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Meng Chunlou let out a faint laugh and pointed at the ground, "On the surface, it looks like a normal piece of ground. But in reality, it is a piece of ground that can be flipped up and down. Moreover, both sides are the same. As long as the person standing on top uses a thousand jin drop, they will be able to push the ground down, and then, at an extremely fast speed, flip over it, and restore it to its original state. If one does not carefully look at it, it will be difficult to find any loopholes, and one will think that they have escaped from it! "

"You mean to say that there is a movable board under the ground. As long as someone cooperates with the turning board, it will be able to help people escape?" Gu Yiyang asked.

"Exactly!" Meng Chun Lou laughed.

Suspicious in his heart, Gu Yiyang heavily stomped his foot, but there was no response. Hence, he asked, "Why is there no response?"

"Once the person leaves, the mechanism will be locked. Of course you won't be able to see any reaction!" As Meng Chunlou said this, he looked at Mo YunZhou and asked, "Are your injuries alright?"

Mo Yunzhou glanced at his left shoulder and said with a cold smile, "I can handle it!"

"Who are these people?" Why did you attack us halfway through? " Mo Yunqi asked.

"It must be someone from the Fulfillment Hall!" "Not only have they lost face today, but they've also lost Ge Hua Qing. Such a humiliation is hard for anyone to bear, much less the one you've lost to the Fulfillment Hall!" Gu Yiyang said.

"Impossible!" Meng Chunlou gave a faint smile, "Because if the Ru Yi Hall really wanted to harm us, they would have already done so when the inn was famous. There is no need to choose here!"

"This is called 'dodging an arrow while using an open spear', it's extremely difficult to defend against an arrow in the dark! They are not fighting in the famed inn, but they felt that it was not suddenly enough! " Gu Yiyang sneered.

"You're wrong!" Meng Chunlou smiled bitterly, "At that time, there were dozens of assassins hiding in the dark with experts like Gui Wuji guarding them. If they suddenly attacked us, even if we didn't die, we would have at least shed a few layers of skin. You underestimate them too much!"

"Perhaps they just wanted to teach us a lesson and take back some face, but they didn't want to take our lives. Otherwise, those people wouldn't have obediently left just now!" Mo Yunzhou said.

"That makes sense. However, I think that with Pavilion Master Wu's character, he has already decided to let us go. After all, he isn't a person who would do something so cruel as repeatedly!" Meng Chun said.

"Perhaps, they had already calculated that we would not believe them and would not resort to evil schemes again, which was why they decided to do the opposite and strike us here!" Gu Yiyang said.

"No matter what the reason is, we cannot help but be on guard. After all, we are in the dark, and they are in the light. We must always be careful!" Meng Chun said.

"What should we do now?" Mo Yunqi looked at the injured Mo Yunzhou, and could not bear to see him, "Why don't we find a doctor nearby to treat my brother first?"

"This place is not far from the village of Huangan. I think we'll talk after we enter the village!" Meng Chun said.

"Is there a doctor in the village?" Mo Yunqi asked.

"Yes, and he's a peerless genius doctor!" Meng Chun Lou laughed.

Mo Yunqi did not know what he meant, so she supported Mo Yunzhou, and the group of them slowly made their way to Huang An Village.

There were no more troubles along the way. By the time they had arrived at Huang An Village, the sky was already starting to brighten!

Meng Chun Lou used her impression of them and brought them to the Village Chief's house. Just as she was about to knock on the door to call for someone, she heard someone call out from the other side of the room, "The Village Chief died last night. Don't disturb him anymore!"

When Meng Chun Lou heard this, he couldn't help but be shocked. He looked towards the house and saw a pair of frightened, sad, and doubtful eyes peeking out from the gap in the door. He had just exchanged a glance with Meng Chun Lou, but he was so scared that he didn't dare show his face again!

Meng Chunlou was about to ask about it when the door of the thatched cottage opened a little, revealing an innocent face. He asked, "Did you come to the door so early because of my grandpa's death?"

"Is your grandfather the village chief?" Meng Chun Lou asked.

"That's right, I'm his grandson. My name is Niu Xiaobao!" The little boy blinked his eyes as he sized up Meng Chun Lou. Then, he curled his lips and said, "You don't look like a bad person. If you want to come in and take a last look at my grandfather, then come in!"

With that, Niu Xiaobao opened the door and led Meng Chunlou and co. into the room. However, when he saw Mo Yunzhou, he was shocked and asked, "H-how did he get injured? Did he meet a bad guy? "

"That's right!" He was shot by a bad person! " Meng Chun said.

Niu Xiaobao tried to calm his emotions. Then, he pointed at the broken seat in the middle of the hall and said, "My grandfather is inside. He doesn't even have a coffin. What a pity!"

Mo Yunqi heard his sour words and could not help but ask, "Where is your family? Why aren't they here? "

"All dead!" Niu Xiaobao's nose twitched as tears began streaming down his face. "They were all taken away by the plague!"

"Poor child!" Mo Yunqi suddenly felt a pang in her heart. She pulled the child into her embrace and hugged it tightly as she gently said, "In the future, big sister will be very good to you. Don't be too sad!"

"It's useless!" Niu Xiaobao shook his head. "Because I will soon become a dead man too!"

"No, you won't die!" Mo Yunqi said anxiously.

"With this terrifying plague here, no one can survive to the end!" Niu Xiaobao pouted his lips with a sour expression. Tears were still flowing down his stubborn face!

"Where's Lady Yan? And the four sisters? And Jiang Sheng, where have they gone? " Meng Chun Lou hastily asked.

"They were all scared away!" He introduced them to me, but I couldn't see them clearly, so he lit the oil lamp instead. As soon as they saw my grandfather's appearance, they immediately turned around and ran, as if they were evil ghosts. Afterwards, my grandfather became so sad that he vomited a mouthful of blood and then stopped talking!

When Gu Yiyang heard this, he thought to himself: "A living person can actually scare away a group of people. What is going on?"

With this curiosity, he walked in front of the village chief's corpse and slightly lifted a corner of the mat. He saw many maggots crawling in and out of the village chief's mouth and nose, and his facial features had become hideous due to the severe rotting.

"Impossible!" Meng Chun Lou muttered to herself, "How could they be that kind of people?"

"Do you know them?" Niu Xiaobao asked.

"Of course!" Meng Chun said.

"Then don't ever be friends with them again, because their guts are even less than a child's!" Niu Xiaobao asked.

"What exactly is going on? "Who is this Lady Yan you are talking about?" Gu Yiyang asked.

"Lady Yan is Yan Jiuniang!" Meng Chun said.

"Oh? No wonder she was scared away. For people like her, how could they have the guts to see a living person suffer so much? " Gu Yi Yang forced a smile, his eyes focused on the little boy's face, "Child, you said that your entire family is infected with the plague, why are you fine?"

"I don't know either!" Niu Xiaobao shook his head. "I always thought it was not time yet!"

Meng Chunlou was instantly puzzled and looked at Niu Xiaobao carefully. He realized that Niu Xiaobao did not have any sign of rotting, so he had the same suspicion as Gu Yi Yang. He asked, "Are you eating the same thing as them?"

"Same here!" Niu Xiaobao nodded.

"Where's the drink?" Meng Chun Lou asked.

"It used to be the same, but now it's different!" Niu Xiaobao asked.

"Oh? What's different? " Meng Chun Lou asked.

"In the past, everyone ate well water, there's no difference at all. Ever since we got the plague, everyone started drinking the stinky water from the river, but I couldn't drink it anymore. I was still drinking the water from the well!" Niu Xiaobao asked.

"The crux of the problem could very well be this well!" Gu Yiyang emphasized, "If I'm not wrong, this well water is probably the bane of the plague!"

"Impossible!" Mo Yunzhou shook his head, "Didn't you hear what he said? They used to eat the water in the well, but some of them still got the plague! "

When Gu Yiyang heard this, the fire of hope that had just been ignited was extinguished by the cold water poured over him by Mo Yunzhou. He tried to think correctly, and tried asking, "Could it be that after the outbreak of the plague, someone threw some medicine in the well, and the villagers did not know that only this child drank it unintentionally?"

"That's also unlikely!" Mo Yunqi gave a faint smile, "Because in the entire village only this child is safe and sound, the people in the village can't not find the problem. I guess that people had already gone to drink the water in the well, but it was of no use, so everyone continued to drink the smelly water in the river!"

"That's right! Little sister, you're too talented! " Mo Yunzhou said.

"If this explanation is also excluded, then only one explanation is left!" Gu Yiyang frowned.

"What explanation?" Mo Yunqi asked curiously.

"There must be someone giving the boy some kind of medicine, which is why he's safe and sound!" Gu Yiyang said.

"Stop teasing me!" Mo Yunqi laughed, "Leaving aside the fact that no one can cure this plague, even if there is someone who can cure it, do you think that he will easily give it to a child he does not know? Isn't he afraid that the villagers would go and ask him for medicine after finding out? "

"That's right!" Since that person is willing to give the antidote to this child, it means that he has good intentions in his heart. Since that's the case, how can he not save the other villagers? " Mo Yunzhou asked.

At this moment, he heard Niu Xiaobao say, "Uncle guessed right. I did take a pill from a stranger!"

"Is that so?" Gu Yi Yang was overjoyed, "When did that happen?"

"When my father died, I was crying beside his corpse. At that time, an uncle gave me a pill and told me that if I ate it, I would forget my sadness and worry. At that time, I didn't think too much about it and ate it, but I still felt sad because my father died, because from now on, no one will ever love me again!" Tears welled up in his eyes once again. It was obvious that he was still immersed in the pain of his deceased father.

"Do you remember what he looked like?" Gu Yiyang hurriedly asked.

"I remember! That uncle is tall and big, his face white and clean and somewhat handsome. His hair is very neatly combed and shiny, even more beautiful than my mother's! " Niu Xiaobao recalled.

"Do you know his name?" Gu Yiyang asked.

Niu Xiaobao shook his head and said, "I don't know! After he gave me the medicine, he suddenly disappeared. I thought I ran into a ghost in the middle of the day, but according to my grandpa, all the ghosts look fierce.

When Gu Yiyang heard this, he couldn't help but let out a long sigh and said, "Sigh! The clues have been cut off again! "

"NO!" I think we have a clue! " Meng Chun Lou laughed.

"Oh? What do you mean by that? " Gu Yiyang asked.

"Since that pill can suppress the plague, doesn't that mean that the plague is not incurable?" Meng Chun Lou gave a faint smile.

"As long as we can find that weirdo, it won't be difficult to get the antidote back from him. Wouldn't that save the lives of everyone in the village?"

After hearing his reminder, everyone came to a realization. However, they heard Mo Yunzhou say, "Hero Meng is thinking too simply! Since that person was the one who gave the medicine, how could they know that he wasn't the one who used the plague? If he was the culprit, why would he use the antidote to save others? "

These words were like a cold water being poured over them. The fire of hope in everyone's heart was extinguished once again by the cold water, but they only heard Mo Yunqi laughed lightly and said, "Why do you have to think so pessimistically? Maybe he is a true benevolent person, and the reason why he did not save these villagers is because he only had one pill. Furthermore, that medicine might not only have been created to suppress the plague, but also had other uses, and might have been used to cure the plague as well! "

"Makes sense!" Gu Yiyang laughed lightly, "It doesn't matter if he is the one who used the plague. As long as he can get the antidote, we will find him!"

"That's right!" As long as I can find him and save him, I won't have any choice but to do so! " Mo Yunzhou laughed.

As they were talking about this, they suddenly heard a ruckus outside the house. Everyone hurriedly looked outside and saw a carriage flying over. From the looks of the running, it seemed as if it was risking its life!

If the carriage ran so fast, then the coachman should be a strong man. However, the coachman was a woman, so it attracted many villagers to open the door and watch!

"Ding Yuhua!" Meng Chun Lou smiled and called out her name.

The horse carriage rushed all the way to the door of the village chief's thatched cottage before it stopped the rein. The horse carriage lifted its front hooves and barely stopped the momentum. Yan Jiuniang was the first to jump down, saying anxiously, "Come quickly and help!"

Before Meng Chun Lou could say anything, several bags of herbs were already thrown out of the car. Yan Jiu Niang patted Gu Yi Yang on the shoulder and said, "Hurry up and help me remove the medicine, no matter how late it is, we're going to die again!"

She didn't wait for Gu Yiyang to react and directly walked in front of Mo Yunqi and asked, "Did you make dinner?"

"Not often!" Mo Yunqi said with a red face.

"Then help me to set up the pot, I want to boil the medicine right now!" Yan Jiuniang said.