The uncle borrowed some merits, and the princess drew the talisman fiercely

The mountain where Huihe River is located has no name.

Whenever people in the village talk about it, they say it is in the mountains behind the village.

However, this river in the mountains has a winding channel because it winds around the mountains and the terrain. During years of famine, the fish in the river have saved the lives of the villagers, so the river has a name.

I heard that the road from the village to the mountains was easier to walk on about 200 years ago, and the original site of the village was also closer to the river.

But as time went by, the original place was hit by landslides, and the villagers moved away one by one. Now only a few ruins remain of the old village, and the village is at the foot of the mountain.

Nowadays, fewer villagers go to Huihe River, and the water in Huihe River is quite deep and very dangerous.

"I heard that Aunt Yao had taken a fancy to Bai Hui for one reason: Bai Hui was a good swimmer and could always catch fish in the Hui River. He could make a good living by selling fish."

When we reached the foot of the mountain, the carriage could not pass through.

They got off the carriage and walked up the mountain road.

Qing Xiao also came. Originally, Qing Xiao was very busy recently, but he happened to find out that some strange people came to Huihe this morning. He went back to report to Zhou Shiyue and followed them.

Qinglin and Qingfeng stayed in the capital to help investigate the people drawn by Lu Zhaoling.

Someone must also be kept in the palace so that if there is any movement from the Yuan or Yu families, news can be passed on in time.

However, since Lu Zhaoling brought Qingmu, Qingyu, Qingyin and Qingbao with her to look for the drowned ghost, they shouldn't need so many people.

At this time, Qing Xiao was talking to Lu Zhaoling about Aunt Yao and Bai Hui.

After all, he was in charge of gathering information, so he knew more details.

"I also heard that someone once found a treasure here in Huihe. For a while, the idle people in the village often ran here, hoping to get lucky and find a treasure to sell for silver and get rich."

"But after a few people fell into the river and died, no one came to pick up treasures anymore."

Qing Bao couldn't help but ask when he heard this, "What treasure is it?"

"I don't know how many years ago it was that the treasure was first found, but now there are all kinds of stories about it."

Qing Xiao said, "Some say it's an expensive jade bracelet, others say it's a pine tree ornament made of gold, and some even say it's even more outrageous, a jade bottle that can hold everything."

When Qingbao heard about the jade bottle, he burst out laughing.

“Then this is not very credible.”

Even someone as powerful as their young lady doesn't have a treasure that can hold everything. Isn't that something only immortals can have?

That's ridiculous.

Lu Zhaoling listened all the way, identified the moisture and wind direction, and counted with his fingers.

“This place has good feng shui.”

Lu Zhaoling said to Zhou Shiyue, "It's really better than you can imagine."

Actually, it is normal to say that the feng shui is good.

The Great Zhou Dynasty has a vast territory and there are many places with good feng shui.

But since Lu Zhaoling emphasized this so much, Zhou Shiyue felt that the feng shui here must be unusually good.

"Well, I believe you. Is there anything special?" he asked.

Lu Zhaoling gave him an appreciative look.

"We need to see the river first and see where it goes."

She would have to calculate it again by the river later. Now she had some doubts.

The mountain road was quite long, but fortunately the hottest season had already passed. It was also much cooler in the mountains than in the city, otherwise I would have been sweating profusely.

It took almost half an hour to walk.

There is a fork in the road ahead.

Qing Xiao had come here before. He pointed to the fork in the road on the left and said, "Miss, Your Majesty, we used to go this way."

There were also some weeds at that intersection that looked like they had been casually cut by someone passing by. Compared to the other two intersections, it looked more like someone had walked by recently.

In addition, Qing Xiao had walked here before, so Qing Yu subconsciously went forward first.

He originally thought that he would walk in front so that if there was a snake, he could clear it out first.

But he had just taken two steps when Lu Zhaoling called him.

"Qingyu, go this way."

Lu Zhaoling pointed to the intersection on the far right.

It seems that the directions of the two intersections on the left and right are different and may lead to completely different places.

"Yes." Qingyu turned around quickly.

Qing Xiao was stunned for a moment.

He originally wanted to remind Lu Zhaoling again that the direction they were looking for before was to the intersection on the left.

"Let's go." Zhou Shiyue had already walked to the right and took Lu Zhaoling's hand.

Qingyin and Qingbao also quickly followed without any doubt at all.

"I'll cover your retreat." Qingmu made a gesture to Qingxiao, indicating that he should follow.

Qing Xiao came over and asked Qing Mu in a low voice, "Aren't you afraid of taking the wrong path?"

"Those outsiders asked the villagers before, and we also asked Bai Hui. According to the direction he said, it goes to the intersection on the left."

Why are they all listening to Lu Zhaoling now?

Qing Xiao was actually very convinced of Lu Zhaoling, but he felt that since she had never been there before, she might not know the direction.

"Don't be afraid, and you won't go wrong. This is the path the princess has chosen."

Aoki replied without hesitation and gestured again for him to follow.

"Maybe the direction you asked about before is correct, but don't forget, we don't necessarily have to go to the place where Bai Hui lost his things."

Aoki said calmly, "Our goal is to find something. How can you be sure that it will still be where Baihui left it?"

...makes sense.

Qing Xiao was persuaded by Qing Mu at once.

Qingyu had indeed picked up a few snakes in front.

They walked a little further and came to two more forks in the road. This time, Lu Zhaoling didn't even pause and said directly, "The right one."

Qingyu didn't ask any more questions and just walked away.

Qing Xiao turned his head and looked, it seemed that he was indeed some distance away from the place where he first came.

The trees and grass here are more lush and the terrain is higher.

It was so quiet that only the sound of their footsteps could be heard.

After walking for a while, Zhou Shiyue was the first to hear the sound of flowing water.

"A Ling, do you want to rest?" he asked. "If you're tired, sit here for a while. I'll go check out the front. I hear the sound of water."

"No need, we'll be there soon. Besides, there are ghosts having a meeting here, let's go over and listen in." Lu Zhaoling said, pointing in a direction ahead.

There used to be no roads here, but that didn't matter to them.

"Are there ghosts holding a meeting?" Qingyin and Qingbao looked at each other. The two maids were not afraid at all, but rather excited.

"Miss, then you won't be afraid of not finding the ghost?"

Lu Zhaoling glanced at them, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

"Why are you two so happy to have found a ghost?"

Did she lead these two maids astray?

"We are here to look for ghosts." Qingbao said in a low voice.

"We're looking for drowned ghosts."