The scholar's gaze was cold and scrutinizing, he looked Yao Ji up and down, and nodded slowly: "It's still a virgin, and the age is appropriate, bring it." ”

Yao Ji kept struggling, struggling violently and screaming with exhaustion, so that the dead grass on the top of the thatch fell down: "I am a passerby, I am a good citizen, you can't catch me, you can't catch me." ”

Erya was frightened, holding her head and squatting in the corner, she was so frightened that she didn't even dare to cry, she only trembled, gritted her teeth and whimpered.

Yao Qi's tears were rippling, his face was flushed, and the ribbon of the same color that bound his hair was also scattered due to the violent struggle, his hair was scattered, and his hair was stained with tears, and strands stuck to his face one by one.

Her pitiful appearance immediately caused the group of people to laugh, and they laughed back and forth, and did not forget to say a few words of gossip lightly.

"This chick has a pretty big voice."

"It's not a small look at it."

"Girl, the grandfathers are good people."

"Sixth, don't let her fall to the ground."

The bearded man seemed to be embarrassed by this sentence, and immediately became angry, slapped him hard, and scolded sharply: "Arresting you back is to give you face, don't be embarrassed, and if you make any more trouble, you will be thrown into the Jialing River to feed the fish." ”

Yao Qi's face was beaten to one side, high red and swollen, blood flowed down the corners of her mouth, she saw Bao Cheng who had stood up, shook her head slightly, and glanced at the food table.

Bao Cheng sat back with a pout, he was still wondering how Yao Qi, a person who could fight, was willing to suffer such humiliation, but now he understood.

It seems that she is preparing to penetrate the enemy's interior and start attacking from the inside.

But the price is too great, they are all disfigured, and it hurts to watch.

He slowly lowered his head and saw the bamboo-blue pouch thrown on the ground, he remembered that this pouch was Yao Qi's baby, he recognized the pattern on the head, not an ordinary flower and grass, but an embroidered Doraemon, he still remembered Yao Qi said, I hope her pouch is like Doraemon's big pocket, what do you want.

His heart moved, and he quietly stepped on the bag under his feet, and sat next to the food table, as if frightened, and did not dare to move with his head down.

When the bearded man grabbed Yao Qi and walked past Bao Cheng, Yao Qi struggled twice, and his tightly gagged mouth made a whining sound.

But Bao Cheng was like dead, and he never dared to raise his head.

The bearded man spat Bao Cheng with disdain, and scolded sarcastically: "Soft egg!" ”

Bao Cheng trembled visibly, his head hanging down almost to his chest.

Yao Ji was immediately thrown on horseback and lying on his stomach, and was taken by the bearded man, all the way away.

The tea shed, which was originally noisy and a headache, suddenly became empty.

Bao Cheng bent down, picked up the pouch from the ground, patted the dust and dirt on it, carefully opened it, and poured out the contents inside.

Looking at a few bright silver ingots and a golden token falling on the food table, Bao Cheng was a little blind, his brain was a little insufficient, and he didn't understand what Yao Ji was doing with these things?

Let him follow her into the den of thieves alone?

Don't be funny, just his three-legged cat's kung fu, I'm afraid that breaking into the thief's den is also meat on the chopping board, and he will be caught and slaughtered by others will drag his feet.

He felt that Yao Ji must have hoped that what he had rushed over was a helper who could fight, rather than a burden who would only be beaten.

There was a sound of rustling in the tea shed, followed by a girl's frightened and sharp cry, which made Bao Cheng come back to his senses, and he hurriedly put the things back in his bag, hung them on his waist, took three steps and made two steps, and ran in quickly.

I saw that the old woman had struggled to sit up from the ground, her wrinkled old face was extremely pale, as if she had vomited two mouthfuls of blood, and there were still traces of blood on the corners of her mouth and on the placket of her clothes.

Erya knelt beside the old woman, grabbed the old woman's hand, and kept crying.

When the old woman saw Bao Cheng walk in, she opened her mouth in fright, hugged Erya, and cried out in horror and trembling: "My wife's eldest girl has been taken away, Erya, Erya is still young, you, you have lost your conscience!" ”

Bao Cheng paused, it turned out that the old woman regarded him as a bully who bullied men and women, he hurriedly stepped forward, squatted beside the old woman, and said softly: "Mother-in-law, don't be afraid, I am a friend of the girl who was taken away just now, and I want to ask my mother-in-law about something." ”

The old woman was suddenly dumbfounded, glared at Bao Cheng, and her face was full of disbelief: "You, didn't lie to my wife?" ”

Bao Cheng shook his head again and again, holding the bag on his waist: "No, mother-in-law, look, this is the girl's bag, which she gave to me when she was leaving, and asked me to save her and the eldest girl." ”

The old woman still didn't believe it at all, and the wrinkles on her face trembled: "Then, then you say, what is the girl's name?" ”

"Yao Qi," Bao Cheng blurted out, seeing the old woman's face full of vigilance and suspicion, he immediately added: "Ah Qi, we usually call her Ah Qi." ”

The old woman let out a long sigh of relief, and when she relaxed, she began to cough violently, and a trace of blood seeped out of her mouth again.

"Mother-in-law, mother-in-law," the second girl panicked, hugged the old woman's arm and cried again.

Bao Cheng frowned, and suddenly felt that the girl who cried was more annoying than the girl who started beating without saying a word, he reached out and put it on the old woman's wrist, cut a pulse, and then patted Erya's little tug: "Don't cry, mother-in-law is fine, it's just a little anxious, just spit it out." ”

The old woman also coaxed Erya softly: "Mother-in-law is fine, Erya doesn't cry, mother-in-law still has to guard Erya and wait for the eldest girl to come back." ”

Er Ya slowly stopped sobbing, listened to Bao Cheng's instructions, and poured a cup of warm water.

Bao Cheng took a pill and took it out, ordered the old woman to drink it, and relieved herself for a moment before continuing to ask, "Mother-in-law, who are those people?" ”

Hearing this, the old woman was so frightened that she grabbed Bao Cheng's hand and wanted to cry: "Childe, childe, they are all water bandits on the Jialing River, and they kill people without blinking." ”

Hearing the word water bandit, Bao Cheng's heart, liver and lungs trembled.

Water bandits, isn't that just like the gang of people on Shuibo Liang Mountain, all of them are excellent in martial arts, and they are one against a hundred.

With a small body like him, I'm afraid it's not enough for them to cut with a three-board axe.

Yao Jiyo, why did you get into trouble with such a group of people?

Bao Cheng lamented in his heart that he still had all his beards and tails, and after a while, he didn't know if he would be missing arms or legs, and reluctantly continued to ask calmly: "Mother-in-law, why did the bandits arrest the girl?" ”

That's it, water bandits, just do your own job of robbing homes and houses, why do you still go to rob the ruffians and hooligans, and bully men and women by the way?

The old woman's cloudy eyes seemed to be soaked in bitter water, tears flowed down her eyes, and she never stopped, and cried and said: "Those people are water bandits on the Jialing River, where they arrested people, the old woman really doesn't know, but the old woman knows what they are doing with them." ”

Bao Cheng has never been a considerate person who can coax people, and the old woman was very anxious to cry, hearing that she didn't finish a sentence, he cried and fainted, he suddenly patted the uneven ground, and said impatiently: "Mother-in-law, you can finish talking in one breath and then cry, and then rub it like this, don't say that Ah Ji can't be saved, your big girl was still arrested first, and if she dies, she will die first." ”

As soon as these words came out, the old woman let out a "uh", rolled her eyes, and completely fainted.

Bao Cheng was also completely panicked, pinching people, pinching the tiger's mouth, and there was a little girl on the side who cried like a mourner, and finally he splashed a basin of cold water on the old woman's face, and finally heard a moan.

The old woman woke up slowly, grabbed Bao Cheng's hand, as if grasping a life-saving straw, and tears and cold water flowed all over her face: "Childe, you, you, you mean that my eldest girl is going to die?" ”

"......" Bao Cheng choked.

Hey, this is really a sudden illness that meets a slow man, and if you don't die, you have to be urged to die.

He slowly stood up, made a posture that he was about to leave, and asked coldly and seriously: "I'll ask again, do you still want to save your eldest girl, if you want to save it, I said in one breath, if you don't save it, I'll leave." ”

"Save, save, save." The old woman was in a hurry, and her tears couldn't be shed, so she gathered a breath and said: "Those people are all water bandits on the Jialing River, the old woman doesn't know where they are staying, but they are all caught by the girls who have just reached the age of twenty and have not yet left the pavilion, they have arrested hundreds of girls, and they want to take these girls to sacrifice to the river god after three days, the water bandits sacrifice the river god once every three years, the old woman raised two little granddaughters, afraid that the granddaughter will be harmed by the water bandits, so every time the river god is sacrificed, the old woman has how far to hide, I don't know where they all worship the river god. ”

Bao Cheng closed his eyes, and he didn't know what to do, no wonder he only cried.

But fortunately, it was three days later to worship the river god, and he still had time to move the rescuers.

He bowed deeply to the old woman: "Mother-in-law, thank you mother-in-law for your advice, mother-in-law, don't worry, I will definitely rescue the eldest girl." ”

The old woman's cloudy eyes lit up a little, and tears kept flowing down again: "What Childe said is true?" ”

Bao Cheng reluctantly pretended to smile relaxedly: "Mother-in-law, we are all officials, and we will never lie to you." ”

"Both, can you save it?" The old woman was surprised and delighted, like a withered branch, her hands grabbed Bao Cheng and asked eagerly: "Really, can you be rescued, and my eldest girl can also be rescued?" ”

Bao Cheng nodded heavily: "Yes, all of them." ”

The old woman came back to her senses from the great sorrow and joy, breathed a sigh of relief, and kowtowed again and again: "Thank you for the righteous help of the son, the old woman is grateful, and in the future, she will set up an immortal tablet for the son, and pray for the gods and Buddhas to bless the son with a long life." ”