Yi Dan and his younger brother Youming returned to the lakeside hut. She stood beside the rope that led to the island in the middle of the lake, waiting for the basket to come back.

Sure enough, after a while, only the sound of the rope was heard, and the sound was getting closer and louder, and soon a basket was sliding through the window along the rope.

Yi Dan just wanted to open the basket with her hands, and when she saw what was going on, her junior brother stopped her, and You Ming said, "Senior sister, don't move first, be careful in case there are black evil locusts." ”

Yi Dan listened to his junior brother's words and hurriedly retracted his hand. Youming picked up a stick from the ground and carefully picked open the lid of the basket, revealing an empty bowl with a few grains of rice remaining at the bottom of the bowl.

"What is this?" asked Youming.

"I suspect they might be bringing food to the people on that island. Yi Dan said.

"Oh, I remember, could it be what that old Mr. Huang said, his youngest son?"

"Yes, you did remind me, and I think it's very likely. Yi Dan said.

"Why don't we go to the island and see what is going on?" suggested Youming.

"This lake is too big, it's too dangerous to go in this way, if it's not that Huang Fan, but other evil masters who practice in retreat, wouldn't it be even more troublesome?" Yi Dan said.

"What should we do then? Why don't we get in touch with the people on that island first?"

"That's a good idea, but how do you get in touch?" Yi Dan asked.

You Ming smiled and said, "Senior sister, you are usually so smart, why are you confused now?"

Yi Dan also smiled and said, "Oh, that's right, this method is good." Senior brother, I didn't expect you to seem to have become smarter after being poisoned? I knew I should have planted a few more for you. ”

"Senior sister. You're still making fun of me. Hum. Youming said coquettishly.

"Alright, I'm kidding you. Don't be angry. Yi Dan said.

"No, it's Senior Sister, you are worried about me, and you haven't rested well, so I don't have time to think so much, I understand, I've worked hard for you, Senior Sister. Youming said thoughtfully.

"It's okay junior brother, I said that I will always be good to you. ”

"Thank you, senior sister, you're so nice!" Youming said.

Yi Dan found a relatively flat stone slab. Write on it with a sharp stone: "May I ask who your Excellency is and why you live on Gu Island." ”

After writing, he put the stone in a basket, flew up to the top of the mountain with light work, hung the basket on the rope and slid over, and then came down to wait for news.

After a while, I heard the rattle of the ropes, and sure enough, the basket was slid back.

Yi Dan and the others opened the basket with a little expectation, and a few words were engraved on the blank space on the stone: "Twenty years of sleepiness." Alone for help. Huang Fan"

You Ming said happily: "That's right, it's really Mr. Huang's youngest son Huang Fan." Senior sister, let's find a way to save him. ”

Yi Dan: "Well, but how can we save him?"

Youming: "Why don't we row over." It just so happens that there is a small boat here. ”

"No, the boat is too small, and there are so many black locusts in the lake, it's dangerous for us to row through it like this. Yi Dan said.

"Then let's carry a few more buckets of blood. Scatter all the way to distract those locusts?" suggested Youming.

"Well, I think that's all I can do. Yi Dan said.

In that pool of blood, the two of them made seven or eight buckets of bright red blood. Carry it to the wooden boat. The small wooden boat, which had carried seven or eight barrels of blood and the weight of two people, was pressed very low, and the man sat in the boat, clearly feeling that the water level outside was about to parallel to the side of the ship. The surface of the water is covered by black and crushed locusts, and the color of the water in the lake is completely unclear. Yi Dan continued to pull out a few packets of salt from his bag and sprinkled them around the oars and sides of the boat to prevent the locusts from creeping into the cabin.

Youming rowed, Yi Dan splashed blood to distract the grasshoppers from the boat, and slowly approached the small island in the lake. Just when the ship was still more than ten kilometers away and was about to reach the opposite shore, it suddenly ran aground and couldn't row. Youming tested the water with his oars and found that there were already tidal flats below here, and it was impossible to row.

"Senior sister is not good, there is a shoal in front of me, I can't paddle, what should I do?" asked Youming.

Yi Dan looked at the terrain around him and said, "It seems that there is no port for ships on this island, and it is all this kind of tidal flats that are slowly shallow in. ”

"Yes, senior sister, although this tidal flat is shallow, it is full of black evil locusts, the boat can't dock, and people can't get off the boat and walk, what can I do?" Youming said anxiously.

"I see that we will go ashore at most half a mile ahead, so let's fly over with light energy. Yi Dan said.

"However, my light skills are not as good as yours, and I am afraid that I will not be able to control such a long distance. Youming said.

"It's okay, I'll take you with me, come on, trust me. With that, Yi Dan stretched out his hand, Youming smiled and nodded to his senior sister, stretched out his left hand and grabbed his senior sister's right hand.

Yi Dan nodded to Youming, and the two jumped up from the boat, flew straight to the top of the island in the middle of the lake and landed, leaving the shallow tidal flat far behind.

The two of them followed the two ropes on the opposite bank, and looked in the direction. Sure enough, not far from the rope, there was a cave.

"Senior Huang, Senior Huang, is that you?" Yi Dan shouted as he walked.

At this moment, a man with a beard and hair dragging his beard and hair came out of the cave. The man was a little excited at first, but he covered his face with his hands as if he was shy, and hurriedly ducked back.

Yi Dan and the others stepped forward and asked cautiously, "May I ask if you are Huang Fan's senior?"

After listening to Yi Dan's words, the man looked back at the cloaks and shovels of the two of them and asked, "You are my eldest brother's people?"

"Senior, you misunderstood, we are not from the Great Virtue Sect. It's just a matter of sneaking in and saving people. My name is Yi Dan, this is my junior brother Youming, and both of us are from Luozhou, Central Plains. May I ask if you are Huang Fan's senior?" Yi Dan said.

"Oh, is it? both of you are from the Central Plains?" the man asked.

"Yes, senior, my senior sister and brother were entrusted by Huang Xun's seniors, and they came to find a senior named Huang Fan, are you Huang Fan's senior?" Yi Dan asked.

The man still covered his face and said, "That's right, I'm Huang Fan, may I ask if my father is okay with his old man?"

"He, like you, was imprisoned by your eldest brother for twenty years. I just got out of trouble yesterday. Now the old gentleman only hopes that you can go back and see you safely. Yi Dan said.

When Huang Fan heard this, he couldn't help but burst into tears and said, "Great, my father is still alive, he is still alive, great." I didn't expect that I, Huang Fan, have been trapped here for decades, and today I can still hope to learn about his old man's home. If you two can come here, you must have some skills. Please take me out of this lonely island and go to my father's old man's house. ”

"Senior, don't worry, we are here to help you get out of trouble. However, please ask Senior Huang. Why do you keep covering your face?" Yi Dan asked.

"I've been trapped here for twenty years, and I'm afraid you'll laugh at me when you see me like this. Huang Fan said.

"How could it be? Senior Huang is trapped here, you can't freshen up, you can't tidy up your appearance, we can all understand, how can I laugh at you?" Yi Dan said.

"I, a Bohai person, pay the most attention to physical appearance and grooming, and I have been trapped here all these years, and I have become a wild man. Where do I still have the face to see people? Huang Fan said.

"Senior Huang, you don't have to be so sad, let's get a good rest after we go out?" Youming said.

"Hey, twenty years ago, I went to persuade my eldest brother not to raise Gu to harm people. But my eldest brother didn't listen to the advice, and he first put me under house arrest in another courtyard, and then I escaped. I went everywhere to find a way to restrain that Gu worm, and I knew that the black evil locust could be driven away and prevented. But you just can't kill it. Huang Fan told his past experience little by little.

"Who's to say you can't kill them? You can burn those locusts with fire. Youming said.

Huang Fan said: "You said to use fire, that's just on the shore, and to deal with a small number of Gu worms, you can use this method." But if it's too much, it won't work. Besides, you see such a big lake, how can they burn when they hide in the water?" Huang Fan asked rhetorically.

"So, can you use poison?" Youming said.

"It seems that you don't know much about this black evil locust, this locust is fed with poison, and they are not afraid of any poison in the world. Huang Fan said.

"So, there is no way to eradicate the black evil locusts in this big lake?" Yi Dan asked.

"All things in heaven and earth are mutually reinforcing, no matter how powerful something is, there must be a way to restrain it. Later, after I escaped, I met an overseas Taoist priest in Longyuan Mansion, and he told me that on the shore of Meituo Lake (now Xingkai Lake), there was a kind of mushroom called Min Strain, and only with this Min Strain Fungi, dried and ground into powder, and sprinkled in the lake, could those black evil locusts be killed. Huang Fan said.

"Really, can the Min strain really restrain the black evil locust?" Yi Dan asked.

"That's right, but the Taoist priest said that each strain of the fungus has a different color, and the shape and size are also different. But they all have one thing in common, which is that they are all only under the sun in the cracks of the jungle, and once they enter the night, they will disappear without a trace, but the next day the sun will come out and reappear in a different place. And it's extremely rare and hard to find. So I went north to Lake Meituo to look for the sensitive strains that the Taoist priest said. Huang Fan said.

"May I ask where is this Meituo Lake?" Yi Dan asked.

"Meituo Lake is in the middle of the Bohai Sea mainland, it is rich in products, the water area is vast, it is twice as large as the Taihu Lake in the south of the Yangtze River, like a beautiful pearl, inlaid in the land of my Bohai Sea, is God's gift and gift to my Bohai people. Huang Fan said.

"Well, what about later? Senior Huang, did you find that Min strain?" Yi Dan asked.

"Nope. The lake was so big that the Taoist priest did not say exactly where it was and in which season it would grow. So I searched for a long time, but there was no trace of the strain. Huang Fan replied.

"And then, how did you get locked up here?" asked Youming.

"Later, my eldest brother sent someone to find me, and he lied to me that my father was sick and asked me to go back quickly, and he also promised not to raise Gu worms again in the future. I credulously believed his words and returned to Xingzhou, but I was captured by his design and locked up on this Gu Worm Island, which is twenty years. Look at me like this, what has become of my hair and beard. Huang Fan grabbed his beard and hair and said.

"This Huang Yue is really hateful, and he has done a lot of evil and lost his conscience. Youming scolded.

"Yes, over the years, I have seen the lake become more and more red, and there are more and more black evil locusts in the lake. I guess my eldest brother must have killed a lot of creatures. Huang Fan sighed.

"That's right. Huang Yuetian has killed countless people, and I almost lost my life under his Gu poison, which is really despicable, shameless, insidious and vicious. Youming said.

"I'm locked up on this island and isolated, I don't know what's going on outside now?" asked Huang Fan.

"Fourteen years have passed since the fall of the Tang Dynasty, the princes have been divided, the world has been divided into more than a dozen small countries, and the people are miserable every day. However, there is still a remnant of the Bohai Kingdom, and it is now the fifteenth year of the writing of the Bohai An Wang, and it is estimated that it will not be a long time. It will be destroyed by the Khitan. Yi Dan said.

"Hey, I've been trapped for so long, I didn't expect the world to be like this now. Huang Fan sighed.

"Yes, how many people want to take advantage of the troubled times to make a profit, just like your eldest brother Huang Yuetian, no one will care about the life and death of the people. Yi Dan said.

"What about my father, do you know why my father was also imprisoned by my eldest brother for twenty years?" asked Huang Fan.

"Your father said that later he went to your eldest brother and begged him to let you go. But instead of letting you go, your eldest brother imprisoned your father for twenty years. Yi Dan said.

"Hey, I don't know my dad and his old man. He's fine, and I'd love to see him. Is there any way you can get me out of here?" asked Huang Fan.

"We came by boat, but there is no harbor on the island where ships cannot dock, so we came here with light work. Now the boat is parked in the shallow water, and we can fly back together. Youming suggested.

Huang Fan shook his head and said, "No." Over the years, my eldest brother has been drugged in my meals. I can't perform light skills at all, if it weren't for that, how could this island trap me?" Huang Fan said.

"Then let's fly you over," Yi Dan said.

"Senior sister, this is even worse, my light skills are already very poor, and I can only barely survive by relying on you to carry it. If we bring one more person, I'm afraid we won't be able to fly at all. Youming said.

"But what should I do?" said Yi Dan.

Youming thought for a while and said, "Why don't we think of a way to walk through the shallows, what do you think?"

"How do you get there? The water is shallow, but it is full of black evil locusts, and if one of them gets into the body, it will be finished. Huang Fan said.

"Not necessarily, we have to find a way to get to the ship safely without being invaded by locusts. Youming said.

"Is there any way?" asked Huang Fan.

You Mingliang showed the shovel in his hand, thought for a while and said, "I have a way, you can come with me." ”

You Ming used a shovel to cut off a few sturdy trunks with forks, then took some vines instead of ropes, tied his feet to the sturdy forks, and tied the entire trunk to his calves to make a pair of stilts.

"Look, how about my stilts, can I step on the side of the boat?" asked Youming, stepping on stilts.

"Senior brother, I didn't expect you to be quite smart. Yi Dan couldn't help but praise.

"Of course, it doesn't matter who my junior brother is. Youming said proudly.

Yi Dan smiled and did not answer.

Huang Fan said: "It's okay to walk on stilts, but the locust is very fierce, and after smelling the smell of people, it will climb up on stilts." ”

"Senior sister, didn't you bring salt? Youming said.

Yi Dan hurriedly took out the last packet of salt and handed it to Youming. You Ming used a little snow water to melt the salt, smeared it on the stilts, and said proudly: "Let's use thick salt water to smear it on the stilts, so that the locusts will not dare to climb up." It's a perfect solution. ”

"Well, junior brother, your method is good, I think it's okay. Yi Dan said.

So all three of them started to tie up their stilts and smear them with thick salt water.

Yi Dan came to the edge of the shoal, and the first one tried to step on stilts to enter the water, and sure enough, the grasshoppers were densely surrounded under the stilts, and raised their heads to look up. But they didn't dare to climb any further.

"It's successful, it's successful, Senior Huang, junior brother, you all come down. Yi Dan shouted.

When Huang Fan heard this, he immediately wrapped his beard around his head, stepped on stilts, and went down into the water. The three of them held hands, watched the situation under their feet, and slowly walked towards the boat. (To be continued.) )