Chapter 822: Road

Old Zhou bowed his head and thought for a while, "It seems that there are three roads. Apart from the official road, there are two roads to Luojiang County, but one of them is far away from our Qili Village, and the other is on the edge of the official road, far away from the official road. Not far away, after the official road is repaired, the road will be easy to walk, and no one will go on that road, and the weeds have been overgrown and abandoned all these years ago."

"Twelve years ago, if you were going to drive into Luojiang County, which way would you go?"

Old Zhou thought for a while and said: "At that time, the main road from our Qili Village to Luojiang County hadn't been repaired, and there were two roads to drive back. One was the approaching one. It was bumpy but fast. One of them is the deserted one I mentioned, which was often used by merchants in the past, so it is still easy to walk.”

Qian Shi who was on the side was silent for a while, and then said: "My sister-in-law just came from Shangzhou at that time, and the journey was tiring. The second child always loves others. He may choose to take the easier road."

Magistrate Tang asked, "Is that road connected to the mountain where Zhou Yin and his wife were found?"

Old Zhou and the two nodded together.

Tang County Magistrate invited Man Bao and Bai Shan, "Let's take a look together later?"

Old Zhou Tou immediately said: "Master Tang, that road is not easy, why don't you let my four boys go with you? He knows the way."

Magistrate Tang smiled and nodded, "That would be the best."

While talking, Nanny Liu came in with two bowls of porridge, and Bai Shan asked her to put the porridge on the table next to where he and Man Bao were sitting.

Mrs. Liu understood it at a glance, and said with a smile: "I've been restless all morning, didn't I have enough to eat? Then go to the side room to eat."

Then he said to Mother Liu: "Go to the kitchen and get some side dishes and steamed buns. Young people are growing up and eating a lot."

Magistrate Tang looked at Man Bao with a smile on his face. He had breakfast at the same table with Bai Shan in the morning, but he didn't feel that Bai Shan was not full.

After a little thought, Qian realized that when they went out, Manbao hadn't even had breakfast in the compound, but she didn't say anything in front of outsiders.

Man Bao glanced at County Magistrate Tang, then at his parents, making sure that they would not sneak away when they went down for breakfast, so he took the bowl and Bai Shan to the next room for breakfast.

Bai Shan wasn't very hungry, so he didn't move. When she ate half of the bowl, he gave her half of the meat porridge in his bowl, and asked in a low voice, "You actually wanted to go with us. You think we can do it together?" Did you find something?"

Man Bao said: "Try it."

Mammy Liu came over with another basket of steamed buns and a plate of pickles.

Man Bao thanked him and continued to eat, Bai Shan looked a little hungry, and after finishing the porridge in the bowl, he also ate two small steamed buns.

Grandma Liu couldn't help pursing her lips when she saw it, and persuaded: "Young Master and Miss Man, both eat more. We're going to climb the mountain in a while. There's no hot food to eat in the wilderness."

Man Bao and Bai Shan nodded together, Man Bao also said: "Pour some hot water into the water bag, it should still be warm by noon."

Grandma Liu answered "yes" with a smile, and prepared all the dry food and things for them to go out.

But this time when going out, not only Daji and Zhou Zhoulang would follow, but Liu Gui, the son of Nanny Liu, would also follow. He didn't take anyone with him, and stood quietly by the car alone.

County magistrate Tang saw him when he was about to get in the car. He couldn't help but pause, and asked, "Who is this person?"

Mrs. Liu explained: "This is a domestic servant. Since four years ago, he has been leading people to search on the mountain quietly, but he has not found anything until now. He is very familiar with the mountain, so let him take the adult Let's go together."

Magistrate Tang nodded.

He got into the car in the courtyard of the Bai family, and no one had seen him except the servants of the Bai family and the old Zhoutou couple.

After going out, Bai Shan and Man Bao climbed into the car, but they didn't get into the car, but sat on the shaft with their legs dangling. When a villager saw them, they asked, "Man Bao, why are you going there?" ?”

Man Bao said: "Go out for a walk, go to the county town and have a look."

The villagers also took it for granted, they just asked curiously: "Why didn't the second son go with you?"

Without even thinking about it, Bai Shan said, "He hasn't gotten up yet."

"Oh, oh," the villagers understood and said with a smile, "It was too much trouble last night, so you can't get up?"

Bai Shan was right, Bai Erlang hadn't gotten up yet, when he got up from the bed to find his little friends to play, he found that his two little friends had disappeared again, and he went to the county town.

Bai Erlang turned around very unhappy and went to play with his other friends.

The temple fair is still lively today, a group of teenagers love to join in the fun, so they encourage Bai Er to go to the temple fair with them.

Bai Erlang hesitated and said: "My father forbids me to go, he said that it is fine to go on the day, there is no need to go today."

"It's also fun at home, and it's also fun when you go out. Why do you have to separate them?" One person said, "Didn't Bai Shan and the others go out to play too?"

"I also saw that the servants of Bai Shan's family went to Dali Village, and they seemed to be sending something to the Taoist and the little Taoist, or if your father asked you, you would say that it was to deliver something for Bai Shan and the others. "

Bai Erlang was so excited that he couldn't help but nodded: "Okay."

At this time, Bai Shan and the others' carriage had just driven onto the official road, and Zhou Zhoulang was standing on the shaft and looking at it for a long time before he could see where the road was. Weeds were already overgrown there, and it was basically impossible to see that it was a road. .

Daji glanced at the "road", then tore the carriage off the official road, found an open space near the path and stopped, and then unloaded the carriage.

Magistrate Tang also got out of the car. They were the only ones around here, so he didn't have to hide.

He stepped forward to look at the road that could vaguely be seen as a road, and asked, "Is it directly connected to the official road?"

"No, this is an extended section. If you come from Yizhou City, take the straight one inside and you can go directly to Luojiang County." Zhou Zhoulang took out a sickle to open the way, and Liu Gui followed to help.

Magistrate Tang followed them in and asked curiously, "Why is this road deserted?"

"After the official road is repaired, no money will be collected, so naturally no one will leave." Zhou Zhoulang tilted his head and thought carefully, and said: "It seems that when I was young, officers and soldiers would set up roadblocks on the official road to collect money. It’s dilapidated, so everyone doesn’t like to walk. There’s a small road next to it. Although it’s a bit small, you can still take a carriage. Daoqiang, so everyone will go this way.”

"I don't remember when, the adults started to withdraw the officers and soldiers who set up roadblocks, and made us serve hard labor to build official roads. No one walked this small road anymore. It became like this in 1989 or 1989."

Magistrate Tang nodded, then turned to Liu Gui and asked, "Have you checked here?"

Liu Guidao: "I've been here before, but I couldn't find anything."

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