Time passed slowly, Qian Yu knew that it was impossible for him to escape in a short time, so he simply stopped struggling, and he finally had time to look at the hut he was in. This hut is not large, and it is full of all kinds of firewood and grass, which should be boiled salt for later use. In the corner there is a simple bed made of hay with futon on top of it, and someone should sleep on it.

Seeing that Qian Yu was honest, the tense expression of the young man who was guarding him finally relaxed a little, and he even had a lot of time to go elsewhere. After a while, probably thinking that with Qian Yu's thin appearance, it was impossible to escape under his nose, so he simply stopped staring, but moved his eyes to other places.

Golden opportunity! Taking advantage of the young man's inattention, Qian Yu slowly tried to break free of the rope on his body, but the rope was not tied somehow, and it became tighter and tighter, his arm was swollen, and there was no trace of looseness.

Compared with Qian Yu, Xiao Hegu seemed much calmer, probably because of his young age, he was just tied hands and feet. Even so, Xiao Hegu's movement was greatly restricted, and it took him half a day to move to the position of the hay bed, and then fell on it as if he had lost his strength.

The young man's attention was attracted again, Qian Yu immediately gave up struggling, he closed his eyes, his body pressed back as closely as possible, trying his best to maintain a comfortable position, and now the only way to survive was to flee secretly. He was tired all day, his body was seriously overdrawn, and if he couldn't recover his strength as soon as possible, even if he broke free from the rope, it would be difficult to escape.

I don't know how long it took, Qian Yu's physical strength had recovered somewhat, and he just wanted to try to break free again, only to hear the young man suddenly shout: "Who? Hold it! ”

Qian Yu was startled, and just as he wanted to pretend to be innocent, he heard another voice say: "Hammer, it's me, the stone!" ”

The young man called Hammer was obviously relieved: "It's Brother Shi, it scared me, I thought he was here to steal salt." ”

"Hehe, you are so timid, you have to practice more in the future, otherwise when you marry your daughter-in-law, you will walk at night and hide behind your daughter-in-law, don't say it's you, I'll be ashamed."

"you, if it weren't for the salt in Yanjing that is related to the rations of the whole village, you think I would be afraid?"

"Cut, whoever doesn't know you will slap a swollen face and become fat. Okay, okay, you go back and rest, I'll see here. ”

"How can you do it alone, let's do it together!"

"Why, can't you trust me? Go back quickly, I have to get up early tomorrow to boil salt, and I don't have much firewood, so I have to chop some more......"

The two talked for a while, but the young man who was replaced with a hammer still left, Qian Yu thought that he would fall into silence next, but he didn't expect the stone to walk straight in.

suffered, Qian Yu hurriedly pretended to be depressed, he had already figured out the type of knot of the rope behind his body, as long as he spent a little more effort, it was not difficult to break free, the only thing he was worried about was that the stone saw his small movements.

The clinker stone didn't look at Qian Yu, but came straight to Xiao Hegu and reached out to untie his rope. Because of overwork and fear, Xiao Hegu had fallen asleep in a groggy state, and he suddenly woke up when the stone untied the rope on his body.

"Brother Shi, ...... you" Xiao Hegu's voice was full of surprise.

"Shh

Without waiting for Xiao Hegu to finish speaking, the stone gestured to him: "Be quiet, Guzi, you leave now and go to Dingfu in Qingfeng County to find your sister, and then the two of you leave Qingfeng County, the farther you go, the better, don't come back." ”

Hearing the stone's words, Xiao Hegu ran towards the door, but he just stepped on the threshold with his front foot, but stopped again, he slowly retreated, and shook his head: "Brother Shi, I can't go, if I go, you will be implicated." ”

Seeing that Xiao Hegu was disobedient, Shi Shi became anxious: "You don't have to worry about me, I have a special status, even if I let you go, they will deprive me of the qualification to make salt in Yanjing at most." If you are taken by Uncle Buyi to worship the gods, your sister will go crazy......"

Shi said bitterly, but Xiao Hegu still shook his head: "Our village only has food to eat by making salt, if you are driven away, even if you don't starve to death, you will become a homeless." My sister said that a man should stand up to the sky and do things with a good heart, and if she knew that I hurt you for my life, she would definitely be angry......"

Qian Yu originally thought that the stone was here to inspect, but he didn't expect him to save Xiaohegu, but the two of them talked endlessly, such a good opportunity, if you don't leave now, when will you wait? As for whether you can eat when you go out and eat, who cares about that?

He couldn't help but say, "This big brother, can't you let me go first?" Ouch, it's going to strangle me. Guzi, your big brother Shi is also kind, as the saying goes, 'stay in the green mountains, don't be afraid of no firewood', I think let's go out and hide for a while first. ”

It's good that clinker Qian Yu didn't speak, as soon as he opened his mouth, the stone ran to him angrily, and instead of loosening his ties, he kicked him: "It's all you, if you don't blaspheme the gods, will Gu Zi be implicated because of this?" ”

was beaten inexplicably, Qian Yu was very angry, but when he heard the words behind the stone, he was silent, he naturally didn't believe in God, but he didn't believe it, it didn't mean that others didn't believe it, especially in the ignorant village of Yunxi, it is normal for the villagers to kill people because of superstition, so it is not wrong to say that he has affected Xiaohegu.

He looked at the stone and said solemnly: "Brother Shi, you are right, I have affected the grain and you, I'm sorry!" ”

Shi originally hated Qian Yu very much, but he had an upright temperament, and when he heard the other party apologize to him, he was a little embarrassed, and he spoke a lot more politely: "I'm nothing, now the key is to let Gu Zi leave here first, hey, I don't worry if he goes alone, let's let you go, take care of him on the way." As he spoke, he untied the rope on Qian Yu's body.

After the restraints were gone, Qian Yu moved his numb limbs and said to the stone: "Brother Shi, let's leave together, and there will be a good response on the road." You stay, and they won't let you go. ”

Shi shook his head: "Let's go, this is my home, and I won't leave." ”

Qian Yu looked at the stone, his expression was indescribably complicated, the other party let Xiao Hegu leave, it was the friendship between him and Hesui's brothers and sisters, he and he were not related, he had no reason to let himself go, but because Xiaohegu needed to be taken care of, he resolutely let himself go, you must know that letting himself go and letting Xiao Hegu go are completely two meanings, but he did it without hesitation, if he let him stay and face the questioning of the whole village, the end can be imagined.

Although Qian Yu is afraid of death, he attaches more importance to affection, if he affects others because of him, even if he escapes, his conscience will be guilty and uneasy, so he looked at the stone and said very seriously: "Brother Shi, thank you for your kindness, but if you don't leave, I won't leave." ”

Xiao Hegu next to him also said: "Yes, Brother Shi, I can't affect you!" ”

Shi didn't expect Gu Zi to not listen to himself, and this guy named Qian Yu didn't listen either, do you just want to die like that? He stamped his foot anxiously: "You guys...... Hey, then I'll go to Uncle Buyi tomorrow to plead for mercy, but he's too stubborn, whether he can move him or not depends on luck. ”

Wait a minute......

Hearing the stone's words, Qian Yu immediately realized that something was wrong, he originally thought that it was a belief of these villagers to sacrifice himself and Xiaohe Valley to the gods, but now when he heard the stone say this, it doesn't seem like that, is there any mystery in this? He felt that he had grasped something, and after thinking about it, he asked, "Do you believe in God or not?" ”

Shi didn't understand why Qian Yu asked: "Of course, the great god is supreme, especially the god of Yunxi water, the village has to take out a large number of sacrifices every year to pay tribute, bless the salt of the salt well, and the villagers are free from disasters and difficulties......"

"Then how can you still bargain with God...... I mean, shouldn't you be very religious? ”

Speaking of this, Shi couldn't help but sigh: "The people in the village do believe in the god of Yunxi water, but many people are not so blind, in fact, as long as the people who have been to the county have more or less such a mentality, the county lord and Xiucai master in the city do not believe this, and I was ridiculed by them when I first entered the city...... Although Uncle Buyi didn't say it, his mentality has changed a lot from before, you must know that he is the most pious. ”

It turned out that the divine power was not as heavy as imagined, and when he heard this, Qian Yu's heart was slightly relieved: "Since you don't believe in it, why are there so many taboos?" Even with a human sacrifice! If I'm not mistaken, this kind of behavior is going to kill the head in the county, right? ”

Shi nodded: "I grew up in Yunxi, and my father and mother told me that Yunxi has a water god who is in charge of everything here, and I have always believed in it, until I went to the county seat to sell salt a few times, and I was a little confused." It's just that the Yunxi salt well is mysterious and abnormal, and the county master said that "the son is silent and the strange force is confused", and his old man also said that there must be an unknown reason for this, and he even went to the salt well to observe it in person, but unfortunately there was no result. ”

A mysterious phenomenon? Qian Yu perked up when he heard this, and felt that he had found a breakthrough in the whole thing: "What mysterious phenomenon, is it okay after you figure it out?" Tell me about it! ”

The stone looked at him angrily: "What's the use of telling you?" Even the county master can't help this kind of thing, you can cause trouble by chopping wood, you should reflect a lot, and think about how to escape this catastrophe is serious! ”

Qian Yu couldn't help but be a little angry when he saw that he was despised: "Why am I useless?" Do you know how to specialize in the art industry? I can't chop firewood because I haven't cut it, if you want to talk about knowledge, I'm not afraid to scare you when I say it, I was known as knowing astronomy and geography, knowing trivialities, and being super invincible Bai Xiaoze is also! ”

Seeing what Qian Yu said, the stone was a little stunned, and it took him a long time before he asked, "Bai Xiaoze?" Aren't you surnamed Qian? Why is the surname white again? Looking at the stupid appearance of the stone, Qian Yu rolled his eyes helplessly, he even knew the Classic of Mountains and Seas? It's terrible to be uneducated!

Xiao Hegu has been listening to the conversation between the two of them, he has been staying with Qian Yu for a long time, knowing that he occasionally has some unique opinions, and it sounds quite reasonable, can he really see something, thinking of this, Xiao Hegu couldn't help but have a glimmer of hope in his heart, so he interjected: "Brother Shi, what's so magical about this salt well?" Tell me about it, I want to know too! ”

Xiao Hegu's words made Qian Yu's eyes light up, this kid is very smart, thinking of this, he immediately gave the other party a tacit look.

Qian Yu disdained what he said, but Xiao Hegu was different, in fact, he also knew Xiao Hegu's intentions, the difference was that he didn't think Qian Yu could see anything: "Just say it, I don't believe you can be smarter than the county master!" ”