The officers cracked their whips and shouted.

In the last three or four days, the water that everyone brought was finished. Every day when we set up camp, we sent people out to look for water, but none of them were found. Everyone, including the officials, had hoarse throats from thirst.

They walked in the mountains for the past few days, and there were dead grass and dry trees everywhere. They were eager to get water. Soon the large group walked out of the forest and clearly saw a small village lying in the endless plain at the foot of the mountain.

The further we walked down the mountain, the clearer we saw, and the heavier our hearts became.

I couldn't see clearly from the mountain, but now that I'm closer, I can see the endless plains, with withered crops everywhere. It seems that the further north we go, the more severe the drought is, and the disaster is even more serious than what I heard in the capital.

Can they really find water in such a severe drought? [Danger!]

The rabbit suddenly shouted in the space.

【What happened? 】

Being held by Song Jinhe, the drowsy Su Mibao was suddenly awakened.

[I saw a scene where many people were buried in a dark hole. There was also a room full of various medicine jars. In another room, there were many children, and they had medicinal herbs planted on their bodies and drug insects stuffed into their bodies.]

Su Mibao shuddered.

Mujiabao? Will they pass by Mujiabao ahead? "There is a tea stall!"

The sharp-eyed people saw a thatched shed at the fork in the road leading to the village at the foot of the mountain. There was a sign on it that said "Tea ". "Someone is selling tea under the shed!"

Someone shouted in surprise, and everyone's attention was attracted to the tea stall.

The team went down the mountain and headed towards the village. As they got closer, they realized that the village was not big, with only a dozen or so households, all of which were thatched huts with bamboo fences, and were in a dilapidated state.

The village shrouded in the evening light was very quiet.

The tea shed at the entrance of the village seemed even more eye-catching. Under the thatched shed, there were a few simple long wooden benches and a tattered wooden table with many large coarse porcelain bowls on it.

The most eye-catching thing is the six large wooden barrels placed under the shed.

"Sir, would you like to buy some water? It's cheap."

A skinny old man was sitting in the thatched hut, and a young village girl was standing.

As soon as he saw the exile team coming, the old tea seller limped over to meet them and saluted Zhou Fu'an and the other officials who were walking in front of the team. "I am the tea seller from Mujia Village. This water comes from the old well in our village. All the wells within a radius of thirty miles have dried up. Only this old well in our village still has water. I use the leaves from the wild tea trees on the hill behind our village to soak it. It will quench your thirst and relieve your fatigue."

The old tea seller's wrinkled face was full of flattering smiles.

"Sir, there are many of you. I have six large buckets of tea. If you want all of them, I will sell them to you at a low price."

"How much well water do you have in your village? We want it all. Go and call the head of your village to come out. We want water, food, and lodging in the village tonight."

Zhou Fu'an was not a cruel official who bullied the people.

"To be honest, sir, due to the severe drought, the old well in our village still has some water, but it can only produce two buckets of water every day. I waited for three days to get these six buckets of water. Due to the severe drought, the crops were destroyed. The head of the village led the whole village to flee the famine. Only my father and daughter, and a few elderly people who could not walk, stayed in the village to survive."

The old man selling tea said sadly, "If I hadn't been lame and couldn't walk, my little girl wouldn't have been forced to stay with me."

The tea seller looked at Zhou Fuan flatteringly, "Sir, I am really brave. I want you to buy these six buckets of water from me. I don't want money, but I just want you to leave some food for me. It will allow me and my daughter to survive for a few more days."

While the tea seller was talking, the village girl in the shed spread out a large coarse porcelain bowl, picked up the bucket, and poured water into the bowl. The water in the bowl made all the exiled prisoners' eyes green, and they wanted to rush over and drink it.

"This village is weird, it's too quiet. Not only is there no human voice, there's not even the sound of chickens or dogs."

Gu Yueyan whispered to Su Zhenbei.

Know martial arts? Or Qinggong? Su Mibao heard the conversation between his elder brother and his elder sister-in-law, and turned his head to look at the tea seller who was talking to Zhou Fuan.

How can we tell that this old man is a master of Qinggong? [Brother, these two people may be related to Mujiabao. Their tea may be problematic.]

Sumibao thought of the scenes that Rabbit described.

He couldn't help but twist his head and look at the people from Da Liuzhuang again.

She wanted to see where Mu Xiang was. If these two people were really from Mujiabao, Mu Xiang would definitely recognize them.

Behind the exiles were the criminals. The people of Da Liuzhuang were squatting in an open space on the other side of the road, separated from the exile team by a distance as big as a playground.

The people of Da Liu Village were civilians after all, and they did not dare to fight against the officials. In addition, the village chief Liu died. At this time, only a nearly 70-year-old elder was left in charge. These days, they have been keeping a certain safe distance from the two teams of officials, and following them not too far or too close.

When he saw this, Sumibao's little eyes met Muxiang's gaze.

There was excitement and dissatisfaction and contempt in Muxiang's eyes.

Su Mibao was shocked. Sure enough, at least one of these two people was known to Mu Xiang. Otherwise, she wouldn't have shown such excitement.

[Brother, they are from Mujiabao. This village seems to be not far from Mujiabao. There can't be only these two people. People from Mujiabao must be nearby.]

Mujiabao is best at using poison and hidden weapons, as well as medicine boys and puppets.

They couldn't just poison the tea. If they wanted to get rid of the four or five hundred people in one go, in addition to poisoning the tea, they must have put some kind of incense in the air. Or they wanted to wait for the team to enter the village and set up some kind of barrier in the village.

"Since this is all the water we have, we'll take it all. We don't have much food either."

Zhou Fuan hadn't finished speaking yet.

The old man selling tea turned around and called out to the peasant girl in the tea shed, "Acha, put some sugar in it and bring a bucket over for the officials to drink."

“Here I come.”

A clear girl's voice sounded, and the peasant girl picked up the jar on the table, poured some sugar from it, stirred it in the bucket, and walked over with a wooden bucket in one hand and a stack of bowls in the other, twisting her waist.

"Sir, have some sugar tea."

The voice is sweet and crisp, and the smile is as beautiful as a flower.

Wow--

[This girl is so beautiful! Wow, I want to bite her. ]

Su Mibao's eyes suddenly widened.

She had seen many beauties in her past and present lives, but the beauty of the peasant girl in front of her was absolutely top-notch.

Her eyes and eyebrows are as bright as autumn water, her waist is as slender as a willow, her eyes are bright and her teeth are as white as the sun and the moon, and her every frown and smile is captivating.

Why did she feel that this face was familiar? "Eighth brother?"

Song Jinhe, who was holding Su Mibao, widened her eyes and blurted out "eighth brother". Although Song Jinhe realized it as soon as she said it, she immediately lowered her voice. But the several Su family members standing beside her heard it.

More than a dozen pairs of eyes looked at the peasant girl named A-Cha.