Prince Boring and Concubine Qiao Ai

Zhao Ling put the fan on his trouser belt, heard the little nun call him, took the sword and rope, and a bag of rough dry food from the kitchen along the way, and ran quickly to the mountain gate.

At this time, the fire had burned through most of the temple, and the black smoke had spread to the woods on the back mountain.

When Zhao Ling joined the crowd, he heard the humming of sutras again.Zhao Ling hurriedly called the little nuns to stand in a row. Compared to chanting scriptures, crying sounds better.

He walked around the edge of the cliff, poked his head out and observed for a while, thank God, he guessed the side was right, there was a tree pit under the cliff.

The trees in the southwest region like to grow in the crevices of the rocks on the cliffs and streams. They grow too thick and long. When encountering mountain storms, the crevices of the rocks cannot bear it, and the trees break down in the middle, leaving huge roots sticking to the cliffs. on the wall.The roots of the tree were very deep, and a hole was formed on the hard stone wall, enough for a dozen people to rest temporarily.

No matter how long the rope is, it will not lead to the bottom of the mountain, but he has calculated the length of the rope, and if several are connected, it can completely lead to the nearest tree pit.

These tree pits are like ladders suspended between the cliffs. They use ropes to reach the tree pits and avoid the flames.

After that, he didn't believe it, and no one came to rescue him.With such a big fire, the nearby garrison had to be mobilized to put out the fire, and the Southwest Frontier Army might have to be transferred to support it. As for the government, once the fire was extinguished, they would be able to come the next day.

They are waiting in the cave.If you save money, you can eat dry food for half a month.

Zhao Ling first made ropes, three and one, and then called everyone together, "Each time one person falls down, tie the rope around his waist, and I will tie a knot and don't move. After we go down, the feet will land and make sure it is safe. Untie it, and the next person will join. I will teach you how to untie this knot."

He didn't explain much, so that everyone looked at me and I looked at you, indifferent.

"If you want to survive, you must listen to me." Zhao Ling said sharply, "There is only one way to survive the desperate situation."

There are two bold little nuns, picking up the rope.The middle-aged nun was heartbroken. At a time like this, as the host, she should be a role model for young people.

"I come."

Zhao Ling didn't talk nonsense, let them watch how he untied the knot.The method of untying the knot is his Xue Jiajun's unique secret technique. It seems simple, and it can be opened with a single pull, but the joints inside are ingenious, and the angle and strength must be appropriate, otherwise it will easily become a dead knot with one pull.The knot itself is strong and reliable, and an elephant can pull it as long as the rope is strong enough.

He tied the other end of the rope to the pillar of the Shanmen Torii and tied the same knot.Although he is pulling it on top, it is safer to fix it on one side.

Zhao Ling tried the rope, "The rope is strong enough to pull people. Don't be afraid, close your eyes and put your arms against the wall. I'll be on top and slowly lower the rope."

All the nuns helped together, except Concubine Su, who sat in the same place with a disheveled face and put on makeup to isolate herself from the world.

Zhao Ling sighed, ma'am, you have lived such an old age in vain!The struggle in the palace is many times more terrifying than the cliff!Seeing the little nuns getting ready one after another, several people pulled on the rope together, exchanging trusting glances with each other.

What he admired these women was not how brave they were, they were about to die, and the rats had to learn to be brave. What he admired was their feelings, and they could give their lives to each other without hesitation between life and death.

Following the rope, the elderly nun was let down. Zhao Ling kept his head stretched out, visually measuring the distance from the edge of the cliff.She landed safely, got into the tree pit, untied the rope knot, and pulled it to signal safety.

The people above saw the hope of survival.

The Thirteenth Prince is their Buddha.

Zhao Ling was not in the mood to be a Buddha, and directed the next batch to follow.

In this way, one by one, the nuns all descended safely to the tree pit.Zhao Ling, Concubine Su, and a young nun were left.Zhao Ling said to the nun, "Go down first."

The little nun didn't say anything, the thirteenth prince is the Buddha, and the words of the thirteenth prince are the scriptures before the Buddha.

Zhao Ling put down the little nun, and the last nun fell to the ground along the rope, escaped from death, cried and laughed, and hugged each other excitedly.They are here, at least they will not be burned to death.

The mountain forest was quiet and quiet, and the mountain breeze was cool and refreshing. Zhao Ling looked back at the raging fire behind him. The temple had been burnt beyond recognition, and the golden Buddha statue turned into smoke and dust mixed into the air in the firelight.

The fire became more fierce, and the mountain wind seemed to change direction.Originally, it was blowing towards the back of the mountain, but now it is the other way around.

I can't wait any longer, the fire will reach the mountain gate in less than half an hour.

Fortunately, there are only two of them left.

Concubine Su stopped chanting and stared at him with wide eyes.

Zhao Ling coughed, thinking how to persuade this stubborn person, but he was knocked out and tied up.

Concubine Su came over and looked up at the vast sea of ​​clouds on the other side of the cliff, and looked down at the chasm of the sky. The mountains are undulating, and the river is surging.

She suddenly asked, "Zhao Lian, what are you going to do?"

Zhao Lian was his name in this life, Zhao Ling took a while to realize it.

In the end, Zhao Ling stayed at the mountain gate alone, and no one would let him down.

Zhao Ling did not expect that Concubine Su would care about herself, and said with a smile, "Don't worry about me, I have my own way to go down."

"Before, I was sorry for you. This time, you saved my life by forgetting the past. In the future, I, Su Yingxue, will benefit for one day. No one in the Sixteenth Palace of Daliang will be able to bully you."

Although these words sounded touching, it was a pity that he was born again, and in his life, he never wanted to have anything to do with the Palace King's House.Leaving, disappearing, feigning death, whatever, in short, let his elder brother... father, think that it is best for him to die in this hanging temple.

Zhao Ling thanked her and tied the rope for Concubine Su herself.To be on the safe side, he also tied two of them. This noble person, counting her seniority, is still his sister-in-law. She accidentally touched the pulse of Concubine Su just now. She is three months pregnant and has a prince or princess in her stomach. Double insurance.

Concubine Su was let down, and Zhao Ling lowered the rope very slowly. Concubine Su closed her eyes all the way without shouting.

The dawn of victory is just around the corner. Concubine Su is the last burden. No matter what he does, he climbed down the 50-meter-high city wall with his elder brother on his back, and the city was still wiped off by arrows and wipers. Back, just a cliff, and a rope to help, it won't bother him at all.

"Your Highness, be careful!"

The little nun shouted.Zhao Ling could vaguely hear a little bit, but more of the sound was birdsong.

not good!

A flock of large birds, of unknown species, were whistling past.

The birds seemed to be very interested in the rope, and they flew towards the edge of the cliff. Concubine Su felt the rope shaking, but she closed her eyes tightly and dared not see what happened.

Zhao Ling was very anxious, why did the bird rush towards him madly?Could it be that their lairs are on the side of the cliff?This season... there must be young birds in the nest.He grasped the rope alternately with his left and right hands, and pulled it up vigorously. Unfortunately, the birds had already flown over, and they didn't dare to get close to people. They just used their beaks and claws to bite and twist the rope back and forth.

Concubine Su had no choice but to open her eyes, seeing this scene, she was so frightened that she fainted on the spot.

Zhao Ling knew that the rope would break if dozens of birds fluttered back and forth.Before he had time to think about it, he tied the rope in his hand to the big tree beside him, grabbed the rope and fell, holding the rope alternately with his left and right hands at a very fast speed, and moved his body downward.

Approaching the group of birds, he drew out his rusty sword and stabbed at the bird's body. The body was too weak, and the strength of swinging the sword was almost zero.The bird was not stabbed to death, flapped its wings to avoid Zhao Ling, and continued to attack the rope.

Giving up on killing the bird, Zhao Ling put the sword back on his waist, and continued to climb down quickly. Although he lacked strength and was exhausted, he was still agile, and soon he descended to Concubine Su's position.

"Concubine Su!" Zhao Ling shouted, but no one responded to him.

Fainted at this juncture!What psychological quality!How could his eldest brother marry such a woman!

Zhao Ling scolded Concubine Su to death, but she still had to be saved!He stuck tightly to the cliff wall, moved to Concubine Su, grabbed the rope with one hand, untied his belt with the other hand, tied her waist to his waist tightly, and tied her body to himself.

The middle-aged woman's huge breasts were attached to his chest. If nothing happened, he lost his belt, and his pants should have fallen below the cliff. Now his legs are bare.

At the critical moment of life and death, Concubine Su was dizzy and couldn't care less about other things. She didn't have the strength to hug him or hold him. Only when the two of them became one, could Zhao Ling use both hands to climb the rope.

Zhao Ling only felt that there was a mountain on his body, heavy and heavy, the downward distance was too long, and the further down he swayed, he couldn't guarantee that he could protect Concubine Su well, Master Guang was fine, the child in his stomach couldn't stand the collision.

Only up.There should be a little time before the fire comes over.He dragged Concubine Su up first, and then thought of other ways.

"Your Highness!" The little nuns panicked.

He climbed up desperately.The activities of the birds on it became more intense. Fortunately, two of them, one of which, had been bitten off.

There was only one left, and it began to shake violently from side to side and back and forth.

Zhao Ling put his back close to the cliff, enduring the violent impacts again and again.

Boom!

He tightened his strength with his hands, and from a distance, it looked like a pendulum was about to strike the clock face, and he felt the cold behind his back.

His back hit the cliff, and the rope carried the person, hanging vertically on the side of the cliff.

Zhao Ling's eyes were staring at the pain, and he could imagine the bruises and bloodstains on his back that were unsightly, and the bones and joints all over his body were in pain, but his hands were trembling but he didn't dare to let go, he still wanted to climb up the rope .

Zhao Ling climbed up the cliff with both feet. Fortunately, the cliff can lend him a little strength and relieve the burden on his wrist.

His back was probably bloody and bloody, he endured the pain and accelerated his speed, but his body's wrist strength was too weak, and he couldn't hold on to the rope staggered left and right, so he had to stop and rest for a while.

The little nun below was frightened and dumbfounded, staring blankly at Zhao Ling.

Approaching the flock of birds, Zhao Ling hadn't pulled out his sword for a long time, probably because it fell when he pulled out his belt just now, so he could only use his thin body to protect Concubine Su as much as possible, and let the birds peck him.

"Ah Cheng, it would be great if you were here." Zhao Ling thought of his old friend, who was good at bows and arrows, and even pierced Yang with a hundred steps.

Wrists and legs were covered with blood from bird pecks, and the chirping and chirping mixed with the sound of river waves, playing in the silent valley.

Zhao Ling gritted his teeth, this damn bird, when he goes up, he must shoot them all down!Plucked and stewed into bird broth!

Just a little bit.

Hold on a little longer.

Zhao Ling kept telling himself that Ling Chi had already suffered three thousand knives, so this little pain was nothing!In his previous life, he didn't protect anything well. In this life, he tried his best not to let his loved ones get hurt again!

there's noise.

There are people, many people, with neat steps, gathered from a distance.

Zhao Ling didn't even think about it, he knew it was the army. The fire was so big that they actually passed through the back mountain. It seemed that they were well-trained elites.He shouted "Help", even more hysterical than Concubine Su.

An arrow shot out from nowhere, it wasn't Zhao Ling, but it was pecking at Zhao Ling's bird.The big bird died and fell into the Yajian River.

Zhao Ling ignored the arrow, he had accumulated enough strength, and he could climb faster, and he had a helper to help, it didn't matter who it was!Hurry up and help him drive those birds away!

Another two swishing arrows!

Three arrows shot out, and three birds were shot down. This man's archery skills are not bad, and the birds were all sealed with one arrow, and he and Concubine Su were not accidentally injured. The birds flew far away with their wings flashing, screaming loudly, Don't get close anymore, afraid of people who shoot arrows.

Zhao Ling felt the people above pulling the rope.

The man was quite strong, and quickly pulled Zhao Ling to the top of the cliff. Zhao Ling raised his head and put on a smiling face to express his gratitude to someone who extended a helping hand.

However, the moment his eyes touched that face, the smiling face became very distorted!

This this……

Zhao Ling was in a daze, lost strength in his hands, and lost the body he relied on. He left the rope and fell quickly. A broad and powerful hand grabbed his slender arm.

He was just being dragged in the air, without any desire to be pulled up.

The words in the ear are sonorous and powerful.

"My lord, the fire has been brought under control, and there is no one in the temple."

"It has been found out that those who spread rumors that Concubine Su was suffering from the plague, together with the medical officers who framed and misdiagnosed, falsely preached imperial edicts to burn Mingnian Temple, and mobilized the Imperial Guards in Ningdu, are all trusted retainers of Concubine Kuang."

"My lord, those who set the fire have all been taken into custody."

"Mr. Kuang sent an urgent letter to Mr. Li. The letter said, this matter, the prince only cares about everything impartially, and there is no need to take him into consideration."

"Night trial." An order without any emotion.

Then, Zhao Ling was lifted up by the whole person, and his back fell to the ground. The gravel on the ground was touching the wound on his back just now, and he felt the weight of his whole body plus the weight of Concubine Su, all pressing on the wound. , back pain twitching, ears buzzing like a thousand bees.

Unable to bear it any longer, Zhao Ling spat out a mouthful of blood from his throat, and passed out immediately.