Xiao Qing turned around and put the white cloth wrapped in food back into the bamboo basket, but this time he looked back, the white cloth fell into the sludge grass and was sinking.

She felt strange in the sludge grass, so she pulled out half of the bamboo basket and threw it into the sludge grass, and the light bamboo slowly sank.

"This is the frustration?" Xiao Qing exclaimed.

A rannized said: "There are no fierce beasts here, no flying insects, and no turtle insects, the reason why they dare not come in is precisely because the muddy ground here will swallow people, once they fall in, they can't come out if they want to, I have seen a leopard fall into here, the more it struggles and sinks, the faster it sinks!" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, more than 20 other people looked at each other, this place ...... What kind of mountain is this Yao Mountain, why does it take people's lives everywhere?

"I thought there was water and grassland here, it was close to the water source, but I didn't expect it to be muddy land, I had heard in the gazetteer, there is a quagmire in Yao Mountain, but I didn't expect this to be true!" Qu Zhongyi said in a panic.

Can you swallow rocks, chariots and horses?

"Then how shall we get there?"

"Is there only this road with mountain walls on both sides?"

"Yes, this is the only way to get to the spring in the mountain, and after this wetland, you should worry about how to lead the spring to the bottom of the mountain." Ah Randao.

He stood in front of the mud and saw that the bamboo shards on it could sink.

"You guys go find some long straight sticks, find some vines between the mountain walls on both sides, and weave them into two wooden rows!" Ah Yan looked at a few knights: "How many of you follow me to step on the grass in the muddy field, or do you feel that you don't have a good jumping strength, lie down and roll over here quickly?" ”

As soon as everyone heard that there was a way to pass, they settled down, they really couldn't stand the toss anymore, and if they tossed any more, they would all be tossed to death.

After eating something, everyone moved.

The eyes of the villagers and catchers flashed with dead silence, thinking of the turtles and mosquitoes behind him, and his heart was uneasy, and after he cleaned up, he began to arrange a wooden row.

Ah Ran stepped on the grass of the swamp, and jumped forward step by step, and in the blink of an eye, he jumped alone to the muddy side, a mile away from them.

Xiao Qing didn't dare to try, if she was asked to roll from here to there, she wouldn't be able to do it, so she simply followed them to make a wooden row, like a snowboard.

She tied it to her feet, and from a mile away, she threw a vine and asked her to grab it.

After Xiao Qing grabbed it, he remembered the haystack he had just jumped, and jumped a few, feeling that there was no focus on the haystack, and every time he stepped on it, if it wasn't for Ah Chao pulling her, I'm afraid she would have fallen long ago.

It's just that no matter how strong Ah Chao is, she is too fat, one hundred and fifty pounds, and she is about to fall down after a few shakes.

"Oops...... Save me...... Help me! Xiao Qing shouted.

Ah Yan saw her clumsy body swaying, he shook his head helplessly, he jumped up, stepped on a few grass piles in the water to Xiao Qing, and took her collar and landed directly with her to a safe place.

Xiao Qing's feet were suspended in the air, feeling like he was falling Weiya, he was so frightened that he didn't dare to scream, so he could only wait for the landing and said with a lost soul: "Thank you, thank you!" ”

She was really afraid that he would think she was fat in mid-air, so she threw her directly in the muddy grass and let her roll over by herself, but fortunately he was not so ruthless.

"Eat less in the future, lose weight, it's a good thing for you and others, you see, I am holding you in my hand, and you are strangled, heavier than a strong man." Ah Ran said in disgust.

Xiao Qing lowered his face coldly and muttered in a low voice: "I didn't eat your family's food again!" ”

When Ah Yan heard it, he smiled coldly: "The mouth is quite sharp!" ”

Then he threw the vine to the others, and several knights jumped over the haystack and helped him pull the villagers and catchers behind him.

After the others were all taken over, Ah Lan didn't give them a rest and leisure, and led a few people to the spring source on the mountain.

She remembered that at the beginning, the catchers and Qu Zhongyi, chivalrous warriors and others had quite opinions about Ah Chao, but she didn't expect that in just a few hours, Ah Chao would become their leader.

Qu Zhongyi couldn't say a word when he was frightened along the way, he just followed the crowd, silently counting how many people were there and how many people he could protect.

As a member of the Yamen, his responsibility and obligation is to protect the villagers and catch fast, and now nearly a dozen have died, and he doesn't know what will happen in front of him, he really can't stand it in his heart.

The more you go up, the mountain is relatively high, the group is very tired after a day of walking, and the white bones of some fierce beasts are seen on the road, and the villagers and the catcher do not feel afraid, and the sky is slowly darkening, and the people in front of them go without saying a word.

If they are not happy, they will rest on the mountain.

As they were walking, they heard the sound of fierce beasts biting in the woods on both sides, and Ah Lan and Xiao Qing knew that it was a few flower faces preventing other fierce beasts from coming and attacking them.

When they were about to reach the top of the mountain, Ah Lan led them down the mountain again, and the more they walked, the more damp it became, the woods here were more luxuriant, and the grass grew better.

"There's a fountain ahead!" Ah Ran pointed ahead.

Qu Zhongyi heard the spring, and his eyes suddenly lit up, and he ran quickly in the direction of Ah Lan's finger.

The faster he ran, the more he ran, the more delighted he became, and he heard the sound of water.

"There is the sound of water, there is the sound of water!" He exclaimed in surprise.

When they reached the top of the mountain, their eyes were instantly opened, and everyone looked down to see that there was a mountain col halfway up the mountain, and there was a paste spring in the col that was bubbling out of the water, and the water overflowed to the surroundings, making a "whoosh" sound.

The water kept pouring out, as if all the energy in the spring was erupting.

Everyone looked at the source of Ben in surprise, and said with great joy: "There is salvation, the villagers under the mountain are saved!" With water, it's time to irrigate the farmland! ”

Ah Chao and Xiao Qing stood still.

Their task is accomplished, and the next thing is up to the county government and themselves to draw water from the mountain to the bottom of the mountain.

And how they should go back to the village, if they return the same way, I don't know how many people will die, the mountain here is high and steep, and they can't go down the mountain directly, this night, they are bound to rest on the mountain.

Xiao Qing looked back at Ah Chao, who was covering half of his face, and said sincerely: "This way, if it weren't for you, I'm afraid no one would have survived." ”

Ah Yan squinted his eyes and looked at the group of people who rushed to the water source with a smile.

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Fangjia Village

When Xiao Qing was leaving, he asked Ma Xian to let him go to Fang's house in Fangjia Village first, and discuss with Fang Huai how many broken kilns on the edge of Yao Mountain would need to be sold.

Ma first had lunch and went to Fangjia Village alone.

Fang Huai had never been to Yaoshan Village since he and Jiao Pinliang participated in the unification of the capital.

Recently, he heard a lot about Yaoshan Village, but he didn't care.

I knew that the Xiao family of the old Qiao family was so powerful, and I wanted to take down the marriage of my son Fang Jiazhu no matter what.

He listened to Qi Dazhen's words at that time, saying that her girl Qiao Yu was not clean at a young age, pretending to be stupid, and arrogantly wanted to ask his family for twenty taels of silver.

(End of chapter)