Lei Yue Longmen

Cen Zhu didn't know whether she meant that she couldn't or didn't know.She remembered a method that someone taught her to deal with big snakes when she was a child, body? Lie flat on the ground, with your back tightly attached to the ground, don't let the big snake have a chance to engulf you.Then hold your head tightly with your hands, keep your legs together, and don't move.Of course, not moving does not mean that the snake will not eat you, but when it chooses to eat, because it is too big to hold the arms and head together, avoiding heavy weight, it will take the initiative to eat you first feet.Because the snake's teeth are barb-shaped and can't chew, don't struggle when swallowed, and don't try to pull it back to avoid the teeth piercing into the flesh.Afterwards, while it is slowly swallowing, all you have to do is use the strength of your waist to jump up and pierce the back of its neck with a knife in your hand.Of course? The premise of all this is whether this snake is poisonous. If it is poisonous, no matter how much preparation you have in advance, it only needs to bite you and your whole body will be paralyzed.Now Cen Zhu could only pray that the snake was non-poisonous.The "rustling" sound gave her a little confidence, because Master said that the larger the snake, the closer it is to non-poisonous. When its strength can easily kill its prey, there is no need to use poison at all.

"Lie down, hold your head and don't move, don't let the snake go under your back."

After giving instructions very quickly, she lay down on her back, put her head in her hands, and stood upright.Li Jingbai and Yingrou hesitated for a while, and followed suit.

"Close to me!" The three of them lay side by side, completely flattening their bodies. Considering Yingrou's small size and lack of strength, Cen Zhu changed positions with her and went to the outside by himself. After checking that Li Jingchen and Yingrou had hugged their heads and necks, she quickly lay down and threw Yingyu to the bottom of her feet, holding her head tightly with the dagger, and heard that the giant snake was approaching.Circling and dragging quickly around them, the huge long snake spun around the "human cake" made up of three people, and climbed up their stomachs from Cen Zhu's side belly.The breathing of the three people stopped at the same moment, and Cen Zhu's heartbeat was about to jump out of his chest cavity. He roughly estimated that the python's body was at least three to four feet long, and the snake's body was as thick as a bowl and thick. The scales weighed heavily on the body, probably more than enough to hold a calf. The creepy snake scales were thick and hard, and it hurt like a blade scraping the skin when coiled on the body.She was a little desperate, and this disparity in power had surpassed her fear of the poison.

The big snake hovered in front of and behind them for several weeks, trying to get in under Cen Zhu's waist several times. Cen Zhu felt that the snake's head was bigger than her head, so he subconsciously spread his elbows and tensed all the muscles in his body. , Take out the patience you learned when squatting when you were a child, sink your waist to the ground desperately, and struggle with it.The back was so tense that it was about to cramp. The big snake couldn't attack for a long time and then turned to Li Jingzhu's side. Cen Zhu felt anxious and kicked the snake's body on the side, attracting the big snake again. "Brush" has to turn around.After repeating this several times, the big snake lost his patience and spit out a snake letter to poke her face.Cen Zhu was so nauseated that he wanted to vomit, he held his breath and remained motionless, but the dagger in his hand was clenched tighter and tighter, almost wanting to stab it into its throat.But it knew that this would be exactly what it wanted. Once her body? left the ground, it would be coiled by the snake until all her bones were broken.Sweat dripped from her forehead down her cheeks and into her temples. She pressed her body tightly against the ground and remained motionless, not giving the big snake any chance.Finally, the big snake came to the bottom of her feet, and Cen Zhu focused all his attention on the hamstring at that spot, deliberately laying the back of his foot flat to lure it to swallow.She had already made up her mind that instead of being tortured by hanging like this repeatedly, it would be better to put all her eggs in one basket and fight it desperately.Come on, she's ready!

However, after waiting for a long time, the big snake did not bite, but swam around. The snake slowly retreated around.Cen Zhu listened nervously? The "rustling" sound became farther and farther away, and disappeared after a while.And the surroundings fell into an eerie silence again.Cen Zhu was confused, what is the situation?Worried that the big snake would come back, she lay down on the ground for a while.Make sure that big snake is really gone? Far away.One jumped up and sat up, only to find that the surroundings were pitch black.The blind man touched the location of Yingrou, "How is it? Is there something wrong?" Yingrou shook her head, and suddenly opened her mouth and took a long breath, panting heavily as if she had just floated up from the bottom of the water Looking at it, it turned out that she had been holding her breath just now, and she didn't dare to breathe until the big snake left.Cen Zhu was a little distressed and a little funny, lent her an arm to hook her? He sat up and touched Li Jingzhu again, until he confirmed that she could sit up and sit up, his heart was at ease.

I went to touch Yingyu again, but I couldn't find it.Thinking of the scene of the big snake hovering around her feet at the end, it must have been taken away by it.She lost her strength a bit, and said to Yingju: "Your jade jade can disperse bats, so it must be a treasure to ward off evil spirits. It seems that this big snake is also very knowledgeable, and it doesn't even kill its prey. It just took the jade and walked away."

Yingrou was in shock and said: "This piece of jade was given to me by one of my teachers before I left. Didn't I? I never heard that it can ward off evil spirits, but I just took it with me to see how it would shine. It's a pity that it was taken away. However, if it really saved our? three? people?s lives, it can be regarded as a meritorious deed."

The three of them were a little exhausted after going through this dangerous experience, and leaned against each other on the stone wall to rest.Cen Zhu accidentally touched Li Jing's cold hand, and wanted to hold it to warm her up, but she quickly pulled it back.My heart suddenly had mixed feelings.

"How could there be such a big snake on this mountain?" Yingrou was puzzled.

Cen Zhu leaned his head on the stone wall and turned to her side, "Believe it or not this time, the snake is with us? Zhongyuan means little dragon, representing auspiciousness and longevity."

Ying Rou heard the words "嗤嗤", she couldn't laugh or cry about her attachment, "You are really..." She didn't know how to describe it, she was reliable, she always used these unreliable things Are you here to fool them? Say she is unreliable, and she is sincerely trying to fool you. Is it really teaching people? Crying is neither laughing nor laughing.

"Did I said wrong thing?"

"You are so persistent. Sometimes you have to teach others to be persistent. There is nothing you can do. Forget it, I will forcefully trust you once! You should be satisfied now, right?"

Yingrou smiled but wasn't smiling, didn't Cen Zhuo dare to answer, and felt that it was suddenly very cold in the cave, so cold that her bones were about to tremble.Hastily turned his back slightly away from the cold stone wall.

"Princess, princess!" At this time, Shi Ai called out again, but this time it was different from the past, with a deliberately suppressed voice.

"What's the matter Shi Ai?" Yingrou went to look at the cave.

"Those people? I've found them. I saw several people coming just now." Shi Ai hid behind the big rock and said anxiously while observing the people coming. "It was those bats that brought those people here."

"What should I do?" There was a hint of panic in Yingrou's words.

Cen Zhu was also a little nervous, collected himself, stood up and went to the entrance of the cave and said, "Don't panic, Shi Ai, find a place to hide and don't expose your target. Don't worry, they can't come in. Even if they can come in, I will There is also a way to make them unable to get out."

Shi Ai can't enter the cave, what can he do? After all, there are limits, so he can only obey? "Well, I'll leave the princess to you. I'll try to lure them away. You must protect the princess' safety. Otherwise , I will definitely want you to look good." After speaking in a hurry, he turned away from? Another direction? and quickly left the entrance of the cave.

Sure enough, not long after she left, a group of five or six people came to Luanshiyan, all wearing the clothes of mountain people and wearing bamboo hats on their backs, jumping up and down on the slope near the rock pile, looking around.But no holes were found.When Cen Zhu observed the young man in the lead, he vaguely felt that his face was very familiar, as if he had seen him somewhere, but he couldn't remember it.

"Who is it?" She felt that she must have seen him, and she was thinking hard.

Suddenly, the young man looked straight at her like a falcon, and Cen Zhu gasped.It's not that I'm scared, but...

"what happened?"

There was a loud explosion in Cen Zhu's mind, and she remembered that time when she was impeached by the censor because of Gu Qing's life experience, and was temporarily transferred out of the capital by Emperor Li Pinghong to accompany Li Jingxi and Wu Jingchai to the Jiangbei investigates the case to avoid the limelight.During this period, she was worried about the flooding of the turbid river, so she rode her horse northward. On the way, she met Tu Yuanshan, who was returning to Beijing, and heard the news that her senior brother had reported Tu's family failure and was imprisoned instead.In a hurry? On the way back to Beijing, a group of bandits set up an ambush and took him up the mountain, where he and Li Jingxi were imprisoned together for seven days and seven nights for no reason.He was one of the bandits who were in charge of custody observed from the crack of the door.

She used to be puzzled by this matter, that group of people? Who are they?What is it?Why are they imprisoned for no reason??Still use the despicable means of drugging them? Submit?Later, because she wanted to help her senior brother to seek justice, she didn't delve into this matter, but she kept harboring a suspicion in her heart, which was about the true identity of this group of "bandits".

First of all, they? They are definitely not bandits. This was confirmed by her during those seven days.They are well-ordered, they are disciplined in speaking and doing things, and they are definitely from the formal establishment.

Secondly, they knew her and Li Jingxi beforehand.This point can be easily disproved. For example, during the seven days and seven nights in detention, no one ever came to ask them about their real identities.This shows that they? There is a spectrum in their hearts.

Thirdly, they knew her and Li Jingxi's whereabouts well.From setting up an ambush, to making do with each other, to being rescued by the young master in time.Everything? It was perfectly timed and seamless.If there is no layout in advance, it will be absolutely difficult to do.

Fourth, these people? Did not come from? Her political enemies.This was what she speculated later. She once suspected that the other party wanted to force her to commit the crime of being a contemptuous princess by drugging and imprisoning, etc., so as to attack and slander her to eliminate dissidents.But after returning to Beijing, except for Li Pinghong who imprisoned her for a day with a non-painful imperial edict, there was no change in the entire court.If he was a political opponent, how could he miss such a good opportunity for impeachment?

Finally, and the most crucial one.These people are all highly skilled in martial arts. If you want to gather such a group of people without disturbing the imperial court, there are only two explanations: first, they are members of the imperial court and work exclusively for the imperial court; second, they ?You can not be controlled by the court, and you can act alone.

In this way, the scope of investigation can be very small.

It wasn't that she had to think highly of herself. Originally, the emperor sent Li Jingxi to Jiangbei to investigate the case, and it was outrageous for her and Wu Jingchai to accompany her.Later facts also proved that as for the embezzlement of relief money from the bald man in Jiangbei, any small official could investigate clearly, so why use Princess Hou Ye and the third-rank officials of the court?The whole incident is a political | political show.Looking back, it is not surprising that the emperor, in order to make his beloved daughter happy, united everyone?

At that time, she already had the consciousness to study with the prince.Dutifully accompany Li Jingxi to "investigate the case" every day, it seems like he is going to turn the whole Jiangbei upside down, but in fact, if he dies, he will bring down two small county magistrates.Even with such psychological awareness, she never expected that Li Pinghong would do this for her daughter.Ever since he summoned her to the palace to show off Gu Qing's life experience, he must have already planned everything.That secret report was not only the emperor's warning to her, but also a hint for her to sever ties with Gu Qing as soon as possible.

How could she not be chilled?No matter how proud she is in the officialdom, after all, she is just a dispensable pawn in the hands of the emperor.For the pleasure of his daughter at her disposal.All her favors and courtesies, her extraordinary promotion, may be in the eyes of the emperor just to honor his daughter, just like when she was demoted to the Dragon Gate, it was just that she didn't pay for that proud girl of heaven.

From the moment she saw the young man's face, she understood everything.They? Not only Li Pinghong's people, but also the people Li Pinghong sent to kill Li Jingchen?

Because the old emperor had already lost the right to steer her, they clearly dared not kill her, so they could only do everything possible to get rid of her with this despicable means.It doesn't even care about procedural justice.Even though tiger poison does not eat its children, in the face of power, these people have been completely reduced to a bunch of insane, omnipotent killing machines.

She dare not imagine how desolate Li Jing's state of mind is now.Maybe there is also a wound in her sadness that she has deepened because of her evil deeds.She probably will never forgive me.she thought drearily.

The falcon-like face of the young man was fleeting at the entrance of the cave, showing that he hadn't noticed the fact that there was a cave behind the boulder.Cen Zhu breathed a sigh of relief, which means they are safe for the time being.This cave is really difficult for outsiders to discover.In order to be safe, she touched a few stones in the cave and blocked the entrance of the cave from the inside.Suddenly? Regretted again, just now Shi Ai should have asked Shi Ai to pick up a few turpentine balls and use them as torches, so there was no need to act in the dark like this.At this moment, the voice of "Little Martial Uncle! Little Martial Uncle!" came from outside the cave. When Cen Zhu heard that it was Qingsong, he was overjoyed, and hurriedly pulled the stone away again, "Qingsong! Did you get rid of those people? "

"Not yet? No!" Qingsong's voice sounded panting, and he swallowed, "Little Master Uncle, have you found Little Master Aunt yet?"

"Found it, she's with me now."

"That's good. Little uncle and auntie, I saw that group of people on the way here just now? A signal flare was fired into the sky, and I don't know who it was for!"

Cen Zhu was taken aback, he had to ask Li Jingzhu about this matter, she hurriedly made room for Li Jingzhu, and the latter came to the entrance of the cave, "What kind of signal flare, and in what direction?"

"Blue, towards the northwest?."

"Northwest?? Zhenxia Palace?!" Li Jingchen immediately realized that there was a traitor among the guards of Zhenxia Palace. From the time she secretly left the palace to visit Qixia Mountain to pray for rain, the guards around her had been composed of Yue Zhong and others. The direct descendants of the Eastern Palace are in charge, while the guards of the Zhenxia Palace are carefully selected by Zhu Yu'an from among his direct descendants of the infantry. Did Zhu Yu'an betray her, or did those direct descendants betray Zhu Yu'an?Both are possible.She can't believe it alone now, and she can't believe it, "Qingsong, listen to me, you should hide yourself now, go down the mountain when you see the opportunity, and go to Mu Yunzhong, the infantry commander in the city, and let him Gather all the soldiers and horses and come to Qixia Mountain to escort them." After speaking, he threw him a seal as a proof.

Cen Zhu hurriedly said: "Wait? Wait?, Qingsong, go to the thorny forest and pick some resin balls. Let's make torches for lighting."

Li Jingchen was very dissatisfied with her request of "regardless of importance and urgency", but he still didn't speak.

Qingsong is very obedient: "Okay, little uncle, wait? I'll go back as soon as I go."

"You increase his risk of exposure by doing so."

When Cen Zhu heard that she was finally willing to talk to him, he felt a little comforted in his heart.But he is also confident: "There are snakes in this cave, isn't it? How can fire be made? Don't worry, with Qingsong's ingenuity, he can drill into cracks and climb trees. Even mice can't run away from him. There is no one in Qixia Mountain. ? I'm more familiar than him, and nothing will happen."

"It's too late if something happens, is there someone like you who is an uncle?"

If things were left as usual, Cen Zhu would definitely retort, but now that she is concerned about Li Jing's emotions, it's better not to make her angry.He swallowed the words back into his stomach.

After a while, Qingsong came back with a big pile of things in his Buddhist shirt. There were branches, leaves, and a lot of resin balls, and they were stuffed in through the hole. Fished them all back, and asked him to check the opening of the hole to eliminate all residues.

"Little uncle, I have to go. You guys have to take care of yourself!" Cen Zhu heard that he was about to go down the mountain to report the news. He knew this nephew quite well, even though he didn't seem to care about it on the surface. Huo Lung, he has always been willing to die for things he has confessed to others.She was afraid that he would never give up, so she wanted to stick out her head and shout to him: "Remember, life-saving comes first, and sending messages comes second!" As a result, this kid ran faster than a rabbit, and he was gone in a blink of an eye? .Reluctantly, Cen Zhu retracted his body, took the last two flints he threw in, and hit them hard, "You brat!"

Yingrou suddenly smiled and said, "Little Master Qingsong is very similar to you at that age, everything you do is always in a hurry."

Cen Zhu paused when he was playing the fire, subconsciously glanced at Li Jingzhu's direction, and said with a guilty conscience: "Where, he is more like Senior Brother, who rescued him up the mountain when he was young. Although you dress like a dog, you are just a bastard who can live with or without a Buddha. But it is very important. Love and righteousness." After speaking, he seemed to think of something, and heaved a long sigh.She stopped talking and continued to use the flint to start the fire. She rubbed the dry leaves into a small ball to make the fire primer, and finally sparked the fire.At this moment, she heard Li Jingxuan exclaimed, "Ah!" Then she heard the most creepy and desperate suffocating rustle in her life, "Cen Zhuo, save me!"

In the darkness, Cen Zhu felt as if his heart had been pierced by thousands of arrows, his hands were burnt, and he didn't care about the pain, he threw down the fire lead and rushed towards the darkness, "Fei carp!"

The speed of the giant snake dragging people was very fast, and in the process of retreating, it was able to free up its tail and sweep towards Cen Zhu with a "huh". He flew over the stone wall.The huge force almost made her breathless, and the thick and hard rock made her dizzy, and the bones in her whole body seemed to be falling apart. She stood up limply, and then fell down straight, looking at the big snake with red eyes. In the direction?, a burning and spicy fishy sweetness gushed out of the throat.

"Ah Zheng!" Yingrou ran up from behind with a torch and helped her up from the ground.Watching? She stood up regardless of the blood stains on her head, stumbled and couldn't stand still, so she supported the stone wall and moved forward, crying bitterly because she couldn't chase the big snake.Yingrou's eyes were red, her heart seemed to be twisted by a sharp knife, and tears fell from her eyes.She grabbed the hastily formed torch and galloped towards the big snake, with a hint of determination in her clenched teeth.When she was about ten steps away from the stone wall, she heard a "plop", as if something heavy fell from a high place.Accompanied by the whip-like shock, her heart stopped suddenly, and she approached with a torch.The scene in front of her made her shudder.