He rubbed his eyes, looked at it for a long time, and finally shook his head and said, "I'm old, my old eyes are dizzy, I can't see clearly, and the thorns are too dense to see clearly." ”

Yao Qi glanced at Gu Chen: "Gu Laohan, you are not yet forty, what an old man." ”

Gu Chen pouted: "I'll just say that, you just listen to it, and take it seriously, Gu Laohan, when you begged me, why didn't you dare to shout Gu Laohan." ”

Yao Qi bared his teeth and smiled, revealing a pair of snow-white small tiger teeth, looking particularly delicate.

She and Gu Chen raised their eyes in unison, carefully patrolling this deep and dark cottage from front to back, left and right.

The shadows of the dense and low trees are connected into a piece, deep or shallow, thick or light, covering the winding path in the cottage tightly, and it is not even revealed.

Yao Ji raised his eyes and looked at it, his brows became tighter and tighter, twisted into a few shallow lines.

The plants and trees in the mountains are all born and grown, and almost no one takes the initiative to plant some plants and trees that lose money except for those who can be sold for silver.

Most of the villagers who rely on the mountains to eat the mountains dig up the grass and trees that cannot be exchanged for money and plant them into grain and vegetables that can be exchanged for money.

Yao Ji has never run a cottage, but he thinks it is no different from doing business, he has to use the least amount of silver, earn the most money, and pursue the maximization of profits.

But the cottage in front of him is obviously not going the ordinary way.

There are many water bandits in the cottage, and there are relatives, even if the water bandits are busy robbing houses and houses on weekdays, but their relatives are idle, how can they let so many thorny thorns grow all over the mountains, instead of reclaiming wasteland to grow some food and vegetables.

She raised her hand and pressed her eyebrows: "Gu Laohan, do you see those are all thorns?" ”

Gu Chen pursed his lips disdainfully and muttered: "If there is something to do with the immortals, there is nothing to do with the old man." ”

As he spoke, he also stared over, and as he looked, he thought: "It's not just thorns, you see, there's holly." ”

This cluster of thorn holly in the east and west is interspersed, looking disorganized, and it is a barren mountain, which has been untended for many years, and the appearance of overgrown weeds in the wind.

However, this is not a barren mountain, this is a water bandit cottage that has been in business for decades and has accumulated countless passing wealth.

Could it be that the water bandits are already so poor that they don't even have the money to open up the wasteland?

Forcibly run a cottage with people and money into a barren mountain, so you are not afraid of insulting the reputation of the ancestor of the water bandits?

Yao Qi narrowed his eyes: "The coffin board of the water bandit ancestor can't be suppressed." ”

"Huh?" Gu Chen was stunned for a moment, and asked in surprise, "What?" ”

Yao Qi pointed in the distance: "It's a good cottage, it's become a barren mountain, do you say it's too poor to be poor, or," she raised her eyebrows and smiled meaningfully: "Or is it a trick?" ”

Gu Chen's face was blank: "What do you mean?" This cottage must not be poor, you look at the dishes in the evening, although the method is not more exquisite than the palace banquet, but the ingredients are not bad. ”

Yao Qi's gaze was deep and gloomy, staring at the deep and shallow darkness in the distance: "Gu Shenxian, during the Lantern Festival, have you ever played with the lantern array?" ”

Gu Chen nodded inexplicably: "I played it when I was young." ”

Yao Qi said lightly: "I once read a book that recorded that there is a Yellow River nine-song lantern array near Ganzhou, from the eleventh to the sixteenth of the first month, the village

The people bind the straw as a shed, hang miscellaneous lamps around the perimeter, the land is two acres wide, the door path is tortuous, hide three or four miles, the person who enters the mistake can not take the path, that is, he can't get lost for a long time. She pointed to the thorny distance and asked in a low voice: "Look, the thorns and holly look completely out of order, but if you look closely, the place where the thorns and holly grow is distinct, and there is no crossing the line. ”

"That's right, only human pruning will be so regular," Gu Chen lightly high-fived: "Good and decent, what are you doing with so many thorns and holly planted in the village, it must be to cover up the road in the village, you are right, this is similar to the Lantern Festival Lantern Array." As soon as the words fell, he seemed to remember something, turned his head to look at Yao Qi, and said, "Which idle book did you read, borrow me to see it?" ”

Yao Qi said casually: "Gu Shenxian still has the heart to read idle books?" Let's figure out how to send a letter to an adult. ”

Gu Chen looked up at the sky: "Let's not say that we can't see anything clearly in this darkness, let's just say it's daylight, it's impossible for us to go up to a high place to get a glimpse of the whole picture of this formation, what letter should we send out?" ”

Yao Qi looked around the village: "See, the four corners of this village have been built with corner towers for lookout, standing on a high place it is a live target, not waiting to see the whole picture, was shot into a hedgehog by the archers in the corner tower sentry." ”

"That's right," Gu Chen was full of sorrow: "And where is the way up the mountain, how did you get up the mountain, you can't even find the way up the mountain, how can you send a letter to the adult?" ”

Yao Qi thought for a moment: "Immortal Gu, you are Xue Shou's uncle, find an excuse tomorrow and take us up again." ”

Gu Chen sighed: "I know that you have the ability to never forget, but what's the use of writing it down, how to go down the mountain, how to deliver letters, where are you staying now?" ”

Yao Qi already had a rough estimate of the way to go down the mountain, but he didn't say anything, but only slowly considered: "Write it down first, there are still a few days left and right to sacrifice to the river god, and the adults have the idea of catching them all, and they must do it on the day they sacrifice to the river god." ”

Gu Chen nodded: "It's okay, then, go back first?" ”

The two discussed the matter, and went downstairs quietly.

On the way back to the small courtyard, the two of them paid special attention to the path they had just walked, which was indeed covered with thorny thorns on both sides, and the path was extremely narrow, allowing only one person to pass, and two people walking side by side would scrape their clothes.

Standing on a high place, you can indeed only see the dense thorny jungle, but you can't see the trace of the road.

Just when Yao Qi and Gu Chen were exploring Qingyun Village at night, under a hidden mountain rock in Qingyun Village, Zhao Yingrong and Xue Shou walked down the wet steps.

The stone steps were covered with fine cobweb-like cracks, and clumps of low, dark green moss grew out of the cracks, making them particularly slippery when stepped on.

Zhao Yingrong walked next to Xue Shou, dropped half a step slightly, looked humble, lowered his head and kept saying in a deep voice: "Sir, be careful, slow down, the ground is a little slippery." ”

Xue Shou didn't feel the slightest discomfort, and walked down the steps as usual.

At the end of the stairs is a narrow dirt road, and after walking only a few dozen steps along the road, the eyes suddenly open up.

Two oil lamps were lit in the small hall, and the dim lights kept shining for the light of day in this underground cavern

It adds a bit of eerie light and shadow.

It is surrounded by hastily carved stone walls, and the uncarved stone cracks are covered with thick blood stains.

The old blood stains dried up, and the fresh blood stains splashed up again, accumulating layer by layer, and coagulated into cracked blood clots.

In the middle of the cave sat a man on the ground, his hands and feet bound in arm-thick chains, the other end of which was nailed to the stone wall.

The man sat with his hair disheveled, his clothes torn and stained with dried blood.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, he raised his head, a face was cut beyond recognition by a knife, the wound had already healed, the dark red scar was hideously entrenched on his face, the dead flesh turned out, and the traction facial features were distorted, and the original appearance could not be seen at all.

His eyes were full of hatred, and when he saw the comer, he opened his mouth wide with all his strength, his face was twisted and hideous, but he only let out a few hoarse whines.

Xue Shou walked over slowly, squatted down in front of the man, and pinched his cheek, his full mouth had already been pulled out, and half of his tongue was exposed in his hollow mouth.

Xue Shou changed his caution and gentleness when facing Gu Chen, as if he had changed a person, and said with a smile: "The temper of the big boss hasn't changed at all, and he is still so irritable." ”

The man's body struggled violently and twisted, but his hands and feet were tightly bound by iron chains, unable to move, and his legs had already been broken, even without chains, he could not move an inch.

His whining sounded bloody, and his toothless, shriveled lips trembled.

Xue Shou seemed to understand the meaning of the man's whining, and raised his eyebrows slightly: "Do you want to die quickly, you can, the big boss is also a little famous in the rivers and lakes, and I am bent on dying quickly, how can I not do it." He turned his head and lifted his chin at the bandit.

The water bandit understood, and brought the pen, ink, paper and inkstone that had been prepared next to him and put it on the ground in front of the man.

Xue Shou picked up the bamboo pipe Zihao, filled the ink and handed it to the man, and smiled sadly: "The big boss will silently come out with the picture and the list formula, and I will fulfill you." ”

The man clenched his only right hand that could still move, and did not pick up Zihao in Xue Shou's hand, he only raised his head, his bloodshot eyes were burning with anger, and he almost incinerated the figure reflected in the pupils.

Xue Shou laughed twice without surprise: "No, it's okay, I can afford to wait." He glanced up and down at the man, and chattered: "The body of the big boss can afford to spend it." ”

He threw Zihao heavily on the man, and the deep and shallow ink bloomed on a bloody coat in an instant, he turned around, walked forward with his hands, walked in front of the water bandit, and said lightly and indifferently: "Break the bones of his left leg inch by inch, if you faint, wake up and continue to fight." ”

The water bandit shuddered fiercely, and there was a little unbearable in his eyes, and he answered.

Hearing this, the man stared at the backs of Xue Shou and Zhao Yingrong walking away resentfully, his body struggled more violently, and the shaking iron chain rattled.

Zhao Yingrong walked a few steps, turned his head and glanced at the man, and when he met those resentful eyes, he was cold all over his body, and he couldn't help but shiver.

>Iron, Iron

Xue Shou noticed Zhao Yingrong's panic, and asked lightly without looking back, "Scared?" ”

Zhao Yingrong hurriedly shook his head: "No, no." ”

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