There were monks holding torches in front of them, and monks holding torches behind them. The mountain was high and the road was slippery. Bai Yue drove Peggy back to her room to stay, and he followed Jian Yu up the mountain, walking among a group of people.
This is the highest peak of Peach Blossom Mountain. Jian Yu supported Bai Yue all the way. The snow on the mountain was not swept away, so it was very dangerous.
"We're here." Bai Yue felt like he was freezing, and finally saw the monk stop.
Vision is not good at night. Even with the moon and torches, we still can't see clearly.
Moreover, Bai Yue discovered very sadly that the first wave of monks who had just come to look for people had left too many footprints on the snow, crisscrossing them, deep and shallow.
"Wait a minute." Bai Yue stopped the monk who was about to step forward: "When you came just now, there should be footprints on the snow."
The monk nodded.
"How many lines of footprints are there?"
This question made everyone stunned for a moment, and then they looked at each other. One person hesitated and said: "It seems, just a line of footprints..."
"No, it's not one line." Someone immediately retorted: "There are several lines."
The people who saw it at the same time actually saw something different. Bai Yue's face turned dark.
Seeing Bai Yue's bad expression, a monk explained: "It's like this, Donor Bai, when the young monks found this place just now, there were a lot of footprints on it, but they seemed to be left by a person walking back and forth. At that time, everyone's attention
They were all on the sleeves of the cliff, so I stepped over them without studying them carefully."
So the footprints could no longer be traced. Bai Yue didn't want to say anything, but supported Jian Yu and walked to the edge of the cliff.
A gust of wind blew, and Bai Yue gathered up his clothes and squatted on the fallen snow marks on the ground.
Jian Yu said: "Look at these traces. They are traces of a person walking, falling, and then rolling and crawling forward."
"Yes, but it's hard to tell now whether she walked forward on her own or was forced to go forward." Bai Yue wanted to look down the cliff, but there was only darkness below and he couldn't see anything.
Jian Yu held her arm tightly: "Don't go forward, the mountain wind is too strong and it's dangerous."
Bai Yue suddenly said: "Such a high mountain, can you jump down without any injuries?"
Jian Yu said matter-of-factly: "It should be possible during the day, but it's hard to tell now. It's too dark to see clearly, and I'm afraid of hitting a rock or tree."
"Then do you know someone who can?" Bai Yue said smoothly: "There should be someone who can. I read in the storybook that all the heroes in the world are flying around."
"Yes." Jian Yu obviously thought of a person, but did not say it. Instead, he said, "For example, that person must be able to do it. He comes and goes freely in Yanming Villa, and no one saw a corner of his clothes."
Jian Yu was talking about the mysterious man who killed Sai Huatuo with one palm, drowned Wang Kan, and ran to deliver medicine to Bai Yue. So far, they only know that he was a man, and neither young nor old knows.
Bai Yue nodded: "We can't see anything here for the time being. It's too late now. When daybreak, I suggest sending people to look for the victim under the cliff and asking in the village. If the girl was kidnapped, then
This murderer must have appeared in the village before, and we may be able to get some clues from the villagers."
It doesn't matter if Jian Yuruo is alone, she can even go down the mountain to find the villagers now. But now that Bai Yue is here, her body is not suitable for running around and working hard on this snowy night.
"Okay, I'll take you back first." Jian Yu held Bai Yue's hand, which was cold.
"It's okay, how could I be so weak?" Bai Yue shook him off, but of course he didn't shake him off.
Because he was familiar with the route, he knew it, so it was much faster to go back than to go. However, when Bai Yue returned to the room, he was almost frozen into a fool.
Peggy quickly brought hot tea, and then pushed Bai Yue to the bed: "Why is it so cold? Come on, get on the bed and cover yourself."
The environment in the temple is poor, unlike the room at Yanming Villa where the charcoal fire is abundant and warm as spring, so if the room is not wrapped in a quilt, it will not get much warm.
"Wait, wait." Bai Yue said hurriedly: "Peggy, you go to rest first. I have something to talk to the young master."
Peggy was stunned for a moment and quickly responded: "Then I'll be next door. If anything happens, just call me."
As soon as Jian Yu heard this, he knew that Bai Yue had something that he should not allow others to know. After Peiqi left, he closed the door before coming back.
"But what did you find?" Jian Yu asked.
Bai Yue stretched out his hand to Jian Yu.
Jian Yu was stunned for a moment: "What?"
"Stop pretending, I saw it all." Bai Yue said: "On the edge of the snowy cliff, you picked up something, and then you thought no one saw it, so you carried it on your body."
Jian Yu's expression changed.
"Is that person what you originally wanted to say, the person who is particularly good at Qinggong?" Bai Yue always used a pure and kind expression to see into people's hearts, which made Jian Yu very conflicted. For a while, he thought she was too scary and should he kill someone?
Silence, for a moment it seemed like it was a matter of course, she should know.
After a battle between heaven and man, Jian Yu finally made up his mind and took out something.
A pure black metal buckle.
"Don't underestimate this button. It's special. It has special symbols engraved on it." Jian Yu pointed at it. Sure enough, there was a pattern engraved on the button. However, the button was small and the pattern was also small, so it was not clear what it was.
Of course, this is not important. Bai Yue just glanced at him casually and said, "Is he your friend?"
"Although I don't want to admit it, it is true." Jian Yu sighed: "He is a romantic young man, the kind of young man who has more confidants than the peach blossoms on Peach Blossom Mountain. I didn't expect him to appear here."
Bai Yue hit the nail on the head: "Do you doubt him?"
"No." Jian Yu said sternly: "Not at all. Although he is romantic and sentimental, he is definitely a gentleman. If you say that the girl committed suicide because she couldn't bear to think about it, I believe that he was a hero who saved the beauty. If you say that he trafficked people, that's impossible."
Jian Yu said this point categorically without any hesitation.
Bai Yue asked curiously: "Then why are you hiding yourself? Why don't you just call the person out? This will save everyone from having to work in such a cold day."
Jian Yu's expression was very complicated: "You don't understand."
I don’t understand, but there is no shame in asking if you don’t understand.
Bai Yue looked at Jian Yu with a very studious look.
Jian Yu frowned: "What can I say about this man? He always does things out of tune, so I don't want the people in Taohua Temple to know about it for the time being. I thought I'd wait for you to rest and ask him, but I didn't expect it.
Let you see it."
"Oh." Bai Yue understood that no one had an unreliable friend: "Then I'll take a rest. You can go and call me again if you need any help."
Jian Yu was born and raised in the capital. He was powerful and had few friends.