Jiaohua

Chapter 139 What trouble

All the way north, I saw more than one puddle.

In the puddle as far as the eye can see, several floating corpses can be faintly seen.

Everyone felt confused and felt strange, gradually there were whispers among the crowd.

However, the road was not in the same direction as the puddle. After the girl who led the way got off the mountain path here, she walked towards another mountain path.

The low wind was blowing, and everyone's trousers were covered with mud, and their feet were already covered in mud in their worn-out shoes.

After walking for another half an hour, the girl couldn't bear it any longer and called out: "Brother Tong, how long do we have to go, can we stop and have a rest?"

How could Old Tong be in charge, looking at Xia Zhaoyi: "Ali..."

"Let's go." Xia Zhaoyi said without looking back.

Old Tong had no choice but to look at the girl and said, "Just, let's continue walking for a while?"

The girl sighed, it was uncomfortable to walk, but she followed.

At the foot of the mountain not far away, I finally saw a village. In the village of Bangshan, there was a whole area of ​​low houses scattered, many of which had been washed away by the heavy rain.

There is a river overflowing in front of the village, and a lot of broken ghost paper is stuck on the high slope beside the river.

The wind and rain blew down the hillside behind the village, and dozens of coffins were also washed out. Judging by the condition of the coffins, they may not be buried for half a year.

Visible to the naked eye, there is no one in the village.

Old Tong looked at Xia Zhaoyi and asked, "Shall we go over there to rest?"

"Yeah." Xia Zhaoyi nodded, "There should be a lot of ready-made cabinets and beds over there, and the wood can be used."

"Are you really going to build a ship?"

"If you don't build a boat, how can you cross the river?" Xia Zhaoyi said, suddenly smiled, and looked at Old Tong, "Old Tong, what plans do you have for the future?"

"arrange?"

"I'm the one who wants to go home. We just met by chance this time. We will part ways eventually. What are your plans then?" Xia Zhaoyi asked.

Old Tong was taken aback, hesitating there, it's not that he hasn't thought about this question, but what's the use of thinking about it.

He raised his hand and scratched his head: "Then I...continue to do some coolies? It's okay to be a porter or servant, right?"

"It's good to learn a craft," Xia Zhaoyi said with a smile, "I can teach you how to cut wood and how to build a boat. If you are talented and able to understand by analogy, you can learn to make other things. Isn't it good for Changle to make a living from this?"

"That's right!" Old Tong Yixi said, "There's really a lot to learn!"

"There are so many things to learn in this world, there is no limit to learning!" Xia Zhaoyi smiled and walked forward.

Down the road, the more bleak it becomes. The crop fields outside the village, dozens of acres are full of weeds.

The wind brought the water droplets on the mountain, and beat them in a chilly way. The mud puddles under my feet were deep and shallow, making it very difficult to walk.

After entering the village and making some arrangements, Xia Zhaoyi chose two tall men among these people, together with Zhi Changle, the four of them went out to look for food.

For the remaining people, Lao Tong selected a few strong ones and went door to door to search for wood.

The ink clouds settled down, the sky and the earth were dark, the water in the river was turbulent, and the color was muddy.

Zhi Changle and the two big men were chopping wood branches by the river, Xia Zhaoyi climbed up the cliff along the bare wall alone, and when passing through a forest, she casually saw the puddle over there again.

The mountain here is not too high, so the mottled in the puddle over there can be regarded as a general idea.

There are floating corpses on the surface of the water, there should be more below, this smell, I am afraid it will be very bad.

Xia Zhaoyi suddenly smiled, a little speechless and helpless, and shook his head.

The first puddle I saw was newly dug by the color of the soil around it.According to the water level in the puddle, it can be judged that the digging time of the puddle did not exceed two days.And it has been raining all this time, who would be so idle and dig such a big hole in the heavy rain?

Moreover, the purpose is very clear, it is used to drain water, it seems to be afraid that the water in this big corpse pit will overflow.

There is organization, scale, and a large number of people. The answer is very clear, only the army.

Looking at this posture of worrying about the country and the people, it is absolutely impossible to be a rebel.

It's just who came up with this method, digging a hole, and digging another hole, is it to dig out the whole area?

However, this also reminded Xia Zhaoyi of several previous allusions. For example, there is a famous Zhaoshen Lake in Jianghuai, which seemed to be dug out by the army 500 years ago.

Looking away, Xia Zhaoyi looked away.

There should be a city near here, or an open high ground, so that it is easy to garrison troops.

Or maybe, if you continue to go up, you might be able to see Peifeng City.

Looking at it like this, her eyes quickly caught a horse team not far away.

Xia Zhaoyi frowned, turned around and walked towards the other side of the mountain, looking more realistically.

It was indeed a cavalry team. Because of the drowsiness of the sky, those on horseback held torches in their hands.

A two-horse carriage followed in the middle of the horse team, bumping and crooked on the dirt road.

They were too far away, and Xia Zhaoyi could see them vaguely, but through the outlines, it was vaguely possible to tell that these people were big men with strong backs and waists, and all of them had sabers.

They stopped at this time, and the leaders looked around. One of them rode his horse to the outside of the carriage and bowed his head to ask for instructions.

Xia Zhaoyi slightly clenched the hand holding the pine tree, and stared closely at the carriage.

And as if to respond to her thoughts, after the man rode away, he said something to the people in front of him. Immediately afterwards, they all turned around and walked towards the direction of the village.

Xia Zhaoyi pursed her lips, thought for a while, then turned and left.

………………

"Pfft!"

Zhi Changle's spear pierced into the muddy water.

Pull it out again, nothing.

The two people next to him imitated his example and stabbed the sharpened spears into the water, but there was nothing there either.

Several times in a row, nothing was caught.

Zhi Changle refused to give up, licked his lower lip, stared closely at the water surface, raised his spear, and wanted to stab again.

At this time, a small figure nimbly jumped down from the high slope over there. After stepping over a few mud puddles, he rolled up his sleeves and lay down on the riverside to explore the water.

Zhi Changle and the two men held their spears and looked at her.

Bai Nen's small arms moved a few times in the water, and quickly caught a big fish out.

Yu looked a little silly, as if he was drunk, didn't move much, and was grabbed by her little hand obediently.

"Here." Xia Zhaoyi handed it over with difficulty. After all, his hands are really small and difficult to hold.

Zhi Changle hurriedly picked it up and threw it to the fish basket at his feet.

Xia Zhaoyi looked up at the men in front of her who were much taller than her, and said, "We are going to be in some trouble, should we act when we are full, or fill our stomach after action?"

Several people glanced at each other, then looked at Xia Zhaoyi: "What's the trouble?"

(End of this chapter)