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In the early morning of the next day, the genius was dim, and the group set off.

Mornings in the mountains are always humid. If everyone hadn't put on a thin raincoat outside, they would have been soaked several times with the thickness of summer clothes.In addition, there are no large carnivorous animals such as wolves, tigers and leopards on Paiyun Mountain, but it is famous for snakes, so everyone still hangs a cloth bag containing realgar powder on their waists.As for long-sleeved trousers, rain boots, trekking poles, and mosquito repellent water, they are basic equipment, so I won’t mention them.

Su You and the three were fully armed, while Du Ying looked relaxed, as if he was taking a stroll in the back garden.Because considering that Jiang Siqi might not be able to carry his back, he didn't even bring a bamboo basket today, but only hung a waist bag, so he didn't have to pack lightly for battle.Seeing that he was wearing short sleeves, Su Yu asked if he wanted essential oils or something, but he answered him directly by catching two buzzing mosquitoes with his bare hands.

Simply talent!

Su You thought that when he was a child, he was full of mountains and fields, so wild that Su's parents and Su's mother wanted to break his legs; but now it seems that it is not as good as an expert! "Brother, awesome!" He followed at the end of the line - because he had to take care of Jiang Siqi who was walking in the middle - and his admiration was beyond words.They feel that this mountain is old and difficult to climb, and it is a piece of cake in the eyes of others!

"It's nothing, I just got used to it when I was young." Du Ying's voice came from above.He was climbing up a small steep slope, holding on to a tree trunk on the slope with one hand and sticking out the other.Jin Sheng gave his hand and jumped up, while Jiang Siqi was dragged up.

"This place is so slippery." Jiang Siqi felt that he couldn't hold his face, and muttered.But since Jin Sheng had already given him a strong contrast, he was particularly unashamed to say it.

Su stepped back in small steps and used his three-step layup skills to jump up one, two, three. "It's been fallen leaves for who knows how many years," he comforted Jiang Siqi, "it's normal not to put in effort!"

Du Ying looked at them and laughed.Climbing a mountain is a physical activity, and jumping and jumping makes you tired faster.It's just that the three of them just came to play, and they weren't in a hurry, so he didn't say anything to spoil the fun.

The branches in the mountains are intricate, the clouds and mist are misty, and the end can't be seen at a glance.The three people's vision was limited to dozens of steps around them, they didn't dare to walk around, and they were curious, so they shifted their attention to the trees on both sides.

"By the way, Du Ying, since you grew up here, you should be very clear about what's on the mountain, right?" Jin Sheng asked. "I won't ask you about the bamboo, but what is the flowering tree next to you?"

Du Ying glanced back, "Sweet Mango, we all call it Sweet Thorn."

"Sweet thorns?" Jiang Siqi glanced, and found that the flowers in the axils of the branches really looked like thorns, and he was also curious, "Can I eat it?"

"You can make dried fruit, and the jelly tastes better. Stir-fried with salt, it's better than melon seeds for making snacks!" Du Ying replied, "It's just that it's autumn, and it's still early now!"

Su Younao made up his mind to stir-fry the fruit with salt, but finally lost.If he hadn't tasted Du Ying's cooking skills, he would definitely say that it was a dark dish. "What about that tree?" He pointed casually.

"Feng Xiangmei, this is a good thing." Du Ying also pointed her finger, showing them a large gelatinous object congealed at the fork of the branch on the top, "Resin, do you see it?"

All three stopped and nodded together.

"If you are bitten by a snake or something, suck out the poisonous blood, then melt this and apply it on the wound, and you will be fine in half a day!" Du Ying said.

The three of you looked at me and I looked at you, and their gazes all fell on the realgar bags on each other's waists.

"Don't look, there are no snakes beside Fengxiangmei!" Du Ying smiled, "If you want it, bringing a piece of resin is definitely more useful than realgar!"

So the three of them watched Du Ying whizzing up the tree, and broke off a small piece for each of them.Su You put his piece into his trouser pocket, and couldn't help asking: "Does this tree bear plums?" Why hasn't he heard of it?

"Not really. But the leaves will change color after the frost! At that time, no matter from the top of the mountain or the foot of the mountain, it is very beautiful!"

With such a person who can tell why everything is leading the way, the originally difficult and boring road seems to be easy to walk.Although Jin Sheng is good at surviving in the wild, the vegetation and terrain in the north and south are completely different things, which shows a profound attitude.As for Su You and Jiang Siqi, who only described Shulinzi as Shulinzi, they were even more amazed.

They quickly climbed up, naturally unaware of the situation behind - the fog was getting thicker and thicker, there were whispers and women's laughter faintly;

The whole morning passed quickly.At the end of lunch, Du Ying led the three of them to a small open space.

"It's okay," Du Ying climbed up on a boulder and took a look. "Take a rest at noon, and walk for a while in the afternoon. We can reach the scheduled location before the sun goes down. There are supply points on the mountainside and the top of the mountain. We can go to the mountainside tomorrow." .”

Jiang Siqi was sweating and very thirsty.He looked left and right, and found a small pool of water on the side, the bottom of which was clearly visible. "Is this water safe to drink?" At this moment, he had completely forgotten about his rivalry with Du Ying yesterday.

"This is the upper reaches of Jiuqu River, a national drinking water source protection area," Du Ying replied, "Of course you can drink it!"

Jiang Siqi was dubious, took a handful to try. "It's so sweet!" He said happily, "It's much better than the one made from effervescent tablets!"

Seeing Jiang Siqi happily filling the water, Su You couldn't hold back a smile, he's still a child!Turning his head again, he found that Jin Sheng had quickly pulled out the tripod to set up a SLR.Facing the direction of the telephoto lens, the vegetation is shrouded, the clouds are flourishing and the clouds are blooming, it is really beautiful.

"It's already noon, and the cloud still hasn't dispersed?" Su You asked.He was usually asked by others, but after entering the mountain, he turned into a curious baby!

"You forgot, this place is called Paiyun Mountain!" Du Ying explained, "The old people say that there are three layers of clouds on this mountain, one in the world, one in the sky, and one in the sky. What we see now is the one at the bottom Layer. Legend has it that if you see all the triple layers lined up in the sun, you will be able to step on the clouds and ascend to immortality!"

"If you climb to the top, you can see all three floors?" Su You continued to ask.

"That's hard to say. At least, the elderly in our village can only see two clouds at most." Du Ying regretted, "You also know that most of the things passed down by the ancestors have become legends now! But the top of the mountain There is really a temple on the top, I will show you after climbing up!"

Su Yu nodded.If it was someone else, they would probably continue to ask what the myth is and what is enshrined in the temple, but he is an atheist who treats the myth as a joke and doesn't care at all.In his opinion, as long as the scenery of Paiyun Mountain is good, his trip will not be in vain.

Just thinking about these things, Su Yu suddenly noticed that there were green trees all over the mountains and plains, only a piece was missing in the valley under the cloud on the right, like a black hole. "What happened to that pit?"

Du Ying paused. "Oh, there used to be a huge oak tree there, which is said to have a history of thousands of years. In the past, we would go there every year to offer incense and pray for good weather in the coming year."

"Before?" Su You grasped the key sensitively.

Du Ying paused again. "In recent years, it has produced fewer and fewer buds. After the spring of this year, none of them have completely withered. According to tradition, we cut down dead wood, bake it into silver charcoal, and then plant new seedlings." It was too heavy, so he laughed again, "Throughout the ages, silver charcoal has always been only for the royal family! Only the hundred-year-old Quercus chinensis can produce silver charcoal, and the rest can only be called white charcoal. The silver charcoal baked from the thousand-year-old wood is probably Our village has produced the best Qinggang silver charcoal. Now that there is no emperor, every household can keep it for their own use, which is a great deal!"

Su You let out a soft "ah".He is not a sentimental person, but when he saw the pothole, a very uncomfortable feeling came out of his heart. "Then what will you do next?"

"What should I do?" Du Ying was a little sad, "There are fewer and fewer people in the village. Now there are no more Qinggang oaks, and the remaining people will either move out or stay to entertain tourists. I will return to the village after I graduate from university. When I went to the village, what I thought was that every year would be less than one year."

There was a moment of silence, both of them staring into the distance.Jiang Siqi had already fetched water and wanted to take a bottle to offer Su You a treasure, but after hearing such words, his joy was also suppressed.

"Let's have lunch, take a rest, and continue to climb in the afternoon!" Du Ying took the lead to recover and greeted everyone.

In the scorching sun, no one was too lazy to set up a tent and take a sleeping bag, so they found a shady place to hide in the crevice of the nearby boulders.Du Ying took out flint and seasoning from his pocket, and grilled some fat mushrooms picked up early in the morning for the three of them. Just smelling the aroma could make the mouth water.Su You and the others feasted on their mouths, and couldn't help thinking that even fried fruits with salt, as long as they were made by Du Ying, they must be delicious!

The afternoon went fairly smoothly, nothing special happened.At about 04:30, the four arrived at the place Du Ying expected.Du Ying collected firewood, Jin Sheng fetched water from a nearby stream, and Su You and Jiang Siqi were responsible for setting up the tent in the bag.They did a good job at first, but the two people who stayed in the camp suddenly heard a woman screaming: "You rascal!"

"Sounds from the river?"

Su You and Jiang Siqi looked at each other, and ran down the next second.Even though Jin Sheng sometimes spoke poorly, there was never a shortage of girls chasing after him. How could he be treated as a hooligan at this moment?

The author has something to say: Spoilers, this article is a three-stage puzzle-solving structure, and all the characters currently appearing have hidden identities~~#Author in the next game of big chess#