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Seeing that the situation was critical, and that it would cause a physical conflict if he did not stop them, Niu Xiaobao shouted, "All of you, stop! You guys stop messing around! "
"You said we were messing around?" Wang Fuan's eyes widened as he stared at Niu Xiaobao. "We were almost killed by them, and you're still talking about our nonsense?"
"They are good people and have been trying to find a way to save us. I don't believe that they will harm us!" Niu Xiaobao asked.
"Pfft!" Wang Fuan looked Niu Xiaobao up and down, "I finally understand that you're in cahoots with them!" No wonder the whole village is infected with the plague, you're the only one who's fine, you're a spy sent by them, how can they bear to let you be infected by the plague? "
After hearing his explanation, everyone in the village was stunned. Everyone stared at Niu Xiaobao with furious and vicious eyes. If looks could kill, then Niu Xiaobao had already died eight hundred times over!
"NO!" I am not a spy! " Niu Xiaobao was sweating profusely. "Our whole family died from the plague. If I were with them, how could I let them harm my family?"
"This means that you are even more detestable!" Zhang Dayan coldly stared at Niu Xiaobao and said, "For the sake of being someone else's lackey, you even dared to harm your own kin. You are even worse than an animal!"
"No!" Niu Xiaobao could actually kill someone with just a few words. He felt suffocated. He shook his head with all his might, trying to convince everyone that he was innocent. However, the anger of the villagers did not diminish in the slightest.
"Kill this brat and avenge the village chief's death!" Wang Fuan shouted and the villagers lost all sense of reason. They crazily rushed towards Niu Xiaobao and brandished their fists and scythes, trying to vent their anger on him!
Niu Xiaobao was completely terrified. His eyes were wide open as he watched the irrational villagers charge at him. He could only close his eyes out of instinct and calmly wait for death to befall him!
With a "hu" sound, a frantic sound of wind entered Niu Xiaobao's ears. He felt as if his body was floating like an immortal, as if his soul had left his body. He could not help but think in his heart, "I'm finished, I'm dead!" Even before I can feel anything, my soul has already left my body! "
He opened his eyes instinctively and saw that he was already in the arms of Meng Chun Lou. He was standing on the roof of a thatched cottage, quietly looking down on the angry villagers. Meng Chun Lou shouted loudly, "Calm down, we are not bad people!"
"They are the bad guys!" Huang Shengren suddenly jumped out from the crowd and brandished his arm with all his might. "His comrade once hacked my horse to death with a sword and even broke the carriage open. They obviously wanted to stop me from transporting the lifesaving food over here. They are the bad guys!"
When the crowd heard this, how could they bear to listen to Meng Chunlou's explanation. They moved up the stairs one by one. Some of them even lit torches, wanting to burn the house down to capture the person. When Meng Chunlou saw this, he could not help but sigh, "It seems like this is the human heart!"
"Hero Meng, stop sighing. You should just run for your life!" Gu Yi Yang shouted and grabbed Yan Jiuniang's hand. With a tap of his feet, he jumped onto the roof. With a face full of anxiety, he said, "Let's talk after we escape!"
He carried Niu Xiaobao and rushed out of the village while Mo Yunqi carried Du Jiangsheng. Gu Yiyang and Yan Jiuniang were running away with Yan Jiuniang while the four maids were chasing after them using their own movement techniques. As for Ding Yuhua, she quickly drove the carriage back to Yangzhou's Pleasant Mansion, and in the end, only Mo YunZhou and Peng Gao were still in the room.
Under the lead of Wang Fuan and Zhang Chang Nian, the villagers chased them all the way to the village entrance. When they saw Meng Chun Lou and the rest had fled, they returned to the village.
It was unknown who mentioned that there were two more accomplices in the house, but these villagers went crazy again. Under the urging of their fury, they rushed to the Village Chief's house and surrounded it, loudly cursing Peng and Mo. However, they did not hear a response for a long time.
Wang Fuan felt something was amiss, he immediately used his sickle and charged in, but where could he see Peng and Mo's figures?
He knew that Meng Chun Lou and the rest had been misunderstood, and was unable to explain it clearly. He was afraid that these people would try to vent their anger on him and Peng Gao, so he took advantage of the moment when they were chasing Meng Chun Zhou and the others to flee, bringing Old Master Peng along with him. Otherwise, it would have been difficult for him to escape his fate of being caught at this very moment!
As for Meng Chun Lou and the rest who escaped from the village, their hearts were filled with unwillingness. Gu Yi Yang could not help but curse, "What bad luck! To be treated as a bad person despite wanting to save him, it was truly a joke! "These villagers must be stupid!"
"We can't blame them all. After all, what happened today is too nefarious. No one can be rational about it!" Yan Jiuniang said.
"What do we do now? "Although they're not right, we can't just watch them die from illness. We have to think of a way to save them!" Meng Chun said.
"I don't think there's a need to care about those villagers! Our kind people tried to help them with the medicine, but in the end they didn't believe us. This kind of person deserves to die from illness! " Xia Yu said.
"Xia Yu!" "Slap!" Yan Jiuniang sternly rebuked.
Xia Yu pouted, her heart filled with dissatisfaction, but she still raised her hand and slapped herself.
"If I don't tell you to stop, then keep hitting!" Yan Jiuniang said angrily.
When Xia Yu heard this, she couldn't help but give Yan Jiuniang another look. Finally, she hardened her heart and fiercely slapped her own mouth. That clear sound made people's scalp go numb. Now that we have been misunderstood, it's reasonable that everyone is upset. If we were to punish ourselves, it would be too boring! "
"For the sake of Hero Meng, I'll let you off this time. If there's a next time, I won't let you off lightly!" Yan Jiuniang said in annoyance.
"Thank you, master!" After Xia Yu said this, she looked at Meng Chunlou, "Thank you, hero Meng!"
"I'm sorry!" Niu Xiaobao's face turned sullen. "I know you're all good people, but I can't uphold justice for you. I have a guilty conscience!"
"You can't be blamed for this. With this kind of thing happening, no one will be able to do anything about it!" Meng Chunlou comforted her softly.
"Since things have come to this, we'd better find a place to settle in first before slowly discussing about saving others!" Du Jiangsheng said.
"It's a pity that my home was set on fire and I don't have any relatives or friends nearby. If I enter Yangzhou City and am too far away, I would be in a dilemma!" Meng Chun said.
"I know one place. That place is a little remote, so I'm afraid you've been wronged!" Niu Xiaobao asked.
"It's not a big deal! As long as you have a tile to cover your body! " Meng Chun said.
"Then come with me!" Niu Xiaobao walked toward the east side of the village and let out a long sigh. He said, "That's Huang Dajian's other home. Every time he suffers in the village, he will stay there for a few days. I'm the only one who knows about this place!"
"Oh?" Du Jiangsheng blinked his eyes, "How do you know?"
"Because he invited me there!" Niu Xiaobao smiled bitterly. "Although Huang Dahan hated the villagers, he didn't have any wariness towards me. Perhaps in his eyes, I was just an ignorant child after all!"
"If he has another home, why does he live in the village? Isn't it obvious that we are being disliked? " Du Jiangsheng asked.
"I remember him telling me that he was born in Huang An Village and that he was born in Huang An Village. That's where his roots lie. He will never leave there!" Niu Xiaobao asked.
"This is strange! Since he treated the village as his base, why did he still hate the people there? I really don't understand what kind of contradiction he's got in his heart. " Du Jiangsheng smiled bitterly.
"He's just a weirdo. No one knows what he's thinking, and he never tells anyone. He's just living like a mute!" Niu Xiaobao sighed.
As they talked about Huang Dajian, they passed through a few woods and slowly entered a more secluded area. The woods were bigger and the trees denser, giving off a chill that made the place seem more eerie.
"Why is this place so gloomy?" Mo Yunqi could not help but ask in a low voice.
"This is the place where the ancestors of the Huang An Village are buried. Normally, very few people would come here. Only when the time comes in the clear will there be people who come here to pay their respects!" Niu Xiaobao asked.
"Don't tell me that no one comes during festivals?" Mo Yunqi asked.
"No one came! This is because our ancestors left behind a rule that the more you celebrate the holidays, the more you must reunite at home. No one is allowed to leave your home! " Niu Xiaobao asked.
"Your village is really strange!" Mo Yunqi smiled.
At this moment, there was a sudden "Pu" sound in the forest. Dozens of small birds suddenly flew into the air, scaring everyone. Mo Yunqi asked involuntarily, "Are there wild beasts in the forest?"
"It's not a beast, it's a man!" While Gu Yi Yang was speaking, he leaped forward and shouted from afar, "Who are you? Why aren't you showing yourself?"
Everyone saw him enter the forest and after saying that sentence, he stopped moving. They couldn't help but feel nervous and Mo Yunqi even let out a loud voice, "Gu Yiyang, how are you? Why aren't you speaking? "
As soon as he shouted, he heard Gu Yiyang say, "Come and help, your brother has fallen into a pit!"
The crowd was flustered after hearing what he said. They rushed forward and cleared the dense grass to find a path to walk. They finally found Gu Yiyang after running randomly in the middle of nowhere.
He was holding onto a small tree that was as thick as a wrist, and he was digging straight into the hole, while Mo YunZhou was strenuously carrying Peng Gao, slowly climbing up the hole. Seeing this, Meng Chunlou hurriedly lowered his body to pull him, and then he helped Mo Yunzhou climb up, and then he asked, "How did you guys get here?"
Mo YunZhou let out a bitter sigh, then said, "After you were misunderstood, how could I just sit still and wait for death? So I took Old Master Peng to flee eastward, but I didn't expect him to fall into a pit. How unlucky!"
"This pit was dug by Huang Daxian. It's to prevent anyone from disturbing him!" Niu Xiaobao asked.
"Is that so? "Then I must be really unlucky!" Mo Yunzhou bitterly sighed.
"Xiaobao, how far is Huang Dajian's residence?" Yan Jiuniang asked.
"We're not too far away. We'll be there after a few more rows of trees!" Niu Xiaobao asked.
"There won't be any traps set up, right?" Mo Yunzhou asked.
"Yes!" Niu Xiaobao smiled and said, "But if you come with me, nothing will happen to you!"
"That's good. I don't want to be thrown again!" Mo Yunzhou bitterly laughed, "I was lucky this time around so I didn't break my leg. It's hard to say next time!"
When Mo Yunqi heard this, she could not help but feel concerned. She quickly looked at Mo Yunzhou's leg and found that it was just a scratch that did not hurt her muscles and bones. Only then did she feel at ease.
Due to Mo Yunzhou's injuries, Meng Chun Lou carried Peng Gao on his back while Gu Yi Yang carried Mo Yunzhou on his back. The group of people followed behind Niu Xiaobao as they walked forward slowly.
After a few rounds, they finally arrived at a wide area. However, the house here was different from what Meng Chunlou and the others had imagined. The house was actually built on a tree!
Moreover, there were not only one house like this, but seven or eight of them that were built in a circle around a big tree. There were also vines growing from the trees, which perfectly blocked out the sunlight and made the house firmer.
Seeing this house, Mo Yunqi could not help but be shocked, and sincerely praised, "My god! Such a house was too beautiful! Was this really designed and built by that Huang Dahan? He's simply a genius! "
Niu Xiaobao smiled faintly and said, "This is the house that he designed. He said that he would one day bring his beloved woman here to settle down and have a bunch of kids with him. Everyone would share a house like this, and he said that this is his life's work, so he will always remember this place!"
"This Huang Dajian, I really can't tell!" Mo Yunqi said, "It's a pity that he is now a dead man. Otherwise, I would really like to ask him, how did he come up with such a miraculous idea?"
"Don't be in such a hurry to exclaim in shock. When you enter the room later, you will realize that your exclamations earlier were completely unnecessary!" Niu Xiaobao asked.
"Oh?" Mo Yunqi was slightly surprised, "Could it be that the design inside is even more wondrous?"
"It's simply supernatural!" Niu Xiaobao asked.
"Then I really need to go in and take a look!" Mo Yunqi spoke, and with a tap of her feet, she flew up to the front. However, she heard Niu Xiaobao shouting, "Wrong! That's not the right way to do it! "
When Mo Yunqi heard this, she couldn't help but jump down and ask, "Then what is the correct way to get to the top room?"
"Follow me!" As Niu Xiaobao spoke, he walked up to a large tree and pushed at it with his hand. The bark immediately caved in — it turned out that the tree was hollow!
Niu Xiaobao walked in and waved at the others. Then, he said, "Come in, let's go up!"
The crowd did not understand the meaning behind his words and walked in curiously. Niu Xiaobao reached out and restored the bark to its original state. He counted three times and said, "One, two, three!"
As soon as the word "three" came out of her mouth, everyone felt the board beneath their feet suddenly leave the ground with a creaking sound and slowly rise up with them. Mo Yunqi couldn't help turning pale with fright, and asked, "What's going on? There won't be an earthquake, right? "
"This is an elevator invented by Huang Daxian. It's so fun!" Niu Xiaobao explained with a smile.