On a cool night, a canopy floats in the middle of the river. Young men and women sit or stand, chatting and laughing, and if you don't know the purpose of their trip, it looks like a picture of a leisurely night trip.

Nanfeng and the ancient barbarian alternately rowed for half the night, and their exposed hands were bitten by mosquitoes no less than a hundred times, and they did not see the legendary water demon.

"Are you going to return tonight?" The ancient barbarian paddled fiercely, it was supposed to be a resting night, but after rowing for most of the night, he was a little tired, and no matter how good his body was, he couldn't bear a few hours of non-stop rowing.

"That's not right! We've been here before. Nanfeng said.

Nian Xiaojiao suddenly became alert: "I always feel that something is wrong, Nanfeng reminded me in a word, and after a turn, we returned to the same place." ”

"The waterway is open, so it's not strange to go back to the same place, right?" The ancient barbarian was puzzled.

"I don't know how many thousands of miles have passed, and the vicinity of the Yuan River, which was originally extended in all directions, is an important land transportation hub, and river transportation is only an auxiliary. And now, we are returning along the river, which means that all external roads are closed, and this place has become an island~"

The more she said about it, the cooler her heart became.

"And the only way out of the isolated island is the ferry, and the ferry will inevitably encounter a water demon?" The ancient barbarian continued.

"Call you stupid, you're so stupid!" Nanfeng knocked on the head of the ancient barbarian: "Stupid big man, people say what they say." I don't know what the situation is, but it's man-made. The murder here should have been premeditated, but it is unknown who and why. ”

"What should be most worrying is that the mastermind behind the scenes, who will besiege Rustens of people on the island of the Yuanhe River, what is the intention? If ~~ he wants the life of the whole island, then ......"

Nian Xiaojiao didn't finish her words, but the words were all said to this point, even if it was a person like Gu Manzi, who didn't have any fancy intestines and was straight-minded, he also understood that everything was artificial.

"It's useless to say more, the top priority is to move all the trapped people out of the island as much as possible." Nanfeng added.

Nian Xiaojiao suddenly felt a headache: "There are not 50,000 but 30,000 trapped people, and it is not easy to evacuate and resettle them all." Let's go back first, let me think about it. ”

When I returned to the Ruyi Inn, it was already over, and Nian Xiaojiao tossed and turned and couldn't sleep peacefully, how did she solve the current situation? She was a little tired, a little clueless. Until the horizon was already white, Nian Xiaojiao's head was heavy, and her eyelids closed unconsciously, even if she had fallen into a dream, it would not be a good dream, Nian Xiaojiao's frowning brows indicated that she could not sleep steadily.

For several days in a row, Nian Xiaojiao and the others took turns to inspect the Yuan River, whether it was in the isolated island or on the Yuan River, there was no movement.

They didn't wait for the legendary "water demon" to make trouble, nor did they wait for a possible murder, but they waited for an unexpected person.

Three days later, Nian Xiaojiao inspected the Yuanhe River as she had done a few days ago, and a boat came to her, and the person standing on the bow of the boat was none other than Shang Hong, who was a little cold.

Shang Hong saw Nian Xiaojiao, and the face of the 10,000-year-old iceberg turned into gentle ripples as if it met a warm sun. He jumped up and looked at Shang Hong: "Why are you here?" ”

"Not welcome?"

"No, just a bit of a surprise." Nian Xiaojiao didn't feel that she was talking to Shang Hong with a little coquettishness, and her soft and glutinous voice made Shang Hong's heart move.

"I'm very worried when I hear that you are being besieged, and I don't feel at ease if I don't come and investigate in person."

"The pavilion master is not worried about us, or is he not worried about the girl." Nanfeng smiled lightly on the side, tilting his neck to watch the excitement.

"Ahem~ South Wind, the Hades Mansion recently took a mission, which is to go to the extreme arctic cold land, you have good bones, do you want to send you there?" Shang Hong looked at Nanfeng expressionlessly, and when it came to the black belly, Shang Hong said that no one dared to say the first.

"Pavilion master, my body is weak and not resistant to frost. Besides, Jijin Hall needs me, without me shining in Jijin Hall, how can the big family of Sky Pavilion survive? ”

"Threaten me?"

Nanfeng wanted to cry without tears: "How dare you threaten the pavilion master~ Nanfeng is wrong, don't say more than half a word." ”

With that, Nanfeng slipped into the black tent and sat down, leaving the outside world to them.

"Look at you, what scared her out. It turns out that you are so fierce to them on weekdays. Nian Xiaojiao looked at Shang Hong, swept away the fatigue of the day, and was in a good mood.

"Otherwise, how can we get rid of him so quickly, leaving only the two of us alone?" Shang Hong said, stepped forward and hugged Nian Xiaojiao into his arms, feeling her temperature, her heartbeat, and Fang Jue The person in front of him was real.

And Nanfeng in the tent was opening the curtain at this time to secretly check the two people outside, and was glared at by Shang Hong, and then shrank in.

Nian Xiaojiao, who was in Shang Hong's arms, suddenly straightened her back and rushed out of Shang Hong's arms: "No, why are you here?" ”

"Silly girl, you just asked this question, I'm just worried about you and want to come and see you."

"That's not right! Wrong! Nian Xiaojiao was so anxious that she kept circling in place: "It's not right!" ”

"What's wrong?" Shang Hong's gaze moved with Nian Xiaojiao.

"We have all been deceived by those behind the scenes! He got us all in. We thought that the closure of the city was to trap the people of this isolated island, but perhaps, his purpose was only to trap us. He expected that we would not leave the people of the city behind, and that we would stay here. The eyes of the entire rivers and lakes are here, and it is difficult to start! ”

"So he didn't even think about hacking here again!" Shang Hong also suddenly realized.

"Yes, maybe he'd been 108,000 miles away from here. If we are trapped, there will be a backhand, and the other party will take action, and there will be no one to stop us. This time, I don't know where I'm going to suffer. Nian Xiaojiao was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, and couldn't stop spinning in place: "What should I do!" What to do! ”

"Don't panic, it's been three days, and there hasn't been much movement, and the other party's destination may not be the nearby area. We originally speculated that it was the West or the East, so next, I asked the Firmament Sect to pay strict attention to the movements of the eastern cities, and if there was any movement, they would inform us as soon as possible. ”

"It's useless to stay longer, let's evacuate too, just bother to report to the imperial court, and restore the nearby roads as soon as possible." Nian Xiaojiao proposed.

"Minor problem. Just where are we going? ”

"East."

Go to the next journey, the next battle.

Nian Xiaojiao and Shang Hong thought about the joints here, and they couldn't keep them for a moment. In the past, they were worried about the people nearby, but now the people should be worry-free, and the prescription of the mastermind behind the scenes is the most important thing, and a negligence is the misery of life.

A few days ago, the lives of the Taurus Taoist Temple and Shanghe Village made everyone cautious and cautiously lived in a low-key manner for three days. Seeing that everything was as usual, the villagers who had been trapped for three days began to liven up their thoughts, thinking about the little livelihood on the water, and began to make appointments to prepare for the resumption of river transportation.

So when Nian Xiaojiao and the others were ready to go to the bank of the Yuan River, dozens of boats pulling anchors and preparing to go down the river were densely packed.

"Well, there probably won't be any danger, so let's go down the river." Nian Xiaojiao looked at the lively Yuanhe, the haze of the days, finally recovered some freshness, and everyone lived and worked in peace and contentment is the best scenery.

waited until all the boats entered the river in an orderly manner, and then Shang Hong led Nian Xiaojiao and the others onto the boat: "We are also ready to go." ”

Nian Xiaojiao's boat had just left the shore, and there was a mess in front of them, and the screams were endless. The boats were piled up in an orderly manner, and in the panic, one of the boats was overturned, and three men fell into the water, one of whom was relatively thin and could not swim, and could not stop struggling in the water.

Shang Hong's secret path was not good, the person had left the boat and rushed to the person who fell into the water.

Nian Xiaojiao watched Shang Hong leave nervously, not knowing why this panic started, and suddenly there was a sound of water explosions, one after another. The whole front was plunged into a white fog, and dozens of boats, even if they were only an arm's length away, could not be seen clearly.

"Shang Hong!" Nian Xiaojiao's exclamation was hidden in everyone's panicked shouts.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Nanfeng jumped out of the boat, swam into the fog, and instinctively headed in the direction of Shang Hong. When the ancient barbarian saw the south wind entering the water, he also followed closely and plunged into the water.

For a while, only Nian Xiaojiao and Qing Yu were left on the boat, looking at each other.

Looking at Nian Xiaojiao's crying face, Qing Yu hurriedly comforted: "Sister, don't worry, Shang Gongzi has died countless times before, isn't it all safe and sound." ”

Qing Yu was not comforted, but hearing what Qing Yu said, Nian Xiaojiao was even more worried, the corners of her eyes were shining, and tears overflowed.

"Uh, sister, don't cry, it's Qing Gardenia who is not good, Qing Yu can't speak."

For a while, Qing Yu also panicked.

An even worse scream pressed Nian Xiaojiao's thoughts back, Shang Hong was in danger, and hundreds of unarmed flat-headed people were also in it, and a bad one was a tragedy.

The choking smoke and water vapor from the mine explosion gradually dissipated, and what caught Nian Xiaojiao's eyes was an extremely tragic situation.

Bloodstained River!

The boats were only two or three out of ten, and some of the people who fell into the water were still fluttering, but the number of people in sight was sharply reduced, and many more probably sank into the mud at the bottom of the river without a sound.

In particular, some of the severed arms and stumps, drifting with the waves, hit the torn hull planks, dilapidated, and tragic.

Nian Xiaojiao searched around for Shang Hong's figure.

No!

No!

Or not!

"Shang Hong!"

Nian Xiaojiao's cry passed through the ruins and went into the distance, without any echo.

"Shang Hong, you once said that you would accompany me to Baiyan, have you forgotten? You also said that you would always be with me, the earth is barren and the sea is rotten, you liar. Don't leave me alone, Shang Hong, come out! ”

“……”

"Shang Hong~~"

Nian Xiaojiao's shouts became weaker and weaker, and finally sat down on the bow of the boat, looking at the vast water and the gray sky:

God, do you have an enmity against me? Why are the people I cherish and like taken away by you one by one! Why is it like this again and again, leaving me alone, alone!