bottom of the cliff

Gui Yao lowered her eyebrows slightly. The cliffs were shrouded in thick fog. Although it was not as thick as yesterday, it was still strange. The fog was impenetrable, and if it was impenetrable, it was dense.

She looked up and pointed forward.

"Go down the mountain."

When there is no road, Ren Beixi is the way.

The man hugged Guiyao tightly, holding the edge of the cliff with one hand, and suddenly descended from the steep slope. The rocks on the cliff were loose, and the swaying smoke made people breathe rapidly. He knocked on Guiyao's shoulder and stopped her breathing.

The four fell down the cliff.

About fifty meters away in a straight line, there is a platform with several ropes on it, which should be always available.

"It's quite interesting." Gui Yao said.

She shook off the stones on her clothes. The rope was pointing downwards. They were now in the smoke and could only tell with the naked eye that they were still a long way from the bottom of the cliff.

Pin Yue said calmly, "On the map of Wuhua City, the cliff in the dense forest is the border, and there is no record of a road below the cliff."

Hearing this, Xiao Hui tilted his head while holding the sword.

Ren Beixi ignored his gaze and just threw the inspection rope back to its original place.

"There are signs of gnawing on the end of the rope."

Guiyao seemed to be lost in thought.

"...It's a rat. If that's the case, then the length of this rope might be the distance to the bottom of the cliff."

She suddenly raised her eyes and looked around. The rope was made up of several strands that were firmly taut. Due to its weight and length, it was now coiled around the edge of the platform, but she couldn't see where the top was fixed.

Guiyao wiped the mud under her feet.

It seems that this is not a man-made platform

But the purpose of the rope seemed to be different from what she had initially imagined, and she even came to a bold conclusion.

Xiao Hui leaned against the side of the mountain: "If you can't go down, I'll start building a ladder up."

He took out the wood and hammer from his bag.

Ren Beixi's voice was light.

"take."

But his eyes fell on Gui Yao who was thinking. Gui Yao blinked and walked to his ear and said something.

Ren Beixi's black eyes were slightly stunned.

Then he lowered his eyes and pushed open the stone wall beside him. He saw a lot of "as expected" in Gui Yao's eyes. He couldn't help but pinch Gui Yao's face when the two of them turned their backs.

Guiyao: ...

Shouldn't you feel guilty at a time like this?

She had been suspicious when a man like Ren Beixi dared to push her to the bottom of the cliff. Now, she felt that there was something wrong with him.

But it seems that it is also clear.

You have to jump too.

Gui Yao looked at the large rock simulating a cliff that had sunk into the mountain because of a mechanism. The wooden frame, short axle, and rope were silently coiled on the pulley, and were now rotating with the disc. It was much better than she had imagined. Well, in fact, it was just the difference between bungee jumping and rappelling.

She supported herself with her hands, not forgetting to observe Xiao Hui and Pin Yue's reactions.

It is difficult to tell a person's surprise, and now Xiao Hui looks even calmer than Pin Yue, which is obvious.

So Ren Beixi and his men had been to the bottom of the cliff before, but why? Gui Yao's hand, which was tucked into her bag, was suddenly tugged by Susu. She held her breath, then opened her eyes, and pieced together the clues in her mind, word by word.

Wuhua City is the richest city near the capital.

The war that year naturally affected Wuhua City, but according to Susu, the bottom of the cliff was a refuge.

The bottom of the cliff was not recorded either.

So what was Ren Beixi's identity when he came to the bottom of the cliff?

The sound of wooden gears creaked, and Gui Yao moved closer, with more curiosity than scrutiny in her eyes.

"My dear husband, I remember that you served on the frontier for several years before we got married."

Ren Beixi lowered his eyes slightly.

When Gui Yao thought he would either make an excuse or acquiesce, he just raised the corners of his lips slightly, with a hint of smile in his eyes.

"Yaoyao, do you want to go down by yourself?" He paused for a moment, "Or should I carry you?"

The wind blew quietly across the cliff. Perhaps it was the extremely strange fog that made Gui Yao's heart beat as if she was bewitched by him. She looked at him with a sense of realization, and both seemed to be at a disadvantage.

Gui Yao frowned and said reluctantly, "I don't want you to hug me."

"Okay." Ren Beixi just stood at the edge of the cliff, half an inch away from Gui Yao. He could see that she was sulking when he lowered his eyes.

He wanted to say something else.

Gui Yao didn't wait for him to argue, and took three or two steps over to look at the ancient machine towering in the rock wall.

It was probably something like a crane. Guiyao didn't quite understand, but with her previous bungee jumping idea as a prelude, she felt much more confident. A cup of tea passed, and Xiaohui was already checking the mechanism's operation, single-handedly lifting the wooden frame and rope deep inside.

So Xiao Hui went down first.

Then comes the lean month.

Gui Yao crossed her arms, glanced at Ren Beixi, and said, "I want to go down by myself."

"It's not that I don't want to talk about it, but this matter involves... confidentiality, and I can't tell it to a third person." Ren Beixi tightened his knuckles and spoke in a deep voice, without stopping the action of putting equipment on Gui Yao.

Gui Yao simply said, "I'm not angry with you, and I have no right to be angry with you."

"You, Xiao Hui, naturally know about this, but there's already a third person involved." She stood at the edge of the cliff and saw the arrow of colored cloth shot up from below. She paused before continuing, "The third person is His Majesty."

Gui Yao grabbed Ren Beixi's hand which was unable to stop when he put the rope on her.

Adam's apple rolling.

"Hold on to the rope and don't move."

"It's going to be a long time."

Ren Beixi leaned forward slightly, his profile as sharp as an inkstone. Seeing that Gui Yao just nodded and showed no other emotion, his eyes suddenly darkened.

Sometimes he would wonder if it was because of his indulgence that Guiyao was in danger time and time again. Shouldn't he let Guiyao know the dark side of the power struggle in the court and the sufferings in the world? Would Guiyao be much simpler and happier this way?

He is not just the second son of the general, the young general guarding the border.

He is still something.

Gui Yao blinked as if her eyes were uncomfortable. After a while, she raised her eyes and saw Ren Beixi who was not about to let go.

"Husband."

"I'll wait for you downstairs."

She reached out and touched Ren Beixi's neck, looked into his slightly stunned eyes, and finally she could look up at the slowly descending scenery.

wrong.

Ahhhh, I still can't believe the level of technology in ancient times.

Guiyao was helped by Pinyue to untie the ropes on her body.

Covering his chest.

She thought she could come down to enjoy the scenery along the way, and freely stretch her arms out, just like the pathetic version of downhill skiing she had done in the mountains before.

"Ren Beixi..."

Gui Yao leaned over and buried her face in his chest, saying sweetly, "I'd better not endure the bitterness."

The man's heart relaxed in a short moment: "I was wrong."

Gui Yao glared at him dejectedly.

"You are indeed wrong. If I don't go on adventures with you and face challenges together, you shouldn't be my husband, and I won't be happy."

Ren Beixi's dark eyes deepened.

Guiyao blushed when she was stared at. Oops, it seemed like she had revealed too much.

She turned around, fearing that Ren Beixi would grab her again, and ran between Xiao Hui and Pin Yue. She walked through the woods in front of her and saw a small town, but now there was only wind and no one was around.

Susu jumped out of the bag, and Guiyao squatted down to let it out.

The chinchilla was hopping and skipping beside her, and she slowed down her pace for it.

Guiyao is actually a little tired now.

Now her mind is not only filled with the sweet and lovely voice -

Also, the wound on the left side of Ren Hui is still hurting.

Pinyue on the right wants to touch Susu, huh? Guiyao suddenly glanced at Susu's wagging tail.

Guiyao: "Can I hold you up and pet you?"

Pinyue: “No.”

Hard on the outside but soft on the inside.

Gui Yao was a little confused as to why the system activated her mind reading ability at this time.

Raise your head slightly.

After thinking for a long time, he simply opened the system and took advantage of Ren Beixi's distraction while he was exploring the terrain to find the mind-reading notes in his mind.

Self-defense Skill: After acquiring this skill, the host's body functions will be infinitely close to the host's original body when using a dagger. (Invalid)

Hmm...it's been a long time.

Guiyao stretched and stretched herself.

Advanced skills:

① You can make the person you are reading your mind understand you without saying a word.

② Able to read people’s thoughts and understand their urgent, uncontrollable, and unspoken words.

"While animals can be quite noisy when they gather, even the human voice, even with its limitations, is quite a lot of text. I'm a little...word-dizzy."

"Can we have a little directional mind reading?"

System: "Humans are animals too."

"Too much talk leads to mistakes, little system." Gui Yao rubbed her temples, a hint of laughter in her voice. "You're giving me the skills that will be unlocked later as a bonus? Isn't that worthy of you?"

The system is dumb.

The voice in Guiyao's mind quietly disappeared. She opened her eyes and silently thought of the person she wanted to hear her voice.

"Yaoyao."

"Yaoyao."

"Yao Yao Yao Yao Yao Yao..."

Gui Yao turned her head and looked at Ren Beixi.

"Yaoyao, look at me."

Guiyao blinked.

"I want to kiss."

Gui Yao pulled Ren Beixi's hand to coax him.

The group walked forward from the empty residential area until they came to an open space.

Susu circled around the open space and stopped beside a stone.

Ren Beixi lowered his eyes.

"Is there something down there?"

Is it a question?

Gui Yao looked back at Ren Beixi and saw him shaking his head slightly.

Susu said, "Back then... it was because of this place that half of the people at the bottom of the cliff were slaughtered, just because they were hiding Lu Hu and Lu Fuyin."

It is not difficult to guess that this Lu Fuyin is not Lu Qingshan, but Lu Qingshan’s father, the former Fuyin of Wuhua City: Lu Shui.

Gui Yao lowered her eyes, the animal voices in her mind awakened by the numbness. Suddenly, the sound of mice gnawing surrounded her again, but this time it was a little lighter, and it was not ruled out that it was a small gathering. She frowned and whispered, "Where is the granary in Wuhua City?"

"The government warehouse is next to the stone bridge at the city gate, and it holds 50,000 dan of grain." Pin Yue paused, his voice a little hoarse. "But because of the haunting, the grain lost in Wuhua City might exceed 50,000 dan of grain a month."

Xiao Hui ran over from the edge of the cliff in the distance: "There's not much space under this clearing."

"Send someone to dig." Ren Beixi said.

Gui Yao suddenly curved her eyes.

"So, what exactly is the position of Lu Fuyin?"

As soon as she finished speaking, the wind started to blow around her, and the thick fog above her head had not yet dissipated. It reminded her of the thick fog when Xiaohe Village was surrounded by mountains, but there needed to be a wide river in front of this thick fog.

"Is there any waterway here?" she asked.

Comparing with the map, there is a big river in the town adjacent to the border of Wuhua City. The tributaries of the river flow into Wuhua City, and the other part converges into a small stream in the mountains and forests in front of us, which flows down like a waterfall from top to bottom. It is a hidden and natural diversion. If nothing unexpected happens, it will lead to the capital.

All clues point to the capital.

There is only one thing, that is the poison related to Northern Xinjiang in Lu Qingshan's hand.

Now that the clues at the bottom of the cliff have been basically explored, the four are ready to leave.

Guiyao called Susu's name, but saw Susu still sniffing around in the open space.

She walked over, squatted down and touched its little face.

"You're not coming with us?"

Susu shook her head: "Rat hasn't been home for a long time. I want to stay here for a few more days."

Guiyao said "hmm".

Suddenly she remembered the key clue she had missed.

"...Susu, how did you get to the city?"

Susu chewed the dried fruit that Guiyao handed to her, told Guiyao its route, and acted coquettishly at the end.

"Rats are just that powerful."

Guiyao nodded seriously.

When she stood up, she saw three people standing on the edge of the cliff, their eyes fixed on her back as she said goodbye to the little animal.

Gui Yaoyan is ruined.

She secretly listened to their thoughts.

Xiao Hui: This mouse is really big.

Pinyue: They are all cute.

Gui Yao blinked, pulled Ren Beixi away, and told him not to chase Susu away when he sent people to do the construction.

"And then."

"I just saw a way back up there."

Ding ding ding ding.

Take the water route.

Ninety degrees is a cliff, and eighty-nine degrees is a slope. Gui Yao decided to carry him this time. She lay on Ren Beixi's back, swung her legs, and pointed her finger in front of him to let him walk towards that slope.

In fact, it only takes one hand to hold Guiyao, but if I carry her on my back, I can't bear to bump her or let her slip away because I can't hold her tightly.

Ren Beixi had no idea that his most vulnerable neck had been exposed in front of Gui Yao countless times.

The road to the waterfall is not difficult to walk.

Just a loud heartbeat.

After half an hour, we finally reached the top of the waterfall and should have stopped for a short rest.

…

But everyone present looked unhappy.

This included the secret guard who was patrolling the Wuhua Mansion and was suddenly frightened by the four people who appeared and subconsciously drew his sword.

Who would have thought.

The source of this waterfall is actually in Wuhua Mansion. The winding water structure in Wuhua Mansion is actually a conspiracy for viewing.

"General! When Lu Qingshan arrived at East Street, the people saw him sitting in front of the carriage. I'm afraid this move will be disadvantageous to us."

The secret guard who came from the side knelt down to report.

Before he lowered his head, he was also slightly surprised to see several people in Wuhua Mansion who were wet all over. He took another look and realized that something was wrong. Why did the general take off his shirt?

Ren Beixi said "hmm".

"Clean up and make room for Lu Fuyin."

His voice was light, and he lowered his eyes to stare at Gui Yao who was wrapped in his coat. He stopped behind her, whispered a few words to Ren Hui, turned around and walked away with Gui Yao.

Ren Beixi felt that Gui Yao's eyes were wet, so he raised his hand and touched her red eyelashes with his fingertips.

"Pack your things and go to the capital tonight."

Gui Yao pulled open Ren Beixi's clothes and said, "Aren't you waiting to close the net in the second half of the night?"

She tilted her head back slightly.

“It feels like a lot of things haven’t been resolved yet.”

There was a knock on the door. Guiyao, who had changed into clean clothes, opened the door and saw Pinyue holding a pigeon.

Pinyue threw the pigeon to Guiyao.

"It's the Gui family's pigeon."

Gui Yao didn't know how to take the pigeon, and for a moment she didn't know how to let go. She stared at the pigeon. They were all from the Gui family, but neither of them knew each other.

Seeing that Ren Beixi was still pouring tea for her, she found the letter tied to the pigeon's legs.

What caught my eye was my aunt's handwriting.

Ren Beixi handed her the tea. She subconsciously pinched the note in her hand, paused, and then took the tea with her other hand. She took a sip and found it was just the right temperature.