Chapter 205: Saving people in the river and mountain bandits
I don't know when a lot of people have gathered on the river on the bridge, but I saw that the river was turbid and turbulent, but no one dared to go into the water to save people.
As soon as Lu Yi pushed everyone away, he saw a woman with a cloak of hair fluttering in the river, the turbulent river washed her to the side, and the person sank faster and faster, seeing that the water had already flooded to the mouth and nose, and she would drown in a few moments.
Lu Yi didn't think much about this situation, he didn't even have time to take off his clothes and jumped down, and in another exclamation from everyone, he had quickly dived to the bottom of the water and quickly swam towards the drowning woman.
The speed of the water was extremely fast, at this time the drowning woman was already dozens of feet away, the repeated fluttering had exhausted her strength, after drinking a few sips of the turbid river water, she finally lost her breath, followed the flow, the water did not go over the top, only a touch of loose hair was still exposed outside the water.
Lu Yi's speed was faster, he was like a smart swimming fish diving to the bottom of the water, every time he paddled his hands and feet, he was able to rush out of the water, and finally caught up with the unconscious girl at the bend of the river, grabbed her hands, and a fierce man dived out of the water and quickly swam to the shore.
The people on the shore of the bridge saw that Lu Yi had not surfaced after jumping into the water, and thought that he had been swallowed by the whirlpool under the water, and when they were shaking their heads and secretly saying that it was a pity, they suddenly saw Lu Yi coming ashore from the river hundreds of zhang away, and he was still holding the girl who jumped into the river in his arms.
Everyone watched in disbelief as Lu Yi climbed onto the shore, and suddenly let out a burst of exclamation, and they couldn't help but applaud.
A few people who were still crying bitterly saw a young man rescue the woman who jumped into the river, and the young man who looked like a scholar hurriedly got up from the ground and ran towards the two like crazy.
At this time, the others also reacted, and rushed to the two of them one by one to see whether the woman who jumped into the river was dead or alive?
After Lu Yi rescued the woman who jumped into the river, he put her lying flat on the grass by the river, only to see her eyes closed, pale, motionless, Lu Yi hurriedly reached out in front of her nose, and grabbed her wrist vein, only to feel that her breathing was weak and her pulse was completely absent.
At this moment, the young man had already rushed to him, and when he saw the woman lying there motionless, he thought that she had drowned, and suddenly screamed, and he fainted in the darkness before his eyes.
At this time, a pair of gray-haired old men walked up to him with the support of others, and immediately began to cry: "My poor daughter, you died so miserably, what can you do with your mother and me in the future?" ”
Lu Yi hurriedly bowed his hand to the two and said: "This old man, mother-in-law, your daughter is not dead, she has just held her breath for the time being, now is not the time to be sad and sad, you have to hurry up to rescue!" ”
As soon as the white-haired old woman heard Lu Yi's words, she immediately stopped crying, and hurriedly wiped it off her daughter's neck, and sure enough, she felt that she still had a breath, and hurriedly called the woman who helped her over and asked her to help rescue.
Other people also hurriedly stepped forward to help, some pinched people, some pressed their stomachs, and after a while, they saw the woman spit out a few mouthfuls of water, and after a violent cough, they woke up slowly, and everyone saw that the woman was really rescued, and there was a burst of cheers.
The woman looked at everyone with a sluggish gaze, and asked in a daze, "Have I already arrived at Y Cao Difu?" Daddy, Mom, why are you here? ”
The white-haired old woman was her mother, and she wiped her tears and said, "Silly daughter, this is not Cao Difu, this son rescued you from the river just now, why don't you hurry up and thank you?" ”
When the woman heard her mother's words, she scanned the surroundings, and after making sure that she was really not dead, she suddenly struggled to get up from the ground, and staggered towards the river, crying as she struggled to walk, "Who told you to save me?" Why didn't you save me? Let me die! ”
Everyone hurriedly reached out and grabbed her, for fear that if she let go, she would really jump into the river again.
Lu Yi was also stunned, I don't understand why this girl is so young that she wants to seek death and life?
At this time, under the rescue of everyone, the man who had just passed out also woke up slowly, and when he saw that the woman was alive, he didn't even bother to wipe his tears and ran over, and hugged her by the waist.
The woman was about to struggle, when she suddenly saw the man holding her, and immediately hugged the man with her backhand, buried her head in his arms and cried.
Seeing this, the person next to him couldn't help but feel related, shook his head and sighed.
Lu Yi only understood a little at this time, the woman who jumped into the river and the man who fainted just now should be a couple, and the pair of old men are the woman's parents. Is this matter related to the mountain bandits on White Turtle Mountain?
At this time, he suddenly heard two sounds of "plop, plop", Lu Yi looked down and saw the old man and the old woman kneeling in front of him, he was suddenly startled and hurriedly reached out to help: "Uncle, what are you doing here?" That's unacceptable! ”
The old man kowtowed three times to Lu Yidong, and said tremblingly: "This son, please save my daughter, please!" The old woman next to him also cried and shouted for Lu Yi to save people.
Lu Yi hurriedly said: "Uncle, you get up first, I don't know what happened?" ”
The old man didn't follow: "Childe, if you don't promise to save my daughter, I won't get up!" He was also forced to go to the doctor in a hurry.
The young man also pulled the diving woman to his knees in front of Lu Yi, and sobbed: "This son, please save Xiaoyu, as long as you promise to save Xiaoyu, I, Cui Jia, am willing to make you a cow and a horse!" ”
Only then did Lu Yi know that the young man's name was Cui Jia, and the woman's name was Xiaoyu, presumably this white-haired old man was the "Zhang Yuanwai" in the mouth of the tea shopkeeper.
Lu Yihe had received such a big gift, so he had to hurriedly accept it, and the four people outside Zhang heard that Lu Yi promised to save people, so they got up from the ground.
Lu Yi breathed a sigh of relief and arched his hand to Zhang Yuanwai: "Old Yuanwai, what the hell is going on?" You should have told me by now, right? ”
Zhang Yuanwai sighed again and again: "Isn't it because of those mountain bandits on White Turtle Mountain?" It's just that it's a long story at this time, please go to the village to change your clothes, and then tell the son in detail. ”
Lu Yi naturally would not regret what he agreed to, so he arched his hand to Zhang Yuanwai, and came to a fairly elegant house surrounded by everyone in the Zhang family, but the house was shrouded in a tense and panicked atmosphere.
When Lu Yi changed his clothes and came to the main hall, the people of the Zhang family were already waiting there, in addition to Zhang Yuanwai, the old lady and Cui Jia, and Xiaoyu, there was also a man and a woman in the house, Lu Yi had also seen it when he was by the river before, it was Zhang Yuanwai's son Zhang Peng and daughter-in-law Wu.
Under the strong insistence of Zhang Yuanwai and others, Lu Yi had no choice but to sit down in the first place, and then arched his hand to Zhang Yuanwai and others: "Old Yuanwai, what is going on?" It's time for you to tell you, right? Otherwise, if you ask me to save someone, and I don't even know what is going on, how can I save this person? ”
Zhang Yuanwai shook his head and sighed, sighing for a while, and then he told him what happened one by one, but what was going on? It all started a month ago.
There was originally a group of mountain bandits who blocked the road and robbed on Baigui Mountain, robbing houses and houses on weekdays, and often robbing passing merchants, but they have always been at peace with the people in Longqiao Town.
There is no other reason, just because Zhang Yuanwai's family is well-off and has hundreds of acres of fertile land, and every year he will take out a lot of grain to go up the mountain to honor this group of mountain bandits, so as to ensure the safety of the people in the town.
In addition, Zhang Yuanwai's family raised dozens of martial artists who took care of the family, although the mountain bandits were numerous and powerful, they couldn't get much benefit, so they simply accepted Zhang Yuanwai's filial piety and got along peacefully.
Who knew that one night more than half a month ago, the mountain bandits on White Turtle Mountain suddenly went against the norm, rushed into the town at night, and robbed and plundered without saying anything, and then left.
Just when the people in the town had not yet understood what was going on, many people suddenly discovered that their unmarried daughter, who was in the boudoir at home, was missing, and this missing girl was six or seven years old.
People searched around the town for a day and a night, and finally all the martial artists of Zhang Yuanwai's family went out to look for it, but they found nothing.
However, just when people were about to report to the official, a group of mountain bandits suddenly came down from Baigui Mountain and sent these six or seven girls back, but people found that several girls looked abnormal and extremely uneasy, and they didn't know what was going on at first, but later they learned that they were robbed by this group of mountain bandits and ruined on the mountain.
The mountain bandits who came to send people off also made a rule: every seven days in the future, the town of Changqiao would send seven sixteen or seventeen-year-old girls to White Turtle Mountain for their new mountain king to enjoy, otherwise if they sent a few fewer girls, they would kill a few people.
People didn't care at first, but on the seventh day, seven people in the town really died, and these seven people were hung on the trees at the entrance of the town for public display, and they were all skinned and cramped, sawed legs and gouged out their eyes, and their deaths were extremely cruel.
That same night, the mountain bandits went down the mountain again and snatched seven yellow flower girls from the town.
Now the whole town exploded, but after reporting to the official, the government did not pay attention to it at all, and those who had a daughter at home had to flee from this place with their families overnight, but there were still some people who were nostalgic for this place or had nowhere to escape, so they could only stay in the town in fear, for fear that one day this bad luck would fall on their heads.