When the mountain bandit heard this, he quickly nodded in agreement. The brothers got up from the ground and walked towards the village in front of them.

Leng Gongxue also packed up the tent, put her bags on horseback, and let Huaxin ride the horse, and they followed the bandits for more than two hours before entering the village.

Sure enough, in the middle of the village, there are nine roads, and it is said that eight of these nine roads lead to different valleys, forests, or rivers, and only one road leads to the north.

The intersections of these nine roads are all marked with the same signs, and these nine roads are scattered in a firing shape, and it is still possible to distinguish the road when it came, but after a while, it is no longer possible to distinguish the direction.

Leng Gongxue was afraid that the mountain bandits would play tricks, so she grabbed the big mountain bandits to her side and asked, "You sue us, which way can you get out?"

The big mountain bandit looked at a few roads and shook his head and said, "Uncle, you see that it is getting late, and we can't see which road is right at this time, so it is better for you to stay in the village for one night, and when the sun comes out tomorrow, you can tell the direction." ”

Leng Gongxue thought about it, so he followed the mountain bandits to a private house and walked into the courtyard, Leng Gongxue found that this courtyard was very large, almost the same size as the white mansion in Ruiying Temple.

In the middle of the yard there is a large well, next to an old locust tree, and the huge canopy just covers the well.

There is an air of mystery in the courtyard.

A few mountain bandits came to the tree, kowtowed to the old locust tree one by one, and then stood up and busily cleaned up a house for Leng Gongxue.

In the evening, the courtyard was bustling with people, many people carrying buckets to fetch water, and each one carrying various things in their hands to hand over to the mountain bandits, and then went to fetch water.

Leng Gongxue and Huaxin were puzzled when they looked at this strange phenomenon.

An old man walked into the courtyard carrying a wooden barrel, and one of the mountain bandits went over and scolded: "Old thing, you are here again, are you rich?"

The old man raised his head pitifully and said, "Son, where did I get the money, my son is not at home, and I can't earn money alone." ”

When the mountain bandit heard this, he scolded: "Old thing, are you coming to cheat water again, aren't you? Hurry up, we have a noble person here today, don't disturb our joy." As he spoke, the bandit snatched the old man's barrel and threw it aside, the barrel was in disrepair and had already rotted, and when the man threw it, it immediately shattered. The old man was so distressed that he began to cry, and he hobbled over to pick up the broken barrel and cried.

Seeing that the old man still refused to leave, the mountain bandit kicked the old man's buttocks, and the old man fell to the ground with a plop and didn't get up for a long time.

A young strong man happened to see it, and he quickly put down his bucket and came to help the old man, who was helped up, and his face was already broken and bleeding.

The young man helped the old man to sit aside and said, "Old man, I will carry water for you to drink in the future, so don't come." ”

The old man cried and said, "These eight lambs, when my son comes back, he will definitely let him kill all these bandits, and see how arrogant they can be." ”

When the mountain bandit next to him heard this, he scolded: "Old things, they are all people who are going to die, and they are still here to talk wildly, see if I don't kill you." ”

As he spoke, a mountain bandit came over, raised his foot like an old man's chest kick, the young man saw it, and hurriedly stood up to block a kick of the mountain bandit, the young man was kicked to the ground, the old man saw that he was busy squatting down and crying and said: "Child, don't care about me, we can't afford to provoke this group of people, you are still young, don't be like them, I'm old, life and death are the same, life is more sinful, let me die, so it's also worry-free." Saying this, the old man stood up and lowered his head, and slammed his head into the mountain bandits.

The mountain bandit raised his foot and kicked the old man's head, at this moment, Leng Gongxue raised his hand, a spiritual power emitted from the palm of his hand, and a wave of heat rushed towards the mountain bandit, the mountain bandit screamed and flew out, just hit the trunk of the locust tree, and died of anger.

When all the people in the courtyard who fetched water saw that someone was dead, they made a mess, and some ran out, so they had to squeeze in, and there was chaos.

At this time, when the mountain bandit heard that someone had died, he came over and saw that the dead person was his son, and he screamed and vomited blood from his mouth and died.

There was another sigh in the courtyard.

The old man saw that the wicked man who had been rampant for many years and his son were dead, and he fell to his knees and looked up to the sky and said, "God, you have finally manifested your spirit, and the wicked will be punished, and the wicked will be punished." ”

Leng Gongxue walked up to the old man, helped him up, and let him sit on a wooden bench. Huaxin walked over and wiped the old man's face and asked, "Old man, tell me, why do everyone have to buy water here to eat?

The old man wiped a handful of muddy old tears and said: "There used to be many wells in the village, but in the past few years, there has been a drought in the village, and many wells have dried up. Only this well has not dried up for hundreds of years. ”

Hua Xin asked again, "Shouldn't everyone use this well water casually, and why is it occupied by them?"

When the old man heard this, he covered his face and began to cry. Ban Yan said: "That year, a Taoist priest came to the village, he ate the water here, cured skin diseases, since then, he relied on his martial arts to occupy this well, if anyone wants to drink water, they have to give him gold and silver or exchange their girls, come and go, the girls in the village are occupied by the Taoist priest, and sold to people in other villages. Some of them died unbearable. ”

Leng Gongxue listened to these sword eyebrows, and he asked, "Who is that Taoist priest, where is he now?"

The old man whispered: "That Taoist priest is in a temple not far away, he is strong in martial arts, knows some spells, it is said that the drought of the well here is his spell. ”

Leng Gongxue nodded.

Hua Xin instructed the bandits on the side: "From today onwards, the villagers will be exempted from any money, and if anyone dares to take another thing, they will be killed." ”

When a few mountain bandits heard this, their faces were difficult to look at.

The old man of the mountain bandit came over tremblingly and said, "Auntie, if we don't collect money and things, what do we hand in, that Taoist priest will kill us if we don't see anything for a day." ”

This book was first published on Kanshu.com