Everyone returned to Shenghai Town. Lin Xiao, who was anxious, hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Sister Yi, how are you, have you rescued Brother Youming?"

"Hey, I'm ashamed, I couldn't get my junior brother out. But fortunately, I have already solved the Gu poison for my junior brother, but he is now trapped by Huang Yuetian on the small island in the middle of the Grasshopper Lake. Yi Dan said.

"Then what should I do about this?" Lin Xiao said anxiously.

Yi Dan turned his head to Huang Xun and said, "By the way, Uncle Huang, your youngest son Huang Fan, senior Huang Fan, he is still alive, and he has also been trapped on the island in the middle of that Gu Lake, it has been twenty years. ”

When Huang Xun heard this, he immediately asked with joy and sorrow: "Is it true? My son Fan'er, is he really still alive?"

"Of course, Uncle Huang, I have already met Huang Fan's predecessors. He said he misses you too and looks forward to seeing you soon. Yi Dan said.

Huang Xun said in tears: "Great, great, the mortal I think about day and night is still alive, he is really alive." I've got to find a way to get him out. I'll go up the mountain to find Huang Ping and ask him to release him for me," said Huang Xun and was about to step out of the inn.

Yi Dan grabbed Huang Xun's hand and asked, "Uncle Huang, the wind and snow are so heavy outside, where are you going?"

"I'll go find Huang Ping and ask him to release Fan'er for me. Huang Xun said solemnly.

"Uncle Huang, please don't do this, okay? I can understand your Pan'er's feelings. But that Huang Yuetian has become a demon now, and he is no longer your son Huang Ping. If you go to him, you will definitely have no return. Yi Dan said.

"Yes, Brother Huang, don't go looking for that beast that is inferior to pigs and dogs. If he had a conscience, he wouldn't have imprisoned you for twenty years. Zuo said.

"Then, what should I do?" Huang Xun said anxiously.

"Uncle Huang, don't worry, aren't we all trying to figure out a way?" Yi Dan persuaded.

Sheng Luniu said: "Then let's find a way to go up the mountain to save people now, right?"

"But the road to the Great Virtue Sect is too difficult. They must be more defensive now, and it's hard for us to get in as easily as we did last time. Zuo said.

"It's okay, just now I found a very hidden road by the lake, and I came back from this road. I want to go and send some food and thick clothes to my junior brother and senior Huang first, otherwise they will definitely not be able to stand the cold. Yi Dan said.

"Okay, I'll go too, right?" asked Huang Xun.

"Uncle Huang, you don't have to go, just me and Big Brother Agu. Brother Agu is familiar with the terrain in this area, so you all stay here and wait for news. Yi Dan suggested.

"I'm also a little familiar with the terrain. Shall I go with me?" asked Zuo Xuantian.

"Well, one more person can also bring more food and water. ”

After that, Yi Dan, Aguqi and Zuo Huatian brought some clean water with a gourd, loaded with steamed buns and beef and other food, and took them on the road together, and ran to Taibai Mountain (now Changbai Mountain) not far away.

After a while, I came to the foot of Taibai Mountain. Yi Dan found the hidden path just now, and the three of them cautiously followed the steep mountain road. The first time I came to this locust lake, the left row of the sky and the Aguqi trolling. I was also shocked by the red water and the locusts that covered the lake. Zuo Xuantian couldn't help but say: "It's incredible, Huang Yuetian actually raised such a big lake of Gu insects to harm people. ”

"Maybe it's because the black evil locusts are reproducing too fast, so there will be more and more. Maybe there will be more in the future. Even this lake can't hold it. Aguchi said, looking at the vast lake.

Yi Dan on the side pointed to the island in the middle of the lake and said: "Look at the island in the middle of the lake, my junior brother and Huang Fan's predecessors are trapped on it, I don't know what their situation is now." Let's bring them the food and water first. They haven't eaten yet, and I guess they're all starving. ”

Aguchi said, "Okay, let's go together." ”

Let's talk about it. The three of them looked at each other and nodded, and each of them used light skills, and flew hand in hand from the dry and snow-covered reeds in the lake.

The three of them carried food and came to the entrance of the cave where they met Huang Fan in the morning. There was some smoke coming out of the cave, and it was Youming and Huang Fanzheng who were lighting a fire to keep warm.

Seeing that Yi Dan and the three of them sent food, Youming and Huang Fan were very happy.

"Senior sister, are you all here?" Youming said.

"Yes, junior brother, I see that the weather is so cold, you must be freezing and hungry here, so I will bring you some food. Yi Dan handed the basket in his hand to Youming......

"Well, thank you, senior sister, or you are thoughtful. We're so hungry that we can't eat the food that just slipped across the bank. Youming said as a result.

"There's a charcoal fire down here to keep it warm, so hurry up and eat it while it's hot. Yi Dan said.

Huang Fan took the basket from Youming's hand, opened it and looked at it, so happy that he couldn't close his mouth. He hurriedly pulled off his long beard, took out the beef and warm wine jug in the bowl, squatted aside and ate it. While eating, he exclaimed: "It's so delicious, I haven't eaten such delicious beef in 20 years, and this wine is really fragrant and mellow, sweet and delicious." ”

Zuo Huatian asked suspiciously, "Could it be that this is Huang Fan's brother?"

Huang Fan heard someone shouting his name, so he turned his head to the side in embarrassment.

Yi Dan stepped forward in a blank and whispered, and said to Zuo Xuantian: "Senior Huang said that he himself has no physical appearance and no face, so let's get used to it first." ”

"What's this? It's good to be locked up in this kind of ghost place for twenty years, and still be alive, who still cares about good looks and posture?" Zuo Xuantian said suspiciously.

Aguqilu on the side hurriedly said: "I can understand this matter. I have been dealing with the Bohai people for a long time, and if the Bohai people are not well-groomed, they will never see guests, which is also the custom of the Bohai people, and it is also the meaning of respecting each other. ”

"That's right, it's still this guy who has knowledge, and my Bohai is this custom. After Huang Fan listened to Aguqi's words, he hurriedly explained.

"Alright then, Brother Huang, let me ask you, if you only eat the food we sent us from now on, how long will it take to recover your strength?" asked Zuo Xuantian.

Huang Fan thought about it and said, "I think it will take three or five months at the earliest." ”

"Three or five months, Senior Huang, why does it take so long?" asked Youming.

"I've been scattered by my eldest brother for twenty years. Where can you recover in a day or two? If you don't think it's going to take a long time, don't save me. Huang Fan said while eating beef and drinking wine.

"How can this be done? Senior Huang, we were originally here to save you, and your father is still in Shenghai Town, waiting for you to go back and reunite. Yi Dan said.

"My father, is my father okay?" Huang Fan hurriedly asked when he heard this.

"Uncle Huang, he is very good, but he is very concerned about you, and he said just now that he wanted to go up the mountain. It's just that he's old and old, and we didn't agree. Yi Dan said.

Youming on the side asked, "Senior sister, what should we do? We can't wait so long." Or why don't you just use light skills and take Senior Huang over?"

"No, my current state is completely equivalent to a person who doesn't know martial arts. As the saying goes, carrying a person who can't do light work is like carrying a Mount Tai. Besides, this lake is full of black and evil locusts, and I will not let you take this risk. Huang Fan said.

"But anyway, we're going to have to find a way to get out of here as soon as possible. Huang senior," Yi Dan said.

Youming suggested, "Either let's slide through the rope at the entrance of the cave?"

"No, that rope is for me to eat, it can't carry the weight of a person, and if you slip in the middle, you will fall into the lake. Huang Fan said.

Youming said anxiously: "This is not good. That's not good, so how can we do it now? Senior sister, you can't come to deliver food every day for three or five months, right? This will be discovered by Huang Yuetian sooner or later. ”

Aguchi said: "Either let's go out and see the situation first."

Yi Dan said: "Everything on the other side is under Huang Yuetian's nose. Let's go and see where we just came. Maybe that place can figure it out. ”

"Okay, let's get over here. Aguchiyu said.

After Youming and Huang Fan were full of wine and food, they took a few people to the vast lake again. Aguchi looked at the black and oppressive locust lake and said, "Either use a boat." Either pave the way, we must find a way to get out of here as soon as possible. ”

Youming said: "The only boat here has been sunk to the bottom of the lake by Huang Yuetian, and there are no ready-made boats now. ”

"In that case, let's pave the way. Aguchiyu said.

Youming asked suspiciously: "Paving the road, it's too whimsical, how can such a big lake pave the road?"

Yi Dan thought about what Aguqilu said just now, as if he had woken him up, so he hurriedly said: "That's right, I think paving is feasible." ”

You Ming hurriedly said: "No, no, senior sister, you two don't have a fever, right? This is not an ordinary lake, it is a Gu worm blood lake..."

Before Youming's words were finished, Yi Dan hurriedly explained: "Senior brother, of course Agu Daxia and I are very sober. If you use a boat, there will still be grasshoppers crawling in, and they will keep throwing human blood to divert those Gu worms. Even if I had a boat, I wouldn't want to use human blood to feed those hateful Gu worms. I think it is a good way to pave the road, not only to be safe, but also to connect this isolated island to the outside world, so that no one will be trapped here in the future, which is a good way to solve it once and for all. ”

"However, we don't know the depth of this huge lake, how to pave the road? There are so many Gu worms, I don't know where to start. Youming worried.

Yi Dan pointed to the strip of dry reeds in the lake that led to the opposite shore and said, "Look at those reeds. I've already surveyed before, and the reed strip is actually very shallow, and in some places the water level can't even reach the instep. I guess that maybe it was originally a road before, but before the Gu worms were released, someone deliberately dug a layer and turned it into an underwater shallow. The mound on the other side is the best proof of this. As he spoke, Yi Dan pointed to the hills looming on the other side in the distance.

"Yes, that's what I thought, too. Aguchiyu said.

At this time, Huang Fan answered: "Miss Yi, you guessed correctly, this Taibai Mountain was originally a place for Taoist self-cultivation. In this cave where I am, there used to be Taoist priests living in seclusion. That reed bush was indeed the island's way to the outside world. ”

"Really, Senior Huang, have you seen that road before?" Yi Dan asked.

Huang Fan said: "Although I have never seen it, I heard it said more than 20 years ago that at that time, this lake used to be fat and strong, the lake water was sweet, and there were herds of wild deer and goats by the lake, which was a beautiful and peaceful scenery. But twenty years ago, my eldest brother had the road dug up. Then the black evil locusts were released into the lake. From then on, there was nothing else on the water and under the water, except for the black evil locusts. ”

Aguqi said: "I see, may I ask Brother Huang, can you still remember the specific situation of this road being dug? How deep did they dig? Is there a gully and culvert below?"

"At that time, my eldest brother was in a hurry to carry out his initiation, so he only dug up a thin layer of earth, and it was said that the road was already very flat and there were no gullies and culverts underneath. If you fill back all the soil on the other side. It should be able to restore that path. Huang Fan said.

Aguchi said: "Great, then let's find a way to fill in all the soil." ”

Yi Dan thought for a while, and said with a solemn expression: "However, although there is only a thin layer of soil, after all, that road is also two or three miles long. Just look at the dirt on the hill, how can we dig it all up in a short time?"

Youming also chimed in: "Yes, it's winter. The soil has also become frozen soil, hard and thick, and I am afraid that we will not be able to dig much at all, and then we will be discovered. ”

Zuo Xuantian on the side said: "It seems." I had to find more people to help. It's better to have a hundred or so people, so it should be done in half a day. ”

"But, where are we going to find so many people to help us dig up the map?" Youming said.

Yi Dan was worried: "The manpower problem is secondary, I'm thinking about the damp and loose soil. If we put it back into the water, I'm afraid that there will inevitably be locusts crawling on the road, and how can this problem be solved?"

"This..."Yi Dan was in a dilemma.

Huang Fan on the side said impatiently: "Then what should I do? That won't work either. I don't want to be stuck here until I die. ”

Zuo Xuantian said angrily: "I said you, aren't we just trying to find a way to save you? Why are you still complaining so much?"

Yi Dan hurriedly persuaded: "Don't be angry, Zuo Daxia, Senior Huang has also been trapped for too long, so it is inevitable that he will feel a little aggrieved." Thank you for your understanding. ”

Huang Fan complained: "Hmph, if you want to save it, save it, if you don't save it, pull it down." Who knows if you're the one my eldest brother sent to test me?"

"I said, you, why are you so ignorant of good and bad? We are so bothered to find a way to save you here, don't be so hypocritical, okay? Why did Huang Yuetian send us to test you? I think you have been locked up for a long time, and you have been paranoid for a long time, right? Do you think everyone in the world wants to harm you?" Zuo Xuantian said angrily.

"Okay, don't quarrel with the two seniors, Senior Huang, we can all understand that you want to go out to visit your father. Let's figure it out together. Yi Dan persuaded.

"Yes, yes, the quarrel can't get a result, let's calm down and analyze the current situation. Youming said.

At this time, Aguchi on the side looked at the bright red lake and the black crushed locust, and said very calmly: "Didn't you say before that the Gu worm is afraid of salt? ”

Youming was surprised: "Two or three miles of road are sprinkled with salt, so how much salt do we have to use?

When Yi Dan heard this, he suddenly realized: "Senior brother, thank you for reminding me. Isn't the Mr. Rong Li we met in Wuyi Mountain a salt merchant in Shengji City, Xingzhou? ”

Youming also suddenly realized: "Yes, yes, yes." The last time we separated, he also said that if we had something, we would go to the 'Rongzi Salt Store' in Shengji City, Xingzhou to find him. I thought it was just a kind word, but I didn't expect it to come in handy. ”

Zuo Huatian asked, "What you said, but the young man surnamed Rong I saved last time?"

"That's right, Zuo Daxia. Mr. Rong Li is the father of the man you saved. Yi Dan said.

Zuo Daotian said: "Okay, why don't you let me go to him and borrow some salt." Oh yes, how much can I want?"

Yi Dan looked at the endless lake and said, "I see that here is almost two or three miles to the other side. One stone of salt should be able to sprinkle five zhang, twenty stones can be sprinkled with one hundred zhang, here is about three hundred zhang from the other side, I am afraid it will take sixty or seventy stones of salt to be enough. ”

Youming was surprised: "It takes so much salt to be enough, I'm afraid it's hard to borrow, right?"

Zuo Tian said: "No matter how difficult it is, you have to borrow it." I saved his son's life, and I don't believe he would be stingy with this bit of salt?"

Yi Dan said: "Okay, I'll go to Shengji City with Zuo Daxia and borrow salt from Mr. Na Rongli." Brother Agu, after you go back, please ask Miss Lin Xiao to mobilize the farmers under the Taibai Mountain to help dig the soil and fill the lake, the more people, the better. ”

Zuo Tiandao: "Okay, I think this method is feasible, so let's go back quickly and act according to the plan." ”

When Huang Fan heard this, he said happily: "Great, great, I can finally go out." ”

"Senior Huang, junior brother, I have wronged you to stay on this island for a few more days. Yi Dan said.

"Well, okay. Senior sister, don't worry. Youming replied.

"That's right, I've endured it for twenty years, and it's definitely okay for a few days. Huang Fan said.

"We save everything we send. It may be two days before we can bring you food. But remember, no matter how hungry you are, you can't eat what Huang Yuetian sent. Do you hear that?" said Yi Dan.

"Senior sister, don't worry, we won't eat the food sent by Huang Yuetian. Youming said.

"Well, if food slips over from the other side, throw it all away, and then slide the empty bowl back so that it doesn't arouse their suspicion. Yi Dan reminded.

"Okay, we've got that in mind, so you guys should get to work. Youming said.

Yi Dan turned back to Huang Fan and Youming and said, "Okay, you must take care." We'll be there soon to save you. ”

"Well, don't worry, you guys get out of here quickly, or it's not good to be discovered. Youming said.

Yi Dan, Agu Qilu and Zuo Tian nodded, and flew back from the reeds with light skills.

The three of them landed safely on the mound by the lake on the opposite shore. Zuo Xuantian tentatively pierced the mound with the Qinglong broadsword, and sure enough, except for a layer of frozen soil outside, the inside was full of soft soil, and it was easy to pierce into it. Zuo Xuantian said happily: "It seems that your speculation is right, let's act according to the plan." ”

"Well, Senior Huang has already said it just now, of course there will be no mistake. Yi Dan said.

Zuo Daotian said: "I see that man is crazy, and his temper is not small, I am afraid that he will remember it wrong." ”

Aguchi said: "He is not crazy, he should have been locked up for decades, his heart is too depressed, and it is reasonable to be wary of how many strangers we have when he suddenly sees us." ”

"Yes, Senior Huang was framed and imprisoned by his dearest eldest brother back then, so it is reasonable to be defensive against people now. Yi Dan said.

Zuo Tian said: "I understand, I'm not such a stingy person." Now that the matter has been figured out, without further ado, let's go down the mountain immediately and hurry up and act separately. ”

Yi Dan nodded, and the three of them cautiously descended the mountain from the hidden path. (To be continued.) )