The owner of the caravan is called Zeng Good, who runs a medicinal herb business, is over half a hundred years old, and is quite talkative.

"This goes to Gusu County, Chunjiang and Bijiang are safe, but Gusu County has Taihu Lake, seventy-two peaks in the lake, the water potential is intricate, entrenched in several water bandits, especially after the recovery of aura, water thieves are more and more rampant, and even the government's boats dare to stop."

In the cabin, Zeng Gude was talking with Li Mu and a few tourists who were taking the boat, "But don't worry, I have prepared to buy road money, and I promise to send you all to Gusu County!"

Several visitors immediately thanked them.

Li Mu asked on the side: "Boss Zeng, Chunjiang and Bijiang are both big rivers, after the aura recovers, can there be water demons in these two rivers?" ”

He thought of those pythons in the Lancang River in the Hengduan Mountains, not to mention ordinary people, ordinary monks would be a dead end when they encountered them.

The Lancang River is like this, it doesn't make sense that there is no movement in Chunjiang and Bijiang, right?

"There are indeed rumors that water demons harm people, but they are all diseases of ringworm and scabies, and the government sent monks to deal with them as soon as possible." Zeng Goode muttered, "But I heard that there are big demons in some remote waters, stirring up wind and waves, killing the people, and even proclaiming themselves Hebo and Dragon King, forcing the people to sacrifice for life, tsk, of course, it's all hearsay, I don't know if it's true or not, you can just listen to it." ”

Li Mu nodded thoughtfully, commercial waterways such as the Chunjiang River and the Bijiang River, the flow of ships is like weaving, once there is a water demon as a disaster, the impact is very great, the government will definitely send people to clean it up as soon as possible, and in some remote places, there are few scholars, and there are few monks, and if you can't get rid of the water demon, it will inevitably happen that the people's sacrifices will happen!

Li Mu's mood was inexplicably heavy.

Soon, the big ship set sail and rode the wind and waves in the Spring River.

Half a day later, the big boat came to Taoxing Lake in the county seat of Xihua County, stopped here for half an hour, and after several tourists came up, it continued to sail.

"I don't know if the little drunkard has made peach blossom wine." Li Mu looked at the smaller and smaller Peach Blossom Building, and thought of the little drunkard with light eyes, He planned to wait for the emperor to come back, and then go to find the little drunkard.

The big boat entered Donghua County along the Chunjiang River, and came to the intersection of the Chunjiang River and the Bijiang River the next day, and entered the Bijiang River.

The Bijiang River is the same as the Lancang River, it is also a tributary of the Nujiang River, one is at the head and one is at the end, but the Lancang River is turbulent, and the place where it flows is extremely remote, and it cannot be used as commercial navigation, but the Bijiang River flows gently, the river is wide, and it has been an important trade road since the dynasties.

Zeng Gude was enthusiastic and took the initiative to explain: "This is the flag designated by the people, waving three times means that the waterway is safe, you can rest assured that it is navigable, there are water bandits in six waves, and now there is one more, and nine waves represent the water demon." ”

Li Mu saw that the flags of the passing ships were only waved three times, and of course, there were also some ships that did not have flags.

"It's a merchant ship of the big family, and it doesn't bother to deal with small merchants like us." Zeng Goode explained.

Li Mu looked, sure enough, those boats without flags were particularly tall and magnificent, with sword guards on both sides of the ship, and the flags were bright, which was different at first glance.

It is also in line with the maverick posture of the Maison.

Two days later, the big boat sailed into Gusu County along the Bijiang River and arrived at Taihu Lake in the afternoon!

Although Taihu Lake is a lake, but the smoke and waves are vast, it can be called the inland sea, it has seventy-two peaks, also called seventy-two islands, the size is different, the stars are dense, and most of the reefs near these islands are dense, the water and grass are overgrown, if there is no waterway, once close is the ship is destroyed and people die!

This is also the reason why the water bandits cannot be eradicated!

The big ship sailed into Taihu Lake, deliberately avoiding the surrounding islands, and wanted to pass through quietly, but unfortunately, the sky did not fulfill people's wishes.

Several thief ships came out of the spurs and forced the ship to stop.

"Heroes, slow down." Seeing that he couldn't hide, Zeng Gude hurriedly ran to the deck with the boatmen, waved at the thief ship, and said, "The villain has prepared the wine money, please drink it to the heroes, and spare the villain." ”

He waved his hand, and his subordinates immediately lifted a wooden box and opened it, which contained at least a hundred taels of silver.

However......

"Laughing grandpa, just a little money, embarrassed to show up?"

"Hahaha, the way of the world has changed, and money is no longer valuable!"

"If you don't have natural treasures, grandfathers will have to take half of your goods!"

Dozens of swords-wielding bandits jumped out of the thief ship, their faces were fierce, their eyes were full of fierceness, and they jumped onto the merchant ship with a slight leap, approaching with a cruel smile.

"Everyone, everyone, this, this was not like this before, this, I ......" Zeng Goode's face turned pale, if half of the goods were to be taken away, it would really be a loss to do business!

"It used to be before, and now it is now, either take out the treasures of heaven and earth, or, half a shipload of goods!"

The fierce water bandit was not reasonable at all, and when he saw that Zeng Gude was speechless, he kicked him away and said, "Take the goods!" ”

The bandits immediately roared into the cabin.

Zenggood's men and the tourists who boarded the boat were silent.

Taihu Lake is home to several water thieves, and because of competition, as long as money is given, it will not hurt people's lives, but resistance is an exception.

Li Mu watched coldly, watching them enter the bottom warehouse to move goods, thinking about whether to do it, he sensed that there were many cultivators among these bandits, and once they moved, the people around them would inevitably be affected.

Just when he hesitated, a water bandit suddenly rushed in front of him, and said incoherently excitedly: "Li Da, my lord, you are finally here, I, I have been waiting for you for a long time, Lord Li, save me, no, no, save my family." ”

“？？？” Li Mu looked confused, "Who are you?" ”

"Master Li, I'm the housekeeper of Lin Junshou." The water bandit lowered his voice and said quickly: "My lord and Zhao Junwei rented a boat to go to the imperial capital, but they didn't expect to be hijacked by the water bandits!" ”

"Huh?" Li Mu was completely blindfolded.

Lin Junshou, Zhao Junwei...... Lin Zhiqi Zhao Binhong?

The dignified county guard and county lieutenant were actually kidnapped by the bandits?

The man said aggrievedly: "When the bandits learned of the identity of my family, they actually blackmailed the county guard of Gusu County and asked for money to ransom people, but who would have thought that the county guard of Gusu was not a person, and he actually refused!" ”

The water bandit said in a low voice: "My lord knows that Lord Li will definitely take the waterway in a hurry, so he ordered me to pretend to surrender to the water bandits, so that I can ask Lord Li for help, Lord Li, please be sure to save my lord." ”

As he spoke, he took out a small paper ball and stuffed it into Li Mu's hand, and then quickly entered the warehouse and moved the goods with the other bandits.

This...... It's really fake.

Li Mu opened the paper ball, on which was a simple map, and also drew a circle somewhere, which was suspected to be the place where Lin Zhiyan and others were detained.

It's just that...... Li Mu frowned, the water bandits were so bold that they even dared to hijack the guards of a county, and even blackmailed the guards of Gusu County?

He watched quietly as the bandits robbed half a boatload of cargo and left in a mighty manner.

The thief ship left, and Zeng Goode walked in with a sad face, with a loveless expression: "How is this good, how is this good......"

The crowd was comforted.

Li Mu walked out of the cabin and watched the thief ship leave, groaning.

In the end, he sighed, forget it, let's go, after all, it is up to them to prove that the Zhang Yucheng brothers disappeared when the King of Shu entered the tomb of King Qingping, the two of them died, and he was missing two shields.

Li Mu jumped into Taihu Lake, cast a butterfly, and followed the thief ship.

……

Qingho Peak, also called Qinghoi Island, is one of the 72 islands of Taihu Lake, because the forest in the island is dense, verdant and dripping, and the shape is like a horseshoe, so it is named after Qingho.

In the depths of Qinghoi Island, there is a water prison, and three people are being held in the prison at the moment.

Two of them are over >>

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Half a hundred, it is Lin Zhiyan and Zhao Binhong, the two unlucky guys.

As for the other one, he was a poor boy.

The three were locked in a water cell, their hands hung in mid-air, and their chests were filled with sewage.

Actually, this water was originally relatively clean, but since Lin Zhiyan and Zhao Binhong came......

Grunt......

A string of blisters sprang up behind Lin Zhiqi.

Zhao Binhong's face changed, and he scolded: "Lin Zhiqi, you old horseman eats Lala every day, isn't it disgusting to you!" ”

"Bastard thing!" Lin Zhiyan changed color and scolded angrily, "Yesterday, you had seven strains in the water, and you were embarrassed to blame the county guard?" ”

"Vomit~" The poor sour boy couldn't hold back and retched on the spot.

"Ryoma, what's wrong with you, are you cold?"

"Ryoma, are you hungry?"

"Zhao Binhong, are you blind, he vomited, he must be cold!"

"How do you know he's not hungry?"

"Presumptuous, you dare to talk to this county guard like this?!"

"Why, you and I have become prisoners of the ranks, and you still want to fight with me?"

Lin Zhiyan and Zhao Binhong quarreled inseparably, but he was extremely polite to this young man, all because of the young man's talent!

The young man's surname is Bai, his name is Ryoma, a poor student, he usually starts reading every day, and he is very hard!

When the purple qi came to the east, he also got up early to read, and when he read the article "Pingtiance" by the former dynasty Confucian, he actually read out seven purple qi!

With such a talent, spreading it will definitely attract the competition of countless forces, but at this moment he is imprisoned in a water prison, which can be called a pearl in the sea!

Last month, his parents went into the lake to fish, and were killed by the three masters of this nest of water bandits, he went to take revenge, and killed fifty water bandits in a row with one knife and one knife, and was finally captured.

When the water bandit boss learned that he had seven purple qi, he was so moved that he was forced to surrender, but the white dragon horse naturally refused, so he was abolished and sent to the water prison!

"You guys, don't talk about it." White Dragon Horse's face was pale, and he was imprisoned in a water prison for more than a month, and his body was already approaching its limit.

This sewage, in particular, is the most torturous...... If you pull it yourself, you can accept it, but there are two newcomers, and he is bitter!

Lin Zhiyan hurriedly comforted him: "Ryoma, don't worry, we will enter Beijing by order, the soldiers will be divided into two ways, and there is a county order called Li Mu will arrive later, this county guard has sent his henchmen undercover water bandits, once encountered, he will come to the rescue!" ”

Bai Longma said weakly: "After the revival of the aura, the water bandits became more and more raging, and the imperial court sent monks to exterminate them several times, but they all returned in vain, even if there is another county order, what about it?" ”

"Hahaha, Ryoma rest assured, this person is a heavenly pride, the sword is unparalleled, if he makes a move, we will be saved, at that time, you will follow the county guard, this county guard to protect your glory and wealth, enjoy inexhaustible!" Lin Zhiqi seduced.

"Humph!" Zhao Binhong snorted coldly and said, "Long Ma, you are cultivating the Pingtian Strategy, which is the technique of battlefield killing, what is the use of following the county guard?" Why don't you follow me, I can let you join the army to practice! ”

Bailongma said bitterly: "Two adults, our meridians have been abolished. ”

"Ryoma doesn't know!" Lin Zhiyan said with a smile, "As long as the dantian is not destroyed, the wounds of the meridians will be cured by medicine!" ”

"Yes, you only need to find deep-sea pearls that are more than 1,000 years old and ground into powder, with 100-year-old Polygonum multiflorum and 100-year-old Banlan root...... You can refine a furnace to renew the tendon pill. Zhao Binhong said with a smile, "This Dan came from Longhu Mountain, it must be true!" ”

When Bai Longma heard this, he was immediately moved, he didn't want to become a waste, because his parents' blood revenge had not been avenged!

"Whoever heals me, I will serve!" The white dragon horse gritted his teeth.

Lin Zhiyan and Zhao Binhong were overjoyed, the two looked at each other, and each became vigilant, and then they seemed to think of something, and hurriedly instructed Bailongma not to mention his seven purple qi in front of Li Mu, because Li Mu is a small person, if you become jealous, it will make your life worse than death!

The white dragon horse thought that the suffering of the water prison was precisely because of his own seven purple qi, and he hurriedly responded.

Lin Zhiyan and Zhao Binhong were still not at ease, and after inducing Bailongma to take an oath, the two breathed a sigh of relief.

Soon, it was a long wait.

……

Li Mu followed all the way in the water, and from time to time there were evil fish biting, Li Mu did not dare to kill, for fear that the blood water would attract the attention of the water bandits, so he just slapped the evil fish away with his scabbard.

Several thief ships scurried around the lake, joining forces and robbing merchant ships, until twilight approached, when the thieves returned to an island.

The island is surrounded by reeds, underwater reefs are all over, and there are more barbed wire fences between the reefs, and the nets are covered with fine blades.

Li Mu pulled out the Seven Star Dragon Yuan, cut off the barbed wire with a sword, calmly passed through, and entered the island smoothly.

He got out of the reeds, put away the butterflies, approached the island cautiously, and found that there was a secret sentry in the island, and if he swaggered out like this, he would be discovered within a hundred meters.

This is somewhat counterintuitive.

Just a few water bandits, this defense is almost comparable to the army.

Not long after, when the sky was dark, Li Mu took the opportunity to rise against the wind and entered Qinghoi Island unconsciously.

There is a continuous wooden village in the middle of Qinghoi Island, and at night, the lights are bright, and the people who guard are all over the wooden village, as well as patrols, secret sentinels, and even hunting dogs.

Li Mu felt more and more that there was something wrong with these water bandits.

However, he is here to save people, and to rescue Lin Zhiqi and them, he has to hurry to the North God Shrine, so as not to delay the hour and be questioned.

According to the simple map given by Lin Zhiqi's housekeeper, Li Mu quietly found a dungeon at the end of the wooden village.

The dungeon is very low, with two guards at the entrance, and there seems to be something else below.

Li Mu fell quietly, and the long sword smashed, knocking the two of them unconscious, so as not to spread the smell of blood and attract hunting dogs.

Li Mu broke open the iron door of the dungeon and went down the tunnel, there were guards inside, Li Mu was not welcome this time, the Seven Star Dragon Yuan swept and killed all the guards!

Below the dungeon were two rows of cells, some empty, some of which were holding some unkempt people, Li Mu sensed a little, these people had been tortured and had no spirit, and they were not far from death.

He went all the way to the innermost part and found that there was really something different, there was a water dungeon in the deepest part of this dungeon!

There are three people imprisoned in the water prison, two of whom are Lin Zhiyan and Zhao Binhong.

This is the water...... It stinks.

Li Mu covered his mouth and nose, swept his long sword, and cut the iron chain of the water prison door.

"Who?" Lin Zhiyan looked up when he heard the movement, and was overjoyed: "Li Mu, Li County Order, you are finally here!" ”

"Oh, quick, get us out, I don't want to stay in the water for a moment!!" Zhao Binhong shouted excitedly, "By the way, there is also Ryoma, save Ryoma too!" ”

"Yes, yes, Brother Ryoma is the half-brother of this county, Li County Order, quickly rescue him!" Lin Zhiqi is not to be outdone.

Ryoma ...... Li Mu looked at the pale young man in surprise, could it be that Lin Zhiyan and Zhao Binhong were arrested because of this young man?

Li Mu unleashed several sword qi and cut off the iron chains in their hands.

The three of them helped swim out of the muddy water prison, covered with filth, and the startled Li Mu retreated again and again.

"Thank you, Lord Li, for saving your life." The skin below the white dragon horse's chest had been blistered and wrinkled and soft, and he was extremely weak, and he thanked Li Mu softly.

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