This matter seemed to be a secret known to everyone in the village, and the old village chief thought for a moment and sighed: "Girl, I can see that you are all enthusiastic and good people, I can tell you about this, but you had better not interfere, lest the monster find you, but I will harm you." ”

"We're passing through here, and if we can help, of course, it's the best, and if we can't help, we won't stay for long, don't worry. ”

Since seeing Dugu Che vs. the python, Li Wanxiao has regarded him as a patron saint in his heart, as long as he is around, he will have a sense of security, and he is not afraid of trouble!

Secretly glanced at Dugu Che, well, without frowning, he said that he did not object, you can listen to it with confidence!

"Here's the thing, our village has not had much contact with the outside world, growing our own grain and eating it ourselves, until five years ago, when there was a sudden drought, the crops were not harvested, and the villagers prayed for rain many times to no avail. The village chief sighed and continued, "That year, a boy dressed in silk came from outside, and when he knew about the drought here, he came to me and said that he had a way to solve the drought. ”

"I didn't believe it at first, but then he started his own Dharma in the village, and everyone in the village came to watch, and we didn't have much hope, but the miraculous thing is that it took less than a stick of incense for the boy to make it rain heavily. ”

Li Wanxiao said suspiciously: "So powerful, but this is a good thing, does it have anything to do with forcibly marrying a girl in the village?"

"Of course!" said the village chief, "because of that son, our village escaped the drought, and in gratitude to him, the village set up a feast, and every family pooled some money to give to him as a thank-you gift." In the end, he refused, saying that he didn't want anything, just wanted to marry a girl in the village and go home. ”

"That son is a talented man and has great ability, and the girls in the village are all vying to marry him, and finally he chose Xiao Yun, a girl from the Li family. When getting married, it is the same as today's pomp, in our poor and remote place, it is already very beautiful to be able to get married in a sedan chair. ”

The old village chief said so much, but he didn't get to the point, and he didn't think so, which girl would not be moved when she met such a rich and capable son, who was not bad-looking? Thinking of this, she subconsciously glanced at Dugu Che, in addition to having no money, I believe that with Dugu Che's conditions, she can also become the perfect husband in the hearts of many girls, right?

"You may think that Xiao Yun will be very happy in the future if she marries such a son, but in fact, since she got on the sedan chair and was carried out of the village, this girl has never come back. ”

"Huh?" Li Wanxiao said in surprise, "I can come back to see my parents when I become a parent, why don't I come back?"

The village chief nodded, "For half a year, there was no news of this girl, and half a year later we found her body by the river where water is often fetched. ”

What happened next made the old village chief unacceptable, he cried sadly, "When the villagers found out, she was still wearing the big red wedding robe when she got married, her hair was scattered, and the whole person was floating on the water, and there were no injuries on her body. ”

"Xiao Yun's parents have been such a daughter all their lives, and they want to ask the son for an explanation, but they don't know where to find him. Then the matter was settled. ”

Bai Shasha raised her eyebrows, "So you suspect that the boy killed Xiao Yun?"

"Not necessarily. Li Wanxiao shook her head in denial, "If that son has the intention to kill her, why would he let the corpse float to the village?"

We didn't want to believe it, but a month later the boy reappeared in the village. "The old village chief was a little sad and indignant," he said, "He said that every year in the future there will be a big drought in the village, and only he has the means to make it rain all day, but he asked the village to prepare a young girl for him every year, if not, he can also use a young man as a substitute, and if he just uses a man instead, he needs to prepare two." ”

"Hmph, it looks like this person is both male and female!" Bai Shasha rolled her eyes.

Li Wanxiao also said: "How can there be a drought in the village every year?

The village chief explained, "That's true, we didn't believe it at first, Xiao Yun refused his greeting team after the accident, and as a result, the drought that year was even more serious than before, and there was really no choice but to give him another girl." ”

"It's been like this for five years in a row, because he only needs a 17-year-old girl, and it's not good to be older or younger, our village is already small, and then we can only send a 17-year-old young man twice in succession, and this year, Xing'er's girl is the only girl in the village who agrees with the conditions, so ......"

This kind of hurtful thing made it difficult for the old village chief to talk about it, but in order to keep the rations of the whole village, he had no choice, and it was worth sacrificing one person in exchange for the food and clothing of the whole village.

"The people who were sent later, did they all turn out to be the same as Xiao Yun?"

The village chief nodded, but said no more.

There was silence in the room for a while, and Bai Shasha leaned back in the chair and said lightly, "Miss Li, do we want to take care of this matter?"

She asked if she wanted to care, not if she could ignore it, but none of the people present noticed the meaning of her words.

Li Wanxiao pondered for a while, and looked at the two of them uncertainly, "Why don't we go and take a look at the situation first, and then decide whether to leave it alone?"

"Whatever, I don't care. Bai Shasha stretched out a finger to hook the hair, playing with the hair as if nothing had happened.

Dugu Che still has an iceberg face......

Since the two of them had no opinion, Li Wanxiao stood up and looked at the village chief, "You tell us where the girl was sent, and we will find a way to go over and see if we can rescue her." ”

"There are red paper flowers left everywhere the party passes, you can follow those marks to find them, but it's hard to say whether you can find them. The village chief hesitated.

"Why?"

"We've sent people to follow us before, but all of them have been in vain, and the red paper flowers don't always exist, and they will disappear when they reach the mountains. ”

Although the village chief said so, Li Wanxiao still planned to take a look, human life is at stake, what is it to take a little risk?

It was noon, Wanxiao didn't want to delay for a moment, so she ate a few mouthfuls of dry food and set off with Dugu Che and Bai Shasha. Originally, Bai Shasha planned to stay and take care of the old woman, but she was dragged out of the door with a smile, and said that the three of them should be blessed and enjoy hardships together, Bai Shasha had a black line on her face, and walked unhurriedly behind the two of them, occasionally talking to Dugu Che, and was ignored as if it were air.

Along the way, you can see a lot of small flowers cut out of red paper, this is really worthy of the name of the flower paving, the red is also particularly dazzling, but in the eyes of Li Wanxiao, they feel that this red is very similar to the girl's blood, indicating the girl's fate.

Following the red paper flowers, it didn't take long for the three of them to chase a long way. They found that the sedan chair did not enter the mountain, but gradually walked along the foot of the mountain into the dense woods, and the last clue was broken by a waterhole.

This waterhole is not big, and she trotted over from Wanxiao, only to see the red paper flowers scattered along the waterhole, but did not extend in any direction.

Could it be that the welcoming party went to the waterhole?

I was really tired, so I sat on the ground, and the white yarn next to me twisted her waist as if she was nothing, walked to the water's edge and looked at it: "The son in the village chief's mouth doesn't seem to be human, and that guy is probably at the bottom of this lake." ”

"But I can't swim. Li Wanxiao said with a humble heart.

Bai Shasha raised her chin towards Dugu Che, "He will!"

Saying this, Li Wanxiao looked at Dugu Che hopefully, he can fight and take care of people, if he can swim, it would be perfect, but ...... He's never been in the water, so he probably can't swim, right?

Unexpectedly, Dugu Che glanced at the two of them coldly and nodded slightly.

"Look," Bai Shasha sneakily came to her side, "It's not a pity to have such a good man by your side, let him do it if he needs to do it, don't be reluctant!"

Li Wanxiao snorted twice in her heart, have you ever seen this person look half-dead at the beginning, I finally rescued him, how can I let him be in danger again?

With that, Dugu Che took off his coat and prepared to go into the water. Holding the clothes he took off, he told Wanxiao again and again, don't be reluctant, if you feel that you can't do it, hurry up, just don't have an accident.

Dugu Che nodded, made a gesture to reassure her, and then jumped into the water, and dived in a blink of an eye.

Seeing that Liwan smiled nervously, Bai Shasha smiled: "You're worried about him?"

"What's the matter with you?" she was worried at this time, so she was in no mood to quarrel with this white gauze who liked to wear black yarn.

"If you like someone, let him know as soon as possible, don't wait until the end to regret it. ”

In fact, Bai Shasha said casually unintentionally, but after many years, this sentence was verified by Li Wanxiao herself! I have to say that some things are about to come, God will really give people some hints, but most people will not care, so that it is too late to regret what happened.

Time passed minute by minute, and Li Wanxiao, who was waiting on the shore, became more and more impatient, why didn't she come up yet?

Dugu Che dived very deeply, but he still didn't see the bottom of the water, a small waterhole was so deep, it was really a little incredible.

When Wanxiao was about to jump into the water to save people, a head appeared on the water, it was Dugu Che!

Pulling him ashore with all hands and feet, Wanxiao was afraid that he would catch a cold, so she hurriedly wrapped her clothes around him.

"How's it going? You've been down for so long, have you found anything?"

Dugu Che shook his head slightly, indicating that there was nothing under the pool, and then thought about it, picked up the small pebble at hand and wrote a word on the ground: deep.

"Deep?" Wanxiao and Bai Shasha glanced at each other, "You mean this waterhole is too deep for you to even see the bottom of the water?"

Nod.

"How? But it's strange that such a small puddle is so deep. Li Wanxiao frowned.

Bai Shasha looked at the water, picked up a stone and threw it in, "There must be a demon when things go wrong, this waterhole may have been cast by some kind of spell, it seems that we have found the right place." ”