Chapter 36 Setting Fire to the Mountain

Xu Kewen gritted his teeth, calmed down, and said, "Brother Lin, I really didn't see where she went, and I didn't lie."

His slightly long bangs concealed the emotions in his eyes.

Most of the food that was promised was gone.

Tsk, it seems that we have to attack them.

He pinched the corner of his clothes, and his embarrassed and panicked look made Tan Ling feel a little distressed.

"Captain, maybe they really don't know." Tan Ling stepped forward and patted Xu Kewen's shoulder to comfort him, "It's okay, we believe you."

I don't know what Jiang Yunqi and the other two think, anyway, Lin Jinnan is in a bad mood. At

this moment, he seemed to empathize with why Gu Bingchen hated his previous behavior so much.

Lin Jinnan was completely speechless, so he simply turned a blind eye and told Jiang Yunqi some other details: "Let's look for it in the direction of the footprints."

Jiang Yunqi was indifferent to other people. He nodded and walked towards the place where the body was found.

Gu Bingchen sneered.

Lin Jinnan asked for it and it was his own fault. Yuncheng

is a mountain city. People who live here jokingly say that "there is nothing missing here, but there are mountains." It can be seen that the mountains here are overlapping and undulating.

Jiang Yunqi cut off a thorny vine as thick as his arm. Seeing that Gu Bingchen didn't catch up, he stopped and waited for him for a while.

"What are you thinking about?" he asked.

"Oh, looking for something." Gu Bingchen came back to his senses, "I seem to have some impression of this place."

"Huh? Tell me about it."

Gu Bingchen looked up, stretched out his hand, and smiled at Jiang Yunqi: "Then pull me up first."

Jiang Yunqi bent down, held Gu Bingchen's hand, and pulled him up with force.

"This piece of land was used to develop a villa area before." Gu Bingchen organized his words and told Jiang Yunqi what had happened in this place in a concise manner.

As mentioned earlier, Yuncheng has many mountains. The locals and people who come here to work don't like these mountains, which have affected its economic development to a certain extent.

Later, a wealthy businessman took a fancy to the scenery of this land and planned to build a villa area here.

Before the construction, it was not smooth, and the villagers frequently blocked the construction.

In the eyes of the villagers, this mountain was where their ancestors lived, so how could they move out and let others build houses?

So the two sides were deadlocked and quarreled for a long time.

The rich businessman finally dealt with these villagers, but many accidents happened during the construction process. Seeing this, the rich businessman had no choice but to abandon this place and build a villa area in another place.

Since then, those half-built buildings have been left like this.

"There are traces of people living here." Jiang Yunqi glanced at the small building in front of him. The outside was exposed to wind and rain and covered with moss, but the inside was relatively clean and there was garbage.

Tan Ling and the others followed closely behind him.

She bent down, held her knees and took a breath: "We... ahem, what are we looking for?"

Lin Jinnan kept holding the handle of the long knife hanging on his waist, his body tense, his heart always hanging with a breath, and his tone was not as gentle as usual: "Looking for the murderer."

Tan Ling seemed to understand, anyway, just follow the boss and you will be fine.

"Hiss, where did the bug come from? It hurts!" She

suddenly felt a needle-like pain in her arm, she looked down and saw it was a small black scorpion.

Before she could slap it, the scorpion fell into the mud and disappeared.

"Sister, are you okay?" Xu Kewen went forward to check. "There are many insects in the forest, but fortunately, these insects are not poisonous."

"It's red and swollen, is it really not poisonous?" Tan Ling looked at the wound and didn't believe it.

Xu Kewen: "If it doesn't work, apply some medicine."

It's not clear whether it was a nest of insects. Along the way, there were more and more scorpions, poisonous ants, spiders, etc., and even Lin Jinnan was bitten once or twice.

"Tsk, so annoying." Gu Bingchen flicked away another scorpion that landed on Jiang Yunqiong's shoulder and tried to poison him, his handsome face impatient, "This place is really annoying, and that rich businessman is also stupid, with so much money that he built a house here for fun."

Jiang Yunqi grabbed a leaf and said, "The vegetation here has been cut down."

The implication is that they are getting closer and closer to certain places, so some things are getting more and more.

"Ah, it hurts!"

As soon as the voice fell, another boy who lowered his head and never spoke howled loudly, and a big lump quickly swelled up on his calf, and yellow pus and blood flowed out of the wound like a needle hole. It

was obviously bitten by some kind of poisonous insect.

The wound on his calf hurt so much that he rolled around in the mud. Tan Ling hurried to check: "What's wrong? What kind of insect bit him? Is it poisonous?"

"Oh no, this is quite poisonous." Xu Kewen's face changed, and he looked up at Lin Jinnan, "Brother Lin, my friend's wound is very poisonous. If it is not detoxified in time, his wound will further rot, and then...then he will die."

Tan Ling's eyes widened: "So scary?!"

Lin Jinnan saw Xu Kewen's embarrassment: "How do you want me to help you?"

Xu Kewen's eyes moved to Jiang Yunqi: "Brother, can you help me pick some herbs?"

"The herbs are not far away, they are nearby."

Gu Bingchen said, "Why don't you let your brother Lin go? Why are you looking for my Captain Jiang?"

"I...if Brother Lin went to look for herbs, you would definitely not stay here to protect us."

He kept his head down and spoke in a low voice.

Once a person is speechless to the extreme, he will laugh, and Gu Bingchen is like this now.

Jiang Yunqi secretly touched Gu Bingchen and stopped him from saying the next thing.

"What do the herbs look like?"

Success?

Xu Kewen's eyes flashed with surprise.

He described the shape of the herbs, raised his head, his eyes were sincere, and his tone was earnest: "Thank you, brother."

In a lush forest like this, after a heavy rain, it was extremely difficult to find the herbs the boy had mentioned.

"Why are you..." Gu Bingchen was about to speak when he noticed a sticky and malicious gaze. He turned his head suddenly, and a gust of wind blew by, and a few leaves fell. There was nothing.

Jiang Yun didn't even turn his head back, staring at the ground, carefully looking for herbs.

Gu Bingchen frowned, remained alert, and looked up from time to time to scan the surrounding environment.

Walking into the vast mist, it was as if he was in a green ocean. The deeper he went, the more lush the vegetation became. The sounds around him became less and less, and only the shallow breathing of the two people echoed in the silence. It seemed that only he and Jiang Yunqi were left in the world.

On the other side.

Tan Ling, who stayed in the original place, was waiting anxiously, with worry lingering between her eyebrows: "Why haven't they come back yet?"

She kept observing the wounds of Xu Kewen's companions.

The red and swollen lumps gradually turned purple, and a thick black liquid flowed out, emitting a foul odor.

Tan Ling frowned, as if she felt the pain herself: "Hiss, what a terrible poisonous insect."

There were countless insects and ants in the mountains after the rain. Lin Jinnan was bitten again without any defense. He sighed lightly and turned around to find a relatively empty place.

He turned his back and missed the murderous intent in Xu Kewen's eyes.

"Sister Lingling, my eyes hurt so much. Is there something stuck in my eyes? Can you help me take a look?" Xu Kewen rubbed his eyes vigorously, his eyelids turned red, and his eyes were full of bloodshot.

Tan Ling was startled by his red eyes and hurried to stop Xu Kewen's actions.

"Don't move, let me take a look."

She pried open Xu Kewen's eyes and looked carefully for a while. She didn't find anything strange, and was about to breathe a sigh of relief.

Then she saw that the pupils of the man in front of her turned dark purple.

Before she completely lost consciousness, she realized that she had trusted others.

Tan Ling's eyes were out of focus, and she dropped her arms weakly, and slowly walked towards Lin Jinnan.

"Captain... my eyes hurt." Her tone was flat, like an emotionless robot.

But Lin Jinnan just thought she was tired, so he turned around without thinking and looked into Tan Ling's eyes.

In an instant, his mind was in chaos.

"Get up, don't lie down, drag the people back." Xu Kewen took out a small pill and stuffed it into his companion's mouth, completely losing his initial obedience and quietness, "I can't hold on for too long, move quickly."

"His ability level should be much higher than mine. When we go back, let the old lady take action immediately."

He blew a whistle, and two tall and thin men jumped out of the bushes. They said nothing, lowered their heads, and dragged Tan Ling and Lin Jinnan back to the station.

"Brother Wen, what about you?" asked the companion.

Xu Kewen put one hand in his pocket and licked his fangs with his tongue: "Of course, I'm dealing with the other two prey."

A black scorpion climbed onto his neck and rubbed it affectionately.

"Which direction did the two go?"

One of the tall and thin men opened his mouth. There was no tongue in his mouth. He made two dry "ah" sounds and gestured with his fingers.

Xu Kewen: "I understand."

Then, he led his people and rushed in the direction Jiang Yunqi left.

After the storm, the clouds and mist were lingering. Jiang Yunqi stood by the river, looking at the looming figure behind the mist. His dark eyes were unfathomable. He asked in a deep voice: "Where is my friend?"

The person on the other side of the river laughed lightly, not caring about Jiang Yunqi's indifferent attitude at all, and said: "Don't worry, I have no ill will towards you."

"If you want to know where your friend is, then follow me."

As soon as the voice fell, he quickly rushed into the lush jungle and disappeared.

Jiang Yunqi followed him immediately.

The two ran very fast in the forest one after the other.

After about a few minutes, the figure stopped.

He turned his head, his face was covered by a straw hat and a veil, so people couldn't see his appearance clearly, but the voice was clear and pleasant, it should be a girl.

Gu Bingchen, who suddenly disappeared, was leaning on a book at this time, his eyes were tightly closed, and he seemed to have passed out.

The girl noticed Jiang Yunqi's gaze and said, "Your friend took too much seductive herbs and fell asleep, but he is not dangerous."

Jiang Yunqi didn't say anything. After confirming that Gu Bingchen was safe, his eyes fell on the girl's veil.

"Okay, I guessed you're a taciturn person." The girl shrugged, found a dry place to sit on the ground, propped up her right leg, put her hands on her knees, looked very unrestrained, but her clear voice was tainted with a little resentment, "I hope... I hope you can set fire to the mountain."