Hello, Madam
Ren Beixi walked away obediently.
Behind him was Guiyao, who just peeked out.
The young lady stretched herself, and the mist in her eyes slowly dissipated with a yawn. It had been a long time since she had made it through the night. She remembered that after she came here, she was afraid of sudden death due to her poor health and it was really boring at night, so she was forced to develop a regular schedule. She could only sigh that she was still young.
The seventeen years old in my previous life was damp and closed.
She could not forget the teaching building without air conditioning, nor could she forget the half-torn paper towel after waving away the flies in the cafeteria.
And loneliness.
Staying up late meant rest for Guiyao, and falling asleep became even more difficult after her best friend left.
The new employees were her and her junior schoolmate, who always ordered milk tea for her. One time, she finally asked cautiously if she could skip the night shift.
Guiyao told her that she basically had to work the night shift alone.
She suddenly remembered the tabby cat she had rescued. After so much time, it should be alive and well somewhere on Earth.
Is this still Earth?
Guiyao shook her head.
First, I should comfort the good husband who was assigned to me to complete the mission after I traveled through time.
"I'll buy you some clothes then."
"I quite like that kind of... bellyband. Why can't men wear bellybands? I'm going to buy one for you to wear and show you!"
After mumbling, Gui Yao released her arms from hugging Ren Beixi.
She finally nudged Ren Beixi's muscles with her cheek, ignoring his teasing. She analyzed carefully, "The secret passage isn't winding, nor is it spacious. Even though Lu Qingshan is blind, he can still walk through it by holding onto the wall."
But this secret passage is too long.
Looking at the end of the secret passage that was gradually approaching, Gui Yao patted his strong shoulders and narrowed his eyes.
There doesn't appear to be an exit from here.
As sunlight gradually filtered through the secret passage, the blood that hadn't been cleaned up in time left a mark. Gui Yao followed the bloodstain upwards and saw a faint protrusion on the stone wall, carved from another cobblestone.
What are those subtle noises?
It's not the voice of the heart.
...suddenly looked up.
Suddenly, a big black rat fell from the closed roof!
Guiyao covered her mouth to prevent herself from screaming.
The incident happened suddenly. Ren Beixi immediately protected Gui Yao behind him. Frowning, he pointed his sword at the rat cowering in the corner. Just as he was about to strike it down, he heard Gui Yao's trembling voice: "Don't kill it!"
Gui Yao reached over to his sword and pointed, "Look, it's heading towards the corner. Maybe there's a rat hole in there? Why are there so many rats in this place?"
"There were indeed a lot of small noises in the secret passage just now." Ren Beixi said with his eyes lowered.
He asked Guiyao to stand where she was, and he took a step forward and followed the mouse's back. After it entered the hole, it squatted on one knee, and its dead eyes looked into the hole.
Suddenly, the pupils shrank slightly.
"Be careful..." Gui Yao held a lighter in her hand, and the brightness of the candlelight was slowly being replaced by the rising sunlight.
Seeing Ren Beixi drop his knuckles on the cave entrance.
One second.
Two seconds.
"Yaoyao, come and take a look. There are clues." The man said in a deep voice, carefully picking up the scattered pieces of paper with his fingertips.
He didn't hear any sound for a long time, and his Adam's apple rolled.
Thinking that Yaoyao was usually smart and clever, and never seeing her cower like this before, Chuan felt distressed. He carefully laid out the clue with his handkerchief and wanted to move to Guiyao's side to take a closer look.
When I looked back, I met a pair of bright eyes.
Gui Yao whispered, "You, don't tell me what part of the mouse the clue is, or I will beat you up, Ren Beixi!"
The man laughed muffledly.
She glanced at his muscular arms, bit her lip, and moved closer to stare at the clue in the handkerchief, slightly stunned.
The ink marks on the scraps of paper were not old, most likely left by mice gnawing on some paper. Somehow, Gui Yao always felt that they looked familiar, but she couldn't remember where she had seen them for a while.
"How can there be such a thing here?"
She was a little stunned, but slowly held the man's hand that wanted to stop her, went to the hole, and squatted on one knee.
Guiyao took a deep breath.
She only hoped that in the dark rat hole, there would be a talented rat scholar who would be willing to learn the art of mind reading from her.
She bent down and looked cautiously into the fire starter handed to her by Ren Beixi.
wrong.
According to common sense, if there is light here to stimulate, the mice will definitely run around or avoid the bright places, but the mice here are too sparsely distributed. After knowing this principle, if you look inside carefully, you can see some tricks.
Gui Yao patted the ground in front of her, only to realize that the man who was protecting her had already laid down with the same perspective as her. When she looked into his dark eyes, they only saw one thing in each other's eyes.
"This is most likely not a rat hole. I mean, the hole is too narrow, and there is at least one passage here that can lead to somewhere else."
She swallowed and supported herself on the ground with one hand.
The system in my mind whispered, "Congratulations, host. The completion rate of the side quest Xiangshu Youyi has increased to 30%."
He read one thing in her eyes.
"Shredded paper!" Gui Yao said solemnly.
Ren Beixi took out the scrap of paper he had just placed in Guiyao's handkerchief, and held the tinder quite close to her. Guiyao looked at the obvious signs of animal bites on the edge of the scrap of paper and whispered, "I just saw other scraps of paper in the hole. If we put them together, maybe we can see something."
She bit her pale lips unconsciously.
The two men didn't have much on them, and the long sword handle was bigger than the hole, and the blade was too sharp and might damage the clues.
Ren Beixi saw the struggle in Gui Yao's eyes and suddenly began to unbutton his sleeves.
"No...no, come again next time...goodbye."
Gui Yao was in a panic, but with a cruel heart, she went up and hugged the man's arm. Hiss, it was a bit uncomfortable.
She warned in a low voice: "I don't know how long this cave has existed. There are rats in it, so there must be other poisonous creatures. If you dare to reach out..."
The man easily freed his arm and simply pinched Guiyao's face with his palm.
At this moment, Gui Yao suddenly lowered her eyes to look at her body, and realized belatedly that this man's arms were more than twice as strong as hers, making it even more difficult to reach in.
She lowered her eyes in thought.
"There are two options now. One, find the remaining clues. Two, chase Lu Qingshan first. The latter has a high probability of missing this clue. If you trust me, I can try to pick out the clues with my sword."
She moved her palms.
Although he had no experience in performing large-scale surgery for more than three years, he could probably pick out a piece of paper as big as the tip of his finger with a sword. However, it was too dark inside the cave, and he needed an assistant to provide continuous lighting.
Gui Yao took the sword handed to her by Ren Beixi with her right hand.
It was very heavy, but precisely because it had a sufficient center of gravity, it was actually easier to use. She took the cloth of clothes that Ren Beixi had taken the initiative to cut off as an example. It was torn with just one scratch, not to mention the paper.
She then scratched every plant she could find in the secret passage.
"Try it?" Gui Yao's almond-shaped eyes were firm.
Ren Beixi blew out the last fire stick on his body and knelt in front of the cave entrance. Gui Yao held the long sword in one hand and supported the other hand in front of the cave entrance, staring at the winding passage with one eye.
That's right, she can now be sure that this rat hole is a passage, most likely dug by the rats themselves.
So these pieces of paper may represent the secret at the other end of the secret passage.
Breathe, don't dare to stop for a moment.
Ren Beixi looked at the slender muscles in Gui Yao's arms as she gripped the hilt of the sword. The veins were bulging from the effort, but her hands were so steady that it was difficult for ordinary people to control them.
Yes, stable.
Not long after they first met, when he rescued the tortoiseshell cat in the bamboo forest, he briefly noticed Guiyao's tolerance for blood and her steady hands when cleaning wounds.
He told Guiyao the location from his perspective in a deep voice.
"The last piece is very close to the cave entrance. Yaoyao, take a rest first." Ren Beixi frowned.
Gui Yao: "Continue."
She was worried that if she let go, she would lose her strength and wouldn't be able to hold it up anymore, and her eyes became even more determined.
A cup of tea time.
"Okay, I got it!" Gui Yao curved her eyes.
She rubbed her wrist and saw that the five pieces of paper in front of her were separated by teeth marks. With a little care, they could be pieced together.
And what is recorded in these scraps of paper should be
--number.
Compared to the simple Arabic numerals of today, these calligraphy characters written on the palm of your hand are smaller than a grain of rice. They are easily distinguishable even when chewed, but why?
Gui Yao finally remembered why the handwriting looked familiar. She raised her eyes and recited all the data recorded in the "intelligence exchange account book" that she had seen when she was dealing with Lu Qingshan before.
"Could it be that the higher-ups are keeping track of the accounts?"
She had some bad thoughts in her mind. There were many rats in this place. If the number recorded was exactly the amount of food and fodder, then what would happen?
Gui Yao looked at Ren Beixi's caring eyes.
After a while, he shook his head.
"Go up first."
That's right, go up.
Standing in the center, you have to look carefully to see the pebbles, which are obviously there to help Ren Qingshan go up and down when he walks alone. The exit of the secret passage must be above his head.
At the same time, she tried to listen to the voices of the mice in her mind, but it was difficult to distinguish them because there were too many of them.
The system had mentioned it to her.
Animal voices are associated with many conditions.
Although some small animals are rare and precious, their thoughts and feelings cannot be translated into human language because they have little experience interacting with humans.
There are also animals that have strong reproductive abilities, but their energy is too simple, such as common mosquitoes and cockroaches. Animals need a lot of experience to be able to synchronize with mind readers.
So Guiyao has always wanted to meet a rat spirit.
“…Be careful.”
Ren Beixi supported himself with one hand on the pebbles of the rock wall, rubbing his fingertips slightly. The degree of wear and tear showed that the secret passage was frequently visited.
Gui Yao looked up and saw that the hilt of his sword was pointing to the side. She frowned and remembered that this was the place where the mouse had fallen just now. So she ran to his side in three or two steps. She heard the dull sound of a heavy object being pushed away, and the sunlight finally poured in.
At this time, it is time to go to Beijing.
Two days left.
Guiyao tried to climb up from the cobblestones, but the foothold was slippery and narrow, which was really difficult.
"Lu Qingshan really practices martial arts."
Ren Beixi spoke in a deep voice. He held Guiyao's waist with one hand and asked her to move up. However, the rock wall became wet with dew after a few steps. Ren Beixi paused and changed to holding Guiyao's butt and pushing it slightly.
“Hmm!”
Gui Yao climbed up and looked up in surprise. The exit of this secret passage did not lead to anywhere. There was only a desolate open space in front of her. The dense forest not far away was now covered by thick fog, as if tempting people to explore.
She turned around and called for Ren Beixi to come over. The man stood up with a fierce look, his black shirt fluttering, looking so cool! !
Guiyao blinked.
Then her butt was slapped several times again. Ren Beixi bent down and patted the mud off her body, saying in a faint voice: "Don't let me hug you."
This is a declarative sentence.
Before the two of them could finish exploring the surrounding environment, a scream was heard from the distance in the dense forest.
“Ugh—!!”
In an instant, Ren Beixi hugged Gui Yao with one hand, and the scabbard of the sword in his right hand fell to the ground as he whizzed through the dense forest. He held his breath to determine the position and ran towards the depths of the dense forest. The long sword was placed at his side, the blade was cold, but the final direction of the sound was finally obscured by the complex branches and leaves of the trees.
His eyes became more solemn.
Gui Yao didn't dare to move. When Ren Beixi put her down, she followed Ren Beixi's steps closely.
The light in the deep woods was quite dim, as if I had returned to a secret passage. However, there was no longer the sound of mice gnawing, or rather, it was dead silent, with almost no audible voices.
Gui Yao listened attentively and suddenly tightened her grip on Ren Beixi's sleeve: "Come with me, I should know the way."
She turned around and was about to explain something, but her hand was firmly grasped. Then Ren Beixi said in a deep voice, "Well, the front is north, the back is south, and the left is west. Which way are we going now?"
Guiyao blinked.
"No need!" She walked around half a circle, raised her eyes, and pulled her still tightly clenched hand, "This direction, let's go."
As soon as he finished speaking, the man took her at a speed as if flying, and the sound of the teacher gnawing at her in her mind became louder and louder.
Just as she expected.
The man put his arm around her narrow shoulders to block the falling leaves. Gui Yao stared thoughtfully at the traces of the branch that had been broken in vain.
"There seem to be signs of a fight here." She whispered.
Seeing that the fog in the dense forest was getting thinner and thinner, Ying Xu finally walked out, but the man's voice just now was obviously not that far away.
He just listened to Bei Xi's deep voice.
"Hide behind me."
Swoosh——!!!!
Gui Yao's pupils shrank slightly as she walked through the weeds and bushes in front of her. She saw someone on the cliff three steps away, covering his wound and trying hard to look back.
It was Xiao Hui, imitating General Ren. A trail of blood stretched from a pit in the ground all the way to Xiao Hui's feet; he had been dragged there alive.
What's the intention? To destroy the body?
Gui Yao was very angry for a moment.
"General..." Xiao Hui covered his wound, his voice weak. The armor he wore for camouflage was tattered, and the torn clothes trembled with his breathing. "It was my fault that I fell into the trap of Lu Qingshan and Jiuzhong. Jiuzhong lured me into the forest and rescued Lu Qingshan when I was fighting him."
"He is like this?"
There were tears in Xiao Hui's eyes.
Guiyao almost lost her voice.
"Don't talk for now, Ren Beixi, carry him aside and I'll treat his wounds."
She walked to the edge of the cliff and looked down. The stream was rushing and there were many flowers. In the distance there was a row of houses, but she didn't know what they were used for. There were not many footprints beside the cliff, so she didn't know where people left from.
Ren Beixi held her hand to comfort her.
Gui Yao stared at his furrowed brows, couldn't help but sigh, and returned to the open space to take out the hemostatic medicine bottle she had brought with her.
"Bandage it and leave here quickly." Gui Yao pursed her lips. The blood flowing from the wound stained their clothes. "Lay it flat. You can put it on your body."
She knelt on her knees and asked Ren Beixi to take off Xiao Hui's coat, but the wound stuck to the clothes and it obviously hurt Ren Hui. She had to use a dagger to carefully cut open the clothes on her abdomen. The wound was not what she expected. It was actually two one-inch knife wounds, about half an inch apart.
If you don't look carefully, you might mistakenly think it is a bloody hole, but it is not.
She raised her eyes and called Ren Beixi to come and see.
The man's sword was sharp, and there was a rare hint of dullness in his eyes.
Gui Yao pressed her red eyes against his long eyelashes and soothed him, "Don't be afraid, the wound isn't deep, it's just bleeding a lot and looks scary."
She untied the bandage around her wrist, and then quickly cleaned up the dirt on Ren Hui's wound. Hiss, the bandage was not long enough. Gui Yao raised her hand and took the cloth cut by Ren Beixi, and extended the bandage and tied it up.
"Why are there so many rat noises here? Can you hear them?"
When Gui Yao spoke again to notice this, Ren Beixi paused while lifting Ren Hui's arm, then said in a deep voice, "The miasma in the dense forest is weakest in the morning, but after a few hours it becomes a natural barrier again."
When she looked at him, she suddenly understood something. At the same time, she continued to compare the distribution of the mice's thoughts in her mind.
"Come with me."
Gui Yao found the direction, but her eyes were always paying attention to whether Ren Beixi was behind her.
Somehow, she was hesitant for a moment. It seemed that the side quests now could no longer be completed by just wandering around with the little animals in her arms like in the past. Since when did the shadows of swords and the lights of knives begin to fall next to her mind-reading notebook?
So she has to be more cautious.
Gui Yao raised her head tremblingly, and in order to show the way and not fall behind the two people, she walked very quickly.
She didn't know if it was because the sunlight gradually rose to the top, but the miasma in the forest began to gather gradually. She frowned, thinking that she must have heard it wrong. The other noises in the forest were slowly drowning out the gnawing sounds of mice in the secret passage.
"We won't be ambushed if we go back."
"Don't be afraid."
Gui Yao looked into Ren Beixi's eyes and said softly, "Lu Qingshan has noticed our intentions. The enemy is in the dark while we are in the light. I am always worried that something might happen. What should we do next?"
"He doesn't dare to attack us, but... the people around him might be in danger."
Ren Hui shook his head weakly.
Three people rushed out of the dense forest, and suddenly the sound of a machine gun being loaded was heard in the desolate open space.
Gui Yao's pupils shrank slightly, and she moved her body to block the injured Ren Hui. Looking in front of her, she saw at least hundreds of masked men in black standing on the open ground, and half of them were holding bows and crossbows. The people in the front row held shields to form a battle line, and at the end, they were riding ten majestic horses.
Her eyes were dazzled. She was afraid that even Ren Beixi could not withstand such an ambush.
She bit her lip, and when she was about to take out the dagger from behind her back, her hand was suddenly grasped by a warm palm.
The next second, the team in front of them suddenly knelt down.
"General!"
The sound is as loud as a flood.
Ren Beixi coughed, Gui Yao looked back at him in confusion, and saw him nod slightly.
All the men in black shouted again:
“
---husband! !
people--! ! !
------good! ! ! ! ! "
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