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There was a slightly noisy quarrel in the distance, as if the man had quarreled with the visitor, and the more they argued, the more fierce they became.
She knew it was a deliberate attempt to stall for her.
Although the other party knows that the consequences of doing so must be extremely serious, and they may no longer have a place in this village.
The girl took a light breath, her eyes were red, and she carefully lowered the clay figure to the ground, and smiled sadly: "But...... I really can't be so selfish anymore......"
On the other side, thunder occasionally flickered in the sky, and in the village chief's room, the village chief sat on a chair with an uncertain expression. In front of him, a young man knelt on the ground, his head bowed and silent.
"Daddy......" The young man's voice was slightly hoarse.
"Nonsense! Don't you think our village is chaotic enough?" the village chief slapped the table hard, glaring angrily.
"Dad, please, Xiao Yun is innocent!" the young man kowtowed heavily, and a trace of blood was faintly visible on the floor.
"If the river god still doesn't give up, then let me take her place, and I'll go to worship the god!" he said word by word.
"You...... You unfilial son!" the village chief opened his mouth for a long time, but he could only reprimand this angrily with hatred, and then looked outside the house and was silent for a long time before he said slowly, "Okay, you can take her away......
Hearing this, the young man raised his head sharply and looked at his father in disbelief.
"With this river god, this river village is destined to decline. I can't watch you young people still tied to this rotten tree until I die. The village chief looked much tired, and said, "Take the young people in the village with you, let as many people as you want, and don't come back." ”
"Daddy...... Let's go together!" said the young man hurriedly.
Then I heard the village chief whisper as if he was muttering to himself: "It's too late......"
"What?" the young man was slightly stunned.
"Hurry up, don't wait for me to regret it!" the village chief suddenly rebuked.
"I'm ......" the young man hesitated for a moment, and kowtowed again, "I...... I'll go!"
The village of Xishui in the middle of the night is not quiet either.
From afar, Li Xintian heard movement outside, he didn't feel much sleepy after experiencing the previous one, and he went out to look out curiously, but he saw a group of villagers wearing robes and hats, holding hoes and sickles, and walking towards the river embankment with continuous shouting.
"What's going on?"
Li Xintian said with some doubts in his heart.
When he put on his clothes and went outside, he happened to see a few nervous-looking family members rushing back from outside.
"Oh no, young master!" A family member saw him and immediately said eagerly, "The river is rising too fast, I'm afraid the embankment will not be able to hold on!"
Chen Linqing and the others were stunned when they heard this, and then a bone-penetrating coolness rushed from the soles of their feet to the top of their heads, making them tremble subconsciously.
Li Xintian has been on guard against ghosts, gods and demons since just now, but he never expected that the most life-threatening thing now is the real unpredictable natural disaster!
If the river really bursts, then I am afraid that the Xishui Village that is downstream will turn into an ocean in less than a moment, and it is difficult to survive!
"You don't have to be nervous, what's going on over there?"
Li Xintian hurriedly asked.
"Fortunately, although it is a little dangerous, the embankment is still strong and will not be breached in a moment. ”
Jia Ding replied.
"Hurry up and pack your things and get out of Xishui Village quickly. ”
Li Xintian thought about it for a while, and immediately ordered them to go down, and told them to hurry up and prepare to pack their luggage and prepare to leave at any time.
Although the late night and heavy rain are not suitable for walking, it is still more acceptable than the danger of flooding and bursting the levee at any time.
Soon, the courtyard was lively again. Although he was tired, after knowing the dangerous situation he was facing, no one dared to complain, but his actions were even faster.
Li Xintian suddenly noticed that the sky was a little strange, and then he suddenly raised his head to look at the sky that was still pitch black!
Then I heard the people around me shouting in surprise: "The rain is getting lighter! It's stopping!"
The rain was indeed getting lighter and lighter, and the rain curtain between heaven and earth gradually thinned out and even disappeared, and only the slight sound of water droplets seemed to confirm the terrible rainstorm before.
Li Xintian's body still has a slight pinprick warning omen reminding him that the crisis has not dissipated. The rain stopped just a façade.
There is always a pair of eyes watching them in the dark, waiting for an opportunity to make a move!
It just so happened that an experienced driver stepped forward and reminded: "Don't stop too long." I see that although the sky is sunny for a while, it will not last long, and it will be necessary to play again in about an hour! I am afraid it will be too late to leave by then!"
His words were also recognized by others, and Chen Linqing immediately gave an order, taking advantage of the rain to stop for a while, and everyone hurried away.
No one can be sure that the next rain will directly collapse the embankment, and no one dares to gamble with their own lives.
"Hurry up, everyone!"
Chen Zishan roared loudly, urging his subordinates to work harder to pack up their things.
Finally, everything is ready and the convoy is about to set off again.
This time, because the female dependents still had to rest, Li Xintian rode on horseback.
After a while, the coachman waved the whip slightly, and with a slight shake, the car began to drive again, following Li Xintian.
Because of the previous rain, the ground is still potholes forming large and small puddles, and the shock absorption system of the carriage is not good, and stumbling during driving is inevitable.
The convoy was slowly driving away from this small village, and when Li Xintian inadvertently cast his eyes on the bank of the river not far away, he vaguely saw an extremely strange scene!
I saw a large group of black figures on the bank of the river in the dark night, they seemed to be dripping with water droplets, they seemed to be dancing, and the joints of their bodies were twisting at an angle that was incomprehensible to ordinary people, as if they were carrying out a silent but grand sacrifice ceremony.
And the audience is the undulating stream!
It wasn't until the carriage drove past that they all turned their heads in unison, staring at them with indescribable evil eyes, their ankles and wrists twisting in mid-air at inhuman angles, and their slow steps, as if trying to come towards them.
"It's the villagers from before!"
Li Xintian's pupils shrank suddenly, and the uneasiness in his heart became stronger and stronger!
He quickly turned his gaze to the river, and saw huge waves constantly beating against the embankment, but at this time, there was clearly no strong wind enough to set off the waves!
A disgusting smell of rotting flesh filled the air with the crashing of the waves, and the deep center of the river seemed to swallow up all the light around it, and it seemed that something terrible was ready to come out of it!
"Speed up!"
Li Xintian immediately urged the coachman, and asked the family members to inform everyone, saying, "Get out of here immediately!"
The speed of the car increased, and finally, the convoy left the heavy pressure far behind, and the pin-prickly vigilance finally disappeared.
After a long time, Li Xintian slowly breathed a sigh of relief, his nerves were tense all the time just now, for fear that something would suddenly happen.
Fortunately, it seems that everything is safe......
Seem......
At this time, there was a sudden commotion behind the convoy, and Li Xintian reined in his horse and quickly stopped.
Without waiting for him to ask what was going on, he saw Chen Yuanwen suddenly jump out of the carriage in front of him in a panic, looked around, and when he saw Li Xintian, he seemed to see the backbone of the heart, and he didn't care about the muddy water on the ground, trotted in front of him, shouting with red eyes: "Cousin, save your cousin, she is gone!"
"What! Tell me what's going on?"
Li Xintian was stunned for a while, and then immediately got off his horse suddenly, looking at Chen Yuanwen in disbelief.
"I ...... I saw your cousin sit in front of me...... I still remember your cousin's gentle advice to me to take a good rest...... But...... But......" Chen Yuanwen's eyes were slightly red, and he said with tears in his eyes: "But why did he suddenly disappear in the carriage...... I couldn't find it no matter how I looked for it...... Your cousin was still in the carriage!"
"How so!"
The bad premonition in Li Xintian's heart seemed to have come to fruition, like a heavy hammer smashing into his heart, which he brought out.
"Damn, I'll go and save my cousin and sister-in-law right away, don't go around!"
At this time, after a group of panicked people counted, they found that it was not only the carriage that Chen Yuanwen's wife was sitting in, but also Hu Qiuyan had disappeared, and many other family members had also disappeared, and no one noticed anything unusual along the way!
It's as if it was devoured by something hidden in the dark, leaving no trace of life.
Li Xintian asked Sugo to protect his physical body, and let the Flying Tiger King protect the others.
"I wasn't going to confront you, but since you want me to go back, then I'll do what you want, see if you can withstand my anger!"
Li Xintian sat in the carriage, out of his body.
Li Xintian's divine soul has changed, surrounded by dragons and phoenixes, and his divine soul has been inviolable.
After the tense nerves are suddenly relaxed, it is indeed easy to cause fatigue and fatigue, and it can also make people think crankily.
Chen Yuanwen's wife, Ding Jieyun, was the only one in the carriage, she closed her eyes and reclined in the car, and her daily hardships appeared in her mind for a while, and her father's earnest teachings as a child appeared for a while.
It was just then that she suddenly realized that something seemed to be wrong.
The carriage seemed to stop.
She didn't realize that something was wrong with the situation, she just thought that something had happened, even Chen Yuanwen was gone, and she lifted the curtain in confusion to ask the coachman what happened, but this look made her stunned.
Where is there the huge convoy of the Chen family around, but not even half a figure is missing!
A lonely carriage stood in the middle of the dirt road, with bottomless darkness in front and behind, and low and unfamiliar earthen houses on the left and right, but there was no light, and it seemed that no one had lived here for a long time.