Chapter 98: Three Bay Water Bandits (21)
Everyone was happy after getting out of trouble. Those who were detained for a long time shed tears, celebrating the joy of rebirth after the disaster. Even Wei Fangyan and the other three, who had just been imprisoned in the stone prison, showed happy smiles.
Yang Tao naturally felt much better as he followed. Although he had only been imprisoned for a few days, he came outside and breathed the fresh air. When he thought of the days in the Shizhuo, it was like a different life. It was hard to believe that he could understand the mood of those who had been detained for a long time.
While everyone was still happy, Yang Tao began to collect some dead branches nearby to prepare for fire. It was still late at night and there was still a lot of time before dawn. The cold air was still very heavy in the deep mountains late at night, especially now it was autumn, and it was really hard to survive until dawn. However, Yang Tao's hands and feet were still tied with iron chains, and it was inconvenient to move. At this time, after seeing Yang Tao's actions, Wei Fangyan also began to join the ranks of picking up dead branches and thatch. After that, the people who calmed down went to the dark side in groups.
Since many people in the prison were locked up for a long time, their legs and feet were not very neat, and it was already an hour later when everyone was getting angry.
Yang Tao was roasting a bonfire to keep warm. Because of the iron chains on his body, Yang Tao was not only inconvenient to move, but also couldn't sleep peacefully. He could only wait for dawn to find a way to get the chain, otherwise it would be a big trouble to rush in the mountains.
Yang Tao, who was thinking about his thoughts, suddenly saw a beautiful face and was stunned. It was not until the owner of the beautiful face looked over and looked away. Wei Fangyan looked at Yang Tao, thought for a while and came to Yang Tao and sat down and said, "Thank you today, I don't know the surname of the young master."
"Just call me Jianghe." Yang Tao said, staring at the bonfire.
"It turns out that Mr. Jiang and the little girl Wei Fangyan."
Yang Tao chatted casually: "Miss Wei, it depends on your age of 20. I don't know who was in your husband's family, so how could it fall into the hands of the water bandits."
When Wei Fangyan heard Yang Tao talk about her husband's family, she turned red and a hint of embarrassment flashed. She thought why this person was so rude and felt a little annoyed. However, when she thought of him saving herself, she still spoke, "The little girl is not married yet."
"Uh!" This time it was Yang Tao's turn to be embarrassed, so he could only stammer: "Miss Wei, it's a kid who is abrupt!"
"Young Master Jiang, there is nothing to apologize. At my age, I should have married. But my parents passed away early and I have to take care of my younger brother, so I haven't gotten married yet." Wei Fangyan's voice became a little sad as she spoke.
When Yang Tao heard that he mentioned something he shouldn't mention, he couldn't help but say, "Sorry, it reminds you of the sad past."
"It's nothing. This time I was robbed by the water bandits. I was forced to leave my hometown and go to Bingzhou for refuge. I was just robbed by the water bandits on the road. Fortunately, Mr. Jiang rescued us..."
"What a love for me!" At this time, an inappropriate voice sounded, and Mi Ying said in a rough voice. When he heard Mi Ying's words, the blush on Wei Fangyan's face turned redder, and she couldn't help but blame: "Young Master He, you are not serious again."
"I'm blushing, a strange thing. When did Miss Wei, who could not change her face even when the vicious water bandit leader was so shy?" Mi Ying said with her chin on her back.
These words calmed down Wei Fangyan, looked at Mi Ying helplessly, then said goodbye to Yang Tao and left.
Yang Tao looked at the weird Mi Ying in front of him and felt that he was not a man. He didn't feel much about it in the stone prison because the light was dim, but at such a close distance under the bonfire, Yang Tao found that Mi Ying's skin was too white. Could it be that she really had such a white face? Yang Tao had to doubt that she just saw Mi Ying's Adam's apple on her neck, and she thought she was thinking too much. Seeing Yang Tao staring at her, Mi Ying had already revealed something, and looked at her for a while, and there was no problem. She couldn't help but think of a possibility and laughed: "Young Master Jiang, aren't you blaming me for disturbing you for your good things!"
Yang Tao rolled his eyes, picked up the bonfire to make it more prosperous, and then said, "No, although Miss Wei's appearance is indeed beautiful, it is indeed amazing at first glance, but I already have someone I like, so I can just take a look at other beauties!" But after saying that, I felt a little sad when I thought of some things.
Mi Ying came to Yang Tao with a gossip on her face and asked, "I can't tell you! You are still a lover, tell me what your sweetheart looks like?"
Seeing Mi Ying looking very interested, Yang Tao did not have the habit of telling her own affairs to others as a fucking friend, and he ignored this familiar young master He. However, Mi Ying was a very resilient person. Perhaps someone who was very enthusiastic about gossip actually asked Yang Tao for a night, which made Yang Tao unable to rest well. It was not until dawn that when Mi Ying fell asleep, Yang Tao could only get some leisure.
It was dawn, and Yang Tao stood up with his waist stretched. As soon as he opened his eyes, he looked around and was confused and then he was stunned.
"Isn't this the forest I lost with hundreds of people before? Why did you come here?" Yang Tao looked at the forests around him and suddenly felt a cool air coming straight through his feet, almost making him faint.
It took a while to stand firm. At this time, Wei Fangyan saw that Yang Tao's face was wrong and immediately walked over and asked, "Young Master Jiang, why is your face so ugly? Is there anything uncomfortable?"
"No." Yang Tao just finished speaking, and he was stunned for a moment when he saw Wei Fangyan's face. After his vision was better during the day, Wei Fangyan's face became more outstanding, which made Yang Tao stare for a while. It was not until Wei Fangyan turned her head embarrassedly that Yang Tao came to his senses, coughed dryly, and said a little embarrassedly: "Miss Wei, we probably have to take a lot of trouble to find a way out and leave this forest."
"Why is this?" Wei Fangyan looked at Yang Tao in confusion. Yang Tao didn't want to look at her anymore, so she could only look at the forest and slowly said: "I have brought people to this forest before. I have been lost in this forest for half a month and have exhausted all my food. Then I luckily left the forest because I saw a place of people."
Yang Tao briefly said it, but because of the fireworks released by the water bandits, they could walk out of this forest, but they did not say it, so as not to avoid unnecessary things.
Hearing Yang Tao's words, Wei Fangyan frowned and said with a beautiful brow: "Young Master, we are in a natural maze!"
"Um!"
Yang Tao nodded. At this time, the people around him also heard Yang Tao and the others, and immediately became panicked. Even Mi Ying and others became anxious. Seeing this, Yang Tao immediately said: "Don't worry, everyone, I can go out once, and I can always walk out of this forest!"
Yang Tao's words played a lot, and everyone calmed down a lot. At this time, a sneer sounded, accompanied by a voice saying, "Don't imagine that you can get out of this maze now."
Yang Tao and others turned around and saw that it was a middle-aged man with disheveled face, with his hands and feet locked with thick chains like Yang Tao, which made Yang Tao a little strange. Yang Tao had looked around before and found that among all the people who were detained, he was only locked by iron chains. Unexpectedly, there was another person treated the same as Yang Tao. However, it was extremely strange at this time. Yang Tao knew in his heart that the water bandits locked him with chains because he was a military general and Shi Lao could not trap him, so he locked with chains. Could this person be a powerful npc?
Before everyone could speak, Mi Ying asked first: "You are the one who was caught by the water bandits. Do you know that this place is not good? If you want to die, just be alone. Do you have to let us wait for you to die here!"
Hearing Mi Ying's words, Yang Tao frowned. Mi Ying's words were too ugly and unbearable. Seeing Yang Tao frowning, Wei Fangyan knew that Yang Tao was angry, but thinking that Mi Ying had shared hardships with her after all, and she didn't want to be too embarrassed, she couldn't help but walk to Mi Ying and said, "Young Master He, let's talk aside." After that, she pulled Mi Ying to speak.
Yang Tao looked at the dozen people around and asked them to rest first. Since these people were already homeless, they were rescued by Yang Tao and became the lord. When they heard Yang Tao's words, they dispersed. Only then did Yang Tao walk to the middle-aged man and say, "Who are you, what did you mean just now."
Hearing Yang Tao’s question, the middle-aged man did not rush to answer, but asked Yang Tao in a positive tone: “The lord has any guidance for this forest before!”
Hearing the middle-aged man's affirmation, Yang Tao thought for a while and said, "Indeed, I found the direction to walk out of the mountains and forests when I saw the smoke from the fire of the bandits. However, I took the people to the top of the mountain and could see around me. I think now, as long as I cross the mountains again, I can find a way out even if there is no signs such as smoke. You don't have to worry too much."
"Lord, listen to me, don't try to leave now. You can't get out by your lord's method!"
What the middle-aged man said made Yang Tao puzzled. Seeing Yang Tao's puzzled gaze, the middle-aged man continued to say: "This mountain forest is a cursed forest. Anyone who comes in will be lost here. Even if he reaches the top of the mountain, he can see the nearby environment. If there is no guidance, he will be lost in it after going down the mountain. There are only two ways to get out. One is to have guidance, but there are very few people in a radius of hundreds of miles, so it is extremely difficult to guide him. The other is to wait for the fog that disappears every three months. The mountain forest can trap people mainly because of the fog that never dissipates all year round. However, the fog here will disappear for three days every three months. Now it is nearly November, and there is still half a month before the next fog dissipates. I will only wait for half a month."
After hearing the middle-aged man's words, Yang Tao asked in confusion: "How could you know so clearly? And there is still half a month left, how can we survive this half month?"
"Lord, I'm not to hide it. I'm the leader of the original leader in the water bandit camp!"
The middle-aged Qifeng was shocked when he heard Yang Tao's words. Seeing Yang Tao's suspicious gaze, Qifeng said sadly: "Lord, don't worry, I am just the leader of the water bandit before, and I am no longer now."
Seeing Qifeng's down-and-out appearance and listless expression, as a modern person, even if he had never experienced it, he had watched many movies and TV. Yang Tao could think of some Qifeng's situation and couldn't help but comfort him: "If you don't want to say it, don't say it!"
"It's okay, lord, I'd better tell it. This is also the past. I can feel better if I can tell someone." Qi Feng said: "I was originally the son of a wealthy family in Jizhou. Because I was young and ignorant, I caused someone I shouldn't be messed with, which led to the family destruction. I was the only one who escaped. Later, with a lot of water skills, I came to the mountains and forests and became a bandit. It's been a few years since I told me a few months ago that the three people named Teng Yu, Fei Ke and Ren Yu came to me.
In the water village, they joined forces with my third leader to kill the second leader and took the opportunity to seize power. Because the incident suddenly and Teng Yu's strength was too strong, I was no match for him on land. After being captured by them, perhaps to appease some of my loyal brothers in the village who were loyal to me, they kept me in the stone prison. Fortunately, the winner rescued him yesterday and escaped from the dark cage. Otherwise, when Teng Yu stabilized the camp, he would definitely get rid of me."
"So that's the case. No wonder you know so well here. And the chains on you are also to lock you!"
"That's right, lord, I know there are many wild animals and wild fruits in the mountains and forests. Now it's late autumn, there are many fruits in the forests. There are only a dozen of us. It's not difficult to survive this half month." Qi Feng said.
"Well, that's great, but now I'll find a way to open the chain, otherwise I'll really be unable to act." Yang Tao nodded.
"It's not easy to open the lock." At this time, a laughter came, and Mi Ying, who was beside her, said playfully. Yang Tao's whole body shook and her scalp was numb. It was really unbearable for a man to make such a crisp and soft sound. She was stunned for a moment and stared at Mi Ying blankly. Seeing Yang Tao's appearance, Mi Ying came to her senses and knew that she had accidentally leaked the stuffing. She looked at the eyes of the people around her. Fortunately, it did not arouse the suspicion of the people around her, but Mi Ying forgot to look behind her, otherwise she would see Wei Fangyan following behind her flashing a hint of doubt.
When Mi Ying saw Yang Tao and the others were still in a daze, she immediately said sternly: "What else do you see? It's not a good one!"
As he said that, he took a few steps back. Yang Tao looked at him and thought about who he was. But at this time he woke up and immediately said, "You have a way to untie the chain."
Hearing Yang Tao's words, Mi Ying stopped teasing, but instead said proudly: "Don't look at who I am. This broken lock can still be difficult for me, but the one at home is locked up... Cough cough, even the very high-end lock at home cannot defeat me." Mi Ying turned over proudly, and almost told the story that she had sneaked out. After saying it, she breathed a sigh of relief and thought, "Fortunately, I reacted quickly enough, otherwise I would have missed it."
Yang Tao didn't pay attention to the meaning of Mi Ying's words when he heard this, but just bowed and said, "Then it's a blessing that Mr. He will untie these two locks for us."
"I mean little." Mi Ying said, then took out an embroidery needle to untie the chains for Yang Tao and Qifeng. After removing the chains, Yang Tao felt a little relaxed. He was locked by heavy chains a few days ago. After breaking away, he felt a sense of comfort. Qifeng might have been carrying the chains for a long time, and he was shaking when he got up, but seeing the smile on his face, he thought he was in a good mood. Then Yang Tao summoned everyone to find food in the mountains and forests, but the fog in the mountains and forests was very big, and everyone was told not to run far away at will, so as not to be separated and it would be difficult to find it back.
Chapter completed!