Ye Bai handed over the trivial matters in Changsha to Shunzi and provided a batch of start-up funds for him to recruit people.

In the evening, Ye Bai left the two little blacks behind and came to Bai's house alone. He didn't leave until dawn the next day.

One night, Ye Bai really didn't do anything too extreme. In the second half of the night, he wore his pants and hugged Bai Zhixi and slept for half the night. He didn't dare to go too far.

When leaving, Ye Bai left a color photo of the two of them to Bai Zhixi as a thought.

It will probably be a few months before Longling and his party come back.

After taking Qi Xiaohei back to Yongshun, Ye Bai also met his legendary sister-in-law.

Qin Shuyun has a good appearance and is only two or three years older than Ye Bai.

She has the style of a lady, has decent etiquette, and speaks in a controlled manner. It is obvious that she is a good woman who manages the household.

I think it is also the result of Mr. Chen's careful selection.

Chen Family Hall.

"Uncle, drink tea here and wait for a while. My husband will be back soon." After chatting for a while, Qin Shuyun gave a bow and left slowly.

"Sister-in-law, you can do what you want." Ye Bai returned the gesture and sat down to drink tea.

Ye Bai felt a little uncomfortable learning the ancient people's way of speaking and etiquette.

After waiting for a long time, I saw Chen Yulou arriving late.

Chen Yulou found a chair and sat down, drank tea, sighed, glanced at Ye Bai, and remained silent again.

Ye Bai didn't know what to say.

After a long while, Chen Yulou asked: "What do you think of your sister-in-law?"

Ye Bai also guessed Chen Yulou's thoughts. He was probably forced into marriage and he has not yet recovered from the previous state.

I still have some complaints about Qin Shuyun.

Ye Bai added a glass of water for himself and said honestly: "It's the first time we met, so I can't tell much about her, but I want a good wife who can run the house."

Chen Yulou drank all the water in the cup with a sad look on his face: "Tell me, kid, you don't understand either. Some things will become clear to you when you get married."

Ye Bai shook his head and didn't bother to say anything else. Everyone's experience is different, so it's hard to empathize with him.

Chen Yulou asked Ye Bai about his situation in the past few months before driving Ye Bai away.

"Brother can no longer explore Li Chunfeng's tomb with you. I have already arranged the equipment you need to bring. You can also use the brothers from Xiling as you wish. Please help me bring Hong Gu and the others back."

After coming out of Chen's house, Ye Bai couldn't help but sigh. His eldest brother seemed to have fallen into despair after getting married and lost his original ambition.

Mr. Chen probably didn't expect that forced marriage would have such a big impact on Chen Yulou.

This is good, at least you can live a stable life, and you won't be blind and spend the rest of your life relying on deception.

Ye Bai returned to Chenjiapu and selected a dozen or so familiar experts from the brothers in Xiling. He also pulled two large carriages of equipment from the warehouse, took Qi Xiaohei with him, and the group headed towards Gulan County.

Set off.

It seems that the weather is not following people's wishes. During the past half month of traveling, it has been pouring rain for several days and the road is muddy, making it difficult for everyone to move forward faster.

Moreover, the musket ammunition everyone brought was also very wet and could no longer be used.

"Leave all the muskets behind and bury them, and come back to get them later. Let's take the water route!" Seeing that the heavy rain would still last a month or two, Ye Bai immediately made a new decision.

There was no news from Hong Gu and the others so far, so Ye Bai knew that he could not waste any more time.

Although heavy rain will cause water levels to rise and waterways to be much more dangerous than before, Ye Bai doesn't have to worry about it in order to save time.

Before he reached the river bank, he heard the thunderous sound of water. When he arrived in front of the Yellow River, Ye Bai realized that the water level of the Yellow River had skyrocketed, the waves were turbid, and the water was like yellow mud, rolling and flowing eastward.

At this time, even if there is a ferry, it will be flooded already.

Dark clouds rolled up in the sky, and a strong wind blew under the drizzle.

Everyone came in a hurry, wore thin clothes, and had been rained for several days. Except for Ye Bai and Qi Xiaohei, everyone else was pale and shivering.

At this time, a brother from Xiling said that there was a village nearby, and Ye Bai quickly led everyone towards the village.

In a vacant house in the village, everyone made a fire to keep warm, rested, and drank strong wine to cool down.

Ye Bai also asked the old people in the village where there was a ship that could go upstream.

The old man replied: "The family at the end of the village does have a small steamboat, but I'm afraid he won't agree to let him go out on the river in this weather."

Ye Bai agreed, as long as there is a boat, it will be easy.

Early the next morning, the rain stopped a little, and the flow of the Yellow River was not as fast as yesterday. Under Ye Bai's temptation of a large sum of money, the boatman finally agreed to go out of the river.

It's just that the ship is too small, and with the necessary equipment, it can only accommodate seven or eight people.

Ye Bai had no choice but to break up the group, and some of them returned to Xiling. He took the rest and continued on.

More than a dozen brothers in Xiling also knew that their trip was not just to go to the tomb, but also to find out information about the leader of Honggu and the second master of Partridge Shao.

They all expressed their intention to follow Ye Bai.

Ye Bai comforted everyone and said: "I also understand the feelings of the brothers, but the journey is far away, and the dangers in the tomb are not much worse than Pingshan and Heishui City. Now we have to go up the Yellow River again, and there are boats capsized on the way.

Possibility of overturning.”

"Brothers, if you want to move forward with me, you must first have good sex, and secondly, be unmarried."

Ye Bai set the conditions, and in this screening, only four people out of a dozen people met the conditions.

Ye Bai drove away the remaining ten people, plus Qi Xiaohei, a total of six people took the boat and sailed towards Gulan County.

In the first few days, there were still strong winds and heavy rain. As a last resort, Ye Bai had to let the boatman rest for a day on the way and wait for the waves to calm down before setting off.

A few days later, Ye Bai and his party finally arrived at Gulan County after many hardships!

...

In a maze of caves near Gulan County, Honggu Hualing, an old foreigner, leaned against each other with pale lips.

"Sister-in-law, it seems like it's raining again?" Hua Ling woke up from her sleep when she heard the sound of dripping water.

Hong Gu opened her confused eyes, crawled to the dripping place, and filled the bottle with water.

They were trapped in the maze for more than ten days, wandering around but could not find a way out.

The food was eaten a week ago, and now it can only survive by relying on the rainwater that seeps in.

Seeing that Hua Ling and the old foreigner were taking in more air than out, Hong Gu blamed herself: "It's all my sister-in-law's fault. If my sister-in-law hadn't insisted on coming to find your senior brother, we wouldn't be trapped here."

After hearing this, Hua Ling wanted to raise her head to speak, but found that she had no strength at all, and her tears stayed behind. She whispered softly: "It's all Hua Ling's fault. She lost her foot and slipped into this hole, and that's why she got hurt."

Yours."

The old foreigner next to him said nothing. In the first few days, he left all the food to Hua Ling and Hong Gu. He ate the least, and now he was so hungry that he fainted.

I don't know how long it took, but Honggu was awakened by the sound of snakes chirping and saw a thin green snake dangling in front of her.

Hong Gu was overjoyed. With the snake's meat and blood, the three of them should be able to survive for another day or two.

Just when he was about to take action, he saw the little snake got into the hole and disappeared.
Chapter completed!