Fu Shijian frowned and shook his head, saying, "Impossible. The traces on the lake bottom clearly show that there are heavy objects piled on the bottom of the lake. And there are more than one, at least dozens. The number just matches what you tracked, but I don't know who salvaged all the boxes before us."
"But we didn't see anyone fishing out the box. Besides, this lake only has this stone cave as a passage, and there are cliffs all around. It's impossible for anyone to carry the box away from the cliff. Moreover, we have checked, and there is no mark of the box on the ground of the stone cave. Sir, who took the box in the water?" Bai Li frowned tightly, thinking hard.
He was racking his brains, but he couldn't understand how the box in the water disappeared out of thin air!
Bai Li seemed to have thought of something, his eyes opened wide, as if he had suddenly realized something, "Oh~~, sir, I understand!" He drew out the words.
Fu Shijian glanced at him and asked, "What do you know?"
"Sir, the box in the lake must have been taken away by that strange woman just now! We haven't seen anyone else except her along the way. Moreover, she is still in the water, so she is the biggest suspect!"
Fu Shijian looked at Bai Li leisurely, "Oh? Then tell me, how did that thin woman manage to take away dozens of large wooden boxes that were heavier than herself when she was alone?"
"She, she, she..." Bai Li spent a long time trying to answer his young master's question, but failed.
"Huh? How did she take the box away? Tell me!" Fu Shi looked at him with a forced smile.
The invisible knife was already at his neck, and Bai Li was under tremendous pressure.
He closed his eyes, opened his mouth, and made up a random excuse. "She must have the ability to fly. After diving to the bottom of the lake, she waved here and there, and the boxes were all taken away by her in a flash."
Bai Li also demonstrated it with his hands.
"Puchi~~" Some brothers behind him couldn't help but burst out laughing.
Bai Li's face turned green. He turned around and glared at them fiercely.
For the sake of being brothers, the men in black restrained their laughter.
Bai Li turned his head and looked at the ground with his eyes downcast, not daring to look up at his master.
Bai Li regretted it. He shouldn't have said such nonsense. If the young master got angry with him and beat him up, it wouldn't matter. But if he was thrown back to the fiefdom without taking him out, he would really cry to death.
He slapped himself lightly on the mouth a few times.
Bai Li cursed himself in his heart: I told you not to talk too much, I told you not to talk nonsense, I told you not to talk nonsense!
Although Fu Shijian felt that what Bai Li said was a far-fetched explanation, he could not think of any other reason that could make the large wooden box in the water disappear out of thin air.
He glanced at his men who were shivering with cold and said calmly, "Okay, that's enough for today. Let's go back first."
"Yes, sir!" the men in black said loudly.
Bai Li couldn't believe it. Hey, the young master didn't punish him?
He raised his eyes and looked at Fu Shijian, his eyes full of surprise.
Fu Shijian glanced at him and said, "What? Are you still reluctant to go back? If you are reluctant to go back, then go back to the lake and swim a few more laps." As he said that, he threw the oxygen tank in his hand to Bai Li, who hurriedly caught it.
"Let's go back. I have to go back. I'm so cold. A-choo~~" Bai Li said. He couldn't help sneezing and stomped his feet on the ground to keep warm.
Fu Shijian glanced at him and said, "Humph, what a promising future!"
After saying that, Fu Shijian took the lead and walked out of the cave.
As soon as the young master left, the brothers came forward to tease Bai Li.
"Xiao Bai, you can come up with such a ridiculous excuse just now. Fortunately, the master let you go this time, otherwise you would have to pack up your little bag and go back to Youzhou."
"Hahaha, with a wave of the hand, the box was taken away. It's amazing that you could come up with such a plan. If you didn't know, you would think that woman was a fairy."
"That's right, hahahaha, Xiaobai, you went a little too far this time."
"Xiaobai, you are worthy of it! Hahaha~~"
......
Bai Li glared at them and snorted coldly, "Humph, maybe that's the case!"
After saying this, he shook off the group of criminals and trotted to catch up with his own son.
"Hey, Xiaobai, why are you still angry? Why are you running so fast? Wait for us!"
Bai Li turned around and said loudly, "Young Master said, whoever comes back last will go back home!"
As soon as the voice fell, the black-clothed people who were smiling and acting so unruly just now became serious, used their Qinggong skills, and rushed forward silently.
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Si time, which is around ten o'clock in the morning.
At this time, the exile team was passing through a forest. The tall mountain not far from the forest was Fufeng Mountain.
At the beginning, everything went smoothly. No strange people appeared, and no strange things happened.
Madam Feng felt relieved, and so did Feng Jiuli. He looked at Feng Jiuyan, grinning with a cheerful expression. He leaned close to Feng Jiuyan's ear, covered his mouth and laughed, "Sister, that's great. I think the bandits won't come here today. Hehehe~~"
As soon as he finished speaking, suddenly, the exile team stopped.
There was a constant noise outside the donkey cart. Feng Jiuli's face fell. It was still too early for him to speak.
Feng Jiuyan was not surprised at all, as she had long expected that the bandits would target them.
She opened the door of the carriage and walked to the shaft. Feng Jiuli and Huahua wanted to follow her out, but Feng Jiuyan forced them to stay in the carriage.
"Sister Feng, you're out." Song Ning turned her head and looked at Feng Jiuyan.
When the brother and sister Song Ning and Song Chen saw that the team suddenly stopped, they stood up and looked forward, wanting to know what was happening.
"Aning, what happened in front?" Feng Jiuyan asked.
"I don't know the details, but the road ahead is blocked by several fallen trees, so neither horse-drawn carriages nor donkey-drawn carts can pass."
Just as Song Ning finished speaking, several masked men jumped out from the woods in front of the team, holding machetes in their hands.
The leader raised his sword and shouted fiercely, "I built this road and planted this tree. If you want to pass this road, you have to pay me money!"
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