"Do you still remember, girl? That's where you fell." In front of the two guards, Xiaolian pointed to a place and said tactfully.
The mountain cherry blossoms have faded, and a patch of snow-green azaleas are blooming there, which is dazzlingly beautiful under the bright sunshine.
Xinyou took a step forward.
"Girl!" Xiaolian pulled her nervously.
The two guards couldn't help but remind them.
"Don't worry, I won't come close." Xin You stopped moving forward and just leaned forward slightly to look down.
Although Qianying Mountain is not very high, it has deep grass and lush trees. The sight of it is dizzying.
Xinyou listened carefully and heard the faint sound of splashing water.
"Is there a waterfall below?"
The one who replied was a guard: "Yes. The waterfall formed a deep pool and was connected to the river. I couldn't find my cousin at first, and I thought she was washed away by the water. The kids followed the current to find her a long way away."
This is also the reason why people from Shaoqing's Mansion did not find Kou Qingqing at the bottom of the cliff, and later found Xin You in the small mountain village and had no doubts.
"It seems that the jade pendant was lost after I fell." Xin You showed some hesitation on his face, but then turned determined, "Go and take a look at the bottom of the cliff."
The guard who had previously replied tried to dissuade her: "Cousin, there is no way down this side. We have to take a detour and go in from the other end. This detour will be far and the road is not easy to walk."
Another guard followed: "Yes, Cousin, you are worth a thousand dollars. If you bump into me, you can't afford it. It will be even more dangerous if you encounter a wormy wild boar again."
Xinyou glanced at Xiaolian.
Xiaolian directly stuffed a handful of gold leaves into the two of them.
The two guards were almost blinded by the golden leaves in the sun, and their words to stop him were stuck in their throats and they could not speak.
"Brothers, please do your best and help us girls."
"Oh, although walking down the mountain is not easy, I have walked back and forth several times in the past few days, so I am familiar with it..." A guard's eyes were still a little straight, and he didn't even realize what he said.
The other guard didn't dare to finish his words, but he really couldn't refuse this golden leaf.
Is this a handful of gold leaves? No, this is obviously a beautiful daughter-in-law that we will have soon!
"Cousin, watch your steps when you walk. You must walk behind us."
The four of them went down the mountain. Xiaolian woke up the coachman who was dozing with his eyes narrowed and stuffed another piece of broken silver into the car.
The coachman was much crisper than the two guards. He said with a smile: "My cousin, try to come back as soon as possible."
Perhaps people can only feel happy by comparison. The two guards thought about the newly obtained broken silver by the coachman, and then thought about the gold leaves they obtained. They immediately became energetic and walked as fast as flying.
It took a lot of effort to make a detour, and Xin You finally got a glimpse of the scenery at the bottom of the cliff.
What you see is deep and light green and brilliant wild flowers. The waterfall hanging on the mountain wall flew down, hitting the rocks and splashing countless broken jade, and then merged into the rippling pool.
Looking further away, you can see the river flowing away from the pond, nourishing countless mountain people.
Xin You looked around and suddenly saw a black shadow coming towards him.
One of the guards reacted quickly and struck the black figure with a stick.
The shadow rolled on the spot to avoid the stick, making a squeaking sound.
"It's you again, you beast!" The guard saw the true appearance of the black shadow clearly and hit him with a stick with a dark face.
The monkey nimbly ran away, but did not leave. He squeaked at several people, making the two guards curse and curse in anger.
Xin You heard something and asked the two of them: "Have you seen this monkey before?"
"I've seen it before. That day when we took a detour to look for my cousin, this beast came out to cause trouble. When he saw that we ignored him, he even hit us with wild fruits."
Another guard touched his shoulder and became even more angry.
That day, he was hit on the shoulder by a fruit, and the juice splashed all over, and he couldn't even wash it off.
"Cousin, wait a minute. Let's catch and skin this beast first, so that it won't cause trouble again."
"Forget it, it's a living thing after all, and it's a waste of time to argue with it." Xin You pointed out, "Can you two please search along the river? I'll take Xiao Lian to search near this pool of water.
The two guards looked at each other and thought this arrangement was not bad.
The bottom of the mountain is rugged. If this cousin follows them everywhere, even if she only has a sprained foot, she might as well just rest where she is.
And they were happy and relaxed. At that time, the cousin didn't find a living person, so how could they still find a small jade pendant? For the sake of the golden leaf, just go around and come back to make a deal.
"What if this beast hurts my cousin?" Although he agreed with Xinyou's arrangement, the appearance of the monkey made the guard dare not leave just like that.
Xin You took the wooden stick from the guard and said in a relaxed tone: "Xiao Lian and I will be injured by a monkey? Don't worry, hurry up and help me find the jade pendant. If you can't find it, it doesn't matter. After thinking about it, we can go back early."
After hearing this, the two guards stopped hesitating and moved forward in the direction of the river.
Watching them walk away, Xiaolian whispered: "We have searched all over here..."
Xin You turned his eyes to the squeaking monkey, with an incomprehensible expression on his face: "Maybe there is still a corner that I haven't found yet."
For some reason, the appearance of this monkey gave her a sudden premonition that she would find Miss Kou.
Perhaps it was because this scene reminded her of the monkey-related story her mother had told.
Seeing Xinyou looking at it, the monkey rushed over.
"Girl, be careful!" Xiaolian didn't think much and subconsciously stood in front of Xin You. However, she felt a force pulling her wrist and her whole body was pulled aside.
"Don't worry, it probably doesn't mean to hurt anyone." Xin You said warmly, looking at the monkey that rushed forward.
Xiaolian didn't think so, and stared at the monkey nervously: "But it hit people with wild fruits before."
"It doesn't have it now." Xin You looked at the monkey dancing in front of her and asked with a thought, "Are you trying to tell us something?"
The monkey seemed to understand, squeaked and ran away for a distance, turned around and saw Xinyou standing still, and started barking again.
Seeing it like this, even Xiaolian made a bold guess: "Isn't it going to lead us somewhere?"
At this point, Xiaolian was stunned and her face changed drastically: "Girl, is it a girl?"
She couldn't believe it, but her heart was confused. She was afraid of the monkey hurting people before, but now she rushed over regardless.
When the monkey saw Xiaolian moving, he turned around and ran forward again, jumping and hugging a tree.
It was a tree rooted on the cliff, with a canopy like a canopy and luxuriant branches.
"Zhizhi——" the monkey hung on the tree and shouted to the two of them.
Xiaolian was surprised and looked at Xinyou: "What does this monkey... mean?"
She thought the monkey was spiritual and would lead her to the girl, but instead it ran into a tree.
Xinyou looked up at the tree, and her heart sank: "Maybe it's asking us to climb up the tree."
"Climb a tree?" Xiaolian was stunned, "But we can't climb trees!"
"I can."
Xiaolian looked at Xin You suddenly, thinking she heard wrongly: "You said yes, what will it be?"
Xin You wiped her hands on her dress, ran a few steps, jumped up and hugged the tree trunk, climbed up quickly, then lowered her head and answered Xiao Lian: "I can climb trees."
