked around, and said suspiciously: "Brother Ye, why are you letting me see this wetland?" Qing'er didn't understand. ”

Ye Cheng smiled bitterly and said: "We chased all the way along the herbs left behind, if the location is not bad, and the two of them are indeed taken away by gangsters outside the island, then they must be taking them across the river, but look at the surrounding ......"

"There are no footprints!" Zhong Qing suddenly woke up without waiting for Ye Cheng to finish speaking, and said in surprise.

Ye Cheng nodded and said: "Yes, there are no footprints, how can there be no footprints on this wetland, even if that person is good, it is absolutely impossible, let alone with an old man and a child." Moreover, the wetland on the riverbank is wide, and I think even if the Hundred Swords Trace Nie is here, there is no possibility of jumping on the boat. ”

Faced with the turbulence and the water vapor coming from their faces, the two fell into deep thought.

"Qing'er, this matter is very important, it seems that it is by no means as simple as we can imagine, in my opinion, it is better to return to the master and make a decision, do you think?" Ye Cheng stood up and said to Zhong Qing.

"That's it. Zhong Qing agreed, even if she was as eccentric as her, she couldn't figure it out at all.