When the sun sank completely below the horizon, darkness began to rule the land, the flood showed no sign of receding, and the hill remained an island.

At this moment, two bonfires were lit on the isolated island, and one of the bonfires was cooking venison soup in clay pots, Li Shizhen found some unknown weeds and threw them into the clay pots to cook together, saying that this would make the broth more umami and help to eliminate food. Another bonfire is used to roast venison, Xue Bingxin is in charge of roasting, and her movements are very skillful, it seems that she often roasts meat, after all, it is from the northern border town, and the eating habits are estimated to be influenced by the Hu people.

Xue Bingxin was wearing the costume of a brocade guard, with a ponytail, and suddenly looked at a handsome lieutenant in brocade, she slowly turned the stick with a large piece of venison, so that the meat was cooked more evenly, and it was not baked.

By this time, the venison had been roasted to a golden brown and bubbling with oil, and the smell spread across the island, and the tiger watched from afar, drooling all over the ground, but the roaring bonfire deterred it.

Xue Bingxin glanced at Xu Jin, who was weaving a rope with thatch, and couldn't help muttering secretly in her heart, she really couldn't figure out that a man, who was still a scholar, would use thatch to weave a rope, and even she wouldn't be able to do this job.

At this time, Xu Jin just raised his head, his eyes met Xue Bingxin, and asked with a smile, "Why does Miss Xue look at me like this?" ”

Xu Jin originally had red lips and white teeth, and was handsome, coupled with a calm and calm temperament, he undoubtedly had great lethality to the girl, and when he laughed at this time, he showed two rows of white and neat teeth, which was even more handsome.

Xue Bingxin's face was slightly hot, and she muttered a little white face, and silently continued to roast her venison. Xu Jin shrugged his shoulders when he saw this, and continued to weave his straw rope seriously.

Xue Bingxin couldn't help but glance at Xu Jin again, and said in her heart, although this guy is a weak scholar, he is really brave, if he hadn't scared the tiger with a torch during the day today, he would have been in danger. Thinking of being suddenly attacked by a tiger while changing clothes, Xue Bingxin still had palpitations, and her face was still a little red, and she subconsciously tightened her clothes.

Xue Bingxin's tightening of her clothes made her touch the jade pendant hanging on her chest, and suddenly a trace of worry arose out of thin air, and she secretly glanced at Xu Jin again, but it was a pity that she couldn't read minds, otherwise she really wanted to spy on Xu Jin's thoughts to see if he had doubts about his identity.

"Miss Xue, the meat is paste!" Xu Jin raised his head and reminded.

"Oh!" Xue Bingxin came back to her senses at this time, and sure enough, she smelled a burnt smell, and hurriedly took out the piece of roast venison from the fire, but part of it had already been burned black.

Li Shizhen couldn't help but stick out his tongue and snickered, this kid just saw Xue Bingxin peeking at Xu Jin from time to time, and he just thought that Lord Xu's handsomeness had "seduced" Miss Xue.

Xue Bingxin's face was slightly feverish, and she was a little annoyed, so she tore off the venison with the burnt part and handed it to Xu Jin: "You eat this!" ”

Xu couldn't help crying and laughing, but he still thanked him and took it, the venison was snatched back from under the tiger's mouth, and it was also roasted by others, so he naturally had the right to distribute it.

Xue Bingxin tore the rest in half and gave half to Li Shizhen, perhaps because she was too reluctant to go, she handed a small piece of her share to Xu Jin, and said lightly: "I can't eat so much, give you some more!" ”

Xu Jin smiled and took it, and said secretly, after all, she is a little girl with a cold face and a warm heart.

Li Shizhen happily nibbled on the roast venison and asked, "My lord, when will this flood reced?" ”

"I can't tell!" Xu Jin shook his head heavily, maybe only when the gap in the upstream Yellow River is blocked, the flood can completely recede, but now that Xiao Huai is alive and dead, and he is trapped here, Huang Jin's goods don't know if they are reliable or not, and the ghost knows when the gap in the Yellow River will be blocked.

Li Shizhen gnawed on the venison with a gloomy expression, probably thinking of his father, and Xue Bingxin was also silent, and her mood was obviously not good. The three of them silently ate the roast venison and broth.

As the night deepened, Xu Jin spread a layer of thatch around the bonfire, and Xiao Lizi, who was already too tired to open his eyes, fell asleep, and it was very rare for a seven-year-old boy to last until now.

"Miss Xue, you can also rest for a while, I will be on duty in the first half of the night, and you will come in the second half of the night." Xu Jin rubbed his dry eyes and said lightly.

Xue Bingxin hesitated for a moment, nodded and said, "Okay!" ”

Xu Jin stood up and glanced at the bushes in the distance, and soon found the pair of tiger eyes reflecting the cold light in the dark, the guy was probably waiting for the opportunity to sneak attack. The tiger's sense of revenge is actually very strong, and it suffered losses under Xu Jin and others during the day, and it wants to take advantage of the night to get the field back.

Xu Jin took the short spear cut out during the day, beat a dozen wedges around the bonfire, and then tied the braided rope to the wedge to form a circle with a radius of about five meters, and then hung various sundries on the rope, so that it could play a certain early warning role. As long as the tiger comes to sneak attack, it will break the rope first, and the debris on the rope will fall and make a noise.

Xue Bingxin didn't sleep, she lay on her side on the thatch, secretly watching Xu Jin's busy back, and her mood was extremely conflicted. There is no doubt that Xue Bingxin can easily kill Xu Jin at this time, and he will not have any trouble on this desert island without knowing it.

However, at this moment, Xue Bingxin couldn't afford to kill at all, although this little white face was a little annoying, but he was a good official, and he saved himself twice, how could Xue Bingxin do it. What's more, there is a six or seven-year-old boy who kills Xu Jin, and he must also kill Li Shizhen, Xue Bingxin really can't do such a crazy thing.

"But Senior Brother Qiu and Senior Brother Liao have their revenge gone? Senior Brother Zhao said that the more good officials in the Ming Dynasty, the more they have to be killed, and Xu Jin also looked at my jade pendant......"

Xue Bingxin was extremely conflicted in her heart, and after being entangled for a while, she fell asleep unconsciously, and slept very deeply, until Xu Jin pushed her in the second half of the night before she woke up.

"Miss Xue, I'll hand it over in the second half of the night!" Xu Jin handed the embroidered spring knife to Xue Bingxin, yawned a long time, and then fell asleep by the campfire.

"Maybe I can secretly kill him now, and then throw the body to the tiger, and tomorrow I will tell Xiao Lizi that Xu Jin was taken away by the tiger in the middle of the night...... No, no, it's cruel. Or throw it into the water, saying that he fell into the water and drowned, but this method seems a bit stupid...... Alas! ”

Xue Bingxin was pondering Master Xu's "way to die", and Xu Jin over there had already made a slight snoring sound, Xue Bingxin couldn't help but be a little deflated, and said in a low voice: "What a pig!" After saying that, he picked up the knife and stood up for the night.

……

It was night, in the county jail of Yuncheng County, the screams of the terrible people were endless, and the air was filled with the smell of burnt skin and flesh, as well as the smell of fishy blood.

The eunuch Huang Jin was sitting on a prince's chair at the moment, drinking wine leisurely, and there was a plate of peanuts and a few plates of fruits on the coffee table.

The county orders of Yuncheng County, Caozhou Zhizhou, and Fan County were all tied to the cross wooden frame at this time, lined up, and Jinyiwei was carrying out all kinds of cruel punishments on them.

Huang Jin patted the confession on the coffee table, and said leisurely: "We advise you to confess obediently, so as not to suffer from skin and flesh again." ”

"Father-in-law Huang, we have all confessed what we should confess, what do you want us to confess?" Yuncheng County ordered the weak and authentic.

Huang Jin sneered: "Really confessed everything? Without the protection of the people above, you small county magistrates dare to steal and sell the grain that is often closed? Is it really an idiot for our family? ”

Since Xu Jin and Xiao Huai left Yuncheng County yesterday afternoon, Huang Gonggong began to torture these arrested magistrates, trying to dig out bigger fish from these people's mouths, but unfortunately the effect made him very dissatisfied. Except for Guo Gang, the governor of Puzhou, who was found out of the account books, the county orders of the other three counties did not admit to colluding with the prefect Song Chi, and took all the blame for the lack of granaries themselves.

Fan County Commander Gou Fang said with a sad face: "Huang Gonggong, Xia Guan is really just a moment of confusion, so he stole and sold Changping grain, and it has nothing to do with Song Governor and Zhang Tongzhi." ”

The Yuncheng County Decree and the Caozhou Governor also echoed the words, claiming that the theft and sale of official grain was just a personal act.

Huang Jin laughed angrily and said: "Okay, then our family should take a look, is it your hard mouth, or Jinyiwei's torture equipment is powerful, continue to torture!" ”

Several brocade guards suddenly smirked and picked up the red-hot soldering iron in the furnace.

Huang Jin was about to admire the green smoke emitted when the soldering iron burned the flesh, when suddenly a brocade guard ran in with a panicked look and whispered a few words in his ear.

"What!" After hearing this, Huang Jin's color changed dramatically, and he stood up suddenly.

Jin Yiwei, who was about to be tortured, subconsciously stopped, and the three prisoners glanced at each other, their faces faintly showing hope and joy.

"Put the prisoner back in jail first!" Huang Jin hurriedly left the cell and hurried back to the county hall after giving an order.

At this time, there was already a person waiting in the lobby, it was Ma Debiao, the inspector of the catfish mouth inspection department.

"Xiaguan Puzhou Catfish Mouth Inspection Division Inspection, Ma Debiao, see Huang Gonggong!" When Ma Debiao saw a young eunuch walking out surrounded by brocade guards, his eyes flashed, and he stepped forward and saluted respectfully.

Huang Jin said with an ugly face: "Ma Inspection, what's going on?" ”

"Huang Gonggong, last night the Puzhou section of the Yellow River lacked embankment, the official immediately sent someone to check and inquire after the report, it is said that last night Lord Qin Cha Xiao happened to inspect the embankment at night, it is estimated that it happened to encounter a flood, and now people have not found it, I'm afraid ...... There is less bad luck! ”

"What about Lord Xu Jinxu?" Huang Jin asked anxiously.

Ma Debiao shook his head and said, "There is no news for the time being!" ”

Huang Jin suddenly panicked, he was just a middle-aged person, and he didn't have the ability to take charge of himself at all, and when he heard that Xiao Huai and Xu Jin might be killed, he suddenly panicked and didn't know what to do.

Yang Baihu, the brocade guard next to him, reminded: "Gonggong Huang, the top priority is to quickly gather people to repair the embankment, and then send people to search for the whereabouts of Lord Xiao and Lord Xu. ”

Huang Jin came back to his senses at this time, nodded violently and said: "Yes, rush to repair the embankment, Yang Baihu, and immediately notify Lin Qingwei to command Shi Zhen to lead his subordinates to Puzhou." Horse patrol, you are responsible for leading the way! ”

"The subordinate obeys!" Ma Debiao agreed loudly, but he secretly sneered in his heart, and when the army rushed to plug the gap in the embankment, it would take five or six days to say the least, and then the corpses of Xiao Xu and the two Qincha would be rotten.

It was a matter of the life and death of Xiao Huai and Xu Jin, Huang Jin did not dare to slack off, immediately packed his bags, and set off to Puzhou overnight with one hundred and fifty brocade guards, leaving only fifty brocade guards to guard the county jail.

……

At this moment, in the county government prison, the prefect Song Chi, who had just gotten a note from the officer, couldn't help but look up to the sky and laugh. With Zhang Wensheng, the commander of Yanzhou Wei, Zhao Fengchun glanced at each other, and their faces were happy.

Song Chi handed the note to Zhang Zhao and the others, and said with a fake sigh: "Lord Qincha Xiao really loves the people like a son, and inspected the embankment overnight. ”

Zhang Wensheng stroked his beard and nodded in agreement: "I am a pillar of great loss." ”

"I hope that Lord Xiao will be auspicious and turn evil into good fortune!" Zhao Fengchun was "heartbroken" and authentic.

After the three of them finished speaking, they looked at each other and laughed, and they were in a very happy mood, now that Xiao Xu and the two of them had gone, the remaining eunuch Huang Jin was much easier to deal with.

……

It didn't rain that night, and the sun jumped out of the horizon early in the morning, shining a thousand rays of light.

Xu Jin was woken up by the roar of the tiger, and he got up with his bones, just in time to see an unforgettable scene, the tiger was rushing towards the side with a wild deer, and the tiger and the deer were as fast as arrows off the string.

Xu Jin and Xue Bingxin's faces changed greatly, seeing that the wild deer in a panic was about to rush to the front, the tiger slammed the wild deer over, and at the same time bit the wild deer's neck, Xu Jin could clearly hear the snapping sound of the broken bones.

Disheveled......

The tiger jumped forward several meters with the wild deer in its mouth, and its four paws ploughed out four shallow pits in the ground, and it was seven or eight meters away from Xu Jin and the others. The tiger glanced at Xu Jin and the others indifferently and contemptuously, and then turned away with the wild deer in his mouth, and let out a low roar of warning in his throat.

Xu Jin subconsciously touched his neck, Li Shizhen's face was even pale, and Xue Bingxin looked calm, but the palms holding the embroidered spring knife were full of cold sweat.

We can't delay any longer, we must kill this tiger as soon as possible, this animal is too dangerous!

At that moment, Xu Jin chose a low-lying place, first asked Xue Bingxin and Li Shizhen to bring water to wet and soak the ground, and then began to dig a pit, and the rusty spring knife became an excavation tool.

Xue Bingxin was also apparently aware of the tiger's great threat, and found a sharpened wooden stick to help dig it.

In this way, Li Shizhen was in charge of guarding, Xu Jin and Xue Bingxin worked together to dig a pit, and in the evening, the two finally dug a large pit nearly two meters deep.

When Xu Jin and Xue Bingxin set up the trap, it was already dark, and they couldn't help but want to laugh when they looked at each other like loaches.