The only honor of the water cut off

No.40 Eight Sections

The flames rose even higher, and the sound of crackling and crackling sounded densely beside the calf. After Gongsun Ce and Sang Ying set foot on the solid ground again, Gongsun Ce let out a long sigh of relief. But no one can guarantee that there are no mistakes or omissions, and if one step is wrong, the whole board will be lost.The air turned scorching hot, mixed with moist steam, and Gongsun Ce felt that the heat was unbearable.

The sword was right in front of him, but only a dozen feet away.It was inserted straight on a small raised pile of earth and rocks, and most of the sword body was hidden in the flames.

Gongsun Ce looked at the sword, but he still didn't dare to move forward.For thousands of years, the emperor and his ministers, imperial power and cronies have all been sworn to death. Sooner or later, the emperor and the Pang family will have a breakup.Gongsun Ce knew that he was playing a big game, and it was Pang Tong's heart to gamble. If he was willing to give up, the Song Dynasty would be saved from a disaster.

While thinking about it in her heart, Sang Ying fell down at her feet with a thud. Gongsun Ce hurriedly helped her up. Seeing her panting with her mouth open and her face flushed abnormally, Sang Ying gently broke away from Gongsun Ce's hand, She meditated and exercised herself, thinking that even Sang Ying couldn't bear the heat, so she had to exercise her energy to resist.

"The girl can rest here." Gongsun Ce saw that her breathing was gradually calming down, and he expected that there was nothing serious about it. The place is very hot, so it was better to take out the sword early and go out.

Gongsun Ce carefully avoided the gaps in the ground where flames might emerge, ran forward all the way, and rushed to the mound of earth and rocks where the sword was inserted.Fortunately, there was no open flame at the location of the Weizun sword. Gongsun Ce gritted his teeth, lifted his robes and stuffed them into his belt to protect his head and face, and jumped into the fire with his eyes closed. The flames licked on his bare skin, burning hot He fell to the ground in a hurry and rolled. After rolling twice, he relaxed his body and got up. After some movements, he was fine.

As soon as he raised his head, the sword was inserted into the top of the pile of earth and rocks parallel to his head, looking at him like a condescending king.The whole body of the Excalibur is shining brightly, and the golden luster flows on the sword body with the beating of the flame. A huge tiger head is embedded in the sword lattice, and the tiger's mouth is wide open, as if it is about to roar into the forest.The blade comes out from the tiger's mouth and is divided into two parts, one is slightly wider with tiny barbs, and the other is slightly narrower and inserted straight into the ground.

Gongsun Ce took a wrong step forward, made a stake for kicking back and forth, and grabbed the hilt of the sword with both hands, but immediately withdrew his hands because it was so hot, thinking that the sword was made of metal, standing in the fire, there is no reason why it would not be hot.Gongsun Ce scolded himself for being careless, rubbed his hands, tore off half of the robe, and wrapped it around his hands.When I went to draw the sword again, it wasn't hot anymore, but with all my strength, the damn sword didn't move at all.

Gongsun Ce wiped the sticky sweat from his forehead, and looked closely at the part where the blade connects to the ground, and found that the layout of the stones completely formed a square stone box, and the blade was inserted into the gap in the stone box. in.

In a trance, I remembered that I had read an ancient book about hidden weapons in organs. There was a sentence in it that said: the stone veins are locked with shackles, and the veins are continuous, and they are broken to open them.

Perhaps, as stated in the book, it was a stone lock?Although Gongsun Ce had hesitation in his heart, it was a very possible hypothesis.However, the text says that to open the stone lock, the stone joint must be destroyed, but where can one find the stone joint in this vast expanse of flames?

Gongsun Ce looked around anxiously, fearing that he would be buried in the sea of ​​flames before breaking the stone lock.But this road, once you walk in, there is no reason to turn back. If you don't want to risk your life, he also wants to get the Weizun Sword.

He rolled out of the flames in embarrassment, put his hands on his forehead, and walked towards a deeper place, and then walked in, but he didn't want the fire inside to be much smaller. He carefully inspected The land under the feet that has not been melted by the flames has become increasingly cramped.

After walking for a while, the sound of the Yichuan waterfall hanging in front of him was already deafening. Gongsun Ce looked up, the dark sky was full of stars, and the waterfall seemed to fall from nine heavens, hitting the low-lying place in this sea of ​​fire. It became a bottomless huge tiankeng. Countless lava rolled down from both sides, boiling the water at the bottom of the pit, and a thick and hot white mist evaporated. Great relationship.

Despite such a harsh environment, there are many red or yellow mosses growing on the wet edge of the big pit, showing the fragility and tenacity of life at the same time.

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On the fourth watch day, Mo Xian brought five or six doctors to the Sang Mansion. Poor these imperial national players were strung up by Mo Xian with a hemp rope and carried all the way.

Bao Zheng poked his head out from the back room, and Mo Xian bumped into him head-on.

"Where is the general!"

"General Mo, you are a bit late. Pang Tong and Zhan Zhao took Gongsun Ce to the forest."

"In the woods?"

"It was brought by Miss Sangying."

"Please settle these old guys down." Mo Xian cupped his hands towards Bao Zheng, turned around and disappeared into the night in an instant.

Bao Zheng watched Mo Xian's back disappear, seeing the miserable conditions of those imperial doctors and national soldiers, he felt that Mo Xian was really unkind, so he hurriedly called some people to loosen the ropes of these doctors one by one, and helped them into the house to rest, so that they could rest. Tea and water are served.

"Old man, please drink water."

"What old man! I'm Doctor Zhang, the vice president of the Imperial Hospital!"

"Oh, this little bastard, you are so cruel. You thought the carriage was running too slowly, so you lifted the curtain and left a board. Six people squeezed together!"

"Isn't it! He said he was afraid we would fall out of the car, so he tied it with hemp rope!"

Bao Zheng had some sympathy for them at the beginning, but it was really out of style for these national players to swear here, so he couldn't help laughing after hearing it.While listening, suddenly one of them stepped forward to salute Bao Zheng, and Bao Zheng quickly returned the salute.

"My lord, do you know where General Pang's patient is?"

"Your Excellency doesn't know something, General Pang is impatient, so he took someone to treat him earlier." Bao Zheng looked up and down the visitor, a bearded man of nearly 40 years old, wearing plain clothes, very gentle and elegant.When the others were venting their anger, he was still thinking about the patient, so Bao Zheng couldn't help giving him a high look.

"Oh, so, I thought I could help General Pang."

"Excuse me, are you familiar with General Pang?"

The man smiled and said: "Don't dare, my surname is Yao and my name is Jiuyi. I have admired General Pang's reputation for a long time, but I can't see him. It's really a pity."

"Oh, so that's the case, Mrs. Yao is cured." Bao Zheng suddenly remembered that there is still a sick Sang Jinchun? "There is someone in this mansion who needs to be seen by the doctor."

"Healers are parents, please lead the way."

Sang Jinchun opened her eyes leisurely, in a trance, she saw someone moving in front of the bed, and heard the voice of the servant girl Xiao He: "Wake up, wake up! Young Madam is awake."

Steward Sang knelt by the bed, weeping and said: "Miss, you scared the old slave!"

Yao Jiuyi put the needle and knife back into the needle bag, and said to Sang Jinchun: "Madam, don't be too sad, it's not good for the fetus in the womb."

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the Sang House was shocked, even Sang Jinchun's eyes widened: "Wh... what, doctor, what you said is true?"

Steward Sang also rushed to say: "My lord physician, you can see the truth! Why didn't the previous doctors say that I was pregnant?"

"Madam is only one month pregnant, and the pulse condition within one month is not obvious, so it is easy to be ignored. Moreover, Madam had palpitations and hemorrhage a while ago, which also made the fetus very unstable. Fortunately, this embryo is very tenacious. As long as Madam has a good birth Nurturing, I think it’s okay.”

Sang Jinchun covered her stomach with both hands, looked out the window and shed tears, it's so kind, Mr., thank you for the little life you gave me.

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The scalding mist did not have much effect on Gongsun Ce's body soaked in the cold poison. Gongsun Ce waved his sleeves to disperse the dense fog while carefully inspecting every inch of the landscape that could be glimpsed. Perhaps he was too focused on what was in front of him. , didn't pay attention to the moss growing on the side of the wet pit, Gongsun Ce only felt his feet slippery, he fell forward, and happened to fall on a piece of moss, and the terrain was slightly inclined towards the direction of the pit, his body Then it slipped into the pit uncontrollably.

Shocked, Gongsun Ce instinctively scratched with both hands, feeling a little hopeless in his heart, but his hands firmly grasped something.Maybe it was a protruding rock, maybe a dead tree root, Gongsun Ce didn't have time to distinguish, his body was crawling on the edge of the big pit, his legs were already hanging in the air, submerged in the thick mist, all with his hands A little strength to support the body.

Gongsun Ce tried to climb up, but felt that his body was very heavy, and he dared not move again.He has never hated himself for being a scholar so much as he does now, even if he has a little boxing skill, he will not be in a dilemma now.After persisting for a while, his hands gradually tended to slide away. Gongsun Ce knew that if he didn't want to countermeasure, he would only fall into the abyss and drown sooner or later.

Recalling what Zhan Zhao said before, the key to lightness kung fu is to sink the qi into the dantian, and then raise the breath, the denser and more steady the breath, the more excellent the lightness kung fu will be.Gongsun Ce could only gamble on this last chance. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath. He secretly relaxed his whole body, sinking his breath and strength on his waist. Then he opened his eyes suddenly, put his hands on his waist and legs Going up together, I thought it would be good to be able to climb up the hole with most of my body, but I didn't want to jump so far. Gongsun Ce didn't expect that he would be so brave. Although he fell hard when he landed, he was very happy in his heart. How did he know that the heart-protecting Qi injected into him by Pang Tong in his body was enough for him to leap ten feet.

I don't know what was caught just now?Gongsun Ce cautiously groped towards the edge of the pit, and waved away the mist that was wrapped in a ball. In front of him was a protruding stubborn stone, circled to the left and right, and there was something inserted horizontally in the stone, slightly thick as two fingers, shaped like a bolt, With silver light, the traces of artificial carving are very obvious.

Gongsun Ce was overjoyed, it was a blessing in disguise, nine out of ten it was the mechanism stone lock.He touched the surface of the stubborn stone, but there was nowhere to start, only the two-finger-thick latch could hold his hands. Gongsun Ce held the exposed head with both hands, stared at the sides of the stubborn stone with both feet, and exerted force outward When he pulled it, all the bolts came out. When he held it in his hand and looked at it, the bolt looked like a small dagger, the whole body was shining with silver, simple and beautiful, Gongsun Ce was thinking of putting it in his sleeve, when he suddenly felt the ground under his feet start to shake. shock.

The shaking became more and more obvious, Gongsun Ce didn't know well that the stone veins here might be connected to the earth veins, and if the stone locks were released, the earth veins would be shaken, and the earth might shake in a short while.

Gongsun Ce ran back as fast as he could to grab the Weizun sword.

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As soon as the ground shook, Pang Tong felt something was wrong, he jumped up from his sitting position and ran towards the flaming path, but the vibration of the ground made the lava on both sides of the path seem to be stirred by someone, and the flames almost engulfed the path. Forced to retreat a few times.

Zhan Zhao was startled by the shaking of the ground, and thought in his heart: No, Brother Gongsun!Then he ran towards the path with his ass on fire, seeing that the front of the path was blocked by flames, but Pang Tong raised his breath and wanted to force his way into the path of fire, Zhan Zhao was shocked and grabbed Pang Tong's back leader and pulled him back.

"You don't want to die!"

"open!"

Pang Tong turned his head and knocked off Zhan Zhao's hand, and tried to charge forward again, but Zhan Zhao still pulled him back.Pang Tong's eyes were scorched red, like a wounded leopard.

"Hmph, I knew why I had to do it today!" Zhan Zhao was furious in his heart, and he also knew that saving people was urgent: "Pang Tong, your internal energy is exhausted, leave it to me, and I will bring Big Brother Gongsun out."

Pang Tong frowned and looked at him, seeing the determination on the boy's face: "Okay, I will help you."

Pang Tong and Zhan Zhao soared into the sky at the same time. Pang Tong clapped his palms on the soles of Zhan Zhao's feet. Zhan Zhao took advantage of his strength to rise higher. Zhong Gongsun Ce was pulling out the divine sword, and he was very happy in his heart. He didn't want to hear a loud sound of rocks breaking in his ears, and a fiery but invisible wall of air hit him. A sweet, blood spurted out.

Landslides and ground fissures occurred in an instant, lava and flames had already disrupted the original order, and the wall of air that hit Zhan Zhao came head-on, and Pang Tong was not spared, like a heavy hammer hitting his heart, there is no reason why it would not hurt, In the face of the mighty power of nature, no one can stand the slightest.

The whole world seems to be ignited by flames. The orange-red light is very beautiful. It burns away all the sins in the world, just like the phoenix nirvana.

I'm sorry, Gongsun Ce.

The moment Pang Tong closed his eyes, he vaguely saw a bat hovering above the flames, and then the world disappeared.