When the book-traveling little detective meets the two-faced prince

After putting on his clothes, Lin Lezhi gently shook the sleeves on both sides.

The sleeves covered the wrists, hiding the scars on the inside of the arms, and were much warmer than before.

Don't say it.

These clothes made at such a high price are just different.

I feel inexplicably dignified when I put it on. If only I had a mirror at this moment, I would definitely look very stylish.

Lin Lezhi raised his eyes to look at Xiao Yihuo who was standing beside him. Xiao Yihuo's eyes were staring at the bushes.

The place where Xiao Yihuo was looking was exactly the direction where the group of snakes left. Because the number of snakes was too large, they left a trail.

However, the weeds are flexible and there is such heavy fog around that they are not very obvious unless you look carefully.

When Xiao Yihuo first arrived at this place, he was always alert to the situation around him.

Although he has a bad temper and personality, and his thoughts are hard to understand, he is very careful and cautious in dealing with the people and things around him.

but.

If someone in the royal family acts carelessly, there is probably only one word waiting for him.

"Did you find anything good?"

Lin Lezhi walked forward and asked.

Seeing Lin Lezhi sticking his head out, Xiao Yihuo glanced at Lin Lezhi, then used the sword in his hand to push away the weeds around him.

There are many Xanthium sibiricum growing among the weeds.

Lin Lezhi looked carefully and found a half-sized, crystal-clear thing like thin paper on the top of the Xanthium sibiricum. It was a glue-colored diamond shape. Looking forward, he saw some of it hanging on the branches of the Xanthium sibiricum along the way.

Some snake skins are relatively large, and you can vaguely see small flower-like patterns on the snake's back.

Lin Lezhi squatted down and picked up a piece with his fingers. After carefully examining it in his hand, he stood up and said, "These are snake sloughs. They should have been scraped up when the snake left here just now. If I remember the direction correctly, they should be going in the direction of the puppet cave."

Lin Lezhi glanced in the direction where the crowd came from, and found that it was some distance away from the direction where the snake left.

"Speaking of which..." Lin Lezhi turned and looked in the direction of the Hundred Bone Pit, frowning slightly, with doubts rising in his eyes again. He lowered his eyes and thought: "Those snakes just chased me all the way here, and somehow they seemed to be on guard against something, and then they suddenly left, and the direction they left happened to be the direction of the puppet cave."

These snakes followed me here, but I chose the direction in which they left.

Is it by chance?

"Did the snakes leave suddenly?"

Xiao Yihuo looked at Lin Lezhi, his eyes clearly filled with disbelief.

Lin Lezhi smiled and said frankly: "Yes, if not, I would not be waiting for you to come find me. But as to why they did not attack me and suddenly left, I don't understand. Maybe there is something that they care more about, such as the big gray rat in the cave."

"Oh, right." Lin Lezhi looked at Xiao Yihuo and asked, "You have good hearing. The location where you came here was relatively close to the puppet cave. Is there any movement over there?"

Xiao Yihuo recalled for a moment, then shook his head and said, "No."

"This place is not far from the Doll Cave. Do you want to go over and take a look?"

Seeing Lin Lezhi's concerned expression, Xiao Yihuo moved his ear slightly and then made a suggestion.

Lin Lezhi was somewhat tempted by Xiao Yihuo's suggestion, but at the same time he was also very conflicted. After all, the group of snakes were heading towards the puppet cave, and what if there was any danger?

"Or... I think it's better to... ah—!"

Before Lin Lezhi could finish his words, Xiao Yihuo easily put out the fire on the ground, stood to the right side of Lin Lezhi's body, grabbed Lin Lezhi's shoulders and jumped to the top of the tree.

It was a mile away, and before I could even see what was around me, I arrived at the doll cave.

Only when his feet touched the ground did Xiao Yihuo let go of Lin Lezhi. Lin Lezhi still felt a little nervous and his legs were weak and he couldn't stand steadily.

Lin Lezhi adjusted his breathing, soothed his frightened heart, then looked at Xiao Yihuo and said, "I told you before, when you pull someone to fly, can you say hello first, or wait for the person to finish talking? Do you think everyone can fly like you? Oh, you scared my little heart out."

"By the time you're done worrying about it, I'm afraid the fog will be gone."

"You're exaggerating." Seeing Xiao Yihuo's gaze shooting at him like a sharp weapon, Lin Lezhi quickly changed his words and muttered softly, "Okay, although I'm not an adult, I'm also generous. I won't bother with you. Let's go to the cave entrance."

After saying that, Lin Lezhi looked in the direction of the doll cave. There were traces of snakes crawling in the surrounding weeds, but there was no sound of snakes crawling, and there was no one around.

but……

The wicker lid covering the doll hole was pushed open.

Without the cover of the straw roof, the foul odor emanating from the cave could be clearly smelled even from a distance.

Xiao Yihuo and Lin Lezhi looked at each other and walked towards the location of the puppet cave. At the edge of the puppet cave entrance, there were obvious traces of a snake crawling above the footprints left by everyone.

Lin Lezhi squatted down, supported his hands on the edge of the cave entrance and looked inside. The cave was deep and dark, and he could not see anything inside.

"Is there any movement inside?"

"No."

After responding, Xiao Yihuo's face suddenly darkened.

Lin Lezhi patted the dust off his hands, looked up at Xiao Yihuo and said, "That's right. If a snake falls from such a high distance, it will either die or be almost dead. Other snakes won't be stupid enough to jump down. It seems that those snakes should go somewhere else."

The moment Lin Lezhi raised his eyes to look at him, Xiao Yihuo hid his trembling hands behind his back, pretended nothing happened, and said "hmm" softly as a response.

Lin Lezhi stood up and said, "It's been quite a while since the snake left. This place is not far from the doll cave. If there was any movement, I think everyone would have already scattered here when they first discovered the snake."

Hearing this, Xiao Yihuo's eyes showed some doubt, and he looked at Lin Lezhi and said, "You said that there was no movement here before I came here?"

"At first I could hear the sound of the snake crawling, but then I couldn't hear anything. What happened?"

Xiao Yihuo looked around, then lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, then looked up at Lin Lezhi and said, "Perhaps those snakes will turn back. This is not the place to talk. Let's leave here first."

Seeing Xiao Yihuo's slightly solemn expression, he must have noticed something. Lin Lezhi lowered his eyes and responded, "Okay."

Before leaving, Lin Lezhi put the wicker lid back on.

"Walk."

After confirming that there were no unusual noises around, Xiao Yihuo said only this one word, then grabbed Lin Lezhi and jumped to the top of the tree, stepping on the trees all the way towards where Qingchuan and the others were.

This time Lin Lezhi was mentally prepared, but he was still shocked by the scene before him.

At this time, the fog in the deep forest had become increasingly thicker. Except for a few taller trees and the three mountains on the lake island, everything else had been swallowed up by the sea of ​​fog.

After the two of them left for a while, in the dark cave, the blood-red word "death" that had long dried up on the huge white cloth was oozing out blood, spreading downwards like tears.