Because she was alone and made up to look like a relatively poor middle-aged woman.

So when she left the county town and went to the next province, the guards did not check her excessively. Even if they did, it didn't matter, because the medicine and money were in the RV, and she was not afraid of being checked at all.

She was only worried about one thing now, that is, she had wasted too long. If Tao Junle returned to the cave earlier than her, she might have to put in a lot of effort to coax him.

But I can’t think too much about it now. The key is to deliver the medicine first.

Although she was alone and would not be a key person to be checked by the guards and patrol officers, it was not a good idea to leave too many traces along the way.

She followed the signs on the map and tried to take mountain roads and small paths.

When you feel sleepy, you can go into the RV and rest for a while. When you feel tired, you can find a slightly cleaner place to sit on the ground. When you feel hungry, you can eat fast food such as biscuits and cakes that are easy to take.

In this way, it took her almost a whole day to reach the county town in the neighboring province where she had a contact to pick up the goods.

But arriving there didn't mean her mission was complete. She couldn't just take the medicines out of the RV in front of the contact person.

In this way, even if the liaison officer from the neighboring province does not treat her as a monster, there is no guarantee that his heart is strong enough to calmly accept such an operation that goes against common sense.

In order to facilitate the handover with the liaison officer in the neighboring province, Tong Jia also needs to find a place to store the items in advance.

She was not familiar with the neighboring province, and it would be easy to reveal her flaws if she rented a house rashly. After a brief thought, Tong Jia decided to find a secret place in the mountains to take over.

It took another day to find a place to store the medicine and to find the contact person to confirm the identity.

When Tong Jia walked back, it was the day she and Tao Junle had agreed to meet in the cave.

Just as she expected, Tao Junle, who had taken a hitchhiking train back and forth, returned to the cave but did not find Tong Jia. She became as anxious as an ant on a hot pan.

He wanted to go out and find Tong Jia, but he didn't know where to look.

After wandering around the Yang family for a long time, he found that the hustle and bustle of the Yang family was still going on, but he couldn't speak and couldn't find anyone to inquire about the news.

The adults in the village were unwilling to pay attention to the children, and what about the children? Not many could read, and even fewer knew sign language.

I came out and asked around, but it seemed like a waste of time.

Worried that Tong Jia had an accident, and also afraid that she would not be able to find him when she returned to the cave and would worry about her safety, Tao Junle was at a loss and had no choice but to go back to the cave and continue waiting.

He hoped that Tong Jia had entered the RV, but in fact she was still in the cave, he just couldn't see her.

Estimating the time it would take him to come back and go down the mountain to look for someone, Tao Junle said to himself: Wait another three hours. If Tong Jia still hasn't shown up after three hours, I can't continue waiting in the cave.

At the same time, Tong Jia was lucky enough to get a ride on the way back.

This is a government vehicle that came from the neighboring province to the provincial capital to deliver information. Besides the driver, there is only one staff member.

Tong Jia took this car back while the invisibility cloak was still effective.

Originally, the car had no intention of stopping in the county town where the Yang family lived, but Tong Jia was not sure about her safety after jumping out of the car, so she made some strange noises in the car, forcing the driver to stop and check. She also took the opportunity to get out of the car and returned to the cave.

As Tong Jia didn't come back after waiting for a long time, Tao Junle couldn't calm down. He held the A4 paper with the novel printed on it and closed his eyes repeatedly. In the afternoon, some predicted scenes flashed in his mind again, but unfortunately, no matter how many times he closed his eyes, no scenes appeared in his mind.

Maybe it was because he opened and closed his eyes too many times that he became a little dazed. He lost his balance and fell to the ground at the entrance of the cave.

When Tong Jia walked to the entrance of the cave, he began to look inside.

All his attention was focused on the cave, but he didn't see anyone. He was worried that Tao Junle had encountered an emergency on the way and his invisibility cloak had lost its effect, so he couldn't come back on time. Just as he was thinking about putting on another invisibility cloak, he tripped and fell.

If Tong Jia hadn't held onto the stone wall at the entrance of the cave, he would have definitely fallen flat on his face.

When she looked down, she realized that what almost tripped her was not a foreign object, but Tao Junle, whom she was looking for in the cave.

She quickly helped Tao Junle up and pinched his philtrum with her thumb.

Tao Junle had only fainted for a moment and could get up after calming down.

Now with Tong Jia pinching his Ren Zhong point and taking out some iced cola from the RV to apply to his body to stimulate him to wake up, his consciousness naturally returned quickly.

When he opened his eyes, he still couldn't believe that Tong Jia appeared in front of him.

He stretched out his two palms and shook them, then gestured to Tong Jia in sign language: "Sister, where have you been? Didn't we promise that you wouldn't leave the cave until I come back?"

When I came back and didn't see you, I thought something had happened to you. I was so scared!

Tong Jia hurriedly apologized, saying, "I'm sorry, I was wrong. But I was also worried about you. Today is the day the invisibility cloak loses its effect. If you can't come back on time, I was going to take a ride from the next province and go straight to the provincial capital to find you."

{A ride from the neighboring province? Sister, did you go to the neighboring province?} Tao Junle grasped the key point of Tong Jia's words and asked directly.

Tong Jia didn't want to make up lies to deceive Tao Junle anymore, so she simply admitted it and told Tao Junle everything about her itinerary over the past few days.

This time, Tao Junle was really angry.

Holding the novel, he found a corner in the deepest part of the cave and sat facing the wall.

Looking at this scene, Tong Jia felt very helpless.

She tugged at the hem of Tao Junle's clothes from time to time, and tried to speak in a gentle tone, "Lele, I was wrong. I broke my promise and am a puppy.

It was my sister's fault, and she should be the one to be punished by facing the wall.

If you are angry, just tell me. I will punish you in any way I want. Can you not punish yourself in the same way?"

Tao Junle looked back at Tong Jia who was sitting behind him and saw that her clothes were not only covered with dust, but also had holes in them. He couldn't imagine how she had managed to get all the way to the next province.

Just when he was about to soften his heart, he became firm again, turned around and continued to face the wall.

When Tong Jia saw Tao Junle facing the wall again, she really couldn't think of any other way to make him calm down.

I had no choice but to stand up, brush off the dust on my body, and then said, "Since you are so stubborn and insist on punishing me the same way you punish yourself, then I can't just sit there and do nothing.

Since you want to face the wall, I will do the same.

You face the wall for one hour, and those who make mistakes will have twice as much time. I'll face the wall for two hours, is that okay?"

After saying that, she actually stood beside Tao Junle, facing the stone wall of the cave.

The two of them stood like that for ten minutes.

Tao Junle kept turning his head to look at Tong Jia, and saw that her expression was also a little unhappy. In fact, he had long regretted why he didn't follow the steps given by Tong Jia, but had to seek death and let Tong Jia accompany him to face the wall?

He touched Tong Jia with his hand. Tong Jia knew that this was a sign of his submission, but for the sake of her own dignity, she was determined not to compromise at this time.

So, every time Tao Junle touched Tong Jia, Tong Jia would move to the side.

In the end, Tong Jia simply changed the direction of his position.

At this time, Tao Junle had already forgotten what made him angry with Tong Jia in the first place. He only knew that Tong Jia was now irritated by him.

Compared to a dozen minutes ago, the two people's identities have been reversed.

Tao Junle became the one who coaxed Tong Jia because he couldn't speak. If he wanted to coax Tong Jia, he had to let Tong Jia look at him or touch Tong Jia's palm or arm with his hand.

But Tong Jia just didn't look at him. Anxious, Tao Junle had to knock on the ground with the wooden stick used to make fire in the cave, and use Morse code to convey his apology to Tong Jia.

Seeing that Tao Junle had completely surrendered, Tong Jia was ready to call it a day, but found that when he wanted to turn around, he couldn't move his body.

"Le Le, come here quickly and take a look. My foot seems to be stuck by something and I can't get it out." Tong Jia's upper body could move, but her lower body could not move at all because her foot was stuck in the crack of the stone wall.

Upon hearing this, Tao Junle dropped the stick in his hand and hurried to check Tong Jia's feet.

It didn't matter what he saw, he immediately hugged Tong Jia's legs.

Because the crack in the stone wall, which was only as wide as a finger just now, was slowly expanding. Even if it expanded, Tong Jia's feet seemed to be stuck on it and she couldn't move them at all.

Not wanting Tong Jia to face the subsequent risks alone, Tao Junle directly hugged Tong Jia's legs, so that no matter what, the two of them could be together.

Before Tong Jia could speak and ask Tao Junle to let her go, she felt her feet gradually sinking, and then her whole body began to fall.

Worried that Tao Junle, who was holding her legs, would become her human cushion when he landed, Tong Jia reached out and grabbed him at the moment of falling, holding him in her arms, and the two of them fell down holding each other.

Fortunately, the falling distance was not too high, only four or five meters.

I fell down and my body hurt, but it wasn't any serious injury.

"Ouch, my arm, ah! Lele, how are you? Are you hurt anywhere?" Tong Jia fell down while holding Tao Junle. When she landed, her arm suffered some impact and it was a little painful, but it was not a big problem.

After determining that there was no major problem with herself, Tong Jia was most concerned about Tao Junle's condition.

But no matter how she asked, Tao Junle didn't give her any feedback. Thinking that Tao Junle was crazy from the pain, she quickly took out a flashlight from the RV to check on Tao Junle's condition.

When I shone the flashlight, the first thing that caught my eye was Tao Junle's stunned expression.

Tong Jia nudged Tao Junle's arms and legs and asked, "Lele, how are you? Do your arms hurt? Do your legs hurt? You're not responding at all. Did you fall and hit your head? Do you have a headache?"

Tao Junle waved his hand, held down Tong Jia's hand holding the flashlight, and turned it in another direction.

Tong Jia's sight moved with the flashlight's light, and then she saw a three-meter-tall statue of Laozi.

Fearing that she might be desecrating the statue, she immediately turned the flashlight around.

When she turned around, she discovered that there was indeed a different world underneath.

Normally, in the winter in the north, apart from pine and cypress, you will rarely see green plants. However, on the side opposite the statue, you can vaguely see red flowers and green leaves.

"Meeting is fate. Since God has brought us here, it would be a shame if we don't go and take a look. Lele, stand up and see if you can walk."

If we can walk, let's go and see what's over there." Tong Jia shone her flashlight in the direction where she could vaguely see red flowers and green leaves.

Tao Junle stood up and jumped twice to show that there was nothing wrong with his legs. Then he and Tong Jia walked in that direction one after the other.

It looked very close, but it took the two of them almost half an hour to get close to the rose with red flowers and green leaves.

At the end of the rose field was a small wooden house. After looking at each other, the two tacitly chose to continue moving forward.

The door of the cabin was useless, with only half of it hanging on the door frame. It looked like no one had lived there for a long time.

There was naturally thick dust inside. Tong Jia coughed twice and continued walking in.

I found that there was only a bed and a table in the room, and nothing else.

There was a piece of cowhide placed in the center of the table. Tong Jia took a pair of disposable gloves from the RV and put them on before turning the cowhide over.

The words written on the other side of the cowhide have become blurred and unrecognizable due to the passage of time.

But based on the context, Tong Jia speculated that this should have been written by a Taoist named Ren in the late Ming Dynasty.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, in order to resist the Qing Dynasty's invasion, the Taoist temple where the Taoist priest surnamed Ren lived, led by the temple master, went down the mountain to fight against the Qing Dynasty, leaving only the Taoist priest surnamed Ren to guard the house.

However, he waited in the Taoist temple for many years, but his fellow disciples did not return. He was also alone and unable to watch over the temple, which led to its occupation.

He could only move the largest statue of Laozi in the Taoist temple and all his property here.

I hope that someone with a destiny can make use of the statues and all the property of the Taoist temple to continue to maintain the rule of the Ming Dynasty and expel the Manchus.

After reading the letter, Tong Jia looked around and didn't find any place in the house where gold, silver or jewelry could be hidden. Finally, her gaze turned to the road they came from.

If nothing unexpected happens, all the property of the Taoist temple mentioned by the Taoist priest surnamed Ren should be hidden in the statue of Taishang Laojun.

Walking back, Tong Jia knelt down reverently and kowtowed three times to Taishang Laojun, and then he bravely walked forward to touch the statue of Taishang Laojun.

It felt cold. When he touched it, he found that the statue was made of metal. The bottom was solid, but Tao Junle climbed up and touched the top. He found that it was hollow from the chest up.

I can't take it away, and I don't dare to destroy it. I can only wait until I get out and then find Yang Jixia and Guo Xin to find a solution.

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