She ignored some red fruits and looked at the owner of the hotel who was busy coming in and out of the inn door. She frowned slightly and was a little confused: "The snow is so thick and the road is difficult to walk. Where are the owner and his family going? ."
Xu Xiangli smiled and said: "He came to me early this morning and told me that he would send his wife and children back to her parents' house for the New Year."
Yao Yao always felt that something was wrong. Seeing the owner of the store moving a lot of things out, he became even more confused and said: "With so many things, you don't have to empty out the whole house when you go back to your parents' house."
After the embarrassment, Han Changmu returned to normal, and he also heard the doubts in Yao Yao's words, and suddenly said: "Xu Shuguan, who is the maiden of the shop owner?"
Xu Xiangli said attentively: "He is from Dunhuang."
"Have they ever gone back before?" Han Changmu asked.
Xu Xiangli also felt something was wrong: "No, they have been here for six or seven years, and they have never gone back."
The snow was lightly falling, and Yao Yao had already jumped down from the tree, wiping the snow with his steps. He was light and airy, walking towards the inn carelessly without leaving any trace.
Xie Mengxia followed behind and tutted: "A Yao's light skill is really amazing."
Leng Linjiang never forgets to laugh at Xie Mengxia: "Cousin, there are so many masters teaching you. If you had been willing to work hard, you would have been even better than A Yao."
Xie Mengxia pouted: "I'm not stupid, and I don't need to kill anyone, so why do I practice Qing Gong?"
"Used to escape when bitten by a wolf." Han Changmu said quietly from behind.
Xie Mengxia's heart felt cold, colder than the overwhelming ice and snow.
Can this matter ever get over? !
The few of them walked to the door of the inn, as if they were taking a walk after eating to eat. Yao Yao looked surprised: "Innkeeper, are you going on a long trip?"
The shop owner didn't expect these people to come. He was stunned for a moment and said with a smile: "Isn't it almost the Chinese New Year? I will send the three of them back to my parents' home to celebrate the Chinese New Year."
Yao Yao smiled childishly, his laughter clear and clear, without any impurities: "Fortunately, the owner of the shop is back. I'm still thinking about eating the mutton soup you made. It's so delicious."
Xie Mengxia and Leng Linjiang looked at each other, they were really good at pretending and looked alike.
The shop owner was as talkative as ever, he just smiled thoughtfully and continued to move things.
Yao Yao blocked the shop owner's view by helping to take care of the children.
At the same time, Han Changmu explored the contents of the high car as if by accident.
After a long while, he shook his head slightly at Yao Yao.
The shop owner had packed up all the luggage and drove out another high-carrying car, which was covered with thick bedding and blankets. He greeted the woman: "Take the children and get on the car."
The woman held her two children and saluted Xu Xiangli and others: "My lord, I wish you a happy birthday in advance."
Xu Xiangli smiled broadly: "You're welcome, Madam."
The owner of the shop drove his car and saluted Xu Xiangli and said, "Master Guardsman, I have sent my wife and child home and will be back soon."
Xu Xiangli waved his hand: "It doesn't matter. It's freezing cold and no one is here. It's okay if you stay a few more days."
The sound of horse hooves faded away, leaving a few dark hoof prints in the snow.
The wind rolled up large swaths of floating snow, floating coldly in the air, making it difficult to see the road ahead.
Han Changmu steadied himself in the direction of the carriage and said in a deep voice: "The carriage contains ordinary mutton clothes and the like. There is nothing inappropriate." He turned to Yao Yao: "Ah Yao, do you think Something is wrong."
Yao Yao felt that something was wrong, but she couldn't tell exactly what was wrong. She tilted her head and thought for a long time before saying, "It snowed so heavily last night. It must be very difficult to walk on the road. It's freezing cold." , they also have two children with them, even if they are eager to return home, they should not be in such a hurry."
Leng Linjiang touched his smooth chin and thought: "A Yao feels something is wrong, so there must be something wrong."
Xie Mengxia said anxiously: "Oh, if something is wrong, you will know if you go in and take a look."
Xu Xiangli found two garrison soldiers to guard the door of the inn and not allow others to come in.
A few people rummaged around the Inn and Inn, but found only some common household items and scattered silver. They didn't even find a single banknote, which showed how poor they were.
Several people returned the things to their original places, and then heard Leng Linjiang's loud voice exclaiming from the backyard: "Come and see, come here quickly."
Several people hurried around to the backyard and saw Yao Yao holding a strange-looking thing and staring at a wall in a daze.
Xie Mengxia smiled and said: "Ah Yao, are there flowers blooming on the wall? You look so fascinated."
Leng Linjiang turned around and hissed.
Yao Yao turned around and said, "Sir, there is half a footprint on this wall."
Han Changmu let out a light sigh, walked over quickly, took the small round mirror from Yao Yao's hand, and looked up and down on the earthen wall.
After reading it, he raised the small round mirror in his hand and sighed: "Ah Yao, you are such a good thing."
Yao Yao's heart skipped a beat. This living king of hell, who plucked the feathers of wild geese, was afraid that he was going to take advantage of her again.
She pursed her lips and said nothing.
Han Changmu smiled, first cut out the half of the footprint, then threw the small round mirror to Yao Yao with his backhand, and asked Xu Xiangli in a deep voice: "Guard Xu, what is outside this wall?"
Xu Xiang reasoned: "There is a fireproof wall outside, a trench outside the wall, and a fortress wall outside, which is more than ten feet high. There are iron thorns on the top of the wall, which ordinary people cannot climb over."
"Go and have a look." Han Changmu said.
Xu Xiangli also felt that something was not good and walked out first.
The trench was covered with a deep layer of snow and was flat and clean, with no footprints or traces of dirt.
Han Changmu raised his eyes and glanced at Yao Yao.
Yao Yao skimmed up the snow knowingly, jumped up, and just tapped the fort wall with her toes. In the blink of an eye, she climbed up the fort wall.
She jumped over the iron thorns lightly, without even touching the iron thorns with her fluttering clothes, and she had already climbed outside the fort wall.
The whole movement was as silent as flowing clouds and water, leaving no trace.
Xie Mengxia stared in amazement, clicked her tongue, and turned to ask Leng Linjiang: "Yun Gui, do you think that if I ask A'ao to be a guard in my house, will she agree?"
Leng Linjiang glanced at Xie Mengxia coldly: "I don't agree."
"..."
Not long after, Yao Yao turned back from the fort gate, returned to the inn, walked among the crowd, nodded to Han Changmu, broke off a dead branch, and started to draw in the snow: "Sir, there are four exceptions for the fort wall. There are half of each footprint, respectively at this, this, this and this location."
Han Changmu narrowed his eyes.
Leng Linjiang said in a deep voice: "This man's lightness skill is not low, but not as good as A Yao. A Yao only borrowed strength once in the middle of the fort wall, while this person had to borrow strength twice at the lower and upper parts of the fort wall to successfully cross. Iron Thorns.”
Xu Xiangli frowned slightly: "Even so, he is already a master. Looking at the whole Fengsui, no one can match this light skill."
"That doesn't rule out that someone in the fort is hiding their true strength." Han Changmu stared.
Xie Mengxia was quiet for a while, then suddenly said: "Could it be the owner of the shop?"
Han Changmu raised his eyebrows: "It's possible that he left in a hurry. It's also possible that someone came in to see him and delivered some news to him. He felt the danger, so he sent his wife and children away in a hurry."
Xu Xiangli looked up at the sky and said hello: "Let's go back to the fort first. It looks like it's going to snow again."
Yao Yao and Leng Linjiang worked together to disrupt the traces painted on the snow.
Xie Mengxia looked at it for a long time, and finally said to Ai Ai: "Um, A Yao, um, I want you to be my bodyguard."
With a squeak, Yao Yao looked at Xie Mengxia as if he had seen a ghost.
Xie Mengxia said as he walked: "Ah Yao, don't look at me like this. I'm not crazy. I just thought that if you are so good at Qinggong, you can easily climb a castle wall. Then it won't be difficult to climb a palace wall. You If you become my personal guard, you can take me over the palace wall at night. Wouldn't it be much more convenient for me to leave the palace, and I don't have to worry about being scolded by my father."
Yao Yao twitched the corner of his mouth, wondering how Xie Mengxia's brain circuit could be so strange.
Leng Linjiang raised his hand and wiped Xie Mengxia's forehead: "Cousin, you don't have a fever, why are you talking nonsense."
Xie Mengxia pulled away Leng Linjiang's hand: "Go, stop making trouble, I'm talking to A Yao seriously."
Han Changmu was walking in front. When he heard the noise behind him, he became more and more anxious. Finally he stopped and said impatiently: "If you fall from the palace wall more than three feet high, you will definitely fall to death. It will be better than being bitten to death by a wolf." Be comfortable."
Xie Mengxia exhaled a sigh of relief.
It’s not over yet! ! !
Walking back to the fort, Han Changmu handed the half-footprint to Yao Yao: "Take a look."
Yao Yao frowned: "This is the pattern of the soles of ordinary leather boots, but the wear is more serious. Either this person is very poor and can wear a pair of leather boots, or this person walks all year round, and the soles of his boots wear out faster. "
Han Changmu turned to Xu Xiangli and asked, "Guard Xu, does the owner of the wine shop seldom go out?"
Xu Xiangli nodded: "Yes, their family has been here for six or seven years and has almost never left the garrison. The food they eat is brought back from Fangpan City or Dunhuang when the garrison changes defenses."
Han Changmu took a sip of tea and asked in a low voice: "Have the garrison troops in the garrison just changed their defenses?"
Xu Xiangli nodded: "Yes, the day before you came, these garrison troops had just changed their defenses."
Han Changmu concentrated for a moment, then approached Xu Xiangli and whispered a few words.
Xu Xiangli was stunned for a moment, then his expression changed several times, and finally he nodded after considering: "Then, be more careful."
Han Changmu smiled and said, "Guard Xu, don't worry."
Xu Xiangli's expression was a little complicated. He originally trusted the garrison troops under his command, but things happened one after another at the Fifth Beacon. On the day of the Turkic siege, there was nothing to light the bonfire. There was no mole in the garrison. , not even a ghost would believe it, but if someone in the garrison had a problem, it would be really hard for him to accept it.
