Taimu Mountain and Xiaohan Mountain face each other across Taize, from the southwest of Taize to the southwest slope, stretching for thousands of miles, the forest is dense, the strange rocks are craggy, in the deep mountains, the clouds and mist linger all day long, even if the local hunters are mostly hunting in the periphery of the mountain, rarely enter the deep mountains.

Liu Han left the horse at the woodcutter's house at the bottom of the mountain, and then went up the mountain himself, and the woodcutter kindly told him that there was danger on the mountain, not only tigers and jackals, but the biggest danger was to get lost.

Liu Han refused with a smile, telling the woodcutter that he would not go far, and he asked the woodcutter about the nearby scenery.

"I see that the scenery of this Taimu Mountain is beautiful, why no one has built a Taoist temple here, this is a good place for self-cultivation!" Liu Han looked up at the beautiful scenery around him and said deliberately.

"Mr. Wu doesn't know, there are few people here all day long, there are Taoist temples on the mountain, but it has long been abandoned, I have been on this mountain for decades, and the statue has collapsed. The woodcutter led the horse with a smile, Liu Han deposited the horse at his house, gave him ten taels of silver, and made it clear that he would not return more, make up less, so generous, he was very embarrassed.

Liu Han saw it, and he didn't break it, but took the opportunity to ask him a lot of things, and inquired about the path into the mountain clearly.

At this moment, Liu Han's face has changed again, this time he went out, he prepared four or five identities, and now he uses the second identity, and his name has also changed, and his body shows that he is from Xuzhou, surnamed Wu, and this time he went out for a study tour.

This identity was changed shortly after leaving Lishi, he got in touch with the rudder of Luoma Shuizhai in Pengcheng, and accidentally met Liu Tie, and the news he got from Liu Tie confirmed his judgment that the pier assassination was not committed by Xiao Yu, and as far as he knew, it was not done by Luoma Shuizhai.

Liu Tie also told him that Chang Meng had been active in Rencheng, and although Xiao Yu had proposed to let Chang Meng go to Dongping to participate in the war, He Dong was worried that Fang Jie would lead the main force of the Jizhou Cao Gang to the south, so he kept Chang Meng staying in the north.

Liu Han asked Liu Tie to continue to stay by Xiao Yu's side, he must not leave Xiao Yu easily during this time, he was very worried about what conspiracy was behind the assassination of the main messenger, and asked Liu Tie to tell Xiao Yu that he would accept it when he saw it, the power of Fengyulou and Luoma Water Village was insufficient, and it was enough to get to the north of Pengcheng.

Liu Tie told him that Xiao Yu understood very well, so he accepted the conditions north of Pengcheng, so he would not continue to pursue, but who was responsible for this assassination still needs to be investigated.

"I mean let Xiao Yu try to be restrained as much as possible now, Cao Gang, I think, Fang Zhen is a person who understands, and he shouldn't provoke, but his allies, I'm afraid they won't be so honest, so even if there is a little friction, there is no need to make a big move. ”

Liu Tie nodded in understanding.

Liu Han went all the way south from Pengcheng, and he also had more understanding of the Great Jin, along the way, the displaced people on both sides of the strait continued, Xuzhou and Yangzhou are prosperous places, and the south of the Yangtze River is even more abundant, but there are still countless displaced people, these displaced people have yellow and thin skin, ragged clothes, and their eyes are blank, and it makes people sad to look at.

The displaced people were scattered, Liu Han saw the displaced people grabbing food on the way, he had never seen this kind of situation, tens of thousands of displaced people regardless of life and death, braved the rain of arrows and knives of the official army and rushed to the granary, and hundreds of people fell in the blink of an eye, but the people behind still swarmed up, completely ignoring life and death, hundreds of officers and soldiers were submerged in an instant, the officer led by the leader was not low, and killed dozens of displaced people in a row, but the displaced people completely ignored life and death, stepped on the corpse and charged, holding sharpened wooden sticks, and cutting the sickle, and drowned the officer.

In the face of such a crazy crowd, Liu Han couldn't help but be a little scared even if he had a grandmaster cultivator.

Leaving the woodcutter's house, Liu Han went on the road alone, the mountain road was crooked, the forest was deep and dense, the waterfalls and springs flowed along the way, the mountain flowers were brilliant, the fragrance was far away, and one or two rabbits often sprang out of the grass, or pheasants flew up.

After walking for most of the day, when it got dark, he found a hole in a tree, made some arrangements outside, and made some arrangements outside to prevent snakes, insects, and wild beasts, and meditated cross-legged in the cave.

After seventy-two weeks of internal breathing, Liu Han slowly opened his eyes, revealing a smile, the sky was completely dark, the trees covered the sky, and the surroundings were pitch black, and there were autumn insects in the grass, cutting through the quiet night.

After drinking the water in the kettle and eating some dry food, Liu Han found that he was not sleepy, and his spirit was very vigorous, he suddenly had a thought, and began to cultivate the internal qi in the middle of the body, and soon there was a look of surprise between his eyebrows, there was actually an aura here, and outsiders might not be able to detect it, but he had been cultivating this internal qi for several years, and he could detect it.

The internal breath is circulating in the body, but Liu Han can feel that it is growing slowly, this growth is very, very slow, far inferior to the mysterious valley in the Western Regions, but compared to other places, it is much stronger, in other places, such as the imperial capital and Guzang, the internal breath runs for seventy-two weeks, and there is no change at all, but here, after twelve weeks, you can feel the change.

Liu Han was excited, stepped up his qi refining, and then simply took out the fire marble stone to absorb the aura, the fire marble illuminated the surroundings, lighting up the dark forest, Liu Han's face was covered with a layer of red light, but there was a faint joy between his eyebrows.

Absorbing the aura of the fire marble here, Liu Han found that the feeling of heat and dryness was much less, and in the aura of the fire marble*, there was actually a very light aura, which was very mild, just like cold water in summer, smoothing his hot meridians.

When Liu Han opened his eyes, the sky was already bright, the mountains and forests were very quiet, and the usually noisy didn't know where to go, as if they sensed danger, and hid far away early in the morning.

This night, Liu Han felt refreshed and more satisfied than eating a big meal.

Taking a deep breath of the air with a hint of floral fragrance, Liu Han smiled contentedly, got up and left the tree hole, walked two steps, suddenly stopped, turned around and bowed deeply to the tree hole.

"In the future, if I am lucky enough to live, I will come here, and this is a great place to live. ”

After saying this, Liu Han turned around and left, never looking back.

There was no road after crossing the mountain, Liu Han followed the woodcutter's instructions, and found a path in the grass, this path was very secret, hidden in the dense grass, even the woodcutter found it by accident, and only one person was allowed to walk.

Along the trail, he climbed two more mountains, and before his eyes appeared a tranquil lake, the water of which was crystal clear, with white fish swimming in the lake, surrounded by lush greenery, and in the distance rumbling, a waterfall fell from among the clouds, and the white stream seemed to fall from the sky.

"It's so beautiful!" Liu Han, who had seen countless beautiful scenery, couldn't help but cry out.

The mountain wind blows the Buddha, and these three words blow to the opposite bank and echo in the mountains and forests.

The woodcutter had already told Liu Han that the lake was called Feiquan Lake, and the lake was rich in a kind of white fish, and when they didn't eat in the past, they came here to fish, but the mountain road was difficult to walk, and they could only catch a few each time and they had to hurry home, otherwise they would not be able to get home that day, and they could only spend the night in the mountains.

"The deeper the mountain, the more dangerous it becomes, and if you spend the night in the mountain, you must be careful. ”

Liu Han still remembered the look on the woodcutter's face when he said this, it was fear, absolute fear.

But at this moment, Liu Han completely forgot his fear, he ran to the lake, just lay on the lake, and drank a big sip of lake water, the lake water was clear and had a faint sweetness.

After quenching the thirst, the tiredness on the body was slightly reduced, and Liu Han sank his face into the water, the water, cool, slightly cold, but at this moment it was Liu Han's most thirsty.

A white fish swam by, not seeming to be afraid of him, and wandered back and forth in front of him.

Liu Han took off his shoes, soaked his feet in the lake, and teased the white fish from time to time.

The noon sun is very dazzling, but it is not hot, shining on the deep mountains warmly, Liu Han lies on the reef on his back, the stone has been washed by the lake for thousands of years, it becomes smooth and clean, lying on it is cold, it is very comfortable.

A yellow-feathered red-crowned bird landed on the reef, with thin legs, chirping, seeing that Liu Han ignored it, he strode up on the reef.

It's a pity that its pride didn't last for a few minutes, Liu Han stretched out his hand and grabbed it, the yellow bird struggled a few times, and found that it had no way to get away from this person at all, so he gave up, tilted his head and stared at Liu Han, Liu Han smiled slightly, he didn't see timidity and cowering in his eyes, but was puzzled, as if asking, why are you arresting me?

Liu Han gently stroked its head, kissed it lightly on its head, and then let go of his hand, the yellow bird rose into the air, circled twice in the air, and then landed on the reef, Liu Han smiled bitterly, took out the steamed bun from the baggage, tore off a piece, made it thin, and sprinkled it on the reef.

The yellow bird lowered his head to look, then looked up at Liu Han again, and then carefully pecked the grain.

"How's it going? It's delicious, it's stronger than the worms in the woods. Liu Han said with a smile, gently stroking its head, the yellow bird jumped into his palm, chirping, the yellow bird's claws were very thin, and it was itching and swishing in the palm of his hand.

After playing with the yellow bird for a while, Liu Han got up and packed up the package, and the yellow bird looked at him, and seemed to understand that it was time to say goodbye, and spread his wings into the sky.

Liu Han looked at it and remembered that the woodcutter said that when he passed from the west side of the lake, the east side looked smoother, but it was actually a dead end, and there was a swamp in the middle, which could not be crossed at all. After passing through the bush and over a small hill, the road was rugged and uneven, and in some places it was difficult to get off his feet, and Liu Han went around to the south of the lake and stood in front of a cliff that was cut by a knife, and this rock wall was so smooth that it was really cut by a knife.

Liu Han walked west along the lower end of the rock wall, he held a machete in his hand, and when he encountered the branches and leaves blocking the way, he swung his knife to cut it open.

I don't know if it's fifty or a hundred meters, the rock wall is finally not so smooth, and a few bushes of weeds appear in the rock crevices, Liu Han was happy when he saw this, and knew that the path he was looking for was almost there.

This is also not a road, it may be stepped out by the herb picker, or it may be stepped out by the bobcat, it is impossible to go straight up, you can only climb up.

It took Liu Han half an hour to climb up from under the rock wall, he sat on the rock wall, looked up at the rock bottom, the lush dense forest, the white clouds floating on the mountainside in the distance, and the Feiquan Lake was like a mirror.

"Wow! No wonder some people like to climb mountains, how can such a beautiful scenery not be fascinating!" Liu Han sighed.

The mountain wind on the rock was already a little cold, and soon dried the sweat on his body, Liu Han looked at the sky, and then got up a little reluctantly, the sun was like a ball, hanging in the western sky, he had to speed up, to rush to the broken temple before the sun set.

There was not much left to do, and according to the woodcutter's description, the temple was on the rock wall, behind the dense forest.

But this dense forest is not easy to walk, there is no road at all, you can only walk in the dense forest and look for it.

Liu Han took the simplest method, crossed over the branches, and couldn't see the direction clearly in the dense forest, he could only jump from one branch to another by feeling.

From the outside, this dense forest doesn't seem to be big, but Liu Han feels that he has been walking for a long time but has not yet stepped out of the dense forest.

Red light pierced through the branches, adding a touch of color to the gloomy forest.

Liu Han didn't know how long he had been gone, but he finally saw that there was a faint Taoist temple, and he was overjoyed, and he hurriedly jumped down from the tree.