Chapter 7 Chapter VII

"She may have to break through to the ninth stone pillar." The thoughtful Hua pondered. "How... how do you calculate it?" "If all the flowers are intact from the very beginning, then the first, second, and third stone pillars won't matter at all. She can completely control them in the water. It won't be a problem to take down the fourth and fifth stone pillars with a water ladle. Plus Putting on a wet suit, you can go up to the sixth pillar. But this is only the first time. She jumped directly into the water, and the speed of adding water is quite fast. The second time she came up, she could control the seventh and eighth stone pillars. But the distance between the stone pillars goes up The bigger she is, the weaker she looks, even if she can climb the eighth stone pillar, I'm afraid it will take a lot of effort..."

"Already... the seventh root!" The flowers exclaimed. "She may be able to control the ninth root..." The thinking flower didn't listen at all, looking at the dome and continued to calculate: "But even if she breaks through the stone pillar, she still needs to break through a cave several feet deep. To bring enough water, she must Going into the water again. Well... If you don't need to think about the first, second, and third..." When Ming climbed, most of the water in the mask was spilled, and he just cleared out the eighth stone pillar that had grown lushly.At this point, the distance between the stone pillars was greater than her height, so she had to risk jumping up and throw her wet clothes onto the ninth stone pillar.Not even waiting for the poor roots supporting the clothes to completely wither, she tore off the clothes and jumped into the water.The flowers on the cave wall shouted rhythmically together: "Quick! Quick! The roots below grow up quickly! Are you fucking shit eaters growing so slowly?"

The flowers on the first and second stone pillars are both ashamed and fearful, and have a tragic feeling of being played by fate.They grow desperately, but the meaning of growth is to die immediately. No wonder some flowers jump into the water as soon as they are born, so as not to be humiliated.Suddenly, a flower shouted sharply: "Idiot, why are you still growing there? Give up completely! The flowers on the fourth and fifth pillars will grow up quickly, you are the key to victory!" It is the thinking flower. The flowers were still hesitating, and Ming started a new round of climbing.She cleaned the bottom three stone pillars with only two ladles of water, and climbed up the third stone pillar with all her might.This time, she cautiously squeezed some water out with her clothes, and killed the roots that were just about to move on the wall of the cave next to the fourth stone pillar.The fifth, sixth, and seventh stone pillars let her climb without any resistance, and the flowers on the cave walls were cursing, but no matter what, they couldn't provoke Ming to waste water on them.She barely climbed up the eighth stone pillar, tiptoed, thinking about where to climb up the ninth stone pillar.

"What should I do?" A flower next to the thinking flower asked anxiously, "Will she climb up?" "No!" Hua, who loves to think, said coldly: "She can't think of..." Before the words were finished, the flowers below suddenly screamed excitedly, because Ming did something stupid, when she looked up, she unknowingly got close to the cave wall.Two small roots took the opportunity to sneak up on her, a small opening was exposed at the end of the roots, and they bit Ming's arm fiercely.Ming felt a tingling pain, and the place where the roots bit her instantly turned blood red—they were crazily sucking blood.

Ming struggled desperately, and jumped into the pool with a plop before the other roots rushed up. He didn't come up again for a long time, only a few bright red blood flowers surfaced, and slowly fainted among the dead branches and flowers.The flowers in the hole were all driven crazy by the smell of blood, and screamed, "Blood! Blood!" "What fresh blood!" "My blood! My flesh!" Some flowers were even so excited that they broke free from their roots and jumped into the faded blood, screaming, "Wow! What a bloody death!" There are also some calm thoughts: "Is she... is she dead?"

"Dead! Dead! Really dead!" "Then...then what shall we do?" "Don't worry, it will always come to the surface after death! Although the taste may not be very fresh..." The thinking Hua said to herself awe-inspiringly: "I really can't underestimate her... After trying so desperately, what will I do next?" Amid screams, Ming finally surfaced.She climbed up to the first stone pillar, ignored the provocation of the flowers, but sat there tearing her clothes.She tore off four strips of cloth and carefully wrapped them around her feet and hands one by one.The thoughtful Hua sighed: "It's amazing. I'm afraid the last two stone pillars will be lost. I have to..."

It closed its mouth, and the petals slowly closed, and the flower next to it said strangely: "Hey, what are you doing?" Actually drilled into the roots.No matter how stupid the surrounding flowers were, they knew that they could only be born unconditionally by the roots, and they could never shrink back, so they were all stunned. At this time, Ming repeated the plan and successfully climbed up the eighth stone pillar, and killed a few seedlings that had just sprouted on the ninth stone pillar.The two roots on the cave wall that had sucked her blood dangled wildly, and the flower directing the roots screamed excitedly: "Come on, baby!"

Ming stood facing the cave wall, twisted the wet clothes twice, and squeezed out the water in his mouth.She approached the roots, and spouted a mouthful of water. A few small roots quickly withered and fell amid the screams of the flowers.The cave wall, which was still excited just now, was instantly dead silent.Ming kept spraying water, just a little at a time, just enough to kill the wriggling small roots, without hurting the largest and thickest taproots on it, which were unable to move because they were entangled in the stone wall.After a while, only three or four staggered taproots remained on the cave wall between the eighth and ninth stone pillars.Ming carefully kicked the main root a few times with his cloth-wrapped foot, and saw that it was not moving at all, so he climbed on the main root with confidence, and climbed up to the ninth stone pillar in three or two strokes.

"Wow! The woman is going to run away!" "Damn it! Who has grown a head, quickly think of a way!" "My flesh! My blood!" Ming extinguished the flowers on the last stone pillar amidst the screams of the flowers, and calmly cleared the cave wall before taking a deep breath and jumping down into the pool.This time she deliberately fell into the water at an angle, and there was a loud splash, causing the whole pool of water to vibrate violently, as if mocking the dead flowers in front of the water.It looks like she's ready to take the water one last time and head straight out of the cave.

She started climbing again!The flowers scolded and lost their voices! She climbed the third stone pillar!The flowers scream! She climbed the fifth stone pillar!The flowers screamed... She climbed the seventh stone pillar!flowers... Ming climbed up to the ninth stone pillar without any hindrance. She was so tired that she almost collapsed and couldn't help panting on the stone pillar...wait...how come there are no stupid shouts all of a sudden? She wiped the water off her face and looked around - all of a sudden, without a sound, all the flowers withered!The color of the withered flowers faded, leaving only a touch of pink, and with the trembling of the roots, they fell helplessly, forming a rain of flowers that sent chills down the spine.Many flowers fell on Ming's hair and body, and then swirled and continued to fall.Ming picked up a flower, it was not completely closed, its eyes were narrowed, and when it saw Ming, it moaned in a low voice: "Ah...let me...please...let me eat...a flower... ..."

Before Ming could put it in his arms, it completely closed its eyes.From time to time, there are some weak voices around: "Ah...my...meat..." "Damn it... really angry... discouraged..." "Beautiful...blood..." But after a while, except for the fluttering of flowers falling on the stone pillar, there was no sound anymore. The cave, which was so noisy just now, suddenly fell silent.Although these flowers are stupid, they can be regarded as their own enemies, but seeing the withered bodies of the flowers in the pond, Ming still couldn't help trembling all over, and almost shed tears. Clack... smacking... cluck... There was a sudden sound all around again.Ming stood up vigilantly and looked around. It turned out that the roots started to act strangely. These actions are clearly divided into two types: one is the roots that took root on the cave wall opposite the stone pillar. The smallest roots have long since withered and fallen with the flowers, while the larger ones curled up on the main roots, gradually Integrate with the main root.In the end, the main root also began to squirm and roll upwards, gathering towards the silent main flower on the dome.After a while, as the roots retreated, large tracts of smooth cave walls began to reappear, with waves of light rippling on them, making the cave much brighter. On the other side, the roots are growing extraordinarily hard.At the entrance of the cave, those thick roots that were just clinging to the top of the stone wall began to grow longer roots, hanging down one after another, merging and interweaving with the roots on the ground and side walls, criss-crossing, and gradually weaving a picture. A tight root network.Now even if Ming could climb the last stone pillar, it would be extremely difficult to make a way out by splashing water. The growth rate of the roots on the stone pillars has also accelerated.Some even climb up without waiting for the water to dry, and when they wither from being exposed to water, they also suck up the water, paving the way for the roots behind.Mingshang was still in shock, a thick root suddenly jumped at her, fortunately the distance was a little short, Ming dodged in time to avoid it, stepped on the ground, and fell into the pool.When she brushed away a thick layer of residual flowers on the surface of the pool, almost all the stone pillars were covered with roots again.The cave was noisy again, but this time, it was no longer the brainless, harmless flowers except for the chatter, but the trembling sound of countless erected roots. Ming sighed, feeling exhausted physically and mentally.This battle has been lost, anyway, she can't go up, and the roots can't get down, so she just lay flat on the water and closed her eyes. It's been a long day today.Tomorrow... Maybe the curtain will come back tomorrow.It will be fine tomorrow. She thought so, and soon she sank a certain distance, turned her body, and fell asleep in the water in a comfortable position. "If I were the Marquis of Lu, if I set up five hundred crossbows and one hundred and fifty chariots here, I could serve as three thousand Bian troops; cut off the left and right armies of the Bian army from here, and take the main camp of the Bian army in the west in half a day. It's settled!" Wu Jing held two small wooden plaques with the characters "Crossbow" and "Chariot" written on them, and buckled them on the small table without hesitation, making a soft "huh".Just next to it, the firewood in the unipedal spiny beast brazier crackled, and a ball of fire burst out, which disappeared in a flash.A female waitress leaned forward to draw a fire, Wu Jing said: "You all retreat. I am afraid that my husband and I will spend the whole night looking for chess, just leave one or two people outside the door to wait at any time." Several maids bowed their heads in thanks, and crawled out of the room lying down.Just as the last person was about to close the door, Wu Jie said: "Don't close it. You don't need to keep someone to wait on you, that's how it is today." That person kowtowed and waved his hand.As a result, there was endless chatter in the corridor, and the servants all withdrew. Wu Jing took the hook for digging out the fire, and while digging out the fire, he said: "This kind of thorn beast is produced in the country of Lu. Although it is one-legged and jumps around very funny, it is the most sinister and vicious. It is reserved and unrestrained. It is well-known. Using this beast as a brazier means that it is introverted. In fact, why are the Lu people not like this? Therefore, the Lu army is good at ambushes and sneak attacks. If you ask them to put 5,000 soldiers in front of the battle, Bian Jun will be afraid of three A thousand chariots can be defeated." On the small table in front of them, there is a square and fine skin, with mountains and rivers painted on it, with detailed images, every mountain, every river, even valleys and river beaches are delicately painted with small birds Seal script to show its name.More than 20 small wooden blocks with the words "chariot", "crossbow", "pawn" and "foot" written on them were placed on the map. Some guarded the valley, some occupied high ground, and most of them were confrontation between the two armies. They played a "chess game" and competed with the most urgent Bian State attacking Lu State. They faced each other for a long time in Yishui, refusing to give in.But Wu Jing's chess move was placed at an inconspicuous Taniguchi, which immediately increased Lu's advantage.Wu Jie slowly touched the lines on the leather for a long time, and said, "What if the Bian army storms the high ground behind?" He hesitated to put down a piece of "rook" chess piece, then picked it up again, shook his head and said, "No way." When I passed by this mountain, I heard that the mountains are high and the forest is steep, and it seems impossible to drive a car on the back." Put down a piece of "pawn". Wu Jing sneered and waved his hands and said, "How many soldiers are there? Five hundred? One thousand, or two thousand? The army has been hoarding in Yishui for many days. The place where Bian's army is located is farther downstream than Lu's army, and the number of soldiers is smaller. Three thousand. As long as they dare to take away another five hundred people, the Lu army will immediately cross the river and attack. The five hundred people storm the crossbow array defended by chariots and cavalry. It is purely courting death. Unless Marquis Bian brings out another two thousand people out of thin air, it will definitely be a success. No!" Wu Jie pondered for a long time, finally picked up the main chess piece, turned it around, and said: "Well, this move is dangerous. Although this move is dangerous, it is really a wonderful move. If Lu's army really sets up an ambush here, the main force of Bian's army will be defeated. There is a danger of being divided into several sections. Once Bian Hou personally conquered the main camp, the defeat is inevitable. At the foot of Yandu City that day, the Xu army attacked Shi Yafu's main camp. If it really succeeded, the battle situation may not be smooth How about it. I couldn't think of a countermeasure for a while. Jing, I didn't expect that your chess skills are so sharp, and there are very few people in my clan who have such methods." Seeing that he finally gave in to him, Wu Jing was very proud, and took a sip of the wine on the warming rack next to the brazier.When he saw Wu Jie today, although he still hated him, he was very happy because he hadn't talked with his clansmen for a long time.Even though the night was deep, he still held on to Wu Jie, drinking non-stop while talking, and by now he was quite drunk.He gasped with alcohol and said, "You don't know. After I came out of Kunlun Mountain, I found out that there are many Zhou people who are good at this technique. The princes of the Zhou Kingdom fought every year and annexed each other. It is said that the Yellow Emperor once divided the kingdoms, and now there are several A hundred countries is not bad. When it comes to marching and fighting, the two armies confronting each other is already far ahead of my family. I have played chess with a few old men for many days, and I have benefited a lot. I heard that the nobles of Chu State often use Real people playing chess, practicing tactics. Such hard training day and night, thinking about it, why is it not worrying?" Wu Jie stood up, touched the door and sat down.Not even a single star can be seen in the sky tonight, and there are no lights around, and it is pitch black.In the fields that had been ravaged by heavy rain, there was a fresh earthy smell that should have been only in spring, but it was brought by the biting night wind in winter, which was quite strange.Wu Jie greedily sucked in the breath, and said for a moment: "You are very accurate. Zhou Gong sent all the soldiers in the world to attack Xu State, and I was ordered to monitor. Although this battle shocked the world, judging from the scale of troops , In fact, it is not up to the point where Daji attacked Kunlun Mountain back then, but after His Royal Highness Hao watched the battle, he wrote to the elders three times in a row, requesting to reach a new agreement with Zhou Guo as soon as possible, and to use the floating boats and siege ships provided to Zhou Guo every year. The number of machines has doubled, and they have been stationed in our family's forge to maintain them. Why do you think this is?" Wu Jing thought for a moment, then said in surprise: "Do you want to stop Zhou Guo from developing technology?" "Exactly." Wu Jie said: "Although Zhou's power is not strong enough, its strategy is profound and its changes are numerous. In my opinion, its combat power has even surpassed that of Daji back then. Let’s find a way to stop it, and in time, when they build another floating boat like the Shang Kingdom’s ‘Spring Ting’, Kunlun Mountain will be really dangerous.” "At that time...uh." Wu Jing also walked to the door, raised his head and drank the wine in the jug, and threw it out vigorously. The jug flew high and plunged into the night. There's a bang.Wu Jing wiped his mouth in satisfaction and said, "At that time, what Kunlun Mountain needed was me!" Wu Jie smiled and said, "That's right. Then you think that Lu State will surely win?" "The Kingdom of Lu will be defeated! And it will definitely be destroyed!" Wu Jing said viciously, "The Kingdom of Lu is fighting every year, the national power is empty, and there are not many people with good brains. How can they win?" "But... the move just now is really powerful, and it takes advantage of the location. I'm afraid there are people in Lu who can think of this step." "Thinking of a fart!" Wu Jing took a sip of wine, his face flushed, and he waved his hand and shouted: "Ten years ago, the Bian people won! Don't you know? Ten years ago, Bian Guojun defeated Lu The names of a few famous generals and virtuous ministers who could barely be counted in the country were engraved on jade plates, sacrificed for three days, and buried at the foot of Lushan Mountain, deliberately letting Luhou know. Luhou, a rare idiot, sent someone to dig it out immediately According to the above names, they ransacked their families one by one. Now the hearts of the people in the Lu Kingdom have collapsed, and they have been thinking about change for a long time. Well, is it comparable to other people's strategy? This battle... ah... ah sneeze!" He shuddered for a while, sneezed hard, and hurried back to the brazier, shouting: "It's so cold! Hey, aren't you cold? What are you doing with the door open in the cold weather!" Wu Jie pondered and said: "Even so, the state of Lu has been worshiped for hundreds of years, just like the big banyan tree that grows here, even if the main root is rotten, there are many branches, and a single tree forms a forest. It is not easy for the state of Bian to win the battle Things." Wu Jing drank one gulp after another, and shouted: "Wow, it's so hot! You really don't plan to have a sip? It's good to drive out the cold! Lu State... Hey... You can see the air of the sky, but you may not be able to see it." The general situation of the princes of the Qing Dynasty. I have lived here for more than three months, and I can see everything. The country of Bian is located in a remote place, the people are poor and the country is weak, and it is far behind the country of Lu. Why dare to attack the country of Lu? The country of Chu The state of Chu is backing it! Bianhou just established a marriage alliance with Chu, but the state of Lu has never paid attention to Chu, relying on the favor of King Wu of Zhou State. Chu State has annexed Ding, Nan, Pu, etc. in recent years Dozens of small countries have long been powerful and dominate the southern border. Although the princes of the Central Plains all claim to look down on Chu and the southern Yi, which one does not make good friends with them in private? Even the boy Ji Man pays three respects to the Marquis of Chu. This time Bian Guo raised the whole country Is it a child's play to attack Lu with all your strength, and if you lose, you will lose the country and destroy the sacrifice? Just wait and see, Chu will definitely attack. As long as Lu's thorn between Chu and the Central Plains is pulled out, Zheng and Cai will The life of the various countries is not easy. The country of Lu...uh...the outcome of the battle is decided before the battle." Wu Jie stood there for a long time, then murmured, "Mr. Jing... It's a pity that Bayu Division didn't keep you." "Haha, hahahaha!" Wu Jing raised her head and smirked, but then she sobbed, and she fell on the ground and gritted her teeth: "It's a pity...it's a pity...what should I do with pity? In the past few years, I've traveled all over the world, thinking day and night Thinking about it, I break out in a cold sweat every time I dream back. The world today is no longer at the mercy of our clan, but the pampered elders on Kunlun Mountain can't see clearly, and they don't want to see. Control the situation of the world? Hehe, hehe Hehe...they helped Shang destroy Xia, and got the good fruit of Yongcheng being burned, and now they help Zhou destroy Shang, and one day, even Qing Palace will be taken down by Zhou people!" "Mirror!" Wu Jie shouted, "You drink too much." Wu Jing stared at him with red eyes for a long time, hiccupped, and said: "Yes... I drank too much... But I can see clearly, and I can see everything clearly! Don't lie to me, Jie, you are here. Didn't come to see me, did you? Uh...but...but...but I won't say! You're right, I need a chance, haha, I need...a...uh..." He slowly leaned on the couch by the brazier, snoring loudly in a moment, with a smile on his face, and fell asleep. Wu Jie walked to the couch, took off his coat and covered Wu Jing, and said flatly, "Take care of yourself." He sat quietly beside Wu Jing for a while, until someone outside the door said in a deep voice: "My lord, I have received a letter from Lord Bayu." Then he stood up and walked to the door.At some point in the courtyard outside, ten Huben bodyguards were already half-kneeling, ten pairs of eyes glowing green in the darkness.Although they were all dressed in black and masked their faces, when they bowed to salute, they could still hear the clatter of light armor and weapons under the black clothes.One of them took two steps on his knees and presented him with a letter.Wu Jie didn't read the letter in a hurry, and asked first: "how?" "My subordinates have verified that there is indeed a village named Bu Yue in the mountains thirty miles away. It is said that they have very little acquaintance with outsiders and are mysterious and strange." Wu Jie took out the utensil containing the nine-headed lion eagle, stroked it with his hand, and said, "Have you found someone who knows the way?" "yes." "Then get ready and leave tomorrow." "Yes, my subordinates should prepare immediately!" A leading Huben guard took out a roll of paperwork and said, "This month's actions have been fully recorded. Do you want to send it back to Kunlun immediately?" "Well, let's pass it on. In the future, it will be reported every month without my consent." "Obey!" "Also, about the mirror, not a single word should be sent back to Kunlun." "Yes!" The leading Huben guard bowed and was about to leave when Wu Jie said, "Wait a minute. By the way, send a letter to His Highness Hao, saying that the Kingdom of Lu has been defeated, and his mission can set off to visit now." Marquis Bian." "My lord?" Huben's guard said in a daze, "Yesterday, I received news from Tingfeng Pavilion in Chudu that the Lu army and the Bian army are still facing each other in Yishui?" "Hehe, the outcome of the battle is decided before the battle, don't you know? That's it, go." After the guards left, Wu Jie opened the letter and carefully read each word.His expression gradually became serious.