When the ship finally arrived at the dock, a group of men and horses below were noisy and hurried aboard, and the people and goods blocked all the exits on the deck.

Yue Yi and Lao Liu looked at each other and silently raised their vigilance.

That night, Yueyi Shang Rui Yicheng and Lao Liu were not asleep, squinting lightly and pretending to sleep. Sure enough, when some of the handymen were confused and relieved, there was a faint sound around them, and the boatman's head seemed to be in a dream, but his eyes were first stung by a strong bright light.

"Ahh

He was silenced with just a scream, and the other party slashed his neck with a knife, decisively and ruthlessly.

Silently seeing all this, they closed their mouths with a slight grin. Lao Liu lowered his voice and said, "Be careful." ”

One after another, all the handymen outside were controlled, and those who shouted and cried violently were directly solved with a knife, and those who were a little more comfortable were escorted to the deck and squatted down with their heads in their hands, not daring to look and speak.

It's a group of masked men who stuff rags into the mouths of the workers and tie them with their backhands. The masked men went to the cargo hold, and then carried out the tightly sealed wooden boxes. At this time, the brief commotion on the ship had passed, and the surroundings were very quiet, and the big ship was also sailing slowly on the river, without the previous fire and shouting, and it looked like an ordinary merchant ship on the outside.

A few people who came out of the warehouse said angrily through the sound of the mask urn: "The thing is right, it's that batch." ”

The head of the masked man opened a box slightly to check, and Yue Yi took the opportunity to see a part, which was a batch of golden jewelry and expensive porcelain, as if each one was worth a fortune. Yue Yi didn't know most of them, but there was one she knew - green paint and gold hairpin. That was the most powerful of the lavish dowry that had been heard in the gossip of Yesch and had been talked about by the people about what a luxurious dowry the Yan Mansion was, and at this time he had no choice but to become one of the many "hostages"!

Since it is the dowry of the Yan Mansion, their destination is also listed, it can't be the people of Yunzhan, right? Yue Yi silently took out the jade pendant given by Yun Zhan and squeezed it tightly in his hand, hoping to save his life.

Shang Rui Yicheng asked on the side, "What should I do?" ”

It's not good to go out in this situation, there are many people on the other side, and it's not appropriate to make a noise, but it's not a long-term way to hide if you don't go out, and sooner or later you will be found. Lao Liu was slippery, and when he saw that the situation was not good, he was the first to hide in a wooden barrel in the warehouse, and he also put a lid on himself.

Shang Rui couldn't get used to him, "What do you mean?" ”

Lao Liu said: "There will definitely be a search for a while, and you will also find a place to hide." ”

Yicheng was naïve, "That's right! ”

Holy! Shang Rui said: "Hiding is not a solution, we can't just look at luck, we have to think of a countermeasure." ”

Yueyi asked Lao Liu, "How long will it take to get to the column?" ”

"I guess it's just one night, and I'll arrive before noon."

It's been too long, and they have a good chance of being discovered, so Yue Yihao said one of his least favorite methods, "Let's go into the water." ”

"You're not a landlubber, aren't you?"

"There's no way, for the sake of survival." Yueyi is distressed, there are always some skills in life, even if you don't like it anymore, at the critical time, you still feel that it would be good if you had suffered at the beginning, and now you won't be so embarrassed and desperate.

Lao Liu was the first to agree, "This is a good way!" As he spoke, he came out of the barrel. One by one, they slowly approached the uphill staircase, then crept out and leaped nimbly upward, first hiding in a place where they could see through the carved window.

"Walk...••Wait a minute!"

Who knows, there was a commotion outside, "Find it for me, and if you find someone, you will immediately kill it." ”

Get?

Yueyi didn't dare to look up, but through the cracks in the old wood, he found that it was the thief who was locked in the underground cabin by them and was caught. He trembled and couldn't stand steadily, trembling with fear from this sudden situation, and said in his mouth, "Big brother, big brother, spare my life, haven't I paid the life-saving fee?" How can I still do it..."

"Who's the big brother with you!" The masked man snuffed him up and motioned for the people next to him to finish him off. Seeing clearly the intentions of these people, the thief's hand couldn't stop shaking, but his mouth was quick, "Wait a minute, I know!" ”

He looked around, some only corpses remained, and some were still squatting in the corner, but he couldn't see the two women and a man who had kidnapped him and Lao Liu. He said to the man in black, "There are fish that have slipped through the net! Two girls, a boy and an old man have run away, and they know your plans and will tell you about it! ”

"What!" The masked leader looked over at the thief, who winced, but nodded affirmatively, indicating that he was not lying. Another masked man walked across the deck, pulled an old boatman, and asked, "Is what he said true?" ”

Yueyi Shangrui and Yicheng, who are three teenagers who are not very old, are very conspicuous among many older people, coupled with Yicheng's seasickness, they left a very deep impression on the people on the boat, and the handymen knew that these three people were indeed not among the people who had been arrested.

But the old man didn't want to involve the young man, so he kept silent, and the masked man saw this situation and directly clicked with a knife, splashing the old man's sticky blood on the face of a woman behind him, and the woman was frightened and screamed, "Ahhhhh ”

The masked man picked up her mandibles with a scimitar, "Say! Otherwise, the knife will pierce your throat, one... He counted an inch by inch, and it looked like he was about to burst his throat.

The woman cried and said, "Yes, yes, two women, one man, and an old man." ”

Hearing an affirmative answer again, indicating that they had indeed made a mistake, the masked man was indignant and stabbed the knife directly into the center of the woman's neck. So the woman fell to the ground, still with a waste knife stuck in her neck, which the man in black hated.

The people around him began to sobbed quietly, and the scene became crying and crying.

The head of the masked man clasped his ears impatiently, "Noisy." He held out a finger, his men gave the order, and the temporary survivors on the deck were all killed, leaving not a single one behind. The masked men then threw them into the river at will, leaving the corpses to float and compose.

"Find someone! Can't let go of a live mouth. ”

Except for Yue Yi and the others, there was only one thief left on the ship. He thought he was the only one who would survive, and he flattered the masked people around him. They also needed themselves, because he could identify Yue Yi and Lao Liu, but his hope was instantly cut off by the machete that had been hanging around his neck.

The other party was relaxed, like cutting a piece of tofu, and the thief's head and body were slapped to the ground, and after the killing, the masked man wiped the knife and said, "Useless waste." ”

After a short commotion on the boat, it quickly returned to silence, only the continuous "pop" sound, which was the masked man throwing the corpse.

Yue Yiyi and his group of four took the opportunity to quietly dive into the water from behind with the sound, and soaked in the water for a long time while holding their breath, until the blood on the water surface became lighter and lighter. Yueyi didn't float in the water, and he dared to get up from the water only when his lungs were suffocating.

"Ahem", it took a long time to return to normal, but fortunately, the boat was fast and had gone far. She looked around and whispered, "Shang Rui, Yicheng, where are you?" ”

The blood was in the water, and in the moonlight, it looked black, and those abandoned bodies were like a lump of garbage, floating in the water. There was a moment of blood accidentally poured into Yueyi's nose just now, it was very fishy, and at this time, her nose, throat, and even her eyes were still very uncomfortable, and she rubbed it uncomfortably.

Hearing her call, Lao Liu also rose from under the water, "Quickly drown the old man, phew, it stinks." ”

"Have you seen Shang Rui and Yicheng? Didn't we all go into the water together, were we washed away by the current? Yueyi saw Lao Liu relax a little, and slapped and swam forward like a stupid duck as he spoke, "Shang Rui! Yicheng! Where are you? Come out of here, stop playing! Where have you been? ”

shouted for a long time and didn't respond, Yueyi was a little panicked, Lao Liu couldn't stand it and helped shout, "Hey, rude girl and coward, where are you?" ”

But the call lasted for a quarter of an hour, and there was only silence in the vicinity, no sound, and a terrible silence.

"How can there be no one?"

Yueyi even went to look through the corpses, unwrapping their hats and scarves to check their faces. Some of the corpses sank, and some of them just floated. She looked at this and looked at that, and then she went back and continued to look at this one for fear of remembering a mistake, but it turned out that it was not the person she was looking for.

Lao Liu said: "Girl, don't look for it." ”

Yue Yi couldn't find the body, and couldn't help but be disappointed while saying, "If you can't find anyone, it means that they are still alive." "Yes, alive! Shang Rui and Yicheng will live well.

"Yes, that's what you think."

Finally, Yueyi dragged his soaked and extremely heavy body into the cornfield by the river, and vomited "wow". Then she lay on the ground in silence, feeling the tears quietly flowing into the dirt, she looked at the sky, the moon in the sky was so bright and bright, but how could it be that the cold moonlight came down? She couldn't help but fight her eyelids and wanted to fall asleep.

After almost a quarter of an hour's sleep, she sat up in shock and looked around, Lao Liu was paralyzed beside her, twisting and rubbing her clothes. Everything told her that tonight was not a dream, and the quiet, floating corpses in the river also reminded her of the cruelty of reality.

Not only is her good friend gone, but she has not been found, and she is still a poor person.

Yueyi's whole person fell, she silently got up and carried out the corpses that had not yet drifted away, dug a simple grave on the side of the road, and erected a wordless monument.

Lao Liu comforted her beside her, "I don't think those two people are blessed people, they will be fine, your things will definitely be able to be taken back." ”

He kept talking, Yueyi didn't want to pay attention to him, and blamed him in his heart. It was Lao Liu who made her lose so much, but Yue was tired and fell asleep halfway through the anger.

•••••

The black tiles on the roof seemed to be unable to bear the weight of the weeds, and the next second it was about to fall down and then hit Yueyi's face, dripping with blood.

This is the first thing Yue Yi saw after waking up, and the picture that subconsciously came to mind in his mind. She sat up in shock and looked at the unfamiliar surroundings around her.

"Are you awake?" At this time, a middle-aged man with shabby clothes and patches all over his body spoke, "Do you want to drink water?" That's all I have here. ”

He handed over a broken bowl, Yue Yi touched his clothes, he hadn't changed them after being stained with mud, and his whole body smelled very stinky, she politely took the water, "Thank you."

The middle-aged man looks like an honest and honest farmer, not like a bad person. He said, "Your friend went to town and said he was coming back before dark. ”

My friend? It's Lao Liu.

After drinking the water, Yueyi replied, "He's not my friend." With a serious expression, the middle-aged man didn't ask.

After observing for a long time, there was really nothing to see, the house was simple, it was a barely propped up earthen house, she asked, "Is the town far away?" ”

"It's not too far, three hours back and forth."

At nodding a little moon, what did Lao Liu do in town?