The First Auxiliary Road from the Imperial Examination

Chapter 318 Discovery
The reeds fluctuated for a while, and before Chengdong could shout again, the front row of reeds was lifted from inside like a curtain.

Everyone took a closer look, only to see a thin girl appearing in front of everyone with tears in her eyes.

The girl looked to be only five or six years old, with an ordinary appearance, but a pair of round eyes looked particularly agile.

The child seemed to be rolling over from the ground, his hair and face were covered with dust, and he looked a little pitiful.

"Who are you?" Because he was a child, Cheng Dong's aura just now disappeared instantly, and the tone of the question was very gentle.

But even though he was so gentle, the little girl still looked at him in horror, and involuntarily took half a step back.

She shrank her head tremblingly, and quietly put her little hands on her back. It was obvious that she wanted to lie but she couldn't.

Sheng Yuan, An Yu, and Lu Sheng looked at each other, curious about the child's appearance.

When they were about to go forward to ask in detail, they saw that the girl seemed to be frightened, she stood still and trembled, like a rabbit, she slid back into the reeds again.

Cheng Dong was about to go after him when he heard Sheng Yuan talking to someone.

"Sir, are you going up the mountain?"

Cheng Dong heard the sound and looked over, and saw a woodcutter coming from a distance. He looked at the firewood on the other's shoulder, and couldn't help turning his head to look at the reeds, feeling a little moved in his heart.

The woodcutter held the firewood with one hand, and after approaching the crowd, he put down his burden and bowed his hands to salute: "Young lady, I am just a villager in the mountains, so I can't be called a gentleman. I am going to the mountains to find some medicinal herbs. I don't want to I hope you will forgive me if the nobles disturb you before entering the mountain road."

Sheng Yuan scanned him carefully, and gradually got the idea, but the smile on his face was extraordinarily innocent, and it was easy to fool him.

"Uncle woodcutter, are you a villager here? Do you know if there is any prey to be found on this mountain?"

"This mountain is small, and it is quite close to the crowd, so the usual big beasts don't come and go often, but if the little girl wants to catch some small animals to play with, she can find them."

"That's it!" Sheng Yuan gave An Yu and Lu Sheng winks.

The two of them nodded invisibly, and quietly gestured with the hands on their waists.

Immediately, I saw a little rabbit whizzing into the reeds.

"Rabbit! It's a rabbit again!" Lu Sheng pretended to be surprised, "Is it the one that got into the reeds before?"

They have a large number of people, and most of them are riding big horses, so the firewood cutter didn't know if it was a rabbit that went in and out of the reeds before, but it was just a figure that vaguely saw it, but I don't know if it was one of their people chasing it. of.

"Send someone to chase after him again." An Yu waved his hand, signaling for the servant in front of him to obey orders.

"Okay, let's not block the uncle, let him go first."

As soon as Sheng Yuan spoke, the group of dozens of people immediately stood on their left and right sides, leaving a path to the hill for the woodcutter.

The woodcutter thanked everyone and continued to walk slowly, singing folk songs.

Soon he disappeared under the shadow of the trees in the mountains.

"Sister Yuan, do you have any questions?" An Yu and Lu Sheng urged their horses to approach Sheng Yuan.

Sheng Yuan stared at the mountain road, her small face was tense, she shook her head slightly and said, "I don't know, I just feel that something is wrong here, and the suburbs of Beijing that I often come to feel a bit strange."

"Is there?" An Yu scratched his head and said, "Every time we come back to the outskirts of Beijing, we don't contact the villagers here, so it's not unusual for them to be unfamiliar."

But Lu Sheng shook his head: "No! Like Sister Yuan, I also feel that this place is strange! The woodcutters you meet at random, walk like flying, like a martial arts practitioner?"

"Maybe it's because people like to exercise. It's possible, it's possible that Kung Fu is passed down from one's ancestors!"

"Chengdong, tell me!" Lu Sheng looked at his friend who was making excuses for outsiders speechlessly, and simply asked his guard.

Chengdong also looked at the mountain thoughtfully: "I also don't think this person is an ordinary person."

"Oh?" An Yu felt that this trip to the outskirts of Beijing turned the friends into guesswork.

"Although his steps are fast, they are not chaotic. If you look carefully, not only are your steps powerful, but also regular, as if you have been trained by a military camp.

Moreover, he didn't panic when he saw you, and his speech and behavior were neither humble nor overbearing. He didn't look like a farmer he met by chance, but more like a hermit who wanted to recommend himself. "

At the end of Chengdong's speech, the more he spoke, the smoother he said: "I see him as if he came prepared."

"It seems to be prepared." Sheng Yuan nodded, and then looked at the reeds beside him.

"He has looked at the reeds many times before. Although he seems to be casual, but he is a person who goes up the mountain to find medicinal herbs. He pays attention to the places we pay attention to. He really looks like an ordinary countryman who likes to inquire!"

"You mean his speech and behavior are inconsistent?" An Yu suddenly clapped his hands.

Sheng Yuan nodded: "But that's just one of them. The more important thing is that he is too natural. We are tall horses and carry weapons, but not only is he not nervous, but he is leisurely and content?"

"Could it be aimed at the little girl just now?"

As An Yu said this, she was very curious about what kind of story was going on here.

"I don't know." Sheng Yuan said so, and then said, "But I always feel like we stumbled into someone's stronghold by mistake, and let them nervously come out one after another to test."

"Then should we continue to test and see if more people will be attracted?" Lu Sheng also agreed with Sheng Yuan's words, they seemed to be surrounded by their stronghold.

"Does it mean that as long as we wander around here, we can see more people who look ordinary but are unusual in every way!" An Yu rubbed his hands, expressing his anticipation.

"No more testing!" Sheng Yuan was afraid that the other party would be impatient, so he didn't give them time to retreat, "Let's go into the reeds now!"

"Let's go into the reeds?" An Yu hadn't played with his friends like this before, and immediately agreed excitedly, even jumped off the horse and rushed towards the endless reeds.

"Brother Yu!" Lu Sheng didn't expect his friend's mobility to be so amazing, he couldn't help being dumbfounded, and could only jump off the horse with Sheng Yuan to chase after him.

Chengdong arranged for people to watch the three children's horses outside the reeds: "If you are asked to go in, you will have a whistle to call."

"Here!"

Sheng Yuan and Lu Sheng chased after the reeds, and halfway they saw the excited An Yu, who was standing firmly in front of them, waiting for them.

"Sister Yuan, look!" Seeing Sheng Yuan, he smiled and pointed forward.

Sheng Yuan looked around, and saw An Yu's servant walking over carrying the little girl who had disappeared before.

"Hush!" Sheng Yuan saw that the boy in Anyu had just put the child down, and the little girl who was not covering her mouth was about to cry out loudly. Immediately, she quickly put her finger on her lips, and took out a few pieces of grapes Show her the candies in the same style, "Don't cry, there are candies to eat!"

(End of this chapter)