However, things were worse than Ye Qiong and the others thought, before a few people entered the Pomegranate Mountain, they had already heard the sound of rushing water from a distance halfway up the Qixia Mountain, because the rain was too heavy and the sky was dark, what was the situation over there, everyone had no bottom in their hearts.

In the end, Cui Shijiu stood up, leaned down and put his ears on the ground, and after a while, his face suddenly changed greatly, and said: "The sound of the water is very loud, the direction of listening is to the side of Pomegranate Village, we can't go up the mountain from Pomegranate Village, we have to take another detour." ”

The two heroes who led the way were named Liu Fu and Liu Gui, and they were so frightened when they heard what Cui Shijiu said.

Although they have been prepared for a long time, who would really believe that overnight, their home will become a sea of oceans?

Fortunately, since these two people dared to take the initiative to ask for help, their hearts were also hard, they discussed for a while, and the slightly older Liu Fu pointed to the mountainside of Qixia Mountain and said: "There is a small road over there, the terrain is high and not afraid of being flooded, we can go over here." ”

Ye Qiong immediately made a decision: "Okay, let's go from this path." ”

The path is a little dangerous, Liu Fu and Liu Gui are lighting the road with lanterns in front, Lu Shaodan is in the second position to pay attention to Ye Qiong behind him, and Cui Nineteen is broken.

Such a path is still a little difficult for a boudoir woman like Ye Qiong, and at this time, she no longer pays attention to the defense of men and women, Lu Shaodan held Ye Qiong's hand tightly throughout the whole process, so that she would not slide down.

Ye Qiong held Lu Shaodan's hand with one hand, and supported a branch she had picked from the side of the road as a walking stick to explore the way, although it was difficult to walk, she still entered the range of Pomegranate Mountain smoothly.

Standing on the top of the mountain, the group could see the bean-like lights on the mountainside from a distance, which looked particularly small in the wind and rain.

Liu Fu and Liu Gui pointed to the light in surprise and said, "That's it!" If we remember correctly, there were two families living there, one with a widow and a daughter, and one with an old couple. We haven't talked to those two households much, and we haven't met a few times, and Liu Dazhuang in the village has a good relationship with them, and Liu Dazhuang should go there. ”

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and the lights were still on, which meant that there were still people.

Ye Qiong looked at the sky with a branch, and immediately said, "I'll go with you to find those two families and ask." In those two families, one is a widow and the other is an old man, Liu Fu and Liu Gui have never met them a few times, and they are afraid to open the door when they see so many men. I'm a woman, and they're less vigilant. ”

Lu Shaodan looked at the sky and did not object to it.

The rain is too heavy, it is too dangerous for Ye Qiong to stay here, even if he is as strong as Liu Fu and Liu Gui, he has already begun to tremble, even if he can find an eaves to rest for a while.

Everyone moved cautiously to the mountainside, and came to the lighted hut, and Ye Qiong came forward and knocked on the door: "Dare to ask, is anyone there?" ”

But after a while, the door was opened by a small crack, and it was a little girl about five or six years old who opened the door, and when she saw that there were four or five men standing behind Ye Qiong, she was so frightened that she wanted to close the door.

Ye Qiong hurriedly stretched out her hand and gently pressed against the door, raised her voice and pleaded: "Little girl, we have no malicious intentions. I don't know if you've seen a man named Liu Dazhuang coming? We saw that he never came back, so we came to find him. ”

As soon as the words fell, a woman's voice came from inside the door: "Girl, open the door." ”

Ye Qiong's heart was relieved, and the group squeezed into the small room, only to see an old woman coughing lying on the kang in the back of the room, and a younger woman sitting next to the old woman, holding a porcelain bowl with brown and black medicinal juice in one hand, and an axe for chopping wood in the other hand, staring at Ye Qiong and his party very vigilantly.

Come to think of it, the old woman is one of the old couples, who is called Aunt Liu, and the younger woman is the widow with a daughter, named Niu Chunhua, who is generally called Niu Widow.

The little girl ran behind the young woman and looked at Ye Qiong and her party vigilantly and suspiciously together with the cow widow.

Liu Fu and Liu Gui immediately stood up and shouted: "Sister-in-law Niu, don't do it, we are Liu Fu and Liu Gui from Pomegranate Village under the mountain, we have met before!" We are here to find Liu Dazhuang. ”

The cow widow glanced at Ye Qiong, and then at Liu Fu and Liu Gui, who were a little familiar, and finally put down the axe in her hand and said, "Don't mind, there are many rights and wrongs in front of the widow's door, I have to be cautious." I am alone with my daughter, and I only get acquainted with the elderly Aunt Liu's family next door to help each other, if it weren't for Liu Dazhuang's good looks and my hair is small, I and Liu Dazhuang's family will not have much contact. I believe you now, what are you looking for Liu Dazhuang? ”

Ye Qiong immediately explained her intention, and said the news that the pomegranate village was about to be flooded, Aunt Liu and the cow widow immediately changed their faces, and Aunt Liu patted her thigh and said anxiously: "My wife went to pick pomegranates, saying that she wanted to pick more before the rain became heavier." Liu Dazhuang came later, I heard that my wife went to pick pomegranates, and went to find my wife without saying a few words to us, and the two of them haven't come back yet! ”

Ye Qiong's heart rose high again, and Lu Shaodan immediately said: "Liu Fu, you, I, and Master Cui will go to the mountain to look for it, Liu Gui, you stay and watch over here." ”

As he spoke, Lu Shaodan looked at Ye Qiong again, handed her a precious bone whistle, and said, "If something happens, remember to blow this bone whistle, and I will definitely come back immediately." ”

It's me, this is Lu Shaodan's promise to her alone.

There was a rope tied to the bone whistle, Ye Qiong hung it between the necks and carefully put it away, smiled at Lu Shaodan, and said, "Don't worry." ”

Lu Shaodan bowed his head, and took the few people he pointed out to go out again, and they could hear them shouting "Liu Dazhuang-" from a distance.

Ye Qiong, who had always been calm, was a little flustered in her heart because of Lu Shaodan's departure, and she only felt that the bone whistle on her chest seemed to be hot.

Don't be afraid, Ye Qiong said to herself, Lu Shaodan is not an ordinary person, he is strong in martial arts, and he will definitely be able to return safely.

Ye Qiong closed her eyes to stabilize her mind, and when she opened her eyes, her eyes had regained calm, and she said to Widow Niu and Liu Gui: "Let's clean up first, and try to pick up valuable and light things to take away." Liu Gui, can you try to carry Aunt Liu? ”

Liu Gui patted his arm and said, "Don't worry, don't try, I'm strong, even our big scalper can carry it." ”

The cow widow took out a few strips of cloth from the bottom of the box and asked Liu Gui to help tie her daughter to her back: "We all take care of children here, this strip of cloth has been placed under the cage for so many years, I didn't expect it to come in handy." ”

The little girl didn't cry or make a fuss quietly, Ye Qiong and Liu Gui took out a few ponchos that they brought over, and put them on the cow widow with the child tied to her back and the sick Aunt Liu who was lying in bed.

Ye Qiong was teasing the little girl with a joke, and a shout sounded outside the door: "Quick, open the door-"

Ye Qiong hurriedly opened the door, and saw Lu Shaodan and Liu Fu stepping in, Lu Shaodan said: "Hurry up, the flash flood outside is about to flood here!" ”

A few people were startled, Liu Gui hurriedly picked up Aunt Liu, and the group hurriedly rushed out of the door, only to see that under the reflection of the lights, there was already some stagnant water outside the door, and when they stepped out, the water was already ankle-high.

Liu Fu led the way, followed by Liu Gui who was carrying Aunt Liu and Cow Widow who was carrying her daughter, Ye Qiong was behind them and was paying attention to the situation of the little girl and Cow Widow, and Lu Shaodan was in charge of breaking off at the end of the team, and always observed where the torrent went.

Lu Shaodan paid attention to the torrent behind him, and said quickly: "Everyone has found it." Liu Dazhuang is fine, Aunt Liu's husband broke his leg, and he has been dealt with, and his life is fine. The two were trapped together in the sudden surge of the torrent, and climbed a cliff and couldn't get down. Fortunately, Liu Fu pointed out a way and brought people down with Master Cui. Now they're still waiting for us on that cliff, let's go over and meet us. ”

Ye Qiong answered softly, and from time to time adjusted the position of the little girl on her back for the cow widow in front of her.

The wind and rain were merciless, and the raindrops were like sharp arrows, piercing everyone's bodies.

The poncho was completely useless in such a heavy rain, and Ye Qiong only felt that the clothes on her body had been completely wet, wet and cold on her body, which was very uncomfortable.

The rain gathered into small trickles, washing away the already soft soil beneath our feet.

Ye Qiong felt that her head was a little drowsy from the biting rain, but she still gritted her teeth and walked forward.

That's when the change happened.

Perhaps because of the rain, the little girl, who had been quiet, began to cry and struggle on the cow widow's back. The cow widow had to stop coaxing a few words, but unexpectedly, the little girl cried more and more, and even inadvertently raised her hand to hit her mother's face, the cow widow stumbled under her feet, Ye Qiong hurriedly stepped forward to support her, but she didn't want her feet to slip, but she didn't want her feet to slip, and suddenly her body was crooked and rolled down.

At that moment, even panic didn't have time to come to her heart, Ye Qiong's mind was blank, and she didn't even shout, but instinctively stretched out her hand to Lu Shaodan, who was closest to her.

"Ye Qiong-" Lu Shaodan hurriedly stretched out his hand to pull Ye Qiong, but because his feet were sloping and the soil was too slippery because of the rain, he couldn't catch it.

The muddy water splashed, Ye Qiong rolled all the way to the bottom of the hillside, and at the moment when she was about to fall into the torrent, she was surrounded by Lu Shaodan.

Lu Shaodan was holding the pomegranate tree with one hand and Ye Qiong with the other, and half of his feet were already immersed in water.

Ye Qiong only felt sore, and she didn't know where she hurt when she just rolled down, and she might have hit her head, because she felt that her vision in front of her was even more blurred.

When Ye Qiong was still in a daze, Lu Shaodan had already pulled her back to her side with all her might, let her lean on her shoulder, and called her anxiously: "Ye Qiong, Ye Qiong!" ”

Liu Fu had already hurried down with the lantern, and in the dim candlelight, Lu Shaodan clearly saw that Ye Qiong's shoulders were cut by sharp branches, and there was also bright red blood mixed with the rain on his forehead.

Lu Shaodan's pupils shrank suddenly.

Ye Qiong still grabbed Lu Shaodan's shirt and said, "Let's go......"

In a daze, Ye Qiong felt that she was being put on Lu Shaodan's back, and Lu Shaodan kept talking to her along the way: "Ye Qiong, Ye Qiong, don't sleep, I promise you, when this happens, I will tell you my secret......"

Ye Qiong, who was on the verge of sleep, still remembered joking with Lu Shaodan: "Who wants to know your secret?" Yourself...... Be sure to keep your secrets hidden......"

Lu Shaodan carried Ye Qiong on his back, only to feel that Ye Qiong's voice was getting softer and softer, and his heart was full of grief and hatred, and he didn't know whether it was tears or rain on his face.

When a few people finally joined up with another group of people and left the boundary of Pomegranate Mountain together, they heard a rumbling in the distance, and there seemed to be thousands of horses roaring in the mountains, shocking the whole world.

Ye Qiong, who was lying on Lu Shaodan's back, raised a tired smile when she fell asleep.

The autumn flood is finally here.

And themselves, ready.