Chapter 1043

One of the boatmen thought about it and suddenly thought of something. He said excitedly, "I remember. I heard that a landslide happened on the nearby mountain half a month ago, and half of the mountain collapsed. At that time, it was raining heavily and the river rose sharply. It was said that half of the villages there were flooded. Yes, there was a village nearby."

The other boatman looked confused. Later, the boatman explained that he had heard it on the way to kunzhou with another friend. At that time, he only took it as a story and didn't take it seriously, so he remembered it now.

Duanmu Banquet: "go and have a look and ask about the situation."

It happened that they also needed to find a place to stay, so they packed up and went to the village that the boatman said.

The boatman didn't know the exact location, only a vague direction.

However, after a long walk, they saw paddy fields. Some fields proved that there were people living nearby. Just go straight along the road.

Entering the village, Xu Qing sees the paper money scattered on the ground occasionally, which has been trampled dirty. It seems that the village has recently had a funeral.

How did you come across this kind of thing recently?!

Xu Qing grabs Li Changting's arm and walks next to him, so he has a sense of security.

However, the atmosphere in the village is much better than Xu Qing imagined. The villagers have just come back from the field. When they met them, they asked and learned that they had come to stay, but they didn't say they were not welcome.

The head of the village came out to receive him. Duanmu Xiang gave him money and asked him to help arrange some clean rooms.

When the village head took the money, his attitude became very enthusiastic. He had several empty rooms in his family. If he didn't live enough, he would go to his relatives' house. Anyway, the house was enough.

Duanmu Xiang gave a lot of money. The village head's family killed the chickens and ducks and cooked a good meal for everyone.

At the dinner table, we all warmed up in a few words.

"When our boat came to the river in front of your village, a water monster suddenly appeared in the water and broke our boat!" Said the boatman with a lingering fear.

The village head's family was surprised: "what else?"

The boatman asked suspiciously, "there are two boats in front of us that have not sunk for a while. Has no one come here to stay? You didn't see it? "

The village head shook his head: "no, when did it happen? Oh, how could there be water monsters in the river?"

Xu Qing really didn't know what they looked like, not faking.

The village head explained: "there is a stream near our village, so we seldom go to the river. In the past, some children went to the river to play and drowned accidentally. Later, we went even less. We usually work in this area, and there is nothing to go back to the river."

Xu Qing: "I heard that you found a landslide some time ago, didn't you?"

The village head nodded: "yes, there was a very heavy rain that day. The soil and rocks on the mountain were washed down, and half of the mountain collapsed. Fortunately, we didn't live in that mountain. The terrain here was a little higher, but it also flooded my leg, which scared us..."

Xu Qing: "are you all right?"

The village head sighed: "most people are OK, but After the heavy rain stopped, I went door-to-door to check. I heard that when the mountain collapsed, some people went out to see the situation. As a result, several people didn't come back. They didn't know whether they were submerged by mud and stone or washed away by water. They didn't even find their bones. Alas

The village head's daughter-in-law glanced at him. The village head immediately began to smile again and said, "if you don't talk about these, there is no way to deal with natural and man-made disasters. Let's eat."

Li Changting and Duanmu Xiang looked at each other, Duanmu Xiang said with a smile: "village head, our boat sank and we can't go back for a while. Do you mind if we stay here for a few more days? I'll ask my brother to go to the town ahead tomorrow and see if there's a carriage to rent

The village head said with a smile, "of course I don't mind. I'll stay here for a few more days."

Duanmu ring: "it's just the water monster in the river What if any more passing ships suffer? "

Village head zhengse: "also."

Duanmu ring: "otherwise, early tomorrow, let my brother and two villagers go to the river to stare, saving one life is better than building a seven level floating butcher, and we can't watch others killed by the water monster."

Village head: "yes, that's the reason."

After dinner, everyone went back to their rooms to have a rest.

In the room, Duanmu rang: "I suspect that the water monster is from this mountain, otherwise how so coincidentally, after a landslide here, the river will be a water monster harmful to people."

Xu Qing: "I also suspect that there must be a place where the water monster used to hide on the mountain. It's better to go to confirm it. Let's divide our troops into several routes tomorrow. Qin Tianye will take the villagers to the river to stare at them. There's no need to rent the carriage first. Let's go to the nearby town to report to an official. Let's go to the mountain to have a look. When the officials come, we'll see how to deal with the water monster."

Duanmu ring: "OK."

They don't have the tools to catch and control water monsters, so they have to rely on the power of the Yamen.

The next day, a group of villagers ran to the river to have a look, and they saw a lot of wrecks. How powerful it must be to smash a large ship like this? It's terrible!So some of the villagers stayed up and down the river, and some went to report to the officials.

Xu Qing, Li Changting, duanmuxiang and duanmuyan also set out for the mountain.

There's no way to walk on that side of the landslide. You can only go up the mountain from the side. There's a lot of fighting on this side.

Without outsiders, Xu Qing went into the space and waited until three men reached the top of the mountain to pick her up.

Seeing that the top of the mountain is a small Tianchi Lake, Xu Qingxin knew it clearly.

This lake is not big, and after half of the mountain collapsed, the lake also collapsed a hole.

Xu Qing can imagine the scene at that time, when the lake collapsed, a lot of water poured down the mountain, leaving only this little Wang here.

The lake is relatively clear, and there is not much water left, about one meter deep. You can clearly see that there are some small fish in the lake, but there is nothing else.

At that time, the water monster may have flowed down the lake to the foot of the mountain, converged into the stream at the foot of the mountain, and finally disappeared into the river, which led to today's shipwreck.

This guess makes perfect sense according to the terrain here.

Now look at the source head to make sure there are no other water monsters here, and feel at ease.

When Xu Qing entered the space, several people went down the mountain again, and then went to the river side together. At this time, the Constable of Yamen also came. Seeing the debris in the river, they were all surprised.

This is a serious matter. Several captains didn't know what to do. At last, they went back to ask for instructions. The county magistrate came to see it in person.

Apart from other things, the water monster must be salvaged, otherwise the river will not be able to pass people in the future, but now they don't know where the water monster is, and what's more, they don't know how to deal with it.