As the saying goes, there is strength in numbers. More than a hundred people took action together. When the sky was completely dark, the entire deserted village was cleared. Some of the houses that had not collapsed were barely repaired and reinforced. It was about to rain.

It was better to have a roof to cover our heads than to sleep in the open, so everyone happily settled in, lit torches, and set up iron pots to cook dinner.

The house in front of you is made of bricks and tiles, so it is relatively well-preserved. However, the courtyard wall has collapsed. The house has one living room and three rooms, one of which is an independent kitchen. Presumably this family used to be considered a wealthy family in the village. The living room is used for

To stack food and other supplies, Gao Bufan and Dou Xianniang each occupied one of the remaining two rooms, which was just right.

Thanks to Pei Xingyan's looting of villages in the past few days, the team now has sufficient food reserves. The grains alone amount to more than 20 dan. Even if each person eats one kilogram per day, it is enough to sustain two hundred people for half a month.

In addition, Pei Xingyan and others also grabbed a lot of livestock. Except for some of the strong ones left to pull carts, the rest were slaughtered in Dayazhai. Therefore, everyone had a rare bite of meat in the past few days, and their living standards were straight.

rise.

The effect of eating meat is undoubtedly immediate. The little girl Dou Xianniang is obviously plumper, her pointed chin has become rounder, her fair and rosy face has become more beautiful, and even the beauty of the bright red eyebrows

The mole seems to be more energetic, and every frown and smile is so delicate and lively.

The lights in the hall were flickering. Dou Xian Niang had just distributed food to the Huotou Army for cooking. She was sticking her butt out and humming an unknown ditty while counting the remaining firewood, rice, oil and salt. She was obviously in a good mood.

Gao Bufan was bored and flipping through Li Jing's military book "Mirror of the Sixth Army" under the oil lamp. Occasionally, he raised his head and his eyes fell on Xiao Nizi's round buttocks, and he couldn't help but feel a little excited.

The body of the fifteen-year-old girl has been stretched out, like a bud with ears, full of the breath of youth, and now it is late spring, Dou Xianniang has also changed out of her thick clothes, and is currently wearing

Wearing a linen dress, with a slender waist and sharp shoulders, the simple clothes could not hide her natural beauty.

Gao Bufan's throat felt a little dry when he looked at it. Dou Xianniang turned around and looked at her as if she had realized something. Their eyes met and they both blushed as if they were electrocuted.

Gao Bufan couldn't help but sweat secretly, and quickly lowered his head and pretended to continue reading. Dou Xian's mother felt like a deer, and the hot look in Brother Gao's eyes just now made him feel shy, a little happy, and a little bit expectant.

Just when the atmosphere was ambiguous, Liu Gou'er ran in in a panic and said, "Master Bufan, Sister Xian Niang, what's wrong, brother Qiu Sheng accidentally fell into a dry well, and Uncle Ying and the others went to rescue them, but they all ended up..."

Couldn't come up."

Gao Bufan and Dou Xianniang's expressions changed. One put down his military book and the other put down his account book, and ran out following Liu Gou'er.

When Gao Bufan and Dou Xianniang arrived, the dry well was already surrounded by people, and the surrounding area was illuminated by torches as bright as day. Han Laoshi was holding a torch to inspect the mouth of the well, with a rope tied to his body, obviously preparing to go down the well.

He was trying to save someone, but the people around him tried to persuade him not to go down the well.

"Master Gao is here, get out of the way!" When everyone saw Gao Bufan, they immediately moved out of the way.

Gao Bufan walked quickly to the dry well and asked in a deep voice: "What's going on?"

A villager immediately said tremblingly: "Everyone was preparing to cook dinner just now. Qiu Sheng found a well here and wanted to get some water. Unexpectedly, he fell down as soon as he looked at the mouth of the well. Uncle Ying and the boy Qijin went to rescue him.

People, but they didn’t come up again, and everyone shouted at the well for a long time but there was no response."

"I have long said that this village is unlucky and you cannot live here. There might be something unclean in this well. Otherwise, Qiu Sheng, a good young man, would fall down at just one glance. Uncle Ying and Qijin fell down.

He didn't say anything after that, and he still hasn't come up yet." Another villager said with fear on his face.

As soon as these words came out, everyone present fell silent and looked at the dry well with a hint of fear, as if there was really an evil ghost hiding in the dark well.

Gao Bufan frowned. He absolutely did not believe in ghosts and gods, but the ancients believed in ghosts. No matter how much he explained, it would be in vain. Moreover, saving people was important at this time. If the prediction is correct, this dry well is probably abandoned.

For too long, dead branches and leaves ferment into poisonous gases such as methane, which can kill people. People must be saved quickly and in time.

"Everyone, stay back. Torches are not allowed to reach the mouth of the well. This is a military order!" Gao Bufan gave an order in a stern voice, and then jumped into the well.

Everyone present couldn't help but exclaimed. Dou Xianniang's pretty face turned pale, and she hurried to the well to investigate, while anxiously saying: "Uncle Han, give me the torch."

Han Laoshi took a step back, shook his head and said, "Master Gao said that torches cannot be extended into the mouth of the well. This is a military order."

Other villagers and government soldiers holding torches also retreated. Gao Bufan had already declared that this was a military order. Naturally, no one dared to disobey it. The five government soldiers who were beheaded for raping a prostitute last time were still fresh in their minds!

Dou Xianniang stamped her feet anxiously, and could only look into the dry well with worried eyes, but this dry well was obviously very deep and pitch black, and she could not see the bottom at all.

After Gao Bufan jumped into the dry well, he immediately held his breath, used his hands and feet, and quickly climbed down to the bottom of the dry well. He dropped about ten meters. When he reached the bottom, Gao Bufan reached out and touched a human body. He quickly ignored it.

Eleven, he picked it up and put it on his shoulders. After groping again, he found two other people, one on the left and one on the right, tucked under his armpits, and then he only used his legs to push up the walls of the well on both sides.

With Gao Bufan's current strength, this was not difficult for him. It only took ten seconds before he led the three of them up to the mouth of the well. Dou Xianniang breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this. Everyone present saw this.

He cheered loudly and almost fell to the ground in admiration.

Gao Bufan jumped out of the well, quickly laid the three people flat on the ground, and then checked for breath. He found that Liu Qiusheng, the young villager who fell into the well first, had run out of breath, and his pulse had stopped beating. He couldn't help but feel a sinking feeling in his heart. Fortunately,

Both Liu Ying and Liu Qijin are still breathing.

Gao Bufan asked people to get cold water and pour it on the heads and faces of Liu Ying and Liu Qijin. After a while, the two gradually woke up. The villager named Liu Qiusheng was hit on the head when he fell into the well, and his left temple was dented.

One piece, he was probably dead on the spot, and there was no need to resuscitate him.

Liu Qijin was the last one to go down the well, and he inhaled the least toxic gas. After waking up and resting for a while, he was able to sit up and talk. He rubbed his head and asked in confusion: "What's going on? Didn't I go down the well?"

?When did you come up?"

Liu Gou'er waved his hand in front of Liu Qijin's eyes and asked curiously: "You fainted at the bottom of the well. It was Master Bufan who went down to rescue you. You don't remember it at all."

Liu Qijin shook his head blankly: "I just remember smelling a stink, it was very unpleasant."

Gao Bufan explained: "Toxic gases will be produced in abandoned wells. Excessive inhalation can poison people to death. Moreover, these toxic gases will explode when exposed to open flames, which can kill people."

Everyone couldn't help but suddenly realized. Liu Qijin patted his chest in fear and said, "Young Master Gao knows so much. Fortunately, Uncle Ying and I tried to rescue people, but we didn't have time to light the torch. Oh, how is Brother Qiu Sheng?"

Liu Gou'er shook his head: "Brother Qiu Sheng is hopeless!"

Liu Qijin's eyes fell on Liu Qiusheng's body, and his expression dimmed instantly.

During this period of time, everyone has experienced too much life and death. To put it lightly, they are indifferent to life and death, and to put it harshly, they are numb. Regarding the death of Liu Qiusheng, even the villagers in the same village only felt sad for a moment, and then prepared to take the body

Removed and buried.

Just as the villagers were preparing to carry away Liu Qiusheng's body, Gao Bufan's eyes couldn't help but fall on the body's clothes, which were stained with a thick black liquid, and the air seemed to be filled with the smell of engine oil.

Gao Bufan couldn't help but feel a move in his heart and said quickly: "Wait a minute!"

The two villagers carrying the corpse subconsciously stopped and looked at Gao Bufan in confusion.
Chapter completed!