Since the crossing, Liu Juntao's body has been full of pain, although it is not a fatal injury, but it has also consumed a lot of energy, coupled with the sudden crossing caused his emotions to fluctuate, which made Liu Juntao feel unusually tired, so Liu Juntao slept until the next day.

After waking up, the sleepy-eyed Liu Juntao sat on the wooden bed dejectedly, and after recalling yesterday's experience in his mind, his stomach began to protest with a "gurgling".

So, Liu Juntao put his mind on his own food and clothing, and was thinking about where to find some breakfast for a while, when he suddenly heard the sound of people outside the house, mixed with the shouts of countless men and the anxious cries of women.

"It's broken! Something must have happened in the village! ”

Liu Juntao didn't care about breakfast, hurriedly put on his shoes and ran out, only to see that the village was already in chaos, Zhang Xiaojun was shouting loudly on the threshing floor, beckoning the young Zhuang in the village to come and gather, and divided all the young Zhuang in the village into two teams, as if they were giving some orders.

At the same time, Zhang Baigui and Guo Yongzhong stood side by side, looking at their expressions were very grim, as if they were facing some major test. However, the two of them didn't say a word to each other, they just looked at the chaotic villagers in front of their eyes, and they didn't know what they were thinking.

On the side, Tang Yu was beckoning a group of old people and women, who seemed to be counting the number of people in the village from house to house.

Liu Juntao looked around, but did not see Guo Muying in the crowd, and probably did not come out.

So, Liu Juntao grabbed a villager who happened to run past him and asked, "This big brother, what's going on in the village?" ”

"Jing Gu is gone! There was no trace all night, Jing Gu's mother was about to cry to death, Guo Yuanwai and Master Zhang were taking everyone to prepare to go out to look for it! ”

When Liu Juntao heard that Jing Gu was gone, there was a bang in his head, and he said secretly: "How can this be!" If I knew this, I should have told Guo Yuanwai about Jinggu's departure from the village last night! That's a bad dish! ”

While blaming himself, Liu Juntao did not delay, and immediately found Guo Yongzhong and Zhang Baigui, and told him about the incident he saw Jing Gu walking towards the south of the village with a bamboo building on his back yesterday, and then began to blame himself constantly, asking to go with everyone to find Jing Gu.

After listening to the ins and outs of Liu Juntao's narration, Guo Yongzhong first comforted Liu Juntao a few words, and said: "Jinggu often goes to the rivers and lakes in the south of the village to fish and catch shrimp, this is a very common thing, and it is normal not to pay attention, even if I see it, I may not take it to heart, so you don't have to blame yourself too much." ”

Then Guo Yongzhong looked at Zhang Baigui beside him and said, "Master Zhang, what do you think of this matter?" Do you want Juntao to go and help out? ”

Zhang Baigui frowned, pondered for a while, and said with some reluctance: "If you want to help, just follow, but remember not to make trouble for everyone!" ”

Liu Juntao nodded, looked at Zhang Baigui suspiciously, and didn't understand how this old man's attitude changed so quickly? Then Liu Juntao was arranged by Zhang Baigui to Zhang Xiaojun.

At this time, Zhang Xiaojun had already divided the men's youth in the village into two teams. One of the teams stayed in the village, responsible for looking for it near the left of the village, and even took care of the village, just now when Liu Juntao was waiting for the distribution, but he listened to the surrounding villagers, saying that there were bandits in the fish mountain south of the fish mountain set, so there should be some young people left in the village, and it was impossible to leave all at once.

Another team of people has already gathered around Zhang Xiaojun, there are about 30 people, most of them are young people from the village, and there are also a small number of old people and teenage children, this team is going out to find Jinggu's people.

Seeing that the men were ready, Zhang Xiaojun beckoned everyone to leave the village armed and rush south.

When he set off, Liu Juntao saw Zhang Xiaojun carrying a two-handed long knife at a glance, although it was not as sharp and slender as the Miao ~ knife, but in a small village like Yushanji, it could be regarded as an unusual eye-catcher, presumably Zhang Baigui created it for him.

Liu Juntao glanced at it and didn't say anything, and he also found a shoulder-high wooden stick and followed closely behind, running towards the south.

After everyone set off, Guo Yongzhong and Zhang Baigui stood at the head of the village and looked at the distant figures of everyone, and the expressions on their faces were very complicated.

"I said Guo Yuanwai, what is that Liu Juntao, what are you letting him come in? Is it appropriate for an outsider who doesn't know the details of our village to come in? ”

Guo Yongzhong sighed and said: "I don't know what's wrong, I just looked at this Liu Juntao pleasing to the eye, and felt that it was destined by God that he came to our Yushan Set, so I asked Liu Juntao to find Jinggu together just now." ”

"Humph! What is destined by God, I said Guo Yuanwai, don't think that you have read for a few years, and use these mysterious statements to fool me! I've seen the world! Do you have any plans? Speak up and listen to it. ”

"Haha, what can I do? I've lived for such a long time, and I've never seen a person who can still be alive after being struck by lightning, just rushing to this point, I expected that this Liu Juntao must not be a mortal, so I thought about keeping him, this is also for our Yushan collection. ”

Zhang Baigui also sneered a few times after hearing this, and said angrily: "Since Guo Yuanwai doesn't want to say it, forget it!" In fact, Guo Yuanwai doesn't say it, I can guess eight or nine, not far from ten. It's nothing more than Guo Yuanwai seeing that my son has enveloped most of the young people in the village, and he can't get angry, so he thinks about leaving that Liu Juntao for his own use. However, Guo Yuanwai really thinks that Liu Juntao can be worthy of my son Zhang Xiaojun? ”

Guo Yongzhong smiled faintly when he heard this, but did not say anything. Zhang Baigui glanced at Guo Yongzhong, then returned to the blacksmith shop, slammed the door shut, and the loud noise startled the villagers who were close to him.

The words are divided into two ends, one for each table.

Liu Juntao followed Zhang Xiaojun and the others all the way south, and soon arrived at the small river where Jinggu and other village women often fished for fish and shrimp.

Zhang Xiaojun was anxious, and immediately beckoned everyone to look for him in groups. But after everyone searched for a long time, they didn't find the slightest trace of Jing Gu, and Jing Gu seemed to have evaporated from the world and became silent.

Liu Juntao also looked around, only to see that the general flow direction of this small river is flowing from east to west, the water flow is not large, but it is very clear, and you can see sporadic fish and shrimp paddling in the water, but the number is very small.

"No, it doesn't look like anyone has been here! Didn't Jinggu come here? ”

Liu Juntao looked into the distance again, and saw that the east and west sides of the river were flat wilderness, without any cover, and the farther place to the south was an endless reed.

"Look closer! You guys go to the west and have a look! ”

Liu Juntao stared at the reeds in the distance and thought about something, and suddenly heard Zhang Xiaojun's shout, so he stepped forward, pointed to the reeds in the distance and asked: "Brother Zhang, I don't see any trace of Jinggu here, do you think Jinggu will go to the reeds over there to catch fish and shrimp?" Why don't we go over there and find out? ”

As soon as these words came out, the young men in the village who were still looking for people just now suddenly became silent, and they all looked at Liu Juntao in unison, and then they all whispered. Even Zhang Xiaojun stared at Liu Juntao with round eyes, almost bursting into flames, gritting his teeth and saying words like "impossible".

"Huh! Did I just say something wrong? Liu Juntao said with some embarrassment.

Zhang Xiaojun took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "The reeds and shrimp over there are abundant and abundant, but our people from Yushanji have never gone there. ”

Liu Juntao was even more puzzled after hearing this, and asked, "Why is that?" This reed swing is not very far from the village, right? ”

"There are often mudflat wolves in that reed, and they eat people, and they ......."

As soon as he heard that there was a wolf in the reeds, Liu Juntao was suddenly shocked, and then asked, "And what?" ”

Moreover, the bandits on Yushan often operate in the reeds, either selling stolen goods, burying corpses, searching for food, or ambushing and robbing roads. Therefore, although the reed swing is rich in products, it is actually a Hades Palace! Our people in Yushanji can't hide, so how can they run into the reeds? So Jing Gu will definitely not go there, unless Jing Gu's brain is broken! ”

At this moment, a villager next to him whispered: "But I heard that Jinggu's wife has been seriously ill recently, and Jinggu's family has no food to eat, and there are not many fish and shrimp in the rivers around our village." So ......"

There is no need to make this clear, everyone understands in their hearts that in order to get food for the old lady, it is very likely that Jing Gu took the risk of going into the reeds to catch fish!

At this moment, almost everyone looked at Zhang Xiaojun, waiting for Zhang Xiaojun to give everyone an idea. And Liu Juntao lowered his head and thought about something, and his face was also cloudy. All of a sudden, the scene became extremely silent, and the silence was frightening, and dozens of men were all stunned in place.

Zhang Xiaojun clenched his teeth, his eyes stared at the reeds in the distance, and he couldn't make up his mind in his heart.

At this moment, Liu Juntao said to Zhang Xiaojun in a deep voice: "That's good, I'll go to Luyidang to see the situation first, and if you're lucky enough to not meet bandits, you can take the big guy to follow." If I don't come out for more than an hour, you won't look for Aunt Jing anymore, you take everyone back quickly, Aunt Jing shouldn't be lonely with me as a companion! ”

Everyone was moved when they heard this, and Zhang Xiaojun was also impressed by the "fool" in front of him who had been screaming for a long time.

Zhang Xiaojun hesitated slightly, and then said loudly: "No! It's too dangerous for you to go in alone, I'll go with you, and there will be more or less to take care of! ”

"It's better for me to go alone, why don't you have to leave a leader here, it's better for me to go by myself."

Zhang Xiaojun wanted to argue a few more points, but was interrupted by Liu Juntao waving his hand: "Brother Zhang, if you want to help me, lend me your long knife, I can't go in with a stick to find someone, right?" If I do encounter bandits, I'll put on a back. ”

Zhang Xiaojun was taken aback when he heard this, and asked, "Can you use a knife?" ”

"It's a little bit of a mess."

"Alright then!"

Zhang Xiaojun handed the long knife to Liu Juntao and said, "Brother, be careful, the big guy and I are waiting for you to come back outside the reeds." ”

Liu Juntao took the long knife and pulled it out of its sheath violently, and suddenly a cold light flashed and the blade buzzed.

"Good knives!"

Liu Juntao waved it a few times and couldn't help but admire, this long knife has a slender and straight body but is not heavy, the blade is extremely sharp, and it can be seen that the steel clad method is also used! Although this long knife looks plain and does not have too much decoration, it is a veritable treasure knife!

"I'm going!"

Liu Juntao inserted the long knife into the scabbard and hurried towards the reeds. Zhang Xiaojun looked at Liu Juntao's back with a complicated expression, and he didn't know what he was thinking. After a while, Zhang Xiaojun waved his hand and said, "Go!" Let's go up too, and wait outside for them to come back!" ”