The person outside the carriage was frightened by Cheng Muyou's actions and rushed over, "Sir, what's wrong? Is something wrong?"

Cheng Muyou then saw clearly that the person was Jiang Xixi, so he breathed a sigh of relief. When he looked at Xun'er, he found that the collar around his neck was still moving. The golden kilin was looking at him with his mouth open, looking stupid. However, when he thought of the scene just now, he was still scared, so he asked Jiang Xixi, "You go explore the way, what did you find?"

Seeing that both of them were safe, Jiang Xixi said with confidence, "Sir, no wonder we can't see the smoke from cooking. It turned out that the village was hidden in the valley behind this forest. The woods were dense, and everything that could be blocked was blocked. In addition, the valley was very deep. If I hadn't visited myself, I wouldn't have found this Jingmen Village."

When Cheng Muyou heard that the village was right in front of him, he felt much more relieved. However, what happened just now was too strange, so he didn't want to stay here for a long time. So he got out of the carriage with Xun'er and said to Jiang Xixi, "The carriage cannot pass through the woods. Why not leave the carriage here for the time being and we will lead the horse over."

Jiang Xixi said yes, took off the rope and led the horse to follow Cheng Muyou into the forest.

There is no road in the forest, and there are trees everywhere. The ancient trees are towering in the sky, covering the sun and growing very densely. No matter where you look, you will see the same scene. The moon has risen at this time, but just as soon as it climbs into the air, it is covered by a sudden black cloud, and only a layer of vague dark halo emerges from behind the thick clouds. The faint moonlight shines between the dense forest from a high place, which is better than nothing.

The coolness of early autumn can be clearly felt in the wind, and when it touches the skin, it will cause a small layer of goose bumps. Jiang Xixi rubbed his arms and stroked Muyou and shouted, "Sir, let's go faster. The weather is cold, and I'm afraid Xun'er can't stand it."

Cheng Muyou was about to speak, but couldn't help sneezing. When Jiang Xixi heard it, she couldn't help laughing, "Sir, the cloak is very big, don't just visit Xun'er, the two of them will be warmer together."

Before he finished speaking, the horse next to him suddenly made a neigh, his body tilted suddenly, and he leaned towards the side.

Jiang Xixi was startled and didn't know what happened. She hurriedly ran to the horse and grabbed its bridle. However, just after running out a few steps, she noticed something was wrong. The land under her feet was soft and sticky. She stepped on it and it was easy to step down. When she lifted it up, the soles of her feet were like big rocks tied with a thousand gold. She used all her strength to raise it, so when she came to the horse, she had already fallen to the ground and couldn't move. However, even so, her body was still slightly sunken. Without much time, her elbows and calves were all buried under the mud.

"Xixi, don't struggle, don't move." Cheng Muyou's panic voice came from behind, "You fall into the swamp, the more you move, the faster you sink."

Only then did Jiang Xixi realize why he and his horse would suddenly fall into the mud. It turned out that there was a huge swamp in the forest, but the trunks were blocked just now, and none of them saw it, so they were trapped in it when they were unprepared.

The horse beside him screamed even more violently. It struggled too hard. Now only the horse's head was left exposed, and its body was swallowed by the swamp. Jiang Xixi watched the mud rush into the horse's mouth, filling its throat, tearing its neighing, and extinguishing its last glimmer of hope, but he was powerless. The horse's eyes were helpless in fear, and slowly disappeared from her sight, followed by the horse's mane and ears, until the whole body sank, and only two or three lonely bubbles appeared upwards.

Next, it's my turn.

Jiang Xixi felt that the last bit of light in her heart was gone. She took a deep breath and listened to the sound of the mud getting closer and closer, and her heart felt cold. In a trance, she felt a huge monster hidden under the mud. It was now licking its back with its bloody mouth with its tongue.

"Xixi, give me your hand." Cheng Muyou's voice suddenly came from his ears. Jiang Xixi turned his eyes to the side and saw Cheng Muyou holding a big tree next to the swamp with one hand, and stretching his other hand towards him. His fingers were almost touching her arm, so close to her.

Jiang Xixi was surprised and happy, and hurriedly reached out to grab Cheng Muyou, with his fingers connected. He pulled her towards the tree without hesitation, completely ignoring his own safety.

"Sir, be careful"

Jiang Xixi's voice was trembling. She was now willing but not strong enough, so she could only watch Cheng Muyou gritted her teeth and dragged herself toward the shore with all her strength.

Suddenly, the tree trunk "la", and a large area of ​​the bark was caught by Cheng Muyou. His body suddenly slid downwards and almost fell into the swamp. Xun'er, who was standing next to him, exclaimed and screamed, "Dad".

Fortunately, Cheng Muyou was quick and at the critical moment, he tightly clamped the trunk with his feet. Although his toes had touched the mud, his body remained firmly on the tree.

Seeing that he was fine, Jiang Xixi breathed a deep breath. Immediately, she found that her hands were tighter by him, and her knuckles were intertwined, and she would never give up until she was rescued.

"Xixi, don't use force, put your body flat, and you can hold the trunk in a few feet." Cheng Muyou's calm voice came into her ears, and a heat flowed into Jiang Xixi's heart. Then, according to his words, completely relaxed his body and let the force in his hands drive him to move towards the tree.

Just as your hands were about to touch the trunk, Xun'er, who was standing on the shore, almost jumped up, "It's still a little bit late, Dad, let's work harder."

Jiang Xixi looked up at Cheng Muyou, and saw that his head and face were covered with sweat, and all his hair and eyebrows were wet. Her heart softened, sniffed hard, suppressed the choking of her throat, looked at the trunk a foot away, and prepared to rush to hug it.

"Just now, both arms work together and grab the trunk."

Cheng Muyou shouted at her, Jiang Xixi kicked her feet on the mud, her body slightly freed up half a foot of the swamp, her arms wide open, and she rushed towards the trunk that Cheng Muyou climbed.

She was overjoyed when her fingers grabbed the rough bark. Seeing that the task was done, her arm was about to wrap the trunk, but the skirt in the swamp was suddenly hooked by a hard object, dragging her back and once again fell back into the mud.

"Ah." Xun'er screamed in surprise, covering her eyes with both hands, and did not dare to look again.

Seeing that Jiang Xixi's body was in full swing, Cheng Muyou felt a "boom" in his mind, and for a moment he couldn't care about anything, so he jumped into the mud and grabbed her tightly.

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