There are mountains in the south

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"Guan, you must protect this pendant." The half-century old man slipped a black crystal-shaped pendant around his grandson's neck.

Tan Tan picked up the pendant, touched it, took a look, and then raised his head, "Grandpa, what is the use of this pendant?"

"It's not very useful. It's just that this originally belonged to your mother. When she's gone, you can keep it for her."

"Oh."

"Remember, you can't take it off even in the shower."

"…it is good."

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A ray of sunlight penetrated into the canopy through the gap, and projected its light on the eyelids of the man in red. The man frowned uncomfortably, opened his eyes slowly, blinked, and there was an uneasy feeling in his eyes. Waking up, turning my head in the other direction, closing my eyes and continuing to sleep.

The pair of eyes just closed, then opened again a few seconds later, widening the eyes wide.

Liang Yu gently picked up the hand on Tan Huang's waist, slowly moved his body down the bed, and then walked out of the boat tent lightly.

hateful!Liang Yu supported his forehead and walked up the mountain. At first, he wanted to leave quietly while Qin Zhen fell asleep, but he didn't know when he fell asleep. Fortunately, he woke up early, otherwise he would find the cute girl he was holding last night. The fox turned into a big human is sure to be scary!

When Liang Yu got out of bed, he was dozed off by the rustling sound and woke up halfway. He saw a red figure walking from his bed to the sunlight outside the boat tent. He thought he was still dreaming and turned over. body, continue to sleep.

It wasn't until the sun was high that Tan Yan sat up, fully awake, and opened the curtain, only to find that it was almost noon.

Rubbing his swollen eyes from sleep, Tan Tan was still a little confused and walked up the mountain. He couldn't sleep like this in the future, and his head hurt a little from sleeping.

Step into the temple gate, burn incense, and sit on the futon in the temple in a daze.

After staying in the afternoon, Qin Yan was about to go back to the thatched boat to find something to eat, when he turned his head and saw the red-haired fox from yesterday squatting on the platform, looking at him with beady eyes.

Tan Tan walked over a few steps, and picked up the red-haired fox, "When did you leave? I didn't even see you when I woke up this morning."

The red-haired fox rubbed its head against Tan Huang's hand to show its intimacy. After rubbing it, he jumped down and walked outside the temple gate. After walking a few steps, he looked back at Tan Huang.

Tan Cang hurried up, thinking that the fox was going to hug him, but the fox saw Tan Cang coming towards it again, then ran out of the temple gate, went to the stone steps and looked back at Tan Cang.

Qin Tan instantly understood that the red-haired fox wanted to follow it by himself.

Qin Cang followed the fox down the stairs step by step until he reached the halfway up the mountain, where he would come to fetch water every few days.

The red-haired fox turned his head and saw that Tan An also stopped, as if he was relieved, thinking that Tan An would definitely follow him, then turned his head, and burrowed into a withered yellow haystack under Tan An's eyes.

Tan Yan couldn't get into the haystack, and he was too tall, and the branches of the pear tree above blocked his way. Seeing that the fox had disappeared, he was a little anxious, "Oh, wait for me!"

However, the red-haired fox did not come back, so Tan Yan had no choice but to break off the branches of the pear tree blocking the way one by one, and it took a little effort to get in from the outside.

As soon as he got in, he saw the red-haired fox squatting in front of him and looking at him with watery eyes.

"Oh, it's such a mess, let's go back, okay?"

Seeing that the fox didn't move, Qin Yan had no choice but to squat down and stretch out his hands, trying to hug the fox.

However, before Tan Cang's fingers touched the fox, the fox turned around and sprinted forward again, so fast that Tan Cang didn't even realize it.

"Oh, wait, there is danger ahead."

It was the first time for Tan Cang to go so deep into the pear grove. When he was a child, his grandfather would not allow him to go in here. Later, after his grandfather passed by, Tan Cang came here unintentionally.

Tan Tan looked at the direction the fox was running, and could vaguely see that there should have been a road before, but no one had walked it for many years, and the weeds were already overgrown.

The weeds on both sides of the road were getting taller, and the weeds in the middle of the road were a little shallower. Tan Yan pushed the weeds away and moved forward with difficulty.

Although it is very dangerous, there may be snakes or other wild animals, but thinking of the eyes of that fox, it is obvious that it is deliberately leading me to this way. Judging from the two days of getting along, this red fox should not harm me. Since it was intentional, there should be something he wants to tell himself.

Tan Yan couldn't help touching the pendant on his chest, and cheered himself up, "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, there won't be any snakes." There won't be monsters either!

Tan Yan himself didn't know how long he had been walking. According to his usual pace, he should have walked out of the border of Nanlin Mountain, but now he is still walking here non-stop, as if there is no end.

"How can there be such deep grass!"

"Fox, are you there?"

"Where are you, fox? I can't find you."

……

"Ah~~!!! Dead fox, get out!"

"If I don't come out again, I'll go back, I can't walk anymore."

This night is dark and windy and murderous!

On a tall pagoda tree beside the road, under the shade of the leaves, the eyes of the red-haired fox shone faintly in the dark night, just watching the boy in white who kept walking, but stayed in the same place all the time. .

"I can't, I can't walk anymore, you can do whatever you want!" Tan Yan couldn't walk anymore, so he sat down and didn't want to care about the fox anymore.

Seeing the young man in white walking about to collapse, the red-haired fox rolled his eyes, jumped off the locust tree, and disappeared.

Tan Yan sat on the ground, panting slightly, looking around, it was full of grass, the grass was even higher than the top of his head, only a few meters away from him was a frighteningly big locust tree, the white flowers blooming on the tree exuded an attractive fragrance. Fragrance, not a single pear tree from earlier.

Strange, how can there be a locust tree here?

Qin Tan got up and looked in the direction of the locust tree, his mouth opened wide in surprise.

This locust tree must be thousands of years old!

I saw that the trunk of the locust tree was so thick that seven or eight people could hug it, the branches stretched very long, and there were clusters of white flowers on the tree. It seemed that there were too many flowers blooming, and the branches were bent a bit.

Qin Tan hesitated for a moment, but still walked towards the locust tree. There is only one tall building here. Maybe that can solve the mystery tonight. Even if it can't be solved, tall buildings can make people feel more complete Some.

Tan Tan took one step towards the locust tree, two steps, three steps, four steps, five steps... It seemed as if he had walked for a long time, the locust tree in front of him seemed to become a little blurry, and he felt a little dizzy.

At some point, a young man in white clothes and crowned hair appeared in front of him.

Liang Yu looked at the young man who was walking towards him with empty eyes, he didn't see a man of his size in front of him, and he was walking straight ahead, the corners of his mouth were stained with a smile, he had never seen such a confused Tan Yan Woolen cloth.

Seeing the young man walking towards him step by step, and about to bump into him, Liang Yu still held back his smile, stretched out his hand to hold Tan Tan's shoulder, and stopped the young man's progress.

Gently shaking the skinny shoulders in his hands, he lowered his head, "Wake up, Tan Yan, wake up."

Tan Yan only knew that he was having a dream while walking, but it didn't seem to be a dream, his body was out of control, and he was doing things that he didn't want to do, but everything was real, the touch and pain were not fake Yes, I really feel it.

He dreamed that he was struggling to escape, his ankle seemed to be injured, he could feel warm liquid flowing from his body, soaking his shoes, it was blood.

Tan Tan wanted to stop by herself, but in the dream, she couldn't control herself. While looking back, she stumbled and ran. She was almost out of breath, and the panting sound became louder and louder, and her lungs were about to explode.

I kept running and running, until at the end, I accidentally fell down and couldn't get up anymore, but I was still trying to climb forward.

Tan Tian didn't know why he ran, why he got hurt, and what he was afraid of.

Just when Tan Yan thought he was going to die soon, at this moment, a voice came from all around, the voice was very clear, he heard someone calling himself.

"Wake up, wake up."

"Qin Tian, ​​wake up."

"Tan Yan, don't sleep,"

……

The voice came from far to near, and it was also very gentle, slowly waking Tan Yan from the terrible nightmare.

As soon as Tan Huang opened his eyes, he gasped for breath immediately, and the fresh air breathed in, which made Tan Huang's heartache feel better immediately.

Liang Yu looked at Tan Tian who seemed to be a little confused just now, but suddenly his body softened and was about to fall down when his eyes were clear, and he immediately stretched out his arms to hug him, letting Tan Tian lean in his arms.

Tan Qin took a big breath in Liang Yu's arms, couldn't slow down for a while, and coughed chokingly, Liang Yu had no choice but to pat Tan Qin's back to comfort him.

After about half an hour, Tan Yan finally recovered and suppressed the suffocating despair.

Qin Zhen gently pushed Liang Yu away, and said in a low voice, "Thank you."

Looking at the empty hands, Liang Yu felt a little bit reluctant to let go of the warmth just now.

"You're welcome, are you feeling better?"

"Did you bring me here to tell me something?"

"...I didn't lure you here, you were already here when I saw you." Liang Yu's eyes wandered, and he was afraid to look at Tan Wei.

"Hehe, is that right? Don't think I don't know that you are that red-haired fox." Tan Yan stared at Liang Yu's peach eyes and asked back, his tone slightly lowered.

Liang Yu was surprised, "How do you know?" I obviously hid it very well!

Qin Tan didn't answer, and walked to the root of the tree and sat down. The place he couldn't reach just now was just a few steps away.

Qin Tan looked at Liang Yu and patted the seat next to him, motioning for Liang Yu to sit down too.

"I knew you were not human when we first met. No one has come to Nanlin Mountain for decades, and no one will come to travel. What's more, it's such a rainy day, and it's such a coincidence that you have no place to hide from the rain."

Liang Yu didn't expect to be exposed the first time they met, and was slightly embarrassed.

"When you left after hiding from the rain, you wore my clothes, and your clothes fell on me, but when we met the next day, you put on your original clothes again, and I saw the one that fell on me. It's slowly disappearing." Tan Tan folded his hands behind his head and leaned against the locust tree, as if he was saying something very ordinary.

Liang Yu touched his nose, "I didn't expect so many flaws, I thought I hid it well."

Qin Yan suddenly laughed, looked at Liang Yu who was dressed in white, and said with a smile: "Finally, wearing white clothes can use more mana."

"……how do you know?"

"I saw that the white clothes you left on me turned red before disappearing, probably due to lack of mana."

Liang Yun hummed, and lowered her head as if discouraged. Indeed, wearing white clothes is very mana-intensive, because the clothes on my body are my own skin. Turning red clothes into white is equivalent to turning my fur into white. The little demon's mana can't last long at all, and the clothes that fell on the boat canopy disappeared because of lack of mana, and he couldn't get out of the fur for too long.

"I'm sorry I lied to you."

"But I'm afraid you hate me because I'm a demon. I'm sorry, I'm sorry."

Hearing Liang's gloomy voice, Qin Tian couldn't help laughing out loud. He didn't expect this monster to think so.

"It doesn't matter. Even if you directly say that you are a demon, it's okay. I know there are demons in Nanlin Mountain."

Liang Yu raised his eyebrows, "Aren't you afraid?"

"Don't be afraid, grandpa said that they are all good monsters."

Speaking of which, grandpa has been gone for many years.

"Your grandfather's name is Tan Qi, I... have met him before."

Tan Yan didn't expect Liang Yu to know Grandpa, "Tell me about him!"

After waiting for a long time for an answer, he turned his head and found that Liang Yu seemed to have fallen into memory. Before Tan Yan could ask, Liang Yu stood up and patted the non-existent ashes on his body.

"Actually, I brought you here today. I have other things to do. Come with me." After finishing speaking, he walked in another direction.

It was too late for Tan Yan to be sad, so he had to follow along. At this time, the sky had already started to turn white. After walking all night, Tan Yan was already a little tired. He thought he would have to walk for a long time, and his thoughts began to wander. look.

This Liang Yu has obviously lived for a long time, and he still knows the secrets of Nanlin Mountain that even he doesn't know, and he also knows his grandfather. Maybe, he knows the secret of his grandfather, but he obviously wanted to avoid it just now...

Tan Yan lowered his head and was thinking hard, when he suddenly bumped into Liang Yu's back with a "bang".

"Ah, why did you stop all of a sudden." Tan Tan rubbed his forehead, this fox's skin is quite hard!

Liang Yu was a little amused, "It's here."

Only then did Qin Can realize that they had arrived at a place where the grass was not so tall. The grass around them was very shallow, and even some places were bald, with signs of frequent activities. It should be the old den of foxes.

Liang Yu led Qin Huang to drill the cave, and went in first by himself. He didn't forget to turn his head and put his hand on the top of Qin Zhen's head, telling him to be careful of the raised stones on top of his head.

"How do you usually get in here? It's so crowded." Qin Yan bent over halfway, always being careful of the stones protruding above his head from time to time, and had to turn sideways to pass in some places.

"Me? I always turn into a fox to go in." Liang Yu said with a smile.

Tan Yan was speechless, forgetting that this guy was actually a fox.

After a while, the field of vision became wider, and after a few steps, I found that it was a large stone room, and there were several rooms. The furnishings in the stone room were very antique, and the tables and chairs were all high-quality sandalwood.

Tan Tian couldn't help walking around. These arrangements made him a little panicked for some reason, and his heart was pounding. He obviously had never been here before, but he always felt that there was a familiar smell here.

Liang Yu watched Tan Huang strolling from room to room, and also followed behind. Seeing Tan Huang's face alternately surprised and hesitant, he secretly smiled.

Qin Tian, ​​Qin Tian, ​​it doesn't matter if you don't remember, as long as I remember, I can help you remember.

There is a bedroom with a bed made of fine sandalwood. The bed frame is exquisitely carved, and a mosquito net is made of fine gauze. There are flowers embroidered with red needlework where the mosquito net hangs on the floor. The quilt and other furniture are mostly red, and even the residual wax oil on the candlestick is also red.

This is a wedding room.

Looking at the bed, Qin Tan seemed to have a flash of inspiration in his mind.A pair of hands suddenly moved from the back to the front, and then they clasped together, hugging Tan Cang tightly to his chest. Inexplicably, Qin Cang didn't feel disgusted by this kind of intimacy, but felt a little familiar with it.

"Let's go, there is another place you must like." After saying that, she let go of Tan Huang and held Tan Zhen's hand instead.

Qin Yan was dragged out of the room by Liang Yu, and turned her head to look at the bed every step of the way.

Liang Yu led Qin Yan out of the cave again, and walked in the opposite direction. This time, the road was a bit difficult. The ground was made of uneven stones or mud, and there were tall and low branches all around. , on branches or entwined with vines.

Even though Liang Yu broke most of the branches blocking the way in front, Tan Yan was accidentally drawn a bloody line on his arm by a thorn of a vine wrapped around a branch.

It didn't hurt too much, but I still couldn't help tearing it up.

Liang Yu, who was chopping firewood in front again, turned around and saw a long red line of blood on Tan Tan's snow-white arm.Immediately, he threw the branch in his hand, and hugged Tan Wei's arm, and Tan Tian resisted reflexively.

"Don't move!" Liang Yu was a little anxious, and even his voice became a lot more fierce, vicious.

It was the first time that Tan Yan saw Liang Yu angry, and smiled and patted Liang Yu's shoulder with the other hand, "It's just a small injury, I'm not a girl, don't worry."

Without saying a word, Liang Yu grabbed the corner of Tan Huang's clothes, tore off a piece of white cloth with ease, carefully wrapped the wound around and tied it with a bow.

Tan Yan looked at the missing piece of clothing, looked at Liang Yu, and silently accused him.

Pig ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah this clothes are very expensive!

Liang Yu received the complaining look, "My clothes are my fur, and I can't tear them off."

Tan Tian: "..." I would rather you not bandage me.

"Let's go, we'll be there soon." As he said that, he led Tan Cang forward, but this time he didn't let him go, and he folded the branches more carefully, so as not to leave any chance for Tan Can to get hurt.

Liang Yu finally stopped, "It's here." He measured the body that blocked Tan Huang's sight, and presented the scene in front of him to Tan Huang.

From the very beginning, Tan Yan felt that it was very cool, and it was obviously wrong in this summer season. When Liang Yu moved away from his sight, he realized that this was a natural pool.

The water is very clear, and the stone slabs at the bottom can be clearly seen. Tan Tan probed the water with his hands and found that the water was really cold. There was a small stone table on the other side of the pool, and there was a mutilated tea set on the small stone table. The relationship, the tea set is full of fallen leaves and dust, and two teacups have been broken, and the debris is scattered around.

"The water here is warm in winter and cool in summer, and the water quality is very good."

Seeing Qin Cang looking at the tea set, he led Qin Cang and walked over, picked up a fairly complete teacup and handed it to Qin Cang. "Because the water quality here is so good, it is also used to make tea."

"Also?" Does this pool have other functions?

"Well... this pool was originally used for bathing."