Time is slow

   Chapter 416 The night is dark and the wind is high

   That is a picture of a mountain and rock.

   There is only such a lonely rock on a piece of white paper, the lines are sketchy, and it is almost impossible for people to find out where the rock is based on the picture.

  Shao Mingyuan found that Qiao Zhao's expression was a little strange.

   "Zhao Zhao?"

  Qiao Zhao stared blankly at the rocks that appeared on the white paper, his lips moved, and he uttered a sentence as if with all his strength: "I know where this is!"

   Shao Mingyuan couldn't help leaning forward: "Where?"

  Qiao Zhao raised his eyes to look at him, his butterfly-like eyelashes trembled slightly, pursed his lips and said, "This is the rockery in my garden!"

   Shao Mingyuan was startled at first, but then he felt that it should be like this.

   Such a rough rock without any features, drawn alone on white paper, if it wasn't something that Zhaozhao was extremely familiar with, why would my father-in-law deliberately let someone hand it over to Zhaozhao?

  This letter, looking at the world today, is at a loss for anyone except Zhaozhao.

   Shao Mingyuan couldn't help but secretly admire Mr. Qiao's careful thought.

  This letter should be the worst plan that my father-in-law made.

"There is a cave in the rockery in my garden. Convective wind is formed in the direction of the entrance of the cave. When I was young, I used to hide in it every summer to enjoy the shade. Although the rock is rough, I knew it was definitely there at a glance." Qiao Zhao rubbed the letter paper and muttered, "I don't know what was hidden in the rockery cave, whether it was destroyed in the fire."

   "Go and see."

   "The magistrate Wang is watching."

  It is one thing to take the initiative to lead snakes out of their holes, but it is another thing to have important items to search for. For people who are accustomed to taking the initiative, they naturally don't want to make extra troubles.

"night."

  Qiao Zhao was stunned for a moment, then nodded: "Okay."

   In the middle of the night, the sky just happened to be a little cloudy, the dark clouds blocked the moonlight, and the few stars were dim.

   It was terribly dark outside.

   In the darkness, Shao Mingyuan took Qiao Zhao's hand and whispered, "Without the moonlight, it is more convenient to do things."

   Miss Joe doesn't know what to say.

   There is no moonlight to act easily, so someone can hold her hand in an open and honest way?

   Of course, this time Qiao Zhao did not struggle.

The priority is to go to Qiao's garden to find out what's going on. At night like this, she can't even see the road clearly. She feels at ease when someone holds her hand, otherwise it doesn't matter if she falls and hurts. Others will have a headache.

   Qiao Zhao's obedience made Shao Mingyuan smile slightly.

The    girl's hand was soft and boneless, and he couldn't help clenching it tightly.

  Qiao Zhao whispered: "Shao Mingyuan!"

   In the night, he couldn't see the girl's expression, he only felt that the sound of "Shao Mingyuan" was like a disobedient feather, scratching his heart.

   "Don't make a sound." The man whispered next to the girl's ear.

   When the words fell, he suddenly wrapped around her waist and stood up from the ground, his other hand climbed the top of the wall.

  The outside of the wall is thick and faint black, and the grass and trees can't distinguish the outline, standing quietly like a ghost.

   Shao Mingyuan brought Qiao Zhao to the ground silently, and asked in a low voice, "Stand still?"

  Qiao Zhao nodded.

   Shao Mingyuan released the hand that wrapped around the girl's slender waist and said softly, "Let's go then."

   "The stalker has been resolved?" Qiao Zhao asked in a low voice.

   "It's resolved, don't worry about this, that person is sleeping soundly now, and he won't know what happened when he wakes up tomorrow, he just thought he fell asleep accidentally."

   In the darkness, the two of them held hands and walked through the Xingzi Forest.

  The Qiao family compound was left with only broken walls and remnants standing in the dark night, showing terror.

   Qiao Zhao was not afraid of the home she had lived in for many years, but when she walked in with the man beside her holding her hand, her heart was only bitter.

   She and the man beside her had a marriage arrangement a long time ago, and it was decided by her grandfather.

   In the two years before her grandfather passed away, she had been urging her to get married quickly, which shows that his old man was looking forward to her getting married.

   Did grandfather also look forward to the day when she and the man beside her walked into Xing Zilin's house hand in hand to see him?

  Thinking about this, Qiao Zhao exerted force on his hand, tightening the man's broad and rough hand.

   Shao Mingyuan was aware of it, and the brows hidden in the darkness raised slightly.

   "Be careful with your steps." He whispered in the girl's ear.

   "Go this way." As for his home, Qiao Zhao was familiar with every corner with his eyes closed.

   She grabbed Shao Mingyuan's hand, stopped and walked in the dark, and came to the rockery.

  The back garden is the most preserved place after the fire of Qiao's house. The rockery that has been piled up for many years and the pool not far away have not changed much, but there is a faint smell of decaying branches and leaves in the pool.

  The entrance of the cave is dark, like a beast hidden in the darkness with a huge mouth.

   Shao Mingyuan then lit the mad wind lantern he carried with him, blocked the light with his tall figure, and bent down to explore the rockery cave.

   Although the entrance of the rockery cave is narrow, the inside is not small. Under the light, you can see that the cave is full of dust and weeds, and nothing else.

   "General Shao, I'll go in and take a look. Please make sure you light up."

  Shao Mingyuan pulled her: "I'll go in, it's dirty inside."

   "No, you are tall, and you are bound to go in. Besides, you are not familiar with me."

   Shao Mingyuan took Qiao Zhao's hand: "Wait a minute."

   Qiao Zhao stopped to look at him.

  Shao Mingyuan looked around with the lamp in hand, bent over and picked up a bamboo pole from the pool, took it in his hand and probed into the cave.

   He probed very carefully, not missing any corners.

   Suddenly, something wrapped around the bamboo pole, nimbly and swiftly upstream.

   Under the light, Qiao Zhao could see clearly that it was a turquoise snake.

   She didn't scream, but her face turned pale.

   As you can imagine, if she went in directly just now, the snake might have climbed onto her.

   "Shao Mingyuan—" Qiao Zhao whispered.

  Shao Mingyuan stretched out his hand as fast as lightning and threw the snake into the distance, turned his head and asked her, "Are you scared?"

  Qiao Zhao shook his head: "No."

   "Go in, be careful." Shao Mingyuan straightened up and threw the bamboo pole gently on the ground.

   "Thank you." With the dim light, Qiao Zhao could vaguely see each other's face.

  His eyes looked brighter in the dark, very beautiful.

  Qiao Zhao suddenly didn't dare to look any more, so he lowered his head and got in.

  Shao Mingyuan put the lamp into the entrance of the cave, and the cave immediately lit up.

  Qiao Zhao raised his hand and touched the stone wall in the cave.

Every part of    is familiar to her, and she can draw it with her eyes closed.

  My father only gave her a piece of paper with a rockery drawn on it, to tell her what was hidden in it?

  Qiao Zhao touched the stone wall inch by inch, and searched all the gaps in the stone crevices that could hide things in his memory, but found nothing.

  The man standing at the entrance of the cave suddenly turned off the lights, and his tall body squeezed in.

   The thirty-fifth update. For this update, I would like to thank Feng Wu Qiuyin for the He Clan's jade that he rewarded in January.

   (end of this chapter)