"What about Chen Qiren?" After receiving Chen Qi's summons, Chen Xian hurried to the inn where he collapsed, and found that there was no one else in the house except for the white-faced man who was unconscious on the ground and wrapped in a silkworm chrysalis, so he immediately looked at the shopkeeper who was serving beside him and asked.

Who would have thought that the man who dragged an injured man to stay with him two days ago would be the Chen family, and I don't know if the slackness of these two days will be retaliated against, the shopkeeper wiped the non-existent sweat, and said tremblingly: "That young master has been here for two days, and he will go out early in the morning every day and come back very late." ”

Chen Xian's expression was the same, and he turned around and walked out.

"Go to the cliffside."

Since Chen Fuyue married into the Sheng family, there was still contact the year before, after Sheng Li was born, she seemed to be deliberately avoiding the contacts between the two families, although Chen Xian was puzzled, but since his daughter wanted to do it, he would accompany him.

Now his grandson, whom he has not seen for more than ten years, was killed and fell off a cliff, and his life and death are uncertain, so he should be in charge of it.

When he led people to the location mentioned in Chen Qixin, he saw a thick rope tied to the stump on the cliffside, and the end disappeared into the mist.

The knot is the unique binding technique of the Chen family, and Jian Yi, the guard who has been with Chen Xian for many years, glanced at it and said, "It seems that it is Chen Qi's kid, and I don't know what the situation is below." ”

Chen Xian's vision was blocked by the splashing water, and he found that the cliff side was waterlogged all year round, and it was extremely slippery and difficult to climb.

The chance of surviving such a fierce water flow is very small, not to mention that Sheng Li doesn't know water at all, he can't help but be a little anxious in his heart, and ordered: "Follow Chen Qi, let some of the people who know the water go down first, and find a place where they can camp at the bottom of the cliff." ”

"Yes." Jane immediately went down to make arrangements.

When Chen Qi finished looking around and was about to return the same way, he saw a bunch of guards of the Chen family, who had found an open space to set up a temporary camp in the position where the water was slowing down.

And Chen Xian sat on the rock, discussing the next arrangements with Jian Yi.

"The head of the house." Chen Qi stepped forward and knelt on the ground to plead guilty.

"The subordinates are incompetent, let the eldest young master be in danger, please punish the head of the family."

He straightened his back and waited for Chen Xian. After looking for a day, I don't know whether it was wet by the river or sweat, and the color of my clothes became darker and clinging to my muscles, showing a strong silhouette.

"What have you found these days?"

Chen Qi's head was buried deeper, and he said ashamedly: "This lake is very long, and the subordinates can't see the end after walking for a day, and they have searched many times along the road and have not found any trace of the eldest young master." ”

"Tell me what you've seen in the past two days." Chen Xian knew who he was, if he hadn't grabbed one in his hand, Chen Qi would have gone desperately forward, and he would return when it was dark.

"Yes," Chen Qi recalled the situation he saw in the distance in the past two days: "If you go forward for another one or two days, the cliffs on both sides will slow down, and your subordinates seem to see smoke in a place from a distance, and there is a dense forest on the other side of the lake, but it is too far away to be sure." ”

If there are people living downstream, the possibility of Sheng Li surviving will become greater, no matter whether the situation Chen Qi sees is true or not, Chen Xian will not give up, he instructed Jian Yi: "Divide the people brought into five waves, count one garrison point every day, leave a wave of people to search carefully at the garrison point, if you find a village or news of Sheng Li, send a signal immediately, and everyone will gather immediately." ”

"You're going too?"

"Yes, I'm following the last wave of people."

Jian Yi was ordered to go down to arrange the guards, except for Chen Qi, who was forced to stay and rest, the rest of the people set off in groups to the depths of the valley.

Every time he walked until sunset, there was always a group of people who stayed behind and expanded the scope of searching, and Chen Xian's already wrinkled forehead became deeper and deeper.

Although the water in the depths of the valley was not as turbulent as before, the guards noticed that the river seemed to be very deep, but the bottom was full of reefs that could cut their legs and feet if they were not careful.

The water surface is turbulent, the bottom of the water is chaotic, and even if Sheng Li is alive, he will definitely be injured, and they must speed up.

At this moment, there is also Sheng Li, who lives in a small dilapidated house, after falling off the cliff, they were rescued by the villagers of Stone Village, and he protected Ji Liu except for the bump, he did not suffer much damage, but he had countless major injuries and minor injuries, and he was stunned in bed and fainted for five days.

Ji Liu stayed in front of the bed to take care of him every day, saying that the two were husband and wife, and when the robbers fell off the cliff, they were beaten until he woke up.

In order to recuperate his body as soon as possible, Ji Liu was going to make him fish and cook soup to replenish his body two days ago, but he was stopped by the villagers and pulled her back.

According to them, there were people in Stone Village who overfished, and the gods punished them, so that the descendants suffered nearly a hundred years of floods and almost wiped out the village.

If it weren't for the two goddesses who came to the mortal world and tried their best to help, the floods would have lasted for a hundred years, and the villagers would bow their heads and bow down when they passed the clay statues standing by the river.

The villagers are bitter, it stands to reason that they should not continue to fish, but they remember that Liu never believes in the gods and Buddhas in heaven, and she has always fought for what she wanted.

After enduring it for another two days, she said that she could always smell the smell of meat in the middle of the night in the village for the past few days, and it was very likely that the villagers had searched their bodies while they were unconscious, and found that they were two poor ghosts, afraid that they would eat and drink for nothing, so they hid the meat.

"They are poor, and it is already very polite to be able to give us rice soup, so it doesn't have to be like this."

"No, it's good for you to get some meat, and besides, this rice soup only has soup and no rice, it's purely for drinking water," In just seven days, Ji Liu's face slimmed down: "The river is not dug in the village, whoever catches this fish is counted, and the river god should be angry with me, and it has nothing to do with them." ”

At that time, it was already dark, and Ji Liu's nose suddenly moved: "They are obviously secretly eating meat!" I smell it, and I can't be wrong! During the day, they wept in front of me, and at night they hid together and ate meat, and they wouldn't let us fish! It's too much! ”

Her indignant look amused Sheng Li, and her heart softened and let her out: "That's it, we can leave in just two days, and when we meet Chen Qi and the others in the city, we can leave some silver for the village." Be safe yourself. ”

"Yes, I'll be right back." After Ji Liu finished speaking, she went out with the wooden stick she had sharpened two days ago.

There were not many people in the village at this time, she walked smoothly, and it didn't take long to reach the river, Sheng Li saw her back jumping in the river from a distance, so she poured a cup of tea and drank it leisurely.

As a result, he didn't expect that when he finished drinking a cup of tea and opened the door again, there was no longer a figure of Jiliu by the river.

"What about people?!" Sheng Li hurriedly ran to the river, no matter how much he shouted, he couldn't get a response, but instead summoned the villagers who had disappeared for a long time.

"What are you doing?"

A stout man walked up to him with a slight impatience in his eyes.

"You see me...... Am I a lady? As soon as she came out to breathe, the person was gone. Sheng Li didn't care about the man's attitude, and grabbed his shirt as soon as he grabbed him.

He completely believed Ji Liu's words this time, how could there be a poor jingle village that could only eat vegetable roots to raise Han Lingzi so strong, it is estimated that just after eating meat, the greasy taste on his body is still slightly sour, so that the oily Sheng Li, who has not eaten for many days, can't help but gause.

"Oh...... She, I just saw her go into the mountains alone, saying she was going to the town to buy something. "How could a normal honest farmer let a woman walk alone through the jungle to the town.

And in Stone Village, he and Ji Liu have to help each other no matter what they do, and it is absolutely impossible to be too far away from each other, let alone such a ridiculous thing as entering the city in the middle of the night.

Sheng Li looked at him and sneered in his heart.

- Do you think I believe it or not?

But he couldn't say that, the big man in front of him was either so stupid that he didn't see it, or there was no need to whitewash the peace with him, if it was the latter, then Sheng Li would definitely see Ji Liu in a not very good place right away.

He squeezed a sentence out between his teeth, "Thank you." Then he went back to the house.

He brought a stool against the door, and then lay back on the bed, thinking about it.

In the middle of the night, the silver-white moonlight shone on Sheng Li's face, and he listened to it for a long time, but there was silence outside the house, and the villagers were defenseless against him, and did not arrange for people to be on duty around him.

Since being rescued by the villagers, Sheng Li has always felt that Stone Village treats people kindly, and has always greeted him with a smile and is very enthusiastic. But today's strong man is obviously not as enthusiastic as before, as if he and Ji Liu have lost their usefulness.

With doubts, he walked to the river in the dark.

Sheng Li didn't dare to relax, and every inch of land on the ground was carefully examined by him, for fear of missing a trace of information about Ji Liu.

At the same time, Ji Liu slowly woke up in the cellar, and she shook the back of her head that had been hit with a stick, and her nose was hot.

"You're awake." A faint, hoarse female voice reached her ears.

Ji Liu looked in the direction of the sound, and suddenly screamed: "Ahhhh

"You, you, you......" She pointed to the bloodstained woman sitting in the corner of the wall, her body retreating until she touched the cold wall.

"Heh," the woman's hair was scattered, making it difficult for people to see her true face, only a line of blood and tears remained on her cheeks, which had formed dry marks: "It's terrible? Luckily, I didn't see this ghost before I died. ”

Although Ji Liu had just met the killer and committed the crime of murder, she was not as horrified as the person in front of her, and she forced herself to calm down.

"Who are you?" Then she looked up and asked, "Where is this?" ”

The corners of the woman's mouth were raised, as if she was smiling: "Who am I?" You can call me Qin Se. ”

"As for where this is," the corners of Qin Se's mouth widened, "This is the cellar, where the animals store their food. ”

Food?

After Ji Liu woke up, he looked at the entire cellar, and the only ones that could store food were the two pickle jars in front, which looked like they hadn't been washed for hundreds of years, and they were black and sticky.

I don't know if Qin Se has been in the cellar for a long time, and his speech is a little trance-like.

Forget it, instead of thinking about others, think about yourself, and escape and join the grand gift is the point.

She looked at Qin Se and stepped forward: "Your leg is bleeding, I'll bandage you." Qin Se's angry appearance was pale and terrifying, and he couldn't bear to remember Liu, so he tore off the corner of his clothes to help her stop the bleeding.

Unexpectedly, as soon as her hand was halfway out, she was firmly rejected by Qin Se, and she said coldly: "No need, it's ...... It won't heal.