Everyone was lying in ambush on the mountain, watching the second family's boat slowly rowing towards their mountain. They could also hear clearly what the people on the boat were saying.
"Brother, the people from the Wu'an Marquis Mansion these people are talking about should be on the mountain ahead. This is already the last mountain. I don't believe they can escape Yanning Mansion by crossing this muddy land."
Little Brother No. 2 said, "That's right. Now that it has come to this, where else can they hide?"
The man called Big Brother was laughing heartily at the front of the raft. "Hahahaha, that's right! If these people aren't lying, then today is our day to make a fortune. The flood is about to recede, and if we don't seize the moment, we don't know when we'll get rich next time."
Yun Ruoxi heard it clearly on the mountain. These people were actually making a fortune from the national disaster. And looking at the bags on their other rafts, they were thrown together in a mess and were bulging. It was probably filled with the money they had robbed during this period.
Watching the raft coming towards them, Xiao Jingrui stood in the open space halfway up the mountain. This was the place where they had climbed the mountain when they came.
At that time, apart from the thickness of the silt, the water depth was no more than calves.
But when people stand in it, the mud is as high as 1 meter, and people will still sink into it and be wrapped in the mud.
Now this open space halfway up the mountain is no longer the location to go up the mountain, and the water level has obviously dropped a lot.
As the weather gets hotter, the water level naturally drops faster and faster.
Now, when the rafts of the villagers from Dashan Village arrived, there was basically only silt left here, with only a thin layer of water on top.
Yun Ruoxi was very glad that there was only mud on the water surface, which did not affect the speed of the raft.
The raft is now 3 meters away from the mountain. It would not be difficult for someone with martial arts skills to fly over.
If ordinary people want to come to this mountain, they will be trapped by the mud.
Xiao Jingrui stood in an open space halfway up the mountain, holding a bow and arrow in his hand, aiming directly at the elder brother who had just spoken.
"Stop, or don't blame me for being blind with the bow and arrow in my hand."
As soon as the eldest brother raised his hand, everyone stopped.
Although there was mud blocking the way, we kept moving forward by paddling. Although the speed was a little slow, we could still move forward.
Now when they saw Xiao Jingrui appear, the eyes of those who were called Big Brother lit up.
Because looking at Xiao Jingrui's gestures and the way he dressed, he didn't look like a country bumpkin at all. Instead, he did have some of the temperament of a noble young man from the capital.
"Since you know I'm coming, why don't you quickly take out the valuables on you? Don't think I'll be afraid of you just because you have a bow and arrow in your hand."
Xiao Jingrui sneered, "You are on the raft, your movements are restricted. We are on the mountain, so we have no worries. But if you fall into the mud, it will be difficult to survive."
The man called Big Brother's face changed. "So what if it's on a raft? It's just a small raft. How can I get trapped here?"
As he spoke, the eldest brother suddenly flew up and headed straight for the platform halfway up the mountain.
This was exactly the effect Xiao Jingrui wanted. He shot the arrow in his hand directly at his elder brother who was flying in the air.
This big brother was no good, and when he saw the arrow coming towards him, he somersaulted in the air and narrowly avoided it.
Xiao Jingrui missed the shot, and Xiao Jingxuan was ready with a pistol.
The person called Big Brother can dodge Xiao Jingrui's bow and arrow, but may not be able to dodge Xiao Jingxuan's pistol.
Big brother was shot down in the end. He didn't even have the qualification to reach the open space halfway up the mountain and fell directly into the mud.
Because the bullet hit my brother's heart directly and he died on the spot.
So when the eldest brother fell into the mud, he didn't struggle at all and fell into the quagmire in front of everyone's eyes.
The people from the second house saw that it was Xiao Jingrui and Xiao Jingxuan, and hurriedly shouted: “Jingrui, Jingxuan, I am the second uncle, save me!”
Xiao Jingrui: "What second uncle? My father is an only child, where does the second uncle come from?"
The bandits on the raft looked at each other in bewilderment as they saw their big brother being shot down. No one dared to move forward.
It turned out that the people from the second house had finally found Baizuo Dashan by rowing a boat following the footsteps of Dashan Village.
Because they had not stepped on the ground for a long time, when they found the first mountain, they decided to settle down there.
Moreover, there seemed to be very few people on this mountain, unlike the mountains behind it, where you could see dense crowds of people before you even got close.
But they didn't think about why the first mountain was the closest, but had the least people on it.
The villagers of Dashan Village didn’t think too much about it. They finally saw the hundreds of mountains and thought that even if there were people on the mountains, they were just refugees from the surrounding areas.
Moreover, there are quite a few villagers in their Dashan Village, so it is definitely a good idea for them to gather together and keep each other warm.
When we first went up the mountain, we really didn't encounter any danger.
But an accident happened that night. The people on the mountain tied up all their fates and asked them to hand over their valuables.
But all the valuable things on them had been wiped out by the other party, so where could they find anything more valuable?
All the people on this mountain were bandits from the surrounding hills.
The bandits originally lived in high places. This time, when Yongzhou was flooded, Dan Fei actually took advantage of the geographical advantage and his village was not submerged by the flood at all.
Not only is it intact, but even the dam prevented the flood from coming over.
So all the bandits in Langya Mountain survived.
Unlike the nine brothers that the eldest branch of the Xiao family had encountered before, these nine brothers, even if they wanted to extort money from people, only did so by touching corpses.
Or they might rob refugees they encounter, and only steal their money without killing them.
But the bandits in Langya Mountain are different. Even when there is no disaster, they will rob passing caravans.
Now, anyone who wants to escape to Baizhe Mountain will be under the control of the Langya Mountain bandits.
The people in the following mountains are all civilians who are controlled by the Langya Mountain bandits.
When Yun Ruoxi, Mu Ruxue and their companions' wooden boat passed by, they were already targeted by the bandits from Langya Mountain.
It was originally thought that they would choose a nearby mountain to rest, but they ended up going to the hill at the back with the most silt.
In Langya Mountain, the bandits gathered together and planned how to rob the last hill?
At this critical juncture, people from the second branch of the Xiao family happened to run into them.
Originally, the people of Langya Mountain did not connect the people of the last mountain with the people of the second branch of the Xiao family.
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