Chapter 20: Man-made Disasters
On a June day, the scorching sun hung high on it, and there was not a trace of cloud or wind in the sky, so that the whole land was like a steamer, and even the birds did not dare to soar in the sky. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Accompanied by a group of peasants, Wang Shuo came to the creek under the scorching sun, the water was so clear that Wang Shuo could see the bottom at a glance, and a stream about four meters wide was already less than half a meter deep.
"Village chief, look at what to do, this water is almost dry, if it doesn't rain, the crops won't be able to live at all!"
"Yes, village chief, this grain is the lifeblood of the whole village!"
The peasants were excited, but not just for themselves, but for the whole village.
Now the property of Wangliu Village is publicly owned, which means that everything is Wang Shuo's, and these farmers have nothing in return, but they still work hard and pay for the village willingly.
Gone!
It is enough for them to have a stutter, and the others dare not think about it.
Looking at the water that was about to dry up, Wang Shuo was a little puzzled in his heart, remembering that when he left some time ago, the stream was still full of water, how could the stream suddenly drop by nearly ninety percent in just a few days, this thing was too strange.
There must be demons when things are unusual, this thing is weird, and it is certainly not as simple as it seems.
Wang Shuo pondered for a moment and asked, "In which direction is the source of this stream?" ”
A peasant replied: "It is from the county seat of Langya." ”
Wang Shuo then asked, "Have you sent someone to see it?" ”
The farmer was puzzled, "No, the water is dry, what's the use of going where?" ”
"Okay, I see."
Wang Shuo returned to the village without saying a word, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that it could not be caused by the natural environment, and the problem must be at the source.
Taking advantage of the darkness has always been Wang Shuo's style, and this time it is different, completely ignoring Liu Youmei's persuasion that she is worried about her body, and takes Zhou Long and others all the way to the source of the stream.
After walking for nearly two hours, the width of the creek gradually began to widen, almost to about eight meters wide, which was twice the original size.
On the way, Wang Shuo also passed through a small town and two villages, which were the same as Wang Shuo's Wangliu Village.
"Look, village chief!"
Zhou Long pointed into the distance, and the place he pointed at was a large sparkling lake, which was located between the mountains and rocks, covering an extremely wide area, reflecting a strange light in the night at a glance, at least 50 square kilometers.
There are many hills and trees in this place, and over time this huge body of water has been formed, and then it flows into the distance through the fork of the stream in Wangliu Village, becoming the source of the stream.
Originally, it could have been able to supply a steady stream of water, but someone actually blocked the fork and the water could not flow out, so the lake that Wang Shuo saw now was formed.
"Who the hell is doing such a conscientious thing!"
Wang Shuo roared angrily, and immediately alarmed a group of people not far away, and the sound of steel colliding sounded, and the bright sword emitted a dazzling white light in the dark night, instantly encircling Wang Shuo and several people.
These people are amazing, and they feel very not simple, especially the leader of the people, who is holding a pitch-black spear in his hand, and has an iron-blooded temperament in his body, and said disdainfully: "There are five villages and towns down this stream, Tieshu Village, Kaiyue Town, Jinggeng Village, Shahe Village, and Lijia Town, I don't know which village you are from?" ”
"Why are you blocking the water?"
Wang Shuo is extremely angry, where is this a natural disaster, it is clearly a man-made disaster, someone deliberately blocked the source of the water flow, this is to kill people!
"Yo, it seems that you are not from those five villages and towns, but it doesn't matter who you are, arrest you!"
The leader shouted, and the minions surrounding Wang Shuo and the others immediately rushed to Wang Shuo and the others, Zhou Long was naturally unwilling, and rushed towards the leader with both fists, Wang Shuo just wanted to stop but it was too late, Zhou Long rushed out but quickly flew back, and fell to the ground and was difficult to get up.
The leader put away his right foot and said arrogantly: "Even if you have this three-legged cat kung fu, you dare to get an axe in front of me, take it away!" ”
Wang Shuo didn't dare to resist, not to mention that he was injured now, even if he wasn't injured, Wang Shuo couldn't even win against Zhou Long, let alone someone who could kick Zhou Long and had no power to fight back.
The leader gave a few words to his subordinates, and walked towards the mountain with Wang Shuo and the others alone.
There are many gravels on the mountain roads, the roads are rugged, and it is extremely difficult to walk, and in some places you can only walk side by side, and one of them will fall into a valley if you are not careful.
"You've been a soldier, haven't you?"
On the way, Wang Shuo suddenly asked on a whim.
The leader glanced at Wang Shuo in surprise, not only did he not answer, but also shrugged Wang Shuo, "So much nonsense, don't go quickly!" ”
After a while, the road became wider, and when I reached the peak, I was even more surprised that there was a huge clearing of rocks, and there was a majestic cottage on it.
Needless to say, those people just now must have been bandits.
Due to the appearance of Wang Shuo and others, the sound of pulling the bowstring immediately sounded on the cottage, which made Wang Shuo feel shocked, looking at the formation of this group of bandit archers, I am afraid that the force is not small.
In the era of cold weapons without guns, there is no need to say how terrifying the bow and arrow are, as long as you imagine the arrows that are fired at the same time, like locusts falling from the sky, no one does not have a numb scalp.
Torches lit up at the top of the city, and someone shouted, "Who is down there?" ”
"Me!"
The leader walked not far from the bottom of the cottage and responded to the people on the wall,
Under the light of the fire, Wang Shuo clearly saw the true face of this person, the appearance of twenty-five or six, dressed in leather armor, white and beardless, dignified and majestic, just standing still with a spear in his hand, but there was a vigorous and heroic spirit, which made Wang Shuo sigh from the heart: What a young general!
But this leather armor is so familiar, where has this fur felt like you've seen it?
Just as Wang Shuo was thinking, the three-foot-tall thick gate had already been opened, and he said respectfully to the leader, "Young master, I've brought someone back again." ”
"These people are not from the villages and towns downstream, but they will be locked up first, and they will not be allowed to leave if they can't get the money."
"Okay, young master."
The man immediately took a few bandits to bring Wang Shuo and the others into the cottage, and unlike the dungeon cage that Wang Shuo thought, the bandits actually locked them in a rather beautiful room.
Zhou Long yelled, "Hey, what are you putting us here? ”
The man ignored it and closed the door directly, obviously sleepy and about to catch up on sleep.
"Village chief, what are they going to do?"
"Ask for money."
Zhou Long said angrily: "Why don't we smash this door and run out!" ”
"Don't!" Wang Shuo hurriedly stopped, for fear that Zhou Long would be impulsive, "Along the way, this cottage has deep defenses and dense armor, what's the use of you smashing this door, can you fight those armor?" ”
"So what do we do now?"
Zhou Long was very angry, and he didn't know if he was quite unconvinced by the fact that he was kicked to the ground by the leader.
"Wait, wait until they remember us......"