Lu Ming

Chapter 499
When Lao Qi headed out of the house with a gloomy face and saw the four men who had died unexpectedly, he bent down and reached out to touch a handful of uncoagulated blood, rubbed it with his fingers, and then issued an order viciously: "Chasing! This rush!" I just left the street, chased it back and grilled it, and left the liver to me!"

At this time, He Biandan had been paddling a small sampan in the waterway for a while.

When he was wrapped in a fishing net and thrown on the bow of the boat, he had already noted the waterway that Guitouwa entered and exited.Most porters have this ability to remember roads, just like the Meituan riders of later generations, people with a good memory can often save time, and when they settle accounts at the end of the month, they can earn a little more.

He Biandan has a good memory by nature, otherwise he wouldn't be able to eat this bowl of rice, so the sampan is already on the way.

However, no matter how good the memory is, it cannot match the familiarity of the water bandits.After all, it was night, and some forks could not be seen clearly under the nervousness, so when He Biandan ran halfway, he had already gone in the wrong direction.

What was even more frightening was that both he and shopkeeper Wu heard the noise coming from a distance, and saw some faint lights of torches.

Qingqing knew that he couldn't run away from local snakes in the reed marshes, so He Biandan gritted his teeth and steered the sampan into a dead end beside the waterway.

After turning into the shallow depression covered by the reeds, He Biandan supported the penny hard, first grounded the sampan on the shore, and then he helped shopkeeper Wu out of the boat.Immediately afterwards, He Biandan came to the side of the boat, and with a struggle of his arms, he stood up the small sampan.

After the erected sampan gurgled and bubbled a few times, it quickly sank into the muddy water on the shore.He Biandan then pressed down hard again, and then inserted the penny into the bottom of the water to pin it to the hull, trying to cover up the sampan as much as possible.

Then he turned around and rolled up his trouser legs, kicked off the rotten sandals on his feet, squatted down and carried shopkeeper Wu on his back, and began to flee westward without hesitation.

The current location of the two of them is next to a tributary of the Zeng River in the north-south direction.The gangsters are currently searching north and south along the waterway, so the only way out for He Biandan is to go west, wait until he enters the mountainous area to the west, and then take a big detour to Zengcheng.

It's a pity that the west side is not so easy to go to. The first thing the fugitives have to do is to go through the swamp area overgrown with reeds.

At this time, there is no such thing as a waterway.He Bian carried shopkeeper Wu on his shoulders, and started to step hard, fell down and got up, walking through the wetland with difficulty.

"Young students, it shouldn't be like this." Shopkeeper Wu said with a wry smile as he lay on He Bian's back covered in mud after falling down a few times.

From shopkeeper Wu's point of view, He Biandan's action was really not necessary: ​​everyone had to endure a few days in the bandits' den, as long as the bandits kept their promises, they could get out safely after their owners paid the ransom, why take such a risk?

However, the situation at that time did not allow him to reason with He Biandan: after the sophisticated shopkeeper Wu woke up, he immediately realized that He Biandan must have done something to the night watchman to break in, so he He couldn't make a sound, otherwise he would implicate the young people, including himself.

"My grandfather was murdered by water bandits, and even the dead body was never found."

Unexpectedly, while He Biandan was panting in the muddy water, he said a reason that the shopkeeper did not expect: "My mother always said back then, you can't be a bad person even if you are killed."

At this time, shopkeeper Wu realized one thing: He Biandan was different from him, he was a reserve bandit who was forcibly dragged in by gangsters.

After figuring out the cause and effect, shopkeeper Wu couldn't help but sighed: "Young man has a backbone! Anyway, the old man received your kindness today, and we two will earn our lives this time!"

Having said that, Shopkeeper Wu gritted his teeth and jumped off the back of He Biandan, letting the young man help him, and the two struggled forward.

Probably due to the exhaustion of bad luck before, in the next escape journey, although the old and the young were exhausted and half dead, they did not encounter additional tests such as poisonous mire insects.

In the end, it took the duo an hour to escape from the wet area and came to the edge of the mountainous area of ​​Luofu Mountain in eastern Guangdong. Panting, they sat on a piece of dry ground and laughed.

Arriving at this place, the duo is considered to have escaped.Next, you just need to wait for dawn, find a nearby village, and hire a boat to go to Zengcheng County.

Shopkeeper Wu, who was in a good mood, was sitting on a tree stump, and said to He Biandan, who was covered in muddy water and lying tired on the ground: "Young man, the old man liked you early in the morning. I'm afraid it's because of fate. Don't worry, from now on, there will be people If my old Wu eats a mouthful, you will have a mouthful, we are a family!"

"Hey." Although He Biandan, who didn't talk much, was happy in his heart, he couldn't say anything appropriate to the situation because of his low education level, so he could only reply with a smirk.

After resting like this for a while, it was early in the morning, and the sky should light up after a while, so they got up, and He Biandan continued to support Old Wu's arm. Continue on Ping Road to the north.

The next moment, the duo screamed at the same time, and took a few steps back.

Right in front of them, there were several monsters standing there who didn't know when.These monsters are vague, and they can only be seen to be roughly human figures, but the most terrifying thing is the eyes of the monsters - several pairs of eyes emit red or green light, flickering on and off in the dark night, creepy.

After seeing these red-green-eyed monsters that appeared quietly, He Biandan was terrified and wanted to run away, but then he realized that the two of them would never have the strength to cross the wetland again.

Besides, seeing the sneaky looks of these mountain spirits, He Biandan didn't think he could run past them.

The next moment, the young man judged that there was no escape, and drew out his sharp knife without hesitation: "Ah, mountain spirit! Shopkeeper, run!"

Pushing the shopkeeper Wu behind him, He Biandan fit and jumped on it.

It was too late to say it, but the next moment, when I saw the pole rushing towards me, I saw one of the mountain spirits lightly raised its hand, and a flash of lightning came towards it.Then He Bian was struck by the electric light and trembled all over when he was in charge. In a short while, he fell to the ground, foaming at the mouth, and twitching non-stop.

Shopkeeper Wu at the side naturally didn't run away, he actually sat down on the ground long ago.Now after seeing this scene, the old man was frightened out of his wits. He quickly got up and knelt down and kowtowed, and shouted: "We are all good and small people. If we disagree with Grandpa Shan Jing, please accept Lei Fa for mercy!" Then one!"

The next moment, the mountain spirit took away Leifa, and then asked in a strangely accented "mountain spirit language", "Who are you waiting for? Where did you come from? Why are you wandering in this wilderness? Why don't you come here quickly? "

"Trick, villains are all recruiting." Shopkeeper Wu felt relieved at this moment, probably he found that this mountain spirit is also a ghost of Daming, and he actually speaks Chinese, so it's good to be able to communicate.

(End of this chapter)