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The carriage escorting twenty children slowly drove into the small village.

A-Ting made a conclusion last night: The reason why the bandits chose to rest here for supplies must be because there are people in the village who are in league with them.And the reality immediately proved this point - hearing the sound of horseshoes and wheels, a dozen people ran out of the village immediately, greeted the gangsters, hooked shoulders, and even helped guard the children who got out of the car them.

There is of course a reason for this unusual intimacy and trust.After Feng Zhangjun returned to the court, he ordered people to investigate here, and found that most of the villagers were related to those bandits.Although there are fields and rivers outside the village, and the soil is fertile, many people do not engage in production, and still rely on the dirty copper coins of human trafficking and selling stolen goods for others.

The children, including Ah Tuo and Xiao Hua, behaved very well and obediently in the village.After entering the village, they were arranged to sit in a circle on the grain drying field of a family, and began to drink water and eat the first meal of the day - gruel cooked with rice bran.

In another courtyard separated from the children by a short fence, there were also several children.Judging by the clothes and clothes, it doesn't look like they were trafficked, but they should be the children of local villagers.They were playing and playing, and their family members were chasing and feeding them mouthfuls of rice with broomcorn rice in their hands.

The bandits are still drinking and making trouble with the villagers, but the children who hastily solved the problem of hunger have been forced to work - they carry all kinds of supplies into the car, and carry the gifts brought back by the bandits from Liuquan City go down.As for the supply of drinking water, it was not entrusted to them, because the water source in the village was still some distance away from the grain drying field, and the gangsters did not allow the children to get out of their sight.

After such a busy experience, the convoy stayed in the village for about an hour, and then hurried on the road again.

The children were still crowded in the carriage, and the atmosphere became extremely quiet.Even A-Ting frowned, apparently worried about whether the plan could go ahead as scheduled.

"No problem." Xiaohua said softly, "Don't worry."

Of course, Feng Zhangjun remembered that, to a certain extent, this plan of Ah Tuo was indeed a success.But right now is not reality after all, he felt that it was necessary for him to check the condition of the water sac again.

Squatting on the roof of the car, he immediately got up, quickly jumped over the roofs of several carriages, and came to the end of the convoy—the two carriages storing supplies and water bags were arranged at the end of the line.

Before getting into the carriage, he carefully observed the ground where the carriage passed. The road dried by the afternoon sun was covered with a layer of gray-white sand, but there was no water stain on it.

It does look like something is wrong.

Feng Zhangjun immediately turned over and went into the compartment to check. The big water bag was indeed in good condition, and it was leak-proof.

Sure enough, whatever A-Ting is worried about, anything will happen.

Feng Zhangjun immediately set about destroying the water bag, and by the way, put the dead mouse that Ah Zing had left in the corner into the water bag.After arranging everything, he stayed aside to make sure nothing would go wrong.

Soon, the water level in the water bag dropped to near the leak point.It happened that a gangster drank up the drinking water he carried with him and came to ask for supplies, and he immediately discovered the situation.

The horse team did not stop because of the water leak, only a few bandits gathered towards the waterwheel.The dead mouse floating in the water bag really came in handy, and no one suspected that it was on the children.

It will take about three or four hours to reach the scheduled destination for tonight from here, but the weather is hot in the afternoon, and almost everyone's water bladders are half empty, urgently needing to be replenished.

Apparently aware of the situation here, Ah-Ting and Xiaohua also began to knock on the wall of the car, begging for more drinking water for the children to relieve the symptoms of heat stroke.

There was no other way, after a short discussion, the bandit leader decided to stop temporarily at the next place with water source.

At this moment, Ah-Ting's plan is only one step away from success.

After advancing for about half an hour, a farmer driving a cart appeared on the long forest road.The gangster at the head pretended to be running a business, and asked the other party if there was any water source nearby.The other party also replied straightforwardly, about half a mile further, there is a pavilion on the side of the hill, and there is a mountain spring in the pavilion, nearby farmers, inns and caravans will come to fetch water, it is very safe.

This is good news for gangsters and children.

"I heard him mention farmhouses, inns, and caravans." Ah Ting lowered his voice, but couldn't hide his excitement, "The traffic here should be very convenient, as long as you can escape, you should be able to go to the state capital soon Report to the official. I told you before that these people want to sell us to Chizhou Port. On the way, they will pass through Qingzhou, Shunzhou, and the border between Dayan and Nanzhao. Do you remember?"

"Remember." Xiaohua nodded again and again, "Don't worry, even if I go to heaven and earth, I can find you. Then I will pick you up to live a good life together."

"Yeah!" A-Ting was convinced of this, "Then after the carriage slows down, we will follow the plan."

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The half hour in the carriage seems to pass faster than other places.In a blink of an eye, the sound of horseshoes slowed down, and someone could still be heard shouting, "Water!"

"get ready."

Ah Zing patted Xiao Hua on the shoulder, and exchanged a serious look with him.Then lifted the wooden boards at the bottom of the carriage.

Xiaohua nodded, and immediately got out of the narrow hole, hanging under the carriage.

At this moment, the convoy hadn't stopped completely, and bandits were guarding the children's carriage in front and behind.Even if Xiaohua can climb out from under the car, he will be discovered soon.

However, Ah-Ting also thought of countermeasures.

In the blink of an eye, the gazebo with the mountain spring inside was approaching, and the queued horses and chariots stopped one by one under the shade of the big trees beside the road.Xiaohua, who was hanging upside down under the car, held his breath, watching the movement of the horse's legs on the ground, front, back, left, and right.

And above his head, the earth-shattering cries of his little friends suddenly came from the carriage.

The gangster who was following the car heard the movement first, stepped forward, and shouted angrily, "What are you doing? You screaming like ghosts, do you want to die?!"

It seemed to be Ah Qing's voice, crying vaguely: "Dead... dead..."

The gangster immediately asked: "What died? Who died?!"

There were a few more cries, and they answered him in high and low voices: "Many, many people are dead, motionless, it's so hot, we can't breathe, help!!"

After all, these children are commodities, and if they die or get sick, it will be a big deal to lose money; what's more, some children did show signs of heatstroke this morning. Opened the carriage door.

As soon as the car door was opened, more than 20 children were crowded at the door.As soon as they saw the light, they immediately shouted "It's hot!", "Help me!", and then rushed outside, knocking the gangster who opened the door to the ground!

Seeing that the situation was not good, the bandits around immediately stepped forward to maintain order.For a while, no one continued to monitor the movement of the entire carriage.

Seeing that the time was right, Xiaohua, who was hiding under the carriage, rolled neatly, escaped from the bottom of the carriage, and rolled into the grass beside the road.

It's just a coincidence - only two or three steps away from the grass where Xiaohua is hiding, there is a big pond.The water in the pool is so clear that it seems to flow from the mountain spring in the pavilion.

Worried that the gangsters would find her when they fetched water, Xiaohua began to move a little bit farther away, hoping to leave this dangerous area before the gangsters noticed.

However, Feng Zhangjun who was standing beside him shook his head slowly.

It's not that easy.

The rioting children were quickly controlled by the bandits.I saw that all their faces were flushed, their lips were white, and their bodies were sweaty as if they had just been fished out of the water, which indeed looked like signs of heat stroke.The gangsters were worried that there would be accidents if they were punished immediately, so they first dragged them to the edge of the pond - which was very close to Xiaohua.

Of course A-Ting was also caught.Although there was no evidence, those gangsters almost insisted that he was the mastermind of this riot.They pulled him by the hair, dragged him to the edge of the pond, and pushed him into the cold water.

At this moment, A-Ting found Xiao Hua hiding not far away.

Although there was only such a short glance, Ah Ding's expression obviously twitched.Fortunately, at this time, he was constantly being pressed towards the water surface, and no one paid attention to his gaze.

What's worse is that right behind A-Zing, some gangsters have loudly counted the number of children.It doesn't take long before they find out that the new kid who can fetch a premium is missing.Then this painstaking and "deliberate" escape plan will fail completely.

Suddenly, Ah Zing struggled violently.It was as if a power that could rival adults suddenly erupted from his weak body.He broke free from the gangster who was holding him down, and pushed the other person back to stagger, while shouting loudly to attract everyone's attention.

The sound of counting the number of children was interrupted, but the final victory did not belong to Ah Ding—although the brief resistance made him the focus of the poolside, the corresponding punishment soon followed.

I don't know who kicked it fast and hard, but the thin and thin A-snake was kicked and flew out, and fell into the pond with a plop!

The children, including Ah Qing, let out high and low exclamations at the same time.Under their concerned gaze, A-Zing was struggling in the water in a panic.

He doesn't know how to swim, and the instinctive struggle won't help. It won't take long for him to be exhausted, and then sink to the bottom of the pool forever.

There were several gangsters standing by the pond, but they just stood by and watched, and no one was ready to help.What's more, they actually sneered triumphantly, saying that the dead boy had killed their brothers and caused troubles all day long, if he had killed them earlier, maybe he would have saved a lot of trouble.

In addition, some people also chimed in, saying that even if you are dead, there is a way to die. Now that you have swallowed your breath, I will give my brothers extra meals tonight. Even if you are so thin that only a handful of bones are left, you can still serve it with radish A pot of soup.

The gossip in my ears is disgusting, and the struggling Ah Ding in front of me is even more heart-wrenching.Mr. Fengzhang has come to the pool, but he didn't lend a helping hand to Ah Ding - because so far, the development of the situation is exactly the same as the reality.

In the reality of the year, he gave up his escape plan and threw himself into the water instead to rescue Ah-Ting.So presumably the current Xiaohua should also make the same choice.

So Feng Zhangjun convinced himself and began to wait patiently.

Soon, he saw Xiaohua groping around in the grass, but instead of running towards the pond, he ran away in the opposite direction without looking back!

No, Ah-Ting's nightmare has begun again!

Fengzhangjun soon realized the seriousness of the problem—if Xiaohua left here, Ajie would surely drown in the pond, and the maze would return to the original point again.However, if he saves Ah-Ting by himself and breaks the rules of the dream, the maze will also restart.

The only way is to let Xiaohua in the dream make the exact same choice as before.

And how to achieve this?