It's too difficult to fall in love with rewards

Chapter 45 45. The Mountain Shower
Yakuoji Temple is located on the mountainside of Mount Takao.

Every year in mid-March, the temple will hold a "Fire Crossing Festival" in the square of the Prayer Hall.

In the misty drizzle, on the misty mountain path, many monks wearing bamboo hats walked quickly without distraction.They are monks who come to participate in the fire festival. Mount Takao has been a spiritual mountain of Shugendo Buddhism since ancient times, and practitioners often come to visit it.

Ju Qingxian was wearing a baseball cap and holding an umbrella, observing carefully along the way.

Mount Takao has lush vegetation, and weeds and branches have spread to the climbing trails, making climbing more difficult.

After the altitude has risen by more than 100 meters, the originally built climbing path has become a forest path, and climbers can only walk through the mountains and forests along the traces left by their predecessors.

When we got here, the soles of the shoes were covered with mud.

Tangerine was obviously a little tired.

His physical strength at 4 o'clock is about the same as that of an ordinary woman. It is really difficult to climb more than 100 meters in one breath.

Matsudaira was also panting from exhaustion, but Tachibana Qingxue was still walking vigorously, showing no signs of physical exertion at all.

"Looking at the road conditions, if you want to carry a person down the mountain at night, it should be an impossible task." Ju Qingxian looked at the dirt road that was trampled very muddy by his predecessors.

It is rainy in spring, and the dirt road will rot if stepped on, and it is very easy to slip.

Matsudaira turned his head and asked him: "You mean, Tachibana Jun will not go down this road?"

"Not only this trail, but also several other climbing trails." Tachibana Qingxian turned his eyes, looking at the overlapping green mountains, "We assume that Tachibana Jun was transported out of the mountain in a state of death or coma. Oyama. Then the murderer can only choose the paved road."

"Really?" Matsudaira was a little puzzled.

"I think Ah Qing is right." Tachibana Qingxue took out a water bottle from her backpack, unscrewed the lid and handed it to Tachibana Qingxian, "A corpse or a comatose human body will not move on its own. If you want to go down the mountain, you must have something to carry it."

Ju Qingxian took a sip of water, and handed the plastic bottle to Song Pingwei: "Are you thirsty?"

Seeing the girl's expression of "I have to think of other ways to refute you", he smiled and said: "As for whether it is possible to transport a person down the mountain quietly, well, it's not impossible, but it's not impossible." Quite troublesome. The paved road is for cars to drive, and there are a lot of surveillance along the way, not to mention the cable car. Although you can avoid surveillance by walking on the mountain trail, Mt. Takao has a large flow of people. If you walk during the day, whether you are carrying people Still dragging a large luggage will leave a deep impression on others. As for the night, you have also seen that it is almost impossible to walk this road without lights..."

Matsudaira Yui blinked her green eyes.

Tachibana Qingxian continued to talk to her, "There are so many people on the mountain, so it is necessary to conceal people's eyes and ears when moving the corpse. If someone sees it, it will leave a memory. After all, unusual things will make people more impressed. It is impossible to walk the mountain path , using vehicles to transport paved roads is a direction that can be referred to."

"I also agree with this point of view." Tachibana Qingxue added, "An adult weighs [-] to [-] kilograms. Even if it is packed in a big box, it is difficult to transport it down the mountain without attracting the attention of others. Suppose Tachibana Jun is really transferred. After leaving Mount Takao, it should have been transported out by non-manpower."

"Oh, you guys are right. People... are heavy and bulky, so it's more convenient to push them with a trolley." Matsudaira Yui took the mineral water bottle from Tachibana Qingxian's hand, raised her snow-white and slender neck, and murmured Gulu took a few sips.

You guys kissed indirectly... Ju Qingxue looked at the girl and then at her younger brother, her expression was a little unhappy.

"Hey, Ah Qing, I have a question." Song Pingwei moistened his throat with a drink of water, and asked in a crisp voice: "You don't even know if you are still on the mountain or not, why do you look so confident?"

Hearing this question, Tachibana Qingxue's gaze also became interested.

"Self-confidence, like my beauty, is an innate shining point." Tachibana Qingxian said with high spirits, stepped forward and continued to move forward, and said to the two women behind him: "In Tachibana When I got home, I noticed a problem, Xiaoxue, did you notice it?"

"what?"

Ju Qingxue followed behind him.

A small stream appeared on the road ahead.

Due to the continuous rain these days, the originally clear stream has now turned into a turbid stream.

"Ms. Lihua's attitude is a bit strange." Ju Qingxian stepped on the stones by the stream, "She didn't believe in such things as monsters, so she had a big fight with Jun Lihua, which caused Jun Lihua to run away from home But after she came to Mt. Takao, she became a staunch supporter of "Tengu kidnapping", don't you think it's weird?"

After what he said, Ju Qingxue showed an expression of sudden realization: "It seems so. It is impossible for a person to reverse the perception of the world in such a short period of time, unless she encountered something on the mountain..."

"Miss Kiryu also said that Tachibana Jun saw Tengu before he disappeared. So..." Tachibana Qingxian raised his head and glanced at the outline of the temple shrouded in rain and fog in the distance, "There must be something weird about Yaowang Temple."

"Boom!"

There was thunder in the distant sky.

The sky suddenly darkened, and Ju Qingxue turned her head to look behind her.

The shower had already covered the lush mountain forest into a piece of white flowers, and it was chasing them from the foot of the mountain at an alarming speed.

"No, it's raining heavily!" Ju Qingxue yelled in horror, "Hurry up, hurry up, we have to hurry!"

When the voice fell, the shower poured down.

Bean-sized raindrops hit the umbrella, increasing the load on the arms, and the originally curved and steep slope became more muddy and difficult.

In a blink of an eye, the stream in the valley swelled and flowed along the mountain road.Matsudaira, who was wading through the water, slipped and fell into the stream.

"what--"

A short exclamation sounded.

Then there is the movement of splashing in the water.

The current was very strong, she rolled a few times, and she was about to roll down the mountain along the current.

"Sister, grab it!"

Ju Qingxian quickly threw a rope to Ju Qingxue, tied the other end to his wrist, and jumped down.

The water in the stream is actually not deep, but it is slippery. In addition, the water flow is fast, and if you fall off, there is still the possibility of drowning.Tachibana Qingxian quickly approached Matsudaira Yui who was thrashing in the water, and grabbed her hand.

Matsudaira Yui immediately wrapped around his arm, hugging him like an octopus.

"It's a good thing the water here isn't deep, otherwise I wouldn't have rescued you..." Ju Qingxian hung a girl about her height on her body. With her feet firmly on her feet, she slowly climbed onto the bank while holding the rope tied around her wrists. side.

"Are you okay?" Ju Qingxue surrounded her with a worried face.

"No, no, hiccup~"

Yui Matsudaira hiccupped.

She drank a few sips of the muddy stream water in a row, her long golden hair stuck to her pale cheeks like algae, and she looked extremely bleak.

"We have to get out of here quickly and find a place that can shelter from the rain!" Ju Qingxue squatted down, "Ah Qing, give it to me!"

Ju Qingxian put the girl on her sister's back, and looked back and forth.

(End of this chapter)